In 1902, trying to find three Boers in South Africa with a total area of 3 million square kilometers was as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.
These days there are no cameras, no ID cards, not even photos of the three Albert Simpson brothers. Bobby Bennett can only provide some general physical characteristics of the three Albert Simpson brothers, and the Johannesburg Police Department does not have any.
He is a professional in criminal investigation sketching, so it seems that the case has reached a dead end.
When Rock left Wilcom, he took with him a dozen draft horses, all of which were sold to the horse market by the three brothers Albert Simpson. Rock took these horses away in the name of stolen goods. The owner of the horse market
and Bobby Bennett have no objections.
Strictly speaking, this kind of purchase of stolen goods is also subject to legal liability. Unfortunately, the Transvaal and Orange do not have relevant regulations in this regard, so Roque can only do so much.
Back in Johannesburg, there are still a lot of troubles to deal with. The bodies of the Lister family do not need an autopsy. The cause of death is obvious, so it is better to bury them as soon as possible.
The importance of the guild hall was reflected at this time. The Liszt family only had two children who were still in school. It was not the weekend yet and they didn’t even know what had happened. The guild hall took the initiative to arrange the funeral arrangements for the Liszt family.
, but also to hire people to continue cultivating the Liszt family's farm to ensure the future living needs of the two children.
This is very necessary. There is basically no social security in this era. If the two children of the Li family want to go to school, they must ensure the operation of the farm. Although Roque can pay for the next living expenses of the two children, this is not a good deal.
However, in the foreseeable future, the tragedy of the Li family may continue to happen. Roque does not want to send the children of the Li family to the orphanage established by the Johannesburg Municipal Government. The association must take responsibility.
"The Lister Farm has a total of 350 acres, and more than half of it has been cultivated. I have to say that their family is really hard-working - of course, this hard work is compared to the Boers and Zulu people. As far as I know,
As you know, the Chinese farmers in Johannesburg are very hard-working. They seem to be tireless and more energetic than anyone else. According to the guidance of the Agricultural Association, they only need to cultivate 50 acres of land, which is enough to grow the crops needed for the farm. Unexpectedly, they have already cultivated the land.
Nearly 200 acres have been developed. It is hard to believe that it only took four people to complete all this. If it were Boers or Zulu, it might have taken 100 people to do it-" Douglas's words were mixed with a lot of exclamation and surprise. Rock was not surprised. The Chinese people's thirst for land was unparalleled. These Chinese immigrants to Johannesburg were all farm laborers or proletarians in the Qing Dynasty. They longed for their own land all their lives.
When they came to Johannesburg, the Chinese finally had their own farms. This was an opportunity that they had dreamed of in the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, the behavior of the Chinese in Douglas seemed a little crazy. Many Chinese - the vast majority of the Chinese - simply wanted to sleep on the plow.
Son, I dream about plowing the fields.
According to the agricultural association's plan, the farm needs more than just alfalfa, corn and potatoes. Rice is also important. Alfalfa is used to feed cows and sheep, while corn and potatoes are used to feed pigs, chickens, ducks and geese.
Yes, almost all farmers have planted fruit trees around their houses. Some people also want to dig fish ponds on the farm, so that the farm can form a complete ecological chain. Once the scale of farming reaches a certain level, it can
By exporting agricultural products, within a few years, farmers in Johannesburg will form a new middle class. Their income may not be as good as that of gold mine owners, but it will be much better than that of miners.
The enthusiasm of the Chinese people for their work surprised the technicians of the Agricultural Association. Under normal circumstances, if it takes only one acre of alfalfa to raise ten cows, then the Chinese farmers will take the initiative to raise the standard to two acres. This is not what the Chinese farmers are doing.
Trust the guidance of the agricultural association, but they are consciously preparing for future expansion.
The same goes for corn and potatoes. Most Chinese farmers were frightened by hunger in the Qing Dynasty. They probably didn't know how much the "twelve thousand pounds" the technician said was, so almost every farm was prepared to plant three to five acres.
This has worried technicians at the Agricultural Association, who are worried that farmers will die from overwork, and that potato yields will be too high in a few months, causing drastic fluctuations in the prices of related agricultural products.
