More than 500 people worked together, the effect was still outstanding, compared with those Africans working in the mines, at least the Africans in Locke's Farm were not in danger of life, and the logistics of Locke's Farm were not bad, and the payment of wages was quite timely, so this job was still very good, at least the Africans on the farm were quite satisfied.

Of course, the good thing here is to see where it is compared, compared with those white gold mines, the conditions in Locke's Farm are indeed good, but compared with Locke's gold mines, the treatment of Locke's Farm is much worse, such as the simplest dish of potato stew, in Locke's gold mine, it may be beef stewed potatoes, and in Locke's Farm, it is beef soup stewed potatoes.

It's already rare, at least the Rock Gold Mine really uses beef leg bones to boil bone broth, which is still real in this regard.

"There are 100 workers in each camp, with five African-American or Chinese-American supervisors, and two Chinese-American technicians, as well as five logistics service personnel, there are five such camps on the farm, and the two independent houses over there are technicians, usually their families are in charge of logistics, and the warehouses here are inhabited by workers, and the farm not only grows herbs, but also properly grows some crops, raises some poultry and livestock, and we strive to ensure the self-sufficiency of the farm within two years." Buck had a detailed plan for the farm, and now the farm also needs to buy food, which is certainly not the norm.

The 660,000 acres of farm, the amount of arable land is very sufficient, and the planting of Chinese herbal medicine requires the use of rotation tillage technology, that is, after a piece of land is planted with Chinese herbal medicine, it is not suitable for continuing to plant Chinese herbal medicine within three or five years.

But this period of time does not affect the cultivation of other crops, wheat, corn, soybeans and so on, there are a hundred workers in each camp, these workers can not always be idle, pulling weeds and catching insects, raising cattle and planting trees or so on, they can always find something to do.

In fact, the model of Locke's farm is a copy of the farm model implemented by Roque in Nyasaland, except that the farmers in Nyasaland farms are Chinese, and when they arrive in Johannesburg, they become Africans.

The advantage of this model is that it is more planned and more conducive to overall planning, but the disadvantages are also obvious, fortunately, Roque will not use this model all the time, and when the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, Roque will also find ways to improve.

Specific to Locke farms, this model is certainly a huge advantage over ordinary farms, which are limited to human resources and are simply impossible to grow on a large scale, unless Johannesburg's farms enter the era of mechanization.

Locke's farm model is very conducive to large-scale production, the farm wants to be self-sufficient, more than 100 people go to plant potatoes, it doesn't take two or three years, a few months, relying on the yield of potatoes can be self-sufficient immediately, but Roque doesn't care about the money to maintain the operation of the farm now, and puts a lot of "money" Chinese herbs to plant potatoes instead of planting, which is putting the cart before the horse.

"The two technicians in this camp are called Li Yan and Ma Xia, Cui Yan's family has been practicing medicine in the capital for generations, his father is Cui Du, who stayed in Ziwei Town and is ready to enter medical school in the future, Cui Yan is the eldest son of Cui Du, although the technology is not as good as Cui Du, but he also has the qualification to open a museum to practice medicine, Ma Xia used to be an apprentice, and he has not been a teacher before coming to Johannesburg, and he has no qualification to practice medicine with a seat manager, but fortunately, his ability to identify medicinal materials is not bad, so he also became a technician - no way, we still have few people." Buck is a little embarrassed, this is the current reality in Johannesburg, there are policies, there is money, but no one has no technology.

In 1899, the Second Boer War broke out, and in 1902, the Second Boer War ended.

In 1900, the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded China, and in 1901, the war ended.

After the end of the Boer War, the Transvaal and Orange began to rebuild, and although the reconstruction of Orange was slow, the war was finally over, and the lives of ordinary people were no longer affected by the war.

Compared with the Transvaal and Orange, after the end of the Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China, the northern part of the Qing Dynasty did not enter a state of reconstruction, but was aggravated by the conflict between the Russians and the Japanese.

If there are no accidents, by 1904, that is, next year, the Russo-Japanese War will break out between Russia and Japan, and the main battlefield of this war will be in the Qing Kingdom.

The situation in the Qing Kingdom was so bad that more and more Chinese were completely disillusioned with the Qing Kingdom, and then chose to leave the Qing Kingdom and come to Johannesburg.

Li Yan and Ma Xia had already received Buck's notice and waited in front of the wooden building used for the office, obviously seeing that Li Yan was a big family, but Ma Xia was alone and pitiful.

"I have already gone to pick up Ma Xia's family from the human resources company, and I will be able to come to Johannesburg for a reunion after a while." Buck whispered in Roque's ear.

Roque was still enthusiastic, with a smile on his face from afar.

Li Yan and Ma Xia hugged their fists and bowed down from a distance.

