Roque still underestimated the influence of the Liberal Party, and the Liberal Party's retaliation had not yet begun, and the National Party had already fallen apart.

Arnold's resignation was the beginning of an avalanche.

On the day of Arnold's resignation, more than 300 members of the National Party left the party at the same time, and fewer than 50 remained in the National Party.

Among these 50 people, including Xia Jiu's hidden line buried in the national party.

Originally, these people were also going to quit, but Roque thought that through this incident, the people who remained in the national party should gain more trust from Henry Alsop, so he simply continued to bury these chess pieces, hoping that they could play a role in the future.

In early July, just a month before the general election, the National Party announced the closure of its Johannesburg branch and the withdrawal of all staff to Pretoria to secure elections in two years' time.

The current elections are only in Johannesburg, and in two years' time, the Transvaal-wide elections will be held, and then the real thing will come to fruition.

"So, the case that happened some time ago will not be pursued?" Owen expressed his displeasure at the family meeting, and although there is no evidence that Henry Alsop killed the man, Owen was still unwilling to let Henry Alsop leave Johannesburg in this way.

"What else could it be? Go to Pretoria and get Henry Alsop back? Don't be stupid, that's impossible, just find a reason and let people publish it in the newspaper, anyway, after a while people will forget about it. "It's inconvenient for Philip to say this, let's do it for Roque.

Sometimes, there are many things without answers, such as the murder of William Temple, although the murderer has been caught, but the real culprit behind the scenes is still at large, this kind of case is impossible to continue to investigate, because it is likely that the investigation will never be successful, Roque has so many things every day, it is impossible to focus on a certain case, it is impossible to solve every case in the 21st century, and the pursuit of this at the beginning of the 21st century can exhaust Roque to death.

So most of the time, and the mud is the main way to deal with it, such as this case, Johannesburg can casually publish a statement in the newspaper, saying that the police department has locked up the real culprit and is pursuing it, just show a gesture, the public is not interested in knowing the truth, time will dilute everything.

"This is the attitude of your police?" Owen looked at everyone unhappy at this moment.

Roque didn't speak, looking at Owen quietly.

"I'm sorry—" Owen also knew that Roque was doing the right thing.

"I'm also sorry, I really didn't know that Henry Alsop could be so crazy, if I had known in advance, I would have stopped him." Arnold's expression was sincere, but Roque couldn't feel Arnold's sincerity.

"That's it, Arnold, you are responsible for comforting the families of the deceased, and you have to pay for how much money you need, this is the price you should pay." Philip is also high-minded, this is the sadness of ordinary people, life is often just a bargaining chip for exchange.

It's a bit cruel to say that, but it's true, and let's not forget that it's South Africa at the beginning of the 20th century, and even in the 21st century, life in South Africa is not worth much.

"All right, I've had 500 pounds sent to the poor man's wife, God bless her." Arnold's face was compassionate.

Although Roque is unhappy, this is already the best way to deal with it, even if Roque has evidence, Roque will probably have no way to take Henry Alsop, this is the privilege of the aristocracy, the rules recognized by the whole society, if Roque insists on making Henry Alsop pay, then Roque is making enemies of the whole society.

Roque has passed the second phase of secondary school.

"What are you going to do next?" Philip still cares about Arnold.

"I'm going to form a Socialist Party and go to the upcoming general election – don't look at me like that, I know the Liberals will win, and the Socialists are only running to look fairer and not cause any problems for the Liberals." Arnold was in high spirits and happy with his wit.

But except for Arnold, everyone's expressions were a little solemn, including Philip.

"There are some people who have followed me out of the National Party, they have now lost their jobs, and I am responsible for them, and don't you think it's ridiculous that there is only one party competing for elections? Since it is an election, it must look like an election, and at least two parties should be in contention. Arnold's expression was eager, and the reason he was looking for was still reasonable.

This is also because the Liberal Party is too strong in Johannesburg, and after the National Party disbanded the Johannesburg branch, there is now only one Liberal Party left in Johannesburg, and even some people want to compete with the Liberal Party, but they are desperate for the strength of the Liberal Party.

Arnold was right that if the situation continues, then in August, it is likely that only the Liberals will be in the election, and Johannesburg's democratic representative system will be a joke, and London will reconsider the need for democratic representative system in the Transvaal and Orange.

That being said, but Arnold organized the Socialist Party to run for election -

Both Roque and Owen felt a little ridiculous, and it was not good, this is the rhythm of raising tigers.

