shadow of britain

Chapter 89 Fred's Big Business

Inside the Blackpool Detective Agency, Jones was tied up on a chair, his eye circles were purple and blue, and his white shirt was stained with nosebleeds.

Fred was sitting at the table opposite him, holding a knife in one hand and a fork in the other, patiently cutting the barbecue steak in front of him.

He tasted a piece of grilled meat that was sizzling with oil, and seemed to feel a little greasy, so he took another sip from his teacup.

But as soon as the tea was delivered to his mouth, Fred couldn't help but spit it out.

"puff!"

He wiped his lips, opened the lid of the teacup and took a look inside. The originally green tea leaves had faded.

Fred smashed the teapot on the ground angrily, and only heard a bang. He opened his mouth and cursed: "Damn it! These profiteers dare to cheat me!"

Having said that, Fred lost his interest in eating. He leaned back on the chair and looked at Jones, who was already a little delirious after being beaten.

"Tell me, why are you looking for me today?"

Jones took a breath, raised his head and said, "No...it's nothing. Police Inspector Hastings received a report today, saying that a Frenchman was lost in his jurisdiction. After thinking about it, people who do this kind of business probably It's just you. I'm here to ask if you have anything to do with this case."

Fred licked the gaps between the meat-stuffed teeth with his tongue: "Oh... you are quite smart. Yes, I caught a fat French man, but this matter has nothing to do with you, you can go back now .”

"It's really you!"

Jones was about to stand up, but the gun on his forehead forced him to sit back obediently.

Enduring the aches and pains all over his body, he tried to reason with Fred in the most calm tone.

"Take my word of advice, you release him quickly. Inspector Hastings is now at the top of Scotland Yard. He is so well appreciated by Sir Peel that even Chief Rowan has to be polite to him.

Didn't I convey Clemens' request last time?He asked you to settle down recently and stop doing those businesses in a short time.Although the disappearance of St. Giles seems to be closed, in my opinion, Inspector Hastings should not give up for the time being.

Besides, even if you don't listen to our advice and insist on getting contract slaves, you can go to other regions to find them!Why pick the precinct of Inspector Hastings? Aren't you aiming at his muzzle? "

When Fred heard Jones pull out Clemens as the banner, he couldn't help warning: "Boy, do you think Clemens is omnipotent? I have to do whatever he asks me to do? To tell you the truth , Lao Tzu's business is bigger than he imagined!

I have hundreds of brothers under my command, and they all point at me to eat.If I don't open for a day, are you going to make them drink Thames water?
If you insist on letting me let the Frenchman go, it's not impossible.You pay out three thousand pounds now, and I will let you take him back now. "

"Three thousand pounds?!" Jones said angrily, "Fred, you are setting the price on the ground! An indentured slave can only be sold in North America for only thirty or forty pounds. You just asked me for three thousand pounds. You like money so much, you Why not go directly to the City of Finance to rob banks?"

Fred shrugged: "Rob a bank? I want to, but I don't have the strength!

Besides, if you can't come up with three thousand pounds, I'm sorry.You don't have to pay this money, but some people are willing to pay.To tell you the truth, that Frenchman is worth the price.Someone paid a lot of money to buy that person's life.

The middleman told me that if the fat man is transported back to France alive, I can get a commission of [-] pounds, and even if I only hand over the body, I can get [-] pounds for hard work.

The other party paid such a high price, and I am willing to break the contract only if you ask for [-] pounds. I really value our old friendship and good cooperative relationship. "

Jones thought Fred was cheating on him, and he couldn't help cursing.

"Fred, you are looking for your own death! As long as this period of time passes smoothly and we can continue to do business as usual, the Duke of Wellington will soon be unable to hold on!

When the Tories go away, Inspector Hastings will have no backing, and we can punish him as we want!And you, are you fucking planning to send us all in for a little profit! "

"Petty profit?" Fred raised his eyebrows and stepped forward to give Jones a mouthful when he heard this.

There was only a snap, and Jones was dizzy from being pumped.

When he came back to his senses, he saw Fred dangling in front of his eyes with a white check.

"Look clearly, Rothschild Bank, a big trustworthy brand, five hundred pounds, and it's just a deposit for arresting people. Do you still think I'm teasing you now?"

When Jones saw the check, his mind slowly came to his senses, and he couldn't help being surprised.

"What is the origin of that Frenchman? Why is he worth so much money?"

Fred pouted: "Then I don't know. All I know is that the benefactors behind the scenes are very generous in giving money and doing things happily. They are much better than you poor ghosts of Metropolitan Metropolitan Police.

Dealing with you is exhausting. Dozens of guns and a little stolen goods have to be paid to you in advance.Tsk, if it weren't for the fact that you can help me cover the contracted slave business, I wouldn't be bothered to continue negotiating with you. "

Having said that, Fred nodded to the little brothers beside him, signaling them to untie Jones.

He took a stack of bills from a drawer, counted a few out of it, and stuffed them into Jones' coat pocket, and then stuffed the rest into Jones' trouser pocket.

"Sergeant Jones, don't be too angry about today's incident. The twenty pounds in the coat is my apology to you, and the two hundred pounds in the trouser pocket is a tribute to Clemens.

Go back and tell him for me that I'm going to take the goods to sea in a while, after all, the owner of the goods spent a lot of money this time, and the urging is urgent.

If Clemens still has some accumulated stock on hand, send someone to deliver it to me as soon as possible in the next few days, and I can take the things out together by then. "

Jones was originally full of anger, but because of the bulging banknotes in his chest, he could only swallow the blood from his mouth into his stomach.

"Okay, I promise you. But I also have to remind you, if you insist on doing this business, you'd better proceed with caution.

Finally, next Wednesday, Inspector Hastings will lead a team to Liverpool to participate in the security work of the railway opening.Let's choose to trade on that day, shall we? "

When Fred heard this, a smile finally appeared on his sleepy face.

He patted Jones on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother, wouldn't it be fine for you to talk like this earlier? You got beaten for nothing, so why bother?"

(End of this chapter)