Pan technology is a technical job, although Roque did not study engineering in college, but in this era there are engineering talents, as long as you are willing to spend money, many things can be achieved.

For example, the weapon steel required by Roque, although Roque does not know the specific formula of weapons steel in the 21st century, but Roque knows that "chromium" can effectively increase the wear resistance of steel, so that the laboratory of Favart Iron and Steel Plant has a research direction, in the past, they had to slowly experiment, looking for ways to increase the wear resistance of steel, now they only need to study how to coat a layer of "chromium" just now.

Legend has it that chrome plating was not invented by the Germans until 1937, and the Americans did not invent the patent until 1950.

But this chrome plating process is really not unfamiliar to the Chinese, in March 1994, a batch of bronze swords were unearthed in the No. 2 pit of the Terracotta Warriors, a total of 19 bronze swords, archaeologists found that the internal structure of this batch of swords is dense, the sword body is bright and smooth, the blade is delicately polished, the texture comes and goes without interlacing, they sleep in the loess for more than 2000 years, and when unearthed, it is as bright as new, and it is extremely sharp.

When cleaning the first hole in the No. 1 pit, archaeologists found that a bronze sword was bent by a 150-kilogram terracotta figurine, which was bent more than 45 degrees.

After testing by scientists, it was found that the surface of the sword had a layer of chromium salt compound 10 microns thick. This discovery immediately caused a sensation in the world, because this chromium salt oxidation treatment method is the legendary chrome plating process.

Didn't chrome plating only be invented in 1937?

Why did the Qin people more than 2,000 years ago?

In many cases, the combination of traditional experience and modern technology can burst out with unparalleled energy.

Why was Cao Laosi able to enter the laboratory with a blacksmithing skill, and receive a salary of more than 200 pounds a year like those students who graduated from Cambridge and Oxford?

It is because Cao Laosi contributed the secret book that their Cao family has regarded as a treasure for generations: quenching with horse urine.

If you want to ask Cao Laosi why he uses horse urine quenching, Cao Laosi will definitely not be able to say 123, but after the researchers in the laboratory knew this, they immediately studied horse urine, and the final conclusion was: the salt contained in horse urine will effectively increase the hardness of steel.

Is this information valuable?

Really, the Cao family has been a blacksmith for hundreds of years by relying on this secret, and this information is indeed valuable to the Cao family.

But for the Favart Iron and Steel Plant, this information is really of little value, because before Cao Laosi "honestly confessed", the staff in the laboratory already knew that quenching with salt can increase the hardness of the steel, so this secret to be "sworn to keep" for the Cao Laosi family is worthless for the Favart Iron and Steel Plant, and the laboratory now has better quenching materials, and the effect has exceeded quenching with salt water.

It can't be said that it is worthless, the laboratory has used different materials for experiments, salt is only one of them, and the laboratory has probably paid about a hundred pounds to get this result.

Fortunately, Mr. Cao's "timely explanation" was able to find a job in the laboratory, otherwise Cao Laosi would have gone bankrupt to build a blacksmith shop, but he found that the farm tools and weapons he created were not as good as the road goods produced by the factory, and I don't know if Cao Laosi would regret it at that time.

That's the power of industry.

Roque doesn't care about the progress of the laboratory, this work is naturally supervised by Henry, in fact, there are really not many secrets about weapon steel, until the twenty-first century, the best weapon steel is nickel-chromium stainless steel, ordinary high-manganese steel for large-scale goods is enough, and the almost weapon steel is even carbon steel, considering that it is now 1903, so Roque really doesn't have to be so troublesome, just use high-manganese steel.

And high-manganese steel, now Favart, the steel helmet used by the northern division of Rhodesia is made of high-manganese steel.

This may be too luxurious for other countries, but it is normal for the Transvaal, once, more than 80% of the world's manganese ore is in the Transvaal, and later with the continuous discovery of mineral resources, the proportion of the Transvaal manganese ore in the world is gradually declining, but even if it falls, the Manganese reserves in the Transvaal are more than 150 million tons, and Roque can use it however he wants.

For the most part, Roque was in Johannesburg to be windy and rainy, but sometimes it was not satisfactory, and shortly after the formation of the new 1st Cavalry Division, Philip proposed to Roque at a family dinner to appropriately increase the proportion of whites in the new 1st Cavalry Division.

"After all, it's the Transvaal's troops, not Rhodesia's troops, so it's better to pay attention to the impact." Philip was still relatively obscure, and did not directly mention that the Northern Division of Rhodesia was Roque's private soldier.

