When John Krause and his entourage walked into the detective agency next door, they were stunned by the detective in charge of receiving them.
Detective agencies, also known as detective agencies, are an emerging industry that has only developed in the Federation in recent years. According to John's previous life, it should belong to the tertiary industry.
Strictly speaking, detectives also belong to the service industry, with customer satisfaction as the highest standard.
Therefore, the average detective is a person who has good skills, a flexible mind, and a wide range of contacts. At the same time, 99% of detectives are male. Occasionally there are female detectives, and they are all the kind of female men who can run horses on their arms.
, and the intellectual and bookish female detective they saw today is rare in the world.
"Why, do you think a woman like me can't be a good detective?"
"No, of course not, we are rude, Detective Theresia. We are here to entrust an investigation task this time. There may be some dangers. If a beautiful detective like you is injured, then let me
I can’t bear it anymore.”
Klaus used his love-sage mode to talk to the beautiful detective, but his previously invincible methods failed this time.
"Then please take a seat, gentlemen. Tea or coffee?"
After the female employee at the front desk brought a pot of black tea, the female detective named Theresia was not interested in Klaus and started talking to John, who she considered her real employer.
"What the gentleman just said, gentlemen, don't worry. There are two detectives in our detective agency, including me. The other detective, John, is good at physical strength and fighting, so he will be the main one when we go out for reconnaissance, and I will be the main one.
Responsible for case analysis, after all, as a graduate of the Humanities Department of Rodriguez College, I am qualified to do these jobs."
Clous said with surprise on his face: "Oh! It turns out that we are still classmates. John and I graduated from Rodriguez College a year ago. I majored in art and he majored in military theory."
People who have the same connections in society can often get closer to each other.
Sure enough, the beautiful detective heard this, and her attitude towards the two of them, especially Klaus, immediately changed.
Seeing Klaus taking the topic further and further, John couldn't help but interrupt his young master.
"Detective Theresia, our commission this time is about a copper mine owned by Master Claus. There have been some accidents there recently, two people have disappeared, and there are rumors of being haunted. I hope your agency can help.
We are investigating the truth."
"A haunted mine?"
Theresa was obviously very interested in this case, and her beautiful eyes flashed with excitement and curiosity.
"We have taken this case. Please wait a moment. Tomorrow our detective John will go to the mine to conduct reconnaissance."
It was already afternoon when we left the detective agency. Klaus could not help it. It was rare for Klaus to meet a happy target, so he kept pestering the beautiful detective. After drinking a lot of tea, the five people went to Vince under the leadership of John.
Laijie found a relatively high-end restaurant and ordered a large table of sumptuous dinner to celebrate the success of buying a house today.
After eating and drinking, they sat in the restaurant until nightfall before John and the others got into the carriage and drove out of Clinton District under Arthur's guidance, heading towards the port area to the west of Sands Harbor.
Arthur knew that there were three underground black markets in Jinsha Port, but the only one he was familiar with was the one organized by several gangs. The specific location was in the dock area, which is the base camp of the Jinsha Port gangs.
The dock area is located at the western end of Jinsha Port, where all foreign ships berth. To go from the mid-levels to the dock area, you must pass through the factory area, which is an area southwest of Jinsha Port.
There are many factories and workshops here, and it is an emerging urban area. Due to noise and pollution problems, it is located some distance away from other urban areas, right between the old city and the dock area of the port.
This location was actually measured so that the sea breeze blowing from the northwest or southwest would not be able to blow pollutants from the factory area to the high-altitude Mid-Levels area, while only the civilian areas in the south of the city would be affected to a certain extent.
In fact, the factory area and the adjacent dock area are the so-called slums of Jinsha Port. Most of them are poor people with an annual income of less than 5 pounds. Not only do they live in poor living conditions, but crime is rampant. Many dock workers
and factory workers are all under the control of gangs, and it is difficult for outsiders, even high-status upper class people, to insert their hands into the dock area. Of course, a big family like Hessenser who cherishes feathers does not bother to participate in the dirty business of gangs, even if
If there is a secret business such as smuggling, it is to support the agents to become elites and not to dirty their own hands.
So neither John nor Klaus, even though they grew up in Jinsha Port, don't know much about the conditions in the factory area and dock area.
So when the carriage drove into the factory area at night, the sight in front of them shocked them all.
Except for a wide main road built to transport goods, most of the rest are narrow and crowded alleys and sewers where sewage flows across.
Some people who went home at night also had shabby clothes and tired and old faces, looking like they had experienced hardships and hardships in life.
Although John was shocked by this, he also thought it was reasonable.
The development of capital naturally has to pay a price. The industrial revolution is not only the glory of scientific and technological progress and social progress, but also the blood, tears and countless bones at the feet of the glory.
Klaus opened his mouth and was shocked by the harsh environment in the factory area.
"Is this really the urban area of Jinsha Port?"
Then he didn't get an answer, but he had to admit this fact in his heart.
John comforted him and said:
"This is the inevitable result of social development. Any bright and beautiful city will inevitably have corresponding darkness. Jinsha Port is pretty good, but the industrial cities in the eastern part of the Federation are even more terrifying."
Klaus, who has been living in the upper class world, slowly accepted and digested this reality.
Over there, Brandon asked doubtfully:
"Master, why can't you see a single child on the street? Even in backward villages, there are a few children playing outside. It's just getting dark now..."
Regarding Brandon's doubts, John could only sigh.
"Of course there will be children here, and the number will not be small, but they do not have the right to play as normal children..."
A few people from this world didn't understand the meaning of his words very well.
Although I was not a professional history student in my previous life, I have read a lot of books and films related to Oliver Twist, the Industrial Revolution, etc. Naturally, I understand how unfriendly the so-called sheep-eating people and industrial development are to the people at the bottom of society.
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Who in the past lived in peaceful times would have thought that three or four-year-old children would still be working in capitalist factories more than a hundred years ago, or even decades ago?
Moreover, this phenomenon occurs not only in one or two cases, but also in hundreds or even thousands at the same time.
In that era when social security and laws were imperfect, the average life span of an average adult worker did not exceed forty years, not to mention the life span of child laborers who entered factories. Usually these children did not live past the age of twenty.
Entering a dark factory prematurely will inevitably cause these children's bodies to suffer severe physical abuse and damage.
Among them, Britain, which is rich in gentlemen, is the craziest.
As the first place of the Industrial Revolution, the British Isles had a small population and limited labor force. In order to reduce costs, capitalists naturally turned their attention to women and children.