The Second Boer War broke out directly because of the discovery of the Rand gold mine.

The Rand gold mine refers to the entire Rand gold mining area, which is 400 kilometers long from north to south, and the gold-bearing conglomerate layers are distributed in the surrounding areas of the Rand Basin, with a total length of 480 kilometers and a mining area of 20,700 square kilometers, and the largest main ore belt is 190 kilometers long.

Pretoria is the capital of the Transvaal Republic, Johannesburg is the economic center of the Transvaal Republic, and Pretoria is politically more important than Retoria, but Johannesburg is obviously more profitable, so Henry chose to go to Pretoria.

Johannesburg is only 50 kilometers away from Pretoria, and there is a railway connection between the two cities, so it is impossible to set up two command centers at such a close distance, so Johannesburg must be dominated by Pretoria, and Henry's choice of Pretoria is equivalent to choosing Johannesburg, which is not in conflict.

On July 3, a commission headed by Viscount Wollaston arrived in Cape Town.

Roque also thought that after the investigation team arrived in Cape Town, the next stop would be Oak Town.

In fact, this was not the case at all, the investigation team did not mean to come to Oak Town at all, but directly called Roque to Cape Town.

"Locke, be careful when answering questions, I won't be able to go in with you later, the people in the meeting today are all big shots, go ahead and make a good impression on them." Until he entered the conference room on the third floor of the Governor's Palace, Henry was telling Roque to be careful.

"Okay, I'll be careful." Roque didn't need Henry's advice, but he still had to give face.

Viscount Wollaston, Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force, Sir Frederick Roberts, Chief of Staff of the Expeditionary Force, General Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Governor Alfred Milner, and the new Prime Minister, Sir Gordon Sprigg, would not have been eligible to attend if it were not for the possibility of a briefing from Police Chief August Russell.

Yes, just a week ago, former Prime Minister William Philip Schreiner resigned due to ill health, and Sir Gordon Sprigg became the new Cape Prime Minister.

In fact, everyone knows that William Philip Schreiner's resignation has nothing to do with his health, William Philip Schreiner's health is fine, and the reason for his resignation is because William Philip Schreiner advocates appeasement of the Boers, which is contrary to the attitude of Governor Alfred Milner, and the new prime minister, Sir Gordon Sprig, is a standard hardliner, and he will definitely cooperate well with Governor Alfred Milner.

It was the first time that Roque had come to the conference room of the Governor's Palace, and he didn't know what the previous conference room looked like, but Roque was sure that it was definitely not what Roque saw.

The whole conference room was large, spacious, bright, and resplendent, with a row of tables under the portrait of Queen Victoria hanging high, and a dozen big people waiting for them, and Roque only knew August Russell, sitting at the very edge.

In the center of the conference room, there was a chair, presumably where Roque was, except that there was only one stenographer by the wall, two guards by the wall behind Roque, and no one else.

If no one had reminded him, Roque would have thought that this was a courtroom.

With Henry's reminder, Roque will definitely not lose his manners, entering the conference room, Roque will hold his head high, his eyes will not squint, the focus of his eyes is definitely in front of his body, walking is absolutely straight, every time he turns, he must stand upright, and his feet must step on the floor as fast as possible, less than ten meters away, Roque took a full minute.

"Locke, come and get the Bible—" August Russell gestured to Roarke as he picked up a Bible.

Roque obeyed and stood before Auguste Russell.

"Now tell me that I swear before God Almighty—" August Russell had just scratched his head when a question suddenly came to mind: "Locke, do you believe in God?" ”

Hot, just now remembering this question?

Roque felt a little collapsed inside, Governor Alfred Milner, who was at the center of the big man, was rubbing his head, the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, Sir Frederick Roberts, had a mustache on the corner of his mouth that twitched twice, and the chief of staff, General Horatio Herbert Kitchener, rolled his eyes very covertly.

"Yes, Mr. Director, I have been serving God for a long time." Roque took out the posture of a fanatical believer, it didn't matter if it was true or not, because of the fist chaos, the Christian system of the Qing Kingdom had collapsed, and no one could verify Roque's words.

But faith is definitely very important in Western society, and if faith is different, Roque will never come out under the British.

Sure enough, after listening to Roque's words, the big names nodded one after another, and their eyes at Roque were more softened.

"Well, now tell me, I swear before God Almighty that everything I say here is true, all truth, and there is no lie." August Russell nodded slightly to Roque.

"I swear before God Almighty—" Roque solemnly swore with the Bible in his hand.

"Now back to your seat, Inspector Locke." August Russell was satisfied.

Salute, stand upright, turn around, stand upright, step upright, turn around again, stand up again, sit down and take off your hat and put it in the crook of your arm, Roque's set of procedures is meticulous, purely from the military appearance, impeccable.

"Inspector Locke—"

As soon as Viscount Wollaston spoke, Roque stood up and stomped his foot, visibly startling Viscount Wollaston.

"You may be seated, Inspector Locke—" Viscount Wollaston was about forty years old, with a slightly fat body, and his two mustaches were delicately trimmed and medium-styled, and because of the use of a lot of wax, the hair looked like only a thin layer clinging to the scalp.

"Your file says that in February you killed General Joubert, the commander-in-chief of the Boer Coalition Army, in the Orange Free State with a Cape Town Police commando, right?" Viscount Wollaston doesn't seem to be paying much attention to the camps, but rather interested in Roque himself.

"Yes, Your Excellency, five months ago, I was ordered with the commandos to deliver military supplies to the front—" Roque answered the question selectively, focusing primarily on the brutality of the Boer coalition forces and the bravery of the commandos, without mentioning anything else.

It was obvious that after Roque finished speaking, the expressions of Sir Roberts and General Kitchener began to relax, and the gaze that looked at Roque was a little more appreciative.

That's right, those who know the times are Junjie.