Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 735 Cracks

Swift has not realized that the mistake he made has reached the point of being sent back to Orange. Under the influence of alcohol, his brain is now in a state of hyperactivity, so he did not execute the order of Louis Botha So determined.

In fact, including Luis Botha and Carlos, they don't think it's a big deal to touch their buttocks. After all, in places like bars, there are people who drink too much, let alone bars in Orange. Touch the buttocks, public announcements in remote corners, there are all kinds of things.

But in Nyasaland, since that's what the law stipulates, Louis Botha has nothing to say, and Rock didn't deliberately target Swift, so he still didn't live up to it.

As Louis Botha's chief guard, Swift's force value is still good, and the three of them can't hold back.

But this scene is indeed a bit embarrassing. When Carlos and the other two security personnel wanted to take Swift away, there was a circle of security personnel from Rock and Stoudemire watching the fun, and some people were eager to help.

The security personnel around Rock and Stoudemire are easy to distinguish. Although they are all in the same black suit, most of the guards around Rock are Chinese, and most of the security personnel around Stoudemire are white. He also wears the badge of the Viscount Nyasaland, and the man of Stoudemire wears the logo of the South African company.

Louis Botha noticed very keenly that the faces of the Chinese security personnel present were very ugly.

"Let go of me, you yellow monkey—" Swift didn't scold the other two Boers, he only scolded Carlos, and he scolded him so badly, no wonder people didn't give him a good look.

"That's enough Swift, pay attention to your identity—" Carlos was calm, his clothes were torn and his hair was a little messy.

Graduates of Nyasaland University are indeed not good at wrestling.

"It's all your fault, yellow monkey, just wait, I'll make you look good—" Swift suddenly punched Carlos hard in the face.

Carlos fell down.

"Shut up!" Louis Botha couldn't bear it anymore, and looked at Swift with complicated eyes.

Among other things, Louis Botha really has nothing to say about his subordinates.

When the Boer War ended, Louis Botha distributed his property to Boer families whose family members had died in the Boer War. After serving as Minister of Agriculture and Governor of Orange State, Louis Botha also often helped those Boer families. The Boer family living in difficulties, he even adopted two helpless Boer orphans. These behaviors were not for show, and the newspapers in Orange did not even publicize them.

Luis Botha is equally strict with the people around him, but strict requirements do not mean that he will not make mistakes. Some people are just a handful of mud, and no matter how they are pasted, they cannot be pasted on the wall.

Only then did Swift see Louis Botha, and immediately stopped struggling, his expression and eyes were dull.

"Take him back to his room, and send him back to Orange after he's sober." Louis Botha didn't even look at Swift, and walked quickly to Carlos, half kneeling to help Carlos up.

"Thank you, Minister, I'm fine—" Carlos stood up with difficulty while supporting Luis Botha's arm, and looked at Luis Botha with gratitude.

"Swift is drunk, I'll take him to apologize to you, I'm sorry." Louis Botha's eyes were full of guilt.

When Swift, who was leaving, heard this sentence, his feet were obviously stagnant, and then his back looked decadent and desolate, as if his spine had been removed.

At the door of the room not far away, both Rock and Stoudemire saw this scene, and the expressions on their faces were a bit complicated.

Carlos returned to the room at night, and Luis Botha came to visit him on his own initiative.

At this time, Carlos's face had already been covered with ointment, and Carlos was still massaging his face with a boiled egg.

"This is our folk remedy—the folk remedy is the folk way—" Carlos thought for a long time before finding a suitable translation.

"Sit down, let's talk, how do you feel?" Louis Botha looked tired, and put the red wine he brought on the coffee table next to the sofa. Red wine has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, but it should be moderate.

"Thank you minister, I'm fine." Carlos was slightly injured and couldn't get out of the line of fire.

"Don't blame Swift, his father and three brothers were all killed in the war ten years ago, the youngest brother died in Dordrecht, when Lord Locke was still working for the Cape Town Police, involved in the The battle of Dordrecht." Louis Botha took the initiative to explain, as expected, there was no gratuitous hatred.

"I'm not blaming him, he's quite pitiful—" Carlos endured even if he felt unwilling at this time, and Louis Botha took the initiative to explain, without any indication that he was ignorant of current affairs.

It's really pitiful. Although Swift's salary is not low, but because there are too many people to support, Swift's life is a bit embarrassing. Perhaps it is also the war that left too much shadow on Swift. It's been a decade, but Swift isn't married yet.

