Chapter 113 Key
Ten minutes later, Josie and Peggy Carter were seated opposite each other in the restaurant of the London Ritz Hotel.
The Ritz Hotel is considered one of the most upscale hotels in London at this time. It was built in 1904, and there is also a sister hotel named Ritz in Paris.
But now these two hotels actually belong to Josie.
In addition to these two hotels, Josie is also buying high-end hotels in major cities in Europe and America, and plans to form a high-end international chain hotel group.
On the one hand, this can be considered a good business in itself, and on the other hand, it can also be used as an intelligence station laid down by Josie all over the world.
Of course, as long as Josie knows about this kind of thing, there is no need to show off in front of Carter right now.
"Speaking of which, I haven't thanked you for Bucky's affairs!" After sitting down and ordering some food, Carter thanked Josie, "Bucky can be said to be the one Steve cares about the most in this world." Therefore, Steve has always been worried about Bucky's falling off the cliff, but unfortunately, he will never see it again."
"What is there to thank, not to mention that Steve and I are also friends, and Bucky himself is our hero. As an American, this is what I should do!" Josie waved his hand.
"That's right, you are compatriots after all!" Carter also smiled slightly when she heard the words, and then she remembered that the three Americans, Josie, Steve, and Bucky, were considered compatriots, and she, the British, was the foreigner.
"And to say that the person Steve misses the most in this world may have been Bucky, but now I think there must be one more!" Josie pointed out with a smile on his face.
Carter smiled slightly and didn't speak. She naturally understood what Josie meant, but what's the point of saying this now? Everyone is gone.
"By the way, you said you wanted to talk to me about Steve. What exactly is it?" Carter changed the subject and asked.
"Ah, look at my memory, it's not really a big deal... that's it!" Josie stretched her hand into her bosom to look for something, but actually took out an envelope from the system warehouse, and handed it to the Carter.
"What is this?" Carter took it with some surprise, but when he opened it, there was a key inside.
"This is the key to Steve's apartment in Brooklyn, New York!" Josie said.
"What? The key to Steve's apartment? How could it be?" Carter was very surprised.
"The reason is very simple. This apartment was originally rented. Although Steve paid the full rent when he joined the army, after the news of his sacrifice spread to the United States, the landlord used his banner to prepare to auction it at a high price. , I happened to know about this, so I just bought the whole building!" Josie explained casually, "I wanted to hand over the keys to Bucky, but today I met you on the road, so I It might be good to give it to you!"
Josie's words are really not lying to Carter.
In his previous life, Josie had read a lot of fans of American comics, and they would all mention that after the American team woke up, they would go back to live in the old New York house or something.
But judging from the beginning of US Team 2, it can be found that the city where US team lives is actually Washington...Of course, it may also be moved to Washington after the first battle of the Avengers.
But it was with this idea that Josie also purposely inquired about the location of the legendary former residence of the US team during the board meeting before, and was going to have a look.
While it might sound awkward for a Hydra snakehead to visit the former home of Hydra's nemesis, Josie did just that.
But the news he got from the men of the Blackwater Gang is that this apartment has been rented since Captain America's parents.
Although Captain America’s father was a hero in World War I, he was killed by mustard gas, which made Captain America adore his father. To some extent, this is also one of the reasons why Captain America wanted to join the army.
But after Josie got to know him, he realized that Captain America’s father, Joseph Rogers, was sacrificed, but it would be nonsense to say he was a hero.
Captain America's parents were Irish who immigrated to the United States in the early days of World War I.
Their life trajectories are actually very similar to Vito’s parents. They belong to the extremely poor class and have no money to buy a house at all.
And Joseph can only do some coolies at the bottom of society to support his family like Vito's father, and even participated in the local Irish gangs.
But as Steve's mother became pregnant, in order to earn more money and give the unborn Steve a better living environment, he took the risk to join the army...
When the U.S. military joined the war in World War I, it was already at the end of the war. The U.S. was just looking for cheap, and the entire country had only 300,000 troops.
So four million were recruited temporarily, and they were sent to the front line without much training.
Joseph arrived in Europe at the beginning of 2018, and then went to the battlefield for the first time in May, and died of mustard gas before firing a few shots. Then, in July, Captain America was born as a posthumous child.
If such a soldier who is involved in gangsters and alcoholics, joins the army purely for money, and has no merits can be called a war hero, then this hero is too cheap.
Captain America’s mother also beautified his father’s image in order to set an example for Captain America.
The only thing Joseph Rogers did was to leave a pension for the mother and son of the American team.
But what Steve Rogers probably never knew was that the pension never actually fell into the hands of his mother.
why? Because the U.S. government reneged.
Not only relying on the pensions of a large number of soldiers who died in battle, but also wanting to rely on the wages of American soldiers in World War I... The wages of American soldiers during World War I have not been paid after the war. Therefore, when the Great Depression came, there was a famous pension Gold march event!
