Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

The training of the Southern African Union troops is carried out completely in accordance with the "Army Drill Code" of Southern Africa. This cannon fodder unit is completely different from the British and French ones. It really follows the standards of elite soldiers.

Yes, even troops composed of African Americans are required to be elite soldiers.

After all, Southern Africa is a civilized country. It is different from West Africa in the past, which cruelly exploited the Africans in its territory. Just look at the population ratio in the previous chapter.

If it is not cruel, in West Africa, which has a total population of more than 4 million, the number of people over 60 years old will not even be less than 50,000.

Moreover, most of these 50,000 people are white people. Among Africans, probably only chiefs or tribal elders can live to be sixty years old.

While Angel was reviewing the troops in Luanda, several officials from the Ministry of Interior had just arrived in Malan, 350 kilometers east of Luanda.

Malan is the capital of Malan State and one of the larger cities in central West Africa.

Although it is said to be larger, it is actually not that big. West Africa covers 1 million square kilometers and has a population of 4.86 million, with an average of less than five people per square kilometer. A city cannot be as big as it wants. 100,000 people is already a megacity.

The permanent population of Malan City is only a pitiful 40,000 people.

Hank has long been accustomed to this kind of situation. In Southern Africa, which has a population of 80 million, many small towns only have 30 to 40 thousand people.

Of course, although the cities are about the same size, the gap in urban construction levels is even greater. No matter how small the towns in southern Africa are, even if there are only a few hundred people, there must be a cement-paved square in the center of the town, and all roads in the town must be hardened.

There will be railway stations and even airports in towns and cities. Twenty years ago, the development of southern Africa was carried out along rivers. Now the construction of towns has long been carried out around national highways or railways.

West Africa is still in the stage of development along rivers. Malan is also a city built across rivers. What is strange is that most of the rivers in West Africa flow northward and merge into the Congo River.

It’s not strange. The topography of southern Africa is complex, and rivers flow in different directions. The Orange River flows to the west, the Zambezi River flows to the east, and the rivers around Cape Town all flow to the south.

Like other cities in West Africa, Malan also has obvious rich areas and slums that have been eliminated in southern African cities. It is divided by the river in the center of the city. The east bank of the river is the rich area, and the west bank is the slums. There is not even a bridge on the river.

The difference is clear.

"There is no money to build bridges. West Africa is not your southern Africa -" Randall, who had just been elected governor, had not yet gotten used to his identity. As soon as he said the words, he realized that he had made a mistake and laughed to make up for it: "-but

It will be fine in the future. I hope the federal government can give us more funds to help Malan Prefecture carry out better construction."

In response to this request, Director of the Third Department of the Ministry of Interior Saroyan smiled and said nothing.

It’s okay to ask for money, but first think about how much you have contributed to the federal government.

Speaking of contribution, Malan State is located in the hinterland of West Africa, and its economic pillars are timber and cement.

It's sad to say that Maranzhou's timber and cement are mainly sold to southern Africa, but it doesn't even have cement for paving roads or lumber for building houses. The slums across the river are proof of this.

However, it is precisely because Malan Prefecture still has a more or less industrial base that slums appear in the city.

Otherwise, according to the habits of Africans, they should prefer to live carefree in tribes far away from the city.

"These Africans are lazy guys. If there is no whip to drive them, they will do anything. The most pleasant thing every day is to catch lice in the sun. Our cement factory sometimes cannot recruit workers. They are not interested in money."

This concept is very insensitive, and there is also no concept of making money to improve your life. You will only look for something to eat unless you are hungry——" Randall can't do anything about these Africans. Africa is so rich that there is no need to work.

As long as they have no worries about food and clothing, some of the behaviors of Africans in this environment are understandable.

"But when they see the mansions on the other side of the river and the clean and tidy environment, don't they have any yearning for it?" Saroyan is 40 years old and has no deep impression of Southern Africa before the federal government was established.

"Of course they will yearn for it. They also want to live in a luxury house and want the surrounding environment to be clean and tidy. However, they will not improve the environment themselves, nor will they use their own hands to create wealth, nor will they take the initiative to clean the house. Even if they are rich,

Replace the residential areas with the slums, and within a few years, the situation will remain the same as it is now, without any change." Randall himself is the largest timber merchant and cement factory owner in Malan State, otherwise he would not have been elected as the governor of Malan State.

Saroyan and Randall are now on the balcony of Randall's mansion. Perhaps due to psychological effects, Saroyan feels that the color of the water on both sides of the river is different.

