It's not the enemy that's really frightening, it's the virus that can't be seen with the naked eye.

The reason why Ade banned the circulation of people was to isolate the circulation of the virus.

In the Transvaal and Orange, Johannesburg has the lightest epidemic, followed by Pretoria, and Bloemfontein is the worst, but Johannesburg is on the border with Bloemfontein, so Ade is really afraid, afraid that Johannesburg will be affected by Bloemfontein, and the plague will be rampant like Bloemfontein.

If that happens, the situation in Johannesburg will be worse than in Bloemfontein, because there are nearly 100,000 miners in Johannesburg, and if the plague spreads among the miners, it will not only affect Johannesburg, but London will also be affected by the reduction in gold production, which is unbearable for everyone.

So Roque was right, if the situation really got out of control, the garrison and police in Johannesburg could shoot, and even if the tragedy repeated, Johannesburg could not be affected by the plague.

But shoot!

This is also an insolvable choice, Austin Pence and three others have just been tried, and all three have been sentenced to death, this shadow hangs over all the police and garrison in Johannesburg, who dares to shoot on this cusp!

Therefore, the knight's warning voice was particularly poignant.

In fact, everyone was very nervous, and immediately after the knight gave a warning, someone raised their guns.

"Bastard, put down your gun, why do you want to kill me?" The non-commissioned officer was sweating profusely and shouted directly.

"What to do? We can't stop them if we don't shoot, why do we have to go to court if we shoot? "There are soldiers who cry out, and this can drive people to death.

"Calm down, William, go over and have a look." The non-commissioned officer did not dare to be careless, and the hand holding the gun was shaking.

"Charles, I don't want to get the virus-" The soldier called William did not dare to go, the dividing line between Kronstad and Bloemfontein was a stream, heaven on this side of the stream, and hell on the other side of the stream.

As he spoke, the people on the other side of the creek got closer and closer, and finally reached the point where they could see it.

In fact, there were only twenty or thirty Boers, men, women, and children, and at the front on horseback was a police officer, if Roque was sure to recognize him, this officer was Bobby Bennett of Wilkham.

Bobby Bennett looked good, at least his police uniform was clean, and when he came to the creek, Bobby Bennett stopped his horse and greeted the cavalrymen: "Hey, brother, are you all right?" ”

"It's good before I see you—" Charles was finally relieved, his voice was loud, there were no impurities, no lack of confidence, and he didn't cough as soon as he spoke, and he didn't look like a plague patient.

"Don't worry, brother, none of us have contracted the plague." Bobby Bennett is smiling wryly.

"How do you prove it?" Charles didn't dare to be careless.

Bobby Bennett was speechless, this is the biggest problem, even if Bobby Bennett and they are indeed not infected with the plague, but Bobby Bennett they can't prove it.

"Brother, you also know that the people of Wilkham are dying, and we are the only ones left, and we are desperate now, as long as you are willing to take us in, we are willing to give you all the horses-" Bobby Bennett was helpless, this may be their last chance.

Charles only then noticed that Bobby Bennett and they actually had hundreds of horses.

Charles knew that Wilkham had a horse market, and perhaps, Wilkham had all the breath he could get here now.

"Sir, please let us pass, we are not infected with the plague, all those infected with the plague have died, we are normal."

"We don't want anything, we just want to live—"

"Please, we don't want to stay in Wilkham and die, give us a way to live—"

Twenty or thirty Boers pleaded, women and children wept, and men threw their guns on the ground to show their attitude.

"Please, don't die without help, we are not bad people, we just want to live." Bobby Bennett's heart was tormented, but they had to do so in the face of the plague threat.

In this situation, Charles really couldn't sit idly by, and the horse under his crotch unconsciously took two steps forward.

"Sir, we can't break the law—"

"Who knows if they've contracted the plague—"

"Let's go to the doctor—"

The cavalry also had a divided opinion, and no one wanted to risk it.

"Officer, wait a minute, I'll have someone go to the doctor." Charles wanted to help, thanks to the Purple Hospital, and Kronstad also had a doctor.

"Please, warrant officer, can you let us cross the river and wait, we really don't want to stay in the Transvaal." Bobby Bennett was disheartened by the Orange government, and even if there was even a glimmer of hope, Bobby Bennett was reluctant to leave Wilkham.

