111 Foot binding
The Transvaal and Orange are newly occupied, and Alfred Milner is going to rebuild two teams in the Transvaal and Orange, so there are vacancies, and Roque will certainly impress Alfred Milner if he performs well.
Roque details the refugee camps in Oaktown, and the conversation naturally turns to the Boers in the Transvaal and Orange.
"The Boers in the Transvaal and Orange are certainly not the same as the Boers in the Cape, after the outbreak of the war, many Boers in the Cape who sympathize with the Boer coalition army crossed the border to join the Boer coalition army and chose to confront the expeditionary force, which should be regarded as a purge in a sense, and those who remain, at least do not contradict our rule, and those who join the Boer coalition army, whether they are Transvaal or Orange, or even those Cape who cross the border, They have all expressed deep hostility towards us, so what to do with them may become a major problem after the war. "Roque stepped into the role very quickly and was completely from Alfred Milner's point of view.
Alfred Milner was still in the mood for coffee when Roque first spoke, and as Roque elaborated further, the coffee in Alfred Milner's hand had become cold, but Alfred Milner didn't realize it.
"Yes, Inspector Locke, what to do with those Boers will be our main problem, what do you think about it?" Alfred Milner valued Roque's opinion because of his outstanding performance in managing the camp during this time.
Again, whether it is Chinese or white, don't expect others to respect you when you don't show the ability to be respected, the Boers in the Cape are white, if you go against the Cape colonial government, you are not as good as a pig and a dog, Roque is a Chinese, as long as he serves the Cape colonial government wholeheartedly, he can also become Alfred Milner's guest.
To put it bluntly, the Chinese in this era do not have a strong motherland, so they are not worthy of the attention of the British, and if the Chinese want to come out, they must hug the thighs of the British and work wholeheartedly for the colonial government.
"Exile!" Roque was categorical, Alfred Milner was tough on the Boers, and no matter how Roque thought about it, he had to be firmly consistent with Alfred Milner at this time: "In view of the hostile attitude of the Boer coalition towards us, we must be tough on this issue, treat the ordinary members of the Boer coalition, we can exile them all, and for those Cape who cross the border to join the Boer coalition, we must shoot them all as an example - although the expeditionary force has defeated the Boer coalition army on the frontal battlefield, But the war is far from over, maybe for the expeditionary force, the war that belongs to them is over, but for us, the war that belongs to us has just begun-"
Roque paused, feeling that he could still pretend, so his eyes were deep and distant: "For us, this is not the end, not even the beginning of the end, maybe just the end of the beginning!"
This forced pretense is big, don't doubt the lethality of this sentence to the British, although Roque is not Winston, but obviously Alfred Milner is not Roosevelt, these "exiles", "shooting" that Roque said, and even the concentration camps that Roque did not say, are all methods used by Alfred Milner in history, so Alfred Milner's emotions are quite excited, although the age gap between Roque and Alfred Milner is a bit large, but Alfred Milner. Milner still has the feeling of alpine water.
"Excellent! Inspector Locke, go back and get ready, next month, maybe you're going to have to change jobs. "Alfred Milner is very satisfied, this big test, Roque can score 100 points, at least 90.
The next day, instead of rushing back to Oaktown, Roque went to visit Hua Yong, who had just arrived in Cape Town.
No, they should be called "police officers" now.
To be honest, now Roque believes that sometimes, the role of God opponents is really not as good as that of pig teammates.
At Cape Town Police, those officers of Indian descent are pig teammates.
And with the comparison of these pig teammates, it can fully show the excellence of the Chinese police, otherwise, maybe Roque's performance is not so outstanding now.
Because of the excellence of the Chinese police, the Cape Town Police Department seems to have abandoned the Indian police, and this time the Cape Town Police Department hired 550 Chinese police officers, not a single Indian police officer.
Among the 550 Chinese-American policemen, about 200 are senior Huayong, and the others are Huayong who have just been hired by the Huayong battalion, and have only received less than three months of basic training.
After coming to Cape Town, the Chinese police officers did not start working, but first received language training, which is very important for the Chinese police officers, they now have to receive not only English training, but also Dutch training, of course, don't expect them to reach the level of four or six, it is enough to be able to cope with the simple work needs, now it is only simple training, more training will continue after arriving in the Transvaal and Orange.
When it comes to training, Luo Ke has to accept the fact that if according to Luo Ke's requirements, then in the north of the Qing Dynasty, I am afraid that there are very few women who meet Luo Ke's requirements, the reason is very simple, in this era, almost all women in the north of the Qing Kingdom are bound to their feet, and the proportion is more than 99 percent, so it is not easy for Liang Dingxin to earn Luo Ke's money, so he can only go to remote areas to find it, which is also the reason why Liang Dingxin has not sent people over for such a long time.
In 1929, the well-known sociologist Li Jinghan conducted a survey on foot-binding in a county in Zhili, and counted a total of 515 households, 1442 people, and 63% of them were foot-bound.
Among them: age is 5-9 years old, the proportion of foot binding is 0%; The age was 10-14 years old, and the proportion of foot binding was 5.6%; After that, the proportion increased year by year, and when they were over 40 years old, the proportion of foot binding was 99.2%.
40 years ago in 1929, that is, in 1889, now just turned 12 years old, that is to say, at this time, the proportion of women in the north of the Qing Dynasty who bound their feet was more than 99.2%, and the harm of foot binding to women was unimaginablecan only stay at home and take care of the family.
This is the sadness of the times.