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All countries in the world have to take the path of copycat first and then research and development in the development of industry, the United States was like this in the past, and the same is true in Germany now, only the Transvaal has embarked on a completely different path from other countries, and surpassed all countries, including Britain, as soon as it came up, which no one expected.
For example, motorcycles, if Roque wants to sell motorcycles to Europe, then it is really simple, just now the motorcycles produced in those workshops in Europe, and the motorcycles produced in Ziwei Town are not comparable at all, whether it is appearance or performance, the motorcycles produced in Ziwei Town are more than the motorcycles produced in Europe, under the guidance of Roque, just from the appearance, the motorcycles produced in Ziwei Town and the famous BMW motorcycles in Germany during World War II are not much different, that is, the production capacity of the motorcycle factory is not good, Therefore, Roque deliberately did not sell the product to Europe, and when the motorcycle production in Ziwei Town increased, Roque would dump it in Europe.
Selling to Europe now will leave a chance for those motorcycle manufacturers in Europe to improve their products, Roque will not be so stupid, at the beginning Roque knew that he had bought a motorcycle and dismantled the research, and those motorcycle manufacturers in Europe must also know that the motorcycles produced in Ziwei Town have not been qualitatively improved in terms of performance and motorcycles produced in Europe, so Roque still has to be obscure now.
It is enough, and when the order of the Johannesburg Police Department is completed, there are still Pretoria Police Station and Rhodesia Police Station in the queue, and the Bloemfontein Police Department also has a demand for motorcycles, and the order from Southern Africa alone is enough for Bobby Holt to toss until Christmas, and at that time, the production of motorcycles will reach a certain level, maybe the next generation of motorcycles has appeared, and then the motorcycles in Ziwei Town and the motorcycles in Europe will really open the gap.
Here Roque also wants to comfort Bobby Holt, so that Bobby Holt will not be cranky.
"I understand my lord, our main task now is to expand our productive capacity and train more skilled workers, and we have already recruited quite a few people, and there are more than five hundred workers in the factory, and that number is expected to double by Christmas." Bobby Holt is not in a hurry, and the orders from the police department are also profitable.
The workers in the motorcycle factory are almost all Chinese, and in industrial production, the advantage of Chinese is more obvious, and the same process, if it is African, may not be able to master it for a week, and it will be handed over to the Chinese for a morning at most.
Over time, the efficiency gap between Chinese and African workers became more pronounced, and Chinese workers could process 10 or 20 parts a day for the same part, and the efficiency would steadily increase as proficiency increased.
African workers can't, under the same conditions, the efficiency of African American workers is more than twice as low as that of Chinese workers, compared with Chinese workers who concentrate on work, African American workers are very good at wasting time, when they are working, the action can be described in slow motion, which can actually be described in a serious and meticulous way, but the parts processed by African American workers, the pass rate is far less than that of Chinese workers, so after the initial inspection, the motorcycle factory completely gave up African American workers and used all Chinese workers.
Because motorcycles are more profitable, the salaries of Chinese workers are still relatively high, and under normal circumstances, a Chinese worker can earn more than five pounds a month, which is higher than the salary of a worker in the gold mines, and almost the same level as the salary of a worker in the United Kingdom.
"Okay, ignore the Belgians and concentrate on your work." Roque sent Bobby Holt away, and as for Lawrence Amelia, Roque really doesn't want to deal with him right now.
When he went back to work the next day, Philip called Roque to the city hall, and the Belgian government finally protested to the British government.
"I don't know much about this matter, I'll find out about it later." Roque doesn't spit out, Anton and Martin now have de facto control of Lake Mweru, and it won't be easy for Roque to give up Lake Mweru again.
"In the conflict some time ago, Nyasaland has gained huge benefits, so stop it when it's time to stop it, and don't go too far." Philip reminded lightly, as for whether Roque listens or not, it is Roque's business.
As Roque expected, Philip did not strictly ask Roque to stop, but only reminded him like a routine, and the attitude shown by the British government was also ambiguous.
There are some things that everyone knows by heart.
"No, the Congo Free State ceded Lake Tanganyika to Rhodesia, and Nyasaland didn't take advantage of this conflict, but just used it to consolidate its troops." Roque revealed a little bit of this information to Philip, first to get a vaccination, so that Philip would not be caught off guard in the future.
"You mean the Northern Division of Rhodesia?" Philip really knew the details of the northern division of Rhodesia.
