Man, it's really not customary, the Boers are now spoiled by the British.

After the British occupation of the Cape, the Boers abandoned their properties in the Cape, sold their mature farms at a low price, and helped the old and young move north.

In the process of migration, the Boers had to face the siege and interception of the British, the difficult environment, the internal environment on the verge of falling apart, and the Zulu attacks.

The Boers overcame many difficulties, and even fought in the "Battle of the Blood River" during the migration, and finally the Boers rebuilt their homes in Orange and the Transvaal, which were far away.

"Go back, go back to Orange, Mr. Mayor is getting more loans in Cape Town, going to Johannesburg won't solve anything—" Austin Pence said bitterly, shouting through a tin horn, but was blown away by the wind and rain.

"We don't want a loan, we just want to get our farm back—"

"The farm in Johannesburg is ours!"

"Get rid of the damn yellow people—"

Compared with Austin Pence alone, the tens of thousands of Boers were immense, encouraging and supporting each other, and still firmly marched towards Johannesburg.

"There's no way the garrison and police in Johannesburg can let you pass—"

"See, they're ready-"

"Don't be obsessed—"

All the police are trying to maintain order, but in front of tens of thousands of people, the power of a few hundred people is insignificant.

"You are also Boers, why do you want to help those British and Yellow people?" The identity of the Bloemfontein police was finally noticed.

"There are no Boers anymore, we are all British—" explained in a weakly weak voice.

"Traitor—"

"Mole—"

"Stooge—"

Many Boers were scolding, and the grumpy ones had begun to push and shove, and the police line was losing ground one after another.

When the Boer guerrillas surrendered, the British government allowed the partisans to keep their weapons for self-defense, so many Boers carried guns, but the guns they carried were pistols, so they were inconspicuous.

When there are many people, it is easy to be in danger, and the thinking that the law does not blame the public is not unique to the Chinese, and it is even more prevalent among the whites.

In the chaos, it is not known whether it was some policeman or some Boer who finally fired the first shot.

Bang!

In the cold rain, the gunfire was so terrible.

"Murder—"

There were people crying, more women and children were crushed by the crowd, and the situation became even more chaotic.

There are also people who are aware of the danger and want to break away from the group, but they are coerced by the crowd and cannot get out.

"The situation is dangerous, we have to find a way-" one captain yelled at Austin Pence.

"I know the danger, but I can't—" Austin Pence yelled back in a louder voice.

In just two sentences, more gunshots rang out, some policemen were knocked down, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

Bah, Bah Bah -

A machine gun shooter who couldn't hold back tried to intimidate the crowd with a heavy machine gun.

The agitated Boers were simply out of control, and finally someone fired at the line formed by the garrison.

"Fight back, fight back, these are thugs, they're not refugees at all—"

The officers could not bear it, and the law did not hold the public accountable, and the same applies to the soldiers.

The scene finally got completely out of control.

——

"The situation is serious, six policemen and one soldier were killed, more than 20 were injured - the losses of the Boers were even worse, at least 150 people died in the clashes, but most of them were not shot, but trampled to death by the crowd, and now all the Boers have returned to Bloemfontein, probably a thousand people need medical attention, Director Austin Pence and Captain Mars and Captain Jacob have been brought under control, and they are responsible for this." Joe Russell informs Roque that Roque was renovating his and Phyllis's new home in Purple Town when the conflict broke out.

"How could this happen-" Roque sighed helplessly, people are so spoiled little by little, if they don't be touched by reality, there is a high probability that they will not turn.

"It's normal, it's been more than half a year since the end of the war, and the rebuilding of Orange is progressing slowly, and the compensation of 3 million is a drop in the bucket, an average of a dozen pounds per Boer—" Joe Russell gloated a little, and his tone was very frivolous.

"That's it? Hehe, that's not how the account is calculated, although a person only has a dozen pounds, but when it comes to families, each family has dozens of pounds, or even hundreds of pounds, so much money is not enough to rebuild the home? What's more, Orange also got a loan of 12 million pounds - "Roque hates iron and steel, if so much money is given to the Chinese, the farm in Johannesburg can go to another level."

"The 12 million loan, the Orange government did not issue it, they are ready to directly support the farm, but unfortunately the support plan has not been made, this year's rainy season will come ahead of schedule-" Joe Russell also felt incredible, so many things came together, it can only be said that the Orange government is too unlucky.

The day after the conflict broke out, Ade rushed from Pretoria to Johannesburg to deal with the clash nearby.

Forget about Orange, 80% of Bloemfontein's urban area is flooded, and maybe there will be a plague after the flood recedes, and Ade can't go to Bloemfontein even if he wants to.

"It happened very suddenly, and when we received the report, the situation was out of control, and Louie and I tried to come up with a better solution, but Director Austin Pence lost patience, the police and garrison were attacked in the line of duty, and the conflict inevitably happened—" Jan Smuts and Louis Bota also rushed to Johannesburg to report to Ade in person.

Ade looked at Jan Smuts and Louis Botha with calm faces, and his heart was full of anger.

It is unclear what their role was in the incident, and it is certain that they did not prevent such incidents from happening, and that they did not respond in time after the incident, which is at least a dereliction of duty.

"We have done our best to control the crowd, but there are people who fan the flames and incite the crowd to continue moving towards Johannesburg, there are people who are deliberately creating chaos, the police are trying to arrest those who are causing chaos, but they are attacked, and the police and the military are human beings, and it is impossible to ask them to exercise restraint when their lives are threatened." Austin Pence still gritted his teeth when he thought about it now.

