So, James Herzog committed suicide in fear of crime, and De Witt resisted by force and was finally shot dead by the police on the spot, is that true? Ade was expressionless, and his gaze at Roque was complicated.

James Herzog and De Witt were both famous Boer generals during the war, and De Witt was one of the signatories of the "Peace Agreement".

At the time of the signing of the Peace Agreement, Orange Free State President Steyn was seriously ill and appointed de Witt as acting president to sign the Peace Agreement in Steyn's place.

On the Transvaal's side, because Transvaal President Paul Krueger was in Europe at the time the DPA was signed, it was Schalke Beagle who signed on behalf of the Transvaal.

Schalke Beagle is also the founder of the People's Party and is currently fighting for donations for the People's Party in Europe, so de Witt is still relatively authoritative in Orange.

"Yes, that's it, we investigated the staff of several temporary food distribution points in Bloemfontein, identified some of the suspects, and finally identified James Herzog and De Witt, the arrest of James Herzog was the responsibility of Inspector Martin, shortly after Inspector Martin's arrival, James Herzog committed suicide in his study, and Inspector Martin couldn't stop him - the person in charge of arresting De Witt was Inspector David Gracie, and after the police arrived at De Witt's estate, A policeman was shot and wounded on the estate, and in the ensuing firefight, De Witt was killed, three policemen were killed in the line of duty, and four policemen were injured, two of whom were seriously injured and are currently being resuscitated at Ziwei Hospital. Roque's mood is also complicated, although the police officer who died in the line of duty was not Chinese, but he was also Roque's subordinate.

The police in charge of arresting de Witt were so powerful that the gunmen at Lascaux Manor were simply unable to compete with their inferior weapons, and De Witt was killed in the first place, and in the ensuing firefight, several police officers were killed and wounded, and David Gracie burned down Lascaux Manor in a fit of rage, and nearly 100 Boers died in the previous shootout and the ensuing fire.

"God, the war is not going to break out again-" Ade had a headache, if the previous conflict was an accident, then the current firefight is a premeditated confrontation, and the nature is completely different.

Roque didn't dare to answer, no matter what he said at this time, it was not appropriate.

In fact, it is not that serious, the mayor of Bloemfontein, Lance McCarthy, has returned from Cape Town, and Boer officials such as Louis Botha and Jan Smuts are also doing their best to appease the Boers, and through the previous conflict, the Boers have realized that Johannesburg will definitely not compromise on this issue, so the war will not break out again.

The most important thing is that without the provocation of radicals such as James Herzog and De Witt, the Boers will see the situation clearly in the future and be down-to-earth, which is a good thing in the long run.

"Louis Botha and Jan Smolts, what is their attitude?" Ade valued Louis Botha and Jan Smuts, two of whom were key to pacifying the Boers.

"It's stable, they have all returned to Bloemfontein, and the Bloemfontein municipality is going to do everything it can to help the Boers rebuild their homes, and the loans will be distributed in kind to ensure that the loans are used for reconstruction." Roque was also helpless, if the Bloemfontein municipality did not change its approach, no matter how much money it borrowed, it would be useless, but would encourage the laziness of the Boers.

"In the meantime you have to ensure the stability of Johannesburg and Bloemfontein, and I may have to go to London in a few days, and this matter must not be repeated until I return." Ade now has a bit of a headache and finds it inappropriate to leave this kind of thing to Roque.

Compared with ordinary politicians, Roque's way is too violent, although Roque has completed the task, but this result makes no one happy.

In fact, it's no wonder that Roque, no one thought that during the peace negotiations, the Boers would actually degenerate to the extent they are now, and the Boers in the era of the Great Migration were still very pioneering, and less than a hundred years have passed, and the Boers have degenerated to the point of being hopeless.

"Austin Pence is still at the Johannesburg Police Department—" Roque reminded softly.

"I'll talk about it when I get back." Ade doesn't care about Austin Pence now, and Austin Pence and those two hapless captains are definitely going to be judged.

Roque returned to the police station and found a bottle of red wine to see Austin Pence.

