Roque and Aiden brought back a total of more than 12,000 Chinese workers from the Kimberley, because the Rhodesian police accidentally took some credit from Roque, so Aiden generously let Roque take all the Chinese laborers away.

Fortunately, the reservoir has already started, and Roque sent all the Chinese workers to the construction site, and the salaries and resettlement costs of the Chinese workers were the responsibility of the newly established Crocodile Bay Company.

The manager of Crocodile Bay is called Adrian Nel, and this is the person identified by Roque and Cecil Rhodes Jr.

Prior to that, Adrian Nel was a senior manager in South Africa, a decision that was more favorable to Cecil Rhodes Jr., but Roque had no better offer but Adrian.

There is still a shortage of talents, if Roque had ten or eight college students in his hands, he would not give up these important positions.

Now under Roque, only one Buck can be regarded as a talent, and Roque needs Buck to sit in Ziwei Town and Rock Gold Mine, so the importance of the Crocodile Bay Company can only be ranked in the back row.

However, Roque is not completely free of Crocodile Bay, although the general manager of Crocodile Bay is Cecil Rhodes Jr., but the treasurer of Cécile Rhodes Jr. is Roque's designated Scarlett, and Cecil Rhodes Jr. did not object to this appointment.

It's a good start, and at least Roque and Cecil Rhodes Jr. are willing to put themselves in each other's shoes.

With more than 10,000 workers stationed at the site at the same time, the pressure on the Crocodile Bay Company is increasing every day, Caleb Meg is the chief engineer of the reservoir, George Eugene is the senior consultant of the reservoir, the number of technicians is still insufficient, and there are not enough students for Galle and George, Douglas continues to send telegrams to England in the hope of hiring more college students.

In a state of surprise and doubt, the construction of the Crocodile Bay Reservoir finally began.

In view of the natural conditions of the Crocodile River, Gal Meg designed a reservoir with a capacity of 50 million cubic meters, which would take five years to fill up, leaving plenty of time for construction.

Douglas has already contacted Westinghouse, which is happy to sell the electrical equipment already used in the Niagara hydropower station, and promises to send technicians to Johannesburg to guide the installation.

Roque actually wanted Nikola Tesla to come, but Nikola Tesla was facing a lawsuit from a big man because of some patent battles, so Nikola Tesla couldn't leave the United States.

If you can't come, you can't come, Roque didn't expect the current Johannesburg to attract this great god, and Johannesburg didn't have the conditions to let Nikola Tesla study his black technology, but Roque still managed to get in touch with Nikola Tesla, although Johannesburg couldn't attract Nikola Tesla, but Roque could move gold to buy Nikola Tesla's research results, whether Nikola Tesla came to Johannesburg or not, the final result was the same.

Thanks to free trade during this period, the United States did not have any bottom line for technology exports, and as long as there was money, it could buy anything it wanted in the United States.

Of course, there was a reason for the free trade of this period.

For example, the United States, which has been shouting all day about "opening the door," supports free trade because the United States wants to seize the global market under the banner of "free trade," so the United States opposes any form of "trade barriers" and "technical barriers."

After the United States seizes the global market under the banner of "free trade", the United States will begin to take the initiative to stake its own ground, and when the time comes, the United States will sanction whoever it wants, for the sake of interests, the original allies can instantly turn their faces, and the signed agreements can be directly torn up, and the most shameless country in the world is the United States.

In fact, the shamelessness of the United States is traditional, think about the image of Americans in the hearts of the British, you can know why Americans are so virtuous, this country was originally composed of thieves, robbers, vagabonds, and broken households, once these people make a fortune, the ugly face can be imagined.

Roque does not think about what the future of the United States will be like, at least the "free trade" advocated by the United States during this period is beneficial to Roque, Johannesburg is not short of money, what is lacking is foresight and down-to-earth, Roque is not lacking in both, and now it is considered to have connections and status, so will Johannesburg become a world-famous crime capital in the future?

