Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 302 Collective Resignation

All the Boers were housed in a mountain depression 70 kilometers from Johannesburg.

The area here is large enough, but the environment is not good. The vegetation on the surrounding mountains is not lush. There are few tall trees and more low bushes. The weeds at the bottom of the valley are very lush, and some rocks are exposed in the grass. The situation is not good either. There are gravel and gravel everywhere, which do not have much value for reclamation, so it has not been developed.

On one side of the valley, there is a small river that dries up in the dry season and floods in the rainy season. The river bank is jagged with strange rocks. It is the rainy season at this time, and the water flow in the small river is quite large, and the sound of rumbling water can be heard far away.

Standing at the mouth of the valley and looking at the top of the mountain, the bodies of large wild animals can be seen in a flash. Living here, weapons must be indispensable, so Rock returned Bobby Bennett and the others. Bobby Bennett and the others brought the horses. Without these horses, it would be difficult for Bobby Bennett to live here.

"The area of ​​the valley is [-] acres. In fact, it should be larger than this. The people in the Ministry of the Interior will not accurately measure this kind of place. Most of them sent someone here to take a look and estimate a number randomly. Such a large area The area is enough for you to open up a farm. In a few days, the Agricultural Association will send someone to help you plan the farm. If you need materials for building a house, go to Oak Town. There are wood factories and stone factories there, and you can easily hire construction teams. After you settle down, go to the nearest police station level—you are still a policeman, so you can act as a sheriff first, and we will talk about the future.” Rock personally sent Bobby Bennett to the destination , The last time Rock went to Wilcombe, Bobby Bennett made a good impression on Rock.

"My lord, thank you very much—" Bobby Bennett was full of gratitude. Although the conditions here were not good, there was no threat of plague, and Bobby Bennett was very satisfied.

Of course, the farm was not given for free. It was originally the property of Louis Barnard, the finance director. At the beginning, Louis Barnard bought the valley from the Johannesburg city government for only 350 pounds. Now it was sold for 800 pounds. Considering the subsidy he received some time ago, Louis Barnard is very satisfied with this deal.

Bobby Bennett and the others are quite rich, and they happily paid for the purchase of the farm. Rock didn’t ask where the money came from. Wilcom’s people are dying, Bobby Bennett It's normal for them to have money.

"You don't need to thank me. This is an opportunity you have won for yourself." Rock could foresee that after the plague, the situation in Orange would be very miserable. At that time, Rock wanted to see Louis Botha and Yang Shi What kind of moths can Mozi and the others come up with.

"We really have no choice. Staying in Wilcomb is just waiting to die. When the plague just broke out, the situation was barely under control. Now there are not enough people to bury the corpses. There are only about 1000 people left in the town. People asked to go to Bloemfontein, but the plague situation in Bloemfontein was worse, so we risked being shot and came to Johannesburg. Our plan was that if Johannesburg did not accept us, we would be next to Kronstadt Fortunately, the gentlemen of the cavalry regiment did not shoot." Bobby Bennett is still afraid now.

Rock can only smile wryly. In this situation, no one dares to shoot. Although the performance of Louis Botha and Yang Smother is annoying, they have to admit that they have indeed achieved their goal. Now the police in Johannesburg And the garrison will unconsciously be restrained when facing the Boers.

Rock didn't stay for too long. After bringing Bobby Bennett and the others to the place, Rock returned to Johannesburg immediately.

Luis Botha quickly came to his door, not asking for someone, but asking for help.

This time, Louis Botha learned the lesson, instead of going to Roque, he went directly to Mayor Philip.

Mayor Philip proved to be more difficult than Roque, Louis Botha got nothing and then went from Johannesburg to Pretoria.

Judging from this posture, if there is no rescue, Louis Botha will probably run all the way to London.

Rock Regardless of Louis Botha, at the end of November, there was a conflict between Zulus and police in Natal. Two policemen were attacked by Zulus when they went to a Zulu tribe to perform official duties. One The policeman died and one policeman narrowly escaped.

Afterwards, the Natal Police Department arrested 12 Zulus involved in the attack on the police and sentenced all 12 Zulus to death.

After the trial results are reported to London, London will review the judgment made by the Natal government. Before the review results, the execution of the 12 Zulus is not allowed.

The news came back to Natal, where the government resigned en masse in protest of the London decision.