Many retired members of the Boer Allied Forces are in this state of life. Swift has a job and his financial situation is better. Those former members of the Boer Allied Forces who have no jobs are really miserable. The proportion of alcoholism, gambling, and crime is very high. .

"How do you feel during this time?" Luis Botha didn't dwell on this issue too much, he always had to look forward.

"There are many difficulties. Our situation is different from Nyasaland. The land in Nyasaland belongs to Lord Locke. Lord Locke can dispose of it at will. The land in Orange is privately owned unless we have a lot of money. All the land can be bought, otherwise the national farm will be difficult to realize." Carlos faced reality.

"It's hard to achieve money, after all, not everyone is willing to sell." Luis Botha just glanced at the red wine he brought, and Carlos immediately got up to find a glass.

With this vision alone, he is much better than Swift.

He took a cup and poured it for Luis Botha first, and then poured some for himself, Carlos hesitated to speak.

Some things really cannot be said. Under the premise that private property is sacrosanct, it is indeed difficult to acquire a farm, but it depends on who it is.

For the Orange government, it is indeed very difficult to purchase a farm through normal channels, but the same thing is very simple for Bechuanaland Agricultural Company.

Bechuanaland Agricultural Company employs many Boers to work. It is these Boers who come forward to negotiate with the farmers. If the price is right, one is willing to buy and the other is willing to sell. Of course it is the best. If the farmers do not cooperate, then troubles will follow. Family Being harassed is a trivial matter, and it is fatal for a farm to be vandalized maliciously. There are even cases where all the livestock on the farm died strangely overnight. After the Orange Police Department intervened, no investigation results were found.

The key is that the technology is not good, and there is no way to get the unconditional cooperation of the Johannesburg Medical School like the Johannesburg Police Department, so——

"This wine is produced in Cape Town, Cape Town Oak Town, do you know this place?" Louis Botta's thinking jumped a little bit.

"I know, I haven't been there." Carlos couldn't keep up with the rhythm.

"You Chinese are really amazing. You always have the ability to turn decay into magic. Oak Town used to be called the City of Cowards. There was a concentration camp set up by the British Expeditionary Force. The guards were all expeditionary force officers and soldiers who were cowering in battle. That's why it's called the City of Cowards—" This was the first time that Luis Botha had a positive comment on the Chinese, and Carlos was extremely surprised.

"I have been to the city of cowards, and now the city of cowards is called Oak Town. The whole town is full of oak trees, clean, tidy, orderly, and thriving. The farmland around the town is full of grapes, and there are many wineries in the town. workshop, but winemaking is not the only source of income in Oak Town, more and more people are traveling to Oak Town, and Oak Town also has the best primary and secondary schools in the Cape—” When he said this, Louis Botha actually revealed He gave a rare smile: "——If possible, I really hope that the towns in Orange can be as quiet and prosperous as Oak Town. That's why I joined the Boer Allied Forces."

Carlos also smiled. Although Carlos had never been to Oak Town, there were many in Transvaal and Nyasaland in the way Luis Botha described it.

"So the key to the problem is education. Lord Locke said before that it will take one or two generations to bridge the gap between southern Africa and Europe. It is the same for us. We must also be prepared to pay the price. This generation, or the next generation, will come to fight for the opportunity of Orange's development." Louis Botha's expression gradually became firm.

Only then did Carlos realize that Luis Botha hadn't come to ask for advice at all, but just wanted to find someone to talk to.

From this point of view, Louis Botha is quite pitiful, and he doesn't even have anyone to confide in.

"Education, education is the key to development. When Lord Locke was in Cape Town, even if there was no gold mine income at that time, he was very determined to invest in educating the next generation. What we lack is this kind of vision. Orange is now A basic compulsory education system has been established, and schools at all levels are the best in southern Africa, but those farmers would rather keep their children on the farm to help than send their children to school for education, which is a failure of the education department.” As Luis Botha's voice became harsher, Carlos was a little terrified.

The education department, that was the territory of Jan Smudge, who was the same spiritual leader of the Boers as Louis Botha, who were also best friends, So now what Louis Botha means—

Carlos didn't dare to think deeply, and he didn't dare to speak, and he was cautious when breathing.

"Draft a document, and Orange will also implement mandatory compulsory education." Louis Botha finally made up his mind.

It is Carlos' job to draft documents, but Carlos has to carefully weigh how to write them.

(End of this chapter)