Although it doesn’t matter whether it is England or Scotland.
These two countries, which both belong to the British system, actually know the reason why Dumfries Outpost was attacked.
But this matter was, after all, a border dispute, and some of the direct members of large chambers of commerce and even the people involved died in the riot.
Therefore no prior communication is required.
Scotland and England dispatched their respective investigation teams at the same time.
Among them, representing England was Henry John Temple, the then Foreign Secretary and the 28th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Although he was also a graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge University, later generations generally believed that this person was talented enough to be selected as one of the top ten diplomats in human history.
But Xu Yun's impression of him was not good.
There is no other reason.
Gein was the main formulator of Britain's aggressive policy towards China during the two crows period.
Although Henry John Temple never went to the battlefield personally, in a sense, the sins on his hands were no less than Grant's.
Again.
Xu Yun has no intention of continuing to live in this decadent country, but this does not mean that he has to look down on the foreigners who participated in the invasion, let alone have any feelings of 'gratitude'.
Of course.
Friendly or disgusted, Xu Yun now has no chance to meet Henry John Temple:
As early as the day after activating the mission, Thomson called Xu Yun and Mai and drove the carriage out of Dumfries Outpost.
According to Thomson's words.
Just leave the political game behind the scenes to Henry John Temple, and there will definitely be an explanation anyway.
Academics like them got involved rashly, and I don’t even know how they died in the end.
So after leaving mailing addresses with Gibson Lindsay and Ten Hag Rangnick.
The three of them happily headed to the UK
The town of Dumfries belongs to the border area between the Soviet Union and Britain. After passing through Dumfries, the front is the Carlisle area of England.
Of course.
Compared with Carlisle, Newcastle, which is on the same level as it, should be more famous.
After Carlisle comes Leeds, and after Leeds there are several big cities such as Sheffield and Birmingham.
Xu Yun and the others marched peacefully for three and a half days without encountering any accidents.
Finally in the morning of the fourth day.
The group arrived in London, the capital of England and currently the core city of European politics and economy.
Over the years, with the beginning of the Industrial Revolution and the prosperity of commercial trade, London's population has continued to increase.
Nowadays, the population of London has exceeded one million, there is a prosperous scene everywhere, and the residents are very happy!
Outside the city checkpoint.
Xu Yun was sitting in the front room of the carriage, stretching his neck and trying to look forward with Mai Mai.
The towering chimneys that were vaguely visible were emitting black smoke endlessly, and the fog was so thick that people could not see the buildings further away.
The sound of coughing at the checkpoint kept coming and going.
Here, people are clearly divided into two groups:
Sitting in a gorgeous carriage, you can't see the appearance but you can imagine the image of the nobles or the upper class.
as well as
They are common people with a sallow complexion and a haggard appearance. Both men and women look much older than their actual age.
Farther away in the corner of the city, you can still see ragged children, prostitutes, and a large number of drunkards holding a wine bottle in their hands and lying with their legs stretched out against the wall.
For these people.
It seems that the only way to dispel the haze that invades the body is by drinking continuously all day long.
This is a city with cool colors from head to toe.
Tall buildings and roaring machines always demonstrate the prosperity that belongs to the core of Europe.
But the incense generated at this peak did not spread to all living beings, but floated to higher clouds.
Heaven and earth.
Completely two different worlds.
Xu Yun raised his head and glanced at the sky, then looked at an old man not far away whose face was covered with mud.
I couldn't help but sigh deeply.
Since defeating the French Empire led by Napoleon in 1815, Britain has become the strongest hegemon in Europe.
Known as
The sun never sets on the empire.
But hidden beneath this strength is the blood and tears of countless British civilians.
This matter actually dates back to the end of the 18th century.
At that time, with the unfolding of the Industrial Revolution, the amount of coal burned in London began to increase dramatically, and almost every industry used massive amounts of coal.
For example, countless new factories need to burn coal, and trains also need to burn coal.
Ever since.
Large amounts of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide are emitted into the atmosphere.
In the absence of any air flow disturbance, these gases and water mist condense together and mix to form yellow-brown smoke.
This is an extremely harmful gas, similar in nature to the smog of later generations, but much more toxic than the smog.
What's worse than the smoke is the living conditions of civilians at this time.
According to statistics in the book "The Life and Labor of the People of London".
In this period.
