During this period, free trade was the mainstream in the world.

The so-called free trade means that the state does not interfere with the economy, allows the economy to develop freely, and promotes society to move forward.

In 1936, John Maynard Keynes published the book "General Theory of Employment, Interest and Currency", and founded modern macroeconomics, which was for "Keynesianism".

Before Keynes published his book "Employment", Britain was in the transition period from laissez-faire private enterprise system to private monopoly. During this period, Britain was definitely a model for laissez-faire. Some British behaviors at that time were called "British disease".

The so-called British disease is simply: a self-destructive national suspicion and pessimism.

At that time, some people in the British elite thought they knew what the best choice for society were. They always liked to despise their own country and praise other countries; belittle the achievements of their own people and envy others' achievements; despise their own national system and praise other nations' systems; by the way, they also mocked every national figure in their country.

Isn't it quite familiar?

Yes, it is indeed quite similar to some public intellectuals, and this is also a tradition.

The completely opposite of free trade is the Roosevelt New Deal.

An important measure in Roosevelt's new policy is to "work-for-relief", vigorously build public works, ease social crises and class contradictions, and increase employment to stimulate consumption and production.

This is actually quite similar to Johannesburg after the war.

Even after the war ended, some policies implemented by Alfred Milner were similar to Roosevelt's New Deal, but Alfred Milner's "New Deal" did not bring prosperity and stability to Transvaal. After Alfred Milner took office, his "New Deal" content was abandoned by the successor Louis Bota, and the new Deal came to an abrupt end.

Rock couldn't explain to Philip Matilda what the "Roosevelt New Deal" is, and there was no way to explain what "Keynesianism" is. He could only start from the facts in Johannesburg and hoped that Philip could support Rock to build the reservoir.

"Sorry Sir Rock, I'm afraid the city will not be able to provide you with financial help." Philip Matilda knew what Rock said made sense, but she was powerless.

This is not because Lord Philip deliberately targeted Rock, but because the city of Johannesburg is really not rich.

Johannesburg was still in the military control period, and the city government did not even have administrative power. Now it can barely operate due to direct funding from London.

This is also the reason why London is under increasing pressure. The war did not end as quickly as I imagined. In the past, London was only responsible for the military expenses of the expeditionary force, but now it has to add the operating costs of the Transvaal and Orange governments. If Congress had been able to survive in a short period of time, the belt of the trousers in Congress could have been through, but the end of the war was far away. It seemed that this was a bottomless pit.

Of course, Philip Matilda is not busy at all and cannot provide financial support. Then there will be no obstacles for Rock, such as reservoir land, train coordination for transporting building materials and related equipment, and for example, hiring workers for building reservoirs-

Philip Matilda can help in this regard.

Rock knew the dilemma of the Johannesburg city government, so Rock didn't talk nonsense. He left the mayor's residence and threw the shares worth 100,000 pounds to Irving, and then went directly to Pretoria.

"How much does the project cost?" Alfred Milner also did not make a direct promise, but instead learned about the situation first.

"About 1 million pounds, so no one can afford so much money independently, so in addition to government support, it will also raise funds for social funds. The Johannesburg Mining Alliance, the Mining Alliance, decided to set up a company called "Crocodile Bay" to carry out commercial operations of hydropower stations. In Johannesburg, Crocodile Bay has raised 900,000 pounds of funding, but this is not enough. If the funding is insufficient, Crocodile Bay will send people to Cape Town to continue raising funds." Rock wants to pull more people on board, so the more shareholders, the better. It is best to bring in all the powerful large enterprises in Transvaal.

In this way, the future Crocodile Company will become a super giant like South African companies. No matter who they are, if they want to deal with Crocodile Company, they must first consider themselves.

In fact, this Crocodile Company was also prepared by Rock for the future Boers. There are too many Boers. To suppress the Boers, we must integrate the forces in Transvaal as much as possible. Whether it is British or Chinese, it is possible to form absolute suppression of the Boers.

"The Governor's Office can invest - 50,000 pounds." Alfred Milner hesitated, and did not take on a big deal or stay out of it.

