Scarlett's farm is 25,000 acres, about 100 square kilometers.

Compared to the farm, the Boer women on Scarlett's farm are more valuable.

Textile mills are probably the most suitable industry for female workers, and in Johannesburg, in the Transvaal, and in the whole of southern Africa, it can be said that only Scarlett's farm has enough female workers, so Roque has almost no choice but to build the textile factory on Scarlett's farm.

Last month, the mill had already started, the construction of the factory was currently underway, and the machines purchased from the UK had arrived in Cape Town, and Roque had hired the technicians needed from the UK through Christian, who were training the Boer women on Scarlett's farm, and it would not be long before the mill could start production.

Ade didn't expect that Roque was actually looking for a new economic growth point for Johannesburg, saying that it was a bit too much to say that it was an "economic pillar", at least in the short term, the textile industry could not replace the mining industry, but in the long run, who knows-

"Compared with the gold mine, I think the farm is the future of Johannesburg, around the farm in Johannesburg, Professor Douglas planned a series of supporting factories such as dairy processing, slaughtering, meat processing, textiles, and even egg feed, etc., the textile factory is just the beginning, in the future Johannesburg will have more and more factories, and the economy will become more and more prosperous, which the mining industry cannot do." Once again, Roque overstepped his authority, which should be the job of Mayor Philippe Matilda.

If it were someone else, they might think that Roque would put the cart before the horse if he left the gold mine and ran the farm, but Ade would definitely not think so.

Ade was a pragmatic man, of German and English descent, having served as private secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as chief executive of Egypt, and from 1892 to 1897 as chairman of the local revenue council, before being knighted in 1895 for his excellent work.

Sir was just an honorary title, not strictly speaking a nobleman, and it was only after the Boer War that Ade was made a baron and became a nobleman.

As can be seen from the above resume, Ade has a lot of experience, both the experience of the chief executive, and the experience of long-term economic work, so Ade can clearly realize that what Roque is doing now is the right way to develop the economy, as for the gold mine in Johannesburg, it may create a large number of rich people, but for the local economy, there is no obvious role in upgrading, and agriculture will make more people profitable, and the role of local taxation is more obvious, with money, the government can start the construction of public facilities, It's a virtuous circle.

"Do you think that Johannesburg's agriculture will surpass the mining industry in the future?" Ade's mood was undoubtedly joyful, and whether or not all that Roque said would come to fruition, at least Roque cared more about Johannesburg than most of the officials who had eaten the corpse.

"It's just possible, but even if it's just a little possibility, we have to try, after all, too many people care about Johannesburg's gold—" Roque didn't finish his words, and it would be a big rebellion to say it.

In 1821, the British pound officially adopted the gold standard, and the British pound became the standard monetary unit in the United Kingdom, containing 7.32238 grams of pure gold per 1 pound.

Since then, Britain has controlled the world's finances by using the pound sterling, which is tied to gold.

The importance of gold to the pound is self-evident, so no matter what the future holds, the UK will not relax its grip on gold.

Relatively speaking, agriculture is not a problem, at least London will not care about agriculture in the Transvaal, and agriculture has become the reserve of the Transvaal compared to the gold mines.

Although Roque said that it was fanciful, it was not enough to impress Ade, Adrey was resolute, and went to Johannesburg with Roque on the same day to inspect the development of the Johannesburg farm.

Unlike Joseph Chamberlain, who was a spectator, Ade did not take the train at all, and rode directly to Johannesburg with Roque and Henry, and on the way Roque asked whether to inform the Johannesburg City Council, but Ade did not agree.

The closer you are to Johannesburg away from Pretoria, the more well-developed the farm becomes.

There are still large tracts of farms around Pretoria that have not been developed at all, and even if there are, they are being restored and rebuilt on the basis of the former Boer farms, which belong to Henry or Small, who do not have enough manpower to develop accordingly, so they have to leave the farms to remain deserted.

