In 1902, finding three Boers in South Africa, with a total area of 3 million square kilometers, was no less difficult than looking for a needle in a haystack.

In those years, there were no cameras, no ID cards, not even photos of the three Albert Simpson brothers, Bobby Bennett could only provide some general physical characteristics of the three Albert Simpson brothers, and the Johannesburg Police Department did not have expertise in criminal investigation sketching, so it looked like the case had reached a dead end.

When Rock left Wilkham, he took with him more than a dozen horses, all of which had been sold to the Horse Market by the Albert Simpson brothers, and Roark took them away in the name of stolen goods, and neither the owner of the Horse Market nor Bobby Bennett objected.

Strictly speaking, this kind of purchase of stolen goods is also subject to legal responsibility, but unfortunately the Transvaal and Orange have no relevant regulations in this regard, so Roque can only do so much.

Back in Johannesburg, there are still a lot of troubles to deal with, the bodies of the Liszt family do not need to be autopsied, the cause of death is clear, and it is better to be buried as soon as possible.

At this time, the importance of the clan hall was reflected, and the Liszt family only had two children left who were still in school, and now the school was not yet the weekend, and they didn't even know what was going on, so the guild took the initiative to handle the funeral affairs for the Liszt family, and hired people to continue to cultivate the Liszt family's farm to ensure the future living needs of the two children.

This is very necessary, there is basically no social security in this era, the two children of the Li family want to go to school, then it is necessary to ensure the operation of the farm, although Roque can pay for the living expenses of the two children, but this opening is not easy to open, in the foreseeable future, the tragedy of the Li family may continue to happen, Roque does not want to send the children of the Li family to the orphanage established by the Johannesburg City Government, and the guild hall must be responsible.

"Liszt's farm is 350 acres in total, and now more than half of it has been reclaimed, I have to say, their family is really industrious - of course, this industriousness is relative to the Boers and Zulus, as far as I know, the Chinese farmers in Johannesburg are very hardworking, they seem to be tireless, more energetic than anyone else, according to the guidance of the agricultural association, they only need to cultivate 50 acres of land, enough to grow the crops that the farm needs, but I didn't expect them to have reclaimed nearly 200 acres, It's hard to believe that it took only four people to do all this, and maybe 100 people if it were Boers or Zulus—" Douglas said, mixed with exclamation and surprise.

Roque was not surprised that the Chinese had an unparalleled thirst for land, and these Chinese who immigrated to Johannesburg were hired farmers or proletarians in the Qing Dynasty, and they longed to own their own land all their lives.

When they came to Johannesburg, the Chinese finally had their own farms, which was an opportunity that they had dreamed of in the Qing Dynasty, so the performance of the Chinese seemed a little crazy to Douglas, and many of the Chinese, the vast majority of the Chinese, simply wanted to sleep on the plows and dream of plowing the land.

According to the planning of the agricultural association, the crops needed by the farm are not only alfalfa, corn and potatoes, rice are very important, alfalfa is used to feed cows and sheep, corn and potatoes are used to feed pigs and chickens, ducks, geese, almost all farmers are planted with fruit trees around the house, some people also want to dig fish ponds in the farm, so that the farm can form a complete ecological chain, once the scale of breeding reaches a certain level, you can export agricultural products, after a few years, Johannesburg's farmers will create a new middle class whose incomes may not be as good as those of the gold miners, but they are much better than the miners.

The Chinese farmers were surprised by the enthusiasm of the agricultural associations, and under normal circumstances, if only one acre of alfalfa is needed to raise ten cows, then the Chinese farmers will take the initiative to raise the standard to two acres, not because the Chinese farmers do not trust the guidance of the agricultural associations, but because they are consciously preparing for future expansion.

