On the roof of a cramped loft in London's St. Luke's slum, a man of nearly forty with curly hair and a messy beard was looking at the Times with a crumpled copy. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Oh my God, dear Yanny, Helen, come and see. Oh my God, I can't believe it! The bearded man exclaimed at the other two people in the attic.

"What's wrong, Carl?" A woman with curly blond hair put down the clothes she was sewing in her hand and walked over.

"Look at this newspaper, it's the latest the day before yesterday! Helen brought it back from outside yesterday, and I didn't see it for the first time! The bearded man known as Carl exclaimed, "What amazing news! There was a revolution in the East, an empire appeared. The world is about to change! ”

"Oh my God, what you said is true! However, you didn't anticipate the final outcome! The golden-haired woman held the newspaper and said with a shocked face: "It was the rebel army called the Capture Army that was so powerful that it actually captured the capital of the Qing State by sea with a large army, and completely defeated the Qing State, the Qing Emperor died on the way to escape, and the leader of the rebel army, Feng Yunshan, proclaimed himself emperor in Beijing, the capital of the Qing State, and established the Chinese Empire!" ”

"Yes, I originally thought that the peasant rebel army that believed in God and called the Taiping Army would overthrow the rule of the Qing Dynasty and start the Eastern Revolution, but I didn't expect that it was this rebel army that broke away from the Taiping Army and won the final victory. And the Taiping army, which I originally had high hopes for, is really, hey, they just shouted the slogan of equal land and equality for all, but they didn't take any real action. Their whole mission seems to be merely to deal with and stagnate decay with ugly destruction, which shows no signs of construction. Clearly, the Taiping Army is the embodiment of the devil portrayed in the fantasies of the Chinese. Karl stroked his cheeks and said, "But this rebel army called the Capture Army is different, they not only claim to overthrow the rule of the Qing nobles, but they also really do it. mobilize the poor people, rise up in revolt, and distribute the land, albeit unevenly; They even developed the Industrial Revolution, and everything led to changes in the East. There is just one point, too much emphasis is placed on force, and a large number of troops are recruited. ”

"How can you defeat the Qing nobles of the feudal slave forces without recruiting an army?" The curly-haired blond woman smiled and put down the newspaper in her hand, "Carl, why do you suddenly care so much about the Far East?" ”

"I always feel that the leader of the rebel army in the East, the person named Feng Yunshan, is very strange, and it seems to be a little different from other monarchs in this world!" Carl seemed to be about to say something, but was interrupted by their maid.

"I say you two great revolutionary teachers, although I know that you are working on a major subject of mankind, but the bread at home is running out, and little Edgar is starting to burn again, and you still don't want to get some money for your living expenses, and you are thinking of things that are not boundary." The maid of their family does not seem to be a maid, but a master in general.

Carl and the blonde face darkened, returning from an impassioned discussion to a harsh reality.

Looking at the beloved wife in front of him, stroking his wife's no longer delicate palm, and recalling the miserable life she experienced after marrying him, Carl's heart was sad, and he couldn't help but be full of guilt and pity for his wife.

Karlburn was a Prussian. Seven years ago, he came to Cologne with a like-minded friend with the help of a group of Prussian workers and founded the Neue Rheinische Zeitung. But it was not long before the editor of the new newspaper was either arrested or expelled from the Prussian government, and the newspaper could not continue to operate, not only was he indebted, but in the end, he himself was expelled from the country.

Then, he took his wife to Paris. But only two months later, he was deported by the French authorities, and in desperation, he had to go to London, England, the center of the world--- known as the capital of freedom.

But unexpectedly, in the largest city in the world, their husband and wife and maid, with four children born before and after, lived a poor life, because of poverty, and the secret agents sent by the Prussian government also monitored themselves from time to time, Karl's family was anxious, and his wife, maid and children were all infected one after another. The most tragic thing is that 2 of the 6 children have died, leaving only the eldest son Edgar and three daughters, and the most heart-wrenching thing for Carl is that the eldest son has also had a fever from time to time recently and is getting thinner and thinner. The wife pawned all the valuable property she married, and the family was already so poor that she couldn't even afford her son's medical expenses, so she could only let her son rest at home.

Karl was painfully recalling when there was a knock on the door.

Karl remembered that he had sent a few articles to the New York Daily Tribune in the United States two days ago.

He was the newspaper's correspondent in London, and although he did not have a basic salary, he sent out articles with a high print rate, and each article had a small income to support his family.

Could it be that the postman is paying for the manuscript? Carl couldn't help but look forward to it. He let go of his wife, who was hugging him, and as soon as he walked over and opened the deadbolt of the door, he was kicked open from the outside.

It's that damn chubby landlady!

"Poor ghost, the rent of the last few months must be paid today! That's five pounds in total! The landlady slammed the door viciously against Carl and yelled at Carl.

"Madam, can you give a few more days, you see, our family is temporarily short of money and has no money, after a while, after a while, after a while, when I write more words, I will pay you the manuscript fee, okay?" Karl pleaded.

"I've been putting you off for four months, and I can't put it off any longer! I invited two judicial police officers this time, and if you don't pay the rent, you will directly use your belongings to pay off the debt. Unmoved, the landlady had no belief that the poor tenant could make any money, and she was ready to recoup the five pounds of rent and evict the family from her house.

"How can there be so much for five pounds? Didn't we pay it off just a few months ago? It was Carl's wife's voice.

"Your family rents me two rooms, and an attic, and counts most of them, each for 2 shillings and 9 pence per week, and gives you a discount, and the three rooms add up to 7 shillings a week, and it's been 15 weeks, isn't it exactly 5 pounds?" The landlady gave her a disdainful look and urged, "Hurry up, without £5, it's time to move things!" ”

Karl said helplessly: "Madam, is it really intolerant?" In just a week, a friend of mine will send me five pounds next week, and I'll pay you back when it arrives? ”

"Shete, stop talking nonsense! Two brothers, enter for me to move, today lunch, I invited. The landlady dodged her fat body and let out the two judicial policemen behind her.

Two bailiffs pushed Karl, who was blocking the doorway, and broke into the room directly. Inside, Carl's three young daughters and his son, who was lying in bed, were frightened and began to cry. The maid picked up the broom and rushed over, but was snatched by the tall bailiff and pushed to the ground.

Carl's wife hurriedly stepped forward to help the maid, but Carl was at a loss, he was trembling with anger, but there was nothing he could do. Who calls themselves so poor?

The landlady squeezed through the door with great difficulty, knocked Carl aside, and he crossed his waist and pointed to a bed and the desk where Carl was writing, and said, "Remove their beds and tables for three pounds!" ”

She turned around, walked into the room, and saw the quilt on the bed of the child next to her, and Carl's children's toys, and said, "Take this quilt too, count 12 shillings!" And this cradle and Trojan horse, all sealed up to deduct the rent! ”

The two bailiffs escaped the seal, sealed the bed, the desk, the quilt, the cradle, and the wooden horse toys that the landlady had said, and told Carl with a blank face: "Sir, these pieces of your furniture have been seized, and within two hours, if you cannot pay the lady £5 rent, we will forcibly remove them." ”