Chapter 14 Not long-sighted

(The contract has been sent, the brothers can vote with confidence, the new book period, the support of the brothers is very much needed, do you dare to use the vote to the extent of the fish head plus more-)

The Cape Town Immigration Department is located on Walter Street next to the docks, and newcomers can quickly go through the naturalization process when they come ashore, and then they can become official Cape Townians, which is a ridiculously simple procedure compared to the troublesome immigration procedures of later generations.

It only took ten minutes for Roque to complete all the registrations and officially become a Cape Townan.

After naturalization, the most direct benefit is that according to the regulations of the Cape Town Police Department, Roque's monthly salary will be increased to five pounds from next month, which is still twice as small as that of the British, but compared with the previous monthly salary of 1.2 pounds, it is already a world of difference.

"Locke, can I become a Cape Town citizen?" Roque didn't say anything about Anton, but he succeeded in moving Kunale's heart, most of the Indian-American police officers have become Cape Townians, and Indians do not have such a strong local complex as the Chinese.

This is a fact, India and the Republic in the 21st century are the two most populous countries in the world, both countries have a large number of students studying abroad, the difference is that many Chinese will choose to return to China to work after completing their studies, and Indians will try their best to dissociate themselves from India once they go abroad.

The Chinese in Cape Town are the same as Indians, many Chinese just need to work as a police officer to earn money, and they will return to the Qing Dynasty in the future, but few Indian police officers want to return to India, and many of them have become permanent residents of Cape Town.

"Cape Town is not a country, there is no nationality, I am just registered as a permanent resident of Cape Town, I am eligible to settle in Cape Town, and if you want to do that, you can of course too." When he is not angry, Roque is still very kind, and Roque is also willing to help with Kunale's problems, after all, they are colleagues, and they have no deep hatred for each other.

Bah!

is a deep hatred, Roque will never forget, Kunal left Roque to flee alone when Roque needed him the most, so Roque now wants to change partners, Li De is good, the young man is obedient and eye-catching, at least Roque can rest assured that when he encounters danger, he can rest assured that he will hand over his back to Li De.

"Then I'm going to take a leave of absence, and I'm going to be a permanent resident of Cape Town." Kunale couldn't wait, turned around and went back to the police station to ask for leave.

This is the difference, it is also a private matter, Roque does it by the way when he is working, but Kunal has to ask for leave alone.

It can be considered that Roque does not distinguish between public and private, but in Cape Town, where the police force is becoming increasingly tight, every police force is very important, and what can be done in ten minutes is obviously done in ten minutes, but he has to spare a whole day alone, and he really can't see and control it when his superiors can't see it? Many times, people are unwittingly sentenced to "death penalty" in this way, and Roque dares to assure that if Kunale goes to ask for leave, then Kunale will never have a day to come out in the Cape Town Police Department.

Of course, Roque will not remind Kunale, ask for leave, Roque can apply for a new partner, anyway, the British give every Chinese policeman an Indian policeman, just to facilitate communication, and Roque has no problem with English, so naturally there is no communication barrier.

Back at the police station, Kunale goes to ask for a leave of absence, and Roque goes to Henri Matilda to see if he can apply for a new partner.

Henri Matilda was in his office receiving a richly dressed middle-aged woman, and with Roque's experience in dealing with foreigners, he could barely tell that the woman spoke Italian, but Roque did not know Italian, so he could not help much.

"God, can you send someone for me and tell me what this man is talking about—" Henri Matilda was desperate, Cape Town had not had the luxury of having an Italian interpreter for the police station, and there were not even a few people in the whole of Cape Town who knew Italian.

Italian is a Latin language family, English is a Germanic language family, so the difference is very big, from the root is different, more than a dozen countries in Western Europe, there are dozens of languages, even English is British and American, so language is an important factor affecting people's communication.

"Hello, can you use another language? Like English, French? Roque tried to communicate with the woman, thanks to his previous experience in foreign trade, several major languages, Roque can at least say hello to people, which is specially practiced.

"Locke, can you understand what she's saying?" Henri Matilda was very surprised, as a well-informed Englishman, Henri Matilda didn't know what the woman was talking about, but Roque was able to stumble and greet the woman, which subverted Henri Matilda's perception of Chinese Americans.

Of course, Henry Matilda's so-called "well-informed" is only relatively speaking, for most Chinese, Henry Matilda can be regarded as well-informed, but for Roque, Henry Matilda's contact is similar to that of a hillbilly, there are statistics, the frequency of people receiving information in the Internet era, one day is equivalent to a year of the ancients, so Henry Matilda's insight is really nothing here in Roque.

"A little, I'll just do that." Roque was also helpless, if the woman didn't know other languages, then Roque couldn't do anything.

"Great, someone can understand what I'm saying, don't you have an Italian interpreter at the police station?" The woman breathed a sigh of relief, and the last sentence was spoken in French.

Compared to Italian, French is much simpler, and Henri Matilda immediately became furious: "Do you know French? Then why don't you use French? ”

"You didn't ask." The woman was menacing, and clearly didn't care about Henri Matilda, the little sheriff.

“F***!” Henri Matilda silently made a lip shape, and did not scold, the women who can show their heads in these years are not ordinary people, and they know from the clothes that this woman is wearing, the family must be good, and Henri Matilda can't afford to provoke those nobles.

"Sheriff, I'm going to take a whole day off, and I'm going to become a Cape Town citizen too." Kunaler finally found a gap and immediately made a request.

"Get out! Who told you Cape Town is a country? Do you need a whole day when you can do something that can be done in ten minutes? Since you want to rest so much, then you go to the warehouse and disappear from my front immediately. "Henri Matilda finally found a punching bag, and deserved the bad luck of Kunal, a short-eyed fellow, Henri Matilda was angry, and he couldn't provoke a noblewoman, so he took Kunale out of anger.

The fierce spray of the head and face directly stunned the poor Kunal, the patrol police at least have a chance to make black money, the warehouse management is simply equivalent to being locked up, and the reselling of materials will be shot, and the British have never been soft in this regard.