Coming out of Pictet Bank, John's mission to Europe is basically completed. www.biquge.info Well, there's one last item left, which is to deliver something to Churchill's wife on behalf of Cousin Consuelo.

It's early July, and John has to get back to the United States as soon as possible. In 10 days, Hughes will begin his feat of flying the world record around the world. John had to rush back to New York by the 15th, and he didn't want to miss this historic moment, both in public and private.

He knew very well that Hughes would definitely be able to break the world record for flying around the world this time, and it would be a pity to let go of this great opportunity to expand the influence of Hughes Aircraft Company. John has to go back and hype it up, which is related to Roosevelt's big order of 50,000 military aircraft next year.

John took the train from Zurich back to Paris overnight. He plans to pick up Adele and little Ella to go to London and then take a boat directly from Southampton back to New York.

"Dad, can't we play two more days?" Little Ella has been in Paris a little bit of a lately, and she is unhappy that she is going home so soon.

"But we've been out for almost a month, don't you miss home?" John asked.

"I don't want to." The little guy replied categorically, "Why should we go back so early?" ”

Indeed, the pace of life in this day and age is very slow. It is rare to travel abroad in ten days and half a month like in later generations, and it generally takes at least three months to half a year. However, John was originally on an official trip this time, not a vacation, and there was no way to do it if he was short of time.

Although John also wanted his daughter to have fun in Europe, he really couldn't find the time. You can't leave Adele and Ella alone in Europe and go back alone.

The situation in Europe is not very peaceful now, and if you get stuck in it, you will be in trouble if you can't come back. Although John knew that the war would not be fought for a while, but what if. He did not dare to gamble on the safety of his family on the so-called "inertia of history".

Anyway, after agreeing to a series of conditions, including the purchase of a Shetland pony, John finally coaxed little Ella onto a passenger ship to England.

As soon as he arrived in London, John regretted that he shouldn't have brought Adele and his mother and daughter here to save this time.

The air in London is terrible right now.

In his previous life, John had only caught up with sandstorms and dust storms when he was in the imperial capital, and he had never caught up with smog. Of course, maybe there was smog at that time, but the news didn't get hyped up at that time, and everyone thought it was fog that didn't care.

In John's previous life, he saw the Imperial Capital Haze report in the news in the United States. Originally, PM2.5 was just a metric that employees at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing came up with in order to get a lot of subsidies from the country. As a result, after being discovered and hyped by the media, this indicator, which was originally not paid much attention to by meteorological departments of various countries, suddenly became famous all over the world.

John doesn't know what PM2.5 is in London right now, but it's for sure. It's still a summer with better weather conditions, and if there is no wind, what kind of air would have been on London.

Adele is still admiring the yellow-black "London Fog" full of fireworks, and praises London as the "Fog Capital". John quickly covered little Ella's mouth and nose with a handkerchief, carried her into the car that came to pick them up, and urged the driver to leave quickly.

John is well aware that now Britain has not developed the North Sea oil fields, and London is mainly fueled by coal. Factories, power plants, trains and ordinary people consume huge amounts of coal every day, and the so-called "London fog" is nothing more than a mixture of harmful gases such as carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide.

"Your air in London is terrible." On the way to Churchill's Chatwell Manor, John struck up a conversation with the driver.

"yes, it's worse in the winter." The driver replied nonchalantly: "In the FA Cup semi-final last year, it was so foggy that you couldn't even see the ball. When the game ended halfway, everyone forgot to inform the goalkeeper. As a result, everyone in the audience left, and the guy was still standing in front of the door, and he didn't realize that the game was over. ”

It sounds funny, but it's not much fun. This kind of air condition can really kill people.

Historically, the famous "poisonous fog" incident occurred in London in 1952. At that time, the slow-moving high pressure zone was trapped over London, resulting in increased humidity and weak winds, making it extremely difficult for soot to spread. The amount of smog in the air in central London has increased almost tenfold.

Although the doors and windows were closed, the smoke continued to spread indoors. The opera La Traviata, which was being staged at the famous Sadler's Wells Theatre, was cancelled because the audience could not see the stage clearly.

