Instead of returning to Johannesburg, Roque worked with Henry to get the farms around the Moses Gold Mine in order.

Oh, and the current Moses Gold Mine is no longer called by that name, but Matilda Farm.

I have to say that the land price in this era was really cheap, although it was not as cheap as Luo Yi's 280 pounds to buy 3,000 acres, Henry only spent 1,500 pounds to buy all 2,500 acres of land around the Moses gold mine.

Don't ask Henry, a police chief who has just been a few days old, why does he have so much money, if a nobleman doesn't have a little money, can he still be called a nobleman?

Back at the police station, Henry and Roque look at each other and smile, and then go to the Mining Bureau to apply for the "Gold Mine Finder Ownership Certificate".

Roque also gave this right to Henry, and now Roque, although he can also apply for the "Certificate of Ownership of the Gold Mine Discoverer", but after all, he is not as deep as Henry's background, and the director of the mine may be able to embarrass the senior inspector, but he definitely does not dare to embarrass an imperial baron.

Neither can the baron's heirs.

This is the prerogative of the nobility.

"What are we going to do next, buy the machine, hire workers, buy the machine is easy to do, I can entrust my father to help buy it, where can I hire the workers? Hire those Zulus? Henry was in high spirits and wanted to start working now.

As a result of Christian's hiring of Zulus, there are more and more Zulus in Pretoria, and the whites are now in concentration camps, and the streets are full of blacks.

Fortunately, the little black of this era is different from the spoiled little black of the twenty-first century, the little black of this era is really diligent, their height is usually not high, their bodies are thin, but they are never thin, they are agile, and they are very explosive, Christian is also well managed, Roque has never seen the little black who wanders around, each little black is in a hurry, carrying his hands on his shoulders, and he is much more diligent than those white people.

"You don't have to worry about the machines and workers, leave these problems to me, and you can get the 'Gold Mine Discoverer Ownership Certificate' as soon as possible." Roque has it all.

Because of the war, many gold mines were in a state of shutdown, and the mine owners who fled in a hurry did not have time to transport the mining equipment, so Johannesburg now has so much mining equipment that no one cares about it.

Roque had seen discarded mining equipment at the Leopold Gold Mine, many of which had not been used for months and had no one to maintain, so the condition of the machine did not look very good, but the internal structure should be fine, and after repair, it should still be usable.

"Great, Locke, you're my lucky star." Henry laughed, it costs a lot of money to buy a machine, the key is to transport it from the British mainland to Johannesburg, I don't know how long it will take, Roque's method saved Henry a lot of time.

Well, time is money.

With the farm in order, Roque hurried back to Johannesburg with Christian.

"See? This is the structure, the townhouse is used as a dormitory for miners, there are separate toilets and bathrooms in the dormitory, the canteen and clinic are located on the other side of the dormitory, there must be a fence and watchtower around the dormitory, of course, there is also a guard's dormitory, the green belt of the entire camp must be reserved, and the remaining ground must be hardened - you also need an office building for the management personnel, the office downstairs, the accommodation upstairs, the technicians are all single dormitories, the management personnel are all suites, the entire camp area, what is your estimated budget? Roque was on the train discussing camp construction with Christian.

Christian is now a successful builder, and he now frequents government offices and has to deal with bureau chiefs and deputy commissioners, so he also wears a suit and leather shoes, and as long as he doesn't speak, no one will notice Christian's Boolean accent.

"Inspector, even if you don't ask for any profit, the construction of the entire camp will cost at least £5,000." Christian was a little worried, if Roque couldn't get the money, then Christian would have to pay it himself.

And £5,000 is not a small amount.

Of course, this is also because Roque has relatively high requirements.

In the whole of Johannesburg, it is estimated that Roque will build separate toilets, bathrooms, and clinics for miners, and other gold mines, not to mention toilets and bathrooms, sleep in shacks, and clinics don't even need to think about it, and the canteens are also provided with pig food every day.

All that is saved is profit.

And Roque's purpose is definitely not simply chasing profits.

If Roque had not appeared, those Chinese miners in Johannesburg, even if they could survive until the end of the contract, would have chosen to return to Qingguo and would not continue to stay in Johannesburg.

Roque wants to change this history and create a good living environment for the miners as much as possible, so that those miners can have a healthy body and have a small savings.

Now Johannesburg does not prohibit people of color from buying land, only a dozen pounds, you can buy a farm around Johannesburg with at least a few dozen acres of land, for those Boers and Zulus, a farm of dozens of acres of land is of little use, and in the hands of the Boers they can't even raise a cow, but in the hands of the Chinese, dozens of acres of land can create unlimited vitality, and it is certainly no problem to feed a family.

What's more, Roque is ready to increase the treatment of those Chinese miners, and if Henry does not agree, Roque will pay for the subsidy himself.

In this way, the miners will earn more and will be able to buy more land in the future, and if a Chinese family can own 20 acres, or 120 acres of land, Roque believes that it will be enough for the Chinese family to thrive in Johannesburg.

Ten acres, for the Boers, can only raise two cows.

The Zulus were better at farming than the Boers, but not much better, even if three cows were better—

There is no comparison with the Chinese.

Roque won't let Christian pay for the camp, and for £5,000, Roque can afford it.

"That's no problem, Inspector, don't worry, at most, you can complete the entire construction of this camp in a month." Christian didn't ask where Roque got the check.

In fact, even if Roque didn't use Phyllis's check, Roque and Henry could come up with almost 5,000 pounds, and Henry bought the farm with his own money, and Roque wanted to help, but Henry refused.

Although Henry paid for the purchase of the farm, Henry had confirmed with Roque that Henry and Roque would have half of all the proceeds generated by the farm and the gold mine, including the future gold mine.

This distribution plan is very fair, Henry contributes money, Roque contributes, and the proceeds are divided equally between the two, it doesn't matter how much money there is, the key is because of the gold mine, the relationship between Henry and Roque is closer, which is more important than the income from the gold mine.

As early as Cape Town, Henry had confirmed this, and as long as he followed in Roque's footsteps, the future was certainly bright.