Chapter 491 Baker Street Squad

The carriage stopped outside John's Textile Factory.

Zhang Heng and Holmes got out of the car, when a man with a mouth full of rotten teeth and a sharp mouth came up, "Gentlemen, is there anything I can do for you?"

"We are going in to find someone," began Holmes.

"I'm afraid this isn't very proper. It's full of girls, you two old men..." The sharp-mouthed monkey-cheeked man shook his head and said, "It's outrageous, it's outrageous."

Holmes reached out his hand and took out a half-pound gold coin from his pocket, and threw it into the hand of the man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, "It only takes a quarter of an hour."

The latter frowned, pretending to be embarrassed.

Holmes was too lazy to act with him, and stretched out his hand to take back the gold coin.

"Don't, don't, it's just that the boss is not here, I can find a way to accommodate you... But let me say first, it's only a quarter of an hour, it can't be longer." The man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks hurriedly said, and quickly put the gold coin back into his pocket inside.

Then he led the two into the textile factory.

Since Watt's invention of the steam engine opened the prelude to the industrial revolution, the steam engine gradually replaced the previous hydraulic spinning, and the textile mill no longer needed to be built by the river, but because the John Textile Factory was established relatively early, it was not relocated in the middle, and it was still at the original site. It's just that the equipment has been updated.

This is also the first time Zhang Heng has seen such a scene. There are machines all over the huge factory building, pipelines pass under the ceiling, and the crawlers rotate with the pulleys, which affect the sewing machines one by one. The female workers are wearing hats and aprons standing on the machines Repeating the boring work in front of me, like a frame of marionettes.

Here, there is no difference between man and machine.

The man with the sharp mouth and monkey cheeks asked, "Who are you looking for? Maybe I can help you. There is no one I don't know here."

Holmes and Zhang Heng exchanged glances, and Zhang Heng put his arms around the shoulder of the man with a sharp mouth, "To tell you the truth, we actually want to open a textile factory, and this time we came to your factory to learn from it."

The sharp-mouthed monkey-cheeked man immediately became vigilant when he heard the words, "That's no good, if you had said that earlier, I wouldn't have let you in!"

"Don't be so absolute," Zhang Heng said, "We want to recruit a group of skilled workers. If you can help us, the price is negotiable."

The man with the sharp mouth and monkey cheeks was moved when he heard the words, but he said, "No, how can I betray Mr. Stotts, you must know that Mr. Stotts gave me this job, and he is still my distant relative. I can't do anything against him."

"If done well, this is a lot of money," Zhang Heng said, "enough to eat, drink and have fun for a long time."

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While the two were talking, Holmes quietly left the place.

Twenty minutes later, Zhang Heng and Holmes met again outside the textile factory. The man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks sent them to the road all the way, and said excitedly, "I will make a list soon, and I promise they are all hardworking. An honest man who doesn't care much."

"That's a good relationship. We will come to you after we confirm the location." Zhang Heng said.

Seeing the monkey-cheeked man turn around and return to the textile factory contentedly, Holmes said again, "Yes, I read you right, you are born to make this kind of material, with a little training, those idiots in Scotland Yard are no match for you. "

"how about you?"

Holmes chuckled twice, "I'm basically sure who the murderer is."

"Oh? Who is it?"

"Don't worry, I will announce the conclusion naturally when I collect enough evidence. In a sense, what Gregson said is not bad. It is a big part of our business to make inferences when we don't collect enough evidence." Bogey, once you preconceived that someone is the murderer, you will subconsciously ignore the evidence that is not conducive to your inference. Gregson himself made such a mistake. He wholeheartedly believed that the kid named Paul killed Mo Li, so all the collected evidence is against that kid."

Holmes paused, and then said, "The basis of the deductive method is observation. First of all, you need to use excellent observation skills to see those small details that are overlooked by others. Every small detail is like a dot on a white paper. Finally, you can Draw a circle on paper, frame all the points, and that's the answer you're looking for."

"The image is vivid," Zhang Heng asked, "It happens that the chemical plant where Paul works is right next door. Shall we take a look?"

"It couldn't be better," said Holmes. "I am indeed looking for someone there."

The two then came to the chemical factory next to it. The people working here were mainly men, so it was not as strict as the textile factory, but there were also supervisors. Holmes spent another half a pound and took the time to chat with a few people in the factory. Paul touched his chin when he came back and said, "Interesting."

"how?"

"Different people here have completely opposite evaluations of Paul, but this is also normal. I probably guessed something before. Gregson also came here before. He asked the manager of the factory and concluded that Paul is an old man. Fried dough sticks, causing trouble all day long, delicious and lazy, sinister and cunning, but I asked his co-workers, and those people spoke highly of him, saying that he has a good heart, is always willing to help others, and will stand up for others... and This may also be the reason why he is not liked by the factory managers," said Holmes.

"Where was he the night of the incident?" Zhang Heng asked.

"That's the problem. The chemical factory closed half an hour later than the textile factory. After the chemical factory closed, Paul went to Molly as usual. This is a well-known thing, but after that, no one was with him. No one can testify against him, but it doesn't matter, we will be able to clear him of his innocence after we catch the murderer."

"Where do we go next?"

"We have done all the investigations we can, and we will leave the rest to the Baker Street team." Holmes said, "We call it a day and go home."

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Zhang Heng, the name of the Baker Street detective team, is no stranger to him. The group of dirty, smelly, and noisy brats will definitely look very bad every time Mrs. Hudson appears. And he had to stare at them all the time, for fear that something would be missing in the living room if he didn't pay attention.

Holmes took out three shillings to the leading kid named Wiggins, "Your carriage expenses, keep an eye on that guy named Pearson who works in the Wood Chemical Factory, see what he has done, and then report to me Yes, you can come to see me alone in the future, and let the others wait outside, or Mrs. Hudson will kill me."

"Yes, Commander!" The group of children shouted loudly, while standing up straight, and then scattered with smiles.