Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 254 Self-help

While Roque was running up and down for the militia, the Chinese farmers in Kronstad also tried their best to save themselves.

The Chinese never wait passively in this regard. The experience left by the Chinese for thousands of years of feudal rule is: relying on the mountains to fall, relying on everyone to run, and when it comes to critical times, they are still the most reliable.

Although relying on Roque, the Chinese farmers can own their own property in Johannesburg, but to say that the Chinese farmers will rely on Roque for everything is to underestimate the independent spirit of the Chinese.

The tradition of the Chinese is that a drop of water should be reciprocated. Most of the Chinese in Johannesburg are from humble backgrounds. They may not know this saying, but they must understand this truth. Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, the Chinese will not go to Rock.

It's not that you don't rely on Rock, but that you don't make trouble for Rock. In the simple values ​​of Chinese farmers, Rock is the one who will do great things, so the problems that farmers can solve by themselves will never cause trouble for Rock. .

So, can the security issue be solved by the farmers independently?

Can and can't.

It cannot be said that due to limited ability and conditions, Chinese farmers can not do much.

But not much can be done, it does not mean that nothing is done, the Boers who do nothing, the Chinese will not do this, even if there is only a [-]% possibility, the Chinese farmers will put in [-]% effort .

After the tragedy at the Liszt Farm, many Chinese began to hug together to keep warm.

The easiest way is that three or five farmers who are not far away will start to move closer together. They originally built their houses in the center of the farm, but now they would rather demolish the houses in the center of the farm and gather together to form a community with only Villages of three or five farmers.

Don't underestimate the fact that there are only three or five households in the area. In fact, each household has three or five adult men, plus women and a dozen—or even dozens of big dogs. The power should not be underestimated.

If such a village, together with the militia groups not far away, is enough to form a mutual echo in a local area, and if the Boers cross the border to commit crimes, it will no longer be so easy to succeed.

Rock doesn't care about the militia and the defense. Although no one knows where the three Albert Simpson brothers have gone, Rock will definitely not let them go. Albert Simpson and the three brothers are Boers, and they can go wherever they can Very limited, Rock even estimated that they were still in Orange, so Rock went to Bloemfontein Police Chief Austin Burns and asked him to help find the three Albert Simpson brothers.

Austin Burns was Rock's immediate supervisor at Cape Town Police.

It has been more than a year since Roque left the Cape Town Police Department. Roque is now a baron, a senior superintendent; Austin Burns has only risen from the inspector to a superintendent, so Austin Burns is in It was a bit embarrassing to see Rock.

Rock didn't take it seriously, and still had a lot of respect for Austin Burns, without the slightest arrogance of aristocrats, which greatly increased Austin Burns' favor for Rock.

"——The city government and the Governor's Office are very concerned about this case. It is my negligence to say that serious violent cases occurred in the jurisdiction. In other words, our police force has a bad face. The speed will bring the criminals to justice, although the three Albert Simpson brothers are nowhere to be found, but we can conclude that they must still be in Orange, so—" Rock did not ask, hoping that Austin Pence took the initiative to cooperate.

Since Rock is so generous, Austin Burns is not a fool, and Austin Burns will not turn a blind eye to Rock's olive branch, so Austin Burns responded in a timely manner: "No problem Sir Rock, if there is Bron Where the Fontaine Police Department can help, I won't say no - it's unbelievable, it's only been two years, and I remember you coming out of the hospital, sorry Locke -"

"Don't be sorry Austin, I will always be grateful for your care of me. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have the chance to be the commando captain, and Sharma—" Rock made a timely rescue for Austin Pence.

"Ahahahaha—that idiot Sharma, he has been sent back to India for abusing prisoners." Of course Austin Burns still remembered Sharma. Compared with Rock, Sharma is indeed an idiot.

In this way, Roque and Austin Pence also had a dirty relationship together, so the next thing is easy to say, Austin Pence promised to send police officers to assist the Johannesburg Police Department in the investigation, and Roque also invited Austin Pence Spence went to Johannesburg as a guest at an appropriate time. Of course, Rock did not forget to bring Austin Burns a "souvenir" from Johannesburg, and they were both very satisfied.

