Guilt indeed!

Truth be told, being reborn in this era, Roque was actually grateful at first.

Even for the British, Roque is grateful, and only here in the British, Roque has a chance to stand out.

If it was in the Qing Kingdom, perhaps Luo Ke would have been forced to go to Liangshan by now.

If it's in the U.S. –

It can't be in the United States, where the Chinese Exclusion Act has now been introduced, and it's 1900, not 1872.

Only in Britain, which has the largest colony in the world, because of its own population, has to rely on foreign population to enrich the colony, Roque has a chance to get ahead.

Although Roque did not want to admit it, in 1900, it was.

In previous years, the British had not yet begun to try to enrich the colonies with the help of the Chinese.

In the next few years, after the establishment of the Union of South Africa, the British who have immigrated to South Africa and the local Boers in South Africa will impose restrictions on the foreign population, and it will not be as easy for the Chinese to immigrate as they do now.

It's still easy to emigrate to the Cape now.

In 1904, Britain and the Qing reached an agreement to import labor from the Qing to Johannesburg, and in the terms of the agreement, according to Western practice, Chinese workers could bring their families to Johannesburg, and all the costs were borne by the mine owners.

Unfortunately, because of the deep-rooted local complex and the difficult life of Chinese workers after arriving in Johannesburg, few Chinese workers brought their families to Johannesburg.

According to South Africa's Historical Archives, only two women and 26 children arrived in Johannesburg in 1904 with Chinese miners.

In 1904, more than 50,000 Chinese workers arrived in Johannesburg.

It was precisely because of his open-minded policy towards the Chinese that Roque was grateful to the British government.

But this gratitude was gone the moment Roque walked out of the Governor's Palace.

Grateful?

Inexistent.

If those Royal Canadian soldiers weren't so arrogant, if Alfred Milner insisted that the perpetrators be punished severely, if the military hadn't substituted a fluttering cheque for punishment for the perpetrators, if—

There aren't too many ifs anymore.

To survive, Roque could raise his gun to the Boers.

To prove himself, Roque could launch an attack on the positions of the Boer coalition forces.

In order to gain trust, Roque could even accept that the Expeditionary Force Command would be dominated by Henry, and publicize the record of killing Joubert.

Roque can not care about these things, because in the process, Roque also got what he wanted, the treatment of Chinese police officers is getting better and better, and Roque's police rank is also rising, there was a time when Roque thought that he and the entire Chinese police community had been trusted by the Cape colonial government and became the "own people" of the Cape colonial government.

Reality has taught Roque a profound lesson, no matter how much Roque does for the Cape colonial government, the Cape colonial government will not treat Roque as "its own man".

In other words, the Cape colonial government will treat Roque as its own, but the Cape colonial government will not recognize the Chinese police as a group.

Then Roque's existence would have no meaning.

——

"Stand upright!"

"Raise your gun!"

"Fire!"

Bang!

The sound of neat gunfire was deafening.

"Stand upright!"

"Raise your gun!"

"Fire!"

Bang!

This procedure is repeated three times, and the gun salute is an important part of the funeral of a soldier, and although Lynn is a police officer, she is also eligible for military salute treatment.

In fact, the standard of the funeral is already very high, in addition to Roque, the Johannesburg police chief, Cape Town Police Chief August Russell also attended Lynn's funeral, August Russell is a representative of the Cape Police.

In addition to Roque and Auguste Russell, Alfred Milner and Cape Governor Walter Henry Hutchinson both sent their own secretaries to represent themselves at Lynn's funeral.

Also present at the funeral was Lieutenant Colonel Bill Bradley, commander of the 3rd Wing County Regiment in Wirther, who had been transferred out of Oak Town and promoted to lieutenant colonel for stopping the riots in the Oak refugee camp in time.

Lynn's graveyard is located on a hillside next to Oaktown, which overlooks the whole of Oaktown, in other words, from every corner of Oaktown, you just have to look up to see the hillside.

More than a dozen of his brothers who died in the line of duty after arriving in Cape Town, including those who were attacked by guerrillas on their way to Dordrecht and buried in the wilderness, have been relocated to the cemetery after Roque's arrival in Oaktown.

Two police officers who were disabled by injuries sustained in the fighting are responsible for the care of the area, and their salaries are paid by the Cape Town Police Department.

"Please mourn—"

"Condolences change-"

"God bless you—"

At the end of the funeral, a group of senior officials and representatives of senior officials lined up to shake hands with Lynn's family, and Roque also shook hands with the senior officials as a family representative to thank them.

When it was Auguste Russell's turn, Auguste Russell shook hands with great force.

Roque nodded slightly, before returning to Johannesburg, Roque was definitely going to visit Auguste Russell.

