85 The Significance of Promoting Language

Behind all miracles, there is a history of blood and tears of a certain group.

Behind the American Pacific Railroad is the history of blood and tears of Chinese workers, and behind Rhodesia, there is a history of blood and tears of thousands of Zulu people, which is normal, and Roque's task is to make the tragedy of American Chinese workers not repeat itself in Johannesburg.

Henry and Smalls didn't care much about Neville, after all, they didn't know that Neville would become the Prime Minister of Britain in the future, although the colonial secretary had a prominent position, but he had nothing to do with the son of the colonial minister, Joseph Chamberlain had seven children, and it seemed that the most promising person at the moment was not Neville, but Austin Chamberlain, who had already served as the Secretary of Posts and Telecommunications.

Austin Chamberlain is not yet 40 years old and looks promising, but Austin Chamberlain never became prime minister, and the highlight of his life was winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925.

The crux of the matter is that Austin Chamberlain is now the Secretary of Posts and Telecommunications, and it is too late for Roque to invest in Austin Chamberlain, so Neville Chamberlain is worthy of Roque's investment, which is why Roque invited Neville to afternoon tea.

"The iron mine has to slow down first, we don't have enough workers, the cement plant has just been put into trial production, I sent the first batch of cement to the reservoir, and the technician of the cement plant followed, and then improved after getting the test data, don't forget to let Scarlett pay." Henry's own brother settled the accounts, and the cement factory was invested by Henry and Roque together, and the profits were half and half for each person.

"Hang on the account first, there is no money for the time being." Roque's money was used to immigrate and invest in farms, and the only way to pay was to use the gold in the basement.

"No money? I can figure it out. "Xiao Si is pretending.

Henry and Roque glanced at each other, and then Henry entered the sage time: "Trial, forget it, don't need money-"

Xiao Si was not angry, and drank black tea happily: "Locke, I brought a few guests, you may be interested in them." ”

Guest?

"Who?" Roque was surprised, the person who is worthy of Xiao Si's introduction, Roque does need to see it.

Xiao Si motioned to Victor, who was not far away, and after a while, Victor brought a few cowering Zulus.

Don't talk about Henry now, Neville is frowning, Zulu, not suitable for such an occasion.

Xiao Si didn't care, and drank black tea by himself.

Roque didn't care, these Zulu people had very strange patterns painted on their faces, similar to the Yao people Roque had seen in Portuguese East Africa.

Sure enough, a few Yao people came over to kiss Luo Ke's hand.

Do the Yao people have a kiss hand ceremony?

Roque endured his discomfort and accepted what was said to be a kiss from several chiefs, and then Xiao Si laughed "quack".

Sure enough, this guy is doing the trick!

"Chacha, Nyasaland will belong to Sir Locke in the future, so if you need it, you can ask Sir Locke for help." Xiao Si lightly dissolved Roque's killing intent.

"Sir Locke, the Yao clan will be your most loyal servant in the future." Chacha knelt down at Roque's feet and kissed Roque's shoes, it seemed that this was their etiquette.

Cha Cha is the youngest of several Yao people, and he doesn't know why he became the patriarch of the Yao tribe.

"Chacha, what is your biggest difficulty right now?" Roque doesn't shy away from Henry and Neville, and it's also a way to show strength.

"We need weapons and ammunition, and we need warriors who have actually been through the battle, and as long as we have enough supplies, we can drive the evil Portuguese out of Mozambique and restore the kingdom of Mweni Matapa." Chacha is full of confidence, last year the Yao people just won a big victory, once drove all the Portuguese to the coastal areas, but unfortunately the Yao people lack stamina, after the Portuguese urgently transferred troops from the mainland to reinforce, the Yao people's resistance failed again.

"I can help you, but what do I get?" Luo Ke didn't think that if he helped the Yao people, the Yao people would really become Luo Ke's loyal servants.

Even if Chacha is Roque's loyal servant, what about Chacha's son? What about grandchildren? What about the sons and grandsons of the people? Willing to be Roque's loyal servant for generations?

