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Chapter 24: Finally in the City of London

Several inspectors looked at each other in confusion. One of the inspectors frowned and asked the police officer beside him: "Where is the captain on duty? Where did that guy go?"

"Inspector, we just checked the tavern across the street." A police officer walked up to the inquiring inspector and said.

"He will be in charge of that pub from now on!" the inspector said, looking at the police officer beside him.

"Starting tomorrow, he no longer has to show up at the police station." Another tall inspector next to the inspector said.

"Okay, from now on, at least one patrol officer will lead the team to control this street every day." The tall inspector said nothing, just assigned a task and left. His mood was extremely bad. This captain on duty was his.

Subordinates, being named by the deputy director is really terrible.

Several other inspectors gloated as they watched the tall inspector leave with a sullen face, but when he thought about it carefully, it was really scary! Everyone has such a captain under the tall inspector, who knows who will be killed one day?

After finding out, if this is hurting them, it will be really hard to cry. Several inspectors are going to do a good investigation after going back, for the sake of their own future. As for the captain on duty, he will probably do other things besides drinking in the future.

Nothing more.

The captain on duty incident was just a minor incident. This shows that Chu Long guessed right. This matter is serious. The deputy director of the Metropolitan Police Department is personally investigating the case. Those who secretly target Dean Charles are planning to do it.

The thing is probably impossible.

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Dean Charles and Chu Long chatted a lot. Time passed quickly and the sky gradually darkened. Ya Heng explained to Dean Charles that he was going to London to deal with things and hoped to leave as soon as possible so that he could arrive before dinner.

City of London.

After hearing this, Dean Charles said that he would arrange for soldiers to drive Chu and Long to London. In order to thank them for saving their children, Chu and Long could not refuse Dean Charles's "kindness", so they had to take the dean's car to go there.

The City of London.

Let me explain here, the town of Dover is an important town around London. Because it is the closest town to France, it was the first to receive electric locomotives. Since the town's electric locomotive broke down some time ago, it has been undergoing maintenance during this period.

, many small town residents and tourists and businessmen choose to go to Temple Youle by horse-drawn carriage first, where they can take the tram to Canterbury, where they can transfer to the electric locomotive that leads directly to London. Chulong and Yaheng are going to take the tram to Canterbury this time.

After all, the city of London did not want to encounter a 'shooting incident' again. Although this could not be such a coincidence, Yaheng insisted on making a tram. What he did not expect was the 'kindness' of Dean Charles.

Dean Charles personally arranged for a corporal and another soldier to accompany the driver to send Yaheng and Chu Long to London. Since it was getting late, Corporal Lin En and the driver arranged to accompany them to send Chu Long to Canterbury. After that, the driver left alone

Drive back to the manor.

Chu Long and Corporal Lin En got off the car at Canterbury. After waving goodbye to the driver, they went to the restaurant next to the station and ordered a few cups of coffee. They looked out the window at the station with people coming and going while waiting for Corporal Lin En's subordinates.

The soldiers went to buy tickets. It was not that Chu Long and the others did not buy tickets in advance, but that they did not expect that the number of people would increase at first, so they did not have tickets for Corporal Lin En and the others. Chu Long looked at the various people outside the window, some carrying boxes.

An elderly couple walked out of the station; a beggar in dirty clothes placed a cardboard box at the station entrance and sang a local British tune; and a uniformed patrolman maintained order inside and outside the station.

Chu Long looked at the beggar at the station entrance and asked strangely to Ya Heng who was preparing to drink coffee opposite: "What ditty is the beggar singing at the station entrance?"

Ya Heng, who was about to drink coffee, looked at the beggar and said: "The beggar sang "Londonderry Ditty", which is a ditty from Londonderry County in Northern Ireland." He took a sip of coffee.

"Many beggars in the UK can sing folk songs from their hometowns. Of course, there are also some who can't do anything. They will choose to help passengers carry heavy luggage in places like stations to earn some labor fees." Lynn

The corporal looked at the beggar outside the window and said to Chu Long.

"Of course I have also seen homeless people who know nothing. They usually can only pretend to be pitiful. Some rich people will give them some money. However, such homeless people are the most looked down upon. Those who do not know how to work will sooner or later

You'll starve to death." Corporal Linn asked for a glass of milk and said again.

While several people were talking, the soldier who bought the tickets came back, and Chu Long and others boarded the tram randomly. Eight and a half minutes later, many passengers had already boarded the tram bound for London. Since it was a relatively long waiting time for the tram,

It will be less, usually no more than half an hour at most. Chu Long and the others are really lucky. If they arrive a little later, they will have to take the train half an hour later.

During the next boring trip to London, Chu Long and the others chatted about Britain in various aspects such as food, clothing, architecture, etc. Time passed quickly as they chatted.

It was already dark when Chu Long and others arrived in London. When they left the station, they saw a carriage parked outside the station to receive passengers who got off. Chu Long and others got on the carriage and went to the hotel first. Originally, they were planning to stay in a hotel.

Ya Heng usually stayed at the hotel where he rested, but Dean Charles made very thoughtful arrangements for Chu Long and the two of them, even the hotel was arranged.

A group of people took a carriage and arrived at the Goring Hotel arranged by Dean Charles. After getting off the carriage, Chu Long looked at the hotel with its Baroque architectural style and its red and white walls, although the grass on the ground changed under the influence of the seasons.

The color is green, but it is not difficult to tell that it is green grass. Corporal Linn said that this is one of the few high-end hotels in London. This hotel is very popular with royal members and the upper class.

Corporal Linn has been with Dean Charles all year round and is familiar with many tall hotels in London. According to Corporal Linn, enjoying afternoon tea here on a sunny afternoon is like a scene from a classical movie. It feels like a scene from a classic movie.

The hotel garden is full of the breath of spring, offering a sense of tranquility and leisureliness that is completely unavailable in hotels with bustling crowds of people.

Under the guidance of Corporal Lin En, Chu Long and his party walked to the main entrance of the Goring Hotel. The doorman greeted the guests with a slight salute, and the service staff at the front desk smiled. Chu Long could clearly feel that every staff member in the hotel had a British attitude.

The outstanding local gentlemanly style and ladylike temperament.

Note ①: Electric locomotives refer to locomotives whose wheels are driven by electric motors. Electric locomotives are non-self-contained energy locomotives because the required electric energy is supplied to the running electric locomotives from the contact grid or third rail of the electrified railway power supply system.

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In 1890, London, England first used electric locomotives to pull vehicles on a 5.6-kilometer-long section of underground railway.

② "Londonderry Minor" is a minor tune from Londonderry County, Northern Ireland, also known as "Londonderry Song", "Danny Boy"); it is based on an old folk song spread in Londonderry (a small town in the north of the island of Ireland)

Adapted from "Farewell to Kukuleing".


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