In fact, as long as you participate, you can do as much as possible. Even if Alfred Milner can't make a penny, Rock will give Alfred Milner a share of at least 100,000 pounds.

Of course, the Governor is willing to invest better. Only with the investment of the Governor's Office can the "credibility" of Crocodon Company be guaranteed. It doesn't matter how much it invests, the key is this attitude.

"Thank you, Lord Alfred, I will make this happen as soon as possible." Rock was satisfied, and the next thing I had to do was read from the American side.

"Well, uh, by the way, Sir Rock, Kimberley's Chinese workers can enter Johannesburg, but you have to make sure that no matter what the circumstances, Chinese miners must not be in trouble." Alfred Milner gave Rock a surprise, which is called coming and going, and the governor is not a god, and he also has to eat, drink, defecate and urinate.

"Of course, I can guarantee it." Rock took a lot of work. Building a hydropower station requires a lot of labor, and it is not enough to rely on shifts of miners.

The construction cycle of hydropower stations is generally several years. Even if it is not a super hydropower station, it will take at least one or two years. Projects of this scale will definitely not be able to rely on temporary workers alone. In addition to professional technicians, outstanding construction personnel are also needed. The Zulu people are likely to not be able to complete this task, and even more so, the Boer people. Rock does not want to hire the Boer people at all.

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Therefore, Chinese are Rock's only choice.

Even if Alfred Milner doesn't make this hole, Rock will find a way to put pressure on Alfred Milner through Cecil Rhodes Jr.

As a result, at night, Cecil Rhodes Jr. gave Rock a better demonstration.

"How much is it? I'll make up for the shortcomings." Cecil Rhodes Jr. is also rich and powerful. In fact, even if the hydropower stations are all funded by Cecil Rhodes Jr., Cecil Rhodes Jr. can afford them.

Compared with Rock, South Africa has a big business, so Cecil Rhodes is very confident. He can even form a government in Rhodesia. This little thing doesn’t need to be reported to anyone. If you want to repair the reservoir, just go to repair it directly.

"It's almost enough." Rock didn't need much money, he was in need and could make up for it himself.

"You've been from the Baron, but you're too timid." Cecil Rhodes curled his lips.

"I'm not as capable as you-" Rock admitted that he was not as good as Cecil Rhodes Jr., who had a good father, if Rock had a monster like a South African company-

What's wrong with Johannesburg, there are no Boers in the entire South Africa, and what about the Zulu people?

"I was in Cape Town some time ago and didn't care about it, but I told Aiden that no matter what you do, let him cooperate as much as possible-" Cecil Rhodes Jr. was in Cape Town to lobby Cape Town City Council to continue to provide subsidies for "new immigrants".

The Cape Town Council members are not stupid either. The Immigration Bureau is actually paying for immigration, but is actually subsidizing a big rat like Cecil Rhodes Jr. The Cape Town Council does not know Rock's role in this matter. If it were known, the Cape Town Council would probably hold Rock responsible.

As a government official, he colluded with businessmen to defraud the Immigration Bureau of funds. It would be unpleasant if this matter spread.

"It's almost enough. Rock Gold Mine and Derbils Unified Mining Company each account for 20%. The city government gave 10% and the Governor's Office accounted for 5%-" Rock did not give Cecil Rhodes Jr. additional investment opportunities.

"The city government and the Governor's Office are rich?" Cecil Rhodes Jr. doubted.

Rock glared directly, and everyone knew whether they were rich or not.

"Hmph, it's really easier for them to make money than us." Cecil Rhodes Jr. was disappointed.

"Come on, how much we invest now, we can double down on it at that time." Rock was not surprised. The world was as dark as a crow, and Rock was mentally prepared.

Back in Johannesburg, Rock set out to go to Kimberley to pick up the Chinese miners.

Johannesburg is only more than 400 kilometers away from Kimberley. If you take the train, you will arrive one day and one night, but now it is not possible. Kimberley is located in the Cape territory and is a severely affected area of ​​guerrilla attacks. The railway has long been destroyed, and you can only rely on a ox cart to take people back.

