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Chapter 113 The Key
Ten minutes later, Josie and Peggy Carter were seated opposite each other in the restaurant of the Ritz Hotel in London.

The Ritz Hotel is considered one of the most upscale hotels in London at this time. It was built in 1904 and has a sister hotel in Paris also named Ritz.

But now both hotels actually belong to Josie.

In addition to these two hotels, Josie is also buying high-end hotels in major cities in Europe and America, and is preparing to form a high-end international chain hotel group.

On the one hand, this in itself can be regarded as a good business, and on the other hand, it can also be used as an intelligence station laid down by Josie all over the world.

Of course, as long as Josie knows about this kind of thing, there is no need to show off in front of Carter right now.

"Speaking of which, I haven't thanked you for Bucky's affairs!" After sitting down and ordering some food, Carter thanked Josie, "Bucky can be said to be the one Steve cares about the most in this world." Therefore, Steve has always been worried about Bucky's falling off the cliff, but unfortunately, he will never see it again."

"What's there to thank, not to mention that Steve and I are also friends, and Bucky himself is our hero. As an American, this is what I should do!" Josie waved his hand.

"That's right, you are compatriots after all!" Carter also smiled slightly when she heard the words, and then she remembered that the three Americans, Josie, Steve, and Bucky, were compatriots, and she, the British, was the foreigner.

"Furthermore, the person Steve misses the most in this world may have been Bucky, but now I think there must be one more!" Josie pointed out with a smile on his face.

Carter smiled slightly and didn't speak. She naturally understood what Josie meant, but what's the point of saying this now?Everyone is gone.

"By the way, you said you wanted to talk to me about Steve, what exactly is it?" Carter changed the subject and asked.

"Ah, look at my memory, it's actually not a big deal... that's it!" Josie stretched her hand into her bosom to look for something, but actually took out an envelope from the system warehouse, and handed it to Carter.

"What is this?" Carter took it with some surprise, but when he opened it, there was a key inside.

"Here's the key to Steve's apartment in Brooklyn, New York!" Josie said.

"What? The key to Steve's apartment? How could that be?" Carter was very surprised.

"The reason is very simple. This apartment was originally rented. Although Steve paid the full rent when he joined the army, after the news of his sacrifice spread to the United States, the landlord used his banner to prepare to auction it at a high price. , I happened to know about this, so I just bought the whole building!" Josie explained casually, "I wanted to hand over the keys to Bucky, but today I met you on the road, so I It might be good to give it to you!"

These words of Josie are really not lying to Carter.

In her previous life, Josie had read a lot of American manga fans, and they would all mention that after the American team woke up, they would go back to live in their old New York house or something.

But judging from the beginning of US Team 2, it can be found that the city where US team lives is actually Washington... Of course, it may also be moved to Washington after the first battle of the Avengers.

However, with this in mind, Josie also purposely inquired about the location of the former residence of the legendary US team during the board meeting before, and was going to visit it.

While it might sound awkward for a Hydra snakehead to visit the former home of Hydra's nemesis, Josie did just that.

But the news he got from the subordinates of the Blackwater Gang was that this apartment has been rented since Captain America's parents.

Although Captain America's father was a hero in World War I, he was killed by mustard gas, which made Captain America adore his father. To some extent, this is also one of the reasons why Captain America wanted to join the army.

But after Josie got to know him, he realized that Captain America's father, Joseph Rogers, was sacrificed, but it would be nonsense to say he was a hero.

Cap's parents were Irish who immigrated to the United States early in World War I.

Their life trajectories are actually very similar to those of Vito's parents. They both belong to the extremely poor class and have no money to buy a house at all.

And Joseph, like Vito's father, could only work as a coolie at the bottom of society to support his family, and even joined the local Irish gang.

But as Steve's mother became pregnant, in order to earn more money and give the unborn Steve a better living environment, he took the risk to join the army...

When the U.S. military joined the war in World War I, it was already at the end of the war. The United States was just looking for cheap ones, and the entire country had only 30 troops.

Therefore, 400 million were temporarily recruited, and they were sent to the front line without much training.

Joseph arrived in Europe at the beginning of 18, and then went to the battlefield for the first time in May. He was shot with mustard gas and died in May. Then, in July, Captain America was born as a posthumous child.

If such a soldier who was involved in gangsters and drunkenly, joined the army purely for money, and had no credit for anything could be called a war hero, then this hero is too cheap.

The mother of the US team also wanted to set an example for the US team, so she beautified the image of his father.

The only thing Joseph Rogers did was to leave a pension for Captain America's mother and son.

But what Steve Rogers probably never knew was that the pension never actually went to his mother.

why?Because the U.S. government reneged.

