ebookland Chapter 233 Victoria
Chapter 233 Victoria
Chapter 233 Victoria
"Selling newspapers! Look, look, just yesterday! Criminals appeared in Hill County! The police have taken great care!" In Hill County of the Victorian Empire, a newsboy was selling newspapers on the street, and several passers-by just glanced at him and walked away immediately.
Only occasionally a few gentlemen who looked relatively wealthy would stop and buy a newspaper, then either shake their heads or sigh.
After all, there have been a lot of criminals appearing in Xiaoqiu County recently. Although the police have arrested a group of them, the next group will soon appear, which makes the local residents a little uneasy.
"Hey, give me a newspaper." The boy looked at the man in front of him. He didn't look like a proper Victorian gentleman at all. His clothes were very casual, even a bit like the clothes of workers getting off work at a nearby factory. But the boy still sold him the newspaper and sighed in his heart: "When did workers have the leisure to buy newspapers?"
After the newsboy left, the man looked at the contents of the newspaper. The most eye-catching thing was the news about the criminals.
"Here we go again?" The man sighed, then put away the newspaper and walked slowly to the side of the road.
"There are more and more homeless people recently. Victoria's economic situation is getting worse and worse." The man took out the key and opened the door of a shop.
The shop clearly read: Jie Ran Office.
And this man is naturally Song Yufeng.
It is already August now, and it has been a month since I left Ursus.
During this month, Song Yufeng wandered around Victoria for two or three days, and finally chose to settle down in Xiaoqiu County.
The reason is very simple. Xiaoqiu County is the main location of the future Deep Pool Uprising. If the Deep Sea Church really wants to get involved in harvesting souls, then Xiaoqiu County is undoubtedly one of the best locations. Of course, there must be one near Londinium, and that will also be the place that Song Yufeng will mainly monitor.
After arriving in Xiaoqiu County, Song Yufeng stayed in a hotel for a day. During this time, he expected to find some useful things in factories, alleys, and even local black industries, that is, gangs, but he found almost no useful information.
Song Yufeng judged from this that this might not be a problem that could be solved in a short period of time. Fortunately, when he left Ursus, he still had 60 Lungmen coins in his account, which he exchanged for Victoria pounds when he arrived in Victoria.
Although the exchange rate is somewhat abstract, the purchasing power of this pound is really extraordinary. For example, the storefront that Song Yufeng is renting now is about the same size as the one he rented in Longmen, and it only costs 45 pounds a month, which can be said to be quite cheap.
Afterwards, Song Yufeng rented this store in the downtown area and renovated it into an office.
The firm is simply the best way to infiltrate the local gray industry.
As long as you infiltrate the gray industry, you will have the opportunity to come into contact with the deep pool and deep sea church, which are still in the gray area.
However, his first commission did not come from the local gang, but from the police.
Song Yufeng couldn't help but recall the time when the police came to see him.
"Mr. Song Yufeng, right? I am a police officer from Xiaoqiu County Police Station. Please cooperate with our police work." At that time, two plainclothes policemen said to him.
"Okay, no problem. How can I help you?"
"I'm hoping you can help our police investigate a series of recent crimes. These criminals appear with great frequency. Even if we apprehend one group, another will appear soon after. This is likely a large organization operating behind the scenes. It's often difficult for our police to investigate in person for fear of alerting the culprits, so I can only trouble you."
Although they said so, the police did not put all their hopes on Song Yufeng. After all, in their eyes, Song Yufeng was just a rookie detective, and his level was still unclear.
"Okay, the police can wait. I'll let them know as soon as I have any news."
"Very good, then how much is the commission?"
"No, no, no, Mr. Policeman." Song Yufeng smiled and said, "You two are my first clients, so I won't charge you any fees. But I hope that if I do find out something and complete the commission, I would like you to help me promote my firm."
Song Yufeng shook his head and stopped thinking about what happened before. He looked at the clue board in front of him. After accepting the commission, he began to wander around the alleys. After spending a few hundred pounds, Song Yufeng successfully established his own intelligence network. Several well-informed gangsters kept passing all kinds of information to him, no matter whether it was internal government affairs or gang affairs. In short, Song Yufeng had a new understanding of Xiaoqiu County.
At present, Song Yufeng has basically determined that these criminals must be from Shenchi. After all, apart from Shenchi, Song Yufeng can't think of any other organization that would attack the armory and steal a large amount of weapons.
But it is 1096 now. Song Yufeng remembers that the Shenchi Uprising was in 1097. Is there still a year left?
Song Yufeng sighed. He actually didn't understand Victoria's plot, and he didn't know what would happen next. He could only take it one step at a time.