Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

Speaking of the cruelty and tyranny of colonialism, countries such as Belgium and the Netherlands were more extreme than the United Kingdom. Compared with the United Kingdom, these small countries still lacked some confidence and calmness, and could only use cruel means to maintain colonial rule.

, the idea is just to grab a handful and run away.

The situation Harrington mentioned was indeed widespread in the former Congo Free State, and also existed in southern Africa, but there were fewer cases. This does not mean that the British are more benevolent than the Belgians. It only proves the means by which the British maintained colonial rule.

More sophisticated and gentler, there is essentially no difference.

This situation certainly does not exist in southern Africa now. Workers who do not work well can just deduct their money or be fired or deported. Why make people so angry that it is difficult to describe. There are also human rights organizations in southern Africa, but the human rights organizations in southern Africa are based on

Charitable foundations exist, but they only protect the rights of southern Africans and pay little attention to African-American workers.

Entering Favart, large-scale factories and towering chimneys appear one after another on both sides of the highway. They belong to steel groups, mining groups, special metal companies, cement companies, and chemical companies that have just emerged in recent years.

"Favalte Steel Group has more than 5,000 formal employees, and the six factories add up to a total area of ​​more than 150 square kilometers. Our total output value last year exceeded 350 million rand, and we paid more than 40 million in taxes. We are the largest enterprise in southern Africa.

"One." Sparks did not dwell on the issue of hand chopping. British newspapers had been denouncing the Belgians' atrocities for more than ten years.

When cars drive off the highway and enter the industrial area, the road traffic conditions are no less than those on the highway.

These roads were built by Fawalt Steel Group itself.

"Wait a minute, there are only 5,000 workers in Favalt Steel Group?" Harrington thought he had caught the loophole of Favalt Steel Group. Such a large enterprise obviously has more than this number of people.

"Regular employees -" Sparky reminded euphemistically that those African-American workers were not from southern Africa, so naturally they could not be regular employees.

There is no such thing as casual labor in southern Africa.

Harrington was silent again and looked at each other with the members of the investigation team beside him. Both of them had helplessness in their eyes.

Facing such a Fawalt Steel Group, the British government has nothing to do. The Commonwealth is really too big, and the investigation of one company after another would exhaust the British judges to death.

As a first-class enterprise in southern Africa, Fawalt Steel Group has its own hospitality hotel. The hotel facilities are no less luxurious than the Rhodesian Hotel. After the investigation team checked into the hotel, Harrington had a whim and did not want to dine in the hotel room.

Instead, I wanted to take a look at the employee cafeteria of Favalte Steel Group.

Spark would not refuse such a request, so he went directly to the employee cafeteria.

Harrington still underestimated how huge Favalt Steel Group is. The entire Favalt Steel Group has a total of 22 employee canteens of different styles, providing working meals of different grades for a total of more than 150,000 employees.

If you want to look at it, then look at restaurants that provide working meals for African-American workers.

Sparky let Harrington pick one at random, without saying hello in advance, he called the driver and set off.

Harrington chose an Indian-style restaurant. The restaurant is large and can accommodate about eight hundred people dining at the same time. Fawalt Steel Group implements a three-shift work system and provides employees with a meal every six hours.

For working meals, restaurant employees also work in two shifts. The format is similar to a buffet. Employees can eat as much as they want, but waste is prohibited.

It was not meal time yet when we arrived at the restaurant. The hygienic condition of the restaurant was quite good, the glass on the windows was wiped clean, and the tables and chairs were all made of steel.

That's right, the steel group's most indispensable thing is iron.

"Such a restaurant requires nearly twenty people to clean. Each person has his or her own area. If the restaurant manager finds that the cleaning is not clean, he will be punished in accordance with the regulations. Food hygiene is also guaranteed. The group will send a car to go there every day.

The Farm Association purchases the freshest vegetables and fruits -" Sparky looked proud. This level of guarantee is probably difficult for even British companies to achieve.

"It's just vegetables and fruits, I'm afraid it can't guarantee the nutritional level of the food -" Harrington could still make mistakes at this point.

Spark's expression was broken. Of course there were meat and eggs, but there was no need to go into details.

It was almost meal time. A stout African-American aunt poured a bucket full of food into a large basin for employees to take. The food smelled good and fragrant, but it didn’t look good.

Compliments, it's so sticky that it looks like it was cooked by throwing all the ingredients together and making it unappetizing.

Harrington frowned directly. The expressions of several other investigators were either excited or uncomfortable. The only woman even made a retching motion.

