The investigation team consisted of more than 30 people, and they stayed in Frank Rhodes' mansion on the outskirts of the city.

It's a bit funny, I don't know what the investigation team thinks, living in Cecil Rhodes' brother's house to investigate Cecil Rhodes, and it would be hell to be able to investigate the results.

The Johannesburg Police Department is responsible for the security of the investigation team, and Roque has carefully arranged three cordons around Frank Rhodes' house, the outermost part of which is the detective team's Xiao Hei, and the second cordon is the commando team.

Early the next morning, the mission began its work, and Dr. Starr Jameson, a senior employee of the South African company and head of administration in Rhodesia, was the first "subpoena" of the mission.

In 1895, Cecil Rhodes devised a plan of subversion when Cecil Rhodes decided to overthrow the Transvaal Republic and establish a federal government dominated by Britain because of the discovery of the Rand gold mine.

In this plan, Frank Rhodes, who was living in Johannesburg at the time, would lead a "Reform Committee" composed of British miners in Johannesburg to launch a riot, and Dr. Starr Jameson would lead a team of Rhodesian police in Bechuana, and once the "Reform Committee" and Dr. Jameson occupied Johannesburg, the British government would intervene to mediate and form a federation.

Cecil Rhodes underestimated the fighting power of the Transvaal Republic militia and at the same time overestimated the combat effectiveness of the Rhodesian police force, and the result was catastrophic, the riot of the "Reform Committee" was suppressed, the police led by Dr. Starr Jameson were completely annihilated, and four leaders of the "Reform Committee", including Frank Rhodes, were sentenced to death, but the Boers did not dare to carry it out, for fear of angering Cecil Rhodes, so the death sentence was changed to a fine, and the fine of 25,000 pounds per person was commuted. Rhodes paid the money.

Because of their relationship with Cecil Rhodes, the Boers also did not dare to execute Dr. Starr Jameson, and the Transvaal Republic did not even dare to try Dr. Starr Jameson, but handed Dr. Starr Jameson over to the Cape colonial government for trial.

As a result, Dr. Starr Jameson was sentenced to fifteen months in prison, but only a month later, the Cape colonial government released Dr. Starr Jameson on the grounds that he was seriously ill.

When Roque met Dr. Starr Jameson, he really couldn't see that Dr. Starr Jameson was "sick to death", in fact, this guy lived until 1917, 21 years after the Cape colonial government claimed that Dr. Starr Jameson was "sick to death".

Dr. Starr Jameson is still the Administrator of Rhodesia, and he governs a larger area than the four colonies of the Cape combined, so Dr. Starr Jameson is not a criminal, he has been respectfully invited by Roque.

It can be seen that Dr. Starr Jameson was in a bad mood and did not communicate with Roque along the way, and Roque watched Dr. Starr Jameson enter the investigation team before Shi Shiran went to the temporary tent to rest.

Joe Russell was specifically responsible for the security of the mission, so Joe Russell was also in the tent.

"I really don't know what the point of this is, even if Mr. Rhodes is guilty, do they dare to try Mr. Rhodes?" Joe Russell was full of complaints.

"It makes sense, regardless of whether Mr. Rhodes is guilty or not, at least the formation of an investigation team can prove that the attitude of the Congress is serious, and it does not matter whether the investigation team can investigate or not, this attitude is important." Roque didn't know if the investigation would be able to find out, but in the original history, Cecil Rhodes was not tried.

It must be emphasized here that in Johannesburg, or in the entire Cape, almost no one considers Cecil Rhodes guilty.

On the contrary, the vast majority of the British are full of respect for Cecil Rhodes, a fanatical imperialist and ruthless warmonger, and the "vast majority" here is not only the Britons of the Cape, but also the British in Britain itself, and in the hearts of all Britons, Cecil Rhodes is an indisputable "hero".

Therefore, when Roque communicates with other people, if Cecil Rhodes is mentioned, Roque also adds a "sir".

"If Mr. Rhodes is guilty, then who will open up territory for the British Empire!" Joe Russell speaks to the vast majority of Britons.

The "vast majority" here does not include people like Emily Hobhouse, in fact, people like Emily Hobhouse are also very common, and there are many people in the 21st century who pick up a bowl to eat and put down their chopsticks to scold their mother.

"Politicians don't think the same way as we ordinary people." Roque would not have thought that the British government would protect Cecil Rhodes unconditionally.

Historically, after the death of Cecil Rhodes, the British government began to weaken the Rhodes family, and in this regard, politicians are more shameless and have no bottom line than "heroes".

"It's not Mr. Rhodes who started the war." Joe Russell was still resentful.

