While Rock was working for the vigilante group, the Chinese farmers in Kronstad were also trying their best to save themselves.
The Chinese will never wait passively in this regard. Thousands of years of feudal rule have left the Chinese with the experience that if your backing falls, you must rely on everyone to run. When it comes to a critical moment, you are still the most reliable.
Although it is only through Roark that Chinese farmers can own their own property in Johannesburg, to say that Chinese farmers will rely on Roark for everything would be to underestimate the independent spirit of the Chinese.
The Chinese tradition is that if you receive a drop of kindness from someone, you must repay it with a spring of spring. Most Chinese in Johannesburg are from humble backgrounds. They may not know this sentence, but they definitely understand this truth, so unless they have to, the Chinese will not go to Roque. It’s not that we don’t rely on Rock, but that we don’t cause trouble for Rock. In the simple values of Chinese farmers, Rock is the one who wants to do big things, so if the farmers can solve the problems themselves, they will never cause trouble to Rock.
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So, can farmers solve public security issues independently?
You can and you can't.
The reason why we can't is because there is not much that Chinese farmers can do due to their limited abilities and conditions.
But not being able to do much does not mean that they do nothing. Those who do nothing are the Boers. The Chinese will not do this. Even if there is only one percent chance, the Chinese farmers will give 100% of their efforts.
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After the tragedy at Lister Farm, many Chinese began to take the initiative to hug together for warmth.
The simplest way is that three or five farmers not far away from each other will start to move closer together. They originally built their houses in the center of the farm, but now they would rather demolish the houses in the center of the farm and gather together to form a single farm.
A village of three or five farmers.
Don't underestimate the fact that there are only three or five households. In fact, each household has three or five adult men, plus women and a dozen or even dozens of big dogs. The power cannot be underestimated. p>
If such a village is coupled with a militia group not far away, it will be enough to form a mutual response in the local area. If the Boers cross the border to commit crimes, it will no longer be so easy to succeed.
Rock doesn't care about the militia and joint defense. Although no one knows where the three Albert Simpson brothers have gone, Rock will definitely not let them go. Albert Simpson and the three brothers are Boers and can go anywhere.
Very limited, Rock even estimated that they were still in Orange, so Rock went to the Chief of Bloemfontein Police Station, Austin Burns, and asked him to help find the three Albert Simpson brothers.
Austin Burns was Roark's immediate boss at the Cape Town Police Department.
It has been more than a year since Roark left the Cape Town Police Department. Roark is now Baron, Senior Superintendent; Austin Burns has only risen one level from Inspector to Superintendent, so Austin Burns is
I couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when I met Roark.
Rock didn't take it seriously, and still respected Austin Burns quite a bit, without any aristocratic arrogance, which made Austin Burns have a great impression of Rock.
"——The city government and the Governor's Office are very concerned about this case. The occurrence of serious violent cases in the jurisdiction is my dereliction of duty. In other words, the faces of our police force are not good-looking. In order to deter crime, we must use the fastest speed to deter crime.
Speed will bring the criminals to justice. Although the three Albert Simpson brothers are now missing, we can conclude that they are definitely still in Orange, so-" Rock didn't make any demands, hoping that Austin...
Pence took the initiative to cooperate.
Since Rock is giving face like this, Austin Burns is not a fool, and Austin Burns will not turn a blind eye to Rock's olive branch, so Austin Burns's response was timely: "No problem Sir Lock, if there is Bronn
Wherever the Fontaine Police Department can help, I will never refuse - it's hard to believe that it's only been two years and I still remember your appearance when you came out of the hospital, sorry Locke -"
"Don't be sorry Austin, I will always be grateful for your care of me. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have the chance to be the commando captain, and Sharma -" Rock came to the rescue of Austin Burns in time. p>
"Ah hahahaha - that idiot Sharma, he has been sent back to India for abusing prisoners." Austin Burns certainly still remembers Sharma. Compared with Rock, Sharma is indeed a fool.<
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In this way, Rock and Austin Pence also had a dirty relationship together, so what happened next is easy to say. Austin Pence promised to send police officers to assist the Johannesburg Police Department in the investigation, and Rock also invited Austin Pence.
