Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 231 Louis Botha

It is undeniable that Louis Botha is definitely a person full of charisma.

If history repeats itself, after the war an autonomous government was established in the Transvaal in 1907, with Louis Botha as prime minister.

The Union of South Africa was established in 1910, with Louis Botha also serving as prime minister.

In 1911, Louis Botha established the African Party, and during the First World War, Louis Botha resolutely suppressed the anti-British and anti-war uprising. In 1915, at the request of the United Kingdom, the South African Federation under the leadership of Louis Botha sent troops to occupy German South West Africa, 1919, Louis Botha represented the Union of South Africa at the Versailles Conference.

After the end of World War I, Louis Botha continued to serve as Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa until the death of Louis Botha.

Such a person, no matter how much he is valued, is not overestimated.

During the war, I don’t know how many generals of the expeditionary army suffered at the hands of Louis Botha. Although Roque had no similar experience, in Cape, Louis Botha successfully escaped from Roque, which has always made Roque think regret.

The topic of the two began from that brief confrontation.

"You almost caught me at that time, the distance between us may not be 100 meters." Louis Botha's face did not show any complacency, as if the topic of conversation had nothing to do with him.

"If it wasn't for that mountain stream, I don't think the peace talks would be so difficult." Roque was indeed regretful. The head of Louis Botha would be worth a baron no matter what.

"You scared me with your last move. Of all the expeditionary generals I met, you should be the most cunning—" Louis Botha was still a little condescending.

"Cunning?" Rock directly questioned Louis Botha's inappropriate choice of words.

"Ahaha, it should be tricky, you are the most difficult to deal with." Louis Botha reviewed in time.

"Unfortunately, I also want to fight you on the battlefield in a dignified way, but it's a pity that the expeditionary army didn't give me a chance." Roque is indeed regretful. If Roque can participate in the battle, Roque should have more than one title from Baron now. .

"Be content, your title was obtained by massacring us Boers, so be careful, maybe someone will challenge you to a duel." Louis Botha has bad intentions. According to the law, duels are actually banned in England. of.

Dueling has been an effective way for people to settle disputes since the Middle Ages. Sometimes a contemptuous look, a disrespectful word, or an arrogant move may trigger a duel.

Dueling is not endless, it is a gentleman's way to settle disputes, but the death rate of duels is very high. The famous Russian poet Pushkin died in an arranged duel.

In the [-]th century, more and more countries banned duels by law. However, duels have not completely disappeared in remote areas like the Transvaal. Many people still believe that duels are an effective way to resolve disputes.

"Hehe, if someone really wants to do this, then I will welcome it." It is not easy to propose to Roque, most people are not qualified, and in front of Louis Botha, Roque certainly does not will back off.

Dueling is not something that can be initiated casually. Dueling is already illegal now. If it was in the Middle Ages, even if a noble like Roque was challenged to a duel, Roque could find someone to take part in the duel instead of himself, instead of going into battle himself.

"Why target the Boers?" Louis Botha seemed to know what happened to the Boers in Johannesburg.

"How did you treat the Chinese in the Transvaal Republic before?" Rock asked back.

"The Republic—there were Chinese in the Transvaal at that time?" Louis Botha was at a loss at the moment.

It's not that Louis Botha was pretending to be stupid. Louis Botha really didn't know that there were actually Chinese in the Transvaal during the Transvaal Republic.

Of course, the more real situation should be that even if Louis Botha knew at the time, I am afraid that Louis Botha would not look at the Chinese differently. In this era, the Chinese are also listed as people of color and are generally discriminated against in the white world. , not only the Boers, the Chinese are discriminated against in any white country.

"After I arrived in Johannesburg, I rescued many Chinese in the gold mines. They were humiliated, malnourished, and engaged in the heaviest work. Nor did it come out of thin air.

"No, no, Sir Locke, the gold mines in Johannesburg are not owned by the Boers, but by the British, so even if the Chinese are treated unfairly in Johannesburg, it has nothing to do with the Transvaal Republic." Louis Botha tried to disentangle .

