Fox of France

The administrative efficiency of today's British government is not as high as before, which is normal, because the struggle in Parliament is more intense than before. In the past, the Tory Party and the Whig Party mainly fought in the Parliament of a country, and since King George III came to the throne, the Tory Party has gradually gained the upper hand in the Parliament. This ensures that government policies can be passed and implemented quickly.

But recently, this situation has suddenly changed. The Tory Party, which originally had a clear upper hand, split, and the entire parliament became a Romance of the Three Kingdoms of the Tory Party, the New Tory Party and the Whig Party. The guys from the three factions are constantly holding each other back on various things, making some government bills to be passed in the parliament, and even the government has to formulate certain bills to become more difficult than before. Much slower.

However, on the issue of restoring order in London, the three parties hardly had much communication. It took only half an hour to quickly pass the third reading of the "Public Order Regulations" proposed by the government and restore the ancient "Homeless Law". "Efficacy.

According to the ancient "Homeless Law", wandering around without doing anything, and 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 in jail.

Of course, the capacity of the prison is not enough to accommodate so many "criminals", so the "Homeless Law" kindly gave these sinners a chance to repent: after they were arrested for "crime" for the first time, they would not punished too harshly. Only two lashes will be given, a record will be left, and then he will be released.

However, if the "criminals" are idle and lazy, and dare not to be taught repeatedly, then the punishment will become more severe. After being flogged for three days for a "crime," if the "criminal" was caught again for the same crime, he was 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 of liking leisure and not working hard during labor, in order to cure diseases and save people. Of course, considering that the problems of leisure and work are generally difficult to correct, and it is easy to relapse, just like the broken updates and unfinished endings of some online writers. Therefore, it is generally true that a longer sentence is needed to consolidate the curative effect, just like some online writers also need a small black room or 14 days of isolation.

These prisoners sentenced to hard labor, in fact, became the so-called "public slaves". In a sense, the situation of "public slaves" is very bad, much worse than that of "private slaves". Because "private slaves" are the property of slave owners, slave owners generally do not want their property to suffer unnecessary losses, so they will try their best to avoid using up their slaves all at once.

But the "public slave" is different. He is "public property" and thus is not the property of any one person. If it is the same, that person will naturally be inclined to use the tool with maximum intensity. Anyway, it is not his loss if the tool is used up.

Prisoners sentenced to hard labor are often rented out to enterprises such as mines, although the government also stipulates compensation for losses (this is paid to the government, not to tools, or to the families of "public slaves"), But for the government, these "public slaves" are easy to come by, almost costless, so the compensation they demand is not too high. In this way, the situation of these "public slaves" can be imagined up.

Of course, in a sense, this system is still a kind of benevolent government. Because even if they are "public slaves", although their situation is far inferior to that of those black slaves in North America who pick cotton and eat watermelons when they are resting, their situation is not the most miserable, because there is a situation of slaves, Even worse than them. The most wretched slave of this kind had an official name, the "free laborer."

This kind of slave named "free worker" is not a slave of any master, nor a slave of the country, so no one needs to cherish him. The best thing for any business owner who rents him 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 again. After all, in free trade, everyone has the freedom to choose. As a result, those slaves named "free workers" who suffered structural damage and whose labor ability decreased had to starve to death freely. In contrast, the "public slaves" at least had a prison cell to eat. This is also an important reason why Soapy would rather go to Blackwell Island than be a "free worker".

If the perpetual "criminal" still refuses to repent, and after he is released from prison, he will once again lead a life of idleness and idleness, then according to the law, he can be hung up. However, the effect of Great Britain's transformation is obvious. Most of the "criminals" will not commit such "crimes" again, because most of the "sinners" have been successfully converted by the Lord after being reformed. summoned.

Of course, the final disposal measures in the original "vagrant law" were still a bit too harsh, so now the Addington government has made some changes to this, changing the hanging to exile-anyway, there are many territories in Great Britain.

After this decision was made, the British state machinery began to operate efficiently. A large number of criminals were arrested and imprisoned, and then a large number of "public slaves" were sent to various coal mines, iron mines, and other high-risk industries.

George was walking on the street when a policeman stopped him suddenly.

"What do you do? Do you have a job?" the policeman asked him, putting his hand on the butt of the pistol at his waist.

"Officer, I have a job. I'm a worker at Andy Machinery Factory. You see, I have a factory work permit here."

As George said, he handed a small card to the policeman. The policeman took the card, glanced at it, then threw the card back to him and said:

"You have a job, why are you still running around here?"

"Officer, I'm on the night shift. Come out now to buy something to eat before going to work." George answered quickly, picked up the small card, and put it in his arms.

"Go away," said the policeman.

George walked away quickly, took a few steps, turned a corner, entered an alley, and disappeared.

It is true that George works the night shift, but not at the Andy Machinery Factory. His work ID is a counterfeit bought from a gangster, but the real ones of this era have no decent anti-counterfeiting, so under normal circumstances, it is true that they can be faked. of. And his real job is burglary.

With the implementation of the new law, not only did the crime not decrease immediately, but it became more violent. Because everyone has to hurry up.

All the "criminals" know it. The future of staying in Britain is bleak. Whether it is to become a "public slave" or a "free slave", there is no way out. The only way to survive is to quickly get enough money to buy a boat ticket to the New World, and then run to the New World.

Of course, George didn't want to be a "public slave" or a "free slave". He planned to take a risk with his companions, go to a decent man's house to borrow some money tonight, and then rush to free America.

But just as he came out from the other end of the alley and was about to step on the ground near the big house over there, he heard a shout like this: "Tenants are recruited, tenants are recruited, Louisiana is recruiting tenants! As long as you know how to farm, you can go to Louisiana to grow wheat, open up wasteland and cultivate for five consecutive years, and you will be able to obtain land ownership!"

"Is there such a thing?" George was taken aback, turned his head to look over there, and saw a newsboy waving a newspaper, shouting, and running towards this side.

George grabbed the newsboy and asked, "What does it say?"

"How do I know?" the newsboy asked back.

"Then what are you shouting?"

"I was called to. If you want to ask about this, you can go to Petticoat Lane, where there are people who are in charge of this." The newsboy replied.

"Petticoat Lane?" George was not a native of London and was not familiar with these place names.

"Just ask yourself. A lot of people want to go anyway."

It was still early night, George thought, and a trip to Petticoat Lane would not waste much time. If he could become a tenant again, it would be better than taking the risk of burglary.

And in Petticoat Lane, the "butcher" who represented Fagin was selecting tenants who would go to Louisiana. This matter was entrusted to him by Jacques Gauleng. It is said that Jacob Gauleng and the others sold a large piece of land in Louisiana, and now there is a shortage of people who open up wasteland and cultivate it. So they want to take the opportunity to recruit some people here, but the butcher feels that things don't seem to be that simple.