The same is true of corn and potatoes, most Chinese farmers in the Qing Kingdom were starving, and they probably didn't know what the technicians called "12,000 pounds" was about it, so almost every farm was ready to plant about three to five acres of potatoes, which made the technicians of the agricultural association very worried, worried that the farmers would die of overwork, and that the yield of potatoes would be too high in a few months, causing the prices of related agricultural products to fluctuate dramatically.

"12,000 pounds" is about 5,000 kilograms, which is the yield of one acre of potatoes, Johannesburg has a subtropical climate, you can grow at least two seasons of potatoes a year, one acre of potatoes, which means 10,000 kilograms of production per year, three to five acres -

Or so many farms, each of which is three to five acres!

Truth be told, Douglas felt the situation was getting a little out of hand.

Serious loss of control!

"Buck, find a way to run the Li family's farm, it's really not possible, sell the farm, and then exchange the money for shares in the agricultural association cooperative, these money must ensure the living of the two children of the Li family, and the living expenses will be paid year by year, and when they become adults, the money will be handed over to them-" Roque had to give up the idea of running the farm considering the heavy labor on the farm.

It's really impossible to run it, even if it's not realistic to hire someone to run it.

According to Douglas, the Chinese people's enthusiasm for the land is not only "more energetic than anyone else", it is simply more capable than cattle, and even if the guild employs 100 Zulus, it is estimated that it is not as efficient as the four Liszt brothers.

Then selling the farm is almost the only way.

Good thing there are agricultural association cooperatives!

Agricultural association cooperative, is an institution led by agricultural associations, the main purpose of which is to provide commercial loans to farmers who are temporarily experiencing economic problems, limited to the conditions of the farms around Johannesburg, their loan amount is basically less than fifty pounds, this money, financial institutions such as the Imperial Bank do not look down on, and do not disdain this scale of business, so the agricultural association cooperative took the initiative to take the initiative, not only to provide loans to farmers, but also to absorb small deposits from farmers.

Although the interest rate is a bit low, compared with the banks that focus on large customers at this time, the cooperative model is more popular, because the farmer opens an account in the cooperative, not only does not need to pay service fees, but saves money with interest, why not!

Although the cooperative is under the banner of an agricultural association, in fact, the cooperative was funded by Roque, Henry, and Xiao Si, and the agricultural association only has 5 percent of the shares of the cooperative, and can only receive dividends, and is not eligible to participate in management and voting.

"Well, in fact, in the past two days, the farmers around the Li family's farm have come to inquire about the news, although they didn't say it, but it can be seen that they are all willing to buy the Li family's farm-" Buck's expression was complicated.

This situation is also unavoidable, and at times like this, there will always be people who can't wait to jump out and see if there are any benefits to be made.

In fact, Roque does not object to this situation, after all, people are profit-seeking, no one is exempt from vulgarity, Roque has no worries about food and clothing, and he can't use his own situation to ask others.

It's just—

Is it really necessary to be so impatient?

"Hehe, they are very anxious, the Li family has not yet entered the ground, aren't they afraid of similar things repeating themselves?" Luo Ke was also speechless, according to the traditional customs of the Chinese, the Li family's farm is now a standard murderous house.

After this incident, Roque will definitely strengthen patrols at the border, and will also strengthen the awareness of border farmers to protect themselves, Liszt Farm is because he does not pay attention to this aspect of the problem, and he does not even have a dog to guard the yard, so he is unaware of the approach of strangers, if Lister Farm raises three or five dogs, not to mention anything else, at least when the murderer approaches, he can send a warning signal in time, which may be able to avoid the occurrence of this evil case.

Speaking of which, in fact, Roque is also helpless.

Although the gold mines and agricultural cooperatives warn all new farmers about safety issues when they sell their farms, there are some people who are lucky and don't pay attention to this aspect because they don't think that dog ownership can generate any profits.

It is estimated that after this incident, Gaode's dog farm will usher in a wave of outbreaks.

"I'm afraid, so they're just waiting and seeing now, if this aspect of the problem is not completely solved, it is estimated that the farms around the Li family will also be panicked-" Buck frowned, it is unlikely that he wants to completely solve this problem, and even if the police department tries its best, it is impossible to ensure the safety of the entire territory of Johannesburg.