Regarding etiquette, Roque will certainly not emphasize it, and even pay no attention to this aspect on the surface, but Buck has organized an organization in this regard, which is sorting out the traditional etiquette of the Chinese and popularizing it among the Chinese in Johannesburg.

"Good afternoon, everyone—" Roque greeted with the initiative.

"Good afternoon, sir—" The voice of the reply was uneven, but it was loud and startled Roque.

Entering the wooden building, the furnishings are still different from the wooden building used by ordinary families, the original kitchen and living room are opened into a reception area, the bedroom is naturally an office, the second floor is a storage room and a data room, and there is also a lounge for employees to rest temporarily, and the functions are quite complete.

When he sat down, Luo Ke was definitely going to sit in the main seat, and Li Yan and Ma Xia sat opposite Luo Ke in a proper manner, and their attitudes were more correct than those of the primary school students of Ziwei Public School.

Li Yan's wife took the initiative to serve tea, not tea from the Qing Dynasty and India, but from Johannesburg itself.

Luo Kedu asked Liang Dingxin to collect Chinese herbal medicines, of course, the tea tree will not forget that tea is not a special product of the Qing Dynasty now, and the British have long secretly brought the tea tree to India and made a nondescript Indian black tea, which is the protagonist of the English afternoon tea.

The yield of tea in Johannesburg is now very low, and the quality is not stable enough, which can be understood, under normal circumstances, the tea trees can only be picked in small quantities after three years, and enter the peak production period after ten years, the current tea trees in Johannesburg are transplanted from the Qing Dynasty, and if you want to drink the tea that is purely produced in Johannesburg, you will have to wait a few more years.

Roque thanked him, and Buck took the initiative to find a topic, and the atmosphere slowly became warmer.

"Compared with our Qing Dynasty, the climate in Johannesburg is indeed very different, our Qing Kingdom snows heavily in winter, there is no snow here for several years, some medicinal materials must not be planted, even if the planting is barely out, the medicinal effect is definitely not the same as the previous herbs, if you want to use it, then the prescription passed down from the ancestors must be improved-" When it comes to Chinese herbal medicine, Li Yan gushes endlessly, and can think of improved prescriptions, the level is already very good, at least much stronger than those old military doctors who sell dog meat on sheep's heads.

"But then again, our way of planting Chinese herbal medicines, as long as the climate is suitable, the yield will definitely be fine, a few acres of seeds at a time, one plant can be used for many years-" Li Yan still doesn't understand the concept of large-scale planting.

"We don't grow Chinese herbal medicine for the amount of pharmacies, you can also see how big our farm is, so many workers, and it will not be a few acres or a dozen acres of planting, at least dozens or hundreds of acres at a time, I have asked people to look for those pharmacies with remarkable curative effects in the Qing Kingdom, and an important task after medical school is to use these prescriptions to make Chinese patent medicines, and then large-scale production and external sales-" The model described by Luo Ke was unheard of in Li Yan's opinion.

The practice mode of traditional Chinese medicine is the medical hall, and it is very difficult to develop to the scale of the hospital, Luo Ke has unparalleled advantages in this regard, and uses the power of administration to promote the development of traditional Chinese medicine, and the effect Li Yan can not imagine at all.

"The current medical and health care is still in a nascent initial stage in the world, the medical and health industry will definitely receive more and more attention in the future, the social status of doctors will be higher and higher, the method of Western medicine treatment is still a little rougher, and what our ancestors have handed down can not be compared, you will have the opportunity to go to medical school in the future, and it is only temporary to be a technician here-" Roque still paints cakes, which is actually not a bad thing, the key is whether the painted cakes can be cashed.

So far, all of Roque's pies have been cashed in, and Buck knows this very well.

These technicians on the farm, in fact, are also expedient, now in Johannesburg, apprentices like Ma Xia are very rare, let them be technicians is a waste, after a period of time, the farm will definitely adjust, people like Li Yan and Ma Xia still have to go to medical school to study systematically, in terms of technology, just take time to come over every few days to guide.

"Do it well, you have also seen that our farm is hundreds of thousands of acres of land, all of which are used to grow medicinal herbs, and we are tired to death, and now there is no spare land around Johannesburg, and we have hundreds of thousands of acres of land, how many wolves are staring at it, if you do a good job, the lord will take out a part of the land as a reward in the future, this is a rare opportunity." Buck is also tempting to take advantage, the Chinese people's desire for land will not diminish at any time, compared with land, the future, money and so on are really not so important.

Compared with the Chinese who came to Johannesburg in the early days, it is becoming more and more difficult for the Chinese to buy farms in Johannesburg, that is, in remote areas, and there are still some farms to choose from, which is no longer possible in the suburbs of Johannesburg.

Those who believe in Roque's "evil" are now basically having a permanent birth, and those who don't believe in it are miserable, they can't catch up with each step, step by step.

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