Chapter 600 Brianna's experience in Johannesburg!
Johannesburg, this city built on gold mines, is like all cities that have emerged due to the gold rush, chaos!
The whole world knows that there is gold in this place, and it is the most gold in the world. So who can resist the temptation?
Everyone who can come from all over the world has come, and most of these individuals are adventurers. To put it bluntly, most of them are rogues and troublemakers.
This situation is common and cannot be avoided by anyone. After all, there is gold here, and human beings' yearning for wealth is natural and no one can stop it.
So, the British came. After defeating the Boers, the British established a relatively past order here, but this order was only for them to dominate most of the gold mining and acquisitions, but they could not stop more and more people from coming here to find gold.
There are many reasons here. The most important thing is that the British are in the European war. Of course, they will protect South Africa's security, but it is certain that the staff is tight. Fortunately, South Africa is relatively easy to defend. Whether it is Germany, Austro-Hungarian Empire or even Russia, it is quite difficult for them to come here.
The sea routes along the way are all British colonies, and they must definitely attack ships from hostile countries...
Of course, this is an external factor, and there is also an important internal factor, which is also very troublesome...
"Please give me some food..."
"Please! Just a little bit..."
"Please save my child! Woo woo woo woo..."
About twenty miles from Johannesburg, there is a place that looks like a slum, but not everyone can enter it casually, and they cannot escape it casually, because it is a concentration camp!
"This is simply hell!" Brianna Thomson saw and heard everything here, and kept repeating this sentence in his heart, and another sentence, "The sins of the empire are simply outrageous!"
Brianna was a girl who had just graduated from St. Mary Kahn Girls' School half a year ago, but one day she saw the recruitment advertisement for the London branch of the Pacific Empire's "Women's Power" and rushed in like a naughty person.
Fortunately, as a new era, knowledgeable woman, Brianna was successfully admitted.
"The great Clint Lee I taught us that women can hold half the sky! So, never underestimate your own strength, never!"
Many of the staff in "Women's Power" are women, of course. There are not men here, but the name of this newspaper can be understood. This is definitely a newspaper that promotes women's liberation and demonstrates feminism.
This is also what attracted Brianna the most, because she had heard about it for a long time that the founder of this newspaper was Eleanor Lee, the imperial concubine of the Pacific Empire, who was a very beautiful, noble and generous woman who was constantly striving for the right rights of women.
In the Pacific Empire, women already have the right to vote. Although the British Empire and European countries are calling the Pacific Empire a fake voting system because they cannot choose that emperor... But isn't Europe the same? Everyone votes, but they still can't choose a monarch?
I have to say that Brianna is indeed very smart and knowledgeable. She easily exposed some lies from her country, Europe and the media.
As for... the portrait of Eleanor and the portraits of several other concubines were also hung on the wall of the London branch of the Women's Power, because they are representative figures of feminism!
If the concepts are consistent, then you will naturally be motivated. Brianna's job is very outstanding. She became a formal employee in less than a month. After three months, she already had her own column and often went out for interviews. She lived a very fulfilling life, good!
"Bryanna. We have the real news now that in South Africa, a very serious human rights crisis is happening, and some forces are preventing us from revealing the truth of the matter!"
"What? How can this be? It's so hateful!"
Three months ago, Mary Chesnart, the editor-in-chief of the London branch, found herself...
Editor-in-chief Mary, listen to her name and did not change her original surname. Although this seems to be the surname of her husband before, this is the right of a woman!
How enviable the Pacific Empire is, the freedom to choose the surname Guan Fu is completely unavailable in the British Empire.
I have to say that Brianna has a little more thoughts, but the matter about South Africa has attracted her high attention.
Mary Chesnart was only concerned about her own words, not caring about what Brianna thought. "According to rumors, in South Africa, because of the previous Boer War, the British army strongly suppressed the Boers. After the war, in order to better control the Johannesburg area, it was the big gold mine anyway. These guys built some shelters to gather the Boers who were displaced due to the war..."
"Isn't this a good thing?" Brianna was quite curious.
