Capital is profit-seeking, and capitalists only consider interests, and as for the country, the nation, and so on, they are never within the scope of capitalists' considerations.

As far as the Transvaal is concerned, the mine owners don't care about the color of the miners' skin, they only care about profits, as long as they make money, whether South Africa is devastated or bruised after the gold is dug up, it doesn't matter to them, they can happily go to any country in the world with gold, even if they buy an island to be the king.

Roque can't be so "chic", Roque is responsible for the Chinese in Johannesburg, so Roque has to rely on external forces.

De Beers Unified Mining is a good target.

Compared with De Beers Unified Mining Company, Roque is still very weak, Roque has only one Rock gold mine in his hands, but De Beers Unified Mining Company controls at least nine gold mines in Johannesburg, accounting for almost one-third of the gold mines in the Rand Mining District, so in terms of worker demand, De Beers Unified Mining Company is more urgent than Roque.

Even if the needs are not considered, the De Beers Unified Mining Company is qualified to make a request to the Governor's Palace, and don't forget that the owner of the De Beers Unified Mining Company is Cecil Rhodes, the former prime minister of the Cape, and in terms of administrative level, it is not bad compared to Alfred Milner, so the De Beers Unified Mining Company can go to the Governor Milner to make a request, but Roque cannot.

Of course, since Alfred Milner handed this over to Roque, then Roque had to do it resolutely, so Roque already had an alternative.

"I've asked Christian to find a way to hire as many Zulu miners as possible, although those Zulu miners are not as good as Chinese miners, but they can still make a living, and avoid this limelight first." Roque didn't have an urgent need for Chinese laborers right now, and these Zulus were all prepared for the De Beers Unified Mining Company.

"But next month a new batch of miners will come over, and these people have already paid." Aiden doesn't care about the Chinese, the Zulus, but he cares about the money.

"How many?" Roque cares about people.

"More than six thousand—" Aiden was really distressed.

Because of Roque, the Chinese in Johannesburg in this time and space have not been abused inhumanely, although overtime is essential, but they can rest when they are sick, and their usual living standards are good, and the mood of the Chinese workers is still relatively stable.

When you are emotionally stable, you will work hard, and the mine will have less and less money to manage.

Aiden now also appreciates the benefits of using Chinese miners, who are hard-working, hard-working, and have no family involvement, and will not get paid to disappear -

Zulu miners and Chinese miners really can't be compared, and converting the above adjectives into antonyms is a description of Zulu miners.

What's more, these upcoming Chinese miners, De Beers Unified Mining Company has paid.

"Don't you De Beers Unified Mining Company still have mines in Kimberley?" Roque has now changed his mind, and if it were before, Roque would have brought this group of workers to Johannesburg anyway.

Now, Roque is not so narrow-minded, and since Alfred Milner has said that this matter needs to be suspended, then this matter must be suspended, even if the workers have already paid, Roque cannot let them into Johannesburg.

No matter how much Roque paid attention to those Chinese miners, the majesty of the governor could not be offended, Roque knew very well that Alfred Milner would definitely keep an eye on this matter, and if Roque disobeyed him, then Roque would almost certainly set himself on fire, and then the gains would outweigh the losses.

Kimberley is in the Cape and is not under the jurisdiction of the Transvaal Provisional Government, so this is not Roque's decision to violate Alfred Milner, no matter what, Roque is only the chief of the Johannesburg Police, and he can't control the actions of De Beers Unified Mining Company outside Johannesburg, and Alfred Milner has not had such extravagant expectations.

Not to mention Roque, Alfred Milner himself can't manage De Beers Unified Mining.

As for whether those workers will be abused in Kimberley, this Roque will send someone to investigate, and if Chinese miners are abused in Kimberley, Roque will trouble Aiden.

It is unlikely that they will be abused, the capitalists care most about economic interests, to put it bluntly, providing slightly better logistics support to Chinese miners will not increase much management costs.

"Locke, Johannesburg Branch and Cape are accounted for independently." Aiden still wants to fight for it.

"So what do you say? Throw aside the Governor's decision and continue to commit crimes against the wind? Roque is also helpless, if he can, Roque is not willing to do this.

"It's so hard to be honest and do business!" Aiden collapsed on the couch in a frustrated manner, and actually let out such a lament.