Entering Johannesburg, the situation has improved significantly, a lot of land along the way has been reclaimed, and a large number of trees have been planted on the side of the road, although it seems that it is not yet large-scale, but at most two or three years will be shaded by green trees, not far from the road in the farm, there are several adult Chinese are drinking water and resting, the horses that plough the land have also taken off their cages and rested in the shade, and the two children next to them led two or three South African mastiffs that flicked their tails wildly and shouted, looking very lively.

Ade rode over, and it was obvious that the Chinese were a little alert, and the two younger Chinese had already put their hands on the holsters of their waists.

After the accident on Liszt's farm, even in the cultivation of the land, the Chinese are now accustomed to carrying weapons with them.

Several South African mastiffs reacted more violently, screaming from a distance and rushing towards this direction, but were stopped by two children.

"It's a nice day, are you all right?" Ade took the initiative to greet several Chinese, several Chinese were a little wide-eyed, and Roque gestured desperately behind Ade, but these Chinese didn't seem to understand what Rod meant.

"Hello sir—" replied a child stumbling in English, not very proficient, but with a very authentic accent, a standard London accent, which was rare throughout the Transvaal.

"Do you know English? That's really good, where did you learn? Ade was in high spirits.

"Ziwei Public School, I am a student of Ziwei Public School, today is Sunday, sorry sir, my English is not good enough." The child calmed down, and now his English is much more fluent.

"What do you study in school?" Ade doesn't have much experience dealing with children, and his speech is still a bit condescending, which is normal, Ade doesn't have children, so he doesn't know how to communicate with children.

"Poetry, math, science, music, and sports." This is not arranged in advance, because Ade's visit to Johannesburg is improvised, which is more conducive to Ade's first-hand information.

"Sports, that's great, can you ride a horse?" Ade was in high spirits, completely ignoring Roque and a few frightened Chinese.

Roque made a calm gesture to several Chinese people, and several Chinese slowly calmed down, and their honest faces were full of smiles.

"Yes, the school didn't have the money to run equestrian classes before, and then the principal said that London gave us a grant so that we could afford to run equestrian lessons, but I only took two lessons and haven't really ridden a horse yet." Children without strangeness are still very talkative, and there is gratitude for London in their words, which makes Ade very useful.

"Are they your elders?" Ade won't spend too much time on children, his time is still very precious, it is rare to come out once, and he must learn as much as possible.

"Yes, this is my father and uncle, this is my grandfather—" The child offered to introduce Ade.

The child's father and grandfather were genuinely afraid.

"I'd like to visit your farm, can I?" Ade is still very polite.

At the Governor's request, whoever dared to say no, Roque immediately asked the owner of the farm to lead the way.

Roque now incarnated as a translator: "This farmer is called Chamberlain, came to Johannesburg last year, at the end of the year from the Rock gold mine loan to buy the 150-acre farm, now the scale of this farm has expanded to 500 acres, Chamberlain brought his family from the Qing Kingdom to Johannesburg at the beginning of the year, he has a huge family, the population of the clan is more than 80 people, most of them are under the age of 40, just now you saw that the child's grandfather is actually only 45 years old, the Qing Kingdom advocates early marriage, There are many people who get married and have children in their teens, and some even become grandfathers in their thirties. ”

"That's why there are so many people in the Qing Kingdom, right?" Ade lamented that compared with the Qing Kingdom, the population of Britain was too small.

The size of the population has a lot to do with the advanced degree of society, and the current British teenagers may still be in school, or have already entered the factory work, and there is no time to get married and have children.

Relatively speaking, the Qing country is much simpler, because the economy is underdeveloped, people have no jobs, and there is no opportunity to study, so they often get married and have children in their teens, and the population increases really fast.

"Part of the reason, it's not all because of this—" Roque led the way to the farm in the center of the farm, a farm of more than eighty people, plus a stable, sheepfold, forage house, granary, etc., the scale is actually not small.

