There's no denying that Louis Botha was definitely a charismatic man.

If history repeats itself, then after the end of the war, in 1907 the Transvaal was established an autonomous government, with Louis Botha as prime minister.

In 1910, the Federation of South Africa was established, and Louis Botha also served as Prime Minister.

In 1911, Louis Botha founded the Afrikaner Party, and during the First World War, Louis Botha resolutely suppressed the anti-British and anti-war uprising, in 1915, at the request of the British, the Federation of South Africa under the leadership of Louis Botha sent troops to occupy German Southwest Africa, and in 1919, Louis Botha represented the Federation of South Africa at the Versailles Conference.

After the end of World War I, Louis Botha continued to serve as Federal Prime Minister of South Africa until his death.

Such a person, no matter how much you attach importance to him, is not overestimated.

During the war, I don't know how many expeditionary generals suffered at the hands of Louis Botha, although Roque did not have a similar experience, but in the Cape, Louis Botha successfully escaped from Roque, which has always made Roque regretful.

The conversation between the two began with that brief encounter.

"You almost caught me then, and the distance between us is probably less than a hundred meters." Louis Botha had no smug on his face, as if the topic of conversation had nothing to do with him.

"If it weren't for that mountain stream, I don't think the peace talks would have been so difficult." Roque is indeed a pity, Louis Botha's head, no matter what, it is worth a baron.

"Your last hand scared me, and of all the expeditionary generals I've ever met, you're probably the most cunning—" Louis Botha was a little condescending.

"Cunning?" Roque directly questioned Louis Botha's misnomerization.

"Ahh Louis Botha reviewed in a timely manner.

"It's a pity, I also want to fight you on the battlefield with dignity, but it's a pity that the expeditionary force didn't give me a chance." Roque is indeed a pity, if Roque can participate in the war, now Roque should have more than one title from the baron.

"Be content, your title was earned by slaughtering our Boers, so be careful, maybe someone will ask you for a duel." Louis Botha had bad intentions, and duels were forbidden in England by law.

Duels have been an effective way to settle disputes since the Middle Ages, and sometimes a contemptuous look, an irreverent word, or an arrogant gesture can lead to a duel.

The duel was not a non-stop fight, it was a gentleman's way of settling disputes, but the mortality rate of the duel was high, and the famous Russian poet Pushkin died in a duel that was arranged.

In the twentieth century, more and more countries legislated against duels, but in the backwoods of the Transvaal, duels did not disappear completely, and there are still many people who believe that duels are an effective way to resolve disputes.

"Hehe, if anyone really wants to do that, then I'd welcome it." It's not easy to propose to Roque, most people don't have the qualifications, and in front of Louis Botha, Roque will definitely not back down.

Duels are not something that can be initiated casually, now duels are already illegal, if it was in the Middle Ages, a nobleman like Roque, even if someone proposed a duel to Roque, Roque could find one to participate in the duel instead of himself, without having to go into battle himself.

"Why target the Boers?" Louis Botha seemed to know what was happening to the Boers in Johannesburg.

"In the Transvaal Republic, how did you treat the Chinese?" Roque asked rhetorically.

"The Republic—were there Chinese in the Transvaal at that time?" At this point, Louis Botha was confused.

This is really not Louis Botha pretending to be stupid, Louis Botha really did not know that during the Transvaal Republic, there were actually Chinese in the Transvaal.

Of course, the more real situation should be that even if Louis Botha knew at the time, I am afraid that Louis Botha would not have looked at the Chinese differently, in this era, the Chinese are also classified as people of color, and they are generally discriminated against in the white world, not only Boers, but also Chinese in any white country.

"When I arrived in Johannesburg, I rescued many Chinese in the gold mines, who were humiliated, malnourished, doing the heaviest work, and not getting rest even when they were sick—" Roque tried to prove that his hatred of the Boers did not arise out of thin air.

