Chapter 600: Brianna's Experiences in Johannesburg!
Johannesburg, a city built on gold mines, is in chaos like all cities that have risen because of the gold rush!
The whole world knows that this place has gold, and it is the most gold in the world, so who can resist the temptation?
People from all over the world have come, and most of these individuals are adventurers, and most of the people who don't sound good are scoundrels and troublemakers.
This situation is universal, and no one can avoid it, after all, there is gold here, and the yearning for wealth of human beings is natural, and no one can stop it.
So, the British came, and after defeating the Boers, the British established a relatively old order here, but this order was only able to lead most of the gold mining and acquisition, but they could not stop more and more people from panning for gold.
There are many reasons for this, the most important thing is, of course, that the British are fighting in Europe, of course, they will protect the security of South Africa, but however, the shortage of manpower is certain, fortunately, South Africa is relatively easy to defend, whether it is Germany or Austria-Hungary or even Russia, it is quite difficult for them to come here.
The sea routes along the way are all British colonies, and they will definitely attack the ships of hostile countries......
Of course, this is an external factor, and there is an important internal factor, which is also very troublesome......
"Please give me something to eat......"
"Please! A little bit of it......"
"Please save my child! Woowoo woo ......"
About twenty miles from Johannesburg, there is a slum-like place, but not everyone can enter it casually, and you can't just run away because it's a concentration camp!
"It's hell!" Brianna. Thomson saw and heard, everything here. I kept repeating this sentence in my heart, and there was another sentence, "The sins of the empire are simply outrageous!" β
Brianna had just graduated from St. Mary's Kahn Girls' School six months earlier, but one day she saw a job advertisement for the London branch of the Pacific Empire's Women's Power, and she rushed in like a stunned young man.
OK. As a new-age, knowledgeable woman, Brianna was successfully admitted.
"Great Clint. Li I taught us that women can hold up half the sky! So, never underestimate your own power, never! β
A lot of the staff in Women's Power are women, of course, it's not that there are no men here, but no. As you can understand from the name of this newspaper, this is definitely a newspaper that preaches women's liberation and highlights women's rights.
This is also what attracted Brianna the most, because she had long heard that the founder of this newspaper was the princess of the Pacific Empire, Eleanor. Li is a very beautiful and noble and generous. And a wonderful lady who continues to fight for the right women's rights.
In the Pacific Empire, women already had the right to vote. Although the British Empire, as well as the countries of Europe, were scolding the Pacific Empire for its false voting system, because it was impossible to choose which emperor...... But isn't that the case in Europe? Everyone votes, but there is still no way to choose a monarch?
I have to say that Brianna is indeed smart and knowledgeable. She easily exposed some lies in her own country, Europe, and the media.
As for...... Eleanor's portrait, as well as several other concubines, are also hung on the wall of the London branch of Women's Power, because they are the representatives of feminism!
The idea is the same. Then naturally there is motivation, Brianna's work is very good, she became a regular employee in less than a month, and three months later, she already has her own column, and often goes out for interviews, this life is simply too fulfilling, good!
"Brianna, we now have definite news that there is a very serious human rights crisis going on in South Africa, and certain forces are preventing us from revealing the truth of the matter!"
"What? How can this be? It's just disgusting! β
Three months ago, the editor-in-chief of the London office, Mary. Δesnate found himself......
Editor-in-chief Mary, listen to her name, she hasn't changed her original surname, although it seems to be the same as her husband's last name, but this is a woman's right!
How enviable the Pacific Empire was, the freedom to choose the surname Guanfu, which the British Empire did not have at all.
I have to say that Brianna has a bit more ideas, but the things about South Africa still attract her great attention.
Mary. "According to rumors, in South Africa, because of the previous Boer War, the British army carried out a strong suppression of the Boers, and after the war ended, the local British army in order to better control the Johannesburg area, anyway, it was the big gold mine, these guys set up some shelters to collect the Boers who were displaced by the war......"
"Isn't that a good thing?" Brianna was curious.
