Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 232

Both Roque and Louis Botha hope that the war will end as soon as possible.

As long as the war continues, the Transvaal will be under military control, and the provisional government will not be able to really play a role, and the police station will naturally be a display.

Rock hopes to end the war as soon as possible, not only because of the law enforcement power of the police station. After the war is over, the interim government will start to rebuild. At that time, Rock can unscrupulously increase the intensity of Chinese immigrants from the Qing Dynasty, and give Rock a In two years, Rock can immigrate 30 people to Johannesburg. At that time, whether the British or the Boers are in power, the power of the Chinese cannot be ignored.

30 is quite a lot. In the four colonies of the Cape, the combined British population is about 20. The Boers suffered heavy casualties in the war. There are still more than 60 people, so 30 is not too much. If possible, Romania Ke hopes to immigrate 50 people, so as to guarantee the interests of the Chinese in Cape.

If it is 50, it is not impossible to work hard.

In another time and space, without Rock's participation, the mine owners in Johannesburg worked together to immigrate [-] people from the Qing Dynasty within a year.

In this time and space, with Rock's deep participation and the full cooperation of Stoudemire and Henry, if Rock can't move 10 people a year, he is simply incompetent.

Louis Botha also wanted the war to end as soon as possible.

Although the Boers have stubbornly resisted at the negotiating table, in fact, the smart Boers know that the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State are over, and the British cannot allow the Boers to be independent. Therefore, all the "stubborn" , all just to strive for a more decent surrender.

As long as the war continues, the guerrillas will have to sleep in the open, go hungry, and face the joint strangulation of the expeditionary army and the provisional government.

Women and children in concentration camps will continue to die as long as the war continues.

The population density in the concentration camp was extremely high, tents, blankets, clothes and medicines were scarce, the plague was prevalent, malnutrition, and the death rate was extremely high. The death rate in the concentration camp for whites in the Orange area was as high as 1901% in October 10.

During the entire war, the Boers killed less than 5000 people on the battlefield, but more than 3 people died in the concentration camps.

Of the 3 people, children make up the majority.

Children are the future of the Boers, and Louis Botha would never have accepted surrender if the death rate of children had not continued to rise. The expeditionary force knew this, so they threatened the Boer guerrillas with women and children in concentration camps.

So what if the Boers won the war if there were no children?

The future of the entire nation is gone!

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After receiving Rock's telegram, the Johannesburg Police Department acted immediately.

In fact, just as Cliff walked out of the train station, he was under surveillance by the Johannesburg Police Station.

Rock played an important role in the rectification of the hotel industry before. Cliff didn't know that the hotels in Johannesburg are now the police's eyeliner, so after Cliff checked into the hotel, his information was reported to the police by the hotel owner.

In charge of the operation is the commando led by Martin.

The action plan is old-fashioned but effective. The hotel attendant calls the door, and then the commandos carry out the arrest. Before the popularization of television, this old-fashioned method is very effective. Cliff is not a very cautious person, otherwise he would not Feel free to check into the hotel.

The original plan was good, but there were still problems in the implementation.

"No, gentlemen, I dare not, he will kill me—" the hotel clerk trembled, and dared not call the door.

"Fuck, we have so many people here, how could he kill you?" Martin was angry and helpless, you can't expect a person without special training to have the same courage as a commando.

"That man has more than one gun. I saw it when I was checking in. He will kill me. Please—" the hotel clerk burst into tears and almost collapsed on the ground. If you have enough courage, it is estimated that you will reveal your secrets when you go up.

"What the hell--" Martin turned his head and looked around, and found that there were Chinese commandos around him.

"Inspector, how about another way—" one of Martin's sheriffs was clever.

"What can I do?" Martin went to the doctor in a hurry.

"Wait a minute—" The sheriff hurried away with two commandos, and brought back a Boolean woman in a blink of an eye.

The clothes on this Boolean woman were a bit revealing, and the makeup on her face was a bit heavy. It was already early in the morning, but she was still in high spirits. You didn't need to ask to know that she must be a special worker.

