White people take names very arbitrarily, the Cape has East London, there is Port Elizabeth, the United States has New York, there is New Orleans, there are countless place names called Victoria in the Cape, Roque named the name of the new port "Edward" is also normal, if Roque named the name of the new port "Zhenhai" or "Weihai", not to mention the British, Roque himself felt awkward.

Port Edward's location near the future Hindai does not have the conditions to become a port, not to mention the natural harbors of Durban and Cape Town, even compared with ports like Beira and Lorenço Marques, the natural conditions are much inferior.

But Roque is not worried, as long as the task is given to Christian, Christian will naturally have a way to complete it.

As for what kind of price Christian will pay in the process of building Port Edward, this is not within Roque's consideration, living in this era, Roque's thinking and behavior are gradually moving closer to this era, some ways of thinking in the twenty-first century are not suitable in the early twentieth century, half a step ahead is a genius, one step ahead is a madman, Roque does not want to be seen as a madman.

So Roque can only be with the light, otherwise Roque will be regarded as an anomaly, not only the British will see it this way, but the Africans will also treat Roque as a fool.

Roque was certainly not stupid, so Roque asked Scarlett to make a budget and then handed over the work to Christian.

"Solemnly warn you, Chris, if there is a problem with the quality of the works in Port Edward, you yourself know the consequences." Roque still warned Christian that if there was a problem with the quality of the work in Johannesburg, then if there was a problem with Port Edward, Roque would never let Christian go so easily.

"Don't worry, Lord, I've already contacted the scumbag, the scumbag will provide me with enough labor, my people are only responsible for overseeing the work, I promise that there will be no problems in Port Edward, if there is a problem, I will kill all my wives and children, and then I will hang myself on the docks in Port Edward." Christian really made a bloody investment, and even Owen was shocked by Christian's determination.

"The scum is willing to let the Yao people work on the construction site?" Owen had a hard time believing that the scum could be so cruel to his people.

Although neither Roque nor Christian said it, Owen must have known about the situation on the construction site, and there were already rumors in Johannesburg that there was a Zulu buried under every track of the Rhodesia-Nyasaland railway.

According to the information that Owen obtained, the actual situation is worse than this, the railway from Rhodesia to Nyasaland, many railway bridges have to be built along the way, but there is no construction machinery in this era, and it is all up to manpower to build mountains and bridges, so you can imagine how bad the situation on the construction site is.

"Of course, the scum will not let the Yao people work on the construction site, it is no different from sending them to death, but the scum is not the only Yao people in the territory, the scum has now set up a slave hunting team, ready to arrest people and send them to the construction site to sell for money, I just need to prepare cash, and the rest will be handed over to the scum." Christian is not stupid, nothing can be solved with money, scum needs a lot of money to rebuild the kingdom of Mweni Matapa, and Christian is also helping scum solve his problems.

Hearing Christian's explanation, Roque and Owen were silent, sure enough, no one was innocent in these years, and Africans who held power dealt with Africans more ruthlessly than whites.

When the white people colonized Africa, they had to pay more or less attention to sustainability.

Africans do not have this concern, both now and in the future, in African countries, when Africans come to power, they tend to behave more brutally than whites.

"No way, that's the reality." Roque waved his hand to Owen.

Owen pouted in understanding, but didn't seem to accept it.

"I don't care what you do, just move as fast as you can, but fortunately, now that there are enough steel and cement, it shouldn't be a hassle to build a port." Roque was still prepared, most of the cement produced by Favart was bought by Roque and put into production from the cement factory, Roque did not take a penny from the cement factory, but paid 100,000 pounds for the purchase of cement.

This is also helpless, although Roque is also a shareholder of the Favart cement plant, but Roque also has to pay for cement, so Roque simply converted the profits into payables for the purchase of cement.

Henry is still very interesting, the price to Roque is very cheap, more than half of the price sold to the outside world, even so, Roque should not be able to pay the dividends due to the purchase of cement, it has only been less than a year, Scarlett has paid more than 100,000 pounds to the cement factory.

The same is true for steel bars, now the steel plant in Johannesburg has not been put into operation, Roque can only buy steel from Europe, and this part of the expenditure is more than 10,000 pounds per month, but this money Roque can still afford now, 10,000 pounds is only 72 kilograms of gold, Roque now buys materials, all of which are paid directly in gold.