It was the first time a government official in the four Cape colonies had resigned en masse, so Natal now attracted the attention of all of southern Africa, overshadowed by the threat of plague.

The threat of the plague is only relative to civilians, and it is not a big threat to officials who stay in the office all day.

Relatively speaking, officials are still more concerned about the collective resignation of Natal government officials, which is closely related to the interests of colonial officials.

"London's decision is simply nonsense. If everything has to be reported, everything has to be censored, and even the results of interrogations can be overturned, then the work of the colony cannot be done. What's the point of us colonial officials? Just let London manage Natal directly." Owen complained that London was merciless, and Johannesburg was also watching, and when necessary, officials in Johannesburg would also support Natal officials.

This is actually a power contest between the suzerain and the colonies. London hopes to emphasize the rights of the suzerain, while the Natal government wants to fight for the autonomy of the colonies. Whoever surrenders first means that whose rights will be drastically reduced.

The City of Johannesburg certainly wanted London to loosen its grip on Johannesburg, so on this point the interests of all colonial officials were aligned.

"Do you think they don't want to? It's just too far away." Rock is not polite. Some people in London have stretched their hands too far. The Johannesburg Police Department seems to be blown up these days, including the Zulu police. The twelve Zulus were shot immediately.

Not all ethnic minorities will think about their own ethnic group.

Rock still trusts the Zulu police. To put it bluntly, the reason why the Zulu police of the Johannesburg Police Department left Zululand and came to Johannesburg to work for the British represents their attitude. Like those overseers who attacked Zulu workers viciously, the Zulu policemen in the Johannesburg Police Station are still very realistic. They will sacrifice their lives to whoever feeds them. They can even sell their lives, and what else can’t be sold .

As a policeman, Rock must of course protect the interests of the police group, so Rock's attitude is also very firm. The twelve Zulus who attacked the police must all be executed by shooting.

And the execution must be executed as soon as possible, we can't wait for London to conduct some damn review, God knows when it will be reviewed, every day the case drags on, the damage to the police group will continue for a day, if all the Zulus start attacking the police, after that The police don't have to go out either.

"Those Zulus are also daring. I heard that the reason they attacked the police was because of the war tax. The Natal government is also poor and crazy. It actually requires every Zulu to pay a war tax of five pounds. Those Zulus If you have money, you'll be damned." Owen's map gun is unmatched, he just mocked London, and now he is mocking the Natal government.

This "war tax" is still the aftermath of the Boer War. After the "Peace Agreement" was signed, the British government began to collect war taxes in Natal and Cape, because the British government promised during the peace negotiations: any tax collected to pay for the war Taxes are not imposed on the two newly conquered regions, so the war tax this time is particularly high.

Cape is better, because the economic development is relatively high, and the people in Cape are generally richer, and five pounds can still be taken out.

It is very difficult for Natal to raise taxes. After all, those Zulu people have little money, let alone five pounds. Many Zulu families can't even get a single pound.

Taxation is an important means for the UK to control Natal. In order to force the Zulus in Natal to work for the British government, the British government stipulated that all Zulus who did not work had to pay a tax of two pounds a year.

The Zulu people have no money at all, and they don’t want to work. Thanks to the rich resources in southern Africa, the Zulu people can survive even if they don’t work. Although the quality of life is a bit poor, they are free and unrestrained. Good mining.

"Don't gloat. It's a good thing that the damned war tax is not collected in Johannesburg, otherwise I don't know what troubles will happen." Rock can only rejoice that many farms in Johannesburg are home to hundreds of Chinese. If they are taxed, Each farm costs four or five hundred pounds. In the current situation, it is simply impossible to get it out.

"The trouble is your police station's trouble, it has nothing to do with me." Owen lay lazily on the sofa, looking heartless and worthy of a beating.

The phone on the table rang suddenly, and it was Henry calling.

"Locke, you are in trouble again. Louis Botha has sued you at the Governor's Office, the Johannesburg city government, saying that you have taken in Wilcombe residents who violated the regulations and moved to Johannesburg, and you have also taken away the residents belonging to Bloomfon The property of Dan City Government, you'd better think about how to deal with it, the governor is a little angry." Henry was the messenger, which is the benefit of someone in the court, no matter what troubles happen in Pretoria, Rock can get the news in time.

　On the last day of June, think about adding more, and by the way, I would like to ask carefully, can I reserve the guaranteed monthly pass for the brothers next month——

　　

　

(End of this chapter)