"Yes, there were positives in the beginning." Mary. "But over time, these camps became concentration camps, and the British concentrated a lot of Boers in such places, and there were many, many of them, and in them, the daily food supply was pitiful, that Alfred. Milner was very disgusting, he only provided the basic amount of food for those individuals, very, very little. And now, I heard that with the arrival of many gold diggers in Johannesburg, Milner has rarely cared about the people in the concentration camps, which is simply disgusting! The people there are starving to death! β
"......" Hearing this, Brianna was like a lightning strike, she couldn't believe that there was such a cruel thing under the rule of the British Empire, this is really ......
"Editor-in-chief, you're looking for me, could it be ......" After calming down for a while, Brianna understood a little.
"Simple, the newspaper wants to film you going to South Africa as a special correspondent. You know, because the British are blocking the news, and South Africa is so far away from us, and people there are being treated inhumanely, I can't do anything else......," Mary said.
Quite simply, Brianna already understands. Because he is an Englishman, and he is also a woman, he can have some help in this matter, at least not too suspicious.
"How?" Chesnat was also a little worried, "I don't want to force you on this matter, if you don't want to go, then I'll find another way." This is completely voluntary, please believe me, even if you refuse, the newspaper will not treat you any differently, you are still a reporter, you still have a column, it doesn't matter. Because it's risky after all......"
"I'll go!" Brianna nodded very resolutely!
To be honest, I was a little impulsive at the time. But when I got to South Africa, I got to Johannesburg. After sneaking into the camp in disguise, Brianna felt like she had come to the right place!
These Boers are just miserable!
Look at how they are treated, there are only 340 grams of flour of unknown quality every day, and everything else, coffee, table salt. Sugar is pitiful, meat is only once a week, a pound each time, who can eat enough?
And the worst thing is the local health situation. This kind of concentration camp is basically some rags and pieces, and the population density in the concentration camp is very large, so this scene is ......
It's hell!
Brianna had been in the camp for a long time, and almost all the materials she could get her hands on, she took a lot of pictures with a small camera, and even wrote a few articles with a pencil.
"Be sure to pass it on to Ms. Chesnat."
"Brianna, don't worry."
Going deep into such a hell, of course Brianna is not alone, there are a few people who have acted with her in South Africa, to be honest, Brianna is also a little strange at first, that is, why not let these individuals come and expose the affairs here?
But however, she immediately became abrupt, because these individuals were mostly men, and they seemed to be very knowledgeable, and it seemed that they were all locals, that is, the original people of Teresa, and if this incident was made public by them, then of course, the power would not be as strong as Brianna, an Englishman.
Exposing the truth is an honor that journalists deserve to defend with their lives!
After handing over the last documents, Brianna returned to her makeshift shack, where she continued to pretend to be a concentration camp refugee and then retreated when she had the chance......
In fact, the person who delivered the letter was indeed not from the British Empire, and he was indeed a native of South Africa, but the owner of this person's service was a man named Theodore. Roosevelt's guys.
Well?
This name seems to be the same as the mayor of New York City in the Pacific Empire, huh?
That's right, it's him!
In the previous New York tragedy, Theodore played a very dishonorable role, but if it was as he thought in his heart......
"Your Great Majesty is so merciful! He actually treats black people as human beings, hey~"
Yes, Theodore thinks so, it should be said that in the American Civil War, it is true that blacks were emancipated, they were no longer slaves, but they were just no longer slaves, nothing more.
In fact, if it weren't for the arrival of Li Mengyang, the same would have been true of the original history, the United States did not treat blacks very well after the Civil War, and until 1995, there was a state that did not have a law that abolished slavery.
Therefore, the white people in the United States did not regard blacks as human beings, otherwise there would not be Martin. Luther. What's wrong with Kim.
But though, since the emperor said that you Theodore made a mistake, then you have to bear it. So, Theodore was dismissed, and then, and then he went into a secret department, and then he came to this South Africa.
In the past, he was in charge of this work. Stewart, this guy is going to Europe now, so he's just missing someone.
And Brianna, her business......
"You're Brianna?"
"It's not."
"You are!"
"I'm not!"
"Miss, you have now broken the laws of the British Empire! We're going to arrest you! β
"What? What law have I violated? β
Brianna's disguise was useless, and she was captured by the British in the camp...... (To be continued.) )
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