All the Boers were housed in a col 70 kilometres from Johannesburg.

The area here is large enough, but the environment is not good, the vegetation on the surrounding mountains is not luxuriant, there are few tall trees, more low bushes, the wild grass at the bottom of the valley is very lush, some rocks are exposed in the grass, the soil is not good, there are gravel and gravel everywhere, and it does not have much reclamation value, so it has not been developed.

On one side of the valley there is a small river that dries up in the dry season and floods in the rainy season, and the banks of the river are rocky, and it is in the rainy season, and the flow of water in the small river is quite large, and the rumbling sound of flowing water can be heard far away.

Standing at the top of the mountain at the mouth of the valley, the body of a rare large wild animal flashed away, living here, weapons must be indispensable, so Roque returned Bobby Bennett and their weapons to them, and did not ask Bobby Bennett and the horses they brought, if there were no horses, it is estimated that Bobby Bennett would be difficult to live here.

"The area of the valley is five thousand acres, in fact it should be larger than this, the people of the Ministry of the Interior will not accurately measure this kind of place, most of them send someone here to take a look, and estimate the number casually, such a large area is enough for you to open up a farm, and in a few days the agricultural association will send someone to help you plan the farm, and if you need materials to build a house, go to Oak Town, where there is a carpentry factory and a stone factory, and it is very convenient to hire a construction team, after you settle down, you have to go to the nearest police station level- You're still a police officer, so you'll be a sheriff first, and we'll talk about the future later. "Roque personally sent Bobby Bennett to his destination, and the last time Roque went to Wilkham, Bobby Bennett made a good impression on Roque.

"Lord, thank you very much—" Bobby Bennett was full of gratitude, although the conditions here were not good, but there was no threat of the plague, and Bobby Bennett was very satisfied.

Of course, the farm was not given for free, it was originally the property of the treasurer Louis Barnard, who bought the valley from the Johannesburg City Council for only 350 pounds, and now sold it for 800 pounds, plus the subsidy he got some time ago, Louis Barnard is very satisfied with the deal.

Bobby Bennett and they are still quite rich, and they paid for the purchase of the farm very happily, Roque didn't ask where the money came from, Wilkham's people are dying, and it is normal for Bobby Bennett to have money.

"Don't thank me, this is the opportunity you have earned for yourself." Roque had a hunch that after the plague, the situation in Orange would be very miserable, and Roque would be eager to see what else Louis Botha and Jan Smolz could come up with.

"We really can't help it, to stay in Wilkham is to wait for death, when the plague just broke out, the situation can barely be controlled, now there are not enough people to bury the corpses, there are only more than a hundred of more than a thousand people left in the town, some people ask to go to Bloemfontein, but the plague situation in Bloemfontein is more serious, so we came to Johannesburg at the risk of being shot, originally we planned that if Johannesburg did not accept us, we would settle down in the immediate vicinity of Kronstad, fortunately the gentlemen of the cavalry regiment did not shoot." Bobby Bennett is still scared.

Roque could only smile bitterly, in this situation, no one dared to shoot, although the performance of Louis Botha and Jan Smuts was annoying, but I have to admit that they did achieve their goal, and now the police and garrison in Johannesburg will unconsciously tie their hands and feet when facing the Boers.

Roque didn't stay long, and after taking Bobby Bennett and them to the place, Roque immediately returned to Johannesburg.

Louis Botha soon came to the door, not to ask for help, but to ask for help.

This time Louis Botha learned wisely and went directly to Mayor Philippe instead of Roque.

Mayor Philip proved to be more difficult than Roque, Louis Botha got nothing, and then went from Johannesburg to Pretoria.

Looking at this posture, if he is not rescued, Louis Botha is expected to run all the way to London.

At the end of November, there was a clash between Zulus and police in Natal, where two policemen were attacked by Zulus while on their way to a Zulu tribe on official business, one of the policemen died and the other escaped.

Subsequently, the Natal police arrested 12 Zulus involved in the attack on the police and sentenced all 12 to death.

After the results of the trial were reported to London, the verdict handed down by the Natal government was to be reviewed, and the 12 Zulu were not allowed to be executed until the results of the review were pending.

The news reached Natal, and the Natal government resigned en masse in protest against this decision by London.