In 1932, tens of thousands of veterans of World War I went to the Capitol to ask for their salaries. They were suppressed by the US military in active service at the time, resulting in the death of several veterans and two children (family members of the salaried veterans), and thousands of people were injured.
After finishing the work, the US government also labeled these veterans who marched as red crimes.
That is, among the officers who led the troops to suppress at that time, there were three of them were the famous Eisenhower, Mike Arthur, and Patton during World War II.
Eisenhower and Patton were relatively cautious in dealing with this matter, and did not resort to violence at the beginning.
But the highest rank among the three at that time was not Eisenhower, but Mike Arthur.
At the same time, Mike Arthur was also the one with the toughest attitude. He ignored the order of President Hoover at the time and forced Eisenhower and Patton to lead people to violently suppress the veterans who marched.
Coincidentally, among the parade crowd at that time, there was a special World War II veteran.
This person is the first American president after World War II, Truman.
This president is also a World War I veteran and a company commander.
So when the pay parade happened, Truman, who was only a judge in Jackson County, Missouri, also took a group of comrades to participate.
As a result, he was almost crushed to death by Mike Arthur commanding a tank at the entrance of the Capitol.
That is to say, the beams of Mike Arthur and Truman were actually buried at that time.
It is precisely because of the US government’s recklessness that Captain America was raised by his mother working alone.
His mother also went to work as a nurse in the tuberculosis ward, which was notoriously discolored, in order to earn a little more money, and finally set herself up.
And because of this kind of living environment, the US team has suffered from malnutrition since childhood, which led to a lot of problems such as asthma, scarlet fever, and rheumatic fever.
With such economic conditions, buying a house? Impossible.
Not even a small apartment in what was then a slum in Brooklyn.
Even if Steve hadn’t met Bucky as a good friend in his childhood, Steve might have died a long time ago. Compared with Steve, Bucky’s family is much better. Although he is not rich, he is also a middle class family.
This can be seen from the US team 2, the meeting of the US team, the two people's clothing is completely different.
It is because of the care of Bucky and his family that the US team can live so big.
It is precisely because of this almost brotherly relationship that Captain America cares so much about Bucky.
In comparison, the US team and Howard and his son can only be regarded as ordinary friends.
It’s no wonder that during the civil war, the US team would rather hurt Tony than defend Bucky.
People are selfish, and when it comes to things they really care about, even Captain America is not exempt.
"Thank you, Josie. This is the first time I know that his childhood was so rough!" After hearing what Josie said about the US team, Peggy Carter looked at the keys in her hand and sighed, "The house I will find a way to return the money to you."
Yes, although Carter is the lover of the US team, and thinks he knows the character of the US team very well.
But it was the first time that Carter really knew what Josie said about the birth and childhood of Captain America.
From this point of view, the US team has never lived a good life except for the period when it just became "Captain America".
"It's boring to ask me for money, or do you actually not consider me a friend at all?" Josie pretended to be displeased.
"Haha, that's right. You, a rich man, probably don't lack such a house, so I won't be polite. It just so happens that I'm going to America next week, so I don't need to find another place to live." Seeing this, Carter didn't hesitate. Reject again.
"Oh? You're going to New York next week?" Josie was a little surprised when he heard that.
Josie knew that Carter would go to the United States. After all, how could S.H.I.E.L.D. be built without going to the United States? But going now is still a bit of a surprise.
"Yes, this is not a secret. With the end of the war, the Strategic Science Corps has also begun to withdraw to the United States. Naturally, I will go there too. This time I will go back to the UK to say goodbye to my family, my sister-in-law and nephew. " Carter explained, but as soon as he finished speaking, he found that Josie was looking at him with a strange look, and couldn't help asking, "Is there something on my face?"
"Oh, nothing, I just heard something else." Josie laughed, then said, "I've heard about your brother, he's a hero."
In fact, when Carter mentioned her sister-in-law just now, Josie suddenly remembered a joke about Peggy Carter and Sharon Carter on the Internet in her previous life.
That is, in the Avengers series movies played in Xia Guo, Sharon Carter was translated as Peggy Carter's niece.
But Sharon Carter during the reunion period was obviously only in her twenties and thirties, while Peggy Carter was already in her nineties.
In addition, Peggy Carter has only one elder brother, and he died as early as World War II, leaving only one posthumous son.
So Peggy Carter should have only one nephew and no niece.
In this case, how did the niece Sharon Carter come about?
Josie was also puzzled by this for a long time in her previous life, and only later did she realize that it was actually the translation's fault.
Because in English, aunt can refer to all female elders, and aunt in English is also anut.
Now the case is solved. Sharon Carter is not Peggy's niece, but her grandnephew.
(end of this chapter)