Alfred Milner was a qualified colonial officer, competent and stubborn, pragmatic and efficient.

At a time when the Boers were arrogant and ignorant, Alfred Milner used war to assert the supreme authority of the British Empire.

After the war, Alfred Milner led the negotiations with the Boers and signed the Treaty of Frinishin with the Boer representatives, personally ending the war he had started.

Later, Alfred Milner also played a key role in the post-war economic recovery, encouraging economic development, especially gold mining, in the hope of attracting British residents to settle permanently in the Transvaal and creating a demographic advantage over the Boers; At the same time, he also carried out educational reforms, all of which were taught in English, in an attempt to eliminate the Boers culturally.

Milner's plan was not all smooth sailing, and although the Boers were resettled, they were vehemently opposed to educational reform, and during the long post-war depression, British residents left and new immigrants were few and far between.

At that point, reality will naturally force Alfred Milner to choose.

So Roque is really not in a hurry now, Britain's fatal flaw is that there is a serious shortage of human resources, and there are too many overseas colonies, Alfred Milner wants to develop the Transvaal, he has to rely on foreign population, and then Alfred Milner will find that the Chinese are the most suitable for the Transvaal.

Back at the police station, Roque calls both Buck and Sam.

"From now on, spread the word among the miners about the benefits of buying farms, Buck, your Liangguang Guild is going to expand and be ready to lend money to miners who want to buy farms, but don't have enough funds." Roque wants to speed up the pace, after the peace talks are signed, the Boers will return to the Transvaal on a large scale, and Roque wants to increase the base of yeoman farmers and ranchers as much as possible before the Boers return.

Buck and Sam are used to Roque's way of doing things, so they don't ask why, just go back and do it.

"Director Henry—" Sam was still a little worried.

After the start of mining at Rock, Roque was no longer involved in the management of Matilda.

Sam still sends the Matilda gold mine's accounts to Roque for review every week, but Roque has become less and less vocal, and Roque will also ask Sam to report to Henry on some routine issues.

Sam knows very well that Roque is avoiding suspicion, for the sake of Matilda's gold mine, Roque almost forced Arnold away, if Roque shows autocracy again, not to mention Henry, Mr. Mayor will definitely have an opinion on Roque.

"Don't worry, I'll explain it to Henry's side - in addition, you should pay attention to one problem, regarding taxation, absolutely do not evade taxes, even if it is tax avoidance, it must be done legally and reasonably, don't let people seize the handle, Sam, especially on your side, don't make trouble for the baron." Roque reminded again that the Home Office had already saved face for the Rock and Matilda mines when confirming production, and that it would be too ignorant to evade taxes.

For the Rock Gold Mine, Roque is not very worried, after all, the output of the Rock Gold Mine is so small, and the full amount of taxes is not much.

On the contrary, it was the Matilda gold mine, which worried Roque even more.

Although Sam is a smart man, he probably won't make trouble for Mr. Mayor at this juncture.

But few people can control themselves in the face of the temptation of gold, and Mr. Mayor and Henry are also human beings, not to mention the-stirring stick like Arnold, and Roque will not be surprised if one day a tax evasion scandal breaks out in the Matilda gold mine.

In the past, Johannesburg's tax authorities would have turned a blind eye to tax evasion at the Matilda gold mine.

Now that even the Governor's House is paying attention to this issue, Roque believes that Alfred Milner will definitely keep an eye on the gold mines in Johannesburg during this time, and as long as someone sends it to the door, Alfred Milner will definitely kill the chicken and show the monkey.

"Yes, I know." Sam still knows the severity, during the Transvaal Republic, the mine owners in Johannesburg could blatantly evade taxes, and the Transvaal Republic was limited by its ability and had no way at all.

The British are different from the Boers, the British government spent hundreds of millions of pounds and used hundreds of thousands of regular troops just for the gold mines of Johannesburg.

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After arriving in Johannesburg, Hawley and Connie settled in the Rock Gold Mine.

Roque did what he said, and let Holly learn to manage the gold mine with Buck, while Connie lived comfortably in the gold mine.

That's when Hawley learned how much he was paid every year.

An annual salary of 700 pounds, placed in Britain in this era, is a proper high-paid family.

Take the British Treasury in London, for example, the annual salary of 700 pounds is about the same as the annual salary of the deputy director of the Treasury, which is higher than that of all division directors, and Philip Matilda, as a baron, is only 1,200 pounds a year as the director of the Colonial Office.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the total population of Britain was about 37.5 million, and only about 150,000 people could get an annual salary of 700 pounds, so Hawley is now a relatively high-income middle class, even if you count Connie and Little Anne, the average income of the Hawley family is a proper middle class.

