The Boers, who had active or passive relations with the soldiers of the expeditionary force during the war, are now being housed by the police in a newly built residential area in Johannesburg.

At this time, the residential community, of course, don't ask for any big balcony, high lighting, in fact, it is a tube building, the kitchen and bathroom are shared, the living room of course does not have to think, the area of the room is quite large, but unfortunately there is no division, so you can only make up for life, the quality of life can not be talked about.

If the number of people is a little smaller, then Roque can place them in Ziwei Hospital.

Don't think about it now, there are thousands of people at once, and Ziwei Hospital can't take care of them, and those Chinese nurses who are learning medical skills are happy, and they will have many opportunities to practice in the future.

"The police department should give them proper help if they can, and since these people are not accepted by the Boers, then they can only rely on us." Philip did not shy away from discussing this issue, the key is that Johannesburg is too small to keep a little bit, and these Boer women are not accepted by the Boers, at least not to pose a threat to the city government.

Roque did not speak, bowed his head and pretended to take notes, this issue was also discussed by Roque and Louis Botha, although Louis Botha lamented his misfortune, in fact, he was also angry, and finally Louis Botha also agreed to restrain the partisans and properly protect the Boer women.

"It's easy to take them in, but there will be a lot of trouble in the future, these women don't have husbands, because they have to take care of the children, and they probably can't work, so their source of livelihood is still a problem." Marcus Beaufort is stubborn on this issue, mainly because this part of the population cannot create taxes, and it is purely a financial burden.

"We can set up public kindergartens and help them find jobs as much as possible, such as civil service positions in government departments, in fact, female staff can be used, and Sir Locke has already tried a lot of this at Ziwei Hospital and Ziwei Public School, and the results should be good." Blake Nelson took Roque as an example, and for Roque's sake, Marcus finally didn't refute it this time.

As for female employees, in fact, it is nothing new in this era, as early as the beginning of the industrial revolution, factories recruited female workers, and those textile factory jobs, men are really not as competent as women.

Not to mention women, even child labor is common in factories nowadays, they do the same work as adults, but because they are not efficient, the salary is far less than that of adults.

This is the crux of the matter, women and children are actually working, but the key problem is that they work the same as adult men, but because the efficiency is different, so the salary is much lower than that of adult men, this is the original intention of the West to demand "equal pay for equal work", the key problem is not "equal work", but "equal pay".

Ziwei Hospital and Ziwei Public School do not have this problem, and Roque has become accustomed to equality between men and women in the 21st century, so he will not make mistakes on this issue.

In Ziwei Hospital and Ziwei Public School, under the premise of doing the same work, the salary of female employees is basically the same as that of male employees, so Dr. Kay Mallory will stay willingly when he comes to Ziwei Hospital.

"Yes, women are actually more competent than men in some jobs that do not require physical strength, they are more careful, more patient, and cherish work opportunities more, in Ziwei Hospital and Ziwei Public School, under the same conditions, women are not inferior to men." Roque did not hesitate to support women to work on this issue, but this support was conditional, Roque only supported Boer women, and British women to work outside the house, even if the Chinese were counted, it was better for the Chinese to stay on the farm and teach their husbands and children.

In fact, this is also a last resort, the impact of dual-income families on having children is obvious, the couple are busy with work all day, naturally have no energy to have children, even if they have children, most of them have no time to educate, and eventually there will be a lot of disharmony.

Relatively speaking, most Chinese families in Johannesburg are farmers, this job is actually very leisurely, now you can hire Zulus, and in the future there will be agricultural machinery, so the Chinese can spend more time enjoying life, and it is inevitable to spread out their branches.

Of course, this enjoyment of life is only temporary at this stage, and when the population base of the Chinese population is large enough to a certain extent in the future, the Chinese will definitely have to come out to work, but at that time, the Chinese will probably face another situation.

"Then it's decided, take these Boers in and help them find work." Philip makes a decision, being a boss is easy, just move your mouth, and Roque is the life of running errands.