This was the first time that government officials had resigned en masse in the four Cape colonies, so Natal now captured the attention of all of southern Africa, so much so that the threat of the plague was overshadowed.

The threat of the plague is only relative to civilians, and it is not much of a threat to officials who stay in their offices all day.

Officials were more concerned about the collective resignation of Natal government officials, which was closely related to the interests of colonial officials.

"This decision of London is simply nonsense, if everything has to be reported, everything has to be reviewed, and even the results of the interrogation can be overturned, then the work of the colony cannot be done, what is the point of the existence of our colonial officials? Simply let London directly manage Natal. Owen complained about London's ruthlessness, and Johannesburg's side is also watching, and if necessary, Johannesburg officials will also stand in solidarity with Natal's officials.

This is actually a power contest between the suzerainty and the colonies, London wants to emphasize the rights of the suzerain, and the Natal government wants to fight for the autonomy of the colonies.

The Johannesburg City Council certainly wanted London to reduce its stranglehold on Johannesburg, so the interests of all colonial officials were aligned on this point.

"Do you think they don't want to? It's just too far away. Roque is not welcome, some people in London have stretched their hands too long, and the Johannesburg Police Department has been blowing up like a pot in the past few days, including the Zulu police, who also support the immediate shooting of the twelve Zulus.

Not all minorities consider their own ethnicity.

Roque still trusts the Zulu police very much, to put it mildly, the reason why the Zulu police of the Johannesburg Police Department left Zululand and came to Johannesburg to work for the British is itself a representative of their attitude, and those overseers who are cruel to the Zulu workers, the Zulu police in the Johannesburg Police Department are still very realistic, whoever gives them food, they will give their lives, even their lives can be sold, and what can not be sold.

As a policeman, of course, Roque also has to protect the interests of the police group, so Roque's attitude is also very resolute, and the twelve Zulus who attacked the police must all be shot.

And to carry out the execution as soon as possible, we can't wait for some damn review in London, God knows how long it will take, every day the case drags on, the damage to the police community will continue for a day, and if all the Zulus start attacking the police, then the police won't have to go out after that.

"Those Zulus are also bold, I heard that the reason why they attacked the police was because of the war tax, and the Natal government is also poor and crazy, and actually requires every Zulu to pay a war tax of five pounds, and those Zulus would be hellish if they were rich." Owen's map cannon is unmatched, having just mocked London, and now he is mocking the Natal government.

This "war tax" is still a remnant of the Boer War, after the signing of the "Peace Agreement", the British government began to collect war taxes in Natal and the Cape, because the British government promised during the peace negotiations that any taxes levied to pay for the war would not be imposed on the two newly conquered regions, so this time the war tax was particularly high.

The Cape is better, because the economy is relatively high, and the Cape people are generally wealthy, and they can still take out five pounds.

It would be difficult for Natal to raise the taxes, after all, those Zulus don't have much money, let alone five pounds, and many Zulu families can't even get a pound sterling.

Taxation was an important means of British control of Natal, and in order to force the Zulus of Natal to work for the British government, the British government stipulated that all Zulus who did not have a job should pay a tax of two pounds a year.

The Zulu people have no money at all, and they don't want to work, thanks to the rich resources of southern Africa, the Zulu people can survive even if they don't work, although the quality of life is a little worse, but it is better to be free and unfettered than to mine for the British.

"Don't gloat, it's a good thing this damn war tax isn't levied in Johannesburg, otherwise I wouldn't know what the mess would be." Roque could only rejoice that many farms in Johannesburg were hundreds of Chinese, and if they were taxed, each farm would cost four or five hundred pounds, and in the current situation, they would not be able to take it out at all.

"It's also a trouble for your police station to make a mess, and it has nothing to do with me." Owen was lying lazily on the couch, and he didn't look like he was beaten.

The phone on the desk rang suddenly, and it was Henry calling.

"Locke, you're in trouble again, Louis Botha has sued you at the Governor's Palace against the Johannesburg Municipality, saying that you have taken in the residents of Wilkham, who have moved to Johannesburg in violation of regulations, and have also taken away property belonging to the Bloemfontein Municipality, you better think about what to do, the Governor is a little angry." Henry reported the news, which is the advantage of having someone in the court, no matter what trouble Pretoria has, Roque can get the news in time.