Chapter 2219: Golden land
Latest website: They witnessed the city from scratch. Van Nistelrooy said: "It's incredible. We have been here for less than ten days. They actually built a city!"
Of course not so exaggerated, but the speed is a fact.
"This is the power of the devil!" Hessellink said dullly.
If you don't talk about the power of the devil, is it the power of God? The Chinese are not religious.
The white skins arrived early, but even in the first Cape Town, they have not built a decent city. Some of the fortresses they built are solid, but they are not used for military purposes like the cities built by the Chinese are enough for military and civilian use. Dual purpose.
The two white skins came as scouts. In addition to them, there were a few others who watched the advance of the Chinese. They had horses and kept sending people back to Johannesburg to report the news. Now only Van Nistelrooy and Hessellink are left. .
Hessellink is older and sees farther. Based on what he has observed, he believes that the Chinese have no ambitions and Johannesburg is in danger!
He only felt unable to stay for a moment, and said to Johnny: "Let's go!"
They got on their horses and headed west.
There are also white-skinned rangers along the way. Although there are not many, they can be safe on the road and protect them from black-skinned attacks.
Baipi has also built barriers at various dangerous points, and manned and horses are stationed to ensure the smooth flow of traffic, but their buildings are very ordinary, dug trenches that are not deep, and build wooden walls. In some places, they are simply earth barriers. Need to be rebuilt.
But the black leather is worse than them, and such a simple city defense cannot be broken, so it is not surprising that the black leather is dominated by the white leather and even the Chinese.
Two days later Van Nistelrooy and Hesselinck returned to Johannesburg, a city full of vitality and vitality, the capital of gold mining!
Johannesburg is located on the upper reaches of the Vaal River in northeastern South Africa, with an altitude of 1754 meters. In Nguni, Johannesburg is called "Igobi", which means "gold".
It is the center of the gold veins in Transvaal State.
About one day in 1659, the white-skinned pioneers arrived in Johannesburg, where they discovered gold mines. More and more gold mines were found. They were everywhere, and the reserves were huge.
As a result, gold prospectors from all over Europe came here to search for gold. Thousands of Europeans went to South Africa by boat and landed in Johannesburg to start their mining career.
The exact name is the Nuggets, which is to exclude
With more and more gold prospectors, this place became a populous settlement. The city was established in 1662, named after Father Johannes who discovered the place, and it was called Johannesburg.
Johannesburg is very prosperous. There were as many as 20,000 Whiteskins gathered here, and they were supported by more than 5,000 Whiteskins who withdrew from Cape Town. There are 25,000 people in total. There are so many overseas. Population, if it were not for the gold rush, it would be impossible to find a population to run into the wild mountains of South Africa.
A mess of houses has been built, and there are no restrictions on the construction. Many houses are built directly above the veins. Once you dig in the house, you can unearth gold!
The bars here are equipped with mirrors and carved glass imported from China, which are very luxurious. The mahogany counters are quite common. The appearance of the city is exquisite, and the roughness is dotted with cheap, fancy and expensive and exquisite decorations. The latest lamps and lanterns imported from China are installed. At night, after an oil lamp is ignited, it shines on the city through the large reflector at the back.
The gambling kilns everywhere are filled with expensive gambling equipment. In order to create a gorgeous and dazzling appearance, the brave European girl travels across the oceans to make money, and arrives in Johannesburg from faraway Europe, and delivers them to the door to satisfy the Nuggets. Our needs...
With gold, you have everything!
Hesselinck and Van Nistelrooy ran on the dirt road on horseback. They entered the city hall. Before they could drink the water, they immediately rang the bell to convene a meeting of congressmen.
A hurried bell rang above the city. In less than half an hour, the sixteen members of the city council, as well as the three mayors and deputy mayors, were all present!
In addition to them, there were also a number of fair-skinned people who also attended the meeting.
Johannesburg’s rule is modeled after its home country, the Netherlands, electing a mayor to be responsible for daily affairs and electing a parliament to decide major issues.
This surprised Hesselinck. His identity is the deputy captain of the city’s guard. One of his official duties is to ensure the quorum of the city council meeting. Members of the council also dig money. Because the money is important, it can’t be abandoned for a quarter of an hour. , City councillors rarely have time to attend meetings.
One of the city councillors was particularly negligent about the meeting. There was an important meeting where the quorum was missing. Hessellink was ordered to gather the quorum. He found that the councillor was the slow-moving person and asked him to go to the meeting.
This person expressed dissent. Hessellink had to point him to the meeting with a firecracker. In the meeting room, no one noticed. This congressman who barely arrived at the meeting slipped away, and Hessellink was immediately ordered to raise the quorum. .
He found the city councilor with oily feet again, and the man protested loudly and continued to dig for his gold in the face of the fire --- he was found in his mine, and Hesselinck simply lifted him up. Putting on his shoulders, he carried him to the city council again. This time, he stayed outside the meeting room for the entire meeting time, and the "too busy" city councilman did not go away.
It is the first time that I have seen the sluggishness of the congressmen in the meeting for being able to gather people to come to the meeting at once.
It seems that the news of the Chinese invasion caused them great pressure!
When Hessellink reported the news that the Chinese invasion had come halfway to the mayor and councillors, it showed that the Chinese wanted to seize the gold mine~www.wuxiaspot.com~ suddenly the conference room exploded!
The white skins finally found this golden place, and the Chinese want to take it away, don't think about it!
Speaking of the golden land, Cape Town’s colony is prosperous, but most of the white people have switched to wandering pastoral life. This is because Cape Town’s agricultural products are overproduced and slaves operate the colony’s labor and work, so there is nothing else. The motivation is sufficient to make the colony’s population continue to increase, thus encouraging it to move out and become a self-sufficient pastoralist.
When the farmers' income is stable and they can't make a fortune, the white-skinned people lead a plain life.
Around 1655, there was a priest named Johannes Parker in Cape Town who claimed to be enlightened and told everyone to go northeast. There is Zion, the golden Zion. , There is inexhaustible gold!
Zion is used in the Holy-Scriptures to indicate the holy city of Jerusalem. Under his fanatical instigation, more than 7000 unwilling to be plain whites followed him to the golden Zion.
But their journey is very difficult!
