"So, James Herzog committed suicide out of fear of crime, and De Wit resisted with force, and was eventually shot dead by the police on the spot, is that true?" Ade's face was expressionless, and he looked at Rock with a complicated look. James Herzog and de Witt were both famous Boer generals during the war. De Witt was also one of the signatories of the "Peace Agreement." Now the ink of the "Peace Agreement" is still wet, and de Witt
Being shot dead on the spot for violently resisting the law seems to be a conspiracy no matter how you look at it.
When the "Peace Agreement" was signed, President Steyn of the Orange Free State was seriously ill, so de Wit was appointed acting president to sign the "Peace Agreement" on Steyn's behalf.
On the Transvaal side, because Transvaal President Paul Kruger was in Europe when the Peace Agreement was signed, it was Schalk Biegel who signed on behalf of the Transvaal.
Schalk Biegel is also the founder of the People's Party and is currently seeking donations for the People's Party in Europe, so in Orange, de Wit is still relatively prestigious.
"Yes, that's it. We investigated the staff of several temporary food distribution points in Bloemfontein, identified some of the suspects, and finally identified James Herzog and De Wit, who was responsible for the murder of James Herzog.
Herzog's arrest was under the responsibility of Inspector Martin. Shortly after Inspector Martin arrived, James Herzog committed suicide in his study out of fear of guilt. Inspector Martin was unable to stop him - it was Inspector David who was responsible for arresting De Wit.
·Gracie, after the police arrived at De Witt's manor, someone in the manor shot and wounded a police officer. In the ensuing exchange of fire, De Witt was shot dead, three police officers died in the line of duty, and four police officers were injured, including
The two people were seriously injured and are currently being treated at Ziwei Hospital." Rock's mood was also very complicated. Although the police officer who died on duty was not of Chinese descent, he was still one of Rock's subordinates.
The police responsible for arresting De Witt had strong firepower. The gunmen at Lascaux Manor were unable to compete with their backward weapons. De Witt was killed immediately. In the ensuing exchange of fire, many police officers were injured and killed.
David Gracie burned down Lascaux Manor in a rage, and nearly a hundred Boers died in the previous gunfight and subsequent fire.
"God, the war is not going to break out again -" Ade has a headache. If the previous conflict was an accident, then the current exchange of fire is a premeditated confrontation with a completely different nature.
Roque didn't dare to answer the conversation. No matter what he said at this time, it was inappropriate.
In fact, it is not that serious. Bloemfontein Mayor Lance McCarthy has returned from Cape Town, and Boer officials such as Louis Botha and Jan Smuts are also doing their best to appease the Boers. Through previous conflicts, the Boers have already
Realize that Johannesburg will never compromise on this issue, so the war will not break out again.
The most important thing is that without the provocation of radicals such as James Herzog and De Wit, the Boers will understand the situation clearly and keep their feet on the ground. In the long run, this is a good thing.
"Louis Botha and Jan Smuts, what's their attitude?" Ade attaches great importance to Louis Botha and Jan Smuts, these two people are the key to appeasing the Boers.
"It's still stable. They have all returned to Bloemfontein now. Next, the Bloemfontein City Government will do its best to help the Boers rebuild their homes. Those loans will be distributed in the form of in-kind compensation, so as to ensure that the loans are used for reconstruction.
." Roque was also helpless. If the Bloemfontein municipal government did not change its approach, no matter how much money it borrowed, it would be useless. Instead, it would encourage the laziness of the Boers.
"You have to ensure the stability of Johannesburg and Bloemfontein during this period. I may go to London in a few days. Before I come back, this matter is not allowed to cause any more trouble." Ade now has a headache, and found that leaving this kind of matter to him
It's not appropriate to deal with Rock.
Compared with ordinary politicians, Roque's methods are a bit too violent. Although Roque completed the task, the result made no one happy.
In fact, this is no wonder Rock. During the peace negotiations, no one thought that the Boers would actually degenerate to this level. The Boers during the Great Migration era were still very pioneering. Less than a hundred years have passed.
The Boers have fallen beyond redemption.
"Austin Burns is still at the Johannesburg Police Station -" Rock reminded softly.
"We'll talk about it when I get back." Ade couldn't care about Austin Burns now. Austin Burns and the two unlucky captains must be tried.
