New Gods of North America

After realizing that the manor was leaky enough,

The next day, Wayne suggested to Mr. Ben Harmon that he move all the things that might have been coveted recently back to the safe in the secret compartment of the study.

This is mainly because the study is relatively open, and it is more convenient for Wayne and his men to enter and guard it as bodyguards.

If it is moved to a place like the master bedroom, it will be more troublesome.

Although doing so may result in the employer and important items being "destroyed one by one" by someone secretly targeting them,

But the detective agency now has two teams in the manor. If we give them a chance to lure the other party away, we can at least understand where the other party's focus is.

After all, "stealing information" and "assassinating targets" are two different things from the very beginning.

Wayne's group of bodyguards usually ensure that there are three people in the manor at the same time.

Two of them were mainly responsible for guarding around Mr. Ben Harmon, while Wayne himself wandered around from time to time.

Nowadays, in each federal state that has been officially established, state-level education committees have been established one after another.

According to the school district divisions in each state, public schools began to be gradually established to provide free education.

But now the school,

Basically, they are still mainly church schools and schools run by cities and towns themselves. The source of funds is basically donations or subsidies from local wealthy people, and the quality of teachers varies.

Because it is free education, most of them are carried out in the form of night schools or part-time schools.

The content of the teaching, in addition to spreading the "Holy Scripture" and some general education with some private content,

Basically, it teaches people arithmetic, literacy and so on, which are roughly the "primary school" level of modern society.

Therefore, most of the wealthy people in America these days still educate their children in the "family education" model.

When you grow up to a certain age, if you are still interested, you will go to some higher education institutions to continue your studies.

Georgeburg is one of the cities with more "rich people". In addition to the free schools for ordinary people, there are also more tutors who can serve upper-class families.

So children like Mr. Ben Harmon's children, who were born into wealthy and landowner families, felt that their childhood was very busy.

In addition to basic reading, writing and arithmetic,

The compulsory courses also include religion, history, grammar, philosophy, poetry, dance, etiquette, social knowledge, scientific knowledge, art appreciation, horse riding and shooting.

There are more electives.

Singing, painting, musical instruments, architecture, sculpture, sailing, hunting, business, politics and so on.

Anyway, as long as you can afford the corresponding tutor, you can learn the corresponding courses - some great tutors can be responsible for several courses alone.

Mr. Ben Harmon's eldest daughter is Anna and his youngest son is Lucas. They are both pretty good looking.

The two little kids in their early teens were much busier than the bodyguards in the manor. They were busy being fed all kinds of things all day long.

Wayne gained some respect for "cultured people" because he was able to study in the "college" that the Southerners were proud of.

Therefore, many tutors do not mind Wayne watching quietly from the side occasionally. Some tutors even invite Wayne to demonstrate to their children, showing them from the side the level of a "qualified cultural person".

For example, in math class,

Wayne demonstrated several quick calculations to the children without hesitation, such as "adding from 1 to 100" or "how many chickens and rabbits are there in the same cage".

The two little brats had an unrealistic idea of ​​the average arithmetic level of people in the West.

Another day passed, and in the children's favorite outdoor class,

Mr. Ben Harmon's youngest son, Lucas, took the initiative to give Wayne a chance to appear before a person:

"Mr. Wayne, can you hit the bull's eye of the target like Mr. Grayson?"

Outdoor classes are a rare leisure time for children, and they are combined with afternoon tea.

Sister Anna was practicing sketching under a parasol like a doll, while brother Lucas was taking a shooting lesson.

The shooting class for little brats does not require accuracy, it is good enough if they can avoid hitting anyone.

The tutor was mainly giving him a preliminary understanding of firearms and helping him avoid fear, and also teaching him some etiquette about the "duel culture" which was still popular among southern gentlemen.

Wayne looked at the target less than ten meters away with a bit of disgust.

So he just nodded, without even trying to pull out his gun, "Of course. I'm a cowboy from Kansas City."

"Then why don't you give it a try? Let me see how a cowboy shoots."

Lucas didn't doubt Wayne's ability, but he was a little persistent and kept pestering him.

He also held out a revolver and wanted to hand it to Wayne.

So Wayne took out his gun from the gun pouch under his arm, stood there without aiming, turned his head, raised his hand and fired a shot.

Off target.

There were no extra holes in the target paper hanging on the scarecrow, but the straw hat hanging on the scarecrow's "head" flew up.

Forehead……

I hit the head out of habit...

Wayne had no choice but to continue wasting bullets, firing several shots in a row.

From the scarecrow's head all the way down, draw a straight vertical line on the target paper, and the last shot hits the bull's eye.

"Wow!"

The little brat Lucas clapped his hands nearby, "Mr. Wayne, can I learn shooting from you?"

Wayne blew the gunpowder smoke from the muzzle and said, "I don't teach children. You should learn the basic skills from the teacher first."

The young tutor Seth Grayson next to him also understood that Wayne had no intention of ruining the show, so he praised Wayne's shooting skills a few words, persuaded the little brat to go over, and continued teaching him step by step.

Then Wayne found an opportunity to secretly contact Lina.

Although she hasn't found any clues yet, she seems to have become quite familiar with the servants. Not only is the bread cut thicker when eating, but even the meat in the soup seems to be more generous.

It seems that at that time, America did not have the large reinforced concrete prisons of later generations.

Otherwise, Wayne would have wanted to find an opportunity to let her go in and lurk for a while to see if Lina could do well in prison.

After two days of leisurely eating and drinking,

Then came the day when Mr. Ben Harmon was customarily due to go to Richmond.

The straight-line distance between Georgeburg and Richmond is about 60 kilometers, but the actual distance is slightly longer, closer to 70 kilometers.

If you take a horse carriage, it will take about half a day to travel the distance. Mr. Ben Harmon usually sets out on the morning of the first day and stays there for one night. If nothing goes wrong, he will arrive home on the evening of the second day, and sometimes he can even make it in time for dinner.

Ryan is now Mr. Ben Harmon's personal valet, riding in the same carriage with bodyguards like Wayne and Doug.

The other trainee detective was ostensibly the coachman, pulling Mr. Ben Harmon and one of his assistants.

Then Inesa took a trainee detective and sat in another carriage halfway along the way, pretending to be traveling together.

The three carriages kept a slight distance from each other and moved towards Richmond like a sandwich.