445 August
It can't be blamed for not having eyesight, but in recent times, there are too many upstarts in Pretoria, although Pretoria is only the political center of southern Africa, but it is obvious that the three capitals of southern Africa, the most important is Pretoria, and even Cape Town has been gradually marginalized, so there are really many people looking for opportunities in Pretoria.
Laurent Buckle is one of them.
Strictly speaking, Laurent Buckle was not a Boer, but a Dutchman.
Laurent Buckle was born in the Netherlands, grew up in France, then studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, and returned to the Netherlands after graduation to become a well-known lawyer in Amsterdam.
Before the federal government was formed, Laurent Bakker emigrated to Bloemfontein and then became a member of the Legislative Council, and this time the new tax law proposed by the Legislative Council, Laurent Buckle played a big role in it.
So Laurent Buckle doesn't allow people who "don't want to do it" to denigrate the new tax law.
Of course, this "irrelevant" is in quotation marks, when Laurent Barker came to Pretoria, Roque had already gone to Nyasaland, so Laurent Buckle only knew that there was a Viscount of Nyasaland in Southern Africa, but he did not know that Roque was the Viscount of Nyasaland.
Although Laurent Barker said it politely, Sidney Milner still asked Roque for advice on whether to let Laurent Buckle sit down.
Sidney Milner just introduced Roque, and then Laurent Barker's expression changed obviously, surprise was certain, and then there was a mixture of contempt, hatred, and not obvious fear.
The federal government has been formed, and Laurent Buckle is a member of the Legislative Council, so it is really not enough to be afraid of Roque, the Viscount of Nyasaland.
At least that's what Laurent Buckle thinks.
"Mr. Laurent Barker, it's a pleasure to meet you-" Roque still greeted politely, but did not get up, **** is a big shot for ordinary people, but for Roque-
Hehe.
But Laurent Backer, who feels good about himself, certainly doesn't think so, at least Laurent Buckle thinks that as a member of the Legislative Council, Laurent Buckle is already qualified to be on an equal footing with Roque, after all, Roque is not the chief official of the federal government, and is nominally a deputy.
So Laurent Baker was very upset: "Lord Nyasaland, may I sit down?" ”
"No, on the premise that I didn't invite you, your request is very presumptuous." Roque won't give face.
Laurent Buckle was still trying to speak, and Zach next to him had already come over and smiled politely at Laurent Barker.
Then Laurent Buckle noticed Zack's black hole in his mouth, and then his emotions were a little out of control: "Lord Nyasaland, you are inhumane, and you have seriously violated the laws of the federal government-"
Roque was in no mood to listen to it at all, shook his head and whispered to Sidney Milner helplessly: "Is there such a stupid fork in the Legislative Council? No wonder there is no one in Congress to support it, Minister Botha should really review himself. ”
Louis Botha is the Minister of Agriculture of Southern Africa, the President of the Legislative Council of the Federal Government, and the Governor of Orange.
Sidney Milner could say anything, rubbing his head and shaking his head with a wry smile, neither side was offended.
Laurent Buckle was obviously unable to accept Roque's attitude, so her voice became gradually high-pitched: "Lord Nyasaland, I think I have reason to get your explanation, the federal government will never allow you to behave like this-"
It wasn't Zack's turn to get angry this time, and Marven, who had been smiling beside him, took the initiative to stand up: "Sir, please don't disturb our guests' meals, if you continue to harass our guests, then please leave, otherwise I will call the police to come over-"
Marven doesn't care whether Laurent Baker is a member of the Legislative Council or not, in southern Africa, Roque is the patron saint of all Chinese Americans.
"Bastard, I'm your guest too!" Laurent Buckle was furious.
"Now that you are no more, from now on, the Oak Tree Restaurant will not provide you with any more services, please leave immediately!" Marven said sharply, it sounded like he didn't give Laurent Buckle face, but it was actually the protection of Laurent Barker, otherwise Zach would not be polite.
Roark is now out of the house, there are dozens of guards around him at any time, Zack, the big butler, has already come forward, and there are many guards eyeing him next to him, as long as Zack speaks, or Laurent Buckle makes further moves, the guards will immediately subdue Laurent Barker.
"Good!" Laurent Buckle hadn't realized Roque's energy in Pretoria, and was trembling with anger, and his fingers pointing at Roque were a little trembling.
