Objectively speaking, the newcomer Mr. Baron's network in the Transvaal is definitely not as hard as Roque's.

The relationship network is such a thing, you can't see or touch it, and only when you do things, the relationship network can reflect the effect.

After Alfred Milner became Governor, the Governor's House issued only two commendation orders.

Both commendation orders were issued to the Johannesburg Police Service, one to the Johannesburg Police Service and one to the Johannesburg Police Commissioner Roque.

If this sentence is expressed in another way, that is, all the government agencies in the entire Transvaal, only the Johannesburg Police Department, the performance is affirmed by the Governor's Office, and all the rest of the government agencies, the performance is not up to standard.

To put it another way, the current Transvaal, Roque is purple red.

Therefore, Jerome and Neil, the bureau chiefs, are very willing to deal with Roque.

At worst, they won't offend Roque.

Philip also just discovered this, so the current Philip is actually a little lucky, fortunately, he didn't put small shoes on Roque because of Arnold's matter.

The red-and-purple guy is warning Aiden.

"Mr. Aiden, I hope that these Chinese workers will not be treated differently when they work at the De Beers Unified Mining Company, I know that these Chinese workers signed contracts with you before they left the Qing Dynasty, so if these Chinese workers are mistreated during their time in Johannesburg, then our police department may have to intervene." Roque could not stop Hoover from selling the Chinese workers to the De Beers Unified Mining Company, but Roque would protect the interests of the Chinese workers as much as possible.

Regarding this, Roque really can't help it, although Hoover has a sore foot in Roque's hands, but that can only allow Hoover and Roque to cooperate, and will not turn Hoover into Roque's slave.

In the final analysis, Hoover's confession signed with his fingerprint could only be most effective after Hoover became president.

The current Hoover is just the general manager of the Qingguo mine, and that confession is actually not a big threat to Hoover, if Roque threatens Hoover with that confession, at most, because Hoover sold Chinese workers to Johannesburg without permission, the Qing government will exert some pressure on Hoover, and Hoover may give up his job in Qingguo and return to the United States to find a job honestly, and even when looking for a job, it will not be affected.

But in that case, Roque will also lose a stable channel for hiring Chinese laborers, which is more than worth the loss.

Who made Liang Dingxin not angry, and Luo Ke couldn't help it.

"Director Locke, I'll go find you tea at night—" Aiden repeated his old trick, blinking at his innocent little eyes, deep in which Roque was deeply contemptuous.

It is estimated that Aiden still thinks that Roque is asking for bribes.

"Aiden, everything else can be accommodating, this thing can't work, you know, they are all my compatriots, maybe there are my relatives among them, so in this matter, I'm sorry." Roque is sincere, and if Aiden still can't understand, then Roque can't help it.

"Really?" Aiden's face began to look ugly.

"Not really!" Roque cut the nail on.

Aiden looked at Roque with cold eyes.

Roque looked at Aiden with a determined look.

"Hehe, it's easy to say, in fact, I also want to learn about the humane management of the Matilda gold mine." Aiden squeezed out an ugly smile, and finally chose to back down,

The county magistrate is not as good as the current management, in Johannesburg, the De Beers Unified Mining Company also has to give the police chief face, otherwise, let's not talk about whether the De Beers Unified Mining Company can get rid of Roque, if the Johannesburg Police Department finds trouble with the De Beers Unified Mining Company, Aiden is the scapegoat.

"Listen to my Aiden, if you implement humane management, you will not lose anything, you will gain more." Roque was pleased with Aiden's choice.

Compared with the British, the management level of the Boers is indeed indescribable, in the former Johannesburg, the status of the miners was similar to that of slaves, the mine owners tried every means to squeeze the miners, and the miners of course would do everything they could to resist, even if not directly, the millers could still do it.

The biggest advantage of humanized management is that it stimulates the enthusiasm of employees, and Matilda Gold Mine creatively adopts the "piecework system", which stimulates the enthusiasm of Chinese workers to the greatest extent, so the profits of the gold mine will continue to rise.

Johannesburg says it's big, and the total area of the Rand gold mine is more than 20,000 square kilometers, which is much larger than the gold mine in everyone's current conception except for Roque.

Johannesburg is said to be small and small, and now there are only more than 30 gold mines, so the news between the mines is very well-informed, and the management of the Matilda gold mine has become a frequent topic of discussion among mine owners and managers.

"I know that everyone wants to make money and make a name for themselves." Aiden also admits that Roque has a point.