But Roque and Owen have no reason to object, Arnold is talking about objective facts, the election has not yet begun, but it has attracted the attention of the whole society, and when the election really begins, the Governor's Office, the Orange government, London, and even the Cape colonial government will send people to Johannesburg to supervise, if only one party of the Liberal Party participates in the general election, it is indeed not true.

"Since you do it, then do it well, and don't do those little actions that you don't know about." Philip was remarkable, and Arnold was overjoyed.

When leaving the Baron's Mansion, Owen and Roque walked together.

"This is politics, there are losses and there are wins, and as long as the Socialist Party does not make mistakes, we have no reason to refuse the Socialist Party to participate in the elections." Owen is barely acceptable, whether he is close to the family or not.

Roque didn't want to evaluate, although nominally Roque and Arnold are also family, but Roque really doesn't like Arnold, for the democratic representative system, although Roque has long been mentally prepared, but when the election comes to this point, Roque is still disgusted with everything now.

Since you don't like it, don't force yourself, Roque has rarely been to Johannesburg since July, and has spent more time in Ziwei Town.

The scale of Ziwei Town has reached its limit, and the population is about to exceed 10,000 people, after discussing with Duncan, Roque and Duncan decided to gradually relocate the motorcycle factory and vodka factory in Ziwei Town to Oak Town, which is not far from Ziwei Town, and only Ziwei Public School and Medical College will be retained in Ziwei Town, so as to maintain the current scale of Ziwei Town.

"Why don't we develop Ziwei Town into a city, so that we can have more say in the future and better protect our interests." Duncan also fell victim to the poison of democratic representative system, believing that democratic representative system can solve all problems.

"Don't worry, the democratic representative system is not as good as you think, the British are just trying in Johannesburg, let's talk about it depending on the situation." Luo Ke is not in a hurry, for the current situation in Ziwei Town, Luo Ke is very satisfied, and if it develops to the level of the city, it will attract more attention, which will bring unnecessary trouble to Ziwei Town.

As for the right to speak, Roque is not worried about this issue at all, the Liberal Party won the election, and will continue to protect the interests of Chinese Americans, Owen does not dare to cross the river and tear down the bridge, otherwise the Chinese can send the Liberal Party up, and naturally they can pull the Liberal Party down.

Therefore, Roque's main energy is to increase the income of Chinese Americans and enhance the strength of Chinese Americans, which is the fundamental factor to ensure that the interests of Chinese Americans are not affected.

"There is no problem with the operation of the farm, potatoes and milk, and all kinds of poultry eggs are the main income of the farm, and after a while, the farm will be able to provide meat products in batches, some farms now have hundreds of pigs, the slaughterhouse in Doug Town slaughters dozens of pigs every day, and recently the slaughterhouse has even started slaughtering beef cattle, and when all this is stabilized, we will renegotiate the contract with the mining alliance, and now we have the ability to completely replace the Cape Agricultural Association." Duncan was a gentleman, and in purely farm terms, agriculture in Johannesburg was more developed than in Nyasaland.

So far, the farms around Johannesburg have been in operation for more than two years, and the Chinese cherish the opportunity to own land, do everything they can to increase their income, and work almost all the time.

With the help of agricultural associations and financial support from the RAND Bank, farms in the Johannesburg area have grown rapidly, and there are now farms that have tried to order tractors and trucks from Nyasaland through agricultural associations, which means that the production of tractors and trucks is still seriously insufficient, otherwise the farms in Johannesburg have even begun to mechanize.

Nyasaland has tried everything to increase the production of tractors and trucks, but with little success, the production of trucks and tractors such heavy machinery is not easy, many parts need to be built by hand, which is a test of the technical level of workers, before the design of standard production equipment, Nyasala has no ability to provide tractors and trucks to the outside world, even Nyasara itself can not guarantee its own needs.

"Where is the improvement of the agricultural association?" Roque was more concerned with quality than scale, and the Japanese were able to improve Wagyu beef, and the Johannesburg Agricultural Society, even if it didn't have such a skill, could have improved Angus cattle that were better than those elsewhere.

"Sir, improving breeding cattle is not something that can be done in a day or two, and the Agricultural Association has a laboratory dedicated to this." Duncan grimaced, and Roque was a bit of a quick-hit at times.

"I know, I'm just asking—" Roque knew he couldn't wait, but time was running out.

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