After the meeting, Roque rushed to his villa on the outskirts of Johannesburg to meet the legendary Cecil Rhodes.

Cecil Rhodes has been in poor health since returning to Cape Town from London, and has been recuperating in Cape Town for several months, having just returned to Johannesburg a few days ago.

It's not bad, Cecil Rhodes in another time and space didn't see the "Peace Agreement" signed at all, and when he was dying, he was thinking that they wouldn't change Rhodesia's name.

What Cecil Rhodes didn't expect was that the British government not only changed the name of Rhodesia, but also took Rhodesia back, and then allowed Rhodesia to become independent, which finally led to the misery of the people of Rhodesia.

When the South African company managed Rhodesia, Rhodesia was still very good, although Rhodesia (Southern Rhodesia, when Northern Rhodesia had been repossessed by the British government) did not have any decent mineral resources, but relying on developed agriculture, Rhodesia was once known as the "bakery of Africa".

After the start of the Cold War, Rhodesia became a victim of the confrontation between the two blocs, the United States imposed an economic blockade on Rhodesia, Rhodesia sold agricultural products to Portuguese East Africa, and the Portuguese branded the farm goods purchased from Rhodesia as Portuguese, and sold well all over the world.

The lethal threat came from the woolly bear, who supplied weapons to the Zulus of Rhodesia and supported the Zulus in their armed resistance to the "oppression" of the whites.

Because of the blockade by the United States, Rhodesia had no international support, and could not even buy weapons, and as a result, the Zulu people succeeded in coming to power, and in just ten years, Rhodesia was reduced from "the bakery of Africa" to a self-sufficient food and needed support from the international community.

By the time Roque crossed over, Rhodesia was still one of the poorest regions in the world.

Roque knew all this, but he couldn't tell Cecil Rhodes.

Cecil Rhodes already has a certain understanding of Roque through Xiao Si's paraphrasing.

As Xiao Si expected, Cecil Rhodes was very interested in Roque, so as soon as he returned to Johannesburg, he couldn't wait for Xiao Si to find Roque.

"Wow, Sir Locke, you are surprisingly young, I was just getting involved in the diamond industry in the Kimberley when I was in your grade, and you are now a baron, hahahaha-" Cecil Rhodes smiled a little sadly, Roque could understand that even if Cecil Rhodes was now rich, the London government would not knight Cecil Rhodes.

Amazing, right?

In fact, it's normal, not knighted, even if Cecil Rhodes is the richest man in the world, he is just a commoner, and when the king needs it, he can cut the leeks of the Rhodes family without any scruples.

If he is knighted, he will not be able to do it, with the knighthood, Cecil Rhodes will become a privileged class, and if the king does anything to Cecil Rhodes again, then the reaction of the entire noble community will have to be considered.

Therefore, the queen can give the whole of Rhodesia to Cecil Rhodes to manage, but will not give Cecil Rhodes the title, not even a small "subordinate baron".

From the Baron –

Also noble!

"I was just lucky." Roque doesn't have much capital to be proud of in front of Cecil Rhodes, this guy is the top elite of this era.

It's a pity that the life of the elite is coming to an end, and Roque doesn't know what Cecil Rhodes was like in the past, and now Cecil Rhodes is dying, he has a serious heart disease, and he has to gasp violently for a while when he says a sentence or two, and his face has an obviously unhealthy flush.

Just beside Cecil Rhodes, Xiao Si was looking at him with a concerned face, and there was Cecil Rhodes' personal doctor not far away, when Roque came, Xiao Si explained to Roque that Cecil Rhodes couldn't talk to Roque for too long.

"Luck is also part of strength!" Cecil Rhodes was categorical, although his voice was already a little vague, but the momentum was still there: "20 years ago, Banato wanted to buy my De Beers Mining Company, and everyone thought I lost, but in the end, it was my De Beers Mining Company that bought the Kimberley Central Mining Company in Banato, and this is the De Beers Unified Mining Company——"

In fact, Cecil Rhodes remembered wrong, not 20 years ago, but 14 years ago.

