Chapter Twenty-Five: A Diamond Lasts Forever

"Mistaken? No, make no mistake, the rebels must be arrested, the smugglers must also be arrested, and besides, the arrest of smugglers and the fight against smuggling are our main tasks. Henry was not satisfied with Roque's report, the rebels were all poor, the rich would not risk their lives, the capture of smugglers was the only way to get oil, and the smugglers in Cape Town were either smuggling gold or diamonds, either of which were worth a lot.

"And there is a problem with your statistics, they did not smuggle fifty kilograms of gold, but twenty-five kilograms." Henry's grievances remained, and Roque still didn't know enough about the greed of the British.

Roque was petrified in an instant, although Roque knew that Henry might be greedy for some gold, but Roque didn't expect Henry's appetite to be so big.

In fact, Roque's appetite is not small, the total amount of gold seized at the scene is 60 kilograms, Roque only reported fifty, he thought he was black enough, but he didn't expect Henry's appetite to be even greater, even darker than a black man.

"Yes, it was our people who miscalculated, it is indeed twenty-five kilograms, please forgive their ignorance, they have not learned to measure." Roque knows his mistakes and corrects them, the more greedy Henry is, the better, and with such a boss, Roque can make a fortune.

Sure enough, Henry did not forget Roque's credit, and only took twenty kilograms of gold, and left five kilograms for Roque.

Roque can understand that Henry also has a lot of work to do, such as Austin Pence's share, which must also be honored, and it is already good to be able to leave five kilograms for Roque.

Back in the dormitory, Anton and the others gathered in Roque's dormitory, looking at the ten gold ingots that were glittering with gold and their mouths were dry, oblivious to the champagne that they had salivated at hand.

Yes, after being promoted to vice-captain of the commando, Roque already has his own single dormitory, and it is also a suite, which should have belonged to a colonial officer before.

The suite is fully furnished, and there is no need for Roque to buy it alone, and Roque is not stingy, and has prepared a lot of champagne cigars or something in the living room.

"What's wrong? What are you doing sitting there? "Roque was curious, and he didn't understand what the gold meant to Anton.

"Head, what did the captain say?" Luo Yi was the most urgent, and his eyes when he looked at Luo Ke could simply be angry.

"What else can I say, the captain said that we seized not fifty kilograms, but twenty-five kilograms, so we now have another five kilograms." Locke casually threw the five ingots of gold on the coffee table, and there was a clanging sound, which was the most beautiful sound to Anton and Luo Yi.

"Damn, foreign devils are really not authentic, let's work hard, and in the end they take the lion's share." Luo Yi scolded angrily, and Anton immediately slapped Luo Yi on the head.

"Be content, it's not Locke, and there's none of that right now." Anton is not greedy, fifteen kilograms of gold is also more than two thousand pounds, what else do you want: "The old rule, Luo Ye takes thirty percent - no, fifty percent, and we will divide the rest." ”

With Roque's ascension, the proportion of the share is also rising, 7.5 kilograms of gold is worth 1038 pounds, and there are 16 commandos in total, each of whom can get close to 65 pounds, even if it is a Chinese police officer who has become a naturalized Cape Town, it will take a whole year to earn so much.

"Brothers who have not yet been naturalized should be naturalized as soon as possible, see it, there are still good days waiting for us, the house I bought the day before yesterday was only 100 pounds, if it was in my Qing Dynasty, we would be miserable haha, and we would not be able to live in such a house in our dreams." Roque did not object to such a distribution plan, and when he bought the house, he borrowed a lot of money from his brothers, and now he is paying it back at the same time.

"I'll go to immigration later."

"Luo Ye is mighty!"

"If you want to enter, you want to enter, five pounds a month, and here in Cape Town, you can't use up one pound for an acre of land."

The "mu" here is acres, one acre is almost equivalent to six acres of the Qing Kingdom, even if one acre is one pound, without considering the gray income, after naturalizing Cape Town, the monthly salary can buy nearly thirty acres of land, at this rate, within a few years, all Chinese policemen will be farmers.

What's more, for the police, the gray income is much higher than the normal income, today's operation, everyone can get 65 pounds, such an operation is enough two or three times a year, Cape Town's smugglers are simply not too many, compared to the entire South African region of hundreds of tons of gold mining per year, the smugglers caught by the police are only a few.

After sorting the dirt, Roque went to the temporary rest point by the way, and saw someone wandering around the temporary rest point from a distance, it was the Zach who couldn't speak.

"Got news?" Roque was a little surprised, compared to the other three informants, Zach couldn't even speak, and it was said that the chance of getting news was smaller, but it was Zach who came to Roque first, which surprised Roque.

Zach nodded again and again, and followed Roque into the temporary rest area, Zach took out a pencil from his pocket, and a sticky note, on which he wrote respectfully: "Someone asked me to inquire about the police patrol route, it is Sam Francis of Titus Mining." ”

Yes, it is still a question whether the other people can be trusted by the Boers now, but Zach does not have this hidden danger, after all, in anyone's opinion, Zach and the British have a deep hatred, and it is impossible to cooperate with the British.

"Who is Sam Francis? What does he do? Who started Titus Mining? "Roque has a series of questions, but fortunately, although Zach can't speak, he has no problem hearing.

"Sam Francis is French, he is an employee of Titus Mining, and as for Titus Mining, his owner seems to be Cecil Rhodes." Zach seems to be educated, and he still writes words in flowers, which makes Roque even more curious.

In fact, there is nothing to be curious about, the West has long had a complete education system, the oldest university in Europe, the University of Bologna was founded in 1088, the University of Oxford was founded in 1167, and the University of Good Hope, the earliest higher education institution in Cape Town, was founded in 1873, so it is normal for Zach to have received a modern education, and many white people in Cape Town have received a modern education, even those of the Boers.

As for Cecil Rhodes, this man is a legend of the Cape, the former Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, during his reign he actively expanded abroad, conquering the area between the Zambia and Limpopo rivers and the area north of the Zambia River, and named the area "Rhodesia" after himself, and the Second Boer War was provoked by Cecil Rhodes.

In addition to politics, Cecil Rhodes was also successful in business, and his business monopolized diamond mining in the Kimberley, and the owner of the advertising slogan "Diamonds last forever, one will last forever" was Cecil Rhodes.

Cecil Rhodes was involved, which was beyond Roque's disposal, and Roque fulfilled his promise by giving Zach a pound sterling and hurried back to the police station to report to Henry.

The affairs of the British should be left to the British.