Jing Yu didn't feel strange about the pawn shop in London in this era. He was a student of the economy. Naturally, he knew that pawn shops in Britain had developed rapidly since the 18th century. Even Marx's "Das Kapital" mentioned that "all goldsmiths and pawn shops were roaring". At that time, pawn shops were basically the main business of collateral such as clothing.

Then he dragged the box alone and dodged the pedestrians. According to the place the hotel owner said, the security here was obviously better than the place where he appeared. At least he arrived at the destination safely and without any losses.

Although the hotel was named, the pawnshop owner still gave Jing Yu's Omega gold watch a price he thought was very suitable - 85 pounds.

"This is a gold watch, and it's so small and exquisite. Sir, you can't see such a delicate watch any other place." Jing Yu argued that he saw the pawn shop showing the appearance of the watch selling, the brass shell and the huge body, which was only bigger and thicker than the pocket watch he had seen. It was fixed on the leather case of cowhide or some other animal, and it was carried on his hands like a wrist guard, so he was very confident.

"Yes, dear sir, I read it right, so I gave you this price. If it weren't for gold watches and so small, I would only pay 30 pounds, or you can consider choosing to die, so that I can add 20 pounds." The pawnshop owner insisted, not giving in.

However, for Jing Yu, he didn't want to give up any items he brought to this world, so he chose a way to redeem it. If he couldn't redeem it after 6 months, the table would belong to the pawnshop. If he chose to redeem it before the expiration, he would have to pay 6% interest every month, each month rather than every year.

In the end, Jing Yu could only save his zodiac gold watch that he bought for 80,000 yuan for 85 pounds.

Jing Yu changed into a bag of scattered gold, silver coins and a few paper money, and the watch came to the pawnshop owner.

After returning to the hotel again, Jing Yu handed over two pound gold coins at once.

"Thank you very much, sir," said the hotel owner, "Please register here."

I took the registration book and pen handed over by my boss and wrote my name "ian.jing", which came from Beijing (peking). After all, there was no Chinese pinyin in this era.

After the processing, the hotel owner pulled the bell rope, and a servant ran over quickly, accompanied him up the stairs and walked towards the guest room with Jing Yu's box.

After opening the door, Jing Yu found that the room was very good. There were wallpapers with some unknown patterns on the walls, some old but well-maintained carpets on the floor, old-fashioned tables, chairs, furniture, fireplaces by the wall, and a few paintings hung. However, Jing Yu didn't know who the character inside was. When he opened the window and looked out, he could see the buildings next to him and the green in the distance.

Seeing the servant put everything down, turned on the gas lamp on the wall and lit it, he stood waiting for his new instructions, so he said, "Very good, thank you." Jing Yu thought about it and gave him 5p as a tip.

The servant was very happy and hurriedly thanked him. On weekdays, the customers in this store usually gave him a tip of one or two French New Zealand dollars (0.25 pence), and occasionally it was very small for 1 pence. Unexpectedly, the customer gave him a tip of more than ten times the usual ones, so he became even more attentive.

"Don't leave first." Jing Yu knew that he had given too much, but he immediately ordered, "Buy a few newspapers for me." Jing Yu thought that he was not familiar with the prices of newspapers outside. He thought about it and handed over a Florin, which is two shillings, and then added: "Buy a few more and tell me after using them all."

"No problem, sir." The servant took the money and gave another greeting before leaving.

After waiting for Jing Yu to open his suitcase and sort out the things inside. Because he had to have a few days of meeting on this business trip, he brought a change of clothes with him. In addition, he also brought a tablet, a micro-single camera, a recorder, a laptop and other devices. Of course, he had to mention his mobile phone. He even brought a Kindle e-book and a PV game console, as well as some other information files, notebooks and pens for meetings, and other debris for food. He didn't expect to bring a solar panel, but now he can only turn off all these things to save power.

Then Jing Yu spread the paper money, gold coins and auxiliary coins on the desk and looked at them.