"No, no, Sir Locke, the gold mines in Johannesburg are not Boers, but British, so even if the Chinese are treated unfairly in Johannesburg, it has nothing to do with the Transvaal Republic." Louis Botha tried to get rid of it.

"It's okay?" Roque smirked.

"It's okay!" Louis Botha was loyal.

"Now the gold mines in Johannesburg are also British." Roque sighed faintly.

Louis Botha was speechless.

Yes, the gold mines in Johannesburg have always been British, but during the Transvaal Republic, the Chinese suffered inhumane treatment in the gold mines, and now the British rule Johannesburg, the Chinese have worked hard to raise their eyebrows.

What does this mean?

It can only prove that the Transvaal Republic does not attach importance to the interests of the Chinese, and no matter whether this de facto disregard, the Transvaal Republic is active or passive, and the Transvaal Republic cannot be separated from the relationship.

"Although I still insist that the Chinese are treated unfairly in the gold mines and have nothing to do with the Transvaal Republic, I regret it." Louis Botha gave up arguing, and only then did he remember Roque's identity.

Roque is a British baron, and on this issue, he will certainly not consider the problem from the position of the Boers, so if Roque needs an excuse, he can find countless at will.

"yes, I'm sorry too." Roque regrets that his ass decides his head, and if war hadn't broken out, Louis Botha might have been a good friend.

It's also unlikely, after all, Louis Botha was white, and if war hadn't broken out, maybe Roque and Louis Botha wouldn't have known each other at all, and it didn't matter if they were friends or not.

After the discovery of gold in Johannesburg, in fact, war was inevitable, Roque's only regret was that he did not make enough achievements in this war, if Roque could be awarded the title of "baron" or even "viscount" in the war, then Roque would be more sure to protect the Chinese in Johannesburg.

The first exchange between Roque and Louis Botha was not pleasant, and there was basically nothing more to say when it came to it.

When Louis Botha said goodbye, Roque stood up politely and shook hands with Louis Botha in saying goodbye.

Just after Louis Botha left to talk to the others, an entourage who had been with him did not follow Louis Botha away, but stood straight in front of Roque.

"Sir Locke, you don't know me, I want to tell you that the man you shot and killed was my brother, his name is Kenny Hodge, and I want you to remember his name." The bearded retinue whispered to Roque.

Well, there are so many guerrillas that Roque has killed with his own hands, I really don't know which one this stunned young man in front of me is talking about.

But seeing Louis Botha's back, Roque suddenly remembered the scene in front of the mountain stream.

At that time, Roque lured Louis Botha to talk back, and then shot the man who was talking across the mountain stream -

Probably, that person is Kenny Hodge.

"I'm sorry, but I've killed a lot of Boers with my own hands, and I don't know which one you're talking about." Roque doesn't care about this level of threat.

"Good, good!" The bearded entourage wanted to continue to say a few harsh words.

"Cliff—" Someone shouted at him.

Cliff didn't talk any more nonsense, glared at Roque fiercely and turned to leave.

Roque looked at Cliff with a playful expression.

Because of some uninvited guests, the banquet was not very pleasant.

Louis Botha is not just communicating with Roque alone, Henry, Ade, Xiao Si, Louis Botha chatted with many people for a while, even if there is no time to chat for a long time, Louis Botha will say hello familiarly, this person is indeed long-sleeved and good at dancing, regardless of his position, many people will not hate him, no wonder he can be the prime minister of the Union of South Africa.

At the end of the banquet, Roque did not leave in a hurry, as the best man, Roque had to send all the guests away with Henry, and then Roque and Henry could leave together.

Louis Botha left the banquet early, he was not in a good mood, at today's banquet, Roque was not the only one who expressed hostility to Louis Botha, many people were obviously disgusted with Louis Botha and his party, for this situation, Louis Botha had long anticipated, the deep hatred between the British and the Boers, not a negotiation can be ended.

"We should not have accepted the terms of the British in the first place, those conditions were so humiliating that the people in charge of the negotiations should be hanged." Cliff was angry, and Louis Botha was a high-ranking general of the Boer coalition, and even in Pretoria, Louis Botha had more than ten guards.