In fact, many people know about it, even Ade, but if Roque doesn't find out, Philip will pretend not to know.
After all, it's a family, and it's easy to say anything.
"Yes, the Northern Rhodesia Division was formed by the Nyasaland militia group, and the instructors trained were all from Europe, and in the conflict with the Congo Free State, the Northern Rhodesia Division was basically equipped with combat capability, and the mercenaries formed by Leopold II were eliminated by the Northern Rhodesian Division." Roque is not afraid of Philip's trouble, in the past, Roque had to keep a low profile, but now he doesn't, in Natal, the relationship between the Zulu and the Natal government is becoming more and more tense, and Ade has ordered the colonial forces of the Transvaal to be ready for battle and ready to deal with possible conflicts in Natal.
The Natal government forced London to resign en masse, and then obtained justice, and then shot the Zulus who had attacked the police as quickly as possible.
This did not frighten the Zulus, but rather led to growing tensions between the Zulus and the Natal government.
Just a week ago, the same tribe that attacked the police, there was a terrible confrontation between the tribal warriors and the Natal police.
The Natal police were restrained, and the clashes did not break out immediately, which only led to the emboldening of the Zulu tribes, with at least six tribes forming alliances to try to get more rights from the Natal government.
The Natal government has not budged and has already sent a request for assistance to Pretoria, which is why Ade is ready for war.
This news was known to Roque through Henry, whose father-in-law, General Hopkins, was the head of the Transvaal garrison.
"What do you want to do? Forming an army? Philip asked knowingly, Roque's behavior was actually illegal to a certain extent.
"What else can you do? Nyasaland is surrounded by wolves, not only Belgians, but also Germans and Yao, don't look at the Yao people are very quiet now, in fact, these Africans are white-eyed wolves who can't be raised, they are not capable now, so they have to submit to our rule, in the future, when they have a certain strength, they will definitely ask for more rights like the Zulu people in Natal now, so when the time comes, will we give or not? I said a long time ago that if you look at the Portuguese now, we have to have a certain counter-capacity. "Roque does not hide his ambitions, and Natal's situation is enough to make the Transvaal more vigilant.
In fact, compared with Natal, the Transvaal has more serious hidden dangers in this regard.
Let's not forget that in the gold mines of Johannesburg, there are 100,000 young and strong Africans, who now look harmless to humans and animals, but no one can guarantee their loyalty, and if the Africans in Johannesburg also demand more rights than the Africans in Natal, it will be a real disaster for officials like Roque.
"In this case, we really need to be vigilant-" Philip was also worried, perhaps in Philip's mind, not only for Africans, but also for the growing Chinese population, and even for the Boers who had temporarily died down.
There is no way, there are so few British in southern Africa that even if Africans are not taken into account, they do not make up 30 percent of the population, and if another war breaks out, the British government may not have the resolve to do so in the second Boer War.
"If conflict does break out in Natal, I hope that the Governor will agree to send the Northern Rhodesian Division into the battle, and I can guarantee that the Northern Rhodesian Division will be able to restore normalcy to Natal as quickly as possible, and keep the losses to a minimum." Roque took the initiative to ask for battle, and the troops had to fight more battles in order to maintain full combat effectiveness.
"I will propose it to the Governor, hoping that the conflict will break out later." Philip also knew that conflict was inevitable, but hoped that it would break out later.
After all, in a few days, Roque and Phyllis will be married, and it is not a good sign that conflict will break out at this time.
Roque is now a baron, and he also serves as the chief of the Johannesburg Police Department, so it is estimated that many people will come to attend Roque's wedding, these days, Roque's old friends in the Cape Town Police Department have been preparing to rush here, and Winston and Neville Chamberlain, who are far away in London, also sent telegrams to Roque respectively, because of the distance, they could not attend Roque's wedding, but they all expressed their congratulations to Roque through telegrams.
Roque didn't care about all this red tape, if he could, Roque even wanted to have a simple wedding, before Henry and Lacey got married, Roque already knew how cumbersome the wedding was at this time, and Roque didn't want Phyllis to suffer this.
Not to mention anything else, Phyllis's wedding dress alone is enough for Phyllis, fortunately, it is winter in Johannesburg now, although it does not snow, but it is much more comfortable than summer, if the wedding is held in summer, it is estimated that Roque can be forced to death.
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