Shadow of great britain

The Greenwich Police District held its 34th police meeting this year. Inspector Arthur Hastings and four sergeants attended together with a group of undercover police officers.

Arthur glanced at the materials at hand and said.

"Then let's meet now. According to the orders issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Scotland Yard, undercover police marches and rallies will continue to be arranged this week. You must have received the notice of salary increase. Starting from this week, the salary of all police officers will be increased by 100%. twenty five.

The Prime Minister and the Ministry of Internal Affairs are very satisfied with the results of our work. Since the police district solved the major disappearance case in St. Giles Parish, a special bonus may be awarded in the future. "

Hearing this, everyone present could not help but smile.

Arthur also turned the conversation to Chief Jones: "Jones, you did a great job this time. Not long after you took over, you eliminated several gangs of corpse snatchers in one fell swoop. In terms of ability and task completion, , you are undoubtedly the best in this police district.

To be honest, your work ability is much better than that of my old boss Willocks. In this year's work report, I will consider increasing your rating as appropriate. When you have accumulated enough years as a sergeant, my recommendation letter for promotion will be sent to you immediately. "

When Jones heard this, his heart trembled at first, and then he quickly stood up and saluted: "I'm all learning from you, sir!"

The Red Devil leaned against the window, squinting and said: "Arthur, there is something wrong with this kid. Isn't it very clear in your disappearance investigation report? Basically all the gangs of corpse thieves that this kid found are the same as those who are missing." There is a relationship between people and missing persons whose bodies are not found.”

Of course Arthur knew there was something wrong with Jones, and he had been going back to recent internal cases at Scotland Yard these days.

It started with Willocks' missing gun case, then the loss of stolen goods in the police district, and then the disappearance case in St. Giles Parish.

By coincidence, Jones was basically related to these cases. First of all, he came to the Greenwich Police District to pick up Willocks' position as sergeant.

Secondly, when Arthur looked up Jones' origin and promotion documents, he discovered that this boy was recommended by Superintendent Clemens, who was in charge of St. Giles Parish.

With such highly overlapping professional resumes, it is impossible not to doubt him.

If we follow this logic, it means that everyone in the Clemens group in Scotland Yard has a problem.

Although Scotland Yard was only established a year ago, the interior is still full of hills.

The middle-level cadres in Scotland Yard are basically all middle- and low-level officers who have retired from the Army.

But although they are also from the Army, due to different arms and service regiments, they have also divided themselves into several factions.

Those who had served in the cavalry regiments hugged together, and those who served in the infantry hugged another group. Of course, there were also the noble regiments of the Guards, and the grenadiers who looked down on everyone with their noses in the air.

When Arthur holds mid-level police meetings at Scotland Yard every Monday, he often hears the inspectors joking about the nicknames of the opposing regiments.

For example, several police inspectors from the 15th Infantry Regiment were often derided as 'blank-shooters'.

They were called so because three battalions of the 15th Infantry Regiment shot out all their bullets during the Battle of Brandy Creek in the American Revolutionary War, so they assigned the remaining bullets to the best gunners. In order to avoid embarrassment, the others simply loaded the gunpowder without bullets and discharged the guns to boost everyone's morale.

As a soldier holding the two noble modifiers of 'grenadier' ​​and 'guards' at the same time, and defeated the French elite grenadiers in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, he was given the royal prefix and renamed the Royal Grenadier Guards. The 1st Guards Infantry Regiment did not escape ridicule.

The police inspectors never mentioned the royals of the regiment, nor did they mention the grenadiers and guards. They just called the police inspectors of the 1st Infantry Guards Regiment "coal diggers".

The reason is also very simple, because the commander of the regiment once rented out soldiers to pull coal to raise money to renovate the officers' mess at St. James's Palace.

Of course, it is not always the infantry who are ridiculed. Police inspectors who retired from the cavalry are also destined to be ridiculed.

For example, the 11th Light Dragoons were called the 'cherry thieves' because the regiment couldn't resist being greedy and was attacked by the French while stealing cherries from an orchard, so they had to fight on foot.

There is also the 14th Light Dragoon Regiment, which they nicknamed the "Emperor's Maid" because the regiment achieved great success in the Battle of Victoria and captured the chamber pot of Napoleon's brother Joseph Bonaparte.

and the 17th Light Dragoons, known as the 'Navy Horse Troops' because the regiment was sent to serve in the Royal Navy for a period of time.

The hilltop where Superintendent Clemens is located is the Cavalry Regiment nicknamed the "Piccadilly Butchers". The reason for this title is that the regiment participated in suppressing the riots in the Piccadilly area of ​​London that year.

Considering that Willocks also came from a cavalry background, it is not difficult to understand that he has some connection with Clemens.

Arthur glanced at Agares who was leaning against the window. He seemed to understand why the Red Devil wouldn't let him investigate this case.

If it has something to do with the Cavalry Guards, is it going to be reported to the War Department?

But now the War Department is completely dominated by the Duke of Wellington, and the current Secretary of War, Henry Harding, has been the Duke of Wellington's deputy and loyal brother for many years.

Moreover, the salary of the Secretary of War is as high as 5,000 pounds per year, and there are many other ways to make money. If that doesn't work, he can also repeat the same trick and rent out the Guards infantry to haul coal. Why worry about the money of the indentured servants and Scotland Yard? What about the dozens of guns?

You know, Scotland Yard's annual budget is only over 300,000 pounds. How much profit can it make even if it is deducted hard?

Arthur couldn't figure it out no matter how much he thought about it.

Since he couldn't figure it out, he simply stopped thinking about it.

He cleared his throat and continued: "Now let's report on this week's work. Is the situation in the jurisdiction still normal?"

“It’s still the same, petty crimes abound, but violent crimes are rare.”

"Protest rallies are also limited to a certain range. It can be seen that this rally is very well organized and basically does not cross the line."

"The monitoring activities of several key organizations and associations within the jurisdiction are also running smoothly. At present, it is not obvious that they have the intention to initiate criminal activities."

The sergeants and undercover police officers reported on their work this week one by one. Arthur listened and took notes. Soon the meeting was coming to an end.

He sorted out the documents on the table: "Last point, next week the Ministry of Internal Affairs will arrange for the dispatch of police officers from this police district to support the Liverpool City Government to ensure the successful opening of the Manchester-Liverpool Railway. In addition, if anything happens in each jurisdiction, remember to report it to the police in time. I report.

Although the French Revolution seems to be progressing at a rapid pace, and according to the news reported in newspapers in the past two days, Louis Philippe, Duke of Orleans, seems to have confirmed his accession to the throne. The situation in France has also begun to stabilize, and the revolution seems to have come to an end. .

However, Scotland Yard still requires us to closely monitor developments in various parts of London. After all, no one is sure how big the aftermath of the French Revolution will be.

The entire cabinet is very nervous right now. Don't be confused about your work at this time, otherwise it won't be done by just resigning. "

"As you command, sir!"

Arthur organized the documents at hand and was about to go out for a while.

Suddenly, Tom knocked on the open door: "Arthur?"

Arthur looked up and asked, "What's wrong?"

Tom looked around, raised his hand to cover his ears and said, "Someone from the bureau came to report the crime."

"You can just report the crime and register it normally. Why do you need to notify me specifically?"

Tom's face was full of bitterness, and he smiled bitterly: "No, this case feels a bit tricky this time. The reporter said that one of his friends was lost, and he speculated that he might have been kidnapped. Of course, the most important thing is, His friend is a French guy."