More than 50 people, the oldest is not more than 35 years old, in the 21st century, it can still be regarded as a young man, in this era, there are already seven or eight children, and those who are in a hurry can be grandparents, so there are more than 50 people, the ratio of children and babies is a bit much, a lot of small radish heads, more than 30 of them, no wonder Li De is worried.

Roque is not worried, there are more people is a burden for Li De, but for Roque it is capital, if you only ask for food, this is really not difficult, before Roque was in charge of the refugee camp, the mortality rate in the refugee camp was more than 20 percent, when Roque took over, I don't know which link went wrong, the materials allocated by the British are still according to the standard of two months ago, the difference between this is enough to feed hundreds of people, just more than 50 people, it is really a drizzle.

"Won't it go wrong?" Anton was a little worried, but at the same time there was hope in his eyes.

Roque immediately understood that Anton estimated that he also had this need, who did not have a third relative or four deceased, Anton's family had immigrated to Cape Town, and there must still be relatives in Qingguo, whether to stay in Qingguo or immigrate to Cape Town, it seemed that there was no need to choose.

"It's okay, the vineyard needs workers anyway." Roque is not worried, with Henry in charge of the bureau, Roque has a lot of room to operate.

In fact, it doesn't matter, although the vineyard does need workers, but compared with those Boers, it is actually not cost-effective to hire Chinese, after all, hiring those Boers only needs one pound of meat per week, and hiring these Chinese must require a salary, although these Chinese will not ask for 50 oceans a month, but the cost is definitely more than hiring those Boers.

Of course, you can't worry too much at this time, if Roque doesn't help, these people don't have food and clothing, then it will definitely affect future immigrants, maybe other Chinese policemen's enthusiasm for family immigration will cool down, which is more than worth the loss.

Then they all stayed, the adults went to work in the vineyards, and the children had to go to school, but then there were new problems.

"The schools in the camp teach in Dutch and teach English, but our children don't know either Dutch or English, so they can't even understand the language, so what can they learn?" Anton is worried, he also has two children of school age, and the problem is urgent.

Roque didn't think of this question, and he scratched his head a little for a while.

During the Boer colonization of the Cape, the lingua franca of the Cape was Dutch, and the British drove out the Boers, and the lingua franca of the Cape became the coexistence of English and Dutch, and the Chinese children did not know English and Dutch, so there would definitely be problems in education, although there were translators in the camps, but there was no Chinese translator, so this problem was very serious, at least Roque could not solve it now.

In fact, the most suitable teacher is Roque, who understands English and has received a systematic education, so being a teacher is simply handy.

But it is impossible for Roque to be the king of children, Roque is very busy now and has no time to teach, so he has to think of other ways.

"Why don't you call Lao Liang back?" Anton proposes a solution.

Although Liang Dingxin's English level is not good enough, Liang Dingxin is the most suitable candidate, but it is a pity that Liang Dingxin is currently in the Qing Kingdom, and he has to find a way to send people to Cape Town, and it is also impossible to become a teacher.

"No, no, there are so many bachelors waiting in the bureau." Roque disagreed, Anton's children want to go to school, so Anton can tear down the east wall and make up the west wall, but Roque has to focus on the overall situation, and now it is more important to increase the population base than education.

Roque said this reason, and Anton couldn't object, after all, he couldn't eat enough at home, so he didn't care about the life and death of his brothers.

"Then let the mothers-in-law bring them at home first, and let's figure it out ourselves." Anton compromised, if this matter is to be resolved, it is still necessary to send a telegram to Liang Dingxin, Cape does not have enough talents, there must be in the Qing Kingdom, not to mention other places, the customs have been controlled by the British Hurd for forty years, and there must be many people who know English.

Then send a telegram to Liang Dingxin, this year, the teacher with the attribute of translation belongs to special talents, and the salary must not be less, Roque directly offered a monthly salary of ten pounds, I believe that someone will be tempted.

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At the end of April, a large number of reinforcements arrived in the Cape, the total number of British troops in the Cape battlefield had reached 400,000, and in early May, the British army relaunched the attack, and on May 12, the British army captured the new capital of the Orange Free State, Kronstad, and the Boer coalition army retreated to the Transvaal to continue the resistance.

"The war is coming to an end, and I think there will be good news from London soon, maybe we will go to London together to meet the Queen, are you ready?" Henry - Superintendent Henry was very excited, the end of the war meant that there was a reward for meritorious deeds, and Henry had such a battle as killing the commander-in-chief of the Boer coalition army, Joubert, and a baron was the least.

As for Roque -

Well, Roque didn't have much hope, Roque was not as optimistic as Henry, the Second Boer War has been fought for more than two years, and on September 1, 1900, Roberts, the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, announced the annexation of the Transvaal by the British, declaring that the war was over, but in fact the peace negotiations between the British and the Boers did not end until May 1902, which lasted for a total of 31 months.

"Don't be so optimistic, the Boers won't give in easily." Roque didn't say much, it was useless to say too much, Henry wouldn't believe it.

An army of 400,000 gathered in the Cape, and everyone believed that the war would be over in a few months, after all, the total population of the Boers was only 440,000, and the expeditionary force could flatten the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State even if it was flattened.

The problem is that the hatred between the British and the Boers is too deep, in the Orange Free State, the British army adopted the same way as the Japanese army in the War of Resistance against Japan, killing all that can be killed, burning all that can be burned, and robbing all that can be robbed, the Boers will not give in easily, and the end of the frontal battle does not mean the end of the war.

"Of course they will not give in easily, but they have to submit, and it is an irrefutable fact that the Cape is part of the British Empire." Henry was very sure, it didn't matter if the Boers didn't surrender, just wipe them all out, the expeditionary force had the ability to do so.

"How are you and Lacey?" Roque didn't want to dwell on this issue, saying too much that Henry didn't like to hear, and it would affect the relationship between Roque and Henry.

"I've met with General Hopkins, and General Hopkins promised not to force Lacey and let Lacey make her own choices." Speaking of Lacey, Henry was very happy and seemed to be making good progress.

"That's really going to congratulate you on the opportunity to invite you to dinner." Roque is now very confident, when it comes to cooking, Marven's skills can kill all the cooks in Cape Town in seconds, including the chefs in the Governor's Palace.