Chapter 416: A Letter from London
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"My dear brother, today I disembarked and came to London, the capital of the newly formed United Kingdom, and I just got off the ship, everything here is astonishing, amazing, I can't imagine that this place is completely different from the Netherlands!"
I saw that in an inn, a young man with a thin body, a sluggish spirit, and a little tired looked patient, sitting by the window, and writing seriously on the desk.
One by one, the Latin letters danced on the unbelievably clean white paper.
Wilson sat in his rented house, looking out the window, feeling the exotic atmosphere, and for a while, the fatigue of his whole body dissipated.
Sniffing the mist wafting in the air, he picked up the crispy soft bread he had bought on the side, took a hard bite, and continued to pick up the pen to write.
"I'm afraid you won't be able to believe what I'm writing next, thinking that I'm just swimming in my dreams, but, my brother, your brother has never deceived you, and not even today!"
"I just got off the boat and came to a dock!"
Speaking of the docks, Wilson conjured up the squalid docks of the Netherlands and the completely different docks of London, and the contrast was stark.
"I'm afraid you can't believe that the docks here are extremely neat and clean, without the common horse manure everywhere, and all kinds of garbage, not even wandering around, thieves trying to empty our pockets of silver coins, and no hooligans with a fierce look trying to pull you around the corner to rob!"
"Guess what I saw, people in strange uniforms, constantly patrolling the docks (I later learned that they were the police at the docks), people in the same strange clothes, with brooms, sweeping the garbage all over the docks. Don't miss a corner! ”
"The whole marina looks so clean and tidy, I think it has a lot to do with them! What makes me even more like who made this wise system. ”
"And those workers in short shirts, orderly under the command of the leader, take turns to load and unload goods, there is no fighting, no noise, all of them are so orderly and efficient!"
"And what caught my eye was that out of the dock, rows of carriages were parked outside, waiting for outsiders like me!"
"I saw that the men had gotten into the carriage without worry, so I went up in trepidation, and when I had told me a destination, the carriage quickly brought me to the inn, and took me only two pennies!"
"I'm about to bleed! Who knew it would be the result, I asked him why he only charged so much, and he told me that it was the price set by the carriage dealer, one penny per mile, and I couldn't help but marvel at the carriage dealer! ”
"If this were in the Netherlands, I wouldn't be able to ride without a single coin!"
Watching the fog outside the window gradually dissipate, revealing the figures of pedestrians, the horse-drawn carriages passing quickly, the cheerful slapping of children, and the cries of hawkers, constitute an intoxicating picture.
"I don't know exactly how many people there are in London, but according to the innkeeper, the entire city of London has a population of nearly 200,000!"
"By the way, I just arrived at the hotel, even if I took out the room number plate you booked, but the boss still didn't let me in, saying that I needed an identity card!"
"This made me puzzled, after the boss's explanation, I realized that in the whole of England, everyone has their own identity card, and the boss also showed me his identity card!"
At this point, he paused, carefully recalled, and then continued:
"The identity tag is wrapped in a layer of wood with a layer of iron sheet, which describes the physical characteristics and identity information of the person, such as the date of birth and home address, which is really eye-catching!
The boss said that people who do not have an identity card must go to the 100 households to register and receive a temporary identity card within a week, otherwise they will not be able to stay in the hotel, they will not be able to go out, and they may be taken by the police at any time and expelled from England! ”
"This kind of identity plate, which was originally owned by England, is now heard that other parts of the United Kingdom are also preparing to implement it, although it is not clear what it is for, but it is indeed a troublesome thing!"
"Under the leadership of my boss, I spent a penny and got one, paper-like, with a temporary residence permit written on it, for half a year, if you want to stay here, you must find a job within half a year, otherwise you will be deported after half a year!"
"The streets of London are all level, all the houses seem to comply with some kind of rule, and on the opposite side of the street, they are almost the same, there are no protrusions, and I heard that this is also required by the government!"
"The pedestrians on the street are always in a hurry and their steps are fast, but their clothes look neat and clean, so the whole streets of London look so pleasing to the eye!"
"When I was out for a walk, I saw something that only existed in England – a public carriage!
A huge horse-drawn carriage pulled by several horses, with wheels pressed against a specific track!
This carriage can seat one or twenty people at a time, and anyone can board it, only one penny, no matter where it goes! ”
"I've been on it once, but it's too crowded, so maybe it's a popular route that I happened to be on!
Although it is cheap, convenient, it seems to me that only ordinary commoners will sit, rich and noble, but disdain! I really don't want to try it again! ”
At this point, Wilson seemed to feel that there was some such smell in his nose, which made him feel a little urge to vomit.
"It seems to me that the whole of London is a microcosm of England, and indeed of the United Kingdom, and it states the fact that the power of government is indeed great!"
"In this way, it can also prove that I was right to come to England, and after passing the so-called official selection examination, becoming an official is indeed a shortcut!"
"However, if you want to take the exam, you must believe in the Anglican sect, which is the so-called state religion of the United Kingdom, which is a bit troublesome!"
"However, I have long been disgusted with Catholicism, and it is not difficult to accept the conversion to Anglicanism, and as for the Lutheranism you believe in, I am afraid it will be difficult for me to follow!"
"Finally, your brother Wilson, give you faithful counsel, my brother, to transfer the family business to England! The current turmoil in the Netherlands can already be expected, that tyrant has dealt with Spain, and it is impossible to let the Netherlands go!
Your brother Wilson! ”