Rock returned to the police station and found a bottle of red wine to see Austin Burns.
Austin Burns was not mistreated at the Johannesburg Police Station. He should eat and drink, and his face was obviously rosy.
Austin Burns was very happy to see Roark and was not in a hurry to inquire about the progress of the investigation.
Rock opened the red wine and took the initiative to pour it for Austin Burns.
"The instigators behind the scenes were James Herzog and De Wit. James Herzog committed suicide out of fear of crime. De Wit was killed in the crossfire. This matter has come to an end." Roark took the initiative to introduce.<
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"Haha, I knew it was these two damn guys. They haven't stopped since the end of the war. They jumped up and down for a while, the 'African Language Association', and the 'Orange Unionist Party', as well as Louis Botha and Yang...
Smith, these two are not good people." Austin Burns has a heart and a fat body, and he can face it calmly now.
Now Austin Pence has taken off his police uniform and put on civilian clothes, and his tone of voice is much more unscrupulous. Austin Pence would never say such things before.
"Come on, why don't you think about it carefully, what should you say in court, do you need me to help you find a good lawyer?" Rock will try his best to help Austin Burns. After all, it is a bad friendship together.
.
"Haha, no need. Do you think the court will embarrass me? No, I just did what everyone wanted to do but didn't do." Austin Pence is really not afraid and he really dares to speak.
Now it seems that the Boers who are more and more accustomed to waiting for food are becoming more and more like a cancer. Not to mention the Transvaal, even in Orange, more and more people hate the Boers, and conflicts
When this happened, Bloemfontein Mayor Lance McCarthy was said to be in Cape Town to secure a loan. In fact, Bloemfontein had just received a loan of £12 million and now had no need for more loans. Rock would rather
I believe Lance McCarthy was in Cape Town to avoid those Boers.
Out of sight, out of mind!
"How dare you say that!" Rock rolled his eyes angrily.
"Don't you want to?" Austin Burns despises Rock's hypocrisy.
"Me, actually I also want to——" Rock laughed.
Because Joe Russell went to Bloemfontein, Rock stayed in the police station for more time, but Rock's work did not increase much. Those tasks that originally belonged to Joe Russell are now in charge of Li De
, Roque has appointed Li De as assistant chief of police.
The Assistant Chief of Police is not a secretary, but a position, under the Deputy Chief of Police, above the Superintendent. Joe Russell is now in Bloemfontein, and the Johannesburg Police Department is left with a senior police officer above the Superintendent and above in Roark, and Li De is appointed
After that, if Roque is no longer in the police department, then Li Dejia can exercise some of the powers of the police chief.
In the evening, Rock returned to Ziwei Town.
The renovation of the guild hall has come to an end. In fact, the guild hall has just been built not long ago, and there is no need to renovate it now.
Rock mainly followed Felice's habit of tidying up the Star Building, which will be Rock and Felice's future new house.
"Last night, Mrs. Capet went to Cape Town." Rock had dinner at Buck's house in the evening, and Buck and Rock chatted casually.
"Why go to Cape Town? There are so many things going on here." Rock was a little worried, but he didn't think much about it.
From Ada's perspective, Rock can actually understand why Ada went to Cape Town. After all, Rock and Phyllis are getting married, and it is indeed a bit embarrassing for Ada to stay in Johannesburg during this period.
"Do you still remember that Father Frank bought a motorcycle some time ago? I heard that Father Frank spent a thousand pounds at that time. Bobby and a few young people used a hammer to knock out a motorcycle and put it on the motorcycle they bought from Cape Town.
The engine we bought cost less than a hundred pounds and is better than Frank's motorcycle." Buck chatted casually, and Rock thought for a long time before he remembered who "Bobby" was.
Bobby Holt, the son of Nelson Holt, a graduate of Cambridge University, Rock arranged for Bobby Holt to be the deputy mayor of Ziwei Town. Unexpectedly, Bobby Holt would also
Very hard-working spirit.
"Better to use than Frank's motorcycle?" Rock was still a little skeptical. The motorcycle - it should be relatively technical, just hammer it out like this?
No matter how it sounds, it sounds a bit fantasy.
