All the Boers were placed in a mountain col 70 kilometers away from Johannesburg.
The area here is large enough, but the environment is not good. The vegetation on the surrounding mountains is not lush. There are few tall trees and more low bushes. The grass at the bottom of the valley is very lush. Some rocks are exposed in the grass. The soil is
The situation is not good either. There are gravel and gravel everywhere, and it does not have much reclamation value, so it has not been developed.
There is a small river on one side of the valley that dries up in the dry season and overflows in the rainy season. There are rugged rocks on the river bank. It is the rainy season at this time, and the water flow in the small river is quite large. The sound of the rumbling water can be heard far away.
Standing at the mouth of the valley and looking at the top of the mountain, there was a vague glimpse of the bodies of large wild animals. Living here, weapons must be indispensable, so Rock returned all the weapons to Bobby Bennett and the others.
Bobby Bennett and the others brought horses. Without these horses, it would be difficult for Bobby Bennett to live here.
"The area of the valley is five thousand acres. In fact, it should be larger than this area. The people at the Ministry of Interior don't know how to accurately measure this kind of place. They probably sent someone here to take a look and casually estimated the number. It's so big.
The area is enough for you to open a farm. In a few days, the Agricultural Association will send people over to help you plan the farm. If you need materials to build a house, go to Oak Town. There are woodwork factories and stone factories there, and you can also hire construction teams very conveniently.
After settling down, go to the nearest police station level - you are still a policeman now, then you will act as a sheriff first, and we will talk about the future later." Rock personally sent Bobby Bennett to the destination.
, the last time Rock went to Wilcombe, Bobby Bennett left a good impression on Rock.
"Lord, thank you very much -" Bobby Bennett's face was full of gratitude. Although the conditions here are not good, there is no threat of plague, and Bobby Bennett is very satisfied.
Of course, the farm is not given for free. It was originally the property of Finance Minister Louis Barnard. Louis Barnard bought the valley from the Johannesburg Municipal Government for only 350 pounds. Now it has been resold for 800 pounds, plus
With the subsidy he received some time ago, Louis Barnard is very satisfied with the deal.
Bobby Bennett and the others were quite rich, and they happily paid for the purchase of the farm. Rock didn’t ask where the money came from. Everyone in Wilkom was almost dead. Bobby Bennett
It’s normal for them to have money.
"No need to thank me, this is the opportunity you have won for yourself." Roque could foresee that after the plague, the situation in Orange would be very miserable. Roque would like to see Louis Botta and Yang Shi
What kind of nonsense can people like Mozi and others come up with?
"We really have no choice. If we stay in Wilkom, we are waiting to die. When the plague first broke out, the situation was barely under control. Now there are not enough people to bury the corpses. There are only about a hundred people left in the town of more than a thousand people.
, some people asked to go to Bloemfontein, but the plague situation in Bloemfontein was more serious, so we took the risk of being shot and came to Johannesburg. Our original plan was that if Johannesburg did not accept us, we would clone in the nearby
The Stade place was settled, but fortunately the gentlemen of the cavalry regiment did not shoot." Bobby Bennett is still scared.
Rock could only smile bitterly. In this situation, no one dared to shoot. Although the performance of Louis Botha and Yang Smuts was annoying, they had to admit that they did achieve their goal. Now the Johannesburg police
When facing the Boers, the troops and the garrison would unconsciously restrain their hands and feet.
Rock didn't stay too long. After bringing Bobby Bennett and others to the place, Rock immediately returned to Johannesburg.
Louis Botta soon came to the door, not to ask for help, but to ask for help.
This time Louis Botta was smarter and instead of going to Roque, he went directly to Mayor Philippe.
It turned out that Mayor Philip was more difficult than Roque, and Louis Botha got nothing, and then went from Johannesburg to Pretoria.
Looking at this situation, if he doesn't get rescued, Louis Botha will probably run all the way to London.
Roque ignored Louis Botha. At the end of November, a conflict occurred between Zulu and the police in Natal. Two policemen were attacked by Zulus while going to a Zulu tribe to perform official duties. One
Policeman died, one policeman narrowly escaped.
Later, the Natal Police Department arrested 12 Zulus who participated in the attack on the police and sentenced all 12 Zulus to death.
After the trial results are reported to London, London will review the verdict made by the Natal government. Before the review results are available, London will not allow the execution of the 12 Zulus.
The news spread back to Natal, and the Natal government resigned en masse in protest of London's decision.
