The British government is not as efficient as it used to be, and this is not untrue, because the struggle in Parliament is more intense than before. In the past, the Tories and Whigs fought back and forth in a country's parliament, and since the accession of King George III, the Tory have gradually gained the upper hand in parliament. This ensures that government policies are adopted and implemented quickly.

Recently, however, the situation has changed when the Tories, which had a clear upper hand, split, and the entire parliament became a tripartite of the Tories, the New Tories and the Whigs. The guys of the three factions are constantly pulling each other back on all sorts of things, and some of the government's bills are getting passed in parliament, and even the government is much slower than before to make certain bills.

However, on the issue of restoring order in London, there was little communication between the three parties, and it took less than half an hour to quickly pass the government's proposed "Peace Ordinance" in three readings, and restore the effect of the ancient "Tramp Law".

According to the ancient "Tramp Law", the act of wandering around with nothing to do and not engaging in property is defined as a crime. The unemployed or unemployed are defined as "criminals". The police can pick up these "criminals" on the street at will and stuff them in jail.

Of course, the capacity of the prison is not enough to accommodate so many "criminals", so the "Tramp Law" mercifully gives these sinners a chance to repent: they will not be punished too harshly after they are arrested for "crime" for the first time. You will only be whipped twice, a record will be made, and then you will be released.

However, if the "criminals" are indulgent and do not dare to teach repeatedly, then the punishment will become more severe. After three days of flogging for "crime", if the "criminal" is arrested again for the same crime, he is sentenced to hard labor.

Of course, the laws of Great Britain were very merciful, and the purpose of hard labor was not to make him suffer, but to hope that he would correct his bad habits of indulgence and indolence in his labor, and that he might cure the sick and save others. Of course, considering that the problems of leisure and hard work are generally difficult to change, and it is easy to recur, just like the interruption and unfinished work of some online writers. Therefore, it is generally necessary to have a longer sentence to consolidate the efficacy, just as some online writers also need a small black room or 14 days of quarantine.

These prisoners sentenced to hard labor have in fact become so-called "communal 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 their slaves all at once.

But the "communal slave" is different, he is "communal property" and therefore not in fact the property of any one person, and it would be fine if his labour could also be communal, and if his labour belonged to a certain person, it would be different, and that person would naturally be inclined to use the instrument with the greatest intensity. Anyway, it's not his loss to use the tool badly.

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, and they are almost a capital deal, so the compensation they demand is not too high, so the situation of these "public slaves" can be imagined.

Of course, in a sense, this system is still a kind of benevolent government. Because even the "communal slaves", although their situation is far less than that of the black slaves in North America who pick cotton and eat watermelons when they rest, they are not the most miserable in terms of situation, because there is a slave situation that is even worse than theirs. The most miserable slaves had an official name, "free workers".

This slave, called the "free worker", is not a slave of any master, nor a slave of the state, so no one needs to cherish him. The most advantageous 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 damage due to overuse, then in order to avoid risks, the factory owners will naturally not rent him anymore. After all, in free trade, everyone has the freedom to choose. As a result, the slaves called "free workers" who had a certain amount of structural damage and reduced their ability to work were left to starve to death. In contrast, the "public slaves" at least had a prison cell to eat. This is also an important reason why Subi would rather go to Blackwell Island than become a "freelancer".

If the unscrupulous "criminals" still refuse to repent and, after being released from prison, once again wander into a life of idleness and indulgence, then according to the law, he can be hung up. However, the effect of the reform of Great Britain is obvious, and the vast majority of "criminals" will not commit such "crimes" again, because most of the "sinners" have been successfully called by the Lord after being reformed.

Of course, the final measures on the original "Tramp Law" were still a little too harsh, so now the Addington government has made some changes to this, changing the hanging to exile - anyway, there are many British possessions.

As soon as this decision was made, the British state apparatus was put into operation efficiently, with large numbers of criminals being arrested and imprisoned, and then large numbers of "public slaves" sent to various coal mines, iron mines, and other high-risk industries.

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

"What do you do? Have a job? The policeman asked him as he put his hand on the handle of the pistol stuck in his waist.

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

George said as he handed a small card to the officer. The policeman took the card, looked at it, threw it back to him, and said:

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

"Officer, I'm on the night shift. Now come out and buy something to eat, eat something, so that you can go to work. George quickly replied as he picked up the small card and placed it in his arms.

"Get out of here." Said the policeman.

George hurried away, took a few steps, turned a corner, entered an alley, and then disappeared.

George did work the night shift, but not at Andy's Machine Factory, and his work card was a forgery bought from the gangsters, but there was no decent anti-counterfeiting for the real thing in this era, so in general, it was indeed possible to mess with the real thing. And his real job is burglary.

With the implementation of the new law, crime has not only not decreased immediately, but has become more violent. Because everybody has to hurry.

All the "criminals" know it. The future of staying in Britain is in jeopardy. Neither becoming a "public slave" nor a "free slave" is a way to live. The only way to survive is to get enough money to buy a ticket to the New World, and then run to the New World.

George certainly didn't want to be a "public slave" or a "free slave", and he planned to take a risk with his friends, borrow some money from a decent man's house tonight, and then rush to free America.

But just as he came out of the other side of the alley, about to step on the spot near the big mansion over there, he heard this shout: "Tenants are recruited, tenants are recruited, Louisiana is recruited!" As long as you know how to farm, you can go to Louisiana to grow wheat, and you can get land ownership after five years of continuous farming! ”

"And such a thing?" George was taken aback, turned his head to look that way, and saw a newsboy, waving a newspaper, shouting and running towards it.

George grabbed the newsboy and asked, "What is that talking about?" ”

"How do I know?" The newsboy asked rhetorically.

"And what are you shouting?"

"People told me to shout. You're going to ask this, you go to Petticoat Alley, there's someone there who specializes in this. The newsboy replied.

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

"Just ask yourself. Anyway, a lot of people want to go. ”

George thought that it was still early in the night, and that a trip to Petticoat Alley would not waste much time. If you can really become a tenant again, it is better than taking the risk of burglary.

And in Petticoat Alley, the "butcher" acting Fagin is picking tenants willing to go to Louisiana. This was entrusted to him by Jager Golem. It is said that Jager Golem sold a large tract of land in Louisiana, and now there is a shortage of people to cultivate the land. So they want to take the opportunity to recruit some people here, but the butcher feels that things don't seem to be so simple.