Shadow of great britain

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 'General Thief' Fred.

Name: Fred Matthews

Sex: Male

Age: 40-50 years old

experience:

1. Speaks with a southern accent, presumably from a farming family in the countryside of Sussex or Kent.

2. He joined the Army in his early years and has a certain knowledge of firearms, gunpowder and close combat. His service regiment is temporarily unknown.

3. He was demobilized after the Napoleonic War in 1815. However, because too many regiments were disbanded in 1815, there was a shortage of jobs. During this period, Fred was active in docks across London for a long time, earning a living as a dock worker. Later, he organized a group of retired veterans to fight for the dock transportation business through violent means.

4. After 1820, it gradually turned to other industries, including but not limited to selling stolen goods, theft, robbery, extortion, blackmail and other illegal activities.

5. After complaints from the Dock Merchants Association in 1825, the group was severely punished and many important members were sentenced to hanging.

6. After Fred and his group disappeared for a period of time, in 1828, they opened a private detective agency called 'Blackpool' at 75 Brick Lane, Whitechapel District, East London, and claimed that they could provide services including A variety of services including theft arrest, investigation, and security.

7. However, the daily work of the office is usually carried out by Fred's staff. He rarely appeared in public after 1825, and very few people know his true face.

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

Most of the cases Fred committed on the surface were before 1825. Most of those cases were so long ago that it would be extremely difficult to collect evidence to prosecute Fred.

Now, although Fred can be investigated through the private detective agency that monitors him, judging from the information currently available, Fred has been keeping a relatively low profile since his comeback.

When engaging in gray business such as selling stolen goods, he would carefully choose his transaction partners.

Either it is a very small one-to-one transaction. This type of transaction is fast, of small value, leaves almost no trace, and is therefore difficult to trace.

When making large transactions that were easy to trace, Fred would only choose targets like Elder who had Royal Navy endorsement or other strong backgrounds.

To put it bluntly, where he can be traced, it is difficult to trace him. It's easy to check his place, but you can't check it.

After all, Arthur couldn't go to the Admiralty to arrest someone with handcuffs, could he?

Facing a mess of clueless information, Arthur felt uncomfortable everywhere.

This Fred is really not easy to catch.

Elder advised 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 involved behind the scenes.

Even if you want to arrest him, you can only arrest him dead, never alive. If you imprisoned him alive in Scotland Yard, many people in London would probably 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 am protected by my uncle, my uncle is protected by the Fleet Commander, the Fleet Commander is protected by the Admiralty, and the Admiralty is protected by the Parliament.

Everyone knows that what is covered under the toilet is full of shit, and they also know that it stinks, but who has time to lift the lid?

When you need to go to the toilet, don't you still have to hold your nose? Could it be that he really planned to blow up the cesspit?

To be honest, if you really pick out the poop, even if you don't feel disgusted, will you be ready to poop in the wild if you get a stomachache? "

Elder's mouth was full of shit and piss, so 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 classics graduate?"

Elder raised his eyebrows: "Why do you ask this question?"

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

"Charles, you can't do this! When you get on the ship in the future, if you float for a long time and the ship is short of supplies, you will have to swallow rotten fruit and musty biscuit crumbs. "

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

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

Elder glanced at the two of them, thought about it carefully for a while, and suddenly jumped up from his chair in fright.

He pointed at Arthur and cursed: "Arthur, are you really going to fucking kill me? You were afraid that you couldn't subdue me alone, so you even called two helpers!"

Arthur didn't know which nerve his friend had miswired. He explained helplessly: "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 cafe and said to the two police officers: "Tom, Tony, you two are too late today."

Officer Tony said sheepishly: "Arthur, we really didn't mean it. We are both used to working on the front line. Halfway through today's patrol, we suddenly remembered that you have transferred us to the district police station."

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

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

Tony and Tom were stunned when they heard this, 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 just to train you from patrol officers to detectives.

Since you have decided to work as police detectives in the future, you will naturally need to strengthen your study of relevant knowledge.

Do you know what is the biggest difference between humans and monkeys?

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

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

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

Unexpectedly, as soon as Arthur finished speaking, before Tom and Tony could reply, 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 doesn't matter. You can think so in the future."

This time it was Tony and Tom who were in trouble.

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

"But let's learn this..."

Of course Arthur understood the conduct of his two colleagues, so he said nothing and just raised three fingers at them.

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

Arthur said calmly: "Both of you, each of you will receive a temporary subsidy of three shillings per week. The subsidy will come from my salary. If you pass the examination 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 both stood at attention and saluted Arthur.

"As you command, sir!"