It is said that June and July are the best seasons of the year in London, and of course it is with the opening of the London sewers and the disappearance of the stench of fermentation in the heat that permeates the air of London. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, if you look down at the street, you can see the "gold" left by the horses on the street. The light carriages of the ladies, the four-wheeled carriages of the gentlemen, the public carriages of the commoners, the rail-drawn carriages, and the thousands of carriages for transporting goods, there are tens of thousands of carriages and hundreds of thousands of horses passing through the city throughout London, and in London, which relies on horse-drawn carriages as the main means of transportation, it is almost inevitable that there will be "gold" everywhere.

Of course, all this will be ignored by the ladies and well-dressed gentlemen with lace parasols, for whom they have long been accustomed to it. They will always avoid it seemingly casually, of course, it must not rain, and if it rains, there will inevitably be "golden soup" everywhere in the streets, especially between the crevices between the stones.

Looking out the window at the low dark clouds, the continuous rain. Standing in front of the window in pajamas on such a Sunday morning, listening to the sound of the rain hitting the leaves outside the window, and watching the rain outside the window, is always a pleasure for York!

In particular, this gentle drizzle always reminds him of another place, of the school, of everything there, of the grass and trees, and of his classmates and teachers.

Unfortunately, I never know how long it will take to get back there.

In York's memory, the best moment of his life was from the moment he left Paris and embarked on a merchant ship bound for China, and the memory of Paris is painful, where he never had enough to eat, he once endured the cold of winter, and he also endured the torture of disease.

But from the moment you step on board, everything changes.

What's changed?

There, he experienced the warmth of home for the first time, especially after entering that school, he felt the warmth of home and family, and in the next 6 years, the once Parisian street gangster who would never trust anyone became a personable young man with his own family and friends, and of course he was no longer Pierre, but Shi Guangyu, which was a typical Chinese name. He liked the name very much, and in his opinion, it meant his new life.

Two years ago, he left that school full of fond memories and stepped on a ship to Singapore, and then he came to England, speaking English with a Cambridge accent, and he became British. An Englishman who returned to England from the colony to attend university.

No one ever doubted his identity, for every year hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Englishmen went to the colonies to start their lives, and some of them returned to England after they had acquired their wealth in the colonies, and for the nobles of England they were undoubtedly the most valuable contacts - they had money, but they were eager to be recognized, and because of this, they were always easily integrated into the social circles of London, and of course because of their wealth, For the nobles of London, who only had titles but no wealth, such people were also their wealth, and they were the goal of their wealth.

With up to £40,000 in funding from the Intelligence Agency, Shi Guangyu successfully integrated into the London circle, he was certainly not a real rich man, but £40,000 was enough for a young man to get him a ticket to the upper class of London.

From then on, his task was simple - to infiltrate the British government, and from then on, under the planning of the upline, he made some friends from the upper class, and with their introduction, integrated into the upper class, and now, he works in the prime minister's official residence, although the work is not remarkable, but it is certain that this is only the beginning.

In the future, like many of London's elite youths, he will gain a certain status and play a certain role in London's political circles, and this is his goal, or rather, the goal that the Intelligence Service sent him to England. But only Shi Guangyu knows that in his heart, London has never been his home.

Maybe one day, I can go home again, back to China!

Although the appearance is different from that of the Chinese, for York, he has always remembered his name in his heart - Shi Guangyu, which belongs to him, and as for York, it is just a code name.

Through the rain-washed window, York, who was in reverie, saw a newspaper seller shouting hoarsely in the rain outside the window.

"Look, Chinese warships captured the "Great Eastern" in the Atlantic, can the Royal Navy defend Britain! ”

Despite the window, York could hear shouts coming from outside the window.

He learned yesterday that the Great Eastern, the world's largest steamer, had been captured by the Chinese Navy, and the news caused an unprecedented sensation at the Prime Minister's Office, because everyone knew that it was not just a ship that had been captured, but that Britain's maritime lifeline was threatened.

It was only at this time that people realized why the Chinese would take the worthless desert on the coast of North Africa, the desert may be worthless, but for the Chinese, they have gained an advance base into Europe, and with the port of Anxi and nearby areas, the Chinese can use it as a springboard into Europe.

Sometimes, a lot of things, at the beginning, no one will notice its value, and when everyone does, I am afraid it will be too late.

Just like now, now Britain is faced with a choice - how to defend Britain's maritime lifeline!

In the past, almost no British would have feared that Britain's sea lines would be cut off, but now with the Great Eastern being "hijacked" by the Chinese Navy in the Atlantic, this is the first time that people in Britain have begun to worry about the fragile sea lanes.

What about the Royal Navy, especially when the Chinese Navy has a naval base in Africa, and their fleet can be present in the Atlantic at any time to intercept British merchant ships flying the rice flag?