"That's what Indians are like. They like to mix everything together and cook it, and then everything they cook looks the same." Spark's expression was a bit ugly. This is really not the restaurant deliberately fooling the Indian employees.

This is the habit, and it would be disrespectful not to do this.

Before Harrington had time to speak, a large number of troops who had just finished work swarmed in. People in the steel factory kept stopping the machines, and they also took turns to eat. Time was tight. The hungry workers came to the restaurant, each with a stainless steel plate and a spoon.

Rush to the dining table and get it yourself.

A spoonful of rice, a spoonful of paste mixed with potatoes and a small amount of chicken, and another spoonful of diced carrots and potatoes. Eggs are strictly limited, each person can only take one. In the end, you can get a cup of unknown vegetables and eggs.

vegetable soup.

By Harrington's standards, such a meal was indeed unworthy of the table.

However, Spark has just said that it is just a simple work meal. The most important thing is to have a large portion and satisfy yourself, forget about the combination of taste and nutrition.

It can be seen that the workers are very satisfied with the working meals provided by the restaurant. Each of them carries a full plate of food, finds a place to sit down and starts to feast. There is no prayer before the meal, and there is no waste.

Harrington didn't even notice that when the workers came to the restaurant, there were suddenly more than a dozen uniformed supervisors with big headscarves on their heads, wooden sticks in their hands, and fierce expressions in the restaurant.

"Are these supervisors regular employees of the Steel Group?" Harrington wanted to know more about the situation.

"No, they are also foreign workers. Only the supervisors and technicians on duty are formal workers. These Indian supervisors and the African supervisors in other teams are all foreign workers just like the workers, but their salary is the same as that of ordinary workers.

The ratio is a bit higher." Spark explained in detail that Fawalt Steel Group also has a deep understanding of the ultimate meaning of "using the barbarians to control the barbarians". Using Indians to manage Indians and Africans to manage Africans has many benefits.

One thing cannot be ignored. The people who treat Indian workers the most harshly are not southern Africans, Africans, or Indians.

By the same token, Africans are also the ones who treat African-American workers the most harshly. Therefore, if Indians are used to manage Indians, the southern African supervisor will be in a detached position as an "arbiter", and employees who are lazy will naturally

There will be Indian supervisors to supervise and supervise. If the Indian supervisors act too harshly and arouse "public anger," then the supervisors can be punished accordingly to calm the public anger.

In this way, the conflicts between management and workers in southern Africa have become conflicts within Indian workers.

"How high?" Harrington inquired.

"Ten percent, or twenty percent, it won't be much higher anyway, it's just a symbolic distinction." Spark's expression was calm. Don't underestimate this ten percent, it is enough to reveal the darkest part of your heart.

side.

"Goyle, come here." Spark simply raised his hand and called an Indian supervisor over, asking him to communicate with Harrington himself.

Harrington sensitively noticed that when Spark called Goyle over, he quietly walked away two places.

Harrington didn't think there was anything wrong with Spark's move, and thought Spark was leaving enough space for himself and Gower.

Then Harrington felt a biochemical attack——

When Spark called Gower, Gower's face immediately showed a flattering expression, which was in stark contrast to the fierce look just now.

Then Gower trotted all the way to Harrington with his head lowered and his body slumped. In order to match Harrington's height, Gower's legs were even bent.

If there was a tail behind Gore at this time, it would be wagging quite happily.

"Hello Gower, I want to ask you a few questions now -" Harrington resisted the smell emanating from Gower, and then he couldn't help it anymore: "-I'm sorry, can you stay away from me?

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Gore showed a bewildered expression on his face, and looked at Harrington with surprise and astonishment in his eyes.

"Gower, just answer whatever is asked -" Sparky actually returned to Harrington and Gower at this time, looking at Gower with nothing strange in his eyes, and even gave Gower a warm smile.

"Okay sir, may I ask -" Gower's smile towards Spark was immediately sweeter than when he faced Harrington.

Hareton himself didn't even realize that the only woman in the investigation team quietly said to the man next to him: "Even if Harrington is dissatisfied with Gower, he shouldn't show it so directly."

"It's not Harrington's fault. If you smelled that person's scent, you should know how Harrington felt-" The man was still defending Harrington.

"Gentlemen, you must know that they have just come out of the workshop. It is normal for them to smell a little. They will not have a chance to take a shower until after work. Don't you think that their working environment is the same as yours?" Sparky reluctantly

I couldn’t help but explain that it’s really not the Favart Steel Group that doesn’t care. The Fawalt Steel Group still has very strict requirements in terms of hygiene.