Shadow of great britain

In the bistro outside the Coburg Theater, even this place has specially extended its business hours due to tonight's concert.

Arthur sat on a walnut chair, holding the bar with one hand, and using a spoon with the other hand to stir the beer foam in the pewter cup with a silvery metallic luster.

Tony and Pinkerton sat next to him, one on the left and one on the right, with a trace of frightened expressions still on their faces.

Tony held his hat and put it on the bar, raised his beer glass and took a sip. His hands stopped shaking under the influence of alcohol.

"Arthur, you simply don't know how thrilling today is. If Fiona hadn't helped us cover up, we would have almost been exposed."

When Arthur heard this, he suddenly stopped stirring the wine glass: "Is there something wrong?"

Tony said: "Everything was fine originally. We followed the original plan and let the boy Alan climb in along the vent, and Fiona opened Mrs. Levin's bedroom for him to let the air outside. But no one expected that, Earl Leven, who went out for fun a while ago, suddenly returned from vacation.

Perhaps Earl Leven was too tired from traveling. After returning to the embassy, ​​he went straight to the bedroom and fell asleep. Fortunately, Allen was smart and jumped under the bed before the other party entered the door, so no problem was caused. "

"Under the bed?" When Arthur heard this, he suddenly remembered the magical experience Alexandre Dumas and Tom had just described to him: "Maybe I should take a look under the bed before going to bed tonight, it seems to have become a popular area. "

"Arthur, what did you say?"

"It's nothing, I just feel like I understand why Mrs. Leven left in a hurry tonight. It turns out that her husband is back. I originally thought that they, the nobles of the upper class, didn't care about these rumors. It seems that I thought too much. ”

Tony shook his head when he heard this and said: "Perhaps this is not why Mrs. Leven left early, because Allen told me that Earl Leven was woken up by the servants not long after he fell asleep. From the meaning of their words, it seemed that there was a distant man. The messenger came and wanted to see him. Miss Fiona took advantage of the opportunity to serve tea to the messenger and listened for a while. However, because their German accent was too strong, Miss Fiona listened for a long time and only focused on one or two. Key words, one is Warsaw and the other is Poland.”

"Poland?"

As soon as Arthur heard about this country, he immediately felt that something was wrong.

The current Kingdom of Poland was established on the basis of the Duchy of Warsaw in 1815 after the Napoleonic Wars.

At the Congress of Vienna, which divided the fruits of victory in the Napoleonic War, Russia, in order not to arouse excessive fear from Britain, Austria and other countries, patted its chest and assured everyone that the newly established Kingdom of Poland was only a co-ownership confederacy with the Russian Empire, and that Poland could still With an independent army, parliament, currency and laws, the Russian Tsar will also swear allegiance to the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland in accordance with the law and regulations while accepting the throne of Poland.

But in fact, within a few years, Russia began to implement press censorship in Poland, and the secret police of the Imperial Office soon began to wreak havoc in Poland.

Groups of Polish underground organizations were uprooted by the Third Office of the Royal Palace, and the number of banned political groups was countless. Poles who were executed and exiled were even lined up from the east to the west of Warsaw.

When the current Tsar Nicholas I succeeded to the throne, he intensified his efforts. Nicholas I not only refused to swear an oath to abide by the Polish constitution, but also continued to restrict the rights of the Kingdom of Poland under the confederal system of government. Government and parliamentary officials were no longer elected but directly appointed by Nicholas I.

The Catholic Church in Poland is banned, and the Orthodox Church in Poland is not much better.

All edicts issued by the Polish Orthodox Church must first be approved by Tsar Nicholas I. Anything that Nicholas I has not stamped cannot be regarded as the will of God. He also proved with practical actions what it means - I know God better than God.

Naturally, the Polish people will not be too satisfied with Russia's treatment of Poland.

Although the British people did not care much about the Poles who were thousands of miles away, Arthur could still occasionally see a few brief comments on the current situation in Poland in the corner of The Times.

All in all, the Kingdom of Poland has numerous examples of small-scale riots.

It's a good thing Tony didn't mention Poland. When he said this, it really reminded Arthur.

Although he didn't care much about European history in his previous life, he always knew that the relationship between Poland and Russia was about you and me.

As we all know, Poland, known as the Spear of God, has a natural rival and enemy-the Ottoman Turks.

However, in order to deal with Russia, the Poles would not mind learning from France, uniting with Turkey, and being filial sons of God.

Arthur thought of this, and the clues in his mind gradually became clear. He quickly asked: "After talking to the messenger, did Count Leven meet with Count Orlov of the Russian delegation?"

When Tony heard this, he opened his mouth half-open and looked at Arthur with a shocked expression: "伱...how did you know? I was just about to tell you about this. Count Orlov had met Count Leven. After that, he immediately left the embassy in a car. Chief Field decided to follow him and have a look, but he hasn't come back yet."

When Arthur heard this, he immediately came to a conclusion in his mind: "Orlov most likely went to the dock. There must have been a big change in Poland. In my opinion, it was at least a large-scale riot, and it might even be like Like Belgium, an uprising broke out directly. If such a big thing happened, Nicholas I must be anxious to call some of his good buddies back to discuss the issue. After all, he cannot trust most people in the Russian court."

When Tony heard this, he couldn't help but ask: "But...does this have anything to do with us?"

"Of course it does matter! Tony, our LPS office funds depend entirely on this news."

Arthur smiled and took out a pen and paper from his coat pocket, sat at the bar of the pub and wrote a note and handed it to Tony: "You should take this thing to the Duke of Wellington's residence immediately and tell the Duke in person, If Russia’s Count Orlov is not seen at tomorrow’s meeting, and the Russian side is eager to finalize an agreement on Belgian independence as soon as possible, then based on the intelligence collected so far by LPS, we have reason to suspect that they started a fire in the backyard and that Poland happened. There was a massive uprising."

When Tony heard this, he asked with a guilty conscience: "Arthur, I know you are always right. But...but what if there was no uprising in Poland? If the intelligence turned out to be wrong, wouldn't the Duke of Wellington blame us? ?”

Arthur smiled: "That's okay. It doesn't matter whether the intelligence is right or wrong. We just need to provide the Duke with a possibility. Anyway, delaying the meeting for a few more days will have no impact on Britain. If the intelligence is wrong, it means more It’s a matter of entertaining foreign missions for a few days. But if the information is correct..."

When Tony heard this, he finally came to his senses: "If the intelligence is correct, then even if our meeting bites off a piece of meat from the Russians, they will have to hold it in because they have to rush to deal with Poland, so they Isn’t it okay if you don’t give it?”

"That's right." Arthur stood up slowly and drank the beer in the glass: "Tony, try to be more decent when you see the Duke later. Maybe he will reward you with a marshal's crown when he is happy. Woolen cloth."

There was also a smile on Tony's face, and he joked: "That's right, he has eight marshal sticks anyway, so it's okay to share one with me."