Relative to any other state in the world, Africa is rich in resources.

Africa is rich not only in forests and land, but also in its mineral reserves, accounting for more than two-thirds of the world's mineral reserves, with more than half of the world's gold, platinum, palladium, cobalt, diamonds, as well as large amounts of uranium, manganese and chromium, as well as more than 10% of oil.

Therefore, Roque really does not need to go far, as long as the local resources of South Africa are fully developed, it is enough to support a strong country.

Or rather, a powerful "region".

After all, South Africa is still part of the United Kingdom, and even if South Africa is autonomous in the future, South Africa will not secede from the Commonwealth for a long time, but will remain in the Commonwealth, and it will be until 1961 that South Africa will truly become an independent country.

South Africa, in this time and space, should not wait until 1961 to break away from the British Commonwealth and truly control its own destiny.

There are still 60 years until 1961, so Roque still has time, don't rush, take your time.

Back in Johannesburg, Roque urged Douglas to continue to hire talents from the United Kingdom, which is no longer limited to professors and graduates, but also needs talents from all walks of life, especially in more professional industries.

This is more professional, not a lawyer and a priest, these two industries Roque does not need, Roque needs engineers, accountants, doctors, professors, etc., these industries can be called talents.

"Sir, Johannesburg doesn't really need these high-level talents, can you imagine graduates of the University of Aberdeen teaching children to recognize the English alphabet in primary school? It's a waste of talent. "Douglas doesn't recommend hiring too many senior talents, and a situation like the one at Ziwei Town Elementary School is definitely a waste in Douglas's opinion.

The first batch of 260 students, all of whom are children of Ziwei residents, ranging in age from 6 to 10 years old, many of them are Chinese, and they can't even recognize all 26 English letters, and the teaching can only start from the letters, which makes Tony Tracy, who is in charge of the school, very depressed.

Tony Tracy is a student of Professor Caleb Meg, and the University of Aberdeen is also one of the most highly ranked universities in the UK, with a deeper background than University College London, with just over 300 graduates a year, which is indeed a waste of talent from this point of view.

Of course, being in charge of the school does not mean that Tony Tracy needs to teach in person, there are many talents in the concentration camp who can do these basic work, with Roque's current relationship with the expeditionary force, basically Roque can take away anyone he wants, and no one will go against an imperial nobleman in these small things.

Strictly speaking, Tony Tracy is the principal of Ziwei Town Primary School, in addition to Tony Tracy, Ziwei Town Primary School has more than a dozen other teaching staff, according to Douglas, in fact, these more than ten teachers and staff are also high-matched, among them are professors from the Cape of Good Hope, senior government employees during the Transvaal Republic, and graduates from British colleges and universities.

The expeditionary force won't care about this!

"Don't limit your eyes to this period, at present, Ziwei Town does have only one primary school, but in a few years, Ziwei Town will need a middle school to continue to provide education for those primary school graduates, and even in a few years, Ziwei Town will have a higher level of school, so this is really not a waste of talent, don't look at Tony's current work does not seem to be very important, but I can guarantee that in ten years, Tony's status will definitely be outstanding among all the students brought by the professors." Roque wanted Douglas to appease Tony.

"Sir, not everyone's eyes can see that far." Douglas acknowledges that Roque is telling the truth, but at the same time believes that there are hidden dangers in retaining talent by painting cakes.

"Professor, we can't satisfy everyone, not even the king can do this, our patience is only left to those who believe in us and approve of the future of Ziwei Town, time will tell who is right and who is wrong, many prime ministers have graduated from Eton College, but not all Eton students can become prime ministers." Roque wants to retain talents, but he will not unconditionally compromise in order to retain talents, anyway, Roque is giving the opportunity, whether he can grasp it, it depends on whether those graduates have vision.

Roque has always believed that not everyone is worth helping, such as those who only need to spend a little money, or even spend their own money, as long as they want, they can take out a loan from the Rock Gold Mine, and then easily buy a large amount of farmland, but they are not willing to act, they are not worth helping.

In the Rock Gold Mine, although more and more Chinese are buying farms, there are still many Chinese who are sticking to the old ways, not only do they not buy farms themselves, but even sneer at those who have already bought farms and those who are willing to buy farms.

For such people, what else can Luo Ke say, he has to wait for the end of their three-year contract and send them back to the Qing Kingdom.

I just don't know if ten or twenty years later, when they are on the move, hungry and cold, when they think of this experience in Johannesburg, they will regret not seizing the opportunity at this time.

It doesn't matter, the poor must have something to hate, and Roque will not give the farm to them for free in order to let those Chinese stay.

What's more, even if they are sent, they don't have to, people with dark psychology see everything as a conspiracy.

Looking back, Roque still went to Purple Town to hear what Tony himself had to say.

Tony has been busy lately.

Ziwei Town Primary School has just opened, in order to attract more parents to send their children to school, instead of helping the family work at a young age, Ziwei Town Primary School not only does not charge tuition, and even the school will provide free lunch every day, and the school will even customize uniform clothing for all students in the future, Roque is determined to build Ziwei Town Primary School into a world-famous school like Eton College, so the current name of Ziwei Town Primary School is Ziwei School.

Now Ziwei Public School only has a primary school, in the future Ziwei Public School will add a secondary school, now the land for the secondary school has been planned, and will break ground next year, and after the completion of the secondary school, Ziwei Public School will be able to accommodate 3,000 students, both in terms of scale and facilities, which is second to none in all the four districts of Cape.

Before the start of the school year, Ziwei School had been promoting for two months, and Tony led the staff around Ziwei to every farmhouse around Ziwei Town to make sure everyone knew about the benefits that Ziwei School offered to students.