The windshield of the car was all covered with soot, and it was difficult to crawl with the fog lights on. Roads and the Thames waterway were nearly paralyzed, and police had to be on duty in the streets with torches. In some parts of the city, visibility has even dropped to zero, and people can't even see their feet.

In just four days, nearly 6,000 people died in London from bronchitis, asthma and other lung ailments. In the two months that followed, more than 8,000 people died from respiratory diseases. A significant number of them are children with fragile respiratory systems. John didn't want little Ella's health to be compromised.

In his previous life, John had seen a documentary about environmental protection, which specifically mentioned what is now London. Before the Clean Air Act came into effect, London spent a third of the year on such "foggy days". With more cases of bronchitis, pneumonia, heart disease, tuberculosis and cough than anywhere else in the world, the city of London is like a suffocating gas chamber.

Fortunately, the Churchills lived at Chatterville Manor in Kent, where the air was not bad.

Churchill bought the estate in 1922 after losing his seats as Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs and the House of Commons. From 1924 until their death in 1965, the Churchills lived in this 16th-century aristocratic estate, with the exception of Downing Street 10 during their time as Prime Minister.

Later generations often mistook Blenheim Palace for Churchill's former residence, and even called it "Churchill Palace". But it was actually the hereditary residence of Consuelo's cousin's former husband, Duke IX of Marlborough.

Churchill's father was only the second son of seven generations of dukes and was not eligible to inherit Blenheim Palace. Churchill was born there (Churchill was born prematurely. At that time, his mother Jenny was a guest at Blenheim Palace, attended the dance party for three days in a row, and had too much fun and was born prematurely. And married only.

It's just that the Duke of Marlborough's family was relatively short of money and could not afford to maintain the most luxurious private estate in Britain, so they had to use the fame of the former British prime minister to advertise and attract some foreign tourists. After all, the Duke of Marlborough is also surnamed Churchill, and outsiders can't make a mistake when they play side balls, and they call their own house "Churchill Palace".

By the time we arrived at Chatwell Manor, it was already night. Churchill was not at home, only Churchill's wife, Clementina, was at home.

Mrs. Churchill gave the family a warm welcome and apologized for her husband's absence: "I'm sorry, Winston took Randolph (Churchill's eldest son) out on an errand in the afternoon, and said he would be back before dinner." ”

"It's all right, ma'am." John hurriedly said that he didn't care, and began to hand over the items that Consuelo had entrusted him to bring.

John knew that Churchill was not having a good time right now. At present, this veteran politician, who has served successively as Minister of the Navy, Minister of Munitions, Minister of the Army, Minister of the Air Force, Minister of Colonial Affairs, and Minister of the Exchequer, does not have a good reputation in the country because of his resolute opposition to Prime Minister Chamberlain's policy of appeasement.

Many people were disgusted by this old man, who was resolutely opposed to disarmament and advocated a tough attitude towards Germany, regarded him as a "warmonger" and even gave him the nickname "Britannia Bulldog".

John also knew that Churchill was coming up with an impeachment motion from the Conservative Party in his constituency. Historically, he narrowly passed the vote of confidence and narrowly retained his seat in the House of Commons. Churchill and his son have not returned for a long time, and it is likely that they have gone to the constituency to canvass for votes.

About eight o'clock in the evening, the Churchills father and son returned. Churchill was a fat man who sweated easily, and judging by the collar of his sweat-soaked shirt, which was yellowed a little, he had a hard time in the afternoon.

At the table, Churchill was not very good, barely eating, and looked a little preoccupied. He simply exchanged pleasantries with John, inquired about Cousin Consuelo's condition, and then, without saying a word, began to smoke a cigar and drink brandy.

John wanted to be close to the future Prime Minister of the British Empire, but after all, the age difference between them was too great. Although he and Churchill are barely the same generation from Cousin Consuelo, the age difference is 30 years. When Churchill entered the House of Commons, John had not yet been born.

John had to resort to a roundabout tactic, pretending to be chatting with Randolph and telling Churchill what he had seen in France and Germany to see how the "greatest British prime minister in history" reacted.