204 square kilometers, or a little more than 50,000 acres.

This may seem like a lot, but in fact it is not conspicuous in Johannesburg.

Before the Second Boer War, a part of the Zulu people began buying land near Johannesburg to produce food for the Rand mines.

By 1904, about 10,000 Zulus in the Transvaal were cultivating their own land.

Prior to the enactment of the Native Lands Act in 191, the Zulus had acquired about 1 million hectares of land outside the reservation, which is equivalent to about 2.47 million acres.

The Native Lands Act of 191 clearly stipulates that: delineating the boundaries of African reservations, prohibiting Africans from buying, renting or occupying any European land other than reserves; Africans are prohibited from carrying out any independent economic activity on lands occupied by Europeans.

In other words, before 191, successive governments did not restrict the Zulu people from buying land, and the Union of South Africa, which was established in 1910, was already a Boer-dominated federal government.

So, it wasn't the British who really hated the Zulus and the people of color, it was the Boers.

In fact, it is not that the British do not hate Zulus and colored people, but they do not care at all.

The only thing that deserves the attention of the British is gold, and it is gold all the time, and the British don't care who runs the farm.

On the contrary, it was the Boers, who could not compete with the British in the mineral industry, who paid more attention to the ownership of the farms, and on the one hand they feared that the British, who were smaller than them in number but higher in rank than them, would assimilate them, and on the other hand, they were worried that the Zulus, who were lower in rank than them but more populous than them, would surpass them.

Roque is not worried about the "Native Land Act", there is still 1 year between now and 191, Roque still has time to slowly lay out, if Roque's plan can be realized, when the Union of South Africa is established, who will lead it is not certain, maybe the "Native Land Act" will not appear.

Before there were professional managers, Roque appointed Buck as the general manager of the gold mine.

"Director, I'm afraid I can't do it-" Buck didn't know what Roque wanted of the general manager of the gold mine.

"How is that possible? You're a graduate of University College London, so you're a bit confident. "Roque believes in Buck, he can only believe in Buck, in terms of academic qualifications alone, I am afraid that in the entire Transvaal Chinese, Buck's education is the highest.

Well, it's the same with Roque, in front of the graduates of University College London, not to mention that university Roque graduated from, University College London is ranked 10th in the 2019QS World University Rankings, and 14th in the world in the 2019 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, so Roque's alma mater -

Needless to say, in 1900, Roque's alma mater had not yet appeared.

"I studied law at University College London." Buck is not a prevarication, he is really weak-hearted.

"The best way to study law is to know that the responsibility of the general manager is not only to manage the operation of the gold mine, you can appoint the deputy general manager, department head, and production team leader to assist you, and manage the work of the general manager compared to the general manager, which is more focused on dealing with the superior functional departments, and this job can not be done by the accountant." Roque drove the ducks to the shelves, saying that you can do it, and if you can't, you can do it.

"Alright then, I'll try—" Buck mustered up his courage, but he still didn't have enough confidence.

"Don't worry, I don't have any requirements for the output of the gold mine, it doesn't matter if I can make money or not, the profits from the gold mine, on the one hand, will be used to continue to buy the surrounding farms, on the other hand, to train the miners in their self-protection ability, at the very least, so that they can have enough confidence in the face of the Boers, or Zulus, language, horsemanship, shooting, and find a way to get their families over, in this regard, you can contact Liang Dingxin of the Qing Guohua Yong Battalion, he will assist you in completing this work." Roque doesn't need gold mines to make money now, just by selling land, Roque can make a lot of money.

Of course, this money is more for Philip and Henry, if Roque is not self-interested and specializes in benefiting others, then Philip and Henry will definitely suspect Roque's true purpose.

It doesn't matter if Henry sees through Roque's purpose, out of friendship, it is estimated that Henry will see through it or not.

Philip is different, and until he and Philip have established enough common interests, Roque has to maintain a certain degree of disguise in front of Philip.

"Director, do you want that?" Buck wasn't sure of Roque's purpose.

"Let more brothers settle down in Johannesburg, and the land here will be buried in the hands of the Boers and Zulus, which is in Johannesburg, if it is in our hometown, it will be a land of fish and rice." Roque is not an exaggeration, compared to the cultivation techniques of the Chinese, the Bills and Zulus are scum.

