The rule of jungle society is that whoever has the biggest fist is justified.

When the Boers migrated, the Zulus also fought hard, but the great superiority of industrial civilization over the primitive society completely crushed the Zulu resistance, so the Zulus had to accept the Boer occupation of the Transvaal and Orange.

When the Boers faced the more powerful British, they had lost even their only weapon superiority, and they were completely suppressed in numbers, and defeat was inevitable.

Sooner or later, if you come out to mix, you have to admit that you can't win on the battlefield, the last time the Boers lost Cape Town, and the Boers who did not accept British rule chose the Great Migration, can the Boers still migrate now?

It may seem impossible, given that at the time of the last great migration, there were only about 15,000 Boers, so they could rely on ox carts to complete the migration.

Now there are more than 300,000 Boers, and although the means of transportation are more advanced than they were fifty years ago, and they can move by train, but where else can they go?

Fifty years ago, the north of the Cape Colony was Zulu territory, and the Boers could move north.

Now that the Transvaal is surrounded by British territory, with the Cape to the south, the Bechuana Protectorate to the east, Rhodesia to the north, and Natal to the east, the Boers have lost room to migrate.

To put it more broadly, the biggest difference between 1902 and 1835 was that the whole of Africa, and even the whole world, had been carved up by the European powers, so the Boers had no way out.

Nor can it be said that there is no way out, at least the Boers can still go to Orange, and even if they want, they can go to the four colonies of the Cape, even if it is the Transvaal, they can stay if they want.

The crux of the matter is whether you can survive in the Transvaal, because without a farm, without a job, without a source of livelihood, the future is bleak.

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When Ziwei Town was in trouble, the refugee camp was also in trouble.

The day after the signing of the Peace Agreement, guerrillas came to the camps in search of their families.

The police who took over the camp were afraid to take matters into their own hands, so the problem eventually came back to Roque.

"Open the camps, let them go to them, and let them leave if they want to leave the camps, but tell them that if they are homeless, they can return to the camps for a while, and that the camps will provide free food and lodging until compensation is paid – and tell Aiden to gather all the police officers on the bench to go to Camp 35 for reinforcements." Roque had to take precautions, the concentration camps in Orange had a 40 percent mortality rate, and the camps in Johannesburg were not much better, so it was necessary to guard against the loss of their minds by the partisans who had lost their families.

Under pressure, Philip agreed with Roque to expand the size of the police station, but in a short period of time, Roque could not find enough qualified police, so Roque put his idea on the thugs and security guards raised by the gold mine owners, the security team of the Rock Gold Mine has now all been converted to police officers, and the security guards and thugs of the De Beers Unified Mining Company were originally the police of Rhodesia, and now they will also come in handy, Roque has already greeted Aiden, when needed, Roque can temporarily call in the security of the De Beers Unified Mining Company.

As for the security guards of the Rock Gold Mine, they have to protect the town of Ziwei and are not able to support Johannesburg.

After the Cape united to annihilate the guerrillas, Roque and Aiden became closer, and after being notified by Roque, Aiden led more than 100 Rhodesian police officers to Camp 35 as quickly as possible.

In the four districts of the Cape, the expeditionary force set up more than 50 concentration camps.

There were three concentration camps in Johannesburg, with Camp 35 being the largest, with more than 11,000 refugees at its peak, and now only more than 7,000 remain.

When Aiden arrived at Camp No. 35, Roque had already arrived, and at this time, hundreds of guerrillas had gathered at the gate of Camp No. 35, and nearly 100 commandos and detectives formed a defensive line to block the gate of the camp to prevent the guerrillas from storming the camp.

"Get out of the way, the war is over, let's go in, we're looking for our families."

"The war is over, why haven't you opened the concentration camps yet?"

"Is our family still alive?"

The guerrillas were very emotional, and when they insisted on guerrilla warfare in the Cape, their families were their only spiritual sustenance, and the care of their families supported them in fighting bravely.

Now that the war is over, they return home, only to find that their homes are gone, their houses have been burned, their farms have been confiscated, and their families have been put in concentration camps.

"It's a hassle!" Aiden frowned and sighed, fortunately Rhodesia didn't have this problem.

"It's really troublesome, let your people go up to strengthen the defense line, we have to put people in batches, we can't rush in, if someone violently attacks, don't be polite." Roque's tone was cold, if he could, Roque really wanted to set up Makqin, so that a shuttle swept over suddenly, and many problems would be solved immediately.

It's a pity that I can only think about it, if Roque kills on a large scale, then the British government will not let Roque go, and the Boers after laying down their arms are also British, and the British can't kill casually.

Otherwise, these guerrillas would not have dared to besiege the concentration camp in such a grand manner.

Of course, as long as there is no wanton massacre, the use of some violent means is still allowed, and Roque has already obtained Philip's authorization, and if it is really enough to shoot, the police will not be relentless.

"Sir Locke, please wait—" Louis Botha also rushed to the scene with the news.

Aiden didn't know Louis Botha and looked at Roque with inquiring eyes.

Roque shook his head slightly, signaling Aiden not to worry.

"Hello, Sir Locke." Louis Botha was still relatively prestigious among the partisans, and when he appeared, the originally restless partisans suddenly became much quieter.

"Hello Louis, this is Aiden, the manager of De Beers Unified Mining Company, and this is—" Roque suddenly lost his voice when he introduced Louis Botha, how to introduce him? Former Commander-in-Chief of the Boer Coalition?

The Boer coalition is finished!

Louis Botha was not entangled, and he was not very sad about the disappeared Boer army, so he simply took the initiative to introduce: "Louis Botha, an ordinary Boer." ”

This!

This introduction is a bit high-profile, but anyone who emphasizes that he is an ordinary person is more or less unusual.

