You can’t blame people for not being discerning. In fact, there have been too many upstarts in Pretoria recently. Although Pretoria is only the political center of Southern Africa, it is obvious that the three capitals of Southern Africa are the most important.
The most important thing is Pretoria. Even Cape Town has gradually been marginalized, so there are really many people looking for opportunities in Pretoria.
Laurent Bakker is one of them.
Strictly speaking, Laurent Bakker is not a Boer, but a Dutchman.
Laurent Bakker was born in the Netherlands, grew up in France, and then studied at Trinity College, Cambridge. After graduation, he returned to the Netherlands and became a well-known lawyer in Amsterdam.
Before the establishment of the federal government, Laurent Bakker immigrated to Bloemfontein and then successfully became a member of the Legislative Council. Laurent Bakker played a big role in the new tax law proposed by the Legislative Council this time.<
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That’s why Laurent Bakker will not allow those who “don’t want to do it” to slander the new tax law.
Of course, this "irrelevant" must be put in quotation marks. When Laurent Bakker came to Pretoria, Roque had already gone to Nyasaland, so Laurent Bakker only knew that there were people in southern Africa.
Viscount Nyasaland is a person, but I don’t know that Rock is Viscount Nyasaland.
Although Laurent Bakker said it very politely, Sidney Milner still had to seek Rock's opinion on whether to let Laurent Bakker sit down.
It's not a solicitation, Sidney Milner just introduced Roark, and then made Laurent Bakker's expression change clearly. The surprise was definitely, and then mixed with contempt, hatred, and confusion.
Unobvious fear.
The federal government has been established, and Laurent Bakker is a member of the Legislative Council, so there is really nothing to be afraid of Rock, the Viscount of Nyasaland.
At least that's what Laurent Bakker thinks.
"Mr. Laurent Bakker, nice to meet you -" Rock still greeted politely, but did not get up. **** is a big shot to ordinary people, but to Rock - Haha.
However, Laurent Bakker, who feels good about himself, definitely does not think so. At least Laurent Bakker believes that as a member of the Legislative Council, Laurent Bakker is already qualified to sit on an equal footing with Roque. After all, Roque is also
They are not chief administrative officials of federal government departments, but are nominally deputy officials.
So Laurent Bakker was very unhappy: "Lord Nyasaland, can I sit down?"
"No, since I didn't invite you, your request is very presumptuous." Roque will not give face.
Laurent Bakker still wanted to talk, but Zach had already come over and smiled politely at Laurent Bakker.
Then Laurent Bakker noticed Zach's black mouth, and then his emotions got a little out of control: "Lord Nyasaland, this is an inhumane act on your part and has seriously violated the laws of the federal government——"
Rock was not in the mood to listen anymore. He shook his head and said softly to Sidney Milner helplessly: "Are all the idiots in the Legislative Council like this? No wonder no one in Congress supports him. Minister Botha really should review himself." Louis Botha serves as the Minister of Agriculture of Southern Africa, concurrently serves as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the federal government, and is also the Governor of Orange State. Look at these titles, they are all full-time positions.
What else could Sidney Milner say? He rubbed his forehead and shook his head with a bitter smile. No one on either side could offend.
Laurent Bakker obviously couldn't accept Rock's attitude, so his voice gradually became louder: "Lord Nyasaland, I think I have reason to get your explanation. The federal government will never allow this behavior of yours -
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Now it was not Zach's turn to get angry. Marvin, who had been laughing next to him, took the initiative to stand up and said: "Sir, please don't disturb our guests. If you continue to harass our guests, then please leave, otherwise I will shout
The police are coming——"
Marvin doesn't care whether Laurent Bakker is a member of the Legislative Council. In southern Africa, Roque is the patron saint of all Chinese.
"Asshole, I'm your guest too!" Laurent Bakker was furious.
"Now you are no longer there. From now on, the Oak Restaurant will no longer provide you with any service. Please leave immediately!" Marvin said sharply, sounding as if he was not giving Laurent Barker face, but in fact he was talking to Labor.
Lunt Buckel's protection, otherwise Zach wouldn't be polite.
When Rock goes out now, there are dozens of guards around him at any time. Zach, the big butler, has already appeared, and there are many guards watching him. As long as Zach speaks, or Laurent Bakker makes further moves, the guards will
We will subdue Laurent Bakker immediately.
"Very good!" Laurent Bakker had not yet realized Roque's energy in Pretoria. He was so angry that he was shaking all over, and the fingers pointing at Roque were trembling a little.
