In the blink of an eye, on December 24th, after lunch, Roque and Henry led all the commandos out of the city to Darmstadt Manor.

Darmstadt is a city in central Germany, formerly part of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, where Governor Alfred Milner was born.

"Are you all ready?" On the way to Darmstadt Manor, Henry finally started to get a little nervous.

From the point of view of the Cape colonial government, Roque and Henry's behavior can be called a great rebellion, if this matter is leaked, Roque and Henry are estimated to be thrown into Robben Island as fellow rebels, which is still light, and in serious terms, Roque and Henry will even be shot.

"Don't worry, the bait has been delivered." Roque was not nervous, the entire operation was personally commanded by Roque, and now as long as the rebels who tried to sneak into the banquet hall and cause chaos were killed on the spot, there would be no other trouble.

Today's luck is not as good as the last time, yesterday there was a little rain in Cape Town, the ground was a little muddy, but the degree was not serious, Roque and Henry still rode horses, the other commandos were in carriages, as long as they entered the Darmstadt manor area, the road conditions were still good, and the road surface was all hardened, the same as in the center of Cape Town.

Entering the Darmstadt manor, there are already police on duty at the intersection, and they have cordoned off the area around the Darmstadt manor two days ago, ensuring 24-hour patrols, not to mention people, not even rabbits.

The police are not allowed to appear in front of the dignitaries, and from now on, the commandos will take over the defense of the outer perimeter of the Darmstadt estate.

According to the pre-established plan, four commandos in ceremonial uniforms and the police on duty handed over and were responsible for the security of the intersection.

In fact, it is not to this extent, there is no problem with safety, the main thing is to maintain order, and to guide the carriage of VIPs, unless it is those who have evil intentions, no one dares to make trouble tonight.

Roque and Henry's post is at the gate of the manor, in fact, they should separate one person to stay at the intersection, but tonight the situation is special, Roque has to stay at the door, to ensure that Henry can complete the task, forget the intersection, there will be no problem over there.

"Good guy, you're in a good outfit." It was the bearded knight who came to say hello, and brought some cigars to Roque and Henry, and no one dared to drink tonight.

"Of course, it's expensive, twenty pounds a set." Henry has experience in dealing with this kind of person skillfully, and the proud little expression on his face makes people laugh.

"You've made a lot of money, then." The bearded knight is also a wonderful person, a pun intended.

For some well-known reason, the price of official purchases has always been a little more expensive, and perhaps the quality is even worse.

The price of the clothes that the commandos collectively customized should be cheaper than that of individual customization, but the price is higher, and everyone is still used to it.

"Hehe, I don't know about this, who knows." Henry doesn't pick up, no one laughs at anyone, working next to the governor, the bearded knight has more opportunities to make money.

"I'll leave it to you here in the evening, let's have a drink together another day." The bearded knight didn't mean to swing the dragon gate, so he said hello and went back to the manor, and it was good to work next to the governor, and there were sofas in the guards' lounge.

Of course, the bearded knight did not forget Roque and Henry, and after a while, the bearded knight asked people to send two chairs and a round table, as well as a pot of black tea, which was prepared for Roque and Henry, and the others were forgotten.

As night fell, guests began to arrive, and Roque noticed that there were street lamps on both sides of the road, but these street lamps were not electric lamps, but oil lamps, covered with glass, and when it was time to light them, the servants in the manor would carry ladders and light them one by one.

Watching the street lamps gradually be lit, Henry sighed, but Roque was powerless to complain.

"It's beautiful, that's what civilization is all about." Henry's tone was proud.

Roque pouted, Henry thought Roque was stunned, and when he looked back, he found that the expression on Roque's face was obviously disapproving.

"Not surprised? So beautiful. Henry thought that Roque should show an expression that matched Henry's expectations.

"Is there anything surprising about it? In my hometown, during festivals, every house will hang red lanterns, and we will set off fireworks, visit relatives and friends, and party all night. "Roque can't go on, he's not talking about the Qing Dynasty, but the Celestial Empire in the 21st century.

Coming to this era, this is the first time that Roque has touched the scene.

"Ha, they're all industrial products—" Henry thought Roque was hard-mouthed, and seemed to imitate Roque's tone, and his words were full of contempt: "Is there industry in your hometown?" Those red lanterns are all handmade, industry is the sign of social progress, and handicraft will be eliminated sooner or later. ”

What can Roque say, Henry will not understand, now industrial products are indeed sought after, but in a few decades, when people are tired of industrial products, the value of handicrafts will be far greater than industrial products.

Actually, it's not true, even in this era, handmade things are usually worth more than industrially mass-produced things, such as custom clothing in British tailor shops is more expensive than cheap clothes sold in Jewish stores, this is the difference between handmade and industrial.

Roque was about to retort when he suddenly saw the carriage of Police Chief August Russell in the distance, and his carriage was really conspicuous, with a large police badge on the body.

At the same time, Roque also saw Li De, who was originally on duty at the intersection, who was not far from Auguste Russell's carriage and was signaling to Roque again and again.

According to the agreement between Roque and Li De, it was Li De who discovered the wagon of the rebels.

Hot, how did you get a piece?

But it's also a good thing, and it is only when you get together that you can make the deepest impression on August Russell.

"Henry, what's going on here?" As he passed Roque and Henry, August Russell opened the door and stood on the wheels like a bell, like a general inspecting the troops.

"Mr. Director, no problems have been found." Henry's waist was straight, like a guard of honor under review.

"Good job, boys." August Russell waved to the commandos in the procession, preparing to return to the carriage.

By the way, Auguste Russell rode in a four-wheeled carriage.

Roque and Henry saluted and watched Auguste Russell's carriage pass slowly, and as Auguste Russell's carriage passed, Roque seemed to see a cheerful face in the window of the carriage behind him.

It's Ida.