30.7% of people in London live below the poverty line, living without enough food and clothing.
Today, more than 5,000 civilians in London die from respiratory diseases every year.
More than 3,000 civilians died while working at work, not including those who died after returning home.
More than 7,000 civilians died from famine.
The former includes some nobles, while the latter two are 99% civilians.
Elizabeth Gaskell wrote a work called "South and North" in 1885, which describes the life of the lower class people in Britain. (If you are interested, you can go directly to the British drama "South and North").
In addition to the love story between the male protagonist and the female protagonist.
You can see the bottom layer depicted inside, there is really no guarantee at all
During that period, even children had to go to work. If they didn't come for one day, they would immediately lose their jobs.
It’s difficult to raise your salary!
It is still difficult to improve the working environment!
For example, the heroine's friend died of pneumoconiosis due to inhaling too much cotton wool.
There are too many people inside, just trying to survive and give their children a bite of bread.
In sharp contrast to the life of the people at the bottom, is the aristocratic life in London.
These nobles drink red wine and eat beef every day, recite 242 details to pay attention to at the banquet, and consider whether to spend dozens of pounds to buy jewelry tomorrow.
In 1850.
The prosperity brought about by the Industrial Revolution has nothing to do with the people at the bottom who are just trying to survive.
The sentence "In the initial stage of capital, every pore is dripping with blood" is the best comment on this era.
Just when Xu Yun was feeling heavy, a weak voice suddenly came from his ears:
"Sir, please give me something to eat."
Xu Yun turned around and found a seven or eight-year-old girl standing next to him.
The little girl's face was dark, her eyes were bright, her clothes were ragged, and her hair was stained with mud and weeds.
He was obviously of standard white descent, but his complexion at this time was an extremely unhealthy sallow color.
When Xu Yun saw this, he couldn't help but feel calm.
Although he has never had a good impression of foreigners, and he himself is not a saintly person, the Huadun Biotechnology Company he founded later is almost losing his mind to the European, American and Japanese and Korean departments.
But this hostility does not include the current situation.
Anyone with a basic sense of empathy will inevitably feel a trace of pity when encountering this kind of situation.
Then he thought for a moment.
He turned around and took out a few potatoes from the carriage, and Mai also took out a few loaves of bread in a tacit understanding and put them together at the front of the car.
Xu Yun packed these things in a small cloth bag, handed them to the little girl, and said:
"Take it, hold it tight, don't let anyone snatch it away. If you are very hungry, don't eat too hastily, as that is not good for your stomach."
Guru
The little girl swallowed, took the bag, bowed, and quickly ran back to the crowd.
Xu Yunjian said and Xiaomai looked at each other and sighed.
As a result, before they could continue to sigh, Thomson, who had been watching with cold eyes, suddenly spoke:
"Two gentlemen, don't you feel very emotional after showing your love?"
Mai, a naive boy, didn't notice the sarcasm in Thomson's tone at all, and nodded vigorously:
"Yes, Mr. Thomson, this little girl is so pitiful."
After hearing his words, Thomson's lips raised slightly:
"Pity? You should look at your pockets first before you speak."
Xiaomai was stunned when he heard this, and immediately looked at his waist.
After a while.
He suddenly let out a cry, and quickly touched his waist with his hands:
"Hey, where's the cigarette pouch in my pocket?"
See this situation.
Xu Yun also gradually realized something, and quickly pressed the palm of his left hand on his waist.
fine.
The kidneys are still there.
But two gold nuggets that he had intended to break into change were missing.
Then he looked at Thomson and asked thoughtfully:
"Mr. Thomson, is that boy a thief?"
Thomson sighed, nodded with a heavy face, and said:
"Yes, it should be a pickpocket group active in this area. I think the things she stole are not very valuable, so I didn't remind you about it."
"Sometimes it's a good thing to lose some money. It can lengthen your memory, which is better than making it difficult to recover from losses in the future, or even losing your life."
Xu Yun opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.
But in the end he didn't speak.
Who would have thought that the little girl who looked miserable was actually a pickpocket?
And can steal things without either himself or Xiaomai noticing.
Not to mention how exquisite her skills are, at least they cannot be something that can be accomplished in a day or two.
Think of this.
The title of a work suddenly appeared in Xu Yun's mind:
"Oliver Twist".
After the protagonist Oliver in this work arrived in London, he mistakenly entered the den of thieves organized by Fagin, and among them there were no less than ten children who were trained as pickpockets.