Don't be funny, it's impossible.

"The great Cecil Rhodes said that you want an outlet to the sea, and if you can help us, then the land on both sides of the Shire River will be yours after the restoration of the kingdom of Mweni Matapa." Chacha doesn't think that this is a loss, just an equivalent exchange.

Roque was satisfied with the exchange and immediately asked Li De to go to Yaya.

"Sir Locke, what are you?" Neville didn't understand why Roque valued the Zulus, who, according to British custom, were not worthy of a deal with the British.

"Arthur, this is Africa, different from the mainland, here, if we want to do anything, we must try to use the power of the Zulus, don't underestimate them, give them a little trust, and they will surprise you unexpectedly." Roque explained these words in as much detail as possible, and these words were eventually passed on to Joseph Chamberlain.

In this regard, Roque, like Cecil Rhodes, pursued the same principle of razing the raze.

Cecil Rhodes is definitely a tough colonist, and Roque can't find fault with the plan he designed, so Roque just continues to implement it.

Portugal did not dare to offend the British, and in international affairs, Britain took the lead everywhere, so Cecil Rhodes and Roque could not deal with the Portuguese with open fire, otherwise it would cause protests from the Portuguese government, and it was a good idea to use the Yao people against the Portuguese, with the support of Nyasaland, it would be difficult for the Portuguese to suppress the resistance of the Yao people, and when the Portuguese could not hold on, they would ask the British government to intervene, in other words, to surrender to Roque.

When the time comes, Roque will be able to prescribe conditions, and the Portuguese will admit it even if they pinch their noses.

"That's right, my cement factory employs all Zulu people, when Roque decided to do this before, I thought it was unnecessary, but now look at it, it is indeed necessary, although I don't know what effect the dust in the cement factory has on people's bodies, but working in that environment for a long time-" Henry didn't say anything about the consequences, shaking his head obviously not optimistic.

There is no way to be optimistic, now that the cement plant has just started, even if the working environment will affect people's health, it will not show up after many years, and now there are no cases, it does not mean that there is no impact, in the current working environment, it is estimated that the workers in the cement plant will have to be replaced at most in five years, so it is very wise for Roque not to use Chinese.

"Cement factories will affect the health of workers." Neville was still naïve.

Roque looked at Henry and Xiao Si with helplessness in their eyes.

Of course there is an impact, everyone knows that there is an impact, but is it necessary to say it?

Even if there are really workers who fall ill in the future because of poor sanitary conditions, the cement factory will deny it, and if they admit it, they will lose money and face serious public opinion, so that the capitalists will not ask for trouble.

"Arthur, it doesn't matter, what matters is that we can use the Zulu for our purposes." Roque is hard-hearted, it is enough to have Phyllis to do good deeds, and Roque's task is to get more money so that Phyllis has more capital to do good deeds.

Yaya soon came over and stood beside Roque with a look of obedience.

Roque gave a series of orders, Yaya a series of yes yes, and then Yaya left shoulder to shoulder with Cha Cha, who had been waiting not far away, and the next thing, Roque would convey to Cha Cha through Yaya, staying out of the matter and leaving no handle

Isn't there someone in the detective team who is not satisfied with their current status?

Now that the problem is solved, and the Yao people are fighting hard to restore the kingdom of Mweni Matapa, those detectives who are not satisfied with their status can go and fight alongside the Yao people to establish a purely Zulu country, are they satisfied?

Henry and Xiao Si are used to Roque's way of dealing with it, Neville looked thoughtful, today's incident gave Neville a great impact, Neville knows, similar to the situation in Portuguese East Africa, the colonies of the British Empire are also common, Joseph Chamberlain is worried about these things every day, and today I saw how Roque dealt with this kind of thing, Neville knew that there was another way to deal with this kind of thing.

Early the next morning, Joseph Chamberlain was going to inspect Ziwei Town, and Roque, as the head of security for Joseph Chamberlain and his party, had just left Johannesburg, and Joseph Chamberlain called Roque to his side.

