The lady of Nyasalan didn't care about the gold mines, and during this time Phyllis had a new job, and after knowing that she was the owner of the wool mill, Phyllis burst out with an unparalleled passion for the wool mill, and spent most of her day in the wool mill.

Of course, Phyllis doesn't stay in the factory, but spends most of her time in the office, working with Richard Hudson, the manager of the wool mill, and Ryan Nelson, the head of the technical department, to study how to improve the profits of the wool mill.

Most of the local sheep in Johannesburg are merino sheep, and the wool on the sheep, even if it is fine, is wool, not cashmere, and cashmere is the wool produced by goats, which is not the same thing as wool.

Therefore, the profit of the textile mill is not too high, and in order to increase the enthusiasm of the farmers to raise sheep, the wool purchase price of Roque to the farmers is relatively high, which further reduces the profit margin of the textile factory.

The textile factory is a labor-intensive enterprise, with more than 2,000 workers in the factory, and on average, the wages of the workers are about three pounds, which is not a high wage level, but considering that most of the workers in the factory are women, this salary level is not bad.

"At present, we can only weave wool into wool and then sell it to Europe, although the quality of our wool is very good, but the cost itself is very high, plus the freight, after the wool arrives in Europe, the competitiveness is very low, so it is currently maintained at the level of no profit or loss." Richard Hudson's introduction surprised Roque, who thought that the textile mill had been making a profit, but he didn't expect it to be half dead.

Phyllis is coming to the textile factory, and as long as Roque is fine, he will accompany Phyllis to come with him, speaking of which, Roque is basically on semi-vacation now, and accompanying Phyllis is Roque's most important job.

This was specially approved by Mr. Mayor.

Theoretically, the products of the colonies should have lower costs and be more competitive.

However, because of the special situation in Johannesburg, Johannesburg's textiles are not very competitive in the European market.

Let's not forget that Europe is also a sweatshop now, and workers are probably paid less than the Johannesburg textile mills, so if you want to increase your profits, you have to find other ways.

Of course, there are still solutions, and Roque used his brains and immediately had an idea: "If it is processed on the basis of wool, then it should further enhance the competitiveness of products - such as ready-to-wear, carpets, blankets, tapestries, etc., all belong to the wool textile industry, and you can't think of a way in this regard?" ”

It's just too good, Richard Hudson is also a veteran of the textile industry, otherwise he is not qualified to be the director of the textile factory, the efficiency of the textile factory is not good, it does not mean that Richard Hudson has no way, he just has no authority, so he is tied.

"Yes, but you have to increase the equipment, and at the same time train skilled workers-" Richard Hudson also has a lot of difficulties, adding new product lines, means increasing investment, before Roque couldn't take care of the textile factory, Richard Hudson even if he wanted to do it, he didn't have the resources in his hands.

"You're the boss, you take the idea." Roque gave the power to Phyllis, no matter what Phyllis wanted to do, Roque just had the check ready, and it was much more important to make his wife feel good than the check.

In other words, Roque really wants to know whether Phyllis is a boy or a girl in her belly now, but unfortunately there is no color ultrasound this year, and Roque can only go to Frank to find a hexagram.

No, Frank is a priest, and people don't rely on this to eat.

"It's all right, Mr. Hudson, if you need more equipment, you'd better make an order with Mr. Nelson, and I'll have someone go to London to procure it." Phyllis was polite, and Richard Hudson and Ryan Nelson both had expressions of emotion.

Phyllis is now Mrs. Nyasaland, and it is not easy to respect people so much, of course, this also has something to do with Phyllis's character, even if it is a stranger, Phyllis will give due respect.

Roque was not polite, and while Phyllis was resting, Roque made demands on Richard Hudson and Ryan Nelson.

"You take the initiative, go to Ziwei Town every other day to report in the future, and try to let Mrs. come to the factory as little as possible." Roque is still a little worried, the pollution of the textile factory is actually very serious, and there is no sewage treatment process these days, so Phyllis can come less or less, in case there is a good one, it will be regretted.

"Yes, Lord, we will go to Ziwei Town every other day to report to Madame." Richard Hudson knew what Roque was worried about, but neither could Richard Hudson and Ryan Nelson, the level of technology in these years is like this, and developing the economy and protecting the environment are always irreconcilable issues.

That's why Roque is so demanding that in any other area, not even London and Paris, people don't pay attention to the environmental aspects.

