shadow of britain

Chapter 40 Two Royals
Arthur gave up the seat to Tony and Tom, and he led Elder to a table next to him.

Elder heard that Arthur had just mentioned the subsidy, and then he remembered the business that Arthur had discussed with him before.

He asked: "Didn't you say you wanted me to draw a map? What kind of map do you plan to ask for?"

Arthur said: "It's not actually drawing a map. Didn't the information you just gave me say that there are very few people who have seen Fred's true face?

And every time there are few crime witnesses, it is difficult for the police to draw an accurate portrait of the prisoner based on the information provided by the victim.

Therefore, I intend to use a brand-new technology for criminal investigation and crime investigation. "

"New technology?"

After pondering for a long time, Elder still couldn't figure out what Arthur was going to do. He asked, "Just say it straight, what do you want me to draw?"

Arthur said: "I hope to divide a person's face into nine areas, and then I will find a hundred people with different appearance characteristics, and you will draw the portraits of these nine areas according to their appearance, and complete nine areas in total. Hundreds of different paintings.

In this way, in the future, we can provide samples from nine regions for the victim to choose, and finally form a portrait that is closest to the criminal, that is, the analog portrait technology. "

Elder's jaw almost dropped when he heard this.

"Arthur!"

"What's wrong?" Arthur took a sip of his tea.

He exclaimed: "What a genius idea! You are born to be a policeman!"

Arthur raised his eyebrows and asked, "So, do you agree?"

"But I can't draw!"

Elder said embarrassingly, "I'm learning to draw nautical charts. If you ask me to draw maps, I can make do with it. But if it's portraits, I really don't have the skills."

When Arthur heard this, he also had a difficult time: "This is not easy, I don't know anyone else who can draw pictures except you..."

Seeing that his good friend was so worried, Elder turned around and said, "Although I don't know how to do it, I know where to find it. And not only do those people know how to do it, but the paintings are also very good, and the price should be relatively cheap. "

"Is there such a good place?"

Elder nodded and said, "Of course! You can find it at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts next to Trafalgar Square!"

"Are you kidding me? The Royal Academy of Fine Arts is full of world-renowned painters, and one of their paintings can cover the office expenses of the Greenwich Police District for a year.

Elder, you don't want to hold grudges like this, didn't I just make a few jokes?If you do this, I really shut you up. "

"what!"

Elder said: "I'm not asking you to find the professors there. Although those professors are full, the apprentices who learn painting with them are all hungry.

I once visited with my uncle, and many of the apprentices there were children from poor families.A simple sketch portrait like the one you requested can be done in ten days and a half months.

If you offer them a similar price, there will definitely be many people rushing to do it. "

Arthur originally thought that Elder was just talking nonsense, but after hearing what he said, it seemed a little feasible.

He asked: "Shouldn't you just enter that place casually? How should I get in?"

"Don't mess around." Elder patted his chest and said: "One day when you are free, go around Trafalgar Square in the evening. There are many poor painters who sell paintings there who studied painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. You can just pick anyone that looks pleasing to the eye and ask."

Just as Elder finished speaking, Darwin, who was lecturing to Tony and Tom, also spoke.

"Arthur, speaking of this. I think what you want to master is not only medical knowledge, but more chemical and pharmacological knowledge.

Although I can teach you a little bit of these, I can't figure out many new advances in recent years.

If you want to get more advanced knowledge, you can try to go to Gresham College to listen to the lectures given by the Royal Society.

The top scientists in Great Britain are gathered there, and the latest results are released almost every month. It is definitely beneficial for you to listen to them. "

Arthur asked curiously, "Lectures at the Royal Society? Are their admission tickets expensive?"

Darwin shook his head: "No matter how expensive it is, tickets to the Royal Theater are more expensive. And whether the price of lecture tickets is expensive also depends on how you look at this issue.

For just one shilling, you can hear the latest scientific knowledge, which in my opinion is actually a very good deal. "

At first, Arthur thought that the fee for this kind of lecture was calculated in pounds, but he didn't expect that it only cost one shilling.

As Darwin said, the consumption of going to the Royal Theater to see a play is enough to listen to dozens of lectures.

This is simply too cheap.

He quickly asked: "Then when are these lectures usually held?"

Darwin replied: "This is uncertain, but generally speaking, it is relatively frequent. Because the research funding of the Royal Society mainly comes from the income of scientific lectures in addition to accepting donations.

For example, recently, due to the tight financial situation of the Royal Society, there are lectures every day there.

However, if you want to attend, it is best to book tickets in advance, because tickets for scientific research lectures are very popular with middle-class and upper-class ladies.

You might not know that Royal Society scientists have slowly become as popular as artists, thanks to frequent technological breakthroughs in recent years that have made headlines. "

As soon as Darwin finished speaking, Arthur thought of the memory of going to the theater with Elder that day, and being squeezed into meatloaf by the crowd chasing Paganini.

He was about to retreat, but his good brother Elder spoke again.

"Arthur, if you want to go, I can get some tickets."

"Can you get it?"

Arthur looked Elder up and down: "Aren't you an insulator who claims to be scientific? When did you start to be keen on listening to scientific lectures?"

Elder said: "I'm not interested in science, but my cousin is different! Didn't you hear what Charles said? It's fashionable to go to science lectures now.

My cousin likes to follow this kind of fashion, whether it is a complicated pleated skirt or a high-end French perfume, even a sloppy scientist, as long as it is linked to fashion, she likes it.

If you want to go, when I go to my uncle's house for dinner, I will steal two tickets from my cousin.If I remember correctly, she still buys season tickets, and more than one, and sometimes she likes to take her girlfriends with her. "

Arthur was surprised: "Is your cousin so rich?"

Elder proudly said: "Of course! Have you forgotten what I told you before? Some Royal Navy captains fought the Napoleonic Wars and earned 40 to [-] pounds.

Although my uncle only became a fifth-rank captain in the late Napoleonic Wars, he still captured two warships of the French Navy. In addition to the spoils he shared when he was the first officer, he still got [-] pounds. from.

My uncle has been stationed in the Ionian Islands and Malta with the Mediterranean Fleet all year round, and he doesn't usually take care of my cousin, so can I just let her do everything? "

(End of this chapter)