Austin went to Johannesburg as a guest at the appropriate time. Of course, Rock did not forget to bring Austin Burns a "specialty" from Johannesburg. Both of them were very satisfied.
After all, they were all colleagues in the past, and they had a bad relationship together. Johannesburg and Bloemfontein border on each other. Today, Roark is asking for help from Austin Burns. Another day, it might be the Bloemfontein Police Department that needs the cooperation of the Johannesburg Police Department.
Who wants to offend a baron——
Indeed, no one wanted to offend a baron. As soon as Roque returned to Johannesburg from Bloemfontein, Louis Botha followed him.
"Welcome Louis, I guess you must have brought me good news." Luo Kepi smiled. The little goodwill he had accumulated towards Louis Botha disappeared because of the allocation of loans.
Of the total loan amount of 30 million pounds, after hard arguments from top to bottom in Johannesburg, only 7.5 million was left in Johannesburg.
It seems to be a lot more than 4.5 million, right?
But it will definitely not satisfy Johannesburg. According to Johannesburg's requirements, at least one third of the 30 million pound loan must be left in Johannesburg before Johannesburg will agree to help repay the loan.
Otherwise, Johannesburg would rather not ask for a penny than agree to use fiscal revenue to repay the loan.
Of course, Pretoria and Bloemfontein will not agree to Johannesburg's "unreasonable" demands.
According to Bloemfontein's request, the loan should be divided into two, equally divided between Orange and Transvaal, so as to ensure the fairness of loan distribution.
Some of Pretoria's demands are the same as those of Johannesburg. If they are distributed equally, then the Transvaal and Orange will lend separately, and whoever repays the other will not interfere with each other.
If a joint loan is required, then according to the repayment ratio, the Transvaal will have to get at least two-thirds of it.
In the above parts, Pretoria’s requirements are basically the same as those of Johannesburg.
However, there were huge differences between Pretoria and Johannesburg in the internal distribution of the Transvaal. Johannesburg insisted on equal division. Pretoria, referring to the degree of damage and recovery of the two places in the war, expressed that it would give Johannesburg a maximum of 500.
Ten thousand pounds.
Bloemfontein firmly disagrees with the allocation plan between Johannesburg and Pretoria.
For a loan of 3,000 pounds, officials from Johannesburg, Pretoria and Bloemfontein were at war with each other in the Palace of Justice.
It was Adelaide who finally reconciled. Adelaide divided the loan into three parts, with Orange getting 12 million pounds, Pretoria getting 10 million pounds, Johannesburg getting 7.5 million pounds, and the last 500,000 pounds going to the Government House.
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All three parties are very dissatisfied.
But under the current conditions, this is the only solution that the three parties can reluctantly accept.
Louis Botha was one of the representatives who went to Pretoria to negotiate on behalf of Orange.
By the way, Ade has fulfilled his commitments in the "Peace Agreement", and Louis Botha is now the deputy mayor of Bloemfontein, specifically responsible for the resettlement of the Boers.
After becoming the deputy mayor, Louis Botha fought for every inch of land for his own benefit. In order to get more loans, he even took the lawsuit to London. Therefore, officials in the Transvaal did not like Louis Botha very much, and Roque did not like him either.
Exceptions.
"Sorry, Sir Locke, maybe my news will not satisfy you." Louis Botta's expression was as serious as if he was on the execution ground. Compared with the last time he saw Locke, Louis Botta had lost a lot of weight.<
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Roque could feel that Louis Botha was under a lot of pressure during this period.
The pressure on Louis Botha is indeed great, especially when the Chinese farmers in Johannesburg are building farms in full swing. This seems to be proving that the Boers are a lazy, stubborn and unprogressive group, and Louis Botha is very
I don’t like this feeling, but Louis Botta doesn’t know how to change it.
After returning to Orange, there was a time when Louis Botha was full of confidence and wanted to build Orange as well as Johannesburg.
