After the "Lynn" incident, all the officers and soldiers who clashed with the Chinese police that day were repatriated to Canada.

Repatriation!

It means that they will lose their honor as military personnel.

Don't underestimate "honor", soldiers who uphold the "spirit of chivalry", honor is very important to them.

For the sake of chivalry, they knew that they would die, and they could also charge the enemy's heavy machine-gun positions in formation; For the sake of honor, officers of noble birth often had to stand in front of the charging array with a saber in their hands; For the sake of honor, two people who don't know each other can even start a duel at any time.

In addition to honor, they may also be subject to subsequent trials.

Although the outcome of the trial is not necessarily fair, it will affect honor, and the result of accepting the trial has reminded all the garrisons that the Chinese, at least the Chinese police, are not different from other people of color, and they cannot be treated casually, and if they treat Chinese people of color the same way as other people of color, then there will be a price.

This led to a radical improvement in the attitude of the local garrison in Johannesburg towards the Chinese police.

Even the Chinese farmers around Ziwei Town have a lot of confidence in the face of the army, because they know that if they encounter injustice, someone will uphold justice for them.

Although this "justice" may seem unfair, it is a huge improvement over the past, and before the outbreak of the "Lynn" incident, white people killed people of color, at most, lost money, and certainly did not go to court, and there is a fundamental difference between the two.

If you don't go to court, it means that you don't have a crime, and if you go to court, no matter what the outcome, this kind of behavior will definitely violate the law.

Therefore, in many cases, the reckoning must be carried out in court, even if the final result is death, it must be convicted first and then executed, so that a person can be completely nailed to the pillar of shame.

Therefore, in the current Johannesburg area, there are not too many Boers who are willing to form families with Chinese.

Imagine that if the expeditionary force and the guerrillas attacked, the Boers within ten miles of the attack would be thrown into concentration camps.

Is this reasonable?

Everyone knows it's not reasonable.

But everyone acquiesced, even the Boers.

Because they know very well that if they resist, then the punishment that awaits them will be even more cruel.

During the month of July, a total of 175 Chinese and Boer couples were registered to marry at Johannesburg City Hall, and in the whole of July, there were less than 200 newlyweds registered in Johannesburg, so the situation finally caught the attention of Henry Alsop, who had just been promoted to deputy director of the Home Office.

"It's outrageous, and by the rules, people of color can't start families with white people." On August 1, at the regular meeting of the city government at the beginning of the month, Henry Alsop attacked directly.

Cecil Rhodes Jr.'s intelligence is accurate, and Harry Alsop did stay in Pretoria as Lieutenant Governor of the Transvaal.

Although the lieutenant governor has a higher rank, he actually does not have much real power, but he can still do it by promoting his son to an official, which Philip Matilda cannot stop, this is one of the prerogatives of the nobility, if Philippe Matilda opposes it, then it means opposing the entire aristocratic class.

"When is it stipulated? How I haven't heard of it. "As the chief of police, Roque is of course also qualified to attend the regular meetings of the city government, and Roque, as a "baron", has a prominent position in the venue, second only to Lord Philip.

It should be noted that in the whole of Johannesburg, there are only two nobles, Lord Philip and Roque, and the rest, regardless of whether they are the director or the director, are all civilians of the same water, and they do not even have the title of "knight".

"In this regard, the Transvaal follows the previous Cape Town rule, where it was illegal for people of colour to form families with white people, so in the Transvaal, it is also illegal." The Henry of the Alsop family is now obedient, and no longer confronts Roque head-on, but does business, and does not give Roque an excuse to attack.

This rule is true, although this is overt racial discrimination, but in this era, it is a matter of course, as long as it is white and colored people, whether it is white men, and women of color, or white women, and men of color, they are not allowed to form a family.

Of course, as long as you don't get married, you can't care about being together in private, such as this is the case with Roque and Ada.

"The Transvaal is still under military control, and we can't even perform full government functions right now, so what's the point of saying that now?" Roque shifted the blame to the military authorities, and strictly speaking, the Johannesburg city government now has no executive power, so naturally it doesn't care about the relevant policies.

"It is precisely because we are in the period of military control that we have to take it seriously!" Henry Alsop insisted.

It's clear that Roque and Alsop are-for-tat.

Because it was a routine meeting, the heads of various departments of the Johannesburg City Government had to come to the meeting, so there were a lot of bigwigs in the conference room.

It's just that the bigwigs in the conference room are so happy to watch Roque and Henry Alsop arguing, and no one will take the initiative to jump out and fight.

Roque is now a baron, Henry Alsop has a baron father, and in this conference room, except for Philip Matilda, no one can afford to mess with Roque and Alsop, so everyone agrees: It's none of my business anyway, whatever!

"So, that's what you take seriously?" Roque is welcome, even if Henry Alsop's father is here, Roque now has the capital to fight for reason.

"Sir Locke, I don't mean to target anyone, I'm targeting work." Henry Alsop Righteous Face.

"So what do you want to do? Ruining these de facto legal couples? Do you know how many people are still in Johannesburg? Johannesburg has a permanent population of less than 5,000 other than miners, so if you want to work hard, think about how you can attract more people to Johannesburg, rather than focusing on those who already have them. "Roque really hates this kind of person, he can't do things when he asks him to do things, and he picks bones in the eggs when others do things, which is the real drag.

The problem is that, under normal circumstances, this kind of person is actually the most numerous, they are only good at finding problems, and never take the initiative to solve them.

When others try to solve the problem, they will say cool things, seize the moral high ground, and put on the appearance of a superior person in the world, just like the world is drunk and he is sober, in the 21st century, this kind of person is called "public knowledge", and in this era, this kind of person is called "-stirring stick".