Normally, Roque would not point out that when communicating with someone like Cecil Rhodes, you should cherish every word and every word he says, rather than wasting time on useless arguments.

"War is an opportunity for all, but why can't others catch it, you can seize it? Opportunities are reserved only for those who are prepared. Cecil Rhodes looked at Roque with envy, probably remembering his eventful years.

It's a pity that the time that belonged to Cecil Rhodes has passed.

"What do you think of Rhodesia?" Cecil Rhodes knew he didn't have much time, so he quickly shifted the conversation to Rhodesia.

"It's dangerous, Rhodesia is like the Transvaal before, the territory is surrounded by the Cape on all sides, so in the face of the attack of the Empire, the Transvaal is powerless to parry-" Roque's words made Cecil Rhodes nod frequently, and at this time Cecil Rhodes looked at Roque's eyes and was full of appreciation: "The current Rhodesia, just like the Transvaal in the past, is French in the north, Portuguese in the east, and Germans in the west, so it seems to be full of flowers, but in fact it is full of crises." ”

If it were someone else, Roque would never say this, but it was okay to say it in front of Cecil Rhodes, Roque believed that Cecil Rhodes must have understood what Roque meant, otherwise, Cecil Rhodes would not have cared when he died, whether people would change the name "Rhodesia".

Who are the people here?

Cecil Rhodes was worried about the British government, but Cecil Rhodes did not dare to directly pick it out.

"Correct! So how do you break this situation? Cecil Rhodes' expression was excited, Xiao Si was worried, and the doctor next to him wanted to come over and intervene.

"I'm fine, don't worry, I'm running out of time-" Cecil Rhodes didn't let the doctor come over, and gave Xiao Si a meaningful look.

Xiao Si's eyes were a little red, and he sniffed hard and nodded.

"Locke, how do you think this situation should be broken?" Cecil Rhodes turned back and continued to look at Roque expectantly.

"Nyasaland, the key to breaking the situation lies in the Portuguese, Rhodesia needs an outlet to the sea, Lake Nyasa is less than 200 kilometers from the Indian Ocean, through Portuguese East Africa, Rhodesia can have an outlet to the sea, with access to the sea, Rhodesia is not afraid of any danger." Roque had studied the map of Rhodesia in detail during this time, and knew the situation in Rhodesia by heart.

In fact, the original Transvaal Republic was forced to death by the expeditionary force because it had no access to the sea.

If the Transvaal Republic had an outlet to the sea, then the Transvaal Republic would receive a steady stream of international aid, and would not fall to the point of running out of ammunition and food, and would have to rely on the materials captured by the expeditionary force and fight hard against the expeditionary force.

The expeditionary force knew this, of course, so later in the war, the expeditionary force replaced all its rifles with Lee Enfield, just to prevent the Boer guerrillas from being resupplied.

Lee Enfield's caliber was 00 inches, and the Martini Henry, used by the Boer guerrillas, was 0402 inches, and their bullets were not universal.

"That's right! That's it-" Cecil Rhodes looked at Roque with a smile of relief, and when he turned around, Cecil Rhodes patted Xiao Si on the shoulder and laughed: "Remember, if you can't make up your mind about something in the future, come to Locke, you're right, Locke is a smart man, as smart as me!" ”

The compliment was a bit excessive, and Roque felt a little flattered.

"Locke, you may not know that London wants to take back the administration of Nyasaland—hehe, I'm not dead yet, those people can't wait—" Cecil Rhodes gasped violently, his chest heaving violently.

"Father, don't say it, I swear to death that I won't let them get their wish!" Xiao Si swore with red eyes.

"You can't, you can't deal with those old fellows, Locke, give Nyasaland to Locke, let Locke deal with those old fellows—" Cecil Rhodes coughed violently, and the doctor immediately ran over with a large group of nurses.

It's really a heroic twilight.