CHAPTER XVI
What is the most intuitive expression of kindness?
It is not to obey orders, it is the duty of a soldier, and it is not a verbal overture, this kind of overture is not convincing, and action is the most intuitive expression.
For example, taking the initiative to take an English name, such as taking the initiative to naturalize Cape Town, or marrying a white wife and forming a transnational family, this is the most intuitive expression.
People will yearn for beautiful things, this is irreversible human nature, the current world, Britain is the most powerful country on the earth, so in the eyes of the vast majority of British, Britain should have the greatest attraction, everyone in the world should be proud of being British, Indians do this, so in the eyes of the British, Indians can be trusted, the Chinese are resistant to everything in the UK, then the Chinese can not be trusted, a very simple reasoning.
In fact, many Chinese people also think so, if a person can be prosperous and rich, but is willing to be poor, then this person is incomprehensible; If a person insists on doing something with no future for decades but does not want to make progress, then this person is a fool; If a person can earn a lot of money, but because of some kind of persistence, he deserves to be ridiculed.
What is really incomprehensible is the complexity of human nature, professors who have returned from studying abroad have been engaged in scientific research in the mountains for decades, and those lazy people who receive subsistence allowances every day but refuse to go out to find a job, are all incomprehensible behaviors of ordinary people, but the meaning of the two is definitely different.
In the past, the behavior of Chinese police officers was incomprehensible in the eyes of police officials and could not be measured by common sense, in other words, in the eyes of the British, Chinese police officers were eccentric and not normal people, so the British would not give real trust to Chinese police.
Now Roque's behavior, in the eyes of the British, is what a normal person should do, and the British are obviously happy to see such Roque.
Roque didn't know that something good was about to happen, and after coming into contact with the housing prices in Cape Town, Roque realized that he was still thinking too simply, Roque's current property was just over fifty pounds, which was far from enough money to buy a house in Cape Town, a dilapidated wooden house near the dock, the owner's offer was 150 pounds, and if the money was put in the capital of the Qing Kingdom, it could almost buy a courtyard house.
Houses in the city centre are more expensive, a wooden house with a marble foundation and an attic near Government Street is worth £280, and Roque's salary rises to £5 and it will take more than four years to buy it without food or drink.
"It's good for us to live in the dormitory, we don't lack food and drink, why buy our own house?" Li De didn't understand why Roque wanted to buy a house, the Cape Town Police Department provided free meals and dormitories for all police officers, and the conditions were quite good, even if those Indian police officers were naturalized in Cape Town, they still lived in dormitories, and went to the canteen every day to get free food.
"Reed, to make other people look up to you, first of all, you have to look up to yourself, do you see any Englishmen going to the free canteen?" Roque has his own reasons, the British let the Indian police take advantage, but the British will never look down on the Indian police, will not give the Indian police an equal status, they don't treat themselves as people, and they can expect others to treat you as a human being?
"Why don't we go back and borrow it? Brothers, if you put it together, you can still make up £150. Li De actively helped Luo Ke find a way, although Li De still didn't quite understand why Luo Ke wanted to buy a house, but Li De would not question Luo Ke's decision, in Li De's place, Luo Ke said whatever he said.
I can really make it up, and the vote I earned last night seems to be a total of £150, and if Roque speaks, everyone should lend the money to Roque.
Of course, borrowing will indeed borrow, but everyone will definitely not feel comfortable, the money in their pockets is money, although this money is the way that Roque is looking for, but since everyone is divided, Roque will not fight the idea of the money again, not to mention, Roque will not spend 150 pounds to buy an old and old wooden house, Roque doubts whether the house can still be inhabited.
"Don't worry, if we can't buy a house, we will build it ourselves, and it doesn't cost much to build a house by ourselves." Roque decided to be self-reliant, the urban construction of this era was still in the primitive stage, many new immigrants could survive by building a shack directly on the outskirts of Cape Town, and did not see the city hall to demolish it, Roque now has a little money in his hands, and it is not enough to buy a house, it is definitely enough to build one.
"Build your own house, we won't!" Li De didn't expect that Roque actually planned to build it himself, the housing structure in Cape Town was not quite the same as that of the Qing Dynasty, and the Chinese were not familiar with this kind of architectural structure.
In fact, self-built houses are not new to Chinese, many Chinese people don't need to invite people when they get a house, invite the neighbors to have a meal, everyone will take the initiative to help, will not build a wall, move bricks will always be it, many people are powerful, ten days and eight days can erect a house.
Houses in Cape Town are mainly made of stone and wood, and the rich people built their houses with marble, and the houses are beautiful and sturdy, and will not break down for hundreds of years.
If you don't have the money, you can only use wood to build a house, although it will be affected by the weather and insect infestation, but it is no problem to use it to protect from the wind and rain.
"It's simple, you can see it at a glance, it's much simpler than building a house in our Qingguo." Luo Ke is not worried about this problem, the house of the Qing Kingdom is a brick structure, in terms of complexity, it is much more complicated than building a house with wood, building a house with wood and stone is actually similar to building blocks, with the intelligence of the Chinese, it is almost the level of a look.
The work of the patrol police is still very monotonous, and Roque and Li De have been wandering the streets for a whole day, not to mention the rioters, and they haven't even seen a single fight.
After the resignation of the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, Admiral Buller, the British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury appointed Lord Roberts as the new commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, and sent reinforcements from the British mainland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
Of course, the Boers can't be treated with common sense, the second Boer War was provoked by the Boers on their own initiative, and the British responded passively, which is as incredible as Somalia in the 21st century taking the initiative to declare war on the United States, Roque is okay here, it doesn't mean that everyone else is okay, just at three o'clock in the afternoon, another patrol was attacked, and two patrol officers died on the spot, one of them was an Indian and the other was Chinese.
This is the fifth consecutive attack against patrol officers.