"Yes, Frank also wanted to spend 500 pounds to buy Bobby's motorcycle, but Bobby didn't agree. Now Bobby and the others have started to build a third one." Buck was chatting happily and didn't seem to notice at all.
There are great business opportunities.
The main means of transportation in Johannesburg is still horses. Even Rock rides a horse to and from Johannesburg and Ziwei Town. Motorcycles are rare in Johannesburg, and there is only one car in the entire Transvaal.
It's the one Stoudemire gave to Henry when he got married.
Horses are actually very delicate creatures, especially thoroughbred horses, which have relatively high environmental requirements. The Johannesburg Police Department is cared for by specialized grooms, so it can afford to raise thoroughbred horses. If it were replaced by an ordinary family, it would not be possible at all.
Can't afford it.
Therefore, to solve the problem of transportation, the way out in the future is definitely modern transportation such as motorcycles.
"Where is Bobby? Take me to see Bobby's motorcycle." Rock couldn't sit still. If it was really feasible, Rock would suggest Bobby to carry out large-scale production, on the one hand to generate more profits, on the other hand
It can also improve Johannesburg's industrial level.
While Rock and Buck were chatting, Bobby and his friends were arguing in a private house on the edge of Ziwei Town.
"I think we can expand our scale now. Our motorcycles are obviously better than Father Frank's motorcycles. Father Frank's motorcycles often break down. The first motorcycle we built has been used for more than a month. Only
It broke down once. Father Frank and Sheriff Dunn both wanted to buy our motorcycles, as well as Lawrence from Christian Exploration Company. As long as we can lower the price to 300 pounds, Manager Lawrence said he would buy ten of them." A Bobby.
His partner has been dazzled by the broad market prospects. He is Ted, a student of Professor George Eugene. He often goes to the wild for exploration, and the demand for motorcycles is very high. Bobby and the others built the first motorcycle.
Ted uses it most of the time.
"Ted, it is unrealistic to expand the scale. It took us two months to build the first motorcycle, and one and a half months to build the second one. If we want to build ten, it will take us a full year.
There are other things to do, and there is simply not so much time." Another young man named Green clearly objected. He is a student of Professor Abu and spends most of his time in the laboratory, hand-building motorcycles, which is just Green's hobby. "It is not impossible to expand the scale, but it is definitely not possible with the strength of the few of us. If we expand the scale, we will need a larger and more remote venue. When we made the first two motorcycles, Mrs. Donald and Mrs. Wilde had already
I'm very angry. I don't want Mrs. Wilde to go to the mayor to complain early -" Bobby Holt said this and began to imitate Buck: "You are the deputy mayor, you can't know the law and break it -"
"Hahahaha——"
"How funny——"
"You funny guy"
Several friends laughed together, and the air was full of joy.
Buck's face outside the door was as dark as the bottom of a pot.
Rock suppressed his laughter and stepped forward to open the door.
The room immediately fell silent.
"Where's your motorcycle? Push it out and let me take a look." Rock said directly.
Buck followed Rock silently, staring at Bobby Holt with cold eyes.
Bobby Holt's face turned pale with fright, his eyes were wide open as if he had seen a ghost, and he couldn't speak clearly: "My lord, the motorcycle is not here——"
What the hell is your lord?
"Where is it? Anyone can ride over here." Rock was annoyed. Wasn't he quite capable just now? Since he dared to imitate the mayor's words, he had to feel like the mayor was wearing his shoes.
Ted went to ride his bicycle dejectedly, while Bobby Holt was busy moving a chair for Rock and pouring coffee for Buck.
"Hmph, Bobby, you learned something very similar just now. Let me learn it again." Buck would not let Bobby Holt go easily.
"Mayor, I was wrong -" Bobby admitted his mistake simply.
"No, you are right. Even if you are wrong, I don't dare to teach you a lesson. Otherwise, what will I do if you learn from me again?" Buck sighed quietly, and every word was heartbreaking.
Bobby Holt stopped explaining and accepted his fate in despair. In fact, Bobby Holt knew that Buck was not a bad person, and he probably would not retaliate for this matter, but beatings would definitely be necessary.
Rock, no matter how Buck beats Bobby Holt, Bobby Holt is Buck's subordinate and must respect Buck.