After returning from Little Pete, Addington immediately called the Secretary of the Navy and asked the Admiralty to make a detailed, "thought-out" plan for the blockade of the Irish coastline for his reference.

Then he wrote to the Duke of Norfolk to understand his attitude. The Duke of Norfolk naturally supports the blockade of Ireland, but he pointed out that now is not the best time, the best time should be one or two months before the harvest season. Of course you should prepare now.

Two days later, at a gathering of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Prime Minister Addington’s secretary revealed a secret to Matthew Bolton who participated in the gathering: "The Navy has developed a new weapon that can be used to block the Irish coast... "

In the eyes of many people, the reason why Matthew Bolton became a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences is largely due to Watt’s light. Although he himself is considered a good engineer, he must say his true level and distance. I am afraid there is still some gap in the level of being able to join the Royal Academy of Sciences.

But if you want to talk about the level of trading, Bolton can really say "I am not targeting any of you" in the Academy of Sciences. After all, in this circle, "no one knows how to do business better than me."

After Bolton heard the news, he immediately changed his face. After confirming the news again, he made an excuse and left with Watt in advance.

In the carriage returning, Bolton told Watt the news. Watt immediately yelled: "How can this work? We just...and our..."

"James, keep it quiet." Bolton said, "Don't get excited, I see Mr. Dowding's meaning, the government has not made the final decision. You think, such a big matter not only involves us, but also involves There are more people, such as those who do textiles. Once we really start the war with France, think about what kind of losses these people will suffer? I am afraid that a large number of factories will close down immediately. , I’m afraid that the London Bridge will be crowded with people who want to jump on the Thames. Maybe, because there are too many people, it will just crush the London Bridge. Well, that’s what happened when I was a kid, my mother gave me A nursery rhyme I sang:'London Bridge is going to fall, it is going to fall, it is going to fall...'"

Speaking of which, Bolton actually started singing.

Although Watt was still playing humorously at this time, Bolton was not satisfied, but Bolton's nonchalant attitude made Watt a sigh of relief.

"Matthew, don't be like a kid," Watt said. "The question now is how we should deal with it."

"Of course it is the first to spread the news so that everyone knows." Bolton replied.

...

Almost at the same time, in other places, some businessmen close to the Admiralty also received similar news. Some people get even more detailed information, to the point where they even have technical details.

Two days later, in the inaugural issue of a newly established tabloid, a piece of news was published called "The Royal Navy successfully developed a secret weapon, and the French exclaimed that it was invincible." What's more terrible is that this news bluntly stated that the weapon that made the French "exclaim invincible" is a mine.

The London Police Department immediately seized the newspaper and arrested all members of the tabloid newspaper, the editor-in-chief, reporter, printer, and newsboy Mr. Anderson Soby. And interrogate him. During the interrogation, Mr. Soby claimed that his source of information was the revelation of God, who appeared in his dream and gave him these revelations.

Such a statement of course made the police angry because they felt that their IQ had been insulted, so a few policemen repaired the guy well, repairing him so that he could not even recognize him. But Mr. Soby did not give in, and as long as he was free, even when the police were tired of repairing him and had a temporary intermission, he kept preaching to the police:

"God says the day is near, and you have to repent! God is supreme, and I am the messenger of God. You will go to **** like this! Almighty, merciful God, please have mercy on them and forgive their crimes, because they are all I don’t know what I’m doing..."

It made several policemen depressed. This guy really seems to have some brain problems. But a neurotic, can also run a newspaper? Moreover, the person sent by the Admiralty was very anxious and said that he must find out who was hiding behind this person.

However, it didn't take long for people from the London Lunatic Asylum to come to their door. According to them, this guy named Sobi is their patient.

"Ah, Chief John, this man is indeed our patient. He has always suffered from paranoia. Six months ago, when our hospital was relocated, a group of patients disappeared because of the chaos. At that time, we were still publishing it in the newspaper. I passed the missing person notice and reported the case to your bureau." Said the worker in the asylum named Woolf.