Austin Pence was not mistreated at the Johannesburg Police Department, he should eat, he should drink, and his face was obviously ruddy.

Austin Pence was happy to see Roque and did not rush to inquire about the progress of the investigation.

Roque opened the wine and offered to pour it for Austin Pence.

"It was James Herzog and De Witt who were behind the scenes, James Herzog committed suicide in fear of crime, and De Witt was killed in the crossfire, and the matter has come to an end." Roque took the initiative to introduce.

"Hehe, I knew it was these two damn guys, they didn't stop after the war, jumping up and down for a while 'African Language Association', then 'Orange Unionist Party', and Louis Botha and Jan Smoltz, these two are not good things either." Austin Pence has a wide heart and a fat body, and he can face it calmly at this time.

Now Austin Pence has taken off his police uniform and changed into civilian clothes, and his tone of voice is much more unscrupulous, Austin Pence would never say such things before.

"Come on, you might as well think about it, what should you say in court, do you need me to help you find a good lawyer?" Roque will help Austin Pence as much as possible, and in any case, they will share a dirty friendship together.

"Hehe, no, you think the court will embarrass me? No, I just did what everyone wanted to do, but didn't do. "Austin Pence is really not afraid, and he really dares to say it.

Now it seems that the Boers who are more and more accustomed to eating and waiting are becoming more and more like a cancer, not to mention the Transvaal, even in Orange, there are more and more people who hate the Boers, when the conflict occurred, Bloemfontein Mayor Lance McCarthy was said to be seeking a loan in Cape Town, in fact, Bloemfontein had just received a loan of 12 million pounds, and now there is no need for more loans at all, Roque would rather believe that Lance McCarthy was in Cape Town to avoid those Boers.

Out of sight, out of mind!

"How dare you say that!" Roque rolled his eyes angrily.

"Don't you want to?" Austin Pence despised Roque's hypocrisy.

"I, actually, I want to—" Roque laughed.

Because Joe Russell went to Bloemfontein, Roque stayed in the police station longer, but Roque's work did not increase much, and those jobs that originally belonged to Joe Russell are now in charge of Li De, and Roque has appointed Li De as assistant police chief.

The assistant chief of police is not a secretary, but a position, under the deputy chief of police, superintendent and above, Joe Russo is now in Bloemfontein, and the Johannesburg police station is left with Roque a senior police officer above the superintendent level, after the appointment of Li De, if Roque is no longer in the police department, then Li De's family can exercise some of the rights of the police chief.

In the evening, Roque still returned to Ziwei Town.

The renovation of the guild hall has come to an end, in fact, the guild hall has just been built, and there is no need to renovate it now.

Roque mainly cleaned up the Star Picking Building according to Phyllis's habits, and this is Roque and Phyllis's new house in the future.

"Lady Capet went to Cape Town last night." Roque "rubs rice" at Buck's house at night, and Buck and Roque chat casually.

"What are you doing in Cape Town? There's so much going on here. Roque was a little worried, but didn't think much of it.

From Ada's point of view, in fact, Roque can understand why Ada went to Cape Town, after all, Roque and Phyllis are getting married, and Ada is indeed a little embarrassed to stay in Johannesburg during this time.

"Do you remember that some time ago Father Frank bought a motorcycle, and I heard that Father Frank spent a thousand pounds at that time, and Bobby and a few young men knocked out a motorcycle with a hammer some time ago, and put it on an engine bought from Cape Town, which cost less than a hundred pounds, which is better than Frank's motorcycle." Buck chatted casually, and Roark thought about it for a long time before remembering who "Bobby" was.

Bobby Holt, Nelson Holt's son, the Cambridge graduate, Roque arranged Bobby Holt to be the deputy mayor of Ziwei Town, but he didn't expect Bobby Holt to be quite practical.

"Better than Frank's motorcycle?" Roque is still a little skeptical, the motorcycle - it should be relatively technical, right, just hammered out with a hammer?

No matter how you sound it, it seems a bit of a fantasy.

