Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 297 Death Penalty, Immediate Execution

Caucasians choose their names very randomly. The Cape has East London and Port Elizabeth, and the United States has New York and New Orleans. There are countless place names in the Cape called Victoria. Normally, if Rock named the new port "Zhenhai" or "Weihai", let alone the British, Rock himself would feel awkward.

The location of Port Edward is near Xindai in the future. In fact, it does not have the conditions to become a port, not to mention natural ports like Durban and Cape Town, even ports like Bella and Lorenzo Marques. In comparison, the natural conditions are also greatly inferior.

But Rock is not worried, as long as he gives the task to Christian, Christian will naturally have a way to complete it.

As for what price Christian will pay in the process of building Port Edward, this is not within the scope of Rock's consideration. Living in this era, Rock's thinking and behavior are gradually moving closer to this era. Some people in the 21st century The way of thinking is not appropriate in the early twentieth century. A half-step ahead is a genius, and a step ahead is a lunatic. Rock doesn't want to be seen as a lunatic.

So Roque can only be with the light, otherwise Roque will be regarded as a different kind, not only the British, but Africans will also treat Roque as a fool.

Rock is definitely not stupid, so Rock asked Scarlett to make a budget, and then handed over the project to Christian.

"Solemnly warn you, Chris, if there is a problem with the quality of the Port Edward project, you know the consequences." Rock still warned Christian, if the project quality problems in Johannesburg are excusable, then if there is a problem with Port Edward , Rock will never let Christian go so easily.

"Don't worry, my lord, I have already contacted Zha Zha, and Zha Zha will provide me with enough labor. My people are only in charge of supervision. I promise that there will be no problems in Port Edward. If there is any problem, I will send all my wife and children. Get rid of it, and then I hang myself on the pier in Port Edward." Christian really paid for it, and even Owen was shocked by Christian's determination.

"Zhazha is willing to let the Yao people work on the construction site?" Owen couldn't believe that Zhaza could be so cruel to the tribe.

Although Rock and Christian didn't say anything, Owen must know the situation on the construction site. There have been rumors in Johannesburg that there is a Zulu buried under every rail on the railway from Rhodesia to Nyasaland.

According to the news Owen received, the actual situation is worse than this. Many railway bridges will be built along the Rhodesia-Nyasaland railway. There are no construction machinery in this era, and the construction of mountains and bridges depends entirely on manpower, so the construction site One can imagine how bad the situation is.

"Of course Zha Zha won't let the Yao tribe work on the construction site, that's no different from sending them to death, but the Yao people are not the only ones in Zha Zha's territory, Zha Zha has also set up a slave hunting team now, and plans to arrest people and send them to the construction site to sell Money, I just need to prepare the cash, and leave the rest to Zhaza.” Christian is not stupid, and nothing that can be solved with money is not a problem, Zhaza needs a lot of money to rebuild the Mweni Matapa Kingdom , Christian is also helping Zhaza solve the problem.

Hearing Christian's explanation, Rock and Owen were silent. Sure enough, no one is innocent these days. Africans who have power are more ruthless against Africans than whites.

When white people colonized Africa, they had to pay more or less attention to sustainable development.

Africans don't have this concern. Whether it is now or in the future, in African countries, after Africans come to power, they often behave more brutally than whites.

"No way, this is reality." Rock spread his hands to Owen.

Owen curled his lips to express his understanding, but he didn't seem to accept it.

"I don't care what you do, move as fast as you can. Fortunately, there are enough steel bars and cement now, and it shouldn't be troublesome to build a port." Rock is still prepared, and most of the cement produced by Fawalt is It was bought by Rock and put into production from the cement factory. Rock did not take a penny from the cement factory, but paid [-] pounds for the purchase of cement.

This is also helpless. Although Rock is also a shareholder of the Fawalt Cement Plant, Rock has to pay for cement, so Rock simply converts the profit into the payable for the purchase of cement.

Henry is still very interesting. The price he gave to Rock is very cheap, which is more than half cheaper than the external sales price. Even so, the dividends that Rock deserves are still not enough to pay for the purchase of cement, which is less than a year. Carrie has paid more than one hundred thousand pounds to the cement factory.

The same is true for steel bars. The steel plant in Johannesburg has not yet started production. Rock can only buy steel from Europe. This part of the expenditure is more than 72 pounds per month, but Rock can afford it now. [-] pounds is only [-] kilograms of gold. Now that Rock buys supplies, he uses gold to pay directly.

