Chapter 271: , A way to survive

The administrative efficiency of the British government today is not as high as before. This is normal, because the struggle in Parliament is more intense than before. In the past, two groups of Tories and Whigs fought in a parliament, and since King George III ascended the throne, the Tories gradually gained the upper hand in the parliament. This ensures that government policies can be quickly adopted and implemented.
Recently, however, this situation has suddenly changed. The Tory Party, which originally occupied the obvious trend, split, and the entire parliament became the Romance of the Three Kingdoms of the Tory Party, the New Tory Party and the Whig Party. The guys of the three factions keep pulling each other back in all kinds of things. Some government bills have to be passed in the parliament, and even the government has to formulate certain bills. It has become slower than before. too much.
But on the issue of restoring order in London, the three parties hardly communicated with each other. It took less than half an hour to quickly pass the "Policy Regulations" proposed by the government through the third reading and restore the ancient "Hobo Law". The effectiveness of.
According to the ancient "Wandering Man Law", the act of wandering around with nothing to do, not doing business, is defined as a crime. The unemployed or unemployed are defined as "criminals." The police can arrest these "criminals" at will on the street and stuff them into jail.
Of course, the capacity of the prison is not enough to hold so many "criminals", so the "Homeless Man Act" kindly gives these sinners a chance to repent: they will not be arrested for "criminal" for the first time. Was punished too harshly. Will only be beaten twice, leave a record, and then be released.
However, if "criminals" like to do things and do not dare to work, the punishment will become more severe. Three days after being whipped for "crime", if the "criminal" is arrested again for the same crime, then he will be sentenced to hard labor.
Of course, the laws of Great Britain are very benevolent. The purpose of hard labor is not to make him suffer, but to hope that he can correct his bad habits in the course of work, in order to cure illnesses and save people. Of course, considering that the problems of love and work are generally difficult to correct, and it is easy to relapse, just like the broken updates and bad endings of some web authors. So generally it does need a longer sentence to consolidate the curative effect, just as some online authors also need a small black room or 14-day isolation.
These prisoners sentenced to hard labor became so-called "public slaves" in fact. In a sense, the situation of "public slaves" is very bad, much worse than "private slaves". Because "private slaves" are the property of slave owners, slave owners generally do not want their own property to suffer unnecessary losses, so they will try their best to avoid using their slaves all at once.
But "public slave" is different. He is "public property" and therefore is not the property of any one person. If his labor can also belong to the public, it will be different. If his labor belongs to someone, it is different. Then, that person will naturally tend to use this tool with maximum intensity. It is not his loss to use the tools anyway.
Prisoners sentenced to hard labor are often rented out to companies such as mines, although the government also stipulates compensation for losses (this is for the government, not for tools, or the families of "public slaves"), But for the government, these "public slaves" are easy to come by, almost without a basis for trading, so the compensation they demand is not too high. In this way, the situation of these "public slaves" can naturally be imagined. Up.
Of course, in a sense, this system is still a kind of benevolent government. Because even
public slaves
are in a far better situation than those in North America who pick cotton and have black slaves who eat watermelons during rest, but they are not the most tragic because there is a situation of slaves, even They are worse. The most miserable slave of this kind has an official name called "free worker".
This kind of slave named "free worker" is not a slave of any master, nor a slave of the state, so no one needs to cherish him. For any business owner who rents him, the most beneficial thing is to use him with maximum intensity. If it is found that he may be close to being damaged due to overuse, then in order to avoid risks, those factory owners will naturally not rent him. After all, free trade, everyone has the freedom to choose. As a result, those slaves named "free workers" who have suffered structural damage and whose labor capacity has declined have to starve to death freely. In contrast, "public slaves" have at least a prison cell to eat. This is also an important reason why Subi would rather go to Blackwell Island than be a "free worker".
If the persevering "criminal" still refuses to repent, and after being released from prison, he once again walks around in a leisurely, leisurely life, then according to the law, he can be hung up. However, the effectiveness of the reforms in Great Britain is very obvious. The vast majority of "criminals" will never commit such a "crime" again, because most of the "criminals" have successfully received the Lord after being reformed. Summoned.
Of course, the final measures of the original "Hobo Law" are still a bit too strict. Therefore, the Addington government has made some changes to this, changing the hanging to exile. Anyway, there are many territories in Great Britain.
Immediately after this decision was made, the British state machinery became effective and a large number of criminals were taken to prison, and then a large number of "public slaves" were sent to various coal mines, iron mines, and other high-risk industries.
George was walking in the street when a policeman stopped him suddenly.
"What do you do? Do you have a job?" the policeman asked him, and put his hand on the handle of the pistol that was in his waist.
"Police officer, I have a job. I am a worker in Andy Machinery Factory. Look, I have a factory work permit here."
As George said, he passed a small card to the policeman. The policeman took the card, took a look, then threw it back to him:
"You have a job, why are you still running around here?"
"Police officer, I'm on the night shift. Now I can go out to buy some food and eat something before I can go to work." George quickly answered, picking up the small card and putting it in his arms cherishedly.
"Hurry up," the policeman said.
George quickly walked away, took a few steps, turned a corner, entered an alley, and then disappeared.
George is indeed on the night shift, but he is not in the Andy Machinery Factory. His work permit is a counterfeit bought from a gang, but there is no decent anti-counterfeit for the authentic product of this era, so under normal circumstances, it can be true. . And his real job is burglary.
With the implementation of the new law, crimes have not been reduced immediately, but have become more intense. Because everyone must hurry up.
All "criminals" know it. The future of staying in Britain is worrisome. Whether it is becoming a "public slave" or a "free slave", it is not a way to survive. The only way to survive is to quickly get a sum of money enough to buy a ticket to the New World, and then ran to the New World.
Of course, George is not willing to be a "public slave" or a "free slave". He plans to take a risk with his friends, go to a decent man's house to borrow some money tonight, and then hurriedly defect to the free America.
But when he came out from the other end of the alley and was about to step on the spot near the big mansion over there, he heard such a shout: "Tenancy tenants are recruited, tenant tenants are recruited, Luis Anna is recruiting tenant tenants! As long as you can farm, you can go to Louisiana to grow wheat, open up wasteland and cultivate for five consecutive years, and you can get land ownership!"
"Is there anything like this?" George was taken aback, turned his head and looked over there, and saw a newsboy waving a newspaper, yelling and running towards this side.
George grabbed the newsboy~EbookFREE.me~ and asked, "What's this about?"
"How do I know?" the newspaper boy asked rhetorically.
"Then what are you calling?"
"I was told to shout. You have to ask this, you go to Petticoat Lane, where someone specializes in this." The newsboy replied.
"Petticoat Lane?" George is not a native of London and is not familiar with these place names.
"Just ask yourself. Many people want to go anyway."
George thought that it was still early at night, and it would not take much time to go to Petticoat Alley. If you can really become a tenant again, it is better than taking the risk of burglary.
In Petticoat Lane, Fagin’s "butcher" is selecting tenants who are willing to go to Louisiana. This matter was entrusted to him by Jager Goren. It is said that Jager Goreng and the others sold a large piece of land in Louisiana, and now there is a shortage of people who open up wasteland and farm. So they have to take the opportunity to recruit some people here, but the butcher feels that things don't seem to be that simple.