Henry's wedding was faster than Roque had imagined, and Henry's wedding had already arrived before the racehorse that Roque was going to give to Henry had even arrived in Cape Town.

Roque gave Henry a racehorse called "Race Assault", a thoroughbred Arabian horse that cost up to 11,000 pounds, which Roque commissioned Winston to buy from London, and Winston became famous, and it is said that Winston made a fortune during his time in Cape Town, which spurred more British people to Johannesburg to pan for gold.

This result made both Ade and Philip very happy, the Transvaal was in such a desperate need of immigrants that the Transvaal Immigration Office did a week's advertisement in the London "Times", and the sensational effect could not keep up with Roque's spending -

It's not just a thousand gold, it's worth more than 10,000 gold, 11,000 pounds is almost equivalent to 80 kilograms of gold.

Roque served as the best man and accompanied Henry throughout the wedding.

Because of Henry's identity, almost all the dignitaries in the Transvaal attended Henry's wedding, and even the current Cape Governor Walter Henry Hutchinson also attended the wedding in person.

It's not that Roque is unusual, Henry's best man is either a policeman or a soldier, all of them are in uniform, only Henry wears a dress.

After the wedding, Roark rode back to Henry's home in Pretoria with Henry's wedding car, which Henry used was the Dareham that Si bought, which was a congratulatory gift from Si to Henry.

Along the way, Roque saw a number of Boers, who stood in groups on the side of the road, looking at Henry's wedding car with cold and hateful eyes, and the few who could not bear it were all arrested by plainclothes police in the crowd, most of the Boers were silent, even if the police arrested the Boers in the street, they did not resist.

This situation made Roque secretly frightened.

"Yes, those Boers are like this, they will not resist directly, they just look at you silently, His Excellency the Governor underestimated the hatred of the Boers for the British Empire, and London does not know the situation here." When he got home, Henry relaxed.

"Your Excellency the Governor should know." Roque doesn't think that Ade doesn't know, Ade is still very capable.

"You may know, the Governor's current intention is to vigorously develop the economy of the Transvaal, so that these Boers can live a better life than they did during the previous Transvaal Republic, so that the Boers may forget their hatred and accept the rule of the Empire." Henry's tone was not very favorable, and Ade also made the mistake of empiricism, and the Boers of the Cape would accept the rule of the empire, which did not mean that the Boers of the Transvaal would also accept it.

It had been a hundred years since the British seized the Cape from the Boers, and it took the British government a century for the local Boers in the Cape to accept British rule.

Even after a hundred years, after the outbreak of the Second Boer War, there were still many Boers in the Cape who crossed the border to the Transvaal and Orange to join the coalition against the British colonial invasion, and this number was almost 13,000, accounting for one-tenth of the total number of Boers in the Cape.

So, it would take at least 100 years for the Boers in the Transvaal to accept imperial rule.

The time left for the Provisional Government was certainly less than a hundred years, and in fact Ade spent only one term in the Transvaal before leaving the Transvaal and returning to the British mainland, at which point the Boers would make a comeback.

"They won't forget hatred, at least not in this generation." Roque has a clear understanding of the situation.

After the war, the Boer leaders, such as Louis Botha and Jan Smuts, were indeed willing to live peacefully with the British, but the Boers at the bottom did not think so, and the war hurt the Boers at the bottom very much, and their relatives died in the war, or died in concentration camps for unknown reasons, at least their generation will not forget the hatred.

"What are you talking about?" Changing out of her dress, Lacey, who was dressed in a long white dress, brought black tea to Roque and Henry, and did not forget to greet Roque: "Hello, Sir Locke." ”

In fact, today is the first time that Roque has met Lacey, according to tradition, Henry and Lacey can't meet before marriage, so Roque, who is inseparable from Henry, has no chance to meet Lacey.

"Hello, Mrs. Favart, just call me Locke." Roque is well-mannered, at least not to make the mistake of salutation.

Henry's title is "Baron Favart", and the full name should be "Baron Favart, Henri Matilda", known as "Lord Favart", and after Lacey married Henry, she was "Mrs. Favart", these titles should not be confused.