"Chief Locke, until the results are out, your Johannesburg Police Department is responsible for the safety of those responsible." Ade first locked people up and then said, saying that it was "safety", but in fact it was detaining.

"Yes!" Roark succinctly took Austin Pence and the two captains away.

In fact, the conflict has not been determined until now, so Austin Pence and the two captains are not criminals yet, so they can't be locked up in prison, so Roque took Austin Pence and the two captains back to the police station.

"I'm sorry, but you can only move within the police station, not outside the police station." The room that Roque arranged for Austin Pence is still good, and there are also rooms for "special guests" in the police station, with all kinds of living facilities, meals and drinks will be delivered directly to the room, and there are police officers on duty outside the door, which is actually similar to a detention.

Austin Pence and the two captains would certainly not have been so strictly guarded, and there were not even police officers guarding the door of the room where they lived.

Austin Pence was in no mood to pay attention to this, thanked Roque, and fell headlong into bed.

"I can finally sleep comfortably!" Austin Pence was in prison, but he was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief and no longer have to worry about the dead Boers.

"Can you still sleep?" Roque and Captain Mars and Captain Jacob looked at each other and smiled bitterly, such a serious mass incident occurred, and then Austin Pence, Captain Mars, and Captain Jacob had an uncertain future, and it was also a big heart to be able to sleep at this time.

"What else else? I don't want to be judged with a bitter face, and I can't let those damn guys get complacent. "Austin Pence is aware of their situation.

"Don't worry too much, this matter hasn't been finalized yet, maybe you won't have to go to court." Roque said it as lightly as possible, even if everyone knew that it was very unlikely.

"Don't comfort me Locke, colleague, I only have one request, if—if the worst happens, please help me take care of my family later." Austin Pence was already determined to die, and the two captains were also gloomy.

"Don't be so pessimistic, I'll try to figure it out." Roque doesn't talk nonsense and does his best to save Austin Pence and the two captains.

Although the consequences of the conflict were extremely serious, and the impact was extremely bad, not only causing the division of Orange and the Transvaal, but also affecting Britain's international reputation.

But the performance of Austin Pence and the two captains in the conflict objectively actually helped Johannesburg, otherwise tens of thousands of Boers poured into Johannesburg, and Johannesburg was now unable to relocate, which would definitely put a very heavy burden on Johannesburg.

In fact, even if Johannesburg could be accommodated, Johannesburg would not accept those Boers.

Since the beginning of the rainy season, Johannesburg has been keeping an eye on the situation in Bloemfontein, otherwise the Kronstad garrison and police would not have set up a position on the border line before the Boers arrived.

And then there's the farmers in Kronstad, who have done a great job in this conflict, not only in terms of organization and efficiency, but also in the aftermath of the conflict.

Leaving the police station, Roque went to find Philip.

"Locke, don't say anything about this, it's far more serious than you think—" Philip listened to Roque's reasoning and did not agree to intercede for Austin Pence and the two captains.

"I'm not saying we have to do something, I'm just saying that we can help them as much as we can, Joe has taken over the Bloemfontein police station, he will investigate the truth about this incident, I think, we may need more time, we can't let innocent people be tried-" Roque was trying to stall.

"Who is innocent? Hundreds of people have been killed, thousands have been injured, someone has to be held accountable for this, you don't get involved now, go back to the police station and do your job. Philip was furious, and had already treated Roque as a son-in-law.

Roque was stunned, but he didn't expect Philip's attitude to be so resolute.

The values of parents have a great impact on their children, and a pair of parents who are not black and white and unreasonable have a high probability of educating a bunch of bear children.

It can't be said that Philip's attitude is wrong, in fact, Roque also knows that Philip's attitude is actually the best way, but Roque doesn't want to stay out of the matter, Roque can instinctively feel that there is a conspiracy in this matter, as if there is an invisible hand pushing all this, otherwise those Boers would not be able to work together so together.

Consider the demands of the Boers to reclaim their farms in Johannesburg, which are now run by Chinese farmers, so there is no way for Roque to give up.

Philip could feel that Roque's attitude was very resolute, and even Philip knew why Roque had to get involved, in the past, Philip probably didn't care about Roque, no matter how Roque tossed.

Not now, now that Roque and Phyllis are engaged, and the two will be married in a few months, Philip can't sit idly by.

"Just this morning, the German Emperor Wilhelm II sent a telegram to London, expressing grave concern about the matter, and that Germany may be sending a mission to investigate whether any Germans have been killed in this conflict - Wilhelm II has made it clear that he wants to take advantage of the situation, and it is dangerous for you to get involved in it." Philip is also serious.

Roque was really curious, it was obviously what happened just yesterday, maybe even London didn't get the relevant report, how could the German emperor know so clearly and in such a timely manner.

Considering the attitude of Germany in the Boer War, it is not difficult to determine the sinister intentions of Wilhelm II.

Orange is indeed of German descent, but the number is very small, after all, German Southwest Africa is not far from Orange, if Germans want to emigrate, German Southwest Africa must be the first choice.

Then Wilhelm II's attitude now is very playful.

"Well, I know, I'll be careful." Even with the threat of Wilhelm II, Roque still did not let go, Wilhelm II was a-stirring stick, he wanted the Boer War to suck all the blood of the British government, a chaotic southern Africa, in the best interests of Germany.

Walking out of the mayor's mansion, Roque saw Ade's secretary, Greene Tobias, who was wandering outside the door of the mayor's mansion, not looking up anxiously at the mayor's mansion.

Seeing Roque come out, Green Tobias breathed a sigh of relief and walked quickly towards Roque.

Ade wants to see Roque.