Stanton had thought that as long as he carefully examined and verified the time of the crime, he would always find the suspect. As a result, a search revealed that almost all of the peripheral personnel in the entire "mine research team" were able to find others to prove that they did not have separate technical information together for a long time.

As for those who can't prove themselves, Stanton checks them carefully, and then Hilbert tells him, "This person doesn't need to be checked, you know." ”

Stanton immediately understood that the man might indeed have delivered a message to the outside, but in the direction of the message, not to France, but to ...... So I stopped checking him.

So according to the general logic, the possible inner ghosts can only be among those core researchers. If these people were French spies, it would be easier for them to get their hands on the key technology. Because they are often exposed to these technical materials, and even these technical materials are written by themselves, if they want to leak key information, then they don't need to steal the information at all, they can go back to their homes, and then write down what they know.

So Stanton began to focus on scrutinizing the researchers. First of all, he should pay attention to whether these people have been financially abnormal recently, such as suddenly getting a sum of money, or suddenly lacking money for some reason. However, this investigation is still fruitless.

On the other hand, the Wang family's counter-espionage investigation team has in fact failed to find out any reliable and useful information, and conventional means seem to be increasingly ineffective.

But the Prime Minister put increasing pressure on Stanton, so with the consent of the Prime Minister's secretary, Stanton had to resort to some less respectable means. Of course, Stanton assured the prime minister that his methods would never leave any physical marks or evidence.

After these methods are used, the effect really comes out. Those researchers all honestly confessed, and the entire "mine research team", from the leader to the members, without exception, were French spies.

As for the rest of the perimeter, except for the Downing Street eyeliner, the others also admitted to being French spies.

As for the more important task, which is to involve some people who need to be involved, this is even less of a problem. As long as the prime minister needs to, even if he wants those guys to say that it is Jesus who is in contact with them, that's fine.

Of course, the only problem is that these confessions are messy and contradictory, but Stanton took a little time to sort them out, well, these problems don't exist, at least just looking at the case file, it's absolutely ironclad.

But on the other hand, that is, the "Wang Family Anti-espionage Investigation Team", it is said that some progress has also been made, and some important figures have also been involved. As for what happened next, Stanton was not very clear, but shortly after he sent the results there, he was summoned again by the Prime Minister, and in the Prime Minister's office, he also met with another big man, His Royal Highness George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales.

Speaking of which, the Hanoverian dynasty has always had a very good tradition, that is, the filial piety of the father and the son. Almost every king and the Prince of Wales (a title reserved for the British crown prince) were bitter rivals, with King George I and later King George II hating each other, King George II and now George III, and King George III and now the Prince of Wales despising each other.

King George III has publicly ridiculed his son as a fool and a playboy (at least that's true), and His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales has been fair to tell the truth: "My father was not in his right mind a lot of the time. "But being honest is sometimes the most hurtful. Well, so the fine traditions of the Hanoverian dynasty are not at all a problem to continue to be passed on.

Generally speaking, if the eastern country is changed, and the prince and the king have such mutual hatred, the prince will probably have to be replaced. However, in the Hanoverian Dynasty, which paid special attention to the patriarchal system and at the same time had parliamentary constraints, as long as the crown prince did not rebel, the king could not actually change the crown prince. In addition, except for the queen, the standby ability of the other kings of the Hanoverian Dynasty is only average, so the princes of the Hanoverian Dynasty can always rely on the age advantage to finally survive the king.

Since the King has always had a close relationship with the Tories, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has naturally always had a good relationship with the Whigs. (George III has always felt that his son became a playboy, and he was completely ruined by the Whig playboy Fox) Now at this time, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales appears here, to a large extent, you can see the Prime Minister's attitude now.

The Prime Minister's current political position. In particular, his position on whether or not to support the war was already different from the orthodox Tories that had put him in the position of prime minister, and he walked with a group of Tories who had made money from the Textile Bank, calling themselves the New Tories. In order to resist the pressure of the orthodox Tories, the New Tories and the Whigs are relatively close, as long as they can get the support of the Whigs, at least, if Little Pitt tries to initiate a motion of no confidence in him in Parliament, the number of votes will definitely be a big difference.