"I know, Henry often mentions you, if I call you Locke, then you can call me Lacey, you talk slowly-" Lacey was cheerful, and kissed Henry on the face when she said goodbye.

Oops, a handful of dog food that caught you off guard.

Roque felt a little sore in his teeth.

"For the sake of Lacey, we also need to ensure the stability of the Transvaal." Henry is serious.

Roque knew what Henry was talking about, and Henry was of course referring not only to Lacey, but also to Phyllis, Owen, Philip Matilda, and so on, all the people related to Henry and Roque.

"I don't dare to say the whole Transvaal, at least Johannesburg I can guarantee it." Roque didn't dare to say too much, and in terms of the current situation in Pretoria, Roque was really not optimistic.

"That's enough, but if it doesn't work, we'll go back to Johannesburg and concentrate on mining." Henry laughed, he now has a knighthood, as long as he has gold in his hand, he will enjoy the treatment of an emperor anywhere in the world.

"Hehehehe, then you're going to dig a bigger basement." Roque was not as dashing as Henry, and in Johannesburg, Roque had more ties than Henry.

In the evening, there was a dinner party in the dining room of the Palace of Justice, and Roque was finally summoned by Ade alone.

"I heard that Ziwei Town is very good." Ade started from Ziwei Town, saying that Ziwei Town became famous during this time, and there were officials in Pretoria who sent their children to Ziwei Public School, and some officials have proposed to extend the railway from Johannesburg to Ziwei Town, so that the children of those officials can smoothly travel between Ziwei Town and Pretoria through the railway.

Of course, the officials who made this suggestion were certainly not using this as an excuse for this purpose, but their excuse was to connect all the towns of the Transvaal by rail, so as to strengthen Pretoria's rule over the Transvaal.

Not to mention, Ade is really seriously considering this proposal, after the war, the Transvaal will definitely restore the economy, Ade is similar to Roosevelt's thinking, the same is to use large-scale engineering construction to win the hearts of the people, not only to build railways, but also to build roads, build water conservancy facilities, set up schools, and so on and so forth.

"It can only be said that it is passable." Roque is really not modest, and the town of Purple is still far from Roque's request.

"Is it possible to replicate the model of Purple Town elsewhere?" Ade's thoughts are the same as Philip's.

Roque wanted to say that it was impossible, but he didn't want to hit Ade, so he looked at Ade a little speechlessly.

Ade was also looking at Roque.

"It's unlikely to be replicated, the Johannesburg Agricultural Association has its headquarters in Ziwei Town, so it will have to put the slaughterhouse and meat and dairy processing plants elsewhere, and Johannesburg doesn't need too many Ziwei schools." Roque said as much as he could.

Ade was noncommittal, and suddenly burst out in the middle of the ring: "The Boers are returning." ”

"I know." This time Roque reacted quickly.

"The peace agreement will be signed next week, and all the guerrillas will be sent by then, and you will come too." Ade seems nonchalant.

"Okay." Roque is full of promises, but his heart is turbulent, is this - the meaning of verifying the body?

In fact, it was not, the negotiations were protracted, the British government's military spending was increasing, the Boers were suffering in the concentration camps, and when the Boers no longer insisted on national independence, in fact, the biggest obstacle to the negotiations no longer existed, and the rest were all trivial issues, and when Ade raised the standard of compensation to 3 million pounds, the Boer representatives accepted the plan very happily.

But the Boer delegates also demanded the authorization of the whole people, so these days the representatives of the Cape guerrillas were on their way to Pretoria, and President Steyn, who was seriously ill, could not sign the contract, so General DeWitt was appointed acting president for twenty-four hours, and in fact, the Orange side had already signed, leaving only the Transvaal Republic.

After the signing, peace will truly come, the expeditionary force will gradually withdraw from the Transvaal, the expeditionary force command will promise to end the military administration as soon as possible, the provisional government will really play its role, and the struggle between the British and the Boers will enter a new stage.

