Chapter 178: The Down-and-Out Naval Gunner

'Whew! Whew! The sound of snotting sounded in Ye Kai's ears, and a little girl about thirteen or fourteen years old stood beside Ye Kai, looking at him expectantly with her head held high.

It is said that a little girl of this age should know that she is shy, but Ye Kai, who seems to be using a dirty blanket as clothes, does not see a trace of shyness in the face of strangers, only expectation, expecting Ye Kai to give it a bag of hard bread in his hand.

"Lily, don't be like this, be polite!" A very haggard man walked out, he pulled the girl who was still looking at Ye Kai in a daze, but the girl just shook for a while and was not pulled away, and the man was even more panicked and nervous.

"Blake. Mr. Bartlet, it's really hard to find here, and I thought you could really disappear if you took my medicine? ”

Ye Kai looked at the man who pulled the girl in front of him expressionlessly, it was the one who asked Ye Kai for medicine for his mother on the day he first arrived in London!

"Blake. Bartlet, the main gunner of HMS Valorant of the Royal Navy, retired in 1783, I didn't expect you to be a soldier of the Royal Navy, how did you end up here? ”

Ye Kai finally couldn't help but plug his nose a little, because it was so smelly, this is the poorest slum in London.

"My lord! My lord! Please don't blame him, please forgive him! "A scrawny old woman with messy gray hair almost crawled out of the kennel-like shack, followed by a timid, bare-ass boy of five or six years old!

Black. Bartlet looked at his mother, who was kneeling for Ye Kai, the pain in his eyes flashed, and he also walked over and knelt in front of Ye Kai.

"Lord Marquis, the medicine has run out, but don't worry, I will definitely find a way to scrape together some money for you, please forgive me some time!"

There is no sincerity at all, Ye Kai pursed his lips, he has seen this kind of scene a lot in later generations, and the so-called grace period is just to delay.

"Mr. Bartlet, my medicine is not something that can be bought with money, what did you promise me when you came to ask for it? You won't fail to remember! ”

"Lord Marquis, I... I.. I can't go to the East with you, my children are too young, my mother is sick, and if I go to the East with you, they will all die!" "Blake. Bartlet thumped his head as he spoke.

"Starvation? All the people who go with me, I will pay half a year's salary in advance, and two pennies will give them a full meal, and two pounds should be enough for them to eat, right? Ye Kai waved his hand, indicating that this excuse was completely untenable.

"It's true that you can't starve, but Lord Marquis, if I'm not with them, it's not a matter of whether there's enough to eat, but someone will kill them all for two pounds! Therefore I cannot go to the East with you, please have mercy on me, Lord Marquis! ”

Black. Bartlet's head was still on the ground, not daring to lift it, even if it was covered with black mud.

Not! Ye Kai nodded, this is true, he is often in this embarrassing situation where the husband is innocent and guilty.

In this lawless and morally devoid slum, a sick old woman with two minor children is definitely the best target to be robbed, not to mention the huge sum of two pounds.

However, Ye Kai didn't plan to let go of the guy in front of him, because the reason why he had to come to find this guy named Black was not for such a small berberine syrup.

That's because he had to do something out of the ordinary, and he had to be helped by a few good London natives, and this guy on his knees seemed to be a good fit.

Because Ye Kai could see that he cared about his family very much, it was convenient for Ye Kai to control him.

"Come, taste it, kid!" Ye Kai didn't pay attention to the Blake on the ground, but opened the cloth bag in his hand and handed the large piece of bread inside to the girl and the timid boy with an expectant face.

"Woohoo! Whew! "Two children who were often starving had eaten this bread baked with honey, eggs, sugar, and fine wheat, and the boy and girl whined as the dogs protected the food, and swallowed it in large gulps, and the two loaves of bread larger than their heads disappeared in an instant.

After eating, the girl named Lily still looked at Ye Kai expectantly, and the little boy was carefully licking his black fingers, and after licking his own, it was not enough, so he ran over and took his sister's hand, licking the little bread that remained on it.

"I am so sad for you, Mr. Bartlet, that a valiant Royal Navy soldier has come to this point, and look, how long will they live if you don't leave them? I can't even get enough to eat! What do you think is the point of living like this?

But who told you to meet me, come with me, follow me to the East, and let your mother and children follow me, I am so kind, I just can't see the poor suffering! ”

Ye Kai put on a compassionate expression, as if he was a good person who was too kind.

In fact, he was indeed a good person before the crossing, but in the era of this cannibalism, Ye Kai's kindness in his heart is still there, but there are really not many of them, and it is definitely not the turn of a few white people in the slums to enjoy his kindness.

"Really? Thank you, Lord Marquis, thank you, sure enough, only the nobles of Seris are kind, and the nobles of Britain are some blood-sucking devils! ”

Black. Bartlet's tears of gratitude came down to his eyes, and he stood up with a body of muddy water, his mouth full of thanks.

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London Bridge, Golden Magpie Inn, and the well-dressed Bartlet's are gobbling up in the hotel's restaurant.

Black. Bartlet touched the back of his son's head, who was eating, and handed her daughter a drink with rum and syrup to her daughter, who was munching on a roast leg of lamb.

The daughter grinned, took the drink and drank it all down, and then began to concentrate on dealing with the leg of mutton.

Barrett's tears were about to fall again, and he hadn't seen his daughter's smile in a long time since his family's land had been taken away by the Duke of Devonshire's steward and turned into ranch.

Touching the four pounds of gold in the pocket of his brand new jacket, a sense of steadiness came over him, and the thought of leaving England where he had lived for decades made Blake feel nostalgic at all.

He had no nostalgia for a country that treated civilians like criminals, and he fantasized hopefully about life in the East.

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"Your Excellency, we are ready to offer you a third-class battleship, the Deep Sea Shark, which is equipped with 74 naval guns and can carry more than two hundred naval soldiers.

As for the rest, we, proceeding from your actual situation, recommend that you exchange one third-tier battleship for two three-masted fast battleships!

Armed with an 18-pounder gun, the new cruiser far surpassed the 44- and 50-gun double-deck warships in terms of seaworthiness.

In high sea conditions, the performance was much better than that of a fourth-class battleship that could only use a 9-pounder second-class main gun!

And it is small and flexible, especially suitable for pursuit, interception, etc., and is called a light cavalry at sea, which is definitely more suitable for you than a third-class battleship! ”

Talking to Ye Kai was a captain of the Royal Navy, who was sent by the Admiralty, and they were still unwilling to give Ye Kai two third-class warships, but wanted to exchange one of them for two three-dimensional fast warships.

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