Rock didn't talk nonsense. He raised his hand and flicked his fingers as if to shoo away flies.
Zach glanced at the guards on standby, and immediately several people came over and took Laurent Buck away.
Still the kind with a blocked mouth.
"It's a pity that many of the current Legislative Council are young people who don't know the heights of the sky. Locke, at least don't hurt him. There is no need to cause such trouble." Sidney Milner also reminded Locke.
"It doesn't matter. This gentleman probably drank too much. Let him go to August to calm down." Rock, you're welcome. What about the members of the Legislative Council? You can deal with it as you want. To sober up, you have to wait for three days.
It will take two days to recover.
So the next day, Louis Botta took the initiative to find Roque, hoping that Roque would be accommodating to Laurent Backer.
"Oh, is that gentleman's name Laurent Bakker?" Rock wasn't pretending, he really just learned Laurent Bakker's name.
Or Sidney Milner introduced it last night, but Rock would never waste his brain cells on such a person.
"Locke, no matter what, Mr. Bakker is a member of the Legislative Council, and I am the Speaker of the Legislative Council, so forget it. I guarantee that Laurent Bakker will apologize to you in person." Louis Botta tried.
Let's put the matter to rest, if Roque doesn't speak up, the Pretoria Police Department will definitely not release Laurent Bakker.
The current Pretoria Police Chief is Joe Russell, who has just been transferred back to Pretoria from Bloemfontein Police Station.
As Minister of Justice, Henry is clearly no longer suitable to be the Chief of Police in Pretoria.
During Joe Russell's tenure in Bloemfontein, his work ability was still very good. At least after Joe Russell went to Bloemfontein, Boer civilians no longer had conflicts with the Bloemfontein military police, so he served as the Pretoria Police Department
The talent of the chief is Joe Russell, not Harry Spencer of the Johannesburg Police Department.
"Haha, Louis, you may have misunderstood. I didn't mean anything against Commissioner Laurent Bakker. On the contrary, Commissioner Laurent Bakker had great opinions on me. I think it is necessary for me to report to the Legislative Council
To clarify, what happened to Zach before." Rock doesn't care whether a certain part of Laurent Buckel's body will become bigger in August prison. European whites do like to cut off their arms at every turn, but Zach
The tongue was really not cut off by Rock.
This is actually Roark's own trap. If the news media of the Southern Africa Branch of The Times had not concentrated on reporting the tragedies that occurred in the Congo Free State and Tanganyika, I am afraid that the atrocities of the white colonists would not be what they are now.
Everyone knows this.
Even if they knew, who would really care?
"Okay, Laurent Bakker will resign from the Legislative Council and will never appear in Pretoria from now on." Louis Botha didn't talk nonsense. If this were Yang Smuts, he might still be with him.
Roque bargained, forget about Louis Botta. If Louis Botta's conditions could not satisfy Roque, Roque would definitely not give up.
It seems like Roque is making a fuss, but in fact Roque also has a reason not to give in. In southern Africa, no matter who it is, it is absolutely impossible for anyone to step on Roque and become famous.
If Rock had let Laurent Bakker go easily, then Laurent Bakker would have escaped this disaster and he would not be very grateful to Rock. On the contrary, all this might become Laurent Bakker's fault.
Bakker will have bragging rights in the future, so Louis Botta decided to let Laurent Bakker resign voluntarily.
It is not easy for Louis Botha to make such a big concession to Roque. This is actually a concession made by the entire Legislative Council to Roque. Maybe in a few days, the news media in southern Africa will start to follow the trend and speculate.
Botha still has a headache.
Even if Louis Botta made such a big concession, it was not until the next night that Laurent Bucquer left Auguste Prison.
Then Laurent Bakker did not stop in Pretoria. He took a train directly to Cape Town that night, and then took a cruise ship back to Europe via Cape Town. He never came to southern Africa again in his life. p>
Rock really doesn't care about Laurent Bakker.
When Laurent Bakker was in August Prison, Joe Russell seemed to inadvertently mention Laurent Bakker when meeting Rock.
That is to say, Rock really doesn't care about Laurent Bakker, otherwise Laurent Bakker might not have a chance to leave Auguste Prison.
In Pretoria, the reputation of Augustus Prison is similar to the reputation of Robben Island Prison in Cape Town. It was in Robben Island Prison that Zach's tongue was cut out. After entering Augustus Prison, he thought
It is impossible to leave intact.
Don't get me wrong, it's really just a prison, not a concentration camp.