"Should we call the door meeting?" Martin asked directly.

"Officer, you can call me anything—" The special worker was quite humorous.

"Don't wave, hold on—" Martin didn't talk nonsense, and tiptoed upstairs with special workers and a large group of commandos.

When they came to the door of the room where Cliff lived, the special worker first made a gesture, and then knocked lightly on the door.

no response.

It is estimated that he was too sleepy, so he continued to knock.

"Who?" Well, finally woke up.

"Sir, do you need room service?" The special worker's voice is sweet, if you don't work in this line of work, it's good to be an operator.

"No need—" Cliff was a little grumpy.

"The service is very considerate—" the voice of the special worker was melodious.

"and many more!"

Those who know how to drink can't hold back!

"Let me inspect the goods first—" Cliff muttered as he opened the door.

Then he was pinned down by a group of big men like wolves and tigers.

"What the hell, what the hell are you—" Cliff's voice changed.

"Shut up for me!" Cliff answered with a fist.

"Good job!" Martin admired the performance of the special workers just now, and he may consider adding this position to the police station.

"Thank you for the praise, but it would be more realistic if you could give me some reward." The special worker was very realistic.

The little goodwill that had just appeared in Martin's heart was wiped out immediately.

Martin didn't talk nonsense, went in and searched Cliff's luggage, and found a handful of gold jewelry from Cliff's pocket.

Some of the jewelry had blood on it.

"Fuck!" When Martin passed by Cliff, he kicked Cliff hard in the face.

After receiving the bloody gold ring, the way the special worker looked at Cliff could almost burn him.

"Officer, I don't want any pay. Can you beat this bastard for me again, just like you kicked just now, a few more kicks, harder." The special worker is quite just.

"Fuck, get the hell out of here, get out of here." Martin turned his face away and refused to recognize anyone. He was so swollen that he wanted to call the police.

Take Cliff back to the police station, and Martin will not be in charge of the interrogation. In the current Johannesburg police station, there are many disciples of Martin, especially those detectives, who are better than blue.

When Roque received the telegram, Luis Botha had not left.

"Caught it?" Luis Botha couldn't believe it.

"Well, I caught it." Rock understated it, and he could fully imagine the turbulent waves in Louis Botha's heart.

It is now 1902, a time when wireless telegraphy had just been invented and had not yet been popularized. From when Roque sent a telegram to the Johannesburg Police Station to when the Johannesburg Police Station arrested him, it took no more than an hour.

What is this efficiency?

If the expeditionary force had this efficiency, the guerrillas would have been wiped out by the expeditionary force long ago.

Louis Botha would be very lucky. Fortunately, the British did not trust the Chinese and did not let Rock go to the battlefield.

In fact, Rock has been on it, but it can only be regarded as a guest appearance. Even so, it still caused great harm to the Boers.

"How did you do it?" Louis Botta was puzzled.

"It's like what you can see." Rock didn't explain, and there was nothing to brag about that could be solved with a telegram.

Whether it is worth it or not is not up to Rock. After dawn, the miracle of the Johannesburg Police Station spread throughout Pretoria.

Then Henry was called by Ade to the Palace of Justice and reprimanded. After returning to the police station, Henry looked at Rock full of resentment.

"Please, next time you do something like this, can you notify me in advance, and I will cooperate with you to pretend to be that." Henry asked himself, his control over the Pretoria Police Department was not as good as Rock.

This is for sure. When leading the commando in Cape Town, although Henry was the captain, Rock was in charge of the specific work, and Henry was just a name.

It was the same in Pretoria, Henry was in charge of the superstructure, and Roque was in charge of the economic base. As a result, Roque went to Johannesburg, and Henry's control over the police station was lost by more than half.

This is actually no wonder Henry, Johannesburg did not have as many Boers as Pretoria. Before the war, Johannesburg was regarded as the traditional sphere of influence of the United Kingdom, so the "reform committee" dared to launch a riot, but it is a pity that even in that Under such circumstances, the riots of the "Reform Committee" were still suppressed by the Boers.