Roque didn't talk nonsense, raised his hand and flicked his fingers, like chasing flies.
Zach gave the guards on standby next to him a look, and immediately several people came over and took Laurent Buck away.
It's still the gagged kind.
"It's a pity that the current Legislative Council is full of young people who don't know the height of the sky, Locke, at least don't hurt him, there's no need to cause this kind of trouble." Sidney Milner also reminded Roque.
"It's okay, this gentleman has probably drunk too much, let him go to August to calm down." Roque is welcome, what about the members of the Legislative Council, how to deal with it, sober up, it will take three or two days to calm down.
So the next day, Louis Botha took the initiative to come to Roque, hoping that Roque would open up to Laurent Barker.
"Oh, is that gentleman's name Laurent Buckle?" Roque wasn't pretending, he really just learned Laurent Barker's name.
Or Sidney Milner introduced it last night, but Roque never wastes brain cells for such people.
"Locke, no matter what, Mr. Barker is a member of the Legislative Council, and I am the Speaker of the Legislative Council, so forget it, I promise, Laurent Buckle will apologize to you in person." Louis Botha tried to calm things down, and if Roque hadn't spoken, the Pretoria Police Department would certainly not have released Laurent Barker.
The current Pretoria Police Service is headed by Joe Russell, who has just been transferred back to Pretoria from the Bloemfontein Police Service.
Henry, as Minister of Justice, is clearly no longer fit to be the Commissioner of Pretoria Police.
During Joe Russell's tenure in Bloemfontein, his work ability was still very good, at least after Joe Russell went to Bloemfontein, Boer civilians did not clash with the Bloemfontein military police, so the person who served as the chief of the Pretoria Police was Joe Russell, not Harry Spencer of the Johannesburg Police Department.
"Hehe, Luis, you probably misunderstood, I didn't mean to target Commissioner Laurent Backer, on the contrary, Commissioner Laurent Buckle has a big opinion of me, and I think it is necessary for me to clarify to the Legislative Council what happened to Zach before." Roque didn't care if Laurent Buckle's body would get bigger in a certain part of August's prison, white Europeans did like to cut off their arms at every turn, but Zach's tongue really wasn't cut off by Roque.
If it weren't for the fact that the Southern Africa news media of The Times focused on the tragedy in the Congo Free State and Tanganyika, I am afraid that the atrocities of the white colonists would not be as well known as they are now.
Even if they knew, who would really care.
"Well, Laurent Buckle will resign from the Legislative Council and will never be in Pretoria again." Louis Botha doesn't talk nonsense, if it were Jan Smoth, maybe he would bargain with Roque, Louis Botha will forget it, if Louis Botha's conditions can't satisfy Roque, Roque will definitely not give up.
It seems that Roque is making a big fuss, but in fact, Roque also has a reason not to back down, in southern Africa, no matter who it is, it is absolutely impossible to step on Roque to become famous.
If Roque let Laurent Baker go easily, then I am afraid that Laurent Buckle escaped this catastrophe and would not be very grateful to Roque, on the contrary, all this may become Laurent Barker's future bragging capital, so Louis Botha decided to let Laurent Buckle resign voluntarily.
It is not easy for Louis Botha to make such a big concession to Roque, this is actually a concession by the entire legislative council to Roque, maybe in a few days, the news media in southern Africa will start to hype up the trend, and then Louis Botha will have a headache.
Even if Louis Botha made such a big concession, it was not until the next evening that Laurent Buckle left Auguste Prison.
Instead of stopping in Pretoria, Laurent Buckle took the train that night directly to Cape Town, then took a cruise back to Europe via Cape Town, never to visit Southern Africa again for the rest of her life.
Roque really doesn't care about Laurent Backer.
When Laurent Buckle was in August Prison, Joe Russell mentioned Laurent Buckle seemingly inadvertently when he met with Roque.
That is, Roque really doesn't care about Laurent Backer, otherwise Laurent Buckle may not have a chance to leave August Prison at all.
In Pretoria, August's reputation is similar to that of Robben Island Prison in Cape Town, where Zack's tongue was cut out, and it is impossible to leave unharmed in August's prison.
Don't get me wrong, it's really just a prison, not a concentration camp.
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