After all, they used to be colleagues, and they had a dirty relationship together. Johannesburg and Bloemfontein border. Today, Rock is asking for Austin Burns. Another day, the Bloemfontein Police Department may need the cooperation of the Johannesburg Police Department. Who wants to offend a baron—

Indeed, no one wanted to offend a baron. As soon as Rock returned to Johannesburg from Bloemfontein, Louis Botha followed him.

"Welcome Luis, I guess you must have brought me good news." Rocky smiled. The little favor he had accumulated for Luis Botha disappeared because of the loan distribution.

The total loan of 3000 million pounds, after arguing from top to bottom in Johannesburg, only 750 million remained in Johannesburg in the end.

It seems to be much more than 450 million, right?

But Johannesburg must not be satisfied. According to Johannesburg's request, at least one-third of the 3000 million pounds loan must be kept in Johannesburg before Johannesburg will agree to help repay the loan.

Otherwise, Johannesburg would rather not have a penny than agree to repay the loan with revenue.

Of course, Pretoria and Bloemfontein will not agree to Johannesburg's "unreasonable" demands.

According to Bloemfontein's request, the loan should be divided into two, Orange and Transvaal, so as to ensure the fairness of loan distribution.

Some of Pretoria's requirements are the same as those of Johannesburg. If they are distributed equally, then the Transvaal and Orange will have separate loans, and whoever pays the other will not interfere with each other.

If a joint loan is to be made, then according to the repayment ratio, the Transvaal must get at least two-thirds of it.

For the above part, the requirements of Pretoria are basically the same as those of Johannesburg.

However, in the distribution within the Transvaal, Pretoria and Johannesburg have huge differences. Johannesburg insists on equal distribution. Pretoria refers to the degree of damage and recovery of the two places in the war, and expresses that it will give Johannesburg 500 at most. ten thousand pounds.

Bloemfontein strongly disagrees with the distribution of Johannesburg and Pretoria.

For a loan of 3000 pounds, officials from Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Bloemfontein fought at the Palace of Justice, refusing to give in to each other.

In the end, it was Adelaide who came out with the muddy mud. Adelaide divided the loan into three parts, Orange took 1200 million pounds, Pretoria took 1000 million pounds, Johannesburg took 750 million pounds, and the final 50 pounds went to the Governor's Palace .

All three parties were dissatisfied.

But under the current conditions, this is the only solution that can be reluctantly accepted by the three parties.

Luis Botha was one of the representatives who traveled to Pretoria to negotiate on behalf of Orange.

By the way, Ader has fulfilled the promise of the "peace agreement", and Louis Botha is now the deputy mayor of Bloemfontein, who is responsible for the resettlement of the Boers.

After becoming the deputy mayor, Louis Botha fought for every inch of land for profit, and even took the lawsuit to London in order to get more loans. Therefore, officials in the Transvaal didn't like Louis Botha very much, and neither did Roque. exception.

"Sorry, Sir Locke, maybe my news won't satisfy you." Louis Botha's expression was serious as if he was on the execution ground. Compared with the last time he saw Rock, Louis Botha lost a lot of weight.

Rock could feel that Louis Botha was under a lot of pressure during this time.

The pressure on Louis Botha is indeed great, especially when the Chinese farmers in Johannesburg are building farms in full swing. This seems to be proving that the Boers are a lazy, stubborn, and unprogressive group. I don't like this feeling, but Louis Botha doesn't know how to change it.

After returning to Orange, there was a period of time when Louis Botha was full of confidence and wanted to build Orange to be comparable to Johannesburg.

The reality dealt a heavy blow to Louis Botha. The Boers were no longer the hard-working and simple Boers before the war broke out. Honestly cultivate farms, in the words of those Boers: they are now British, so the British government should contract their clothing, food, housing, and transportation.

