Kronstad is about 170 kilometers away from Johannesburg, and is surrounded by high-quality farms. Of course, Rock will not let go of these high-quality farms, so the farms around Kronstad once belonged to Rock.
Of course, now, the farms in Kronstad have changed owners. Like Johannesburg, the farmers here are all Chinese.
The murdered farmer's surname was Li, so he had a very oriental name - Liszt.
Those killed were eight members of the farmer's family, including the farmer Lister and his wife, as well as Lister's two brothers, a brother and a sister of Lister's wife, and Lister's two children who were already in school. Because at the time of the incident,
He survived while attending Ziwei Public School, but two younger children who had not yet entered school were killed at the same time.
The scene was horrific. Liszt himself was attacked near the stable on the farm, with more than a dozen stab wounds on his body. Liszt's two brothers heard Liszt calling for help and came to help, but they were also hacked to death. Liszt's wife's
When the younger brother went back to the room to get the gun, he was slashed in the corridor. The women and children died in the house. Liszt's wife and sister still had signs of being insulted.
Johannesburg now has an inspection department, so Roque does not need to personally inspect the scene. When Roque arrived, the police had already protected the scene and called in nearby farmers to understand the situation.
"The afternoon before yesterday, I saw Lao Li plowing. Lao Li is very diligent. His brothers can plow 50 acres of wasteland a day. Lao Li's farm has more than 1,000 acres, and now more than half of it has been plowed. Lao Li's wife
He is a very diligent person. He takes care of his children at home every day and grows vegetables next to his house. He prepares rice and asks his sister to deliver it to Lao Li and the others. Lao Li and the others are busy working in the fields every day and eat on the edge of the field. They are so stupid.
I don’t know who is so cruel—" The nearby farmers were yelling, and Rock noticed that they all had guns on them.
"You have to have a gun. You can't do it without a gun. I just bought this gun. It cost several pounds. Lao Li also has a gun. Unfortunately, Lao Li is too picky and reluctant to use bullets. I have never seen Lao Li use a gun -
"Some farmers were shouting, but in fact there were Chinese farmers nearby. If Mr. Li could fire a warning shot, the Chinese farmers would come to help.
It's a pity that the incident happened so suddenly that Lao Li and his family were hacked to death without a chance to shoot.
"Lao Li opened 50 acres of wasteland in one day? How? Drawing horses?" The policeman who was taking notes was very sensitive.
"That's for sure. There's no need to pull horses. Old Li and his two brothers are exhausted and can't farm three to five acres a day." The farmer said firmly, and then he noticed the empty stable: "Old Li's family has five horses.
, must have been robbed by bandits, go find the horse, and if you find the horse, you will find the bandits."
The farmer didn’t need to remind him, the people from Gaode were already here with their police dogs.
"Let's go, let's go, let the police dogs sniff." Many farmers didn't know how powerful the police dogs were, so they gathered around the stables and looked at them.
Bloodhounds are actually very ugly, with big noses, long ears, sunken eye sockets, and wrinkles all over their faces and heads. The average height of adult male dogs is 66 centimeters. Police dogs are all very large. Both bloodhounds are over 70 centimeters.
Absolutely a large dog.
Unlike ordinary dogs, the police dogs of the Johannesburg Police Department also have their own "uniform". In fact, the so-called "uniform" is a chest strap with the word "Police" written on it. Don't underestimate this chest strap. A dog without a chest strap is a dog.
A dog with a chest strap is a police dog, and the power of the uniform is so extraordinary.
Being able to serve as a police dog, a bloodhound certainly has its merits. Two handlers took the police dog for a spin in the stable, and then the police dog went out and ran wildly south.
South of Kronstad is Orange!
"Follow me!" Roque mounted his horse and gave chase.
"Yes!" More than a hundred commandos and detectives who were waiting in full preparedness mounted their horses one after another. The Johannesburg Police Department is also very wealthy now, and many of the horses are purebreds.
Bloodhound keeps heading south.
Entering Orange, it obviously feels much more desolate than Johannesburg. In fact, if the wasteland nearby is carefully managed, it will also be a high-quality farm. It is a pity that the Boers are not able to do it. Rock and the others entered Orange for more than ten kilometers, and a
You can't see any farms, but occasionally you can see scattered Boers building houses, but there is obviously a shortage of manpower.
