In fact, many things, as long as you jump out of the shackles of thinking, you will find a new world.

In Anton's concept, the journey from Cape Town to Johannesburg was carried out by train, not only through the vast no-man's land, but also through the Orange Free State to reach Johannesburg.

In fact, it is not a no-man's land, at least it is not a no-man's land in the general sense.

Under normal circumstances, when people think of uninhabited areas, they may think of the endless Gobi Desert or the vast desert of tens of thousands of square kilometers, but in any case, they will not associate uninhabited areas with grasslands, forests, and rivers.

In fact, the situation of the Cape is so unique, the uninhabited land of the Cape is not unsuitable for human habitation, but because the population of the Cape is sparse, there is no one.

The whole of Cape, more than 3 million square kilometers, is actually full of fertile pastures, lush forests, and various mineral deposits beneath the surface that are still unknown.

The guerrillas could only operate on land, and because there were no ships, they could not harass the shipping route between Cape Town and Durban, Anton could not see this, and Roque would certainly not miss it, although it was a little troublesome, but it was better to be safe and just as convenient.

"Okay, I'll turn around and start sending people here-" Anton made up his mind, although Anton was reluctant to give up Oak Town, as long as Roque insisted, Anton would stick to it.

"Well, I've already prepared a farm here, more than 200 square kilometers, enough to house tens of thousands of people-" Roque still couldn't help but be proud, who would have thought that the price of farms in this era would be so low.

Thanks to the Anglo-Boer War, if it weren't for the war, Roque would have had to go through a lot of trouble if he wanted to get so many farms.

Now it's simple, the Boers fled, the British didn't look down on the farms, the Zulus had no money to buy, Roque had no competitors at all, and Roque could really buy everything around Johannesburg if Roque wanted to.

Don't forget that there are still undiscovered gold mines around Johannesburg -

This is not good, in a short period of time, it is enough to have a rock gold mine, Roque has not been ready to develop any gold mines in recent years, in case it is troubled to be targeted by the British, if he wants to develop a gold mine, Roque will wait for the Chinese to have enough ability to protect their wealth, and at that time, Roque can have no scruples.

"When will you go back?" Roque didn't want Anton to go, Anton wasn't there, Henry wasn't there, and Roque didn't even have someone to communicate with.

"I'll leave tomorrow." Anton couldn't stay in Johannesburg for too long, and Cape Town was a bunch of things.

"I'll see you off in the evening." Roque was going to set up a send-off feast.

"No—" Anton was still digesting the fact, having been in Cape Town for so long that Anton felt like he had become a frog at the bottom of a well.

The world is too big, and there are so many wonderful things waiting for people to discover.

"Let's drink less in the office, then." Roque can also think about it, there is still a long way to go.

Saying that it was to drink less, both Roque and Anton were very drunk.

Sending Anton away, Roque's life returned to normal.

The guerrillas were still active, and every once in a while news came out of guerrilla attacks on railways and patrols.

The command of the expeditionary force was overwhelmed with the Boer guerrillas, could not find the Boer provisional government, and it is said that after Paul Krugel went to Europe to enlist the support of European countries, the acting president, General Schalke Beagle, worked in an ox cart.

The gold mine was operating normally, the "pure gold" belt had been dug up, and nearly ten tons of gold had finally been piled up in the basement of the gold mine, and Buck was ecstatic, but Roque knew that this was just the beginning.

It's only ten tons, and there are still 9,980 tons waiting for Roque to dig slowly.

News kept coming from Pretoria, negotiations were going on, but no progress was made, the terms of the expeditionary force command were being relinquished, and Kitchener promised not to pursue the Cape rebels who fought for the Boer Republic, as long as they did not return to the colony, and to guarantee the rights of the Boers, for which Kitchener did not hesitate to sacrifice the interests of the Zulus.

The Boers continued to be dead or alive, and General DeWitt of Orange remobilized the Boers who had sworn a swear of neutrality and were then repatriated by the British, and soon gathered 3,000 men, presumably General DeWitt thought that with these 3,000 fresh troops, they would soon be able to defeat the British.

This move infuriated the expeditionary command, and Kitchener ordered the troops to capture all adult Boer males in Orange, whether they were involved in the war or not, and throw them into concentration camps or exiled abroad.

In December, another group of Chinese workers arrived in Johannesburg, with more than 10,000 Chinese in Johannesburg.

To Roque's surprise, more than 200 family members of Chinese police officers also arrived in Johannesburg with the miners, and they belonged to more than 30 families, with an average of at least three children per family.

Since Hawley and Connie successfully registered, more than a dozen Chinese police officers and Boer women have registered their marriages, and the officials of the Home Affairs Department have not noticed this incident-

It's amazing!

