South Africa, Cape of Good Hope.

On the sea, five large flying scissors are moving forward quickly. Although steam ships have gradually become popular these days, and flying scissors are rarely seen on ocean routes, for the Nanhua Society, they still prefer this kind of flying scissors that are extremely fast and do not need to stop along the way.

On a flying scissor ship named "Rainbow", in the small official cabin, Huang Dianyuan and Guan Changhai each held a small wine pot and chatted casually. The sailing on the sea was very boring and boring. Drinking and chatting was the best pastime. Huang Dianyuan was knowledgeable and Guan Changhai was very willing to chat with him.

"Two hundred years ago, the Dutch were known as the 'sea coachman'. At that time, the first Dutch immigrants arrived in southern Africa to settle down. After the Decline of the Netherlands, the British replaced them as the overlords of the sea. In 1795 and 1806, Britain occupied the Cape of Good Hope colonies twice.

Later, Britain purchased the Cape of Good Hope from the Netherlands for £6 million and began colonial rule over South Africa."

"I bought it for £6 million?" Guan Changhai said curiously: "Western countries are also popular in buying and selling territories?"

Huang Dianyuan smiled and said: "It is not rare for Western countries to buy and sell territories. Most of the territories in the United States are bought from various countries. However, it is rare to spend money on some deserted territories that are not suitable for living like our shopkeepers."

He heard that there was a sarcastic feeling in his tone. Guan Changhai did not dare to take on the topic, and turned to say, "The Boers are descendants of the Netherlands. I wonder how many people are in South Africa?"

"I don't know the specific amount, but there are quite a few white people in South Africa." Huang Dianyuan said slowly: "Now there are very few Boers in South Africa, basically all British. After the end of the Napoleonic War, more than 300,000 soldiers and sailors in the UK were demobilized. In order to properly resettle these people, the British organized immigration to Australia, Canada and South Africa, which are sparsely populated.

The British immigrated to the Cape of Good Hope quickly overwhelmed the local Boers in numbers. Because they were dissatisfied with the British rule, the Boers began to migrate northward, a major migration that lasted for four years. Orange and Transvaal were countries formed by the Boers migrating northward."

As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of cheers came from the deck on the outer room. Soon a sailor rushed in and said happily: "It's time to the corner of the storm."

"It's been here, and this old bone is almost dispersed." Huang Dianyuan said and stood up. "The Cape of Good Hope means the Cape of Good Hope. Its name sounds good, but there are many storms, thunderstorms and waves, and the sailors call it Storm Corner."

Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town.

Cape Town, with mountains and seas on the west side, is close to the Atlantic Ocean, and looks south to the Indian Ocean, and is in the same place as the two oceans. It has always been the most important midway stop on East-West routes and is known as the "Western Lifeline". However, with the opening of the Suez Canal, ships passing through the Cape Town route have plummeted and are no longer as prosperous as before. Now most of the ships coming to Cape Town are for the diamonds from Orange.

The South China Association has a good business in Cape Town and has a considerable force. As soon as the ship entered the port, Huang Dianyuan ordered the flag representing his identity to be raised, and the ship was waiting to get on the dock. The local South China Association leaders who came to hear the news had arrived together to welcome him.

When you enter Cape Town, you will see everything you see is full of Western-style buildings, and the streets are mostly blonde and blue-eyed foreigners. If it weren't for black people who act as laborers everywhere, Guan Changhai would almost suspect that he was in Europe.

Seeing Guan Hai looking at him with great interest, Huang Dianyuan asked: "Cape Town is quite prosperous, and it's more than a month of sailing. Have you been resting for a few days and recovering..."

"No need." Guan Changhai hurriedly said: "Time is tight, arrange to go to Kimberley as soon as possible."

Kimberley is a remote town recently formed by the diamond in Orange, which is nearly 900 kilometers away from Cape Town. However, this distance cannot stop people from going to Kimberley to find diamonds. Europeans who became rich overnight flocked to Kimberley to Kimberley, so that the supply of mules, horses, carriages and ox carts in Cape Town is in short supply, and prices are rising.

The South China Association had already made sufficient preparations at the entrance of Cape Town. Guan Changhai only stayed in Cape Town for one day and couldn't wait to embark on a journey to Kimberley. Huang Dianyuan did not go with him, but sent more than 60 people to accompany him to ensure Guan Changhai's safety.

Sitting in the shaking carriage, Guan Changhai was quite excited at first and looked out frequently. He felt very bored after not long. The person who drove the car was a young man in his early twenties, Hong Sangui, who looked smart. He asked casually: "Is the diamond production of Kimberley large?"