"Yes, Frank wanted to buy Bobby's bike for £500, but Bobby didn't say yes, and now Bobby and they're starting to build a third." Buck was chatting happily and didn't seem to notice that there was actually a big business opportunity here.

Johannesburg's main means of transportation is still horses, even Roque to and from Johannesburg and Ziwei Town is a horseback ride, motorcycles are rare in Johannesburg, and there is only one car in the entire Transvaal.

It was the one that Xiao Si gave to Henry when he got married.

Horses are actually very delicate creatures, especially thoroughbreds, the requirements for the environment are still relatively high, the Johannesburg Police Department is taken care of by a special groom, so they can afford to raise thoroughbreds, and they can't afford to raise them at all.

Therefore, to solve the problem of means of transportation, the way out in the future must be modern means of transportation such as motorcycles.

"Where's Bobby? Take me to see Bobby's motorcycle. Roque couldn't sit still, and if it was really feasible, Roque would suggest that Bobby do it on a large scale, which would generate more profits and boost Johannesburg's industry.

While Roque and Buck were chatting, Bobby and his buddies were arguing in a private house on the edge of Purple Town.

"I think we can scale up now, our motorcycles are obviously better than Father Frank's, Father Frank's motorcycles often break, the first motorcycle we built has been in use for more than a month, and it has only broken once, Father Frank and Sheriff Dunn both want to buy our motorcycles, and Lawrence of Christian Exploration, as long as we can keep the price down to 300 pounds, Manager Lawrence said to buy ten." One of Bobby's buddies has been carried away by the prospect of a large market, he is Ted, a student of Professor George Eugene, who often goes to the field to explore, and the demand for motorcycles is high, and the first motorcycle Bobby they built, most of the time Ted used it.

"Ted, it's unrealistic to scale up, it took us two months to build the first motorcycle, a month and a half to build the second, if we want to build ten, we estimate that it will take a full year, we still have other work to do, there is not so much time at all." Another young man named Green, who was a student of Professor Abu and spent most of his time in the lab, building motorcycles by hand was just a hobby for Green.

"It's not impossible to expand the scale, but it definitely can't be with a few of us, if it does, it will require a larger, more remote site, and when we made the first two motorcycles, Mrs. Donald and Mrs. Wilde were already very angry, I don't want Mrs. Wilde to go to the mayor of the town to complain early-" Bobby Holt said this, and began to learn from Buck to speak: "You are the deputy mayor of the town, you can't know the law and break the law-"

"Hahahaha-"

"That's funny—"

"You funny guy"

Several friends laughed one after another, and the air was full of joy.

Buck's face outside the door was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Roque, smiling, stepped forward and pushed the door open.

The room fell silent.

"Where's your motorcycle? Roll it out and I'll take a look. "Roque direct.

Buck silently followed behind Roque, staring at Bobby Holt viciously with cold eyes.

Bobby Holt's face turned white with fright, his eyes widened as if he had seen a ghost, and he couldn't say anything: "Lord Lord, the motorcycle is not here-"

What the hell is Lord Lord?

"Where? Whoever rides it. "Roque is not angry, isn't he quite capable just now, since he dares to learn from the mayor to speak, he must have the consciousness of being put in small shoes by the mayor.

Ted went for a ride in the dust, and Bobby Holt was busy moving a chair for Roark and pouring coffee for Buck.

"Hmph, Bobby, you just learned quite similarly, I'll listen to it again." Buck won't let Bobby Holt go easily.

"Mayor Mare, I was wrong—" Bobby confessed with a snap.

"No, you're not wrong, even if you're wrong, I don't dare to teach you a lesson, otherwise what if you learn it again?" Buck sighed faintly, literally heart-wrenching.

Bobby Holt no longer explained, and admitted his fate in frustration, in fact, Bobby Holt knew that Buck was not a bad person, and he probably wouldn't retaliate for this matter, but the beating was definitely indispensable.

Roque doesn't care how Buck beats Bobby Holt, Bobby Holt is Buck's subordinate, and Buck must be treated with respect.

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