In fact, in this era, the control of private soldiers is still relatively relaxed, and even the mines in Johannesburg can raise private soldiers, and it is not normal for Roque, the Baron of Nyasaland, not to raise private soldiers.

Even Henry has formed a mercenary force of more than 100 people in Favart.

Favart, after all, is still a small number, most of them are employees of steel and cement plants, and 100 people are enough.

"I also want to recruit whites to join the new 1st Cavalry Division, but unfortunately the British don't look down on the new 1st Cavalry Division, and I don't want the Boers, there are still few soldiers who are eligible to join the new 1st Cavalry Division, and I don't even refuse Africans, let alone be prejudiced against whites." Roque explained in detail that the new 1st Cavalry Division now also has about a few dozen Africans, who are organized into a company that is not organized to deal with African-related affairs.

Many times, Roque could not say a word, and like the Johannesburg Police Department, the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division could not completely refuse the presence of Africans.

In fact, Africans are sometimes good, the Transvaal established the new First Cavalry Division, although Roque is also the chief of police, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that in the future, the focus of Roque's work will definitely be on the new First Cavalry Division, many Chinese police in Johannesburg are unwilling to join the new First Cavalry Division, and the attitude of the Africans is very resolute.

Soon after the establishment of the new 1st Cavalry Division, Yaya took the initiative to find Roque, preferring to go to the new 1st Cavalry Division to be Roque's servant than to mess around in the police station.

What else can Roque say, so the new 1st Cavalry Division has an additional company of Africans.

"It's not that I'm harsh, look at the behavior of those Boers in Natal, I'm humiliated by them." Owen added fuel to the fire, but only dared to point the finger at the Boers.

Philip didn't speak, and fought with the steak in front of him, slashing hard with a dinner knife while glaring at Roque and Owen.

It seems to feel like an old man left behind!

"Alright, alright, I'll form a Boer company when I get back." Roque couldn't stand Philip's resentful eyes, wasn't it just a company.

In fact, what Philip said is right, there is also political correctness in these years, Ade has not noticed the personnel structure of the new First Cavalry Division yet, if Ade notices this problem, it is estimated that Ade will also remind Roque.

Philip was obviously very satisfied with Roque's statement, and his eyes were full of relief when he looked at Roque's eyes.

A son-in-law is half a son, and sometimes the son-in-law is more intimate than the son.

Leaving the mayor's mansion, Owen went to Roque's office to sit down.

"I finally know why you and Henry stayed in the police world now, it's so easy for you to make money." Owen couldn't help but sigh.

Roque knew that Owen was talking about the "umbrella", and when the umbrella was established, Roque invited Owen to participate, but Owen was a little unhappy and didn't want to be involved with the identity of "mercenary leader".

Now Owen is really fragrant, and compared to the real benefits, the "mercenary leader" is also quite cute.

Roque smiled and didn't speak, the biggest role of the umbrella is not to make money, don't forget that the heads of the umbrella company have been trained as agents at the base of the war office, so if all the mines in Johannesburg sign an agreement with the umbrella company, then there will be no secret for Roque in Johannesburg in the future.

"The election in Cape is about to begin." Owen didn't notice Roque's expression, and took out a bottle of wine from the wine cabinet next to him and poured it for himself.

Roque knocked on the table dissatisfied, and Owen laughed and poured Roque a glass as well.

Roque finally spoke: "Look, this time it should be the Progressive Party that wins, but the future is hard to say." ”

Roque is not optimistic about Cape's future.

In another time, the Boers had the advantage in the Transvaal and Orange, and many of the Boers in the Cape migrated to the Transvaal and Orange again, but even so, the British advantage did not last long in the Cape.

Now that the Transvaal is a world of British and Chinese descent, the Boers who were supposed to be in the Transvaal were shunted to Orange and the Cape, that is, many Boers did not have the right to vote in this election, otherwise the Progressive Party would not have won even this time.

"What are we going to do?" Owen had no smile on his face, and sat in his chair worried.

"What to do?" Roque didn't react for a moment.

"Elections, the Transvaal will definitely be elected in the future." That's why Owen was irritable.

Although Ade once swore that it was London's decision when the Transvaal would implement a democratic representative system, it seems that the situation is really not good, and after the Zulu rebellion in Natal, London did not send troops to Natal in the first place, which is very telling.

"Don't worry about the Transvaal, I can guarantee the stability of the Transvaal in the future." Roque was firm, but seemed to be a little unanswered.

The word stability also depends on how to understand it, and there is still a difference between stability in the hands of the British and stability in the hands of the Chinese.

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