Christmas is quietly approaching, because of the war, there is no official celebration in Johannesburg, the police station is just a meal, Roque arranges a batch of vacations, and asks Owen to send Phyllis a music box made of gold and precious stones.

The music box must also have a built-in mechanism, but Owen didn't check it carefully, or even at all, as usual.

The days passed quietly, and Kevin, Arnold, and Henry of the Alsop family seemed to disappear, not causing trouble for Roque, who sometimes forgot that he was in the battlefield.

One day at the end of January 1901, on a sunny afternoon, the bad news came from London that the great Queen Victoria had died of illness.

On the day he got the news, Roque and Philip traveled to Pretoria together.

The queen is dead, Britain is going to have a state funeral, and Governor Alfred Milner may also return to London.

Of course, it may not return, the Transvaal is still at war, and if Alfred Milner wants to return to London, it will take at least a month to go back and forth, which is also dereliction of duty in a sense.

There were many people in the Palace of Justice, and there were many people who came to inquire about the news, and everyone's expressions were very serious, but if you look closely, you will find that everyone's eyes are a little joyful.

Yes, that's right, it's jubilant.

The queen's funeral means that the new king is crowned, and after the new king is crowned, in order to win people's hearts, it must be "amnesty for the world".

In fact, it has been more than half a year since Roberts announced the end of the war, and under normal circumstances, it should have been rewarded for meritorious deeds a long time ago, and the reason why it has been delayed until now is to wait for this moment and leave the opportunity of grace to the new king Edward VII.

Look at the queen of others, who has been working for the welfare of the British Empire all her life, even if it is a funeral, it must be worthwhile.

Henry is also in the Governor's Palace, Baron Philip has a high status, if you want to see the Governor, you don't have to queue, Roque has to wait, Henry, who is also waiting, squeezed his eyebrows: "Locke, get ready, you may have to come with me to London." ”

Go to London?!!!

Roque's heart beat faster suddenly, and going to London meant that Roque would definitely get a knighthood.

To be honest, Roque really doesn't like aristocrats, but in order to live better in this troubled era, the title is the best talisman, if Roque becomes a nobleman, it means that Roque is beyond the constraints of the law, and from now on, whether it is in the UK or in the Cape, Roque does not need to be afraid of anyone, and can straighten his waist and be a man at any time.

"Happy stupid?" Henry didn't get the response he wanted, and was still there frowning.

Such an action is really inappropriate for Henry, a senior police officer.

"No, not likely." Roque quickly calmed down, and even if Roque could get a knighthood, it was unlikely that Roque would go to London with Henry.

At the administrative level, the Pretoria Police Service is more or less a provincial department, while the Johannesburg Police Department is a municipal department.

In other words, there are only two high-ranking officials in the Transvaal police system, Henry and Roque, and if they both go to London at the same time, the Transvaal's police system will have to be chaotic.

After all, the Transvaal is still at war, and although the guerrillas were expelled from the Transvaal by Roque, God knows if the guerrillas will make a comeback after the news of the Queen's death.

It is better not to come, in case the guerrillas re-emerge in the Transvaal, and the two high-ranking officials Henry and Roque are in London, then no one can afford to bear this responsibility.

"The new king's enthronement ceremony, maybe you will only have such a chance to watch the ceremony once in your life." Henry had a kinship.

It is estimated that there are many people who are related to each other, and the soon-to-be-crowned Prince of Wales should be the most touched.

Queen Victoria has reigned for 64 years, and the soon-to-be-crowned Prince of Wales was born in 1841 and has turned sixty this year -

If you look at it this way-

"Don't be stupid, you can't catch up, and you think the Prince of Wales can reign for sixty-four years like the Queen?" Roque's voice was in a line, and there was a hint of disrespect in his voice for the new king.

Henry thought about it and immediately realized.

It would take about ten days to return to London from Cape, and the queen couldn't wait that long—

The Prince of Wales, also known as Edward VII, is sixty years old this year, and unless Edward VII lives to be 124 years old, Roque will definitely have a chance to watch the king ascend the throne in his lifetime.

Speaking of this Will is the Prince, it's a bit unbearable.

Edward VII was a less favourable crown prince, having been involved with an actress in his early years in the Irish Army, and after his marriage, the horse farm, the ball, the dining table and the woman's bed were frequented by the Prince of Wales.

Because of these affairs, the Prince of Wales was once taken to court by a knight.

Fortunately, the court found the woman who identified the Prince of Wales insane, and the Prince of Wales escaped.

By the way, legend has it — just legend — that Winston's mother, the "number one beauty in the world," also had a leg with the Prince of Wales.