Chapter 2020 Demonic Shadow in the Fog

The London fog in the 19th century was seasonal. It started in late autumn, was especially severe in winter, and eased in spring. It was not as dense and ever-present as some records say.

Similarly, the fog at this time was not as suffocating as it would be later, and the smoke from the factories at that time was not as severe as it would later. Although a fire almost burned down London, it allowed people to re-plan. However, as the Financial City and the West End

As the workforce grew, the poor's houses were demolished and they were forced to move to ghettos or into what would soon become ghettos due to overcrowding.

As for some places in the suburbs, they originally wanted to attract rich people to live there, such as Notting Valley. Unfortunately, real estate developers did not think of this high-end residential area because there are pigsty and brick factories nearby, and rich people are not willing to go there.

.As a result, this construction investment failed and the houses were divided into rental houses and rented to the poor.

At the beginning of the 19th century, there were more than a dozen large slums in London, excluding the later famous Whitechapel district. At this time, it was still an industrial area with many factories, although it was already crowded with Irish residents.

Signs of decline. In Agatha Christie's novel, there is a book called "The Mystery of the Seven-Faced Clock". There is a letter in a certain plot in the book, and the place of the Seven-Faced Clock is mentioned in the letter. It does exist.

, and it is also a famous slum in London.

At that time, people already equated prisons with slums. Prisons were home to poor people who committed crimes, and slums were home to poor people who were about to commit crimes. There were even reporters who visited slums and prisons, describing them to middle-class readers as if they were in another world.

’s experiences.

In 1800, there were 19 prisons in London. They were regarded as a scene in London by people outside the high walls. Although prisons were places for penniless people, as long as they were willing to pay, they had basic facilities and

Services are still available, and in Fleet Street Prison the wealthy people live together. In contrast, the poorer section of the prison houses the most miserable and unfortunate people, who have to beg to earn their rations.

These people took turns standing behind the grille, shaking bowls and money boxes through the "grid" through which they could barely stretch out a hand, and shouted miserably, "Do well, have mercy on the debtors."

The British treat their own prisoners like this, so how can they treat French prisoners well? Unless Napoleon pays money, the lives of the prisoners will improve.

But there is one thing, that is, the craftsmen and businessmen in the prison go about their business just as they do outside the walls. Some French skilled craftsmen will carve exquisite crafts from animal bones and sell them to the jailer. After the jailer sells them, he is

The captive craftsmen will have their own private rooms and furniture, as well as stoves and hot water.

The UK is a place that places great importance on personal abilities and worships people with outstanding abilities. Napoleon, the god of war who can fight, still has many admirers in the UK.

As for sympathy, which varies from person to person, the handsome young William Pitt regarded the children in the church orphanage as a "burden".

Of course, it costs money to raise children. If they can work in factories to support themselves when they are 7 or 8 years old, it will indeed reduce a lot of burdens on parents and society. But it is unclear what they will become when they grow up. They may be those standing in prison.

Behind the fence, those people shaking the money boxes.

Georgiana shook her head and looked at the map in her hand. Partu is located in Estonia on the east coast of the Baltic Sea. It was once occupied by Sweden and later incorporated into the Russian Empire. It was once a member of the Hanseatic League.

Since the occupation of Malta, Paul I withdrew from the anti-French alliance and was still preparing to form an anti-British alliance. That day she met the wife of the Russian minister in the Louvre. At that time, the anti-French alliance had not completely disintegrated, at least the British

Still resisting.

Killing Paul I was beneficial to Britain. It was also beneficial to Alexander I. He was also one of the suspects. However, no one had any evidence. Just like some people rumored that he was not the son of Queen Catherine and Peter III.

It seems that, at least before the advent of DNA technology, only Queen Catherine knew who his father was.

Regarding Queen Catherine, the most profound thing about Georgiana is that she ordered to kill all Turkish prisoners and turned the Black Sea into the Red Sea. In addition, she had countless lovers and superb tactics. She really did not expect it.

The Queen actually still has this side. While solving the beer competition dispute, she also took care of the orphans and widows.

She suddenly remembered the powerful words of the fat wife of the Russian minister: "That's because they are all idiots" and shook her head again.

She is still far from being a female politician. It is very likely that she will do bad things with good intentions, and failed reforms will also bring destruction.

She should still be a housewife and care about her children. Tartu is located inland, at least not as close to the sea as Tallinn. The oldest town in the Baltic Sea and the oldest university in Northern Europe, the University of Tartu, is located there.

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Leuven also has a university town, but she estimates that the people of Leuven will not be interested in this mechanism of beer brewing rights, while Mechelen is a brand new city, and the implementation should be much simpler, not to mention there is a railway from there.

pass.

But she couldn't help but look at Ghent, where John of Gaunt was born, and where Voldemort's mother's ancestors were born. Taking this opportunity, she might be able to understand the national conditions of Belgium. After all, she also shared the same relationship with many French people.

I don't know anything about my neighbors either.

Her fingers gently touched a small town called Waterloo in the south of Brussels. It was just a dot on the map, like many nameless small villages. Her mood was extremely complicated.

Bonaparte didn't teach her a lesson just now, but told her an implementable coordination mechanism. The most obvious thing about party struggle is to expose each other's background and make the other party infamous, and then the other party steps down and he comes to power. The consequence of this is that everyone

They were all so busy fighting that they forgot to do serious business. The time when Jack the Ripper was active happened to be the campaign period for the Mayor of London.

There are so many other things that people should care about than caring about the victims, such as serial killers and the parade for the new mayor.

Jack the Ripper was active from August to November, and the Friday before the second Saturday in November happened to be the Mayor's Inauguration Day, which means that Jack the Ripper last committed a crime on November 9, 1888, in London.

The day the mayor takes office.

The parade happened to be held the next day, November 10, and the day before the double corpse case on September 30, 1888 happened to be St. Michael's Day, which was the day of the mayoral election.

"Why am I thinking about him?" Georgiana complained, trusting the Sheriff's intuition that the murderer was the victim's son.

But it is also possible that a murder will block the mayor's election, so that he can be re-elected. Who was the mayor at that time?

Georgiana suddenly understood the difference between herself and the Muggles who were many years younger than her.

Good relations with Russia are undoubtedly beneficial, although to some extent the beer trade and orphans and widows are trivial matters.

The Battle of Trafalgar was a turning point for many countries. Spain, which lost control of the sea, also lost its relationship with its colonies, and then they became land competitors with France.

At the same time, if Britain loses the Battle of Trafalgar, it will also lose control of the sea. It is worth losing a Nelson in exchange for two hundred years of national fortune.

It was precisely because of this uncertainty that both navies moved out of the way when Josephine sent her envoy, hoping that she would bring peace.

Maybe her analysis was right, or maybe it was just out of etiquette, but Georgiana felt that the possibility of her stepping in to make them make way was very slim, although Britain did give up offshore fishing rights to France.

The two countries can jointly enforce the law, just like they jointly arrested the Berber pirates, and the issue of trial can be discussed slowly.

So her intuition was not wrong, although she asked the French wizard to save the British battleship, even though the battleship might appear in the Battle of Trafalgar.

"So something went wrong!" she yelled, then began to think hard again.

Just like Sherlock Holmes, except she can't play the violin.
Chapter completed!