"Johannesburg needs a population replenishment, but it doesn't need these illegal populations." Henry Alsop was still not in a hurry, he was deliberately provoking Roque.

"What population is illegal?" Roque still seized on Henry Alsop's loophole.

"Illegal — well, these people of color who make families with white people are illegal." Henry Alsop wants to play on the sidelines.

"Whether it's illegal or not, in fact, these people who form families with the Boers are all legal citizens of Johannesburg, and now you say it's not legal, if you are allowed to do this, then Johannesburg will not even have a legal civilian, and then Johannesburg will have no population, no future, no development potential, you can pat your ass and go back to London as if nothing happened, what should Johannesburg do?" Playing the side ball Roque will also, and Roque's identity is here, and he is qualified to rely on the old and sell the old.

Roque said this very politely, and there was immediately a deliberate suppressed laughter in the conference room.

Everyone knows that the reason why Henry Alsop was able to serve as deputy director of the interior was because of his father, who was the deputy governor, and this matter was usually tacitly known, but it gave Henry Alsop a false impression, as if he had obtained this position by his own ability.

Roque now violently removed Henry Alsop's fig leaf, and Henry Alsop's face immediately turned red, as if only Henry Alsop was naked in this well-dressed conference room.

"Enough gentlemen—" Philippe Matilda spoke, and the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became serious: "How many people does Johannesburg have now?" ”

"Before the war, the population of Johannesburg was over 100,000, and now, as Sir Locke said, less than 5,000," replied Blake Nelson, the head of the Home Office, who had not spoken.

The relationship between Blake Nelson and Roque is still good, it was Blake Nelson who made the decision to determine the output of the Rock Gold Mine at 5,000 ounces, and afterwards, Roque gave Blake Nelson some souvenirs.

"Then the situation is really serious." Philippe Matilda was thoughtful.

"It's really serious!"

"The population has to increase!"

"You shouldn't be too demanding at this point—"

Those who are eligible to attend the town council are the old fritters, and everyone can understand the voice of Philippe Matilda, and all the old fritters immediately echo the voice.

"Can a Boer be considered a member of civilization?"

Among the many sounds, there was one discordant that was particularly loud.

It was Markus Beaufort, the Commissioner of Inland Revenue, who spoke.

Marcus Beaufort is a standard Cape British descendant, and 100 years ago, his ancestors were among the first Cape colonists to fight the Boers for Cape Town.

After the war, the British occupied Cape Town, and the Boers had no choice but to move north.

For nearly 100 years, there were constant wars between the British and Boers who colonized the Cape, and Marcus Beaufort's younger brother and one of Marcus Beaufort's sons both participated in the First Anglo-Boer War, and as a result, Marcus Beaufort's brother and son both died on the battlefield, so Marcus Beaufort was a staunch hardliner who advocated the complete erasure of the Boers from the Cape.

Roque was introduced as a confidant by Marcus Beaufort because of his tough attitude towards the Boers and Roque's victory over the Boer guerrillas, so when James Hozia reported the real situation in Ziwei to Marcus Beaufort some time ago, Marcus Beaufort's reaction was so fierce.

"It's just a bunch of peasants, and they deserve it!"

"The Boers should be removed from civilized society."

"The Boer group should disappear."

Marcus Beaufort is definitely a veteran in Johannesburg and someone will be in formation right away.

"So be it, what we urgently need now is to increase the number of people, not limit population growth, and as for eligibility, this is something that can only be considered when the population base reaches a certain level." Philippe Matilda was on the cards.

No matter what Philippe Matilda thinks in his heart, the fact in Johannesburg is that there is no tax revenue without people, there is no stability in Johannesburg, and there is not even a bright future, as far as the current situation in Johannesburg is concerned, when the Boers return to Johannesburg after the war, the Boers will have an absolute advantage in Johannesburg, and what will the city government do when the time comes?

Increasing immigration from the UK mainland?

What the colonial government of the Cape could not do, neither could the City of Johannesburg.

"I'm afraid that by then, this situation will not be able to change." Henry Alsop wanted to fight for it.

Philip Matilda did not speak, but looked at Henry Alsop with a cold gaze.

Henry Alsop finally realized that he should not question Philip Matilda's decision in any case, and immediately turned pale.

Philip knew about the investigation of Roque by Henry Alsop and his sons some time ago.

Fortunately, Roque behaved well at the time and did not give Harry and his son any handle, otherwise, if Harry and his son used the topic to attack, they might have implicated Philippe Matilda.

No, not for sure, but definitely.

Don't look at Harry Alsop is now the lieutenant governor, but in the Transvaal, Johannesburg is the undisputed economic center, so Harry Alsop, the lieutenant governor, is certainly not as good as Philip Matilda, the mayor, in terms of power, so—

No one can guarantee that Harry Alsop will not stab Philippe Matilda.

So, although Philip Matilda did not show up from beginning to end of the whole thing, Philip Matilda must have known what role Henry Alsop played in that incident.

This made it difficult for Philippe Matilda to give Henry Alsop a good look.

After the meeting ended, Roque invited Marcus Beaufort and Blake Nelson to sit together at Russell's Cafe.

Marcus Beaufort and Blake Nelson gladly accepted Roque's invitation, and others were coming to join in the fun.

Then just have a dinner, the kind that all officials in Johannesburg can attend.

Joe Russell, as the deputy chief of the police department, of course, has a very wide face, and within half a day, he raised all the materials needed for the dinner.

Most of them are settled in Johannesburg locally, and Johannesburg doesn't have it locally, so they buy it from Pretoria, and if Pretoria doesn't have it either-

Forget it, anyway, the people who come to the dinner party are not for the purpose of eating.