"Rock, don't put your mind on Nyasaland, Johannesburg is our foundation." Owen was dissatisfied with Rock's large investment in Nyasaland. any relationship.

"I haven't forgotten Johannesburg. The road will be repaired as soon as the rainy season is over. Now it is from Johannesburg to Bigwig Town. After this section is completed, the next section will be from Johannesburg to Pretoria. By the way, this should be a municipal project, you Can't you help me apply for a grant or something?" Rock is also dissatisfied. Currently, Rock's foundation is in Johannesburg. In the long run, Nyasaland is Rock's base.

"The city government has no money. The last loan was used for disaster relief and fighting the plague. The city government has no money now." Owen knows the financial situation of the city government. Although the loan has not been spent, there is not much left. Don't think about it, but if Rock needs a loan, Owen can help.

Roque doesn't need a loan. If Roque needs a loan, he can just go to the Rand Bank directly, and Roque will not give the money to the Imperial Bank.

After Christian was driven away, Rock left Johannesburg for Pretoria, the case of Austin Burns was about to start, and Rock wanted to go to Henry to inquire about the latest progress of the case.

"Lock, it's very troublesome. William II sent a special envoy to attend the trial of Austin Burns. It's very difficult for us to operate now." Henry was frowning. Although Henry didn't care much about Austin Burns, he didn't handle it well. Henry still feels guilty about what he asked for.

When he was at the Cape Town Police Station, Henry was also under Austin Burns, but Henry didn't have much affection for Austin Burns. Austin Burns prevented the Boers from going to Johannesburg, and Henry was not a direct beneficiary, so Henry was not Care a lot about Austin Burns.

"F***——" Rock cursed secretly, but he didn't dare to curse out loud. After all, William II and Edward VII were relatives.

This is outrageous.

"What does Duke Cowper say?" Rock pinned his hopes on the justice.

"Duke Cowper didn't dare to do anything. Last week, I sent Duke Cowper [-] pounds. As a result, the day before yesterday, Duke Cowper sent someone to return the money, and no one else Dare to collect money, and now I haven't even figured out the situation of the jury." Henry shook his head helplessly, with William II's special envoy, the money is really hot.

"Is it possible to think of other ways?" Rock found another way. If it doesn't work out in court, then Rock will have to think of other ways.

"What way? Prison robbery? Don't be ridiculous, the prison is guarded by the police station." Henry didn't want to set himself on fire. Prison robbery is actually not impossible, but in that case, the Pretoria Police Department will have to bear the responsibility.

"No, no, it's not prison robbery. I mean, think of other ways." Rock would not use the unskilled method of prison robbery. Apart from prison robbery, Rock had other ways to get people out.

"You mean—" Henry thought thoughtfully.

"Think of a way—" Rock's eyes flickered, and the two police chiefs discussed together, and there was still a lot of room for maneuver.

The next day, the case about Austin Pence and the other three was officially opened in the Pretoria court.

Governor Adelaide and Kaiser Wilhelm II's special envoy Leutwein, the governor of German Southwest Africa, came to the scene in person. There was a heated debate in the court. Not guilty plea.

What makes people feel funny is that the prosecutor is actually the city government of Bloemfontein. The reason they sued Austin Pence and the other three is that Austin Pence and the other three brazenly ordered the army to He and the police opened fire on the Boers who were moving towards Johannesburg and caused heavy casualties.

For this reason, the city government of Bloemfontein prosecuted three people including Austin Burns for murder, attempted murder, dereliction of duty, and more than 1650 charges.

The situation that Roque expected to read the indictment for several days did not happen. The Bloemfontein City Government submitted a 150-page document to the court, which listed three people including Austin Pence For the crime, the Bloemfontein City Government demanded that three people including Austin Burns be sentenced to death, and that the Transvaal Government and the Johannesburg City Government pay compensation to the Boers.

The focus of the debate is mainly on compensation, and it doesn't care much about the life and death of the Austin Pence trio

The three of Austin Pence are indeed in a very embarrassing situation. They have been in prison for more than a month. Several of them are very thin and look unkempt. During the trial, Austin Pence and the other three even cut their heads. They didn't lift it up, they seemed to have accepted their fate.

The justice was still very efficient. It took only one day to complete the trial of the case, and then Austin Pence and the other three were sentenced to death and executed immediately.

(End of this chapter)