Joe Russell is the nephew of August Russell and now serves as the deputy commissioner of the Johannesburg Police Department and is Roque's deputy, presumably, August Russell should be concerned about his nephew's performance.

Of course, before leaving Oak Town, Roark and Ada went to Lynn's house together.

Lynn's home is next to Oak Square, and the path in front of the house has been named Lynn Road, which is also the first road named after a person in the entire Oak Town, and Roque does not have this treatment.

"Head, Mrs. Capet—" Lynn's wife, the widow, has taken off her filial piety clothes and wears a long white dress, according to the tradition of Lynn's hometown, when the husband is buried, the wife can remove filial piety, but the children cannot be removed, and within three years, Lynn's children must wear filial piety, and the widow cannot wear bright clothes, let alone remarry.

"Brother and sister, we are in Cape, the traditions of our hometown must be observed, but there is no need to be stubborn, the children should go to school or go to school, if you have any problems, go to Anton, if not, send me a telegram directly-" Roque is not here to persuade people to remarry, of course, if Lynn's wife meets a lover in the future and wants to re-establish a family, Roque will also bless him.

As for the three years or not the three years, it really doesn't matter.

It is important to bring the children well, grow up healthy and healthy, watch them start a family, and spread out for the Lin family.

In this way, he can be worthy of Lynn's spirit in the sky.

"Ms. Lin, you can also come to me if you need to, most of the time, I will be at the Oak Bar." Ida would also help Lynn's wife in any way she could.

In fact, Roque came back this time in the hope that Ida could go to Johannesburg with him.

Unfortunately, Ada didn't want to leave Cape Town, and after Roark left for Pretoria, Ada stayed in Oaktown and didn't return to Cape Town, much to Roque's incomprehension.

If you love, why can't you get along day and night?

If you don't love, why do you want to be affectionate?

Really, a woman's mind can't guess.

Compared to a little girl like Phyllis, a woman like Ida is more independent and more difficult to handle.

And, of course, even more fascinating!

Otherwise, Roque wouldn't have been in Pretoria for so long, guarding a beauty like Scarlett, but still guarding himself like jade-

Ida has fully felt this in the past few days.

"Head, Mrs. Capet, rest assured, I will definitely bring up the children, and when the children grow up, I will still let them become police officers, and go to work under the head—" Lynn's wife is very sensible, and now the children are her everything.

In fact, the pension of nearly 2,000 pounds is really a lot, even if from now on, Lynn's family does not have any income, 2,000 pounds is enough for Lynn's wife to raise three children.

So, Lynn's wife is really grateful to Roque.

Yes, it is grateful, and maybe there is a little regret, but if it is in the Qing Kingdom, even if Lynn sacrifices his life for the country, can Lynn's family get a pension of 20,000 oceans?

Don't be funny, even if Lynn is a feudal official, it is estimated that the imperial court will not give so many pensions.

In 1910, the Qing Dynasty formulated the "Regulations on the Reward of Mercy and Grace", which stipulated that the pension of Zhengyipin who died on the battlefield was only 2,000 taels of silver.

Two thousand pounds.

It's about 7,800 taels of silver, almost the pension of four Zhengyipin.

What's not to be satisfied with?

Although in the usual sense, the value of life cannot be measured in terms of money.

But in real life, in fact, many times, the value of life can be measured in money.

For example, after a police officer dies in the line of duty, money is the best way to compensate the family of the policeman, although nothing can replace the meaning of the family, but when the fact of death can no longer be changed, money is the only substitute to heal the pain.

It does sound a little cruel, but that's the reality.

So Lynn's wife really doesn't hate Roque, and Lynn's wife also knows that if Roque hadn't tried his best, Lynn's wife would not have gotten so much a pension.

Since the arrival of Chinese police officers in the Cape, more than a dozen Chinese police officers have died in the line of duty, and their families have only received pensions ranging from a few hundred pounds, a figure that has never exceeded 1,000.

Of course, Roque didn't deliberately advertise it, so nominally, Lynn's wife still only got a pension of £480, and the rest of the £1,500 cheque, which Roque sent to Lynn's wife privately on the night he returned to Oaktown.

Roque is protecting Lynn's family, don't overestimate people's moral standards these days, Lynn is no longer there, if other people know that Lynn's wife gets so much pension, it is hard to guarantee that there will be some guys who are not long-sighted to make up their minds, Roque wants to avoid this as much as possible, although Lynn's family lives in Oak Town, it seems that they have no intention of leaving Oak Town in the future, but it is impossible to have police officers to protect Lynn's family 24 hours a day.

So, you can only keep a low profile.

On September 15, Roark left Oaktown for Cape Town.

On the night of the fifteenth, Roque went to visit Auguste Russell.

On the morning of the sixteenth, Roque boarded the train to Johannesburg.

Johannesburg, I'm back!