Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 198 From the Baron

The purpose of Rock looking for Marcos Lloyd is very simple. He hopes that when the transport team of the Royal Canadian Regiment transports supplies to Pretoria, he can help Rock transport some things.

This kind of request is normal, and it’s not even a mistake to do it by hand. Marcos Lloyd fully agreed, so Rock got the timetable of the Royal Canadian Regiment’s transport team.

On February 26, the transport team of the Royal Canadian Regiment was attacked by guerrillas on the way to deliver supplies to Pretoria. Four soldiers were slightly injured. One soldier sprained his foot during the counterattack. Three soldiers fought back Fall off the horse and hurt yourself.

According to the regulations, all Boer farmers within ten miles of the attack were sent to concentration camps.

Three days later, Rock Shiran went to the city hall to find Owen.

"Lock, do you know something?" Owen was very smart, connected all the clues, and immediately identified Rock as the suspect.

"What?" Rock was surprised.

Owen observed carefully and found nothing unusual in Roque's expression.

"Hmph, you can hide it from others, but you can't hide it from me—" Owen was unwilling, but there was no evidence.

Rock stopped talking, but he didn't admit it either, just smiled and said nothing.

"Tell me, how did you do it? The transport team confirmed that those guerrillas rode very well, and the horses they rode were also very good. They were also well-equipped and well-prepared. When the transport team chased them, they were blocked by traps. This proves that , The purpose of the guerrillas is not to transport the supplies transported by the team at all, otherwise the guerrillas will not set up traps in front of their own positions, but will set up traps along the forward route of the transport team." Owen is very sure that the purpose of the guerrillas Not for the transport team, nor for the supplies transported by the transport team, so what is the purpose of the guerrillas?

What's more, after Louis Botha went to the Cape, there had been no guerrilla activities in the Transvaal for a long time. This guerrilla seemed to emerge from the ground out of nowhere and carried out an unsuccessful attack. Then disappeared without a trace.

Generally speaking, the marksmanship of the guerrillas is actually pretty good. Even if the attack is unsuccessful, it can still cause a certain degree of casualties to the transport team.

This guerrilla is different. They seem to be very benevolent. They used Martini-Henry rifles, which are considered very advanced for the guerrillas, but their shooting skills do not seem to match their equipment. , When the attack just happened, the guerrillas did not hit any regular army soldiers when they fired their guns for the first time, which is very unreasonable.

After being attacked, the transport team of the Royal Canadian Regiment tried to organize a counterattack. At this time, the guerrillas' marksmanship was finally accurate. They only hit horses and did not hit people, causing three soldiers to fall off their horses and injured them, successfully preventing the transport team from moving forward. chase.

"The analysis is good. You should go to the Expeditionary Army Command to find an official position." Rock didn't answer, the so-called words are not proven, and seeing is believing. As long as he is not caught on the spot, Rock has nothing to fear.

"Hmph, so is the purpose of your coming here for the Kruger Farm?" Owen presupposes his position and then reverses it. The more he thinks about it, the more suspicious Rock is.

"No, not just for the Kruger farm, I want to buy all the farms within ten miles of the attack." Rock has a big appetite. Between Johannesburg and Pretoria, apart from the farms, Unowned wasteland, forests, pastures, mountains and hills, Rock wants to buy all these lands.

It is not good to be unkind. Rock doesn't want to make things big, as long as the goal is achieved.

That guerrilla team was actually the guard of the Rock Gold Mine. With the equipment and training level of the guard, it could completely wipe out the Royal Canadian Regiment.

But in that case, the Royal Canadian Regiment would definitely pursue the attack to the end, which would cause a lot of unnecessary troubles, and Rock didn't want to do that.

This is the best level now. The Royal Canadian Regiment did not suffer any real losses. Instead, they were credited for repelling the guerrilla attacks.

Rock also got what he wanted, except for the unlucky farmer, he has gained in every way, so why not do it!

"I knew it—" Owen looked disgusted, but he still gave Rock a procedure.

"What do you know?" Henry Alsop was passing by.

"I know you're an asshole!" Owen said bitterly.

"What are you doing?" Henry Alsop didn't care.

"It has nothing to do with you——" Owen stamped a large stack of documents with a "boom, boom, boom", then put the documents away and handed them to Rock.

"Thank you——" Rock thanked Owen, and then left quickly without looking at Henry Alsop from the beginning to the end.

"Assignment of the farm agreement—interesting, how much is an acre of farms around Johannesburg now?" Henry Alsop mused.

"You want to buy? Five shillings an acre." Owen got up to leave.

"Don't go, let's talk, isn't it a shilling an acre before?" Henry Alsop was curious about the farms around Johannesburg.