Rock mobilized 150 commandos, 120 detectives, and 200 police officers from Rhodesia, all of whom rode to Kimberley on one and two.

The person in charge of the Rhodesia police was actually Aiden. It was only then that Rock realized that Aiden was actually the senior police superintendent of the Rhodesia Police Department. In terms of level alone, it was even higher than Rock's level.

Just think about it, Rhodesia is the jurisdiction of South African companies. South African companies have the right to form government and police forces in Rhodesia. In other words, whoever is the senior police superintendent is a matter of Cecil Rhodes Jr., and London doesn't care.

In terms of flexibility, this private enterprise is much better than government agencies.

It's not just flexibility, but South African companies are still rich. Cecil Rhodes has been operating in Rhodesia and Kimberley for so many years. It's not just the relationship that surpasses South Africa. The equipment of the Rhodesian police is also better than that of the Johannesburg police.

Rock always thought that the equipment level of the Johannesburg police station was already good, but compared with the Rhodesian police, Rock found himself a frog in the well.

Not to mention anything else, just talk about horses. The Johannesburg Police Department is now equipped with mixed-blood horses. The Rhodesian police are mixed with mixed-blood horses. Basically, they reach the sheriff's level. Rhodesia rides pure-blood horses. In Johannesburg, only Rock has pure-blood horses.

Even in terms of weapons and equipment, Rhodesia is better than that.

The Johannesburg police station also generally uses Weberley revolvers, but Rhodesia is equipped with Mauser 96. However, looking at Aiden, she doesn't seem to like Mauser 96 very much, but instead prefers Weberley used by Rock.

"The German-made guns have good performance and load more bullets, but they look too ugly, and they are too recoil, which is inconvenient to use. Weberley is better, with simple structure and reliable operation. If the shell is stuck, you can troubleshoot the fault by pulling the trigger-" Aiden looked a bit funny in his police uniform, his belly was too big, and he looked very corrupt at first glance.

"That's because you can't use it. One more bullet on the battlefield, the Mauser pistol is still very good." Rock couldn't help but say justice. The Mauser 96 is the legendary "muggle gun". Now the Mauser 96 can only load ten bullets. When the Mauser's improved model is available, and a wooden box is a perfect submachine gun.

"Do you like it? There are many more Salisbury police stations. Our police don't like it. They would rather pay for Webleys themselves than like German guns. I'll send it to you and sell it to you at a discount." Aiden didn't care. The so-called discount is just a joke. The final actual price is probably similar to half-selling and half-selling.

"Okay, if you don't want it, I'll let you know how much it costs." Rock is welcome. Although these Mauser 96 are probably not available, the Johannesburg Police Department can't use it, but the Gold Mine Guard will definitely be available.

The two of them talked and laughed, and unknowingly left Transvaal and entered the Cape.

Rock also became alert at this time. Yaya took the detective team members to scatter and went out for investigation without Rock's orders. Rock and Aiden led the brigade slowly and entered Cape less than 20 kilometers. Some detective team members came back to report that about five kilometers ahead, there were guerrillas besieging the regular army's patrol team.

Well, Rock and the others went to Kimberley for a temporary purpose. Not to mention the guerrillas in advance, the Kimberley Police Department didn't know, so the guerrillas should have gone out and didn't read the almanac. By chance, Rock and the others encountered it when they launched an attack.

"Check equipment and prepare for battle!" Rock would not miss this opportunity to make meritorious service.

"Sir Locke, be careful. This is Cape, not Johannesburg." Aiden hesitated a little, not because the guerrillas were famous, mainly because he, the senior police superintendent of Rhodesia, no one admitted it outside Rhodesia.

It's amazing. As a country in the actual sense, in reality, most countries in the world do not recognize Rhodesia. It was not until Rhodesia broke away from the South African company and the Commonwealth and split into Zimbabwe and Zambia that it was universally recognized by the international community.

Well, it's really complicated.
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