Although Roque was complaining frantically in his heart, the next morning, Roque still met Phyllis's request and set off with Nelson Holt.

"Today we're going to the Leopold Gold Mine, which is a bit far away, but it's quite large, and if nothing else, this should be the most valuable gold mine in this auction." Don't look at Nelson Holt's age, but when he works, Nelson Holt also rides horses, and I have to say that their generation of whites is still very pioneering.

"How far—" Phyllis was also dressed in a military suit, and like Roque and the others, Phyllis wore a cowboy hat with a brim.

At this time, Roque found out that the cowboy hat issued by the police station also had a drawstring, and in the past, Roque and they used to casually button the hat on their heads, but Phyllis put down the drawstring and wore it properly, and the aristocratic family really paid attention to these small details.

"About 13 miles—" Nelson Holt didn't even have to look at the information, it was all in Nelson Holt's head.

Roque still has to do the math to know how far 13 miles is, the British system is really inconvenient, and even Britain has abandoned the British system in the 21st century, and only the United States is still holding on.

13 miles is about 20 kilometers, not far away, not close, it takes less than an hour by train, but it takes a whole morning to ride a horse, and there is a break in the middle, and it takes me to the Leopold gold mine at noon.

Unlike the George Harry Gold Mine, the Leopold Gold Mine was still in production before the outbreak of the war, and the production was still considerable, but because the mine owner was a Boer, after the outbreak of the war, the mine owner fled with his family, and the Leopold Gold Mine was confiscated by the Provisional Government.

Different from the gold mine in Roque's imagination, the Leopold gold mine is not in the wilderness, but in a farm, the gold mine is surrounded by farmland, and there are obvious traces of cultivation, when Roque and his party arrived at the Leopold gold mine, there were several Zulu people herding cattle near the gold mine, and they saw Roque and his party, and their expressions were obviously a little wary.

"Don't be surprised, this is a nearby farmer, this is a farm in the first place, and the Transvaal Republic is simply crazy to allow these Zulus to own farms." Roque really didn't expect that Nelson Holt was still a racist.

In fact, it is not surprising that in this era, the vast majority of white people that Roque came into contact with were racists, and "racism" was not yet notorious in these years, and white supremacy was political correctness.

Of course, Roque did not feel much obvious discrimination in the process of contact with white people, especially after Roque came to Pretoria, no one dared to show racism in front of Roque, after all, Roque is now a senior inspector.

This should also have something to do with the Boers, think about it, if the Cape were going to pursue "white supremacy", then what should the Cape colonial government do with those Boers who were also white? Give them the same rights as the British?

Then the second Boer War did not make any sense.

"Can the Zulus still own a farm?" Roque was genuinely curious.

In the history that Roque learned, during the period of white rule, the Zulus were not allowed to own property in the Cape, so even if those Zulus saved some money by hard work, they could not buy houses and land in the Cape, they could only rely on renting the land of white farmers to make a living, but they did not expect that in the Transvaal, Zulus could actually buy farms.

In fact, it is not surprising that even if Roque is a police officer, he is still Chinese after all, and Chinese people can buy vineyards in Cape Town, so why can't Zulus buy farms in the Transvaal?

"It's not surprising, there are so many ownerless wastelands, rather than being idle, it is better to sell them to those Zulus, at least that way it will generate a profit." Nelson Hoult's words were full of helplessness.

This is also no way, in the Cape, the number of whites is too small, if you don't count those expeditionary forces, the entire Cape of the white people combined is less than a million, and the current Cape, the territory area not only includes South Africa in the 21st century, but also includes Botswana and Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, Botswana is called the "Bechuana Protectorate" at this time, and Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi are called "Rhodesia".

The name "Rhodesia" was named after former Cape Prime Minister Cecil Rhodes, who named the region Rhodesia after himself when he was Prime Minister of the Cape.

Therefore, the total area of the Cape is not 1.22 million square kilometers, but a staggering 3.06 million square kilometers, such a huge territory, there are less than 1 million white people, and most of them are concentrated in a few large cities such as Cape Town and Durban, so the Transvaal has to rely on the Zulus to develop those idle land.

"yes, there's so much unclaimed wasteland—" Roque chimed in, his mind full of thoughts.

In fact, it is not a wasteland at all, at least, the "wasteland" of Johannesburg is not the same thing as the wasteland in Roque's concept.

In this era, many parts of Africa were unexplored primitive areas, and these so-called "wastelands" included dense forests, fertile pastures, and even farms that had been abandoned due to war.

In Roque's impression, the farming skills of the Zulus were bad enough, but the farming skills of the Boers were even worse than those of the Zulus, and if they were replaced by Chinese, it would not take a few years for these so-called "wastelands" to become fertile farmland.

"Hehe, Roque, don't care about the Boers, if you really want to make money, you still have to find a way to get a gold mine, what easier is it to accumulate wealth than a gold mine." Nelson Holt's thinking still can't escape the limitations of this era, which is also the common thinking of the vast majority of British people in these years, for land, British people are really not rare, only gold is worthy of British attention.

"I want to too, but I can't help it, the price of gold mines is too expensive to buy." Roque shook his head and smiled bitterly, everyone wants the gold mine, Roque has not yet completed the original accumulation, and does not have the strength to compete with a large enterprise like De Beers Unified Mining Company.

"Not necessarily—" Nelson Holt smiled a little weirdly.

Roque felt that there was a door, and when he saw that there was no one left and right, he approached Nelson Holt: "What do you say?" ”

"Come to my room at night, come to my room at night!" Nelson Holt muttered quietly.

Roque suddenly had a very bad feeling, this tone of Nelson Holt-

It's so easy to relate.