"Cliff, watch your behavior, if you dare to make trouble again, without anyone else doing it, I will hang you with my own hands." Louis Botha was very demanding of those around him.

"You mean the damn police chief? Louie, my brother is dead, Kenny was killed by that damn police chief, and you're speaking for that damn police chief! Cliff's eyes widened with rage.

Louis Bothaler stopped his horse, looked at Cliff coldly, and warned solemnly: "Cliff, I repeat, don't give it to you, make trouble for all of us, there are more people who have died in the war, each of us has relatives who have died, and more British people have been killed by us, during the war, you can go to revenge, but after the war, you must restrain yourself, all revenge must be terminated, including you!" ”

Cliff was furious, his face turned red, and he wanted to argue with reason, but in the face of Louis Botha's cold eyes, Cliff really didn't dare.

As the commander-in-chief of the Boer coalition army, Louis Botha is also a battle-hardened battle-runner who can command tens of thousands of people, so he naturally has the so-called "official authority", so when Louis Botha gets serious, there are really few people who can carry it.

"Remember?" Louis Botha asked.

"Yes—" Cliff resigned.

"Be louder, remember?" Louis Botha is strong.

"Remember!" Cliff yelled.

Louis Botha nodded in satisfaction before continuing on his way.

Back at the hotel where he was staying, Louis Botha had Cliff sent away overnight, unable to leave the time bomb with him.

Don't get me wrong, it's not the meaning of extinguishing, it's literally sending away, sending out Pretoria.

Louis Botha was not an indiscriminate murderer, otherwise he would not be convincing.

What Louis Botha didn't expect was that after Cliff was put on the train, he didn't follow Louis Botha's orders and went straight to Orange, but got off the train in Johannesburg.

To say that Louis Botha is also a ruthless person, knowing that Cliff got off the bus halfway, Louis Botha did not waste time and went directly to Roque.

Roque also has a house in Pretoria, next to Henry's house, and this street is inhabited by officials from various departments of the Provisional Government of Pretoria, so it is called Government Street.

Government Street is second only to Church Square, where the Palace of Justice is located, and is patrolled by police 24 hours a day, so as soon as Louis Botha entered Government Street, he was stopped and questioned by patrolling police.

After knowing that Louis Botha was looking for Roque, the patrolmen did not embarrass Louis Botha, but they did not let Louis Botha move freely, but "accompanied" Louis Botha to Roque in the form of an escort.

This level of security made Louis Botha secretly frightened, Pretoria is like this, how good can Johannesburg be?

So if Cliff really wants to avenge his brother, he can only kill himself.

"What does he want to do when he gets off in Johannesburg?" Roque didn't dare to be careless, and when he learned the news, he immediately asked Li De to send a telegram to the Johannesburg Police Department.

"I don't know, Cliff has a serious tendency to violence, it's not to blame him, the war has turned a lot of people into devils, and I'm worried that Cliff will do something out of the ordinary, so-" Louis Botha's timely briefing made Roque feel good about Louis Botha.

"So what? Wish I had let him go? Roque looked at the time, according to Louis Botha, Cliff must have gotten out of the car four hours ago, and if Cliff wanted to get revenge on someone, then he might have done it now.

"No, if Cliff has made a mistake, then he deserves the punishment he deserves, and I just hope that if Cliff had not made a mistake, the police in Johannesburg would not have harmed him." Louis Botha will not exonerate Cliff, that will only increase the rift between Louis Botha and Roque.

"Of course, if Cliff hadn't made a mistake, the Johannesburg police wouldn't have hurt him." Roque solemnly promised that if all the Boers were as sensible as Louis Botha, then Roque would also be willing to live in peace with the Boers.

"Thank you." Louis Botha is sincerely grateful.

"You're welcome, Luis, and I would like to thank you for your timely briefing." Roque is also sincere, let's not talk about the future, at least at this moment, Roque and Louis Botha have the same idea.