Chasing Time

“Next, we have the most noble recipient of the Order of the Garter, the Grand Cross of Saint Michael and Saint George, the Grand Cross of the Bath, the Victoria Cross and the lower grades of Knighthood, the leader of the anti-colonial movement, the bell-ringer of the East India Company, the hero of the Crimean War, a Fellow of the Royal Society, a lifelong dear friend of literary giants such as Dickens and Great Dumas, a steadfast supporter of scientific luminaries like Faraday and Darwin, having served as assistant under-secretary, deputy under-secretary, and permanent under-secretary in departments of the Home Office and the Navy Department of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the inaugural Cabinet Secretary and head of the civil service, the first graduate and most distinguished alumnus of our school. Please welcome Sir Arthur Hastings to deliver a speech on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the University of London.”
Arthur's gaze swept across the crowd before him, looking at the young faces and murmured, “Agares, what do you think I should say?”
The Red Devil's wraith hovered behind him, saliva almost dribbling from the corner of his mouth, “Look at these ignorant souls; they still worship you as a hero. Why not say something they'd like to hear?”
Arthur took a deep breath and let out a deafening roar, “Oxford is a bunch of whores' bastards!”
“Oh!!!!”
The audience erupted into thunderous applause.
“Cambridge is the same!” he added immediately.
The applause grew even more fervent...
(The protagonist, possessed by a devil, travels through 19th-century Britain in a world without magic)

The Shadow of Great Britain

As Britain's core transportation city and an important hub for European maritime shipping, more than 40% of Europe's transatlantic trade passed through Liverpool.


Known as King's Cross Street of Liverpool, Lime Street had always occupied an extremely special position in the municipal and transportation planning of Liverpool.


A kilometer to the west from here was Liverpool's bustling dock area.


Looking westward from atop a tall building.


Arranged from north to south were: the old docks mainly engaged in trade with Africa and Ireland, the Salthouse docks focused on grain and timber trade, the Saint George docks primarily oriented towards the West Indies trade, the King's Dock filled with ships engaged in trade with America and the Baltic Sea coast, and the Queen's Dock mainly used in the Greenland fishing industry.


Chapter 303: Business Competition?