"It's okay?" Rock smiled.

"It's okay!" Louis Botha said honestly.

"Now the gold mines in Johannesburg are also owned by the British." Rock sighed faintly.

Louis Botha was speechless for a moment.

Yes, the gold mines in Johannesburg have always been owned by the British, but during the period of the Transvaal Republic, the Chinese were treated inhumanely in the gold mines. Now that the British rule Johannesburg, the Chinese are proud of their hardships.

This shows what?

It can only prove that the Transvaal Republic does not pay attention to the interests of the Chinese. Regardless of this factual disregard, whether the Transvaal Republic is active or passive, the Transvaal Republic cannot be separated from it.

"Although I still insist that the Chinese are treated unfairly in the gold mines, it has nothing to do with the Transvaal Republic, but——I am very sorry." Louis Botha gave up arguing, and only then remembered Rock's identity.

Rock is a baronet in England. On this issue, he will definitely not consider the issue from the standpoint of the Boers. Therefore, if Rock needs excuses, he can find countless excuses.

"Yeah, I'm sorry too." Rock's regret is that the ass decides the head. If there is no war, then Louis Botha might be a very good friend.

It's also unlikely. After all, Louis Botha is white. If there hadn't been a war, maybe Rock and Louis Botha would never have known each other, so it doesn't matter whether they are friends or not.

After the gold mine was discovered in Johannesburg, the war was in fact unavoidable. Rock's only regret was that he did not gain enough military exploits in this war. If Rock could win the title of "Baron" or even "Viscount" in the war, Then Rock will be more confident in protecting the Chinese in Johannesburg.

The first exchange between Roque and Louis Botha was not pleasant, and for this sake, there is basically nothing to say.

When Louis Botha was leaving, Roque stood up politely and shook hands with Louis Botha to say goodbye.

Just after Louis Botha left and went to communicate with other people, a follower who had been with Louis Botha did not leave with Louis Botha, but stood straight in front of Rock.

"Sir Locke, you probably don't know me. What I want to tell you is that the man you shot and killed is my younger brother. His name is Kenny Hodge. I hope you will remember his name." The bearded entourage said to Roque in a deep voice.

Uh, there are so many guerrillas that Rock killed with his own hands, I really don't know which one the stunned young man in front of him is talking about.

But seeing Luis Botha's back, Rock suddenly remembered the scene in front of the mountain stream.

At that time, Rock lured Louis Botha to talk back, and then shot and killed the man who was talking across the mountain——

Maybe, that person is Kenny Hodge.

"Sorry, I killed too many Boers with my own hands, and I don't know which one you are talking about." Rock would not care about this level of threat.

"Okay, very good!" The bearded entourage wanted to continue to say a few harsh words.

"Cliff—" someone called out sharply.

Cliff didn't talk nonsense anymore, he gave Rock a hard look and turned to leave.

Rock looked at Cliff's expression playfully.

The banquet was not very pleasant because of some unexpected guests.

Louis Botha not only communicated with Rock alone, Henry, Alder, Stoudemire, Louis Botha chatted with many people for a while, even if there is no time for a long chat, Louis Botha will be familiar Let me say hello, this person is indeed a good dancer, regardless of his position, many people will not hate him, no wonder he can be the Prime Minister of the South African Union.

After the banquet was over, Rock was not in a hurry to leave. As the best man, Rock wanted to send all the guests away with Henry, and then Rock could leave with Henry.

Louis Botha left the banquet early, and he was not in a good mood. At today's banquet, it was not only Roque who expressed hostility to Louis Botha. Many people were obviously disgusted with Louis Botha and his party. In this case, Louis Botha had expected that the deep hatred between the British and the Boers could not be concluded through a negotiation.

"We shouldn't have accepted the conditions of the British at all. Those conditions are too humiliating. Those in charge of the negotiations should be hanged." Ah, Louis Botha also has a guard of more than ten people.