For ordinary people, making money is very important, but when money is earned to a certain extent, the importance will decrease, such as Cecil Rhodes, now money is not very important to him, just if he has money, Cecil Rhodes will not be the prime minister of the Cape Colony even if he becomes the richest man in the world.

The former Rand Gold Mine was located in the Transvaal, so no amount of exploitation of the miners by the De Beers Unified Mining Company would not affect Cecil Rhodes' campaign in the Cape.

Now it is different, the Transvaal is already British "territory", and even Cecil Rhodes, if he wants to squeeze the miners as before, has to take into account the impact.

"Then you should know that in the future, these miners, after working for a certain period of time, will have the right to vote." Roque reminded Aiden once again that treating the miners well is really not optional, and if De Beers Unified Mining Company treats these miners well, then maybe Cecil Rhodes will be able to make a comeback in the future.

Of course, only Roque knows that Cecil Rhodes has no chance to make a comeback, and in a little more than a year, Cecil Rhodes will die of a heart attack in South Africa, and he made his way in this land and is finally buried in this land.

Aiden definitely didn't know that Cecil Rhodes only had more than a year to live, so after Roque finished speaking, Aiden's expression finally became solemn.

"Yes, they have the right to vote—" Aiden muttered to himself.

Previously, the Transvaal required an alien to work in the Transvaal for at least 14 years in order to obtain citizenship in the Transvaal.

This clause was actually directed against the British, as the Transvaal Republic had been guarding against British infiltration.

The British are certainly not so stingy, in this world, the current Britain does not need to guard against any country, so it is easy to become a naturalized citizen in the British colony, just a simple registration at the immigration office.

For example, the British government stipulates that in order to obtain citizenship in the British colonies, you must have a complete tax record of more than five years, and those who only earn money and do not pay taxes, or those who do nothing and do not contribute to the colonial government, cannot obtain citizenship at all.

Roque, the policemen, actually have tax records, so although Roque and they have now become naturalized Cape, because Roque's tax records are less than a few years, Roque and they do not have the right to vote.

By the same token, the miners of Johannesburg are taxed, and as long as they pay five years of tax, they will have the right to vote, and their votes will be particularly impressive.

Of course, without Roque's intervention, all of this would have been a flash in the pan, as few miners could have worked in the mine for more than five years.

In the original history, the contract signed by the Chinese workers was a three-year period, because of the abuse of the mine owners, after the completion of the three-year contract, the vast majority of the Chinese workers returned to the Qing Dynasty, Johannesburg had more than 60,000 Chinese workers at most, but in the end only 305 people remained in Johannesburg, which shows how disappointed the Chinese workers were in Johannesburg at that time.

Roque certainly won't allow that to happen again.

On the evening of the first batch of Chinese workers arriving in Johannesburg, Roque went to see the Commissioner of Inland Revenue, Neil McPearson.

"Director McFillson, good evening." Roque is now qualified to be equal to Neil McPhalson.

"Good evening, Director Locke." Neil greeted Roque with a smile.

Must be greeted with a smile, Roque didn't come to Neil empty-handed, Johannesburg's specialty is gold, so Roque brought a golden rhinoceros to Neil.

Yes, it was the golden rhinoceros that Aiden gave to Roque, and the other one, Roque gave to Jerome, the director of immigration.

"How are you doing?" Roque greeted warmly.

"Don't mention it, the Boers have been thrown into concentration camps, do you think I'm good?" Neil had nothing to hide, because the Boers were thrown into concentration camps by the police.

"It's easy to do, there are a lot of miners arriving in Johannesburg today, and there will be more and more in the future, and you will collect taxes in the future." That's what Roque came to Neil, and that's what he did.

"Hahahaha, if there really is that day, I will definitely ask the Governor to give you a medal." Neil is very generous, and the medal doesn't need to be paid for by Neil anyway.

In the matter of immigration, in fact, Roque and Neil have a wide range of common interests, after all, Roque and Neil are both government employees, and those mine owners and capitalists are the objects of Neil's attention.

"Director Locke, gold mines are almost the only source of tax now, so Director Locke, I hope that if there is anything worth paying attention to, you can notify me in time." Neil also has a request for Roque.

"Of course, if it's worth paying attention to, I will." Roque is serious and cooperates with the work of other government functional departments, which is also part of the work of the police department.

It is said that the IRS of the United States, that is, the United States Tax Service, is powerful, in fact, the British tax office is not bad, in the United Kingdom, the punishment for tax evasion is also very serious, these gold mine owners in Johannesburg are now the focus of the Transvaal tax office, in the Transvaal period, they have evaded taxes has become a habit, and now, it is time to correct this mistake.