Chapter 15: Goodwill

Roque successfully applied for a new partner, and as Roque thought, the new partner was Li De.

"Master Luo, I have long wanted to be in the same class with you, the Indian who used to be in the same class with me was lazy, greedy, greedy and bad, he didn't eat enough, he couldn't do anything, he said that the Indian foreign language was good, I read the Indian foreign language, and the foreigner didn't understand it very much." Li De was very excited, the English level of Indians is like that, but the kung fu of deception is very good, and the ability to brag is first-class.

Speaking of Indian English, this is another strange in the wonderful, since accepting the British colonization, India began to take English as its mother tongue, but after English arrived in India, it began to become nondescript, and the English spoken by Indians was not even understood by the British, which is really not a joke.

"Lide, your name is good, remember that your English name will be Reed in the future, r-e-d-d, don't you want to bring the old lady to Cape Town? I'll teach you a good idea, register with the immigration office, become an official Cape Townian, and then your salary will rise to 5 pounds a month, which is enough for you and your wife. "Roque can't say that Anton, but he can call the shots for Li De, all the time, Li De has always been Roque's little brother, the kind of loyalty, even if Roque is an ordinary patrol officer after arriving in Cape Town, Li De is still loyal to Roque.

"If you register, won't you become a Cape Towner, can we go back to our hometown in the future?" Li De didn't object, but was a little apprehensive.

"Why can't you go back? Registered as Cape Towners, we will be foreigners when we return to the Qing Kingdom, think about the status of foreigners in the Qing Kingdom, when we return to the Qing Kingdom, we can go sideways, and those county officials and lords will salute when they see us. Roque's tongue is also not rotten, and the words of the car are reversed and reversed, and Roque is justified anyway.

"It's true, foreign devils are so horizontal in our Qing Dynasty, but we have become foreigners, so I'm afraid that we won't be able to enter the ancestral grave in the future." Li De is still hesitating, forgetting one's ancestors is a big taboo for the Chinese, and Roque has seen many examples of family immigration in the 21st century, but it is rare in the 19th century.

"Whatever you want, I'm going to settle in Cape Town, and when we patrol the streets, I'm going to look for a house, and I'll make my home in Cape Town in the future." Luo Ke said that, no matter whether Li De wants it or not, Luo Ke will not force it.

In fact, settling in Cape Town is not a long-term solution, the current Cape Town is not bad, and when the South African Federation is established, the future of South Africa is also very sad, of course, that is not Roque's problem, and if the blacks can't take power in South Africa, Roque will leave this place of right and wrong, not to mention that there is Roque, whether the blacks have a chance to take power is uncertain, South Africa in the mid-twentieth century is a quasi-developed country.

"Don't, Master Luo, I'll settle down, can't I settle down?" Li De saw that Luo Ke had the intention of giving up, and immediately decided to follow Luo Ke's pace: "It's not that we don't know the benefits of settling down, but everyone didn't settle down before, and no one had the intention of settling down, Luo Ye, you dare to settle down, of course I, Li De, dare too, so we can be companions together." ”

The wealth is moving, the salary of five pounds a month, to say that it is not tempting is fake, the key is that no one takes the first step, as long as there is the first person to be a crab, the local complex is not so indestructible.

It's good to be willing to settle down, Roque is also worried that he will become a loner after settling down, so Roque's naturalization will have no demonstration effect, and now Li De is willing to settle down with Roque, which is a good start, I believe that the officials of the police department will definitely see it.

At the same time, Sheriff Henry Matilda was reporting to Inspector Austin Pence.

"Those Qing people are finally willing to settle in Cape Town? Who was the first to settle in? Austin Pence was very relieved that there was finally an acquaintance of a Chinese person, and Austin Pence had been waiting for this day for a long time.

To be honest, there was a time when Austin Pence thought that Chinese police officers were fools, and the benefits of naturalization in Cape Town were at their fingertips, but no Chinese police officers were willing to naturalize in Cape Town, which did not conform to Austin Pence's understanding of human nature, Austin Pence was also British before, but now he has become a naturalized Cape Town, and immigration is normal for British.

"It's Luo, he named himself Locke, this Locke is amazing, he is different from other Qing people, he is very fluent in English, and he can speak a little Italian, just now, Locke helped me solve a big problem." Henri Matilda was full of praise for Roque, the lady just now was the wife of a colonial affairs officer, and without Roque, Henri Matilda would be in trouble.

"Luo, I think I've heard of this name." Austin Pence had a little impression of Roque, but he was not impressed, there were hundreds of police officers in the Cape Town Police Department, and Austin Pence could not remember everyone.

"It's the Luo who was attacked by the rioters and then fell unconscious and was hospitalized, Locke had the experience of serving in the Huayong Battalion, and the rank was corporal when he was in the Huayong Battalion, according to the rank, Locke can also serve as a sergeant when he comes to Cape Town, but who made him a Qing Guoren." Henri Matilda is a little sorry that his background is important at all times.

"Very good resume, Huayong Camp is a useful attempt, if the loyalty of Huayong Camp can be guaranteed, then the scale of Huayong Camp will be further expanded in the future, but unfortunately now it seems that Huayong Battalion's loyalty is not enough, so the top is still hesitating, since Locke has been naturalized, then let him get enough benefits, we need more Locke to appear." Austin Pence's level can learn more information, and the British also know the truth of buying horses' bones.

The original intention of the British to set up the Huayong Battalion was to assist the British in managing the concession in the Qing Dynasty, no matter at any time, loyalty was the most important thing for the British, why could the lazy and inefficient Indians mix so well under the hands of the British? It is because the Indians are loyal enough, although they are lacking in ability, but compared with the blacks in Africa, the Indians are already good, and the British have no better choice.

Purely in terms of ability, there is a clear gap between the Indians and the Chinese, and the British officers of the Hua Yong Battalion evaluated Hua Yong as "everyone is a sharpshooter with every shot", and "the loss of such excellent soldiers would be a heavy loss to the British Empire".

If there is any deficiency in the soldiers of the Huayong battalion, it may be that they are not good at expressing it, although the Huayong have proved their loyalty with their own actions, but for the British, the soldiers of the Huayong battalion did not show real goodwill to the British, so the trust of the British in Huayong is reserved.

Roque took the initiative to settle in Cape Town, which, in Austin Pence's view, was Roque's expression of goodwill to the British Empire.