It's hard to say, Roque has a lot of confidence in himself, but he doesn't have confidence in the British, the Boers, and the Zulus, the British are better, after all, there is the heritage of the old empire, and the Boers and Zulus are all mud and can't go to the wall, and there is more than enough success and failure.

Because work in a reservoir is safer than work in a mine, the average monthly wage for a worker repairing a reservoir is three pounds.

This salary is lower than the salary of Chinese workers in Kimberley, and Roque thought that there would be Chinese workers who were dissatisfied.

I didn't expect the Chinese workers to be very happy, three pounds a month seems to be a little less, but the work is safe, the logistics are good, and there is nothing to be dissatisfied with, after all, three pounds is almost thirty oceans, compared to the income in the Qing country, what is there to dislike?

In fact, Roque also wants to give more, but unfortunately the crocodile bay company is not Roque alone, Roque is not even the chairman, the chairman of the crocodile bay company is Cecil Rhodes Jr., Roque didn't even enter the board of directors, and it was Scarlett who replaced Roque to enter the board of directors.

So Scarlett now needs Crocodile Bay and the gold mine to run both ends, but fortunately, the office of Crocodile Bay is located in the city of Johannesburg, not far from the gold mine.

Even so, in order to ensure Scarlett's safety, Roque still arranged a guard for Scarlett, and more than 20 gunmen protected Scarlett's carriage between Johannesburg and the gold mines every day, and within a few days, rumors spread in Johannesburg that Roque and Scarlett had an abnormal relationship.

"Nonsense! Others don't know, you don't know yet? Scarlett used to work at the Matilda Gold Mine, if I had anything to do with Scarlett, would I put Scarlett in the Matilda Gold Mine? Roque scoffed at the rumors, and if it wasn't for Owen's question, Roque wouldn't have explained.

"That's not necessarily—" Owen was slow and unhurried, his speed and tone of voice were infuriating, and the subtext was: You'd better give me an explanation that I can accept, or I might do something—

After receiving the knighthood, the relationship between Roque and the Matilda family entered a new stage.

After the formation of the Crocodile Bay Company, Roque gave Owen a bearer share of 100,000 pounds.

Then just the other day, when Roque went to visit Lord Philip, he had lunch at Lord Philip's house, and Phyllis was there.

See, compared with the title, it is still real money that can tackle tough problems, 100,000 pounds, even if it is put in the 21st century, it can do a lot of things, not to mention this era, it is estimated that before, the Matilda family could not make up 100,000 pounds by smashing pots and selling iron.

Otherwise, Owen would not have taken the initiative to ask Roque for coffee and brought up those boring rumors.

In fact, Owen doesn't care if it's a rumor or not, he grew up in an aristocratic family since he was a child, Owen is used to this kind of thing, compared to Scarlett, what really makes Owen care about is Ida who is far away in Cape Town.

Scarlett is a Boer, Ida is French, and she has an aristocratic background, don't look at Ida as a widow, but there are not too many people in Cape Town who want to take over.

When it comes to widows, some people's first reaction is the so-called cuckold and pick-up man.

But a woman who is no more than 30 years old, has a good figure and appearance, has a lot of wealth, has an independent personality, can go to the hall and the kitchen, and has an aristocratic background, those who are cuckolds and pick-up men at every turn, it is estimated that they are not even qualified to be pick-up men.

In fact, it's really not that exaggerated, it's normal for old husbands and young wives, or young husbands and old wives to live their own lives, and there is no need to worry too much about other people's families.

One of the most realistic examples is that Macron was only 40 years old when he was elected president of France in 2017, when Macron's wife Brigitte was 64 years old.

With Macron's identity, background, ability, age, and even appearance, what kind of woman can't he find?

There will definitely be people who say that Macron's wife's background, Brigitte has no background is not easy to say, just talking about Brigitte's own situation, Brigitte herself is not beautiful, and she is not 54 years old (the age when she married Macron) is still fascinating, when she married Macron, she had three children and seven grandchildren.

Looking at Macron's situation again, people are people who can be presidents, needless to say, how capable is it, such a person will be a pick-up man for the so-called "twenty years less struggle"?