"That's true, I went back to the Qing Kingdom after graduation, we Chinese farm, in the fields, in front of the house and behind the house, any little vacant land will not be spared, which is like the Boers, Zulu people are so wasteful, Johannesburg has an obvious dry season and rainy season, crops are indeed very susceptible to the weather, but it is no problem to plant a season of rice a year, planting potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, wheat in the dry season, the yield will not be low, it is really not good, planting some fruits can also ensure drought and flood harvest, the yield is low, and there are many fruit trees, Johannesburg is surrounded by wasteland, and there are some fruit trees planted in front of the house and behind the house, and the family can't eat it all year round, but if you look at the Boers and Zulus, they know that they are grazing sheep and cattle, and when this pasture is finished, they drive the cattle and sheep to another pasture, and many Boers even hire people to graze their cattle, and it is damned to give them such a good farm—" Buck was indignant when he mentioned the question.

Buck certainly didn't know that the future Boers were indeed damned.

In fact, the current Boers are already very bad, no, they don't want to make progress when they are comfortable, and as a result, the war broke out, and they were really wiped out by the British.

This is the South African version of death in peace.

Because there is no sorrow, there is no birth.

"So, when our gold mines pay their salaries, we have to give the miners more choices, and if they don't want pounds, they can also choose land, and it will be calculated at the price of one pound and one acre." The price offered by Roque is not low, the salary of the Chinese miners is three shillings per day, that is, 45 pounds per month, if the miners do not want money, but ask for land, then they can get 45 acres of land every month, which is converted into the "mu" that the Chinese are used to, which is about 27 acres.

27 acres of land, placed in the Qing Kingdom, at least a homesteaders.

If you work in a gold mine for a year and want land, you can get 24 acres, a proper small landlord.

"Director, you're this, you're this!" Zach gave a thumbs up to indicate his mood.

"As long as you work in the gold mine for more than one year, the mine will reimburse the immigration expenses of the miners' families, and at the same time be eligible to borrow money from the mine, and the mine will help to build houses, buy farm tools, buy cattle, sheep and seeds, buy horses and guns, but within this year, you must behave well, if you cheat and cheat, and you are lazy, then you will automatically lose this qualification." Roque is not afraid of workers working without care, there are many people, there must be everyone, there are also many scum among the Chinese, even scum, Roque only helps those who are worthy of help.

As for borrowing money, Roque is not worried about the miners not paying it back, the miners' farms are here, where can people go?

"This method is good and can save a lot of management costs." Gradually Zach began to gain confidence.

In Johannesburg, a large part of the cost of managing other gold mines is spent on overseeing and security.

If, according to Roque's vision, there is no need to use overseers in Roque's gold mines, the production team leader at the grassroots level will assume the responsibility of oversight.

As for security, Roque is to train the miners in their self-preservation, think about it, a gold mine of "people are soldiers", a paramilitary organization that can pull out thousands of boys at any time, does it need to worry about security?

I'm afraid Philip will be more worried about whether so many young and strong, thousands of miles away from home, with no worries and nowhere to exert their strength, will riot.

"You don't have to worry about the livelihood of the farm, I have asked Christian to contact the professors in Oxford and Cambridge and hire their students to come over for technical guidance, and in the future, we will grow alfalfa and raise sheep, and the efficiency can completely kill the Boers and Zulus-" Roque has a package, the climate in Johannesburg is completely different from that of the Qing Dynasty, and the Chinese must have a stage of adaptation.

It doesn't matter if Roque doesn't understand the climate in Johannesburg, the world is so big, there must be someone who understands, just pay someone who understands to guide him, as long as the price is high enough, if necessary, Roque can invite the principals of Oxford and Cambridge.

Don't say anything like Oxford and Cambridge principals can't invite them if they can't come, if Roque can't come, can't the baron come forward?

The headmasters of Oxford and Cambridge are likely to reject Roque, the colonial police chief, but most likely not to reject an imperial nobleman.

Don't say that the baron won't come forward, it depends on Roque's purpose in inviting the principals of Oxford and Cambridge, if Roque invites someone to drink flower wine, the baron probably won't pay attention to it, but if Roque asks someone to guide Johannesburg's animal husbandry technology, will the baron, as the mayor, not do his best?

These are all political achievements!

In fact, Roque still has something to say, at the right time, Roque will set up a wool textile mill near Johannesburg, buy wool produced on the farms around Johannesburg, weave the wool into finished products and then export it, compared to the gold mine that will one day dry up, wool is inexhaustible, just like the guy who sells jeans in the gold mine, the sword is on the edge, but the effect is good.

It is said that the local sheep in Johannesburg are merino, and Roque has to be ruthless when he buys a real merino sweater in his last life.

"Director, don't worry, I will definitely take care of the gold mine!" Buck is full of confidence at this time, Roark has already talked about this, if Buck is not confident, then Buck's graduation certificate is probably mixed up.

Oh oh oh, this "also", as if something is exposed.