The closer to the farm, the better the crops, this year's drought is very serious, Ade ordered all levels of government to prepare for the drought early on, but as far as Ade can see, the impact of the drought on the farm does not seem to be serious.

"In fact, the impact of drought on farms is quite serious, but since last year, the Johannesburg city government has begun to dig wells and build water conservancy, and the impact of drought on farms has been minimized. Roque knows how to speak for the city government, after all, Roque is also an official of the Johannesburg city government, and everyone is in glory and loss.

The harvest was indeed good, and Chamberlain's farm also planted a lot of potatoes, and after the harvest filled two granaries.

"Don't be afraid of more potatoes, you can eat as food, you can also eat as vegetables, you can't eat it all, then use it to feed pigs and cattle, this scene was unimaginable before, the family now has five horses, dozens of sheep, and three fat pigs with cubs, this year is not done, next year's New Year can be slaughtered, and then send a fan to the doll's school." Chamberlain was full of gratitude to Roque and could only express his gratitude in the most unpretentious way.

The "New Year" here probably refers to Christmas, Johannesburg is not a New Year, if you want to celebrate the New Year, at least after the Chinese get the right to vote, before that, Roque will try to dilute the sense of existence of the Chinese, such as the "Spring Festival" and other celebrations or slowly, Roque does not want the white people in Johannesburg to feel the cultural invasion of the Chinese.

Speaking of "cultural invasion", this is actually a very mysterious thing, compared with the traditional cultural connotation of the Chinese, the white culture of the West is undoubtedly empty and boring, most of the Chinese festivals are related to ancestor sacrifices, and most of the Western festivals are related to religion, and compared with religion, it is obvious that the ancestors are more commemorative, so Roque is not worried about how much the Chinese in Johannesburg will be influenced by white culture, just like the Chinese in Ziwei Town, the Chinese in Ziwei Town now sometimes go to church to participate in religious activities, But the daily behavior of the Chinese is not affected by much religion.

Ade inspected the pigsty and sheepfold in the center of the farm, which, although they may not seem large now, will be more than enough to support a farm over time.

In order to encourage farms to raise poultry, whether it is pigs or chickens, ducks and geese, it can provide richer nutrition and more income for the farm, and in order to encourage the farm to raise poultry, the agricultural association has been breeding on a large scale since its inception, providing breeding birds for the farm at a low price, and it will not be long before Johannesburg's eggs will be self-sufficient.

"Now there are so many eggs and duck eggs that I can't eat, God, I never thought that one day the eggs would be able to be let go of eating, such days I never dreamed of before-duck eggs and goose eggs were reluctant to eat, and after pickling, they were sold to the Agricultural Association, and Lao Li next door sold more than 200 salted duck eggs to the Agricultural Association, and then exchanged them for a small calf, which was simply crazy-" Chamberlain led Ade and Roque to see his salted duck eggs, the number was indeed quite a lot, and there were dozens of jars lined up in the corner of the granary, which were flooded with duck eggs and goose eggs.

In fact, salted duck eggs have always been very far away from the Chinese, and in the case of salt and iron monopoly, the price of salted duck eggs can make people doubt life.

Britain used to collect a salt tax, but that was a long time ago, and in the Cape, salt was a very common commodity and not much more expensive than wheat, so salted duck eggs came into being and were very popular.

Now in the United Kingdom, because most people are attracted to the factory, there is a shortage of people engaged in agriculture, so the price of products related to industry is falling, and the price of agricultural products related to agriculture is rising, salted duck eggs as a pure handmade agricultural product, very popular in Johannesburg, oak pub and Russell café are sold, each salted duck egg is sold for two shillings, and the supply exceeds demand.

Dinner was served at Chamberlain's farm, and when the Johannesburg City Hall finally learned that Ade had come to inspect it, Philippe Matilda arrived at Chamberlain's farm before dinner.

In order to receive Ade and Philippe Matilda, Chamberlain killed a sheep and boiled a jar of salted duck eggs, served with beef stew and potatoes and the farm's own wine.