Under normal circumstances, a gold mine with four or five thousand miners should produce more than ten tons of gold per year, so that the mine owner will not lose money.

The Ignati Woods gold mine operated by Anglo-American Mining Company has reported an annual output of only 2.5 tons, which is no longer perfunctory, but a fool of the federal government and the city of Johannesburg.

It's not just Britain that needs gold, it's the United States, it's all countries around the world.

According to the previous fine for Chesterton Gold Mine, Ignati Woods Gold Mine smuggled at least 25,000 ounces of gold, so it was fined 110,000 yuan.

This is only found out, how many have not been detected?

"Don't bother the Mining Alliance, Anglo-American Mining will sell the Ignati Woods gold mine to raise this fine." Ernest Oppenheimer knew that this knife could not be dodged, and even if it were, Ernest Oppenheimer would choose a decent way to die.

"Very well, remember, pay the fine within a week." Aiden doesn't dwell on this matter, and if Ernest Oppenheimer wants to play tricks on this matter, then Ernest Oppenheimer will pay more.

Johannesburg now is different from Johannesburg ten years ago, ten years ago, Johannesburg's gold mines were free to change hands, one hand to pay the other hand to the mine, the Johannesburg city government does not interfere at all, as long as the tax is paid according to the regulations, the Johannesburg city government welcomes more capital inflows.

Now the gold mine in Johannesburg, if you want to sell it, you must first sell it to the Johannesburg City Council, and then the Johannesburg City Government entrusts the mining alliance to organize a unified auction.

Of course, it is possible that Ernest Oppenheimer will actually find a buyer, but that is not something for Aiden to consider.

"The transfer of gold mines in Johannesburg must go through the Johannesburg City Council, which is also to prevent the loss of gold, and it is obviously unreasonable that a large gold mine used to be traded for only a few thousand pounds." Roque still took the initiative to explain to Sidney Milner that in the political structure of southern Africa, the federal government has limited influence over the state governments, and even the Transvaal government has limited influence on the Johannesburg city government, so it is normal for Sidney Milner not to know how the Johannesburg city government manages the gold mines.

"Conveyance of benefits?" Sidney Milner wasn't stupid and immediately realised there was something wrong with that.

The city of Johannesburg also has to collect taxes on gold mine transactions, and the taxes and fees that need to be paid for thousands of pounds are certainly different from tens of thousands of pounds, this custom still originates from the Transvaal Republic, when most of the gold mines in the Rand mining area were operated by the British led by Cecil Rhodes, in order to pay less taxes, so the mine owners at that time used this way to avoid taxes.

Now that the Transvaal Republic has become history, the Transvaal has become part of Southern Africa, Cecil Rhodes has become ancient, Xiao Si has become the head of the Rand mine, and Ida is the director of the General Administration of Taxation.

To put it bluntly, only the state officials are required to set fires, and the people are not allowed to light lamps.

Sidney Milner's question Roque can't answer, and he can't delve into it, and if he digs into it, everything that Xiao Si has now is not legitimate, and even Roque is not legal to get Nyasaland.

"These damn rats, they should all be put in jail." Sidney Milner didn't mean to settle old scores, but his gaze was a little more grim when he looked at the mine owners in the conference room.

Sidney Milner, Ade's nephew, wants to lock up the miners and torture them to drain every penny out of their pockets, as Ade's nephew is trying to evade taxes.

Roque didn't want to answer this either, but Xiao Si Quack laughed a few times and applauded.

Sidney Milner is now resolute because the gold mines in Johannesburg have nothing to do with Sidney Milner.

After this rectification, Sidney Milner will also become the owner of the mine, and it will be interesting to see if Sidney Milner will pay his taxes in full, don't stand and talk without back pain.

If Sidney Milner doesn't use legal tax avoidance to pay his taxes in full, then Roque respects Sidney Milner as a man.

While Roque and Sidney Milner were talking, Aiden was still reading the list.

By the time Aiden had finished reading, at least half of the people in the conference room had lost their lives, and Anglo-American Mining Company had suffered a heavy loss.

The three gold mines operated by the Anglo-American mining company all had varying degrees of smuggling, and the three companies together were fined a total of R250,000.

Surprisingly, Anglo-American Mining Company bought the three gold mines for less than 100,000 rand.

So the mine owners looked at Ernest Oppenheimer with a gloating gaze, mixed with some other emotions that were inexplicable.

