Chapter 630: Let’s Play
On the dark street, the gangster snatched the old man’s wallet and fled.
Suddenly he found two people standing in the middle of the road, pulled out a dagger and pointed it at them and said: "Get out of here!"
Frederick turned to Anna and asked: "Are you going up or am I going up? "
Anna covered her mouth with her fan and said, "You actually let a lady do such a rude thing?"
Frederick shrugged.
The gangsters seemed to be experienced and confident, so they obviously couldn’t afford to offend them. Their lives were at stake, so they dropped their bags and ran away.
Frederick picked up the bag, went over to help the old man up, and asked: "Sir, do you need to see a doctor?"
The old man took the bag and said: "Thank you, Sir. Help, I’m fine.”
After he finished speaking, he opened the bag and took out an envelope and handed it to Frederick, and said: "Sorry, I have to rush to the dock. The ship to Weissenburg City has been delayed for half a day due to maintenance and will set sail overnight. ”
"This is my little thank you gift, please accept it."
Frederick wanted to refuse, but at this moment a taxi tricycle passed by. The old man thrust the envelope into his hand and went over to stop the tricycle. Leave by car.
Anna smiled and said: "It's really interesting. I don't know who arranged it."
Although the two people deliberately concealed it, people who practice martial arts all year round subconsciously do things like falling and running. Traces of the movements can still be seen.
Frederick also smiled and said: "It seems that we can no longer be regarded as civilians."
When the two returned to their residence, Anna's maid had just mixed the dough and was about to take it to the kitchen to make steam bread.
Anna said to her: "If someone knocks on the door later, no matter who it is, don't answer."
Frederick and Anna came to the upstairs bedroom, turned on the light, and sat down Open envelope on bed.
When the golden money order appeared, Anna frowned.
She looked at the signature and date of signing above. Only a few people knew that Frederick's signature had different changes on different dates. This signature was authentic.
This kind of money order often appears on Her Majesty the Queen's desk. Because she has a higher credit rating than the Royal Family of England, the denomination is larger than the one in front of her.
"What does this mean?" Anna said unhappily, "We kindly saved him, and he took this piece of waste paper to thank us?"
She knew very well that this kind of money order would once The exchange is just a piece of waste paper, usually given to an official or a guard or maid, and taken home to brag about.
Frederick curled his lips and said: "I signed this money order a few days before going to the Kingdom of Sardinia. If I send a telegram to Weisenburg Castle to check, I will know that it has been paid."< br>
Wesson Bank’s large money orders have two lines of numbers.
The first line is the number, the first 8 digits are the year, month and day, the 9th to 10th digits are the issuing bank, the 11th and 12th digits are the country code of the recipient, the 13th and 14th digits are the payment purpose classification codes such as taxation, remittance, debt repayment, etc., and finally The third and fourth digits are the sorting number.
The second line is a verification code composed of a series of numbers and letters. The number is converted into sixteen digits after calculation with the corresponding formula and date-related key numbers.
In places where telegraph is available, you only need to send the two-line number to Wesson Bank to verify the authenticity and status of the money order.
If there is no telegram, Wesson Bank can also verify the authenticity through the verification code.
Anna yawned, lying on the bed and said: "It's so boring, why don't you sell it for a few days' food money."
Frederick pinched his chin and said: "I can make it worth one hundred thousand pounds again."
Anna had no doubt that he could do this. The bill of exchange is just a vehicle, and the real value is determined by the issuer. Given, even adding one digit to the front is not a problem.
She sat up on the bed and asked, "Tell me, is it possible that someone deliberately gave it to ordinary people, and then saw how ordinary people would react, just for fun?" Noble She knew only too well what nonsense the master could do when he was bored.
There were not so many idle men around Frederick. Everyone was thinking about making money and did not think about this.
He asked: "Then what do you think we should do?"
Anna thought for a while, with a bad smile on her face, and said: "Do you think the person who did this suddenly knew that this money order was still worth so much money? , what expression will be on his face?”
Frederick thought it was good that the other party was not scared to death.
“Don’t forget,” Frederick reminded Her Majesty the Queen, “our identity cannot be exposed.”
Everyone is accustomed to Frederick running around, and Anna announced to the outside world that this winter There is nothing surprising about spending the winter south of the Inland Sea.
But the two of them quietly came to Londinium, the royal capital of the Kingdom of England, together in the winter. There was no good weather, no good food, and no good scenery. No one believed them if they said there was no conspiracy.
So they all put on makeup. Frederick had his traditional long hair tied into a small braid on the back of his head, and Anna had her originally straight hair permed and curled. It would be easy for an acquaintance to recognize her.
But this is a money order worth 100,000 pounds. Without a proper identity, there is no way to take it out.
Anna squinted her eyes slightly, thought for a moment, poked Frederick's shoulder with her finger, and said mysteriously: "How about we play a game..."
Frederick Lie was speechless after hearing this, but just let her go.
The next morning, the two came to the telegraph office and asked the staff what they needed to do and how much it would cost to send a telegram home to report that they were safe.
Two long telegrams arrived in Weissenburg and Wien respectively at the first time.
Leaving the telegraph office, Frederick went to the fellow villagers' association and asked if there was any translation work.
Sending telegrams almost cost them all their money, and they were out of cash.
Someone at the Fellows Club told him: "You are lucky. Almost all the translators followed the big businessmen and nobles to participate in the World Exposition. There is a severe shortage of manpower."
There was a special translation agency here, and Frederick quickly passed the interview and written test, and got the job in the afternoon.
Several translators from the tractor 4S shop located outside the city were poached by the royal delegation with high salaries to participate in the World Expo. Now many people drive tractors and pull small steam engines over for maintenance, and the shop is short of manpower.
A lot of mechanical vocabulary is needed here, and ordinary translators cannot do it, but now the store owner can only find someone to respond.
There is nothing to say about Frederick's business ability. He participated in the development of tractors and steam engines that are now exported on a large scale. The technician in the shop found ten places that needed repair, and he was able to find ten. Three, the most important thing is to convince customers.
On the other side, Anna came to a good local restaurant and had dinner.
She didn't know much of the local language, barely enough for daily communication, but it was enough to read the menu. The meat column all ended with fish, and the Elizabethan potato was directly transcribed.
So she ordered the most expensive set meal. The plate was not too small, with a piece of fried cod and a layer of "pickled hollow tree sprouts" slices underneath. Only the cans from the Principality of Wesson had it. There were several pieces around the fish. A ball of mashed potatoes scooped out with an ice cream scoop, beans stewed in ketchup, and a plate of mushroom bisque.
After the meal, Anna called the waiter and asked again: "Can your restaurant pay by money order?"
The waiter politely replied: "Our restaurant welcomes ladies to pay by money order. "
Anna added: "The face value of my money order may be a bit high."
The waiter replied: "If Madam accepts using other money orders to make up for it, that won't be a problem."
Anna nodded, opened her handbag, and took out the golden money order.
(End of this chapter)