"Yes, there was a positive side at the beginning." Mary Chesnart continued: "But with the loss of time, these shelters became concentration camps. The British army concentrated many Boers in such places, and there were many such concentration camps. In this area, the food provided every day was pitiful. Alfred Milner was very abominable. He only provided the basic amount of food to those individuals, very, very little. Now, I heard that with many gold diggers coming to Johannesburg, Milner rarely cared about the people in those concentration camps. It was simply abominable! The people there were starving to death!"
"..." After hearing these words, Brianna was simply struck by lightning. She couldn't believe that there was such a cruel thing under the British Empire. This was really...
"Editor-in-chief, you're looking for me, maybe..." After calming down for a while, Brianna understood a little bit.
"Simple, the newspaper wants to film you going to South Africa as a special correspondent. You know, because the UK is blocking news about this, and South Africa is so far away from us, and the people there are being treated inhumanely. I have no other way..." Mary said.
It's very simple. Brianna actually understands it because she is a British man and a woman. So there is some help in this matter, at least it won't cause too much doubt.
"How is it?" Chesnart 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 your voluntary. Please believe me. Even if you refuse, the newspaper will not treat you differently. You are still a reporter and still have columns. It doesn't matter. Because this is an adventure after all..."
"I'll go!" Brianna nodded resolutely!
To be honest, I was a little impulsive at that time. But when I arrived in South Africa and Johannesburg, I got into the concentration camp through some disguises. Brianna felt that she was really here!
These Boers are simply miserable!
Let’s see how they are treated. There are only 34 grams of unknown quality flour every day, while other things, coffee, salt, and sugar, are so pitiful. The meat is only once a week, and one pound at a time. Who can eat enough?
The worst thing is the local hygiene situation. This kind of concentration camp is simply a piece of shabby thing. The population density in the concentration camp is very large, so this scene...
It's totally hell!
Brianna has been in the concentration camp for a long time, and she has basically obtained all the information she can get. She took a lot of photos with a small camera, and even wrote a few articles with a pencil.
"It must be handed over to Ms. Chesnart."
"Brianna. Don't worry."
Going deep into such hell, Brianna is certainly not alone. When she arrived in South Africa, several people acted with her. To be honest, Brianna was a little strange at the beginning, so why didn’t these individuals let these people expose the matter here?
But she immediately realized that, because most of these individuals were men, and they seemed to have ordinary knowledge. In addition, they seemed to be locals, that is, the original Delantowa people. If this incident was made public by them, then of course, it would be less powerful than that of Brianna, the British.
Revealing the truth is an honor that journalists deserve to defend with their lives!
After handing over the last information, Brianna returned to her temporary shack. She wanted to continue pretending to be a refugee in the concentration camp, and then wait until she had the opportunity to retreat...
In fact, the person who sent the letter was indeed not from the British Empire, and he was indeed a local South African, but the boss of this person was a guy named Theodore Roosevelt.
Um?
Does this name seem to be the same as the mayor of New York City in the Pacific Empire?
That's right, it's him!
In the previous New York tragedy, Theodore played a very disgraceful role, but, if he thought...
"The great Majesty is so kind! He actually treats black people as human beings, alas~"
Yes, that's what Theodore thought. It should be said that during the American Civil War, blacks were indeed liberated and they were no longer slaves, but they were no longer slaves, that's all.
In fact, if Li Mengyang had not arrived, the original history would have been the same. The United States did not have much good expressions towards black people after the Civil War. Moreover, until 1995, there was another state that had not abolished slavery in the laws of the law.
Therefore, the white people in the United States did not regard black people as human beings, otherwise there would be no Martin Luther King.
But, since the Emperor said that theodore made a mistake, you have to bear it. So Theodore was dismissed, and then he entered a secret department and came to this South Africa.
The person in charge of this work before was Hugh. Stewart, this guy is now going to Europe, so he just lacks someone.
And Brianna, her affairs...
"Are you Brianna?"
"no."
"You are!"
"I'm not!"
"Miss, you are now violating the laws of the British Empire! We are going to arrest you!"
"What? What law did I break?"
Brianna's disguise was useless, she was captured by the British army in the concentration camp... (To be continued.)
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Chapter completed!