This is the consequence of not being organized.
The goal of the bloodhound is still very clear. Gauthe used to be a hunter and is also good at tracking. Not long after entering Orange, Gauthe discovered some obvious traces, so the target became more obvious.
There are also many small towns formed spontaneously by the Boers in Orange. After entering Orange for 70 kilometers, the bloodhounds took Rock and his party to a small town called Wilcom. At this time, the tracking had already passed
It was bright and bright all night long.
Because of the war, Wilkom was also significantly damaged.
However, unlike Ziwei Town, which has been rebuilt and is better than before, although Wilkom is obviously rebuilding, the reconstruction is extremely slow because there is no planning and unified organization.
When Rock arrived at Wilkom, Wilkom could still see the ruins of burned houses. Many Boers were still living in tents. The whole town was in a mess, with garbage and dust everywhere. It was worse than a slum.
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"Reed, go back and mobilize people - Martin, Yaya, surround the town, and no one is allowed to come in or out until the murderer is found." Rock was murderous, and the two bloodhounds were looking at Wilkham.
The horse market was screaming wildly. Needless to say, the stolen draft horse must be here.
The expeditionary force came to the Cape and brought hundreds of thousands of military horses, at least half of which were draft horses.
When the expeditionary force withdraws, the expeditionary force will definitely take away those outstanding military horses. There is no need to take away these draft horses, so they are all digested in the Transvaal and Orange.
The farms around Johannesburg have digested at least 100,000 draft horses, and there are also many draft horses left over from the expeditionary force in Orange. Unfortunately, most of the Boers in Orange have no money, so these draft horses have not had time to digest. "Yes!" Reed, Yaya, and Martin took the order and acted separately. The police's actions quickly alerted the Boers in Wilkham.
"Hey, who are you?" A police sergeant wearing a police badge and civilian clothes came to Rock.
"Hello, Chief, I am the Chief of Police in Johannesburg, Locke. There is a vicious case in Kronstad. I suspect the murderer is hiding in Wilkom, so Chief, I need your help."
Roque's current police rank is Superintendent. In fact, you don't have to be so polite. You can just order the Sheriff to help.
However, Roark would not do that. After all, Wilcombe is located in Orange, and Roark is the superintendent of police in the Transvaal. Therefore, it seems reasonable if the police chief in front of him does not cooperate. It is not yet time to use force.
When oppressing someone.
"Sir Locke, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Sheriff Bobby Bennett of Wilcom. I'm very honored to work with you to solve this case." Bobby Bennett behaved very well.
Ke’s current reputation is indeed very powerful.
In the past two years, the most famous policeman in the four Cape Colonies must be Rock. The idol in the hearts of many police officers is Rock. Regardless of whether they like Rock or not, all policemen hope to rely on Rock.
Military merit becomes nobility.
Being knighted——
But there are real benefits.
It will not be until after World War II that the aura of the nobility will gradually disappear. At present, the nobility of this period can still achieve the goal of one person ascending to heaven. After Rock became a noble, no one would use Rock's status as an issue. Kevin, Henry...
Alsop and the others hid far away when they saw Rock. This is the best example.
"Thank you, Bobby, could you please introduce Wilkom's situation?" Rock forced out a smile. After catching the murderer, Rock will definitely cut him or them into pieces. p>
"Okay, Sir Locke, there are about two thousand people in Wilkom. Most of them came to Wilkom after the signing of the Peace Agreement. Many of them are former guerrillas. They are unwilling to be lonely and cause trouble -
-In order to support Wilcom's farm, the Governor sent many cows and draft horses to Wilcom at low prices. Unfortunately, these guerrillas seemed not to be interested in the cows and draft horses. They were more concerned about getting the cows and draft horses.
No matter how much compensation and relief money was paid, no one was willing to run the farm, and a lot of cows and draft horses were bought by farmers in the Transvaal - "Bobby Bennett is a Boer, a Boer who has been assimilated by the British.
People, judging from Bobby Bennett's words, don't seem to have much sympathy for Wilcombe's Boers.
Of course, this is also because the Boers in Wilkom are not worthy of sympathy. If the Boers in Wilkom recognize the reality, work hard to save themselves, do not wait or rely on, I believe Bobby Bennett will not use this method.