"Sir, don't disobey orders—" A cavalryman reminded Charles.

"They look like they're fine." There were cavalry willing to help.

"Come on—" Charles couldn't sit idly by.

"Thank you!" Bobby Bennett is full of gratitude.

"Sir, you are all good people—"

"God bless you."

"God bless South Africa—"

The Boers were grateful, it was just a stream, as if there was great comfort in their hearts, and some of them cried loudly as soon as they crossed the stream, and the men burst into tears, and even Charles had red eyes.

On the same day, the situation was reported to Roque.

The cavalry could allow the Boers to enter the Transvaal, but the army did not have the right to settle the Boers, and the Johannesburg city government had to intervene to settle them.

The City of Johannesburg is in a difficult situation.

To accept these Boers is to violate the orders of the Governor's Palace.

The cavalry temporarily placed these Boers on the border, and brought them tents and doctors, and they also brought them water and food, and the doctors had determined that the Boers were indeed not infected with the plague.

"We can't take those Boers, not only because of the orders of the Doge's Palace, but also because of the conflict that arose some time ago, and the horses that those Boers are carrying are also of unknown origin and may give us trouble." The new Home Secretary James Bernard vehemently opposed it.

The former Secretary of the Interior, Blake Nelson, was removed from office for a municipal engineering fraud case, and James Bernard became his successor.

"Driving those Boers back to Wilkham is tantamount to letting them go back to Wilkham to die, we can now be sure that those Boers are not infected with the plague, it is better to find a remote farm to settle them, in extraordinary times, every human resource is very valuable." Louis Barnard, the Treasurer, had a different opinion, he didn't hate the Boers, and the horses that the Boers brought.

After getting the 7.5 million pound loan, the farms around Johannesburg were divided up, because the officials got the news in advance, so many of the farms were bought by the officials, and these officials had a big appetite, and some of them have not even paid the balance yet.

The purchased farm cannot be abandoned, and Mayor Philip has repeatedly emphasized that all farms must be developed within a year, so now Johannesburg's human resources are in short supply, and some officials even approached Roque and hoped to sell the farm to Roque at the original price, because only Roque's men have enough people to develop the farm.

Some time ago, Louis Barnard also bought quite a few farms from the city government, and now several months have passed, and there is no movement on the farm, so Louis Barnard is really in a hurry.

"Don't forget the vampires of Bloemfontein, if we take in those Boers, they will definitely be looking for trouble." Marcus Beaufort is still as tough as ever.

"Director, pay attention to your words—" Roque reminded softly, although everyone knew that the Boers were "vampires", but it was not good to say it so unscrupulously.

"I'm not wrong, those Boers are damn vampires, and the expeditionary force should have exiled them all to India in the first place." Marcus Beaufort insisted that Marcus Beaufort would never compromise with the Boers.

After the signing of the DPA, the exiled Boers also began to return to the Transvaal and Orange, and these Boers were die-hard rebels who had been exiled during the war and therefore missed out on the compensation paid by the DPA and were now displaced without food and clothing.

When the conflict broke out some time ago, most of the guys who incited the Boers to go to Johannesburg were in this context.

In the aftermath of the clashes, the Bloemfontein police arrested more than 100 suspects, most of whom had been exiled during the war.

"Locke, is there a problem if those Boers are placed in Johannesburg?" Philip still had to ask Roque for his opinion, after all, Roque controlled the only violent apparatus in Johannesburg.

"Basically, there is no problem, those Boers are not plague patients, I know Officer Bobby Bennett, he is a very nice man, if the Boers in Bloemfontein are looking for trouble, then let them come to me." Roque is not afraid of trouble, and as the chief of police, Roque is the one who solves trouble.

"Very well, the Ministry of the Interior is responsible for settling the Boers, Locke, you have to keep those Boers safe, and keep an eye on them, don't let them make trouble for us." Philip's decision was a bit of a contradiction, as long as Johannesburg took in the Boers, then the Boers would certainly be a nuisance.

Roque is not worried, even if the Boers don't come to Roque, Roque will go to the Boers, and now it just so happens that the Boers have come to the door, and Roque has no reason not to accept it.