On the way home, Phyllis was still in high spirits.

"The wages of factory workers are still too low, only 36 pounds per person per year, which is not enough to support a family, and in your words, the lack of pay will affect the enthusiasm of the workers, so I have to find a way to increase the wages of the workers-" Phyllis spoke, also paying attention to Roque's expression.

The gap in wages for workers in these years is still very large.

The best workers in Europe, such as jewellers, watchmakers, and precision instrument workers, pay around £90 a year.

Less skilled jobs, such as printers, blacksmiths, and bakers, pay only sixty or seventy pounds a year.

Labor-intensive jobs pay even less, such as railroad workers, postmen, and dock coolies, and are paid only forty or fifty pounds a year.

By British standards, anyone with an annual household income of £60 or less is considered poor, and this group of people makes up more than 60 per cent of the total population.

The situation in Johannesburg should be better than in the United Kingdom, because the workers in Johannesburg have more choices, and most of the women workers in the textile mills are family members of the farms around Johannesburg, and they work in the textile mills to support their families, and even without this job, the income from the farm is enough to support them.

If it had been for the British or the Boers, they would have hired some Zulu people and started a comfortable life as farmers.

The Chinese, on the other hand, are not so negative, and even the hostesses of the farm, who have hundreds of acres at home, will do everything they can to increase the family income, which is taken for granted by the Chinese.

In this case, of course, Roque would not object to Phyllis's idea: "Yes, whatever you do, don't be afraid to lose money, we are people with mines at home." ”

Roque is very confident, and if he can't do it, he can take out a loan in the name of a textile factory, and he can also increase business for the RAND Bank.

With Roque's support, the development of the textile mill accelerated dramatically, but this did not increase Roque's income, but instead Roque increased his investment in the textile mill by 20,000 pounds to buy new equipment and build a new factory.

It definitely takes a process to add a new product line, so don't expect the mill to make money in three or two years, as long as it doesn't lose money, it can increase the income of the farms around Johannesburg, and Roque doesn't make money from that.

On September 15, the Johannesburg City Council voted on whether to include the Chinese language in the official language of Johannesburg.

Roque came to the council on time, and although Roque was not a member of the council, no one dared to prevent Roque from coming.

On the contrary, because of Roque's baronial status, Owen also added a special position to Roque next to the rostrum, which was also part of the nobility's privileges.

Of course, Roque came to sit in for a purpose, so Roque was dressed in a military uniform, and the meaning was self-evident.

At 9 a.m., the parliament formally entered the voting process, and after passing two inconsequential votes, Owen announced that a vote on whether or not to include Chinese speaking as an official language would soon begin.

"I'm against it!" Arnold ignored Roque's murderous look and stood up in disagreement.

"If you object, please follow parliamentary procedures." Owen was unkind, ignoring Arnold's objections.

"All right, Mr. Speaker, I ask for the floor." Arnold is doing his best to fight for it.

"Please, you have two minutes." Owen gave Arnold the opportunity to speak, as was procedural.

"We all know—"

"Stop, please follow the parliamentary procedures, and enter the speaker's seat when you speak." Arnold had just started when he was interrupted by Owen.

Arnold had anger in his eyes, but he obediently left his seat and walked to the speaker on the side of the council hall as Owen requested.

"We all know that the official language of the Transvaal is English and Boer, except for the Qing Dynasty, it is estimated that no country in the world has included Chinese as an official language, although there are many Chinese in Johannesburg, but if Chinese is included——"

"Stop, your time is up." Owen was looking down at his papers, not even looking at Arnold.

"Bastard, I'm not done yet!" Arnold finally went crazy, and was interrupted by Owen three times and twice, even the mud bodhisattva has three points of anger, not to mention Arnold's fiery personality.

"Bang Bang Bang-" Owen slammed the table with a mallet, and his mouth did not give an inch: "You only have two minutes, now you have run out of time, if you still want to speak, then apply according to the council procedure, and organize your language before speaking, don't waste all of our time!" ”

"Bastard, you didn't give me a chance to speak!" Arnold had probably never been so aggrieved, and the parliament that Arnold imagined was not at all the same.

"If you continue to be unscrupulous, Councillor Arnold Matilda, I'm going to ask the security guards to get you out!" Owen's face was gloomy, and if Arnold still didn't know each other, Owen would really do it.

Roque is really impressed with Owen!

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