"I spend 10 shillings a day now. I don't count on eating, but I just spend 15 pounds a month. I sold my watch and exchanged it for 85 pounds. That's not bad. I can live in the first half of the year." He calculated and recorded these on his laptop.

"This is not bad. At least I can't starve to death in a short period of time. It's much better than many time travel seniors. However, there are other expenses for eating and clothing. So the money is enough for at most three or four months. What should I do in the future?" Jing Yu held his chin with his hand and was thinking.

Although it was not voluntary to come here, Jing Yu couldn't think of how to return to his own world. He had to properly place his life and avoid being unfit in this era without antibiotics and no human rights.

When he was sorting out his things, he had confirmed that there were no electrical appliances in the room, so he now estimated that he had come to Victorian Britain because he heard the police tell him that London was repairing a subway, and as far as he knew, the subway in London was opened in the 1860s. Although he didn't know the specific year, he still expected that he was in a certain year between 1850 and 1869, and maybe it would be clear when the newspaper brought it.

"It seems that yellow people are very discriminated against in this era." Jing Yu continued to recall the history he knew. Although he did not feel it, he also roughly understood the experiences of Chinese people overseas during the "Qing Dynasty". Even when Jing Yu was studying in the UK, he could feel the indescribable feeling.

But it is even more impossible to return to China. It is the Qing government. He doesn't want to get a braid and kneel down when he sees people and "go to the United States". However, he quickly gave up this idea. The United States will introduce the Chinese Exclusion Act in 20 or 30 years.

"What should I do?" Jing Yu put a big question mark on the words "America", "UK" and "China" in his notebook.

Just as Jing Yu was thinking about this question, there was a "dongdong" knock on the door.

"Who?" Jing Yu asked loudly.

"Sir, it's me, you bought your newspaper," a childish voice replied.

The servant brought a bunch of newspapers. Although the printing quality was not very good, Jing Yu didn't care much about it. After sending the servant, he immediately looked it through.

The first thing he noticed was the time. On November 3, 1868, the day of the week was not listed, which surprised Jing Yu a little.

If you look closely, you will find more than a dozen newspapers such as "Daily Report News", "Daily Morning News", "The Herald", "Times", "London Picture News", "London News", etc. Jingyu Shop is everywhere, and the news and advertisements in the newspaper list the hot news:

"Rund Bank was robbed, and the robbers and police shot hundreds of shots"

"About Lund Bank and the robbery yesterday, our reporter interviewed a bank insider and got internal news. Three robbers suddenly broke into the bank with masks, and then took out Winchester air guns in their cloak to threaten the customers and staff who were handling banking business. Then they robbed all the gold coins and cash. When they left, they happened to encounter a patrol squad. There was a fire exchange between the two sides, and one robber was said to be injured."

“Dear Inspector Mick Radley, Criminal Branch of the London Police Department, said the robbery had many similarities to the previous bank robbery on Magley Street…”

"The general of the Republic of Texas was caught in a hotel and encountered thieves, and more than a dozen tenants' finances were looted."

"The Queen of Britain gave a speech to the MP, criticizing some revisionist historians for their strong advocacy of the source of the disorder of British blood."

And some advertisements: "Maryani brand aphrodisiac, from the romantic Gaul country, has the efficacy of the medicine proved by Mr. Dumas, and is equipped with experiences, photos and signatures written by many celebrities. For details, please check the Oxford Street Agency."

"Gurney's "Big Butler" pocket steam engine can be installed on a home sewing machine to save you energy." There is also an illustration in the advertisement that demonstrates this elegantly decorated small boiler steam engine and introduces that it can be driven by coal or wood.

"The Babbage 400 model analysis machine is launched, and the internal computing mechanism has increased to 6,000 gears. The volume remains unchanged. You only need a desk size to enjoy the efficiency brought by high-speed computing. Automatically solve complex calculation problems with 100 variables. Each number can reach 28 bits and the speed can reach 1 time per second. The computing performance is improved by 20% and is compatible with the previous generation of punched cards."

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