"Then how did you find here?" Inspector John asked.

"You know, we have never given up looking for them, especially Anderson Soby. His uncle is a rich man and comes to see him every year... Soon, he will come to visit Soby. Well, he He is one of the important donors in our hospital. So we have been looking for him, including through private investigators.

A few days ago, Detective Sherlock Moriarty told us that he got news that someone who looked like the Anderson Sobi we portrayed was active here, so we got here..."

"Are you sure this person is Anderson Sobi? Is there any proof?"

"Of course." Woolf replied, "Sergeant, we have brought a full set of information about Anderson Soby since entering our hospital five years ago. Including his handprint records five years ago."

"Can you show it to us?" Sheriff John said.

It was verified that the palm prints on the record that Woolf brought five years ago and the palm prints of the imprisoned Anderson Sobi were indeed from the same person. Inspector John then informed the Admiralty of the incident. But the people from the Navy Department decided that this was a conspiracy, and there must be spies and saboteurs behind this man.

"In other words, what the lunatic said is valid?" Inspector John asked.

"Sergeant, I have to remind you that you crossed the border and asked questions that shouldn't be asked." said the officer of the Admiralty named Charles.

"Ah," Sheriff John was taken aback, but he recovered quickly, "Well, in this way, there is only one possibility."

"What is possible?"

"A person knows a certain secret, and for a certain purpose, he wants to poke it out, but he knows it is dangerous, so he finds this madman, uses some means to influence him, hints him, let He felt that he had been inspired by God, and then he came out like this. Well, Mr. Charles, I think this is probably the case."

"Then can you catch the person who hinted at him?"

"It's probably difficult." Sheriff John decided to tell the truth. "First of all, this guy should be a lunatic. Anything he says may be fantasy or nonsense. It is difficult for us to get anything effective from him. Even if we get the information about the person, we cannot use his confession as evidence against that person in court."

"We don't need proof, we just need the name." Charles replied.

"Even so, it is still very difficult." Sheriff John replied, "To be honest, how to get valuable information from a madman is beyond the scope of our business. We have no experience in dealing with madmen. . And, legally, we have no reason to prevent the London lunatic asylum from taking him back. In fact, even if I use all means, at most I will leave him with me for one or two days. But for the investigation, in fact, a little bit. It's no use. If you must continue to investigate, I suggest you go directly to the London Mad Asylum to discuss it. They may be more experienced."

Originally, the rest of this incident should be the end of lace news on various tabloids. And because the number of newspapers published by this lunatic is very limited, it seems that this matter should not be able to cause too much trouble.

However, the French newspaper "The Sun" reported the joke in a prominent position in the joke page, but in the report, there was a very interesting sentence: "But it is interesting that this lunatic is not a person who has been in a lunatic asylum. It was found first, but was arrested by the police for allegedly leaking state secrets. Of course, as to what “secrets” was allegedly leaked in his report, UU Read www.uukanshu.com because of its newspaper. The publication volume is too small and we have not found it yet. If any readers have actually seen it, please write to us and let us have a long time to learn."

The "Sun" report only started, and then the "Free Press Union of England" newspaper followed up and put the news in the regular news column for reporting. Of course, their goal is the people's freedom of speech.

"A neurotic who wrote some fantasy is enough to laugh at it. But our police department arrested him with great fanfare, and even used violence to force him to confess... Today they can write an article about a neurotic If you’re crazy, you can torture him at the police station and destroy his madness. Tomorrow, in order to cover up a scandal like the "Lancet" incident, they can tie all the reporters who exposed the scandal to a wooden stake. They used the newspaper they exposed the truth to burn them to death. As a French newspaper, the Sun was able to return to France in the future, so they only saw the jokes, but we almost couldn't sleep at night because of worry and fear."

At the same time, the business people of the Textile Industry Federation began to become active. They kept visiting members of Congress, inquiring about the news, and asking them to protect their interests honestly when they took their money.

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