After hearing this, Hong Sangui couldn't help but smile, "There are many people who went to Kimberley, but not many people can actually dig diamonds. Many people are unlucky and have been working hard for a year. However, there are many rumors about Kimberley. Some people bought or exchanged them from local natives at a low price, and some people picked them up when they walked.

Someone also found diamonds in the duck's farm while killing ducks. As soon as the news spread, all the ducks near Kimberley were bought and killed in one day.

Later, someone discovered diamonds on the beach of the river near Kimberley, so people rushed to sand like gold digging. It is said that the harvest was quite good, so people flocked to the river to search. However, it has not been heard that large-scale diamond mining areas have been discovered yet."

Guan Changhai was stunned when he heard this, "Everyone was circulating madly, saying that there was a diamond mine in Orange."

"There must be a diamond mine, and everyone is sure of this. After all, there are already a lot of diamonds found sporadically now." Hong Sangui said: "However, it is hard to say when it can be found."

Even the diamond mine has not been found yet? Guan Changhai's heart sank and he asked quickly: "It's still peaceful all the way?"

"How can such a place be peaceful?" Hong Sangui said dismissively: "However, there are not many robbers, they are all sporadic. With a large-scale caravan like ours, no one dares to make any decisions."

After hearing this, Guan Changhai couldn't help but feel relieved and asked, "How long does it take to arrive at Kimberley?"

"If it's fast, it's half a month, if it's slow, it's half a month."

“Where are you going to Pretoria, the capital of Landesva?”

"You can arrive no matter what the hell is."

Knowing that Guan Changhai was eager to rush to Pretoria, the caravan dressed as Nanhuahui did not carry much cargo and there was no heavy goods, and the speed was quite good. The caravan continued to go north after Kimberley. In just one month, the caravan arrived at Langracht Farm - a gold mine with huge mineral veins here, which was not far from Pretoria.

In three days, Guan Changhai bought the entire farm from the family of Ustula, the farmer of Langracht at a high price of 3,000 pounds. Three thousand pounds are not a small amount. As soon as the news spread, several nearby farmers came to find out the news and wanted to sell the farm to them. It is rare to meet the owner who is so rich and stupid.

"Buy it, as long as you are willing to sell it, you will buy it all, and you will say that one of our families is going to move here." Guan Changhai ordered in a deep voice: "But the price should be slightly lower."

"Sir." Jiang Qinghao hesitated: "The surrounding farms are worthless, what should I buy them for?"

It was Yi Zhizu's order to buy all the surrounding farms. Guan Changhai was not inconvenient to say it clearly. He glanced at him and said, "Who knows if there is still a gold mine underground? Besides, miners also need enough places to settle, and it is also good to use free places to grow vegetables."

After hesitating, Jiang Qinghao said: "Sir, the news of buying land at such a large scale at a high price will inevitably spread very quickly, and it is probably not conducive to purchasing land in other places."

"Then let's divide the troops into several groups to acquire them." Guan Changkai said: "I'll delay here for a few days."

Although the price was slightly lowered, it was still a remarkable high price for the local area. In less than half a month, all the land in the radius of thirty miles of Langlacht Farm was bought by Guan Changhai, the wealthy Guan Qinghao and others also bought several other farms where the gold mines were located and the surrounding land.

The news of a wealthy oriental man waving pounds to buy land everywhere quickly spread, and the city of Pretoria, a hundred miles away, soon learned about it.

After hearing the news, the President of the Republic of Landesvar, Matinas Pretorius, who is known as the young Pretorius, keenly realized that this matter was too abnormal. How could the Orientals travel thousands of miles to this place to enclose the land? Recalling the news that gold mines have been discovered in the Baishuiling area and the situation where local people have been constantly exploring in the Baishuiling area in the past two years, it must be those Orientals who have discovered gold mines.

Naturally, he would not sit idly by and immediately ordered the Minister of Minerals and the General Surveyor to go to the farms purchased by the Orientals to conduct careful investigations.

Although Pretoria is the capital of the Republic of Landesvar, it has only a history of fifteen years and has only been a capital for ten years. Due to financial difficulties, this capital is even worse than a county town in the southeastern provinces of the Qing Dynasty, and it is very simple.

The city of Pretoria was entering the sea. When the scene was seen, I couldn't help but feel secretly happy. For Yuanqi, Landesva was naturally poorer and better. The group of people directly booked the largest and best inn in the city and stayed in.

The next morning, Pretorius sent people to bring Guan Changhai and his party into the Presidential Palace, the largest and most beautiful two-story building in the city.
Chapter completed!