"Hahahaha-you're kidding me!" Roque laughed unscrupulously, and the general manager of the Johannesburg branch of De Beers Unified Mining Company actually lamented that the world is difficult, so how can others live?

Aiden also felt a little hypocritical, and laughed with Roque, and the only bit of solemnity suddenly disappeared.

"Locke, I think we should form an alliance so that we will not be alone in the face of the Governor's Palace, and if all the mine owners in Johannesburg can unite and make our demands to the Governor's Palace, His Excellency the Governor will seriously consider it." Aiden strikes while the iron is hot, and he, the dog leg of a capitalist, actually knows unity, which is really rare!

Commercial alliances have existed since ancient times, and Johannesburg is no exception, when the Cape colonial government brazenly launched the Second Boer War, it was not Cecil Rhodes alone, Cecil Rhodes was just a fuse, and all the British mine owners in Johannesburg were the explosives.

"Aiden, if you want to form such an alliance, of course I support it, but you also know that I can't participate in such an alliance." Roque's identity is different from Aiden's, and as a high-ranking official of the Provisional Government, Roque cannot stand on the opposite side of the Provisional Government.

"That's a pity—" Aiden was a real pity, Roque didn't join, that meant that the members of the Matilda family wouldn't join either, so the alliance would lose a lot of influence.

"Don't worry Aiden, you can prepare first-" Roque couldn't help but remind, it's not appropriate to form an alliance now, but there will be opportunities in the future.

"How?" Aiden was in a hurry, his elbows propped up on the armrests of the couch, and his upper body tilted towards Roque.

Roque subconsciously stayed away, Aiden's big fat face was still a little stressful when he was close.

"Hahahaha-" Aiden laughed as if he had discovered something very interesting, and stayed away from Roque.

"Pretoria is negotiating—" Roque couldn't say much, with De Beers Unified Mining's energy in the Transvaal, Roque believed Aiden must have known the news.

"So what? The command of the expeditionary forces wanted to end the war as soon as possible, the Boers wanted to get back what they had lost, the terms could not be negotiated, and the end of the war was far away. Aiden knew about it.

"I heard yesterday in Pretoria that His Excellency the Governor is likely to be involved in the negotiations." That's the latest news that Roque has learned.

"When?" Aiden was immediately refreshed.

At present, the British side is leading the negotiations with General Kitchener, the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, and it cannot be said that General Kitchener is incapable, but General Kitchener's ability is limited to the military field, and in the political field, General Kitchener's ability is not very impressive.

Alfred Milner is not the same as General Kitchina, Alfred Milner is a pure politician and can handle the negotiation situation with ease, so if Alfred Milner is involved in the negotiations, not to say that a result will be negotiated soon, at least not like now, both sides of the negotiation are talking to themselves, never willing to shut up and listen to what the other side is saying.

"It is estimated that His Excellency the Governor will soon be on his way to London, and will begin when he returns." Roque actually has a bit of a regret that Roque would also like to go to London if he can.

Even if it is possible to catch up with the enthronement ceremony of Edward VII, Alfred Milner will also go back to London, although in fact the war is not over, but at the official level, since the former commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, General Roberts, has declared the end of the war, then Alfred Milner should enjoy the glory of victory, so Milner will definitely be knighted when he goes to London this time, and when he returns to the Transvaal, Milner will be "Lord Alfred".

Of course, Alfred Milner's return to London is certainly not just for the sake of the award, Milner is in London, and he should discuss with the Prime Minister and other cabinet members the plan to end the war as soon as possible, in other words, the bottom line of negotiations, with the bottom line, the prospects for negotiations will be very clear, which is much better than Kitchener behind closed doors.

"There will be a large number of noble lords to be born again—" Aiden's words smelled sour.

Sour is certain, people like Aiden may become a tycoon, but they will never become a nobleman in this life.

Roque glanced up at Aiden.

Aiden understood in seconds, and immediately smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's my fault, I always can't control my mouth-"

Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling man, in the face of such a ruffian, Roque couldn't get angry, but he couldn't forget the matter: "If Your Excellency the Governor can completely end the war, then the economy must fully recover as soon as possible, and even if we are not in a hurry, the Governor will find a way to solve the problem of labor shortage." ”

Roque is not in a hurry, Alfred Milner may still have concerns now, but reality will force Alfred Milner to make the right choice.