"All these slums should be demolished, at least that way the environment will be cleaner." Saroyan did not just say it casually. It was okay in the past. Now that West Africa has joined the Southern African Federation, this situation will definitely change.

"Demolition is easy, but after demolition, where will these Africans be placed?" Randall is not used to the working methods in southern Africa and has long turned a blind eye to the existence of slums.

In fact, not everyone cares about this issue. For some people, they need the existence of slums to show their sense of superiority, otherwise what is the point of working hard to create wealth.

Of course, this is certainly not the case for Saroyan. The existence of slums will cause many problems, and according to the requirements of the federal government, they must be cleared.

"Let them work, whether they are men or women, as long as they have the ability to work, they must be allowed to work." Saroyan refused to compromise. With so many people sitting idle in the slums all day long, problems would sooner or later arise.

"There are not that many jobs." Randall was embarrassed. West Africa is not southern Africa.

"Then create jobs!" Saroyan insisted. There will always be jobs if you squeeze them.

The next day, Saroyan began to work and went with Randall to inspect the slums on the other side.

When we crossed the river, we took Randall's yacht. All the staff on the yacht were Africans, so we had to encourage the rich to spend. There were hundreds of Randall's family serving the Randall family.

When they landed, Randall handed Saroyan a mask.

Saroyan didn't refuse, but he didn't wear it either. Since it was an inspection, he needed to have a comprehensive understanding of the slums.

The situation is really bad. Sewage is overflowing, dust is flying, and the air outside the car window is full of dust. It is amazing that the dust content in the air is still so high when there is sewage everywhere on the ground.

When Saroyan got out of the car, Randall didn't even want to get out of the car for fear of getting his expensive handmade leather shoes dirty.

Saroyan was not so delicate, and he still didn't know much about West Africa. Perhaps because there were very few cars in the slums, many people immediately appeared around the cars to watch.

What makes Saroyan very unaccustomed is that the sanitary conditions are indeed so poor. Many people, including adults, can no longer distinguish the original color of their clothes. This is not a question of money, but purely personal habits. Since

If you have money to buy clothes, will you die if you wash them when they are dirty?

Of course, we can’t blame them so confidently. For those people living in the slums, they may only have this piece of clothing. Many children’s clothes obviously don’t fit. They don’t know where they picked them up, or they got them from their fathers and brothers.

Where did you inherit it?

After three years of new years and three years of old, and three more years of mending, Southern Africa has only become rich for a few years, and many people have forgotten what it feels like to be poor.

It cannot be said that we have forgotten it, or that it is precisely because we have tasted the taste of poverty that we have to work hard and create a happier life.

Like most slums, Saroyan walked along the streets in the middle of the slum for a long time without seeing a decent house.

These houses are shacks built using various materials. The roofs of many houses are iron sheets with the logo and words of Adan Company on them, which are obviously the oil drums used by Adan Company.

Many houses don't even have doors, so there is no need to think about courtyard walls.

What's more, what Saroyan can't figure out is that the houses in the slums are very dense, almost one after another. It is said that the land here should be free of charge, so why are they still so crowded?

This is probably also a matter of living habits.

Thinking about the living conditions of normal African tribes, they probably don’t have the concept of family——

Yes, this may be the reason. In another time and space, until the 21st century, many Africans still have no concept of family, so there are so many Africans growing up in single-parent families.

Single-parent families are not uncommon among whites and Chinese, but in terms of proportion, Africans definitely have the highest proportion.

Probably seeing that Saroyan was not as domineering as the white West Africans, soon some bolder children came to Saroyan and took the initiative to ask if Saroyan needed help.

This is not to be helpful, but to provide services to Saroyan and then receive a certain amount of compensation.

This is normal, but seeing that Saroyan did not refuse, more children immediately came around and asked Saroyan directly for help.

This was a bit too much. Randall waved his hand, and immediately a group of guards rushed over with batons, and the children immediately dispersed.

"That's it, what are you going to do?" Randall was sweating profusely, probably because he was nervous. After all, the weather was not very hot.

Most of West Africa has plateau terrain. Although it is relatively close to the equator, the temperature is really not high.

"No, no, no, this is not my job. My job is to understand the situation in West Africa and submit it to the federal government after summarizing it. How to do it depends on the decision of the Palace of Justice." Saroyan realized at this time,

Southern Africa has gone through many difficulties to achieve what it is today.

(End of chapter)