"The Royal Navy now has to face a choice, we either concentrate on defeating the Chinese fleet, or sit back and watch the Chinese intercept our fleet in the Atlantic!" Destroy every British merchant ship laden with food and cotton, and then the British people will be starving, and the British factories will be shut down for lack of ......"

Yesterday, at the Prime Minister's Residence, York heard the senior civil servants talk about the information they had received that they might not talk about it again after they left the residence, but inside the residence, they never knew what secrecy was.

"Now I finally understand why my family didn't make concessions on Africa......

York's mind came up with the "points" marked on the map, those "points" all over Africa that formed China's control of the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, and now Panama and Hawaii have ensured China's control over the west coast of the Atlantic, as well as the Caribbean and the central Pacific Ocean, and in just a few years, China has almost the entire sea, which is almost unimaginable, but in the beginning, who could have thought of all this?

Who would have thought that places that were worthless would become so important after the outbreak of war?

"What's next for them?"

Frowning, York couldn't help but be annoyed that his level was too low to access more secrets, such as the next plan of the British, the news of the capture of the "Great Eastern", which shook the whole of Britain, at this time, Britain is bound to make a corresponding choice, but what kind of decision will they make?

That's the real problem!

It's also something that York has to know. And that's why he came to the UK, but how to get this information?

Frowning and thinking, York's eyes stared at the look on the face outside the window, and the expression became more and more solemn.

How to obtain information, in that school, he not only learned the lessons that ordinary British upper-class children need to learn, but also need to learn martial arts, shooting, and other knowledge, and how to obtain information is the focus.

"Looks like there's only one way!"

The next day, as usual, after a busy half a day, at tea time, when he saw Mr. Johnson, who was the Prime Minister's secretary, leaving the official residence for a nearby club, he immediately followed, and Mr. Johnson, who he could say was very familiar with, and even entered the Prime Minister's official residence on his recommendation.

The patrons of this club, not far from Downing Street, were mostly high-ranking civil servants, and although Yorke was not of high rank, he was also eligible to enter the prime minister's residence, and it was here that he received a lot of information.

Like a chance encounter, Yorke "encountered" Mr. Johnson here, and at his invitation had afternoon tea with him and a few of his friends, and with the "chatting skills" he had cultivated at school, he soon brought the topic to the things that were now of the greatest concern in the whole of London, not through himself, of course, but under his inducement, Mr. Murray, who served in the Chancellor's Office, and the conversation naturally began to revolve around the current situation.

"Actually, the answer is very simple."

Picking up the teacup, Johnson, who is the prime minister's secretary, said in a wry-low voice, although there was some pride on his face.

"It's supposed to be kept secret."

It's just that in front of his friends, he doesn't mind improving his status among them by sharing some news.

"Because of the" Great Eastern ", we have to take into account the fact that the fleet of the Chinese has seriously threatened our sea routes, so to speak, this is unprecedented, even Napoleon did not do this, and now the whole of London is worried. ”

"Chinese, there are only a few ships, and they can still cut off our routes?"

York said nonchalantly, but his heart was nervous, full of anticipation, expecting the other party's answer.

Putting the teacup down, Johnson lit a cigar and took a deep puff before continuing:

"However, we must take into account that for every time the Chinese intercept a British merchant ship, the insurance company needs to pay a huge amount of insurance money!"

That's the most crucial reason, politics is always hijacked by business, especially in the UK, where the interests of business are something that British politicians have to consider, and if they don't, then someone else will think about it.

"York,"

As a close confidant of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Murray looked at Johnson and said in an affirmative tone.

"In this time of war, it's not just the insurance companies that are being harmed, but also the shipping companies, the banks, and the factory owners, and they all desperately need the Royal Navy to do something, so they have to do something, right?"

Yes, when those people act, the political circles in London need to respond to their actions, and that answer is direct, that is, to give some uplifting response.

"But isn't the Royal Navy ready now?"

Like any patriot, York now cares about Britain as a patriot.

"If the fleet is sent in a hurry, the losses of the Royal Navy will be unpredictable!"

York's tone seemed a little nervous, but this is exactly the attitude that he needs to show as a spy, all his attitudes must be "patriotic", at least in the eyes of outsiders, only by being patriotic, he can be recognized by the outside world, and more importantly, he can use this performance to obtain some information and hide his identity.

"There is indeed this risk, but what we must see is that if the Royal Navy takes some action, the whole of Europe will see the weakness of Britain, and at that time, they will most likely become allies of the Chinese, and if all this happens, it will be a disaster for Britain, and we must now use all means to let the world see the power of Britain, and only in this way can those ambitious countries restrain their ambitions!"

This is the essence of politics, and it is also the nature of state-to-state accounting, and politicians need to consider every possibility, and in agreeing, York asks curiously as if he were a young man.

"So, sir, where are we going to launch a counteroffensive? In the current situation, do we need to send another fleet to the Caribbean?"

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