I must be curious. Most of the gold mines around Johannesburg were discovered from farms. God knows if there are any undiscovered gold mines around Johannesburg, even if there is no gold mine. It is also very cost-effective to buy a 2000-acre farm at a low price.

"I'm off work. If you want to buy it, please go early tomorrow—" Owen said no nonsense, one shilling per acre was the previous price, and the current price is five shillings per acre. Buy it or not, wait until the war is over After that, the price will rise further.

By the way, Roque bought nearly 30 acres of farms around Johannesburg from the city hall in the past few days, and Roque paid almost 12 pounds for this.

The 12 pounds were all paid in the form of gold. According to the official exchange ratio stipulated by the British government, Rock paid a total of nearly 900 kilograms of gold to the Johannesburg City Hall.

The gold effectively alleviated the shortage of funds of the Johannesburg City Hall, so the City Hall was able to start the transformation of the main urban area of ​​Johannesburg.

Baron Philip was ambitious to transform Johannesburg into a modern metropolis like London.

The new Johannesburg extends to the railway station on the central axis of the government street where the city hall and the police station are located, with a total length of about 6.5 miles. Two squares and four parks will be built along the way. Now the shanty towns on both sides of the government street will be completely demolished In the future, the buildings on both sides of the government street must first apply to the city hall, and after the city hall's review, it is confirmed that it will not affect the overall image of the city before they are eligible to start construction.

After the rebuilding of Johannesburg, private construction of any buildings without application is strictly prohibited. In the future, those Zulus and Boers who just build a shack on the outskirts of Johannesburg and settle down will no longer happen. The city government will build a unified residential area , sold to those immigrants who settled in Johannesburg, which means that the future Johannesburg will strictly control the immigrant population. If you want to settle in Johannesburg, you must have certain qualifications. The city of Johannesburg will take the initiative to expel those People who are not eligible to stay in Johannesburg.

Sounds a little cruel, doesn't it?

But it has to be in Johannesburg!

Everyone knows that there are gold mines around Johannesburg, and there are not too many gold diggers wandering around Johannesburg. These gold diggers are adventurers in name, but they are actually poor vagabonds. Looking for a job honestly, dreaming of getting rich overnight all day long, and taking risks once life becomes unsustainable, is a serious hidden danger to public security.

The point is, these gold diggers don't pay taxes, which is the root cause of Johannesburg City Hall cleaning them up.

March NO.15, Alfred Milner returned to Pretoria from London.

Special treatment in special times, Rock did not need to go to London, and accepted Alfred Milner's canonization in place of the king in the Palace of Justice, officially becoming "Sir Locke".

After the ceremony, Roque and Henry returned to the Pretoria Police Station together. Only then did Roque know that Henry actually requested that the fief be placed in the Transvaal instead of the traditional British Isles.

"What's so good about being a fief in the mainland? As a baron, if I were in the mainland, the fiefdom would be a small town at most. It's good in Transvaal. Do you know how big my fiefdom is? In Farwater, the entire Mount Louis is in In my fief, so I am Lord Falwater now." Henry was triumphant, his fief covers an area of ​​more than 1500 square kilometers, if it were in the mainland of England, the fiefdom of a general duke would not be as large as that of a baron like Henry.

Of course, it is just an ordinary duke. The Duke of Sutherland, who owns the most land under his name, has 130 million acres of land under his name, which is about 5260 square kilometers in metric system.

So this achievement is nothing to be proud of.

"Fawalt, is there anyone in that ghost place?" Rock didn't know where Fawalt was, but thinking about it, if Fawalt was very prosperous, then it wouldn't be Henry's turn.

"Didn't you always want the farm to resettle the Chinese? Put the Chinese in Fawalt, I grant you—" It turned out that Henry had this idea.

"No, I've already bought a lot of farms around Johannesburg, and I just need to settle Chinese people around Johannesburg, maybe I can find a gold mine—" Rock doesn't need Henry's permission—

Grace?

Boy, you are inflated!

"No, Sir Locke, please, settle down in Fawalt—" Henry immediately changed his face, and there was no such thing as permission.

Fawalt is actually not bad. The future nearby will be South Africa’s Marakola National Park. To be considered a national park, at least the natural conditions should be very good.

"Is it great to have a fief?" Rock really couldn't understand Henry's face.

"Don't worry, when the war is really over, there will definitely be a large-scale knighting, and then your chance will come." Henry didn't laugh at Rock this time.

There is indeed a chance next time. Although the baron Roque is not considered a nobleman, he has at least joined the ranks of "quasi-nobles". When he is knighted next time, in this case, Roque will indeed have a great chance.

(End of this chapter)