Ernest Oppenheimer was calm and did not directly clash with Aiden, and as soon as Aiden finished the announcement, Ernest Oppenheimer raised his hand to speak.

This is in line with the Mining Alliance's assurance process, and Aiden has no reason to refuse.

"Lord Nyasaland, I would like to ask if this practice of the Johannesburg Mining Union is legal?" Ernest Oppenheimer went straight to Roque.

"Mr. Oppenheimer, since the Johannesburg Mining Alliance exists, then there is a rationality and necessity for its existence, you are not the first day to understand the Johannesburg Mining Alliance, the interests are damaged before questioning, the appearance is a little too ugly, I want to remind you that even in the United States, smuggling must be severely punished, and then the Ministry of Justice will increase the punishment for smuggling, everyone, I want to remind you now, the previous thing is not to blame, but if someone continues to commit crimes against the wind, then sorry, The results may be unacceptable to you. Roque's last words were not just for Ernest Oppenheimer, but for everyone.

The smuggling of gold in Johannesburg is also a tradition, and has continued since the time of the Transvaal Republic, and of course it has been due in part to negligence, mainly due to the greed of the mine owners.

In Johannesburg, gold is taxed as a special commodity, and the purchase price of London and the Federal Government of Southern Africa is not based on the exchange ratio of pounds and rand to gold.

Roque was a former mine owner, and of course he would smuggle gold to evade taxes.

Now that Roque is the deputy secretary of both the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Justice, he should resolutely crack down on gold smuggling, which does not conflict with Roque's status as a mine owner.

Compared with Roque, Xiao Si has more gold mines under his name, and he didn't see Xiao Si in a hurry.

Ernest Oppenheimer didn't dwell on this question, listened to Roque's explanation, politely said goodbye to Roque, and then walked away.

It's just that when I left, I could clearly hear that my steps were a little heavy.

The next day, Roque received a call from Viscount Gladstone.

Viscount Gladstone pleaded with Ernest Oppenheimer, and it is not known how much of a circle it took to find Roque.

"Locke, is Anglo-American Mining Company a serious problem?" Viscount Gladstone still understands the situation first.

"Yes, but it's not a single person's decision, it's a collective decision of the Johannesburg Mining Alliance, and Sidney and I have been in the middle of the meeting, and it's not just the Anglo-American gold mines that have been punished, all the gold mines involved in smuggling have been severely punished, and the fines have to be paid to the Johannesburg City Council." Roque will not admit that he has anything to do with this incident, and Anglo-American Mining Company deserves it.

"Okay, my purpose in making this call is to remind you that, without prejudice to the interests of the federal government and London, if you can, you can consider taking proper care of capital from the United States." Viscount Gladstone also had nothing to say, as a pure Englishman, Viscount Gladstone also hated this kind of thing.

So it was obvious on the phone that Viscount Gladstone stayed out of the matter immediately after Roque's explanation.

What else could Roque say, it was immediately on the phone hahaha.

Viscount Gladstone was also very smart, and he talked to Roque about the weather in Cape Town, and then hung up the phone.

In the past two days, the tough measures taken by the southern African military against the Marcellus gold mine are fermenting, and the Orange newspaper published the military's atrocities for the first time, saying that at least 2,000 miners were innocently killed in the process of suppressing the Marcellus gold mine.

Soon after, the British newspapers and the American newspapers reprinted the incident, and when they did so, they exaggerated, with the British newspapers believing that at least 3,000 people had been killed in the incident, while the American newspapers believed that 5,000 had died in the incident.

For a time, the Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa became the target of public criticism, and Roque was also defined as an "executioner" by the Orange newspaper because of the atrocities of the army.

Roque was not angry, in fact, the outside world did not know the specific situation of the Marcellus gold mine, the fact is that there were no dead people at all that day, and when the armored car crashed into the gate of the Marcellus gold mine, the miners scattered in a hurry, and did not organize any effective resistance at all.

Roque also didn't want to shed blood, so the first offenders, including Moore, were only "exiled", and there was no killing spree, and the newspaper office in Orange was completely out of nothing.

Then the British and American newspapers are adding fuel to the fire.

Don't expect this year's journalists to be very high-minded, the newspapers in Britain still directly say that the German Emperor Wilhelm II cannibalized.

(End of chapter)