"Sir Locke, is Purple Town your private property?" Joseph rode well and did not ride in a carriage.

"Yes, Your Excellency, the town of Purple Leaf was formerly known as Krugersdorp, which was destroyed during the war, and I bought the farms around Purple Town and rebuilt it on the original site of Krugersdorp." Roque carefully controls the sun and does not let it overtake Joseph's horse.

"Why isn't it called Krugersdorp?" Joseph had no expression on his face.

"Why is it still called Krugersdorp, so that the Boers miss the name?" Roque was indifferent, and if he could, Roque would have liked to change the names Johannesburg and Pretoria.

"Sir Locke, you seem to have a deep prejudice against the Boers." Joseph studying Roque's expression.

"No, I like all peace-loving Boers, I hate those Boers who are not willing to be lonely and cause trouble, and the same is true for other ethnic groups, there are also many Boers in Ziwei Town, Your Excellency will know later." Roque resolutely refused to admit preconceptions about the Boers, who were now also British.

When the group arrived at Ziwei Town, Ziwei Town, which had already learned the news, was ready to greet them, led by Mayor Buck, Professor Abu, Professor Douglas, Father Frank, Dr. Bellamy, Dr. Mallory and others were waiting at the gate of Ziwei Public School.

Roque only introduced Buck, and the rest of the introduction was all done by Buck.

When he saw Buck, Joseph's expression was a little complicated, but when he heard Roque introduce that Buck graduated from University College London, Joseph's expression changed to relief.

Buck, who graduated from University College London, and Buck, who came from Mauritius, are two very different concepts.

To say that the current Ziwei Town is indeed full of talents, there are professors from the Royal Agricultural College of Gloucester, medical experts from the University of Heidelberg in Germany, and Dr. Bellamy and Dr. Mallory, who are also Boers.

God knows how many eye drops Louis Botha and Jan Smoltz gave Roque when they were in Orange, and now that Louis Botha and Jan Smoltz have come to Johannesburg with Joseph Chamberlain to visit the town of Purple Wing, both of them have very ugly faces.

It's really ugly, if there is no Roque to intervene in the bar, the beautiful town of Ziwei should be a paradise for the Boers, Louis Botha and Jan Smozi will not think who built the current Ziwei Town, they will only think that Roque picked the peaches of the Boers.

The first stop on Joseph's inspection was Ziwei College.

Thanks to Roque's strict hygiene standards, the children of Ziwei College have changed into neat uniforms, and Johannesburg in March is in autumn, and the school uniform of Ziwei College in autumn is a checkered suit and a Scottish checkered skirt, which makes Joseph simply surprised, he probably did not expect that in Johannesburg, there is such a school with English characteristics.

Joseph Chamberlain was an expert in education, and in 1892, Joseph Chamberlain single-handedly promoted the merger of the Birmingham Medical School, founded in 1825, and the Mason School of Science, founded in 1875.

To this day, Joseph is also the vice-chancellor of the University of Birmingham, a position he did not give up even though Joseph was already colonial minister.

"There are a total of 1,300 students in the boys' and girls' schools of Ziwei College, more than a third of whom are of Boolean ancestry, and the students come from Johannesburg in addition to the children of the surrounding farmers, and some even send their children from Pretoria to Ziwei School," Tony, as the principal of Ziwei School, explained to Joseph by Joseph's side.

The arrangement was fitting and Tony was a pure Englishman who was definitely qualified to educate the children of the Boers.

Joseph nodded repeatedly, full of appreciation for Tony, and also visited a music lesson at Ziwei College with great interest.

The music class teaches a traditional English children's song "Go to the Market", the lyrics of which are: Go to the market, go to the market, go to buy a big fat pig; It's fun to go home, go home, and bounce around—

It's a very simple nursery rhyme, but the meaning is extraordinary, because it's an English nursery rhyme, but whether it's a British student, a Boer student, or a Chinese student, they all sing it very skillfully.

What does this mean?

It means that Ziwei School is making unremitting efforts to promote English.

As an education expert, Joseph Chamberlain was well aware of the implications of this.