It is true that it was not Cecil Rhodes who started the war, it was Alfred Milner, who was the commissioner of South Africa at the time and the prime minister of the Cape, who actually started the war, but this issue is not easy to discuss, because Alfred Milner is now the governor of the Transvaal, so Roque can only divert the topic.

"Leave that alone, let's just do our own thing, tell the brothers to be smart, and don't let the guys who shouldn't be here break in." Roque reminded Joe Russell.

The content of security is complex, and while it is important to protect the safety of the members of the mission, it is equally important to prevent undesirable individuals from "harassing" the mission.

As Cecil Rhodes Jr. said, Cecil Rhodes served as the prime minister of the Cape and provoked the war to annex Rhodesia, and the Rhodes family still has a monopoly on Kimberley diamonds, and is also swallowing the gold of Johannesburg -

Therefore, Cecil Rhodes must have offended many people, and it is not a secret that the investigation team came to Johannesburg, and Roque wanted to make sure that the investigation team did not hear different voices.

"Hey, Johannesburg, who can break through the commando blockade—" Joe Russell was blindly optimistic.

As a result, he was immediately slapped in the face.

"Report, there is a chief from Rhodesia who asked to enter the cordon." Martin reports outside the tent.

Chieftain –

Or the chieftain of Rhodesia!

Roque immediately became vigilant, Rhodesia is Cecil Rhodes's kingdom, although Roque does not know how Cecil Rhodes captured Rhodesia, but thinking about it, Cecil Rhodes's methods should not be very open, so Roque has enough reason to suspect that the chief's purpose is not pure.

Accompanying the chief to meet Roque was Yaya.

"Mr. Director, I have important information to report to the investigation team." It's kind of amazing that this chief is actually white and speaks English.

In Roque's impression, the chiefs seemed to be Zulu people wearing grass skirts, nose rings, and strange patterns painted on their faces with oil paint, but he didn't expect that any of the chiefs were white.

It's amazing Africa!

Perhaps it was for this reason that Yaya did not dare to make a move to this chieftain and sent it for Roque to deal with it personally.

If the chief was a Zulu, he wouldn't have had a chance to meet Roque, and Yaya wouldn't have been able to pass the pass.

"I'm sorry Chief, no one is allowed to harass the mission unless it is requested by name." Roque hoped that the chief would retreat.

"Mr. Director, I have important matters to report directly to the investigation team, and I have the right to do so." The sheikh was tough.

Roque and Joe Russell looked at each other, and Joe Russell understood, and raised his hand to call several Boer policemen.

"What are you going to do?" The chief's face changed drastically.

"I'm sorry Chief, we suspect you approached the investigation team for an illegal purpose—" Joe Russell didn't talk nonsense, glancing at the Boer sheriff next to him, and several Boer police officers swarmed up.

"Damn it—" The hapless chief was gagged as soon as he said a word, and he tried to struggle but was hit on the back of the head with the butt of a gun, and the chief fainted and fell to the ground.

"The old rules?" Joe Russell asked for Roque's opinion.

"The old rules!" Roque was a little helpless, this morning, the police station had already arrested more than a dozen people, and the purpose was almost the same.

Back at the police station, Roque ordered Martin to be interrogated one by one, and whatever the purpose of approaching the mission, they were to be held for a period of time before they were released after the mission left Johannesburg.

If it's something else, Roque can be tolerant, but if these people are here for Cecil Rhodes, then Roque will hand over the person to Cecil Rhodes Jr., believing that Cecil Rhodes Jr. will handle it more simply.

Martin was still relieved that Roque was still relieved, and after careful screening, six people, including the white chieftain, were handed over to Cecil Rhodes Jr., and the rest did not matter, except for a German priest named Frank von Adelaide.

Seeing the name, Roque immediately felt a little headache.

The name with "von" in the middle is the symbol of the German Junker aristocracy, the Second Boer War, and Germany are actually inextricably linked, if it were not for Wilhelm II's various fanning of the flames, the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State probably did not dare to declare war on the Cape.

Before the war, Germany provoked the Boers to declare war on Britain, and after the outbreak of the war, Germany openly and secretly gave the Boer Republic all kinds of support, and now the Boer guerrillas still have close ties with German Southwest Africa, and the Expeditionary Force Command has intelligence that some desperate guerrillas will choose to enter German Southwest Africa to rest.

General Kitchina thus negotiated with the Governor of German Southwest Africa, Leutwein, but Leutwein refused General Kitchina's request to shield the guerrillas, so that relations between Germany and Britain, at least in the Cape, the relations between the Cape colony and German South-West Africa were very tense.