"Twelve thousand pounds" is about 5,000 kilograms, which is the output of one acre of potatoes. Johannesburg has a subtropical climate. You can grow potatoes for at least two crops every year. One acre of potatoes means an annual output of 10,000 kilograms, three to three times.
Five Acres——
There are still so many farms, each of which is three to five acres!
To be honest, Douglas felt that the situation was a bit out of control.
Seriously out of control!
"Buck, try to find a way to continue operating the Li family's farm. If it doesn't work, sell the farm and exchange the money for shares in the agricultural association cooperative. The money will ensure the livelihood of the two children of the Li family. The living expenses will be paid year by year. Waiting for them
When you become an adult, give the money to them——" Considering the heavy labor on the farm, Rock had to give up the idea of running the farm.
It is really impossible to operate it, even hiring people to operate it is unrealistic.
Douglas was already very restrained in his words. According to Douglas, the Chinese people's enthusiasm for the land is not only "more energetic than anyone else", but also can work better than animals. Even if the guild hall employs 100 Zulus, it is probably not as good as
The four Liszt brothers are efficient.
Then selling the farm is almost the only way.
Fortunately, there are agricultural association cooperatives!
The Agricultural Association Cooperative is an institution led by the Agricultural Association. Its main purpose is to provide commercial loans to farmers who encounter temporary financial problems. It is limited to the conditions of farms around Johannesburg. Their loan amounts are basically less than fifty pounds.
Financial institutions like the Imperial Bank looked down upon this amount of money, and they disdained a business of this scale. Therefore, agricultural associations and cooperatives took the initiative, not only providing loans to farmers, but also absorbing small loans from farmers.
Deposit.
Although the interest rate is a bit low, the cooperative model is more popular than banks that are focusing on large customers at this time, because when farmers open an account in a cooperative, they not only do not need to pay service fees, but instead save money.
There is also interest, so why not do it!
Although the cooperative is under the banner of an agricultural association, in fact the cooperative was established by Rock, Henry, and Stoudemire. The agricultural association only holds 5% of the cooperative's shares, can only receive dividends, and is not qualified to participate in management.
and vote.
"Well, in fact, in the past two days, farmers around the Li Family Farm have come to inquire about the news. Although they didn't say it, it can be seen that they are very willing to buy the Li Family Farm-" Buck's expression was very
Complex.
This kind of situation is unavoidable. At times like this, there will always be people who can't wait to jump out to see if there is any profit.
In fact, Rock is not opposed to this situation. After all, everyone is profit-seeking, and no one is exempt from vulgarity. Rock has no worries about food and clothing, and cannot use his own situation to demand others.
Just——
Is it really necessary to be so impatient?
"Haha, they are very anxious. The Li family has not been buried yet. Aren't they afraid that similar things will happen again?" Rock was also speechless. According to Chinese traditional customs, the Li family's farm is now a standard haunted house.
After this incident, Rock will definitely strengthen patrols at the border, and will also strengthen the awareness of border farmers to protect themselves. The Lister Farm does not pay attention to this aspect and does not even have a guard dog.
That’s why I didn’t notice the approach of strangers. If Lister Farm had three or five dogs, if nothing else, at least it could send out a warning in time when the murderer approached, maybe this vicious incident could have been avoided.
*The occurrence of the case.
When it comes to this point, Rock is actually helpless.
Although gold mines and agricultural cooperatives will remind all new farmers of safety issues when selling their farms, some people are lucky enough to think that raising dogs cannot generate any profit, so they do not pay attention to this aspect.<
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It is estimated that after this incident, Gaode’s dog farm will usher in a wave of outbreaks.
"Afraid, so they are just waiting and watching. If this problem is not completely solved, the farms around the Li family will probably be in panic -" Buck frowned, it was impossible to completely solve this problem.
Even if the police department tries its best, it cannot guarantee the safety of all of Johannesburg.
We are not afraid of thieves stealing, but we are afraid of thieves missing us.