Louis Botha knows that this is impossible. The British government is not a charity. They can compensate the Boers, give relief to the Boers, and even help the Boers with loans. However, the British government will not back down unconditionally. If the Boers continue to eat like this Just wait, and it won't be long before the Boers are as annoying as the Zulus.

For the vast majority of Boers, the Chinese are actually very annoying, but the "hating" of the Boers to the Chinese is completely different from the "hating" of the Zulus.

To the Zulus, the Boers are pure, extreme, unabashed distaste.

For the Chinese, the "hate" of the Boers seems to be more envy, jealousy, and - hate!

Rock could feel the embarrassment of Louis Botha, so Rock took a rest and waited for Louis Botha to express his intention.

"Sir Locke, do you remember Cliff?" Louis Botha rubbed his forehead, as if trying to get these troublesome things out of his mind.

"Cliff—" Rock thought hard, but couldn't remember.

"A few months ago, before the "Peace Agreement" was signed, your Johannesburg police station arrested a guerrilla who returned to Johannesburg privately—" Louis Botha smiled wryly, and Rock really didn't remember.

There is no need for Roque to lie about this kind of thing. If you remember it, you remember it. If you don’t remember it, you don’t remember it. Roque doesn’t need to pretend.

"Reed—" Rock asked Reed, Rock had so many things to do every day, he really couldn't remember such a small role as Cliff.

"It seems that there is such a person. We seemed to be in Pretoria at the time. You ordered an arrest by telegram—" Li De still had a vague memory.

"Oh——" Rock finally remembered that there was indeed such a person, and the efficiency of the Johannesburg Police Department surprised everyone: "What happened to Cliff?"

That arrest was just a small episode for Rock, so Rock didn't take it seriously at all.

After returning to Johannesburg, Rock didn't ask about Cliff's situation, and didn't even know whether Cliff was dead or alive.

"I'm not looking for the three Albert Simpson brothers. Someone found Cliff and the three Albert Simpson brothers together." Louis Botha came to report.

"Where are they?" Rock charged, and the police stations in Johannesburg and Bloemfontein almost dug three feet into the Transvaal and Orange, but they couldn't find the three Albert Simpson brothers, or even There is no news of the three Albert Simpson brothers at all, they seem to have disappeared.

"They went to Cape Town some time ago, and I heard that they bought some weapons, and now they are preparing to return to Johannesburg—" Louis Botha had pain in his eyes. If possible, Louis Botha would definitely not tell Luo the news. gram.

But Louis Botha is very clear that if the three brothers Cliff and Albert Simpson continue to commit crimes, it will seriously affect the relationship between the Boers and the Chinese, and the situation will collapse out of control .

Therefore, Louis Botha wanted to tell Rock the news about the three Albert Simpson brothers before the gaffe was still under control.

"Thank you, Louis, this is simply the best news for me, I owe you once." Rock solemnly thanked Louis Botha, this news came very timely, and Louis Botha also risked a lot Big risk, Rock must be grateful.

Strictly speaking, this kind of behavior of Louis Botha is a betrayal of the Boer community. If this matter is not spread, it will be fine. If it is spread, it will seriously hit Louis Botha's reputation among the Boers. Because of his prestige, Louis Botha took a great risk to tell Rock this news.

In fact, there is not much risk. Roque will definitely not take the initiative to spread the news. Louis Botha's behavior is different from Herbert Hoover. Although this is also a trick, Roque will never Will threaten Luis Botha with it.

"Sir Locke, promise me not to blame innocent people." Louis Botha also had a request.

Perhaps this is the real reason why Louis Botha took the initiative to tell Rock the news.

If Rock finds out by himself, no matter how many people are related to this matter, Rock will kill them all.

Also as an excellent soldier, Louis Botha did not doubt Rock's determination.

　Thanks to the "Peninsula Porridge" brother yesterday for the reward, and the "The world will not favor sentimental people" brother's rudder for the reward, plus more will be delivered later, three times a day, 1 words are for Yutou It's already the limit——

　　

　

(End of this chapter)