"Locke, don't put your mind to Nyasaland, Johannesburg is our foundation." Owen was dissatisfied with Roque's large investment in Nyasaland, and no matter how good Nyasaland was built, it had nothing to do with Owen.

"I haven't forgotten Johannesburg, the road will be built as soon as the rainy season is over, and now it is Johannesburg to Ziwei Town, and after this section is completed, the next step is Johannesburg to Pretoria - then this should be a municipal project, can't you help me apply for some funding or something?" Roque is also dissatisfied, for now, Roque's roots are in Johannesburg, and in the long run, Nyasaland is Roque's base.

"The city government has no money, the last loan was used for disaster relief and the fight against the plague, and now the city government has no money." Owen knows the financial situation of the city government, although the loan has not been spent, but there is not much left, don't think about the appropriation, but if Roque needs a loan, Owen can help.

Roque doesn't need a loan, if Roque needs a loan, just go directly to the RAND Bank, and Roque won't give the money to the Imperial Bank.

With Christian out, Roque leaves Johannesburg for Pretoria, Austin Pence's case is about to go to trial, and Roque goes to Henry to ask for an update on the case.

"Locke, it's troublesome, William II sent an envoy over to observe the trial of Austin Pence, and now it's difficult for us to operate." Henry frowned, although Henry didn't care much about Austin Pence, but he didn't do what Roque asked him to do, and Henry still felt guilty.

When he was in the Cape Town Police Department, Henry was also Austin Burns' subordinate, but Henry did not have much affection for Austin Burns, Austin Burns prevented the Boers from going to Johannesburg, and Henry was not a direct beneficiary, so Henry did not care much about Austin Burns.

"F***-" Roque scolded secretly, but he didn't dare to scold, after all, William II and Edward VII are relatives, if he scolds, it is equivalent to scolding Edward VII.

This is a great rebellion.

"What did Duke Cowper say?" Roque pinned his hopes on the justices.

"Duke Cowper didn't dare do anything, last week I sent Duke Cowper 10,000 pounds, but the day before yesterday Duke Cowper sent someone to return the money, and the others didn't dare to take the money, and now I haven't even figured out the jury." Henry shook his head helplessly, with the envoy of Wilhelm II, this money is really hot.

"Is it possible to think of something else?" Roque has another way, and if it doesn't work out in court, then Roque has to think of another way.

"What's the solution? Prison robbery? Don't be funny, the prison is guarded by the police. "Henry doesn't want to set himself on fire, and it's not impossible to rob the prison, but in that case, the Pretoria Police Department will be held responsible.

"No, no, no, it's not a prison robbery, I mean, think of something else." Roque will not use such an unskilled method as robbing prisons, in addition to robbing prisons, Roque has other ways to get people out.

"You mean—" Henry thought thoughtfully.

"Think of a way-" Roque's eyes flickered, and the two police chiefs discussed together, and there was still a lot of room for maneuver.

The next day, the case of Austin Pence and the other three officially opened in the Pretoria court.

Governor Ade and Kaiser Wilhelm II's envoy, Governor Leutwijne, were present in person, and a heated debate ensued in court, and the lawyers of Austin Pence and the others pleaded not guilty.

Ironically, the prosecution was actually the Bloemfontein city government, and they sued Austin Pence and the other three on the grounds that Austin Pence and the other three had brazenly ordered the army and police to shoot at the Boers moving towards Johannesburg without authorization, and caused heavy casualties.

To this end, the city government of Bloemfontein charged Austin Pence and three others with more than 1,650 counts of murder, attempted murder, and dereliction of duty.

The indictment alone that Roque had been expecting for days did not materialize, and the Bloemfontein municipality submitted to the court a 150-page document listing the crimes of Austin Pence and the three others, and that the Bloemfontein municipality demand that Austin Pence and others be sentenced to death and that the Transvaal government and the Johannesburg city pay compensation to the Boers.

The debate focused on reparations, and did not care much about the lives of Austin Pence

The three Austin Pence are indeed very embarrassed, they have been in prison for more than a month, several of them are very emaciated, and they don't look raunchy, during the trial, Austin Pence and the other three didn't even raise their heads, they seem to have accepted their fate.

The justices were still very efficient, and it only took one day to complete the trial, and then Austin Pence and the other three were sentenced to death and immediately executed.