Free Web NovelChapter 474: Chapter 231 London Impressions (5.8K)
Although whether it is England or Scotland.
Both countries, which belong to the United Kingdom system, actually understand the reason for the attack on the Danfries Outpost well.
But after all, this matter involves border disputes and among those who died in this unrest were not a few direct members or even leaders of large guilds.
Therefore, there is no need for prior communication.
Scotland and England simultaneously dispatched their respective investigation teams.
The representative of England is Henry John Temple, the then Minister of External Affairs and the twenty-eighth Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Although he is also a graduate of Trinity College, University of Cambridge, and is generally regarded by later generations as having sufficient talent to be selected as one of the top ten diplomats in human history.
But Xu Yun’s impression of him is not so favorable.
The reason is nothing else.
Because this man was the main formulator of the United Kingdom’s aggressive policy towards China during the Opium War.
Although Henry John Temple never personally set foot on the battlefield, in a certain sense, the sins on his hands are not much less than those of Grant.
Still that sentence.
Xu Yun has no desire to prolong the life of that decaying country, but this does not mean that he would show a friendly face to those foreigners who participated in the invasion, let alone any feelings of "gratitude".
Of course.
Whether friendly or hostile, Xu Yun now has no chance to meet Henry John Temple:
As early as the day after the mission was activated, Thomson took Xu Yun and Wheat on a carriage to leave the Danfries Outpost.
According to Thomson.
The political game of the behind-the-scenes manipulators should be left to Henry John Temple; make concessions when necessary, make sacrifices when necessary, there will definitely be some explanation.
If those of us engaged in academia rashly involved ourselves in it, in the end, we might not even know how we died.
Therefore, after leaving contact addresses with Gibson Lindsay and Ten Hag Rangnick, the three happily moved towards the United Kingdom. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
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Dunfermline Town is located in the border area between Scotland and England. After passing through Dunfermline, the next is the Carlisle region of England.
Of course.
Compared to Carlisle, Newcastle, which is on the same latitude line with it, might be more famous.
After Carlisle is Leeds, and after Leeds are Sheffield and Birmingham.
Xu Yun and the others traveled quietly like this for three and a half days, encountering no accidents. freёwebnovel.com
Finally, on the morning of the fourth day, they arrived in London, the capital city of England, and currently the political and economic core of Europe.
In recent years, as the Industrial Revolution began and commercial trade flourished, London’s population has been increasing continuously.
Now the population of London has exceeded one million, everywhere you look there is a scene of prosperity, the residents are happy and content... what a joke!
Outside the city inspection station.
Xu Yun is sitting in the front of the carriage, both he and Wheat are craning their necks, trying hard to look ahead.
In their line of sight, they can vaguely see the towering chimneys endlessly spewing black smoke, and the thick fog is dense enough that they completely cannot see the buildings further away.
The sound of coughing from the checkpoint station is incessant, people are distinctly divided into two groups:
Those sitting inside luxurious carriages, whose faces are unseen but the scene can be imagined - the noble ones - or in other words, the upper class.
And...
The gray-faced, emaciated commoners who, whether male or female, all look much older than their actual age.
Further away on the corner of the city, one can also see ragged children, streetwalkers, and a large number of drunks holding a bottle in their hand, lying with their legs stretched out against the wall.
For these people.
It seems that only by drinking continuously all day long can they dispel the smog that invades their bodies.
This is a city with a cold color tone from top to bottom.
The tall buildings and roaring machines highlight the peak that is unique to the core of Europe, but the scent of prosperity generated from this peak has not spread among the multitude, but rises to an even higher cloud.
Above and below, there are two completely different worlds.
Xu Yun looked up at the sky, then looked at the old man not far away whose face was smeared with mud, and couldn’t help but sigh deeply.
Since defeating the French Empire led by Napoleon in 1815, the United Kingdom has become Europe’s strongest hegemon, known as the Sun Never Sets Empire.
But hidden beneath this strength are the blood and tears of countless British civilians.
This matter actually dates back to the late 18th century.
At that time, with the onset of the Industrial Revolution, London’s coal consumption began to surge, and almost every industry required massive amounts of coal.
For example, numerous newly built factories needed coal, and trains also needed coal.
As a result.
Large amounts of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide were emitted into the atmosphere.
In the absence of significant air movement, these gases and water vapor condensed together, forming a mixture of yellowish-brown smoke.
This is an extremely harmful gas, similar in nature to the smog of later generations, but much more toxic than smog.
Even worse than the smoke, however, are the living conditions of the civilians at this time.
According to statistics from the book "The Life and Labour of the People in London".
During this period.
30.7% of people in London live below the poverty line, living a life of insufficient food and clothing.
Currently, over 5000 London civilians die from respiratory diseases every year.
Over 3000 civilians die from workplace labor - this is the death number during work, excluding deaths after returning home.
And over 7000 civilians die from famine.