Aiden obviously knows the name Louis Botha very well, but the people in high positions are naturally also in the city, so they also shook hands without changing their faces: "Hello Louis, it's a pleasure to see you." ”

After the politeness was over, Louis Botha immediately got to the point: "Sir Locke, I'm afraid they'll get you in trouble, so come and have a look." ”

"It's no trouble, it's my job-" Roque is in charge, Louis Botha is better, and will reduce Roque a lot of trouble: "I will open the concentration camps, release the guerrillas into the concentration camps in batches to find their families, hope that they will follow the order, the war is over, we don't want to see anyone hurt." ”

The mortality rate in the concentration camp is so high that if they can't find their families, some guerrillas may lose their minds, and these guerrillas still carry pistols, although there are not many bullets in the pistols, but these guerrillas are also battle-hardened, and once someone shoots, casualties are inevitable.

"Hehe, Sir Locke, I understand what you mean, but we can't be so pessimistic, it's not the end of the world to find no family, there are so many concentration camps in the Transvaal and Orange, maybe not in this concentration camp, but in other concentration camps." Louis Botha was not in a hurry, and spoke slowly, and Roque was suddenly enlightened.

Louis Botha was right when he said that one should not despair, even if one could not find one's family in Camp No. 35, one should not lose hope, one should look elsewhere -

Time will dilute everything, anger will be consumed in the long process of searching, it is not the end of the world to find a family, as long as there is hope, there will be no loss of reason.

Ginger is still old and spicy, Roque only thought about suppression, but he didn't expect to find another way, Louis Botha is indeed powerful, and inadvertently taught Roque a lesson.

With Louis Botha in the presence, the guerrillas' mood was much more stable, Roque led the police to maintain order, and Louis Botha was responsible for calming the guerrillas' emotions, and the scene gradually became more and more orderly.

Seeing that the situation was effectively under control, Roque motioned to Li De to open the gate of the concentration camp and let the first batch of 50 guerrillas go into the concentration camp to look for their families.

The tragicomedy of reunions after a long absence is quickly staged, and the guerrillas who have successfully found their families are ecstatic, and they are lucky to be able to ensure a complete family in the midst of the war.

Every guerrilla who entered the camp was treated like a hero, and many people gathered around them to inquire about their families.

It is not only the guerrillas who remember their families, but also the women and children in the camps.

Others are grief-stricken, having just learned that a loved one has passed away.

Of the 440,000 Boers, 300,000 remained after the end of the war, almost every family was clothed in linen, everyone wore filial piety, and some families even died in the war.

"He's Louis Botha?" Aiden didn't care about the situation inside the camps, all his attention was on Louis Botha.

This guy is truly a legend, and neither his enemies nor his friends will ignore him.

"Yes, he's Louis Botha." The scene when Roque wants to go to the mountain stream now, still has a faint regret.

"It's really cheap, if it was a month ago, tsk." Aiden also regretted that in order to deal with Louis Botha, the Expeditionary Force Command had offered a reward of 10,000 pounds to buy Louis Botha's head, and now this reward must be invalid.

"Even if you had found him a month ago, you wouldn't have gotten the money." Roque doesn't look down on people like Aiden, Louis Botha, if he is killed or captured by someone like Aiden, then Louis Botha will be much less legendary.

Louis Botha also noticed the whispering Roque and Aiden, so he came over directly and interrupted the communication between Roque and Aiden.

"Why don't you just open the camps and let these poor people leave?" Louis Botha wanted Roque to let the men go.

"It's not that I won't release them now, most of the refugees have been locked up in concentration camps for more than a year, they are generally malnourished and weak, and doctors are helping them to recuperate, so it is better for them to leave after a while, and besides, they leave the concentration camps now, I'm afraid they have nowhere to go, you should know that their farms have been confiscated by the expeditionary force." If he could, Roque would also like to release them now and drive them away.

But no, the objective conditions do not allow it, and letting these refugees go now is tantamount to killing them, at least until they get compensation, and then let them go.

"Yes, their farms were confiscated by the expeditionary force, and now they are all yours." Louis Botha didn't show any joy or anger on his face, and he was certainly not in a good mood.

"I don't deny it, but it's not a forcible take, it's a legal redemption, and that's part of the war." What Roque gets, no one wants to take it.

In fact, Ade also took this issue into account, so now everyone who is willing to go to Orange can get the 200 acres of land allocated by the Orange government free of charge, which is not within the scope of the 300 pound compensation, that is, those who go to Orange voluntarily can also get cash compensation in addition to the land.

Even this standard could not compensate for the losses suffered by the Boers in the war, but it was better than nothing, and Ade really did not want to see the war rekindled, so he was trying to appease the Boers by all means.

"Hehe, no one denies it, Sir Locke, we lost the war, so we accept the result." Louis Botha seems to be calm, but people who know how to forbear are actually terrifying.

Many Chinese people know the truth of forbearance, but when it comes to the nation, the most tolerant people in the world should be the Jews, who endured the rejection of the whole of Europe and finally established their own state, if you do not consider the temperament of the Jews, this kind of forbearance is undoubtedly worthy of respect.

Louis Botha could bear it.

The Boers lost the war, so the current situation had to be accepted.

Of course, Louis Botha can also choose confrontation, even if the "Peace Agreement" has been signed, Louis Botha can also choose a relatively peaceful confrontation method, with Louis Botha's ingenuity, he should be able to do it.

But where are the benefits of confrontation?

If Louis Botha chooses to confront, he will lose the right to talk to the British government on an equal footing, and the British government will not show mercy to the rebels.

So Louis Botha chose to cooperate, which seems a bit humiliating, but compared to the future of the Boers, the temporary humiliation is bearable.

If it is replaced by Roque, Roque will also choose to cooperate.

It's not about the position.