The "150,000" here refers to the British mainland, in the Transvaal, there are even fewer people who can get an annual salary of 700 pounds, and Roque's annual salary as police chief is only about 700 pounds.

In addition to the salary and position, the farm and hired hands promised by Roque were also in place, and Christian sent 20 Zulu people to Hawley as hired hands on the farm, and two Boer women to Hawley as servants in the family.

Hawley felt flattered, and never thought that he, a Chinese, would one day call for white people.

Connie quickly stepped into the role, and as a white woman, she had no mental barriers to hiring servants.

"The head helped us buy a 500-acre farm, not far from the gold mine, in case something happens on the farm, as soon as the gun goes off, the mine security will be there in five minutes at most, and the house will be built immediately, the foundation and walls are made of marble, and when the house is finished, you and Anne will move to the farm, and the head will buy us ten cows and fifty sheep, and the milk you and Anne have drunk these days will be delivered from the farm-" Hawley will stay at home with Connie whenever he has time.

Hawley and Connie live in dormitories on the second floor of the office building, and each of the dormitories here has a spacious balcony.

"How much did it cost?" Connie's English is also stumbling.

It's amazing that one Chinese and one Dutch, two people have a family in the Transvaal, but they can only communicate in English.

That is, Holly and Connie's generation, after confirming the relationship with Connie, Holly will teach Little Anne to learn Chinese as soon as he has time, and Little Anne's current Chinese level is already good, although she can't read and write, but she can already communicate with Huo in Chinese.

"I don't know, I didn't say it, and I didn't ask." Hawley won't ask how much money, the money can be repaid, and the love and righteousness will not be paid off in this life.

"Thank God for having a good boss-" Connie folded her hands -

No, it's not the kind of Buddhist kind of hands together, but the fingers of the hands are crossed on the chest, and the hands are clenched, which is more like the hands are folded.

"God won't give me a job to buy a farm." Hawley is not a Christian.

"It was God who made you meet your boss." Connie is a fanatic.

"You're right." Hawley doesn't dwell on this issue, the world is big, and Connie has the biggest baby in her belly.

"How's the farm doing?" Connie can't help now, she still cares when she should care.

"Mr. Douglas is on the farm, don't worry." Hawley didn't care about the farm's income, or rather, Hawley didn't realize the value of the farm right now.

Douglas was a professor at the Royal Agricultural College of Gloucester, which was founded in 1845 and was known as the "Royal Agricultural College" because the royal family owned the stake in the college.

In order to bring Douglas to Johannesburg, Roark offered an annual salary of £400, plus a position on the Johannesburg Agricultural Commission.

Positions aside, the annual salary of £400 was twice as much as Douglas's salary at the Royal Agricultural College, so Douglas immediately gave up his job at the Royal Agricultural College and came to Johannesburg with his two students.

So now Douglas is not only an agricultural expert, but also a Transvaal official.

Doesn't it sound familiar?

Yes, the same as Nelson Holt.

With Douglas's guidance, Hawley's farm progressed quickly, and Roque bought Hawley's farm horses, farm tools, seeds, and - fertilizer!

Unexpectedly, in 1901, there were already synthetic fertilizers in the world.

Although the chemical fertilizer of this era is only urea and phosphate fertilizer, it is not a common compound fertilizer in the 21st century, but chemical fertilizer is definitely a huge progress in agriculture, the same wheat, without the use of chemical fertilizer, the yield per mu is only about two or three catties, which is still under the premise of deep cultivation.

With chemical fertilizer, the yield of wheat per mu can easily reach seven or eight hundred catties, which means that the same land area, after using chemical fertilizer, can easily feed twice the population.

In the 20th century, the population began to grow explosively, and chemical fertilizers played a role.

With enough land, enough ploughing horses and fertilizer, and advanced technology, the future of the Transvaal will have even more possibilities.

"When the child is born, I will live on the farm, you have to work hard for the boss, I will pray for you and the boss." Connie didn't know why Roque valued the farm so much, but as long as Roque paid attention to it, it was enough.

"You still need to say-" Holly smiled, this does not need to be reminded by Connie, when Connie gives birth to the child, Holly can be regarded as a queen, worthy of the ancestors and ancestors, and there will be no regrets in this life.

owes Roque a favor, and Holly has to pay it back for the rest of his life.