Reality dealt a heavy blow to Louis Botha. The Boers were no longer the diligent and simple Boers before the outbreak of the war. Even if Bloemfontein distributed farms, livestock, and seeds to the Boers free of charge, many Boers were unwilling to continue.
To open up farms honestly, in the words of the Boers: they are now British, so the British government should contract their clothing, food, housing, and transportation.
Louis Botha knew that this was impossible. The British government was not a charity. They could compensate the Boers, give relief to the Boers, and even help the Boers with loans. However, the British government would not give in unconditionally. If the Boers continued to eat like this
If you wait, it won't be long before the Boers become as annoying as the Zulus.
For the vast majority of the Boers, the Chinese are actually very annoying, but the Boers' "hate" for the Chinese is completely different from their "hate" for the Zulus.
The Boers have a pure, extreme and undisguised hatred for the Zulu and Boers.
For the Chinese, the "hate" of the Boers seems to be more of envy, jealousy, and - hate!
Roque could feel Louis Botta's haggardness, so Roque took time to wait for Louis Botta to express his intention.
"Sir Locke, do you remember Cliff?" Louis Botha rubbed his forehead, as if to rub these troubles out of his mind.
"Cliff——" Rock thought hard, but he really couldn't remember.
"A few months ago, before the Peace Agreement was signed, your Johannesburg Police Department arrested a guerrilla who returned to Johannesburg privately -" Louis Botha smiled bitterly, and Rock really didn't remember.
There is no need for Rock to lie about this kind of thing. If you remember it, you remember it. If you don’t remember it, you don’t remember it. Rock doesn’t need to pretend.
"Reed——" Roark asked Reed. Roark had so many things going on every day that he really couldn't remember a small character like Cliff.
"There seems to be such a person. We seemed to be in Pretoria at the time. You directed an arrest via telegram -" Li De still had a vague impression.
"Oh -" Rock finally remembered that there was indeed such a person. The efficiency of the Johannesburg Police Department surprised everyone: "What happened to Cliff?"
That arrest was just a minor episode for Rock, so Rock didn't take it to heart at all.
After returning to Johannesburg, Rock didn't ask about Cliff's situation, and he didn't even know whether Cliff was dead or alive.
"Am I not looking for the three brothers Albert Simpson? Someone found Cliff and the three brothers Albert Simpson together." Louis Botta came to report the news.
"Where are they?" Rock asked, and the police in Johannesburg and Bloemfontein almost dug into the Transvaal and Orange, but they could not find the three brothers Albert Simpson, or even the three brothers.
There is no news about the three Albert Simpson brothers at all, they seem to have disappeared.
"They went to Cape Town some time ago and heard that they had purchased some weapons. They are now preparing to return to Johannesburg -" There was pain in Louis Botha's eyes. If possible, Louis Botha would never tell Luo the news.
Gram.
But Louis Botha knew very well that if the three brothers Cliff and Albert Simpson continued to commit crimes, it would seriously affect the relationship between the Boers and the Chinese, and the situation would collapse out of control.
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Therefore, Louis Botta must tell Rock the news about the three Albert Simpson brothers before his gaffe is still under control.
"Thank you, Louis, for me, this is simply the best news. I owe you once." Roque solemnly thanked Louis Botha. The news came in time, and Louis Botha also took a lot of risk.
Big risks, Rock must be grateful.
Strictly speaking, this behavior of Louis Botha is a betrayal of the Boer community. If this incident is not spread, it will be a repayment. If it is spread, it will seriously damage Louis Botha's popularity among the Boers.
prestige, so Louis Botta took a great risk to tell Roque the news.
In fact, there is not much risk. Roque will definitely not take the initiative to spread this news. Louis Botta's behavior is different from Herbert Hoover. Although this is also a handle, Roque will never
Will threaten Louis Botta with this matter.
"Sir Locke, promise me not to anger innocent people." Louis Botta also made a request.
Perhaps this is the real reason why Louis Botta took the initiative to tell Roque the news.
If Roque finds out by himself, no matter how many people are related to this matter, Roque will kill them all.
As an outstanding soldier, Louis Botta did not doubt Roque's determination.