Chapter XXVIII
The wealth is moving, as long as Zach doesn't get the money and runs away immediately, then Roque can basically establish initial trust in Zack.
Compared with the Chinese police in Cape Town, Zach and Roque are closer to each other, so Roque must ensure Zack's loyalty so that he can safely let Zach live in his home.
Yes, the servants were to live in the master's house, but in Roque's house, it was not found that the previous owner had prepared a room for the servant.
This is also understandable, smugglers, many things are unsightly, so it is normal to have no servants at home.
Roque wants to build an ear room, but he can let Zack live in it, anyway, Roque has a room planned in the ear room, and it is no problem to give Zach a room, besides, Zach still has a mother and sister in Cape Town, if Zach can make Roque trust, then Roque can also let Zack's mother and sister live in his own home.
Of course, it is also as a servant, after all, Roque's home is too big, and Zach alone may have endless work, generally such a mansion needs a gardener, a coachman, a cook, and a maid to be enough, and maybe a housekeeper, but that is too far away for Roque, the current Roque, who hires servants at home, is no longer in line with Roque's identity, just a policeman, can it be more luxurious than a nobleman?
August Russell's family probably didn't hire five servants, of course, Auguste Russell's salary and rank must be enough, the salary of the police chief is more than 1,000 pounds a year, and there is a huge gray income, no matter where you put it, you are a high-income group.
In the evening, Roque was just about to rest, and Li De brought bad news to Roque.
Just now, Luo Yi and two other colleagues, who were carried away by money, went to the dock to do a game, but were caught red-handed by Sharma, who took Luo Yi and them back to the police station, claiming to report Luo Yi and their behavior to Austin Pence.
"Luo Yi and they went too far, they didn't stop after earning a little two hundred pounds, Sharma appeared very suddenly, our people didn't have time to come forward, Luo Yi and they were taken away by Sharma, Luo Ye, you have to quickly fish Luo Yi and them out, otherwise, in case Luo Yi and them are imprisoned on Robben Island, then Luo Yi and they will be finished." Li De heard Don talk about the cruelty of Robben Island, which made Li De refresh his perception of the British, and in Li De's impression, the British are actually quite good.
This is not only because the British gave Li De a job, the British have always been very generous to their own people, in the past in the Huayong camp, the British used a lot of co-optation measures in order to appease the Huayong, and it was the same in Cape Town, as long as the Chinese were naturalized, when the salary should be raised, the British were never stingy, and the benefits that others had, the Chinese police were not a lot, which was indeed a world of difference compared with the Qing governor who drank the blood of the soldiers and ate empty salaries.
Speaking of which, I have to sigh that the attitude of the Qing State towards the Chinese is really inferior to that of the British.
"I said earlier, the Indians are staring at us, let them stop for a while, they can't wait for this time, and they deserve to die!" Roque couldn't help but burst into foul language, but people can't help but fish, if Luo Yi and they don't get caught, they will definitely make money without Roque, although Roque can't look down on that money now, but for the British and Indians, the Chinese are one, so Roque can't ignore it.
In fact, Roque really doesn't want to care, there must be a degree to make money, shearing sheep can't catch one sheared into Ge You, you can't go every day to set up a bureau at the dock, even if there are no Indians staring at it, you can't go every day, in fact, Roque is not ready to set up a bureau, the appearance characteristics of the Chinese are too obvious, and the white people are not stupid, everyone knows that the Chinese in Cape Town are all police, and going to the dock every day to set up a bureau is to find death, ruining the reputation of the Chinese, and it is not such a corrupt law, if you want to make money, find a way to catch smugglers, how good it is, and make money, and make meritorious contributions.
In fact, Roque can also understand that the fundamental reason why Luo Yi does not know whether he is alive or dead, is that he is still poor, as a traverser, Roque knows the direction of the future world, although after the Second Boer War, the British began to slowly decline, but until World War II, hugging the thighs of the British is the best choice in this era, even if the British eat meat, Roque and they drink some soup, they can also drink Roque and them.
But Luo Yi doesn't know this, Luo Yi used to be a street gangster, and it is estimated that the kind of person who dies on the street will not come forward to handle the aftermath, for Luo Yi, the future is precarious, first make the money you can earn.
What's more, they are also Chinese, Luo Ke is now promoted and rich, and Luo Yi is not unstimulated, just like Luo Ke said, the mansion that Luo Ke bought, even if it is a murderous house, Luo Ke They used to be in the Qing Kingdom, and they couldn't dream of living in it, Luo Yi didn't have Luo Ke's good luck, and he couldn't buy such a suitable house, but he worked hard to buy a set of marble pedestal wooden buildings that Luo Ke had seen on Government Street.
Home, for everyone's temptation, is irresistible.
When he arrived at the police station, Roque went directly to Sharma, it was night, Austin Pence was not at work, and Roque believed that Sharma should not have had time to report it.
Or rather, Sharma wouldn't be in such a hurry to report.
Sharma also has his own separate office as a sheriff, and when Roque came to Sharma's office, Sharma was lying on a chair admiring a half-pound gold coin issued in 1892, and when he saw Roque come in, Sharma retracted his feet high on the table and gave Roque the most basic respect.
"Mr. Vice Captain, it's a pleasure to meet you." Sharma's English is the kind of standard English that Indians think is, and if you speak it quickly, it is estimated that only Indians in the world can understand it.
"Mr. Sheriff, I'm sorry I didn't come to you for tea earlier, why don't we find a place to have a drink." People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads, and even if Roque doesn't like Sharma anymore, he will now be vain.
"No, no, we Sikhs never drink." Sharma was righteous, and made a gesture in front of Roque.
Bullshit don't drink, Roque would love to slap Sharma's "sincere" face, it's indeed a Sikh precept not to drink, but when did the Indians in Cape Town keep it? Could it be that those drunken Indians drink cat urine every night? Sikhs still wear shorts, and there are no Indian-American police officers who don't wear the uniforms issued by the Cape Town Police Department.
Regarding the precepts of Indians, this is very amazing, for example, cattle are sacred animals in India, it is said that Indians never eat beef, but that is in India, Indians who go abroad, if they don't eat beef, they will starve to death, do Indians really not eat beef?
Don't be funny, as far as Roque knows, there aren't too many Indians who eat beef.