Not only relied on the pensions of a large number of soldiers who died in battle, but also wanted to rely on the wages of American soldiers in World War I... The wages of American soldiers during World War I have not been paid after the war. Therefore, when the Great Depression came, there was a famous one. Pension March Event!
In 1932, tens of thousands of veterans of World War I went to the Capitol to ask for their salaries. They were suppressed by the active US military at that time, resulting in the death of several veterans and two children (family members of the veterans who asked for salary), and thousands of people were injured.

After the work was over, the US government also labeled these veterans who were marching as red crimes.

But speaking of this matter, there is another interesting thing.

That is, among the officers who led troops to suppress at that time, three were the famous Eisenhower, Mike Arthur, and Patton during World War II.

Eisenhower and Patton were relatively cautious about this matter and did not resort to violence at first.

But the highest rank among the three at that time was not Eisenhower, but Mike Arthur.

At the same time, Mike Arthur was also the one with the toughest attitude. He ignored the order of President Hoover at the time and forced Eisenhower and Patton to lead people to violently suppress the veterans who marched.

Coincidentally, among the parade crowd at that time, there was a special World War II veteran.

This man is Truman, the first U.S. president after World War II.

The president was also a World War I veteran and a company commander.

So when the pay parade happened, Truman, who was only a judge in Jackson County, Missouri, also took a group of comrades to participate.

As a result, he was almost crushed to death by a tank commanded by Mike Arthur at the entrance of the Capitol.

In other words, the beams of Mike Arthur and Truman were actually buried at that time.

It is also because of the US government's refusal that Captain America was raised by his mother working alone since he was a child.

His mother also went to work as a nurse in the tuberculosis ward, which was so disgraceful back then, in order to earn a little more money, and finally set herself up.

Because of this kind of living environment, the American team has suffered from malnutrition since childhood, which led to a lot of problems such as asthma, scarlet fever, and rheumatic fever.

With such economic conditions, buying a house?Impossible.

Not even a small apartment in what was then ghetto Brooklyn.

Even if Steve hadn’t met Bucky as a good friend in his childhood, Steve might have died a long time ago——Compared to Steve, Bucky’s family is much better. middle class family.

This can be seen from the US team 2 and the meeting of the US team, the two people's clothes are completely different.

It is precisely because of the care of Bucky and his family that the US team can live so big.

It is precisely because of this almost brotherly relationship that Captain America cares so much about Bucky.

In contrast, the US team and Howard and his son can only be regarded as relatively ordinary friends.

It's no wonder that during the civil war, the US team would rather hurt Tony than defend Bucky.

People are selfish, and when it comes to things they really care about, even Captain America is not exempt.

"Thank you, Josie. This is the first time I know that his childhood was so rough!" After hearing what Josie said about the US team, Peggy Carter looked at the keys in her hand and sighed, "The house I will find a way to return the money to you.”

Yes, although Carter is the lover of the US team, and thinks he knows the character of the US team very well.

But it was the first time that Carter knew what Josie said about Captain America's birth and childhood.

From this point of view, from childhood to adulthood, except for the period when he just became "Captain America", he really didn't live a good life at other times.

"It's boring to mention money to me, or do you not consider me a friend at all?" Josie pretended to be displeased.

"Haha, that's right. You, a rich man, probably don't lack such a house, so I won't be polite. It just so happens that I'm going to America next week, so I don't need to find another place to live." Seeing this, Carter didn't hesitate. Reject again.

"Oh? You're going to New York next week?" Josie was a little surprised when he heard that.

Josie knew that Carter would go to the United States. After all, how could S.H.I.E.L.D. be built without going to the United States?But going now is still a bit of a surprise.

"Yes, this is not a secret. With the end of the war, the Strategic Science Corps has also begun to withdraw to the United States. Naturally, I will go there too. This time I will go back to the UK to say goodbye to my family, my sister-in-law and nephew. " Carter explained, but as soon as he finished speaking, he found that Josie was looking at him with a strange look, and couldn't help asking, "Is there something on my face?"

"Oh, nothing, I just heard something else." Josie laughed, and then said, "I've heard about your brother, he's a hero."

In fact, when Carter mentioned her sister-in-law just now, Josie suddenly remembered a joke about Peggy Carter and Sharon Carter on the Internet in her previous life.

That is, Sharon Carter was translated as Peggy Carter's niece in the Avengers series movies played in Xia Guo.

But Sharon Carter in the reunion period was obviously only 30 to 90 years old, while Peggy Carter was already in her [-]s.

In addition, Peggy Carter has only one elder brother, and he died as early as World War II, leaving only one posthumous son.

So Peggy Carter should have only one nephew and no niece.

That being the case, how did Sharon Carter come about as a niece?

Josie had been puzzled by this for a long time in her previous life, and only later did she realize that it was actually the translator's fault.

Because in English, aunt can refer to all female elders, and the English of aunt is also anut.

Now the case was solved. Sharon Carter was not Peggy's niece, but her grandnephew.

(End of this chapter)