Tone introduces Wilkham.
Rock has seen many such people. There are still some Boers in Johannesburg who are refusing to leave. They seem to think that the Johannesburg city government will eventually compromise.
Unfortunately, everyone in Johannesburg has reached a consensus that those boers with illusions will eventually be kicked out of Johannesburg after spending their last penny.
If those Boers do not obey the rules, the police station is not a vegetarian, the newly built prison is empty, and the prison guards have nothing to do but catch mice, they will definitely welcome these special guests.
"Two days ago in Kronstad, a farmer's family was murdered. Eight people were hacked to death. The property and livestock on the farm were looted. The relevant losses are being counted. It has now been confirmed that at least five horses were lost.
We tracked the horses and found that they were taken to Wilcombe, so I would like to ask you to investigate the whereabouts of those horses. Is there any problem?" Rock still respects Bobby Bennett, no matter what.
, Wilkham is all Bobby Bennett territory.
"This is too much, Sir Locke. Please give me some time. I will investigate immediately." Bobby Bennett did not hesitate. The police hated such vicious cases.
Of course, Rock would not let Bobby Bennett go alone. The situation at the scene showed that at least five people were involved in the murder and robbery. Although no one fired a gun at the scene, that does not mean that the criminal did not have a gun.
They may have been afraid of alerting nearby farmers, so they did not fire, and the guns purchased by Lister were also robbed. The nearby farmers confirmed that Lister had at least a Webley revolver and a deer hunting rifle.
The M1873 Winchester lever action rifle.
It's a pity that when they were attacked, these two guns became decorations.
Walking into Wilcom, the situation seems to be even worse. The town is filled with the pungent smell of horse manure. Human and livestock feces can be seen everywhere on the roadside and in the corners of houses, even not far from the tent door. I really don’t know.
How do the Boers here endure it? In Ziwei Town and Johannesburg, if anyone dares to defecate in the street, he will be fined at least five shillings and plus a week of voluntary labor.
If there is no money to pay, whipping can be used as an alternative.
The whip used for execution is the barbed whip of the Cape Town Police Department. One whip can kill half of a person's life and make them remember it for a lifetime.
The horse market is located on the west side of Wilkom Town. Bobby Bennett and Rock and other more than ten policemen went directly to the horse market.
When he met the managers of the horse market, Bobby Bennett easily figured out who had given the horses to the horse market in the past few days without any effort.
It was a man named Albert Simpson. Two days ago, he sold five draft horses to the horse market.
Counting the time, if Albert Simpson was a criminal, he would have just returned to Wilcombe and would have been eager to sell the horse to the horse market.
As expected of a descendant of the Dutch, he has a big heart!
"Albert Simpson has three brothers. They all live in the northernmost part of the town. Albert Simpson used to join the Boer Allied Army and just returned to Wilcombe some time ago, but that guy doesn't seem to be short of money.
, people in the town said that guy made a fortune on the battlefield and has always been generous." Bobby Bennett knew the situation of Albert Simpson very well.
"Bobby, lead the way, Martin, prepare to arrest people -" Rock also took out his pistol to check the bullets, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.
"Wait a minute, Sir Locke, I'm going to see if I can call Albert Simpson here first." Bobby Bennett didn't want to make such a big deal. If the case was really committed by Albert Simpson, then they would definitely
Will resist to the end.
Rock and his group of more than a hundred people came to Wilkom with such a big fanfare, and it was impossible not to alarm the townspeople, so Rock ordered Yaya and Martin to surround the town first to prevent the criminal from escaping when the situation was bad. p>
"Okay, pay attention to safety." Rock actually didn't want Bobby Bennett to take risks, but if the arrest was carried out with great fanfare, it would probably cause casualties to the commandos.
These guerrillas who came back from the front line are all ruthless, and the bullets they use are modified DUM bullets. Once a commando is injured, it is likely to cause irreparable losses.
"I guess Albert Simpson is no longer in town. I haven't seen him in the past two days." Bobby Bennett was not optimistic and hurried away.
Bobby Bennett's worries soon became reality. Just two days ago, after Albert Simpson sold the horse to the horse market, the three brothers left Wilcombe together. No one knew.