"Oliver Twist" was written in 1838, so the social background is not much different from today's, and there is a lot of information in it that can be used as a reference.
Therefore, in this day and age, child pickpockets are actually a very common 'tool'.
"Nowadays, with the development of industry, many children in London become orphans and wander around every year, which makes it more difficult to identify those young pickpockets."
Thomson looked at the direction in which the little girl disappeared, and shook his head with emotion:
"The finances stolen by these young pickpockets basically have to be handed over to the gang leader, and they don't actually get much."
"Like the bag of food you and Maxwell gave her, three or four potatoes and an equal amount of bread, right? She can get half a piece of bread and one potato, which is considered too much."
After he finished speaking, he let out a long sigh, patted the wheat on his face, which looked like he was in a "city routine", and pointed at the checkpoint and said:
"Okay, it's time for us to enter the city. Let's hurry up and get down to business."
Although the town of Cambridge, where the University of Cambridge is located, is not within the city of London, London is a large city that must be passed through to get to Cambridge.
After passing through the north of London, the distance to Cambridge is less than 60 miles on a smooth road.
That's why Thomson chose to enter the city today.
At the same time, he had another purpose in entering London, and that was
He was going to say goodbye to Xu Yun here.
After all, according to what Xu Yun said before.
He got out of bed in the port of Aberdeen, Scotland, planning to go to London to visit relatives and then look for a way out.
It's a pity that he met a shady driver and was left behind halfway, which is how the subsequent story came about.
Now that they are passing through London, there is no need to take Xu Yun to Cambridge University.
Fifteen minutes later.
Thomson and his party passed the checkpoint and entered London.
"Luo Feng."
After entering the city, Thomson looked around and asked Xu Yun:
"Where does your relative live? Maxwell and I will take you there."
"Now that we know the specific address, it will be easier for us to write letters to each other in the future."
Hearing this, Xu Yun pretended to think something about it and said:
"I think it was at 13 Bessim Street, Islington."
"Besim Street?"
Thomson was stunned for a moment, his eyes immediately widened, and then he said:
"Luo Feng, didn't your relatives leave any other alternative addresses?"
Xu Yun glanced at him pretending to be confused, and asked knowingly:
"Of course not, Mr. Thomson, what's the matter?"
When Thomson saw this, his brows knitted together and he said after careful consideration:
"Luo Feng, I'm afraid you don't know something. There was a cholera outbreak in London two years ago. Islington was the hardest hit area, so many buildings were knocked down and abandoned at that time."
"Besim Street is in the very heart of Islington and the residents there have either moved or have already"
Hear this.
Xu Yun quickly put on a clueless look again, like a Neptune pretending to be innocent:
"Oh no?"
While making this expression, he also gave himself a score in his mind:
90 marks!
In 1848, a cholera outbreak occurred in London, killing more than 52,000 people. It was also the most serious cholera outbreak in British history.
Among them, Islington and Camden are the hardest hit areas by cholera, with a mortality rate of 68%.
Xu Yun's main field of study in his life was biology, so he naturally remembered the time and the most central location of such a major event.
Although the current timeline has changed, the cause of the cholera outbreak has nothing to do with scientific theory.
Therefore, Xu Yun was more than 80% confident in guessing that this cholera also happened in the dungeon.
Of course,
If the cholera really did not break out due to the flapping of butterfly wings, Xu Yun had other ways to make his 'relatives' disappear.
His eyes returned to reality.
Xu Yun and Thomson looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes for a few seconds. Then he put on a hesitant expression and said:
"Mr. Thomson, the address I got was left by my aunt in a letter seven years ago. There is no other backup address."
"Now that something like this has happened, I guess there is no chance of finding them."
After speaking, he paused and continued:
"But Mr. Thomson, my original plan was to stay and work in London after meeting them, and then use the salary I earned to pay for tuition fees to study at university."
"I originally planned to apply for University College London to be an auditor, but now that I have met you and Mr. Maxwell, I would like to take the liberty to ask."
"I wonder if I have a chance to study in Cambridge?"
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Sure enough, it is still a problem of immunity. Staying up late reduces immunity.
Then I recommend a new book by an experienced driver, "People in the Heavens, Drifting to Loss of Contact". The driving speed is very fast. This is actually the plot of this experienced driver's last book.