Next to Johannesburg is Orange. Those former guerrillas who have just returned to life from the battlefield must be jealous when they see the Chinese farmers in Johannesburg living and working in peace and contentment. They will not reflect on their own problems and will only take everything away.
This is all due to the injustice of the government and the "greed" of the Chinese. In this case, some people with bad tempers and evil intentions will inevitably take risks.
Not to mention that this problem cannot be solved now, even in a few decades, this problem will still not be completely solved unless the Boers in Orange can live the same life as the Chinese farmers in Johannesburg.
The crux of the problem is that this is almost impossible. The Chinese farmers in Johannesburg will work hard to save themselves regardless of whether there is relief, while the Boers in Orange are waiting for food. During the Boer Republic, the Boers had not yet realized that
The advantage of being ruled by the British is that now that the war is over, London is providing compensation, relief, and loans, but it only needs to treat the Boers as their ancestors. Will the Boers not be careful?
You can get relief funds from London without doing anything, so why do you have to work hard like Chinese farmers to farm——
Poor people must be hateful!
"It's difficult to solve it completely!" Roque couldn't solve this problem completely in a short time. The Boers were historically good at seeking death, so what could Roque do?
However, Rock still has to try his best, so Rock wants to transplant Nyasaland's militia to Johannesburg, especially the Kronstad line bordering Orange.
"Buck, regularly organizes military training for farmers on the Kronstad border. This time the training is no longer optional, but mandatory. Every other month, the members of the militia must be rotated. Each farm must at least
Make sure that one person participates in the training." Rock still uses administrative orders to enforce it. This kind of thing can't be done consciously. Don't think that Chinese farmers will give endless milk to Ziwei Public School. Then all Chinese farmers will
They are "perfect people". In fact, many Chinese farmers are also sophisticated egoists. If they do not rely on administrative orders, many people will cheat.
In addition to popularizing military training, the role of the militia is mainly to protect the environment and the people.
Referring to the human resources of Lister Farm, there is no problem at all if one of the four male adults is selected to join the vigilante group, and it will not affect the normal operation of the farm.
The role of the militia is very important.
Take Kronstad, for example, because it is far away from Johannesburg. The patrol team of the Johannesburg Police Department cannot stay in Kronstad all the time, and the militia groups in Kronstad will be stationed dispersedly on the border between Kronstad and Orange for training.
At the same time, the militia will also take the initiative to send patrol teams to inspect the farms on the border of Kronstad. This will form a strong psychological deterrent to those criminals. If they want to cross the border into Kronstad to commit crimes, they must carefully consider it. "Okay, I'll go arrange it right away." Buck also knew that this matter was urgent and must be implemented immediately to calm the people's minds.
The deployment of the militia also required the cooperation of the police station. Rock asked Gaude to cooperate with Buck in setting up the militia, and to equip each militia with qualified instructors and enough fierce dogs so that the militia could fully play its role.
Chinese-American farmers definitely support the establishment of a vigilante group. The tragedy at Lister Farm spread almost throughout Johannesburg within three days. While Chinese-American farmers were indignant about farmism, they were also worried about the safety of their own farms. For a while, there was a bit of turmoil. In Rock's plan, Rock will set up at least a hundred militia stations on the nearly 500-kilometer border between Kronstad and Orange. The density is comparable to the Expeditionary Force fortresses during the Boer War. Each militia station
You don't need too many people. Twenty or thirty people are enough to deter a few criminals.
To achieve this, we need the cooperation of all farms in Johannesburg, and Kronstad alone cannot do this.
Fortunately, in the past two years, whether it was the Locke Gold Mine that was established first or the Crocodile Bay Company that was established later, the training of the security team has never stopped. Most of the miners in the Locke Gold Mine have received a certain level of training after rotation training.
For military training, Rock simply took out a thousand miners to add to the militia to strengthen the strength of the militia, and then set up the frame first.
The militia has a certain nature as a military organization, and it is impossible for Roque to decide it with just one word, so Roque still has to report to Baron Philippe Matilda.
It turned out that Baron Philippe Matilda was also very interesting. After learning about this, he provided subsidies to the militia in the name of the city government. Each member of the militia could receive one pound a month.