As police chiefs in Johannesburg and Pretoria, Roque and Henry will be in charge of the situation, and Ade must rely on Roque Henry's power to ensure the stability of the Transvaal.

As for the garrison of the Transvaal at that time, it was a colonial force formed by the Cape colonial government, and there were many Boer members in it, so it was basically unreliable.

Roque and Ade were talking, and Ade's secretary walked over quickly and whispered a few words in Ade's ear.

Ade shook his head a little after hearing this, and didn't forget Roque when he got up: "Let's go, let's go out and have a look, maybe you still know your old friend." ”

Friends?

Roque was confused, and in the Transvaal, Roque had few friends other than Henry.

When I walked out of the lounge, the atmosphere in the banquet hall was a bit solemn, and the two groups of people were distinct, facing each other in the hall, and the guards around were a little overwhelmed.

"Relax, friends, the war is over—" Ade was breezy on the surface, but not at all relaxed on his feet: "Let me introduce you, Louis Botha, Sir Locke." ”

Louis Botha!

It is indeed an old friend, and the relationship between the first side in the Cape was deeply impressed.

Louis Botha is not tall, with an impressive beard, his eyes are unusually large, and his face is similar to that of the legendary Zhang Fei, with a leopard's head and eyes, and a swallow's jaw and tiger whiskers.

Roque searched his stomach and did not connect the Louis Botha in front of him with any of the people in his impression.

So Roque took the initiative to reach out: "Hello Louis, I'm Locke." ”

Louis Botha twitched the corners of his mouth with difficulty, smiled, and reached out to take Roque's hand: "Hello, Sir Locke. ”

Louis Botha's hands are very rough, and the calluses in the palms are obvious, especially in the tiger's mouth, and you can tell that he often plays with guns when he touches it.

But Louis Botha's nails were neatly trimmed, and there was no plaster in his nails, and the half-moon white was evident, and although he was wearing a gown, he seemed to smell the smoke of gunpowder, which was incompatible with the splendid banquet hall, like a bull breaking into a china shop.

"Congratulations, Lord Falvat, please forgive me for being uninvited." Louis Botha extended his hand to congratulate Henry.

Heng looked at Louis Botha with complicated eyes and did not reach out in time.

Roque coughed quietly.

Only then did Henry come to his senses and immediately shook Louis Botha's hand: "It's okay, you're welcome, Louis, please forgive me for my faux pas." ”

On the blacklist of the Expeditionary Force Command, Louis Botha is qualified to rank second if not first, and after Joubert was shot dead by the Cape Town police, Louis Botha replaced Joubert as the commander-in-chief of the Boer coalition army, and the Boers have been waging an indomitable guerrilla war with the expeditionary force under the leadership of Louis Botha.

Although Louis Botha was an out-and-out resistant, in fact, Louis Botha was a moderate, during the Transvaal Republic, Louis Botha opposed the Transvaal Republic's President Paul Kruger's policy towards foreigners (mainly British immigrants), after the outbreak of the war, as a member of the Boers, Louis Botha resolutely resisted the British invasion, after Paul Kruger went to Europe to seek support, Louis Botha and Jan Smutts became the de facto leaders of the Boers.

"All right, relax, gentlemen, the war is over, peace is coming, and we should all look forward." Ade offered to ask, and Roque and Henry immediately toasted, the music began again, and the banquet hall was filled with laughter again.

Roque and Louis Botha clinked glasses, walked to the corner of the hall, and sat down on a couch.

"It's really unexpected, I thought I would see you in a few days, but now in Pretoria, you're not afraid-" Roque didn't finish, believing that Louis Botha understood what Roque meant.

Louis Botha did understand, but he was also very calm: "As His Excellency the Governor just said, the war is over, no one wants to fight again, if you want, of course you can wipe us out, but what next?" If Louis Botha is dead, there will be Jan Smoltz, and if Jan Smoltz is dead, and James Herzog, the Boers will not be killed, and if you are treacherous, then the war will never stop until one side surrenders completely. ”

A certain party?

Directly saying that the Boers are not finished, I really don't know where Louis Botha got his confidence.