Chapter 20 The fog over London (4)
As he said that, Captain Sventer coaxed and tricked him into leading the people who were preparing to treat him to the destination, a bar on the banks of the Thames.
The interior and exterior of the bar are extremely ordinary and have no special features. The hall is quite spacious, almost comparable to the area of the Defence Deck, and is filled with guests, about a hundred. Captain Sventer is like a regular visitor here. As soon as he comes in, he touches the face of the waitress and pats their butts. He flirts with the girls with lustful breasts, but does not arouse others' scolding. From time to time, there are several sailor-like guests greeting him.
In a secluded corner, Wang Jiye tasted the so-called local wine alone, and burped from time to time without any gentleness. It was the result of filling a lot of food in a short period of time.
"It seems that I was too much influenced by the general." Wang Jiye mocked himself.
Next to him, Captain Sventer was flirting with a waitress who was mediocre in a tavern and 30 years old. Perhaps because of her long-term contact with women, the captain didn't care that the waitress's face was covered with bumps, and her furry hands kept wandering on the woman's chest sitting between her legs. From time to time, the woman let out a scream that attracted the attention of the audience. This was the lustful captain's callous hands that hurt her. Fortunately, the old man gave a lot of money, and the woman still smiled and satisfied the captain's perverted needs. However, occasionally, she turned her head, threw her eyebrows and looked at the handsome oriental man not far away, yes, she was still a young officer.
Wang Jiye didn't notice anything that happened around him. Apart from drinking alone, he was of course thinking about his thoughts and worried about the safety of his compatriots.
Wang Jiye, who has been studying in the UK for many years, knew that the most despicable and dirty part of the island country he lived in was the British government, and the politicians who were entrenched in the cabinet and parliament all day long. They would definitely not be willing to take actions that were unfavorable to the general in order to preserve the majesty of the British Empire, quell the anger of the nobles, mediate party struggles, and appease the national mentality. Cultural attacks and military struggles are indispensable, but the most terrifying thing is assassination.
Wen Gong was nothing more than the British cabinet and parliament calling on him to exaggerate and criticize the French Revolution and Andrew's massacre. This had no effect. France, which had long been hating the revolution, did not require the British to do anything more. What's more, the general's face was stronger than the walls of Edinburgh. He had been injured all over his body, but his face had slipped and no blood was shed. Thinking of this, Wang Jiye couldn't help but chuckled, but the coquettish girl next door salivated.
The armed struggle is a bit funny. Since the American War of Independence, due to the defeat, the combat effectiveness of the British Army has been greatly reduced. There are basically few decent victories. The Wang Navy is indeed extraordinary, but it cannot climb ashore. The general has long stated that he will never go to the sea to meet the enemy before he is fully confident. Nelson has been tossed by him, and it will be a problem to protect his military post. In the future, he still believes that the general will win. If he pays money and does not send troops, and continues to rebuild the anti-French alliance will be the British policy towards foreign countries for a considerable period.
Assassination, when he read this word, Wang Jiye's heart trembled and could hardly control the wine glass in his hand. After staying in Britain for many years, he certainly knew that those hypocritical hypocrites dared to do anything for their own interests. During the Spanish throne battle decades ago, it was because of the successful assassination of spies from the island country that the British defeated the French and allowed the Austrians he had supported to become the king of Spain.
Is history about to repeat? Wang Jiye began to restlessly. After considering the end, he stood up resolutely, without any affection, and forced a few pennies to drive the woman away from the captain's thigh.
Captain Sventer, who was in high spirits, was obviously not very happy, but was not angry. He looked at the woman's plump buttocks away in disappointment, swallowed his saliva, turned his head, and said with a sad word on his face: "When will the British officer become no gentleman at all? Could it be the credit of your compatriots, General Andrew?"
Wang Jiye didn't care about the captain's unhappiness and sarcastic words at all, and whispered to Captain Sventer in all his thoughts.
"Oh, it's a problem that must be solved. If your general dies, the chamber of commerce will lose a lot of money and cannot continue to support ocean-going merchant ships. And I will have no money to spend, no women, damn it, British!" Captain Sventer realized the seriousness of the problem and immediately abandoned his previous dissatisfaction, but he emphasized the degree of harm to himself in words.
"So, you should tell the general as soon as possible, hurry up! Do you understand?" Wang Jiye was a little anxious, and he wanted to put on his wings, flew to Paris immediately, and personally told the general everything.
"Haha, don't worry, young men, although we are now Britain, because of the war, do not have the ability to keep in touch with France directly, but Captain Sventer has friends, including some Irish people. You should know that they are willing to engage in all acts against the Puritans." Captain Sventer said proudly.
"Irish?" Wang Jiye asked.
"Of course, the old captain has been there." Although the hall was noisy and no one could hear their conversation, Captain Sventer still leaned closer and lowered his voice, saying, "You might as well tell you that I have transported a lot of weapons for them, hehe, of course, smuggled. And where you are now staying is the contact point of the United Irish Association in London."
Wang Jiye, who was once an officer of the British naval, certainly knew that this Irish revolutionary organization was established in 1791 under the influence of the French Revolution. The leader was Wolf Dunn, an Irish revolutionary influenced by Thomas Paine's revolutionary thought. They demanded that Britain give up its status as a suzerain, abolish a series of unequal treaties, and establish an independent Irish Republic. This claim seriously hurts the interests of Britain, and of course failed to gain any recognition from London, and even gives equal opportunities to the Irish. The Whigs in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom even proposed forceful suppression, but it was based on the fact that the Irish organization did not openly resist, and the two houses of the United Kingdom, which claimed freedom of speech, did not reach a consensus on this. However, the cabinet privately ordered the arrest of various leaders of the United Irish Association, and also let the naval fleet closely monitor the Irish waters to prevent them from contacting the revolutionary France.
Chapter completed!