Pretoria is the capital of the Transvaal Republic. There are not many Englishmen in the city. Unlike Johannesburg, where English mine owners are everywhere, even Rock works in Pretoria. more difficult.

"This is an unexpected incident, and I didn't know it would end so quickly." Rock told the truth that the performance of the Johannesburg Police Department this time really surprised Rock.

"It's just because of the damn emergency that I, the police chief, seem so incompetent." Henry lamented that he really had nothing to say this time. The Rock people are in Pretoria, not Johannesburg at all, so Rock and the Johannesburg Police Department are getting the limelight this time around.

This limelight was reflected on the negotiating table. When Rock appeared, the Boolean representatives looked at Rock very complicatedly.

For a long time, it was Steyn and Beagle who negotiated on behalf of the Boers. Some time ago, Steyn was seriously ill and could not participate in the negotiations, so he sent General DeWitt to participate in the negotiations instead of Steyn.

DeWitt was the General of Orange who mobilized the disarmed Boers back to war.

Once, on the blacklist within the Expeditionary Force, DeWitt was once more important than Louis Botha.

Because the result of the negotiation requires the consent of all Boers, at the beginning of January, representatives of the Boers representing the two Boer republics, 32 local militia groups and 165 guerrilla groups met in Frinisin to discuss whether to accept the peace talks proposed by the British government. condition.

On January NO.15, Roque accompanied Ade to Vrynisin and had talks with Boer representative Jan Smother.

Adler put forward twelve conditions for the peace talks to Yang Smozi. The key first stipulates that the Boer field troops and armed citizens lay down their arms, hand over all the guns and war materials owned or controlled by them, and terminate the war against Edward VII. His Majesty the King continues any attempt to resist and recognizes His Majesty the King as his rightful sovereign.

On January 25, 60 Boer representatives voted on whether to give up maintaining independence, and the result was 54 votes to 6 to accept the first content.

On January 31, Adler, General DeWitt, who represented Orange, and President Beagle, who represented the Transvaal, formally signed a peace treaty in Frynicing, and the 27-month Anglo-Boer War came to an end.

"It's finally over—" After signing, Ade gave the signed pen to Rock as a souvenir.

"Congratulations, Your Excellency Governor, you will really perform your duties next." Roque's mood was not relieved by the end of the war, but became more and more heavy.

For the interim government—the Transvaal government, the end of the war means that the work has just begun, and there is still work to be done. The expeditionary force will then withdraw from the Transvaal in batches. There was no garrison in Transvaal, and the Cape government sent General Hopkins to lead a colonial servant army to the Transvaal to guard against possible turmoil.

Yes, although the Expeditionary Force had declared the war over a year ago, and although the writing on the Peace Agreement was not yet dry, the Transvaal was still in a dangerous vortex.

After the signing of the "Peace Agreement", the guerrillas who persisted in fighting in Cape will lay down their weapons and return to the Transvaal, the refugee camps will be gradually dismantled, and the women and children in the refugee camps will gradually return home——

The crux of the matter is that their home is gone.

Although Ade agreed to compensate the Boer farmer with 300 million pounds, the 300 million pounds obviously cannot compensate the losses suffered by the Boers during the war. Therefore, this lawsuit still has to be fought.

After the "Peace Agreement" was signed, Roque returned to Johannesburg as quickly as possible, and arrived at the No. 30 No. [-] refugee camp, the largest in the Johannesburg area, that night.

There are nearly 30 Boers in the No. [-] No. [-] refugee camp, which is the largest of the three local refugee camps in Johannesburg. The three local refugee camps in Johannesburg add up to [-] refugees. They are natives of Johannesburg, some of them are citizens of Johannesburg, and more are farmers around Johannesburg.

"How is the situation, Sir Locke?" Philip was there.

"It's basically normal. The "Peace Agreement" has been signed. The refugee camp will be dismantled after a while. We need to do some preventive work first." Rock came back so quickly to prevent problems before they happen.

"Yeah, this mess is ours now." Philip looked sadly at the dilapidated refugee camp.

What a mess!

(End of this chapter)