This was the first time that government officials in the four Cape Colonies had collectively resigned, so Natal now attracted the attention of all of southern Africa, eclipsing the threat of plague.
The threat of plague is only relative to civilians, and it is not a big threat to officials who stay in the office all day.
Relatively speaking, officials are still more concerned about the collective resignation of Natal government officials, which is closely related to the interests of colonial officials.
"This decision in London is simply nonsense. If everything has to be reported, everything has to be reviewed, and even the results of the trial can be overturned, then the colonial work will not be done. What is the point of the existence of us colonial officials?
Just let London directly manage Natal." Owen complained that London was ruthless. Johannesburg was also waiting and watching. When necessary, Johannesburg officials would also support Natal officials.
This is actually a power contest between the metropolitan country and the colonies. London hopes to emphasize the rights of the metropolitan country, while the Natal government wants to fight for the autonomy of the colonies. Whoever surrenders first will mean that whose rights will be sharply reduced.
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Of course, the Johannesburg city government also hopes that London will reduce its constraints on Johannesburg, so at this point, the interests of all colonial officials are the same.
"Do you think they don't want to? It's just that the distance is too far." Rock was not polite. Some people in London stretched their hands too far. The Johannesburg Police Department seemed to have exploded in the past few days. Even the Zulu police officers also supported the move.
The twelve Zulus were shot immediately.
Not all ethnic minorities will consider their own ethnic group.
Rock still has great trust in the Zulu police. To put it bluntly, the reason why the Zulu police in the Johannesburg Police Department left Zululand and came to Johannesburg to work for the British represents their attitude.
Like those supervisors who were cruel to Zulu workers, the Zulu policemen in the Johannesburg Police Station are still very realistic. They will sell their lives to whoever gives them food. Even their lives can be sold, but there is nothing they cannot sell.
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As a policeman, Roque must of course safeguard the interests of the police as a group, so Roque's attitude is also very firm. The twelve Zulus who attacked the police must all be shot.
Moreover, the execution must be carried out as soon as possible, and we cannot wait for some damn review in London. God knows when the review will last. Every day the case is delayed, the harm to the police as a group will continue. If all the Zulus start attacking the police, then in the future
The police don’t have to go out anymore.
"Those Zulus are also audacious. I heard that the reason they attacked the police was because of war tax. The Natal government is also so poor that it actually requires every Zulu to pay a war tax of five pounds. Those Zulus
You'd be damned if you had money." Owen's map cannon is unmatched. He just mocked London, and now he's mocking the Natal government.
This "war tax" is still the remnant of the Boer War. After the signing of the "Peace Agreement", the British government began to collect war taxes in Natal and Cape, because the British government promised during the peace negotiations: any tax collected to pay for the war expenses
No taxes or taxes were imposed on the two newly conquered regions, so the war tax this time was particularly high.
Cape is better, because the economy is relatively developed, and people in Cape are generally relatively wealthy, so they can still afford five pounds.
It is difficult for Natal to raise taxes. After all, those Zulu people have little money, let alone five pounds. Many Zulu families cannot even afford a pound.
Taxation was an important means for the British to control Natal. In order to force the Zulus in Natal to work for the British government, the British government stipulated that all Zulus without a job must pay a tax of two pounds per year.
The Zulu people have no money at all, and they don't want to work. Thanks to the rich resources in southern Africa, the Zulu people can survive even without working. Although the quality of life is a bit worse, being free and unrestrained is better than going to the British
Good mining.
"Stop gloating. Fortunately, this damn war tax is not levied in Johannesburg. Otherwise, we don't know what trouble would be caused." Rock can only be thankful that many farms in Johannesburg are home to hundreds of Chinese. If they were taxed,
Each farm costs four to five hundred pounds. In this situation, it is impossible to get it.
"The trouble is your police station's fault and has nothing to do with me." Owen was lying lazily on the sofa, looking careless and in need of a beating.
The phone on the table suddenly rang. It was Henry.
"Locke, you are in trouble again. Louis Botha filed a lawsuit against the Johannesburg Municipal Government at the Government House, saying that you took in Wilcombe residents who moved to Johannesburg in violation of the regulations, and also took away people belonging to Bronfon.
It's the property of the Dan Municipal Government. You'd better think about how to deal with it. The Governor is a little angry." Henry is the messenger. This is the benefit of having someone in the government. No matter what troubles there are in Pretoria, Roque can get the news in time.