"Cliff, pay attention to your behavior. If you dare to cause trouble again, I will hang you with my own hands." Louis Botha is very strict with those around him.

"You mean the damn police chief? Louis, my brother died, and Kenny was killed by that damn police chief, but you speak for that damn police chief!" Cliff stared angrily.

Louis Botta reined in his horse, looked at Cliff coldly, and warned solemnly: "Cliff, let me stress again, don't give you trouble, let us all suffer, there are too many people who died in the war , each of us has a relative who died, and more British people were killed by us. During the war, you can take revenge, but after the war is over, you must restrain yourself, and all revenge must end, including you!"

Cliff was furious, his face flushed, and he really wanted to argue, but in the face of Louis Botha's cold eyes, Cliff really didn't dare.

As the commander-in-chief of the Boer coalition forces, Louis Botha is also a battle-hardened veteran who can command tens of thousands of people. Naturally, he has the so-called "official authority". Therefore, when Louis Botha became serious, few people really could bear it.

"Remember?" Louis Botha demanded.

"Yes—" Cliff promised.

"Speak up, remember?" Louis Botha said forcefully.

"Remember!" Cliff yelled.

Luis Botha nodded in satisfaction before continuing to move forward.

Back at the hotel where he lived, Louis Botha asked Cliff to be sent away overnight, and he couldn't keep this time bomb with him.

Don't get me wrong, it doesn't mean to silence, but to literally send it away, send it out of Pretoria.

Louis Botha did not kill innocent people indiscriminately, otherwise it would not be convincing.

What Louis Botha didn't expect was that after Cliff was sent on the train, he didn't follow Louis Botha's order to go directly to Orange, but got off the train in Johannesburg.

To say that Louis Botha is also a ruthless person, knowing that Cliff got off the car midway, Louis Botha didn't waste any time and went directly to Rock.

Rock also has a house in Pretoria, just next to Henry's house. This street is full of officials from various departments of the Provisional Government of Pretoria, so it is called Government Street.

The security level of Government Street in Pretoria is second only to the Church Square where the Palace of Justice is located, and there are police patrols 24 hours a day, so Louis Botha was stopped by the patrolling police for questioning as soon as he entered Government Street.

Knowing that Louis Botha was looking for Rock, the patrolmen did not embarrass Louis Botha, but they did not let Louis Botha move freely, but "accompanied" Louis Botha to find Rock by escorting him.

This level of security made Louis Botha secretly startled. Pretoria was like this, how could Johannesburg be any better?

So if Cliff really wanted to avenge his brother, it would be his own death.

"Get off in Johannesburg, what does he want to do?" Rock didn't dare to be careless. After learning the news, he immediately asked Li De to send a telegram to the Johannesburg police station.

"I don't know. Cliff has serious violent tendencies. It's not his fault. The war has turned many people into devils. I'm worried that Cliff will do something out of the ordinary, so—" Louis Botha said in time The notification greatly increased Rock's favor for Louis Botha.

"So what? Hope I let him go?" Rock looked at the time. According to Louis Botha, Cliff should have got out of the car four hours ago. If Cliff wants to take revenge on someone, then It might be possible now.

"No, if Cliff made a mistake, then he should get the punishment he deserves. I just hope that if Cliff didn't make a mistake, the police in Johannesburg would not hurt him." Reeve excused, and that would only widen the rift between Louis Botha and Roque.

"Of course, if Cliff didn't make a mistake, the Johannesburg police would definitely not hurt him." Rock solemnly promised that if all the Boers were as sensible as Louis Botha, then Rock would be willing to live in peace with the Boers.

"Thank you." Luis Botha thanked sincerely.

"You're welcome, Louis, and I would like to thank you for your timely notification." Rock was also sincere, leaving aside the future, at least at this moment, Rock and Louis Botha had the same thoughts.

　Don't know what to say, I can't even reply to the post now--

　　

　

(End of this chapter)