shadow of britain

Chapter 39 The Difference Between Humans And Monkeys

The rain continued to fall outside the window, and the transparent glass was covered with dense water droplets.

Through the window, you can see Arthur and Elder asking and answering questions.

Time flew by, and not long after, the second page Arthur brought today was also filled with information about Fred the Thief General.

Name: Fred Matthews

Sex: Male
Age: 40-50 years old

experience:

1. With a southern accent, it is speculated that he should have been born in a rural farmhand family in Sussex or Kent.

2. He served in the army in his early years, and has a certain knowledge of guns, powder and close combat. His service regiment is temporarily unknown.

3.1815. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, he was dismissed and retired, but due to the disbandment of too many regiments in [-], there was a shortage of jobs.During this period, Fred was active in docks all over London for a long time, making a living as a dock laborer, and later organized a group of retired veterans to compete for the dock transportation business by violent means.

4.1820. After [-], it gradually shifted to other industries, involving but not limited to illegal activities such as selling stolen goods, theft, robbery, extortion, and extortion.

5.1825. In [-], after a complaint from the Wharf Business Federation, its group was severely cracked down, and many important members were sentenced to death by hanging.

6. After Fred and his group disappeared for a period of time, they opened a private detective firm called 'Black Pool' in 1828 at No. 75 Brick Lane, Whitechapel District, East London, and declared that they could provide services including A variety of businesses including burglary, investigation, and security.

7. However, the daily work of the firm is usually carried out by Fred's subordinates. After 1825, Fred himself rarely appeared in public, and very few people knew his true face.

When Arthur wrote this, he suddenly felt that the problem was a bit tricky.

Most of the cases that Fred committed on the surface were before 1825. Most of those cases have passed too long, and it is very difficult to collect evidence to prosecute Fred.

And now, although Fred's private detective firm can be used to investigate him, judging from the information obtained so far, Fred has been acting relatively low-key since his comeback.

When conducting gray business such as selling stolen goods, he will carefully choose the transaction partner.

Either one-to-one transactions of extremely small amounts, which are fast, small-value, leave little trace, and are therefore difficult to trace.

And when making large transactions that are easy to trace, Fred will only choose someone like Elder who has the endorsement of the Royal Navy or has other strong backgrounds.

To put it bluntly, it's hard to check where he can be checked.It's easy to check his place, but I can't.

After all, Arthur can't go to the Admiralty to arrest people with handcuffs, can he?

Facing the messy and clueless information, Arthur only felt uncomfortable everywhere.

This Fred is really not easy to catch.

Elder persuaded from the side: "Arthur, why are you touching him when you have nothing to do? He is just a soldier who retired from the army. Although he has no great ability, there are too many people behind him.

Even if you want to catch him, you can only catch him dead, never alive.If you imprison him alive in Scotland Yard, many people in London will not be able to sleep at night. "

Arthur lay back and leaned on the chair: "Does this include you?"

"Me? Of course not."

Elder said nonchalantly: "I have my uncle, my uncle has the fleet commander, the fleet commander has the Admiralty, and the Admiralty has the Parliament.

Everyone knows that the latrine is full of excrement, and that it stinks, but who has nothing to do to lift the lid?

Don't you still have to pinch your nose when it's time to go to the toilet?Could it be that he really planned to blow up the cesspit?

To be honest, if you really pick up the shit, even if you don’t think it’s disgusting, if you get a stomachache later, are you going to drag it in the wild? "

Elder's mouth was full of excrement and fart, so that Darwin couldn't help but put it back as soon as he picked up a piece of bread.

He complained, "Elder, are you really a graduate of the Department of Classics?"

Elder raised his eyebrows: "Why are you asking this question?"

He picked up a piece of dried fish and put it in his mouth, chewing while pointing.

"Charles, you can't do this! When you get on the boat, if you drift for a long time and the boat lacks supplies, you will have to swallow it like rotten fruit and moldy biscuit crumbs. "

Just as the three of them were chatting, the door of the coffee shop was suddenly pushed open.

The bell hanging on the door jingled, and two wet men in police uniforms walked up to Arthur.

Elder glanced at them, pondered for a while, and suddenly jumped up from his chair in fright.

He pointed at Arthur and cursed: "Arthur, are you really fucking planning to kill me? You are afraid that one person can't subdue me, so you specially called two helpers!"

Arthur didn't know which nerve of his friend was wrongly wired, he explained helplessly: "You just sit down and eat your dried fish, they are not here to catch you."

Elder asked suspiciously, "Then what are they here for?"

Arthur glanced at the clock in the coffee shop, and said to the two police officers, "Tom, Tony, you two are too late today."

Police officer Tony said embarrassedly: "Arthur, we really didn't mean it. We are both used to working on the front line. Today, halfway through the patrol, we suddenly realized that we have been transferred to the district police station by you."

Tom also blushed and nodded, "Arthur, why don't Tony and I go back to the front line. Tony used to be a shoemaker, and I used to be a shoe shiner. We really can't handle the paperwork."

"Who told you that I sent you to the district police station to do paperwork?"

Tony and Tom were taken aback when they heard the words, and they said in unison: "Then why did you call us here?"

Arthur said seriously: "Anyone can do the job of patrolling, but not everyone can do the job of solving crimes.

I transferred you here to train you from patrolmen to police detectives.

Since it is decided to let you become police detectives in the future, it is natural to strengthen the study of relevant knowledge.

Do you know the biggest difference between humans and monkeys?

The biggest difference between humans and monkeys is that humans know how to keep learning to pursue more advanced skills.

And Mr. Charles Darwin in front of me not only understands monkeys, but also understands people, and he understands how monkeys evolve into humans.

Therefore, in the next three months, your main task is to learn natural history and medical knowledge from Mr. Darwin. "

Unexpectedly, just after Arthur finished speaking, Tom and Tony hadn't responded yet, but Darwin protested first.

"Arthur, although I am a Lamarckian, I don't think there is any necessary connection between humans and monkeys."

Arthur didn't care about Darwin's protest, he waved his hand and said, "It's okay, you can think so in the future."

Now it's difficult to change Tony and Tom.

"Arthur, it's okay if you let us patrol."

"But let's learn this..."

Of course Arthur understood what his two colleagues were doing, so he didn't say anything, but just raised three fingers at them.

Tony frowned and asked, "Arthur, what do you mean?"

Arthur said calmly: "Both of you, a temporary subsidy of three shillings per week will come from my salary. If you pass the assessment after three months, this subsidy will be completely fixed in your weekly salary. "

"hiss……"

Tony and Tom looked at each other, and without even a moment's hesitation, they stood at attention and saluted Arthur.

"Yes, sir!"

(End of this chapter)