Even so, when Ziwei Public School opened, there were still many parents who did not send their children to school.

Tony is not in a hurry, after all, the school is a new thing, and it takes a process for parents to accept it, and the entire Cape, Ziwei Public School is the first school to provide free education for school-age children, this kind of good thing is rare, and it is normal for parents to have doubts.

The turning point came on the second weekend.

Purple Wing School is very strictly managed, the school has a boarding system, and students can only leave the school and return home on weekends.

When the children return home, they will naturally be booed by their parents, so the topic of Ziwei Public School is rapidly fermenting around Ziwei Town.

At the end of the second weekend, many parents took the initiative to send their children to school, even those farmers who were far away from Ziwei Town, and they also rode horses to send their children over, so these days, Ziwei Public School was very lively, and in just a few days, the number of students has increased rapidly to more than 600.

"Sir Locke, we don't have enough teachers now, classrooms and dormitories are tight, we still want to have a co-ed school, but now it seems that it will not be implemented until at least the end of the year, Father Frank came to me yesterday, he wanted to provide some school supplies for the school, and said that he could find some suitable teachers for the school, I have not yet replied to him." Tony is smart enough not to make his own decisions.

There is no doubt that Father Frank must have this strength, but Father Frank's purpose is by no means simple, although Roque did not see the school supplies provided by Father Frank, but Roque can also be sure that those school supplies must have the Catholic logo on them.

As for the teachers that Father Frank promised, maybe they were the saints who graduated from the seminary, and those people Roque would not dare to use.

"Tell him that he doesn't need it, we will solve the school supplies ourselves, and as for the teachers, as long as they are not seminary graduates." Johannesburg is a British colony after all, and no faith is not conducive to integration into society, so Roque doesn't care whether the students believe in Protestantism or Catholicism in the future, as long as they don't forget their roots.

"Okay, I'll contact Father Frank when I get back." Tony also had a small notebook to take notes, just like taking notes in class.

Roque's mood immediately improved, after all, he was only a student who had just walked out of school.

"Tony, how does it feel here?" Roque wants to ask Tony for advice, and if Tony thinks that everything he is doing now is meaningless, Roque will not be strong.

"Sir Locke, what do you mean?" Tony didn't understand what Roque meant.

"I mean, what do you think of your job now." Roque elaborated, not wanting Tony to misunderstand what Roque meant.

"Oh, hehe, Ziwei Public School is very good, I like Ziwei Public School very much, when I was in school, the professor taught us that we should devote ourselves to the spread of knowledge, I think, this is what I am doing now." Tony immediately smiled when he mentioned Ziwei School, this is a very sunny young man.

In other words, Roque is not a few years older than Tony, or rather, most of the officials in Johannesburg and the entire Transvaal are very young.

"If you like it, Tony, do this job well, I can guarantee that you will get all you want in this job." Roque reassures Tony.

"Hahahaha, Sir Locke, my current job is what I want—" Tony was happy, he had been worried that his work would not be recognized by Roque, and now there was no such problem.

Leaving Tony's office, at the entrance of the school, a Chinese who looked like he had just arrived in Johannesburg was begging the police on duty at the school gate.

These Chinese usually have not had time to cut off their braids, which has become the most obvious sign of their bodies.

"Help, this big brother, I just arrived in our Ziwei Town, I just bought a farm last month, my wife and children just arrived a few days ago, my two children are very smart, and they have also gone to private school in their hometown for a few days, you can help accommodate you." With his pigtails and a wide-brimmed cowboy hat on the back of his head, the farmer in a denim suit pleaded and shoved a gold coin into the hands of the police.

Behind the farmer was an ox cart, on which sat two boys with their necks stretched out, looking inside the school, driven by a thin girl, who looked no more than ten years old, and who looked at the two boys in the cart with envy.

"Damn, don't hurt me, do you know that it's illegal to collect money? Let the sheriff know, we're all going to jail. The policeman on duty was taken aback and pointed at the farmer's nose and yelled.

These policemen on duty are actually security guards at Ziwei Town Hospital, and they also have an identity as temporary workers at the Ziwei Town Police Station, which means that they are alone with two salaries, so they really don't look at the pound sterling given by the farmer.

The farmer is also a newcomer, where have I seen a "bad man" who does not charge money, and he is a little at a loss for a while.

"How much land did you buy?" Roque had already mounted his horse, and dismounted again and took the initiative to ask.

"Sir!" The police stood up and saluted.

"Sir!" The farmer's knees were bent, and he almost didn't kneel down and kowtow.

This is absolutely forbidden, and in the Rock Gold Mine, kowtowing to someone casually is punishable by whipping.

Locke didn't reply, nodded casually, and still looked at the farmer with an inquiring gaze.

"I bought 300 acres, more than the largest landlord in our village before, I took my brother, brother-in-law, and brother-in-law over several families, and then took root here, and followed the lord for generations, the babies just arrived a few days ago, missed the time of school, and begged the lord to give him a favor——" The farmer begged with a begging face, but this time he was smart, and he didn't dare to stuff the gold coins into Roque.

"How many children are there at home? Boys and girls are counted. Luo Ke didn't look down on this money, and only remembered in his heart that the little girl who had just driven the ox cart looked at the envious eyes of her two younger brothers.

"Seven, two of the older ones died, and on the way to the younger one died, leaving only two boys and two daughters—" The farmer looked gloomy, but he was not too sad.

It's like this these days, it's normal for a child to die young, and it's sad to be sad, but it's probably not sad.

"Send all four children here, one less, and don't think about going to this school." Roque doesn't care about a few, he only cares, and none of them can be missing.