If you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves.

Next to Johannesburg is Orange, those former guerrillas who have just returned from the battlefield must be jealous when they see the Chinese farmers in Johannesburg living and working in peace and contentment, they will not reflect on their own problems, they will only blame everything on the injustice of the government and the "greed" of the Chinese.

Not to mention that this problem cannot be solved now, even in a few decades, unless the Boers of Orange can live the same life as the Chinese farmers in Johannesburg.

The crux of the matter is that this is almost impossible, the Chinese farmers in Johannesburg will try to save themselves regardless of whether there is relief or not, and the Boers in Orange are eating and waiting, during the previous Boer Republic, the Boers did not realize the benefits of being ruled by the British, and now that the war is over, London is compensation, relief, and loans, and they almost treat the Boers as their ancestors, and the Boers will not be careful?

It's clear that you can get relief money from London without doing anything, so why do you have to work as hard as Chinese farmers to farm-

There will be something hateful about the wretched!

"It's hard to solve it completely!" Roque can't completely solve this problem in a short time, the Boers have been a little expert in death in history, what can Roque do.

However, Roque still had to do his best, so Roque wanted to transplant the militia in Nyasaland to Johannesburg, especially on the Kronstad line on the border with Orange.

"Buck, regularly organize military training for farmers on the Kronstad border, this time the training is no longer a random participation, but must participate, every other month, the members of the militia must be rotated, and each farm, at least one person must be guaranteed to participate in the training." Roque still uses administrative orders to enforce it, this kind of thing can't be done by self-awareness, don't think that Chinese farmers will give endless milk to Ziwei Public School, then Chinese farmers are all "perfect", in fact, many Chinese farmers are also delicate egoists, and if they don't rely on administrative orders, many people will cheat and cheat.

In addition to popularizing military training, the role of the militia is mainly to protect the territory and the people.

Referring to the human resources of Liszt's farm, there is no problem at all for four male adults to join the militia, and it will not affect the normal operation of the farm.

The role of the vigilante groups is very large.

For example, in Kronstad, because it is far away from Johannesburg, the patrol of the Johannesburg Police Department cannot stay in Kronstad all the time, and the militia of Kronstad will be scattered and stationed on the border between Kronstad and Orange, and at the same time of training, the militia will also take the initiative to send patrols to patrol the farms on the border of Kronstad, which will form a strong psychological deterrent to those criminals.

"Okay, I'll go set it up right away." Buck also knew that this matter could not be delayed, and it must be carried out immediately to reassure the people.

The arrangement of the militia also needs the cooperation of the police department, and Roque asked Gaode to cooperate with Buck to set up the militia group, and assign each militia group with qualified instructors and enough fierce dogs to make the militia fully effective.

The tragedy of Liszt's farm spread almost throughout Johannesburg within three days, and while Chinese farmism was full of indignation, they could not help but worry about the safety of their own farms, and there was a little rumor for a while.

In Roque's plan, on the nearly 500-kilometer border between Kronstad and Orange, Roque should set up at least 100 militia garrisons, which are comparable in density to the expeditionary force fortresses during the Boer War.

To do this, it will require the cooperation of all farms in Johannesburg, which cannot be achieved by the Kronstad line alone.

Fortunately, in the past two years, whether it is the first Rock Gold Mine or the later established Crocodile Bay Company, the training of the security team has not stopped, and most of the miners of the Rock Gold Mine have received a certain degree of military training after rotation training.

The militia has a certain military organizational nature, and it is impossible for Roque to make a decision in one word, so Roque still has to report to Baron Philippe Matilda.

As a result, Baron Philippe Matilda was also very interesting, and after learning about this, he provided a subsidy to the militia in the name of the municipal government, and each member of the militia could get one pound a month.

Enough is enough!