In fact, Roque probably knew what kind of image the Chinese were in the hearts of white people at this time.

In 1913, the British novelist Sachs Romer wrote the book "The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu", in which Fu Manchu is a tall, thin and bald man, with two long eyebrows upside down, and a sinister face, known as the most evil character in the world.

This was the impression that the Chinese had in the hearts of the white people at this time, although in 1900, the fictional character of Fu Manchu had not yet appeared.

In the propaganda of the expeditionary force command, Joubert was shot dead by Henry, a former colonial officer, so that the military naturally took credit, at least it seems.

In fact, Roque is also a former colonial officer, but the Expeditionary Force Command will focus on Henry in order to highlight Henry, an Englishman.

In fact, everyone in the military knows that Joubert was shot dead by a group of Chinese policemen, and many people will probably be surprised when they hear the news, Joubert was shot dead by a former colonial officer, many people can accept it, but he was shot dead by a group of Chinese policemen, which makes many people unacceptable.

Roque's name was also widely spread in the process.

The Major had obviously heard of Roque's legend and was able to connect Roque to the legendary "Locke".

It's just that what the Major didn't expect was that Roque was not only a policeman who could shoot and kill Joubert, but also the owner of the Oak Bar, and the difference between the two identities was too great.

"Yes, I have a vineyard here—Henry, and give our Mr. Major a glass of Elsdy—and try Mr. Major, which I make myself." Roque is like a normal vineyard owner, pushing his own products hard.

"Elsdie, it's not bad." The major was very face-saving, and drank two glasses of wine in a row, and then stretched out his hand to Roque: "My name is Bill Bradley, and it's a pleasure to meet you, Locke." ”

yes, that's the normal process.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Major." Roque is happy that for Bill, this is just a normal social behavior, but for Roque, it means that someone is finally willing to give Roque the respect he deserves.

"Tell me you killed Jobbel, God, you don't know, it's crazy-" Bill sighed for a moment, but looked at his surroundings—

Well, the current Roque, more legendary than the legendary Locke.

A Chinese from the Qing Dynasty, first served in the British colonial army, then crossed the ocean to Cape Town to work as a policeman, occasionally went to the front line, and made a great achievement in killing the commander-in-chief of the Boer coalition army, if you think this is the end of the story, then obviously you are wrong, Roque is also a businessman, providing a rich spare time for the soldiers of the expeditionary force and the Cape Town police, and now Bill finds out that Roque is actually a farmer-

Life is always ready to surprise people, and the world is rewarding those who work hard.

In fact, Bill doesn't know Roque well enough, the vineyards in Roque's hands are increasing rapidly, from 150 acres at the beginning, to 650 acres now, compared to the rancher, this number is nothing, but for the vineyard owner, this area is too large, nearly 4,000 acres of vineyards, including winemaking, need hundreds of workers, that is, because there are enough people in the refugee camp, Roque dares to make a big move, otherwise Roque would not dare to buy so much, waste is to be damned.

During this time, more and more Chinese police officers brought their families to Cape Town, some of them set up their homes in Cape Town, and some of them sent their families directly to Oak Town, which was a good start, as long as these people settled down and fed back the situation to the Qing Dynasty, then in the future, there will be more and more Chinese immigrants to Cape Town.

"It was crazy, we were ordered to go from Dordrecht to the Kimberley—" Roque said, lighting a cigar.

——

"I'm sorry, I didn't know it was going to happen." Li De lowered his head, not daring to look up at Roque, full of embarrassment.

Two months ago, Li De sent a telegram to his family, wanting his family to emigrate to Cape Town, and the telegram was delivered to Li De's family, as well as ten pounds sent back by Li De.

Ten pounds is equivalent to a full 100 oceans.

For an ordinary Qing family, this is definitely a huge amount of money.

Li De is a native of Shandong, an inconspicuous small mountain village, with only 100 people in total, and the people in the village usually make a living by working for nearby landlords, and the per capita annual income is about two oceans, which is equivalent to a little more than two shillings, and you can't buy a Manhattan at the Oak Bar.

Don't be too little, this is the living conditions of the Chinese in the late Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, when Li De sent 100 oceans home, this immediately caused a sensation in Li De's hometown.

It's really a sensation, the people in Li De's hometown are used to going to the landlord's house to work part-time every year when the farm is busy, and at the same time they can earn one or two oceans of extra money while mixing a full meal.

This kind of work is not very often, after all, the landlord's family has no surplus grain, and the farmer is not hired when he is slack, and those who are extravagant and wasteful cannot accumulate his net worth to become a landlord, and the reason why the landlord is hated is not because of how cruel the landlord is, but because the landlord is not benevolent to the rich, everyone has no mouthful of food, and you have surplus grain at home but do not take it out to share it for everyone, which is to be rich and unkind -

If someone had told them in the past that there was a place that hired people to pay a salary of fifty oceans every month for food and housing, I am afraid they would not even believe in punctuation, but when Li De's family got 100 oceans, no one would believe it, and they would not believe in real money-

If you don't believe it, forget it, just take it as a lie-

Some people don't believe it, naturally some people will believe it, and those who don't believe it will take this matter as a joke, and those who believe will go to Li De's house every day, not to borrow money, but to ask Li De's family, when they go abroad to make a fortune, can they bring their own family with them, at least, they also bring their two stupid sons, half the eldest son, eat Lao Tzu to death, it is really impossible to raise it.

This is really not an exaggeration, the labor shortage in the 21st century was impossible 30 years ago, and when it was just changed, if people in the mainland wanted to go out to work, they asked their grandfather to sue their grandmother, and the relationship was not good, so they didn't take you to play at all.

So when Li De's family got on the boat, there were a total of six families and more than 50 people who followed Li De's family to Cape Town to "beg for food".

So many people arrived in Cape Town, Li De, who picked up the boat, was dumbfounded, although the Cape colonial government will reimburse the cost of the ferry ticket, but how to eat more than 50 people has become a big problem, after all, those ordinary people who have never even been out of the door are not qualified to apply for jobs at the Cape Town Police Department.

After thinking about it, Li De can only come to Roque, in Li De's concept, if you encounter a problem that cannot be solved, it must be right to come to Roque.