"Isenghe," Prime Minister Addington called Stanton's name very affectionately, "and I will introduce you, this is His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and your future immediate superior." His Royal Highness the Prince will personally assume the post of Chief Officer of Investigation Section VI. ”

This arrangement makes perfect sense, at least it seems. As a future king, His Royal Highness should certainly have some knowledge about these things. However, His Royal Highness did not care about Stanton's work, he just politely said a few perfunctory words, and left first. In fact, for His Royal Highness, this position only means an extra income. And everyone knows that His Royal Highness the Prince is in debt and short of money.

King George III could not depose the crown prince, but he had other ways to teach the rebel a lesson. The way to do this is not to give him money!

His Majesty the King has used various methods to reduce the annuity given to His Royal Highness the Prince and not give him money to spend. The Prince of Wales is a playboy, how can he be a playboy if he has no money in his hands? His Majesty felt that he had taken the vital point of the rebel. That rebel will either surrender to him honestly, or he will have to get rid of his big-heartedness.

However, His Majesty miscalculated. Since His Royal Highness the Prince's position is unshakable, and His Royal Highness is not only younger than the King, but also much healthier than the King, it is natural that everyone knows that one day, George III's reign will come to an end, and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will ascend the throne as king.

Since the Prince of Wales will one day become king, even if His Majesty does not give him a penny, there are people who are willing to lend him money to spend. Therefore, His Royal Highness is in debt, but he can always keep borrowing money. You don't even have to ask the Jews for usury.

Of course, it's not good to borrow money all the time. It's also a good thing to have more money of your own. In addition, the New Tories are also seeking their own place, so His Royal Highness and the New Tories have come together again.

As for the final outcome of the case, well, after a secret trial by a military court, most of the people of the "Mine Study Group" were dragged out to shoot targets. And the people involved in the case file handed in by Stanton are basically fine. Of course, the people involved in the investigation results of the Wang family's counter-espionage investigation team also had nothing to do. It is said that the two sides have gained some consensus on a number of issues and have succeeded in bringing their relations into an "era of deterrence".

Although this matter is of great significance, it is basically only carried out in secret, so the vast majority of people do not know that this is going on, and at this time, the vast majority of British people are most concerned about the "Pakistan Meeting" in France.

Under the advertising campaign of the French's "sevenpence alliance", the "Pakistan Fair" has become the most concerned thing for British businessmen, and even not only businessmen are interested in the "Pakistan Fair", but some other people are also full of interest in the "Pakistan Fair". Fagin's gang, for example, was very interested in the steel tweezers, a small medical commodity advertised. The women, on the other hand, were very concerned about all kinds of French trinkets and so on.

Even the landlords in the countryside are very concerned about the "Pakistan Fair". They cursed the damned French on the one hand, because they learned that the price of food for the French seemed to be relatively low; At the same time, he began to pay attention to the price of wool, and began to think about whether to convert more arable land into pasture, or whether to drive out those tenants.

After a period of calculation, these landlords have come to the conclusion that if the actual transaction price at the "Pakistan Fair" is not much different from the estimate on the advertisement, then raising sheep is definitely more profitable than growing wheat.

Some cautious landlords decided to wait until the end of the Pakistani fair before making a decision; And some of the impatient fellows, after calculating, simply began to evict the tenants and graze the sheep directly in the wheat fields.

Fortunately, now, because those "decent people" who do business already know the news that Britain will not take the initiative to go to war for the time being, so the textile industry has begun to expand further, and even some guys who originally advocated war against France, because they noticed that there was no hope of war in the short term, also joined in, intending to make a fortune first. As a result, the demand for workers in the cities has increased dramatically. The evicted tenants did not starve to death immediately, though at most a few years later they would die of exhaustion by the loom.

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