I'm sorry, for some elites in this world, what ordinary people have gained after 20 years of struggle may be a few months' harvest for them.

Therefore, be open-minded, have a rich way to live, and have no money to live, there are still many wonderful things waiting for us to discover in this world.

Adrian Nel, the manager of Crocodile Bay, recently discovered a wonderful stunner.

Yes, the stunner discovered by Adrian Nel is Scarlett.

Because of Roque's repeated requests, the current Scarlett has been completely transformed compared to before.

In the past, Scarlett was unkempt and disheveled—she was dressed casually, and for a while, Roque even suspected that Scarlett never took off her clothes when she slept at night, and then didn't even change her clothes after getting up in the morning, so she wore crumpled clothes and didn't even wash her face, so she went to work sloppily.

Now Scarlett will not be like this, after Roque was knighted, he already has the ability to protect Scarlett, and Scarlett goes to work in the crocodile bay company, which also represents Roque's image, if it is like before.

Not to mention Roque, Scarlett herself can't bear to continue to live like that, so during this time, Scarlett made herself very beautiful, and went to work every day with a radiant face, proud like a big white goose.

"I heard that Adrian Nel is pursuing Scarlett-" The old god Owen was there, seemingly careless, but actually observing Roque's expression.

"Hehe, it's impossible, even if Adrian Nell faints, Scarlett won't go crazy with him." Roque didn't take it to heart at all, and office romances weren't fun.

It is an obvious fact that Adrian Nel is Cecil Rhodes Jr.'s representative in Crocodile Bay, and Scarlett is Roque's representative in Gator Bay, so Cecil Rhodes Jr. and Roque will allow Adrian Nel and Scarlett to play an office romance?

It's funny, a general manager and a treasurer, if these two are in caluination, it's easy to put Roque and Cecil Rhodes Jr. in the air, so don't even think about it.

"You know Scarlett very well." Owen was still saying weird things.

Roque was not angry and glared at Owen fiercely, and Owen immediately relented.

There should also be a degree of joking, just say two words of meaning, and don't let go of it.

What's more, Owen has no evidence yet, and the matter of chasing after the wind should not have been put on the table.

"The peace agreement is about to be signed—" Owen was well informed.

"I know." Roque was a little confused, the historical peace negotiations were not signed until May 1902, and this was only October 1901, which seemed to be a little early.

"I have to say, you're such a lucky guy, you know? The day after you eliminated that partisan, the Boers accepted Lord Alfred's terms, and you beat them to the punch—" Owen gestured to Roque.

I see!

In the original history, the expeditionary force had never been organized to eliminate the Boer guerrillas, so the Boer guerrillas had the confidence to bargain with the British.

This time and space is different, Roque has eliminated several Boer guerrillas one after another, and almost overshadowed Louis Botha, and the big victory in Kimberley some time ago made the guerrillas around Kimberley disappear.

In this plane, the living environment of the guerrillas is much harsher than that of the guerrillas in another time and space.

This means that the Expeditionary Force Headquarters can't pull down its face, otherwise if Roque is transferred to the Expeditionary Force Headquarters to deal with the guerrillas, then maybe what kind of losses the guerrillas will suffer.

"It's not lucky, you only see that I am exterminating the guerrillas, but you do not see how hard I worked before eliminating the guerrillas." Roque finally has a chance to pretend, someone who is luckier than you is working harder than you, what else is there to say?

"After the peace agreement is signed, it is estimated that there will be a wave of knighthoods." Owen was not without envy.

If last time, London could ignore Roque's exploits and only give Roque a perfunctory "from the baron", then this time, London will no longer have an excuse to suppress Roque.

After all, since Lord Roberts declared the end of the war, the only few victories of the expeditionary force against the Boer guerrillas were basically fought by Roque.

Although Roque is not a member of the expeditionary force, he is a baron of the British Empire, and from this point of view, even if the expeditionary force does not promote Roque, in fact, the royal family should take the initiative to publicize it.

No, we have to continue to fund Winston's activities.