Today is Sunday, and there are a lot of people coming to church for worship. But at this point in time, the priest had already finished Mass, many people had already left, and there were not many people in the church.

Aurelio looked a little impatient, and he walked over with some excitement, not even caring about his demeanor in public.

Agnes smiled helplessly and shook her head when she saw her mother next to Aurelio.

Aurelio leaned down slightly and hugged Agnes with open arms, and Agnes felt Aurelio hold her arms very hard.

Agnes hesitated, then wrapped her arms around Aurerio, and slapped her hand twice on Aurelio's back.

Ms. Jones, who was next to her, looked at them and laughed, and said to the mother who came by, "Mariana, these two children of yours have a very good relationship. ”

The mother didn't speak, just smiled softly and looked at Agnes and Aurelio.

Aurelio finally remembered his situation, he let go of his arms, looked at Agnes carefully, then turned to Miss Jones and saluted her chest, and said, "Aunt Jones, thank you for sending Agnes out." ”

Ms. Jones laughed, "It's my duty. ”

"Agnes hasn't been home for a long time, I want to take Agnes back as soon as possible, and I ask Aunt Jones for forgiving me for the rudeness." Aurelio said neatly.

Aunt Jones nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"See you then, Olivia." Mother smiled and said goodbye.

Miss Jones nodded, "See you later, Mariana, Aurelio, and the lovely little Angnes." ”

"Goodbye, Ms. Jones." Agnes said earnestly to Ms. Jones.

Miss Jones smiled and rubbed Agnes' head.

Agnes followed her mother and Aurelio out of the church, walked through Campo de' Fiori, and got into the carriage.

From the moment she got into the carriage, Agnes stared at Aurelio with some strange eyes. Aurelio was a little restless at Agnes staring at him.

Finally, Aurelio finally couldn't help it and asked, "Agnes, why are you staring at me?" ”

Agnes couldn't help but laugh and said, "Our Mr. Pagani is tough today. ”

The tips of Aurelio's ears reddened slightly, and he coughed, avoiding Agnes' eyes.

The corners of her mother's mouth curled slightly, and she spoke, "Aurelio has been helping your father with some things lately, and he has done a good job. ”

"Aurelio is amazing." Agnes said out loud in a deliberately exaggerated tone.

Angnes saw that Aurelio's ears were about to turn red, he quickly covered Agnes's mouth, and said with some annoyance, "Besides, your gift is gone!" ”

Agnes raised her hand in surrender, and Aurelio let go of the hand that was covering Agnes' mouth.

The mother smiled and watched the interaction of her two children, but did not speak.

Agnes saw that Aurelio was really embarrassed, and did not tease him again. There was no one in the carriage for a moment, and Agnes saw that Aurelio's ears were gradually returning to normal.

Agnes grinned and leaned over to Aurelio and said, "Aurelio, you secretly told me what the gift was for me?" ”

Aurelio's gray-blue eyes were full of smiles, he looked at Agnes, and said with some smugness, "You-guess-ah-"

Agnes was a little dissatisfied, and she looked at her mother pleadingly.

The mother just smiled at the two of them, ignoring Agnes' pleas.

"Okay, okay, I guess you got me a new piano."

Aurelio shook his head with a smile and said, "You guessed it wrong, it's much smaller than that." ”

"Is that a violin?" Agnes said uncertainly.

Aurelio shook his head again.

Agnes couldn't help but hold Aurelio's arm with both hands and said coquettishly, "Just tell me." ”

Aurelio held his ground and shook his head.

Agnes sat back in her place and didn't speak.

There was silence in the carriage for a while.

"Angry?" Aurelio leaned over and asked.

"Nope." Agnes tilted her head and said sullenly.

Aurelio couldn't help but rub Agnes's head, but Agnes grabbed him and stared at him dissatisfied.

Aurelio couldn't help but laugh as he sat down next to Agnes and whispered

"Tell you, and you'll have no surprises." Aurelio's grayish-blue eyes were full of smiles.

"Okay." Agnes said with some disappointment.

There seemed to be a commotion not far away, and Agnes looked through the glass of the car window to the outside.

She saw a long procession of men walking down the street, mostly stout and dressed in different clothes, mostly stained with various colors, and her keen eyes even allowed Agnes to see the rough hands of the people in the procession.

Agnes saw that they were holding flags with words written on them, and Agnes could see them clearly, which read "Refuse to abolish the guild system". She heard the marchers shouting something similar to that.

Agnes felt the carriage stop, presumably because of the procession.

Agnes looked away at Aurelio.

Aurelio's face was not very good, he stepped forward and closed the curtains, and said, "I didn't expect such a thing to happen. ”

"Hmm." Agnes nodded.

Aurelio sat down across from Agnes, looked at Agnes, hesitated for a moment, and then explained, "You know, for various historical reasons, Fenerport did not completely reform in the original wave of industrialization from Intis, but left behind the problem of guilds. ”

"Now the guilds have become an obstacle to Fenerport's development. Well, in the words of Russell the Great, it is that this system is more suitable for individualization than for industrialization. Moreover, many guilds were monopolies, which caused the prices of many commodities to be inflated, which was very detrimental to Fenerport's commodity exports. ”

Aurelio couldn't help but sigh and said, "In Fenerport City and some large cities, the guilds are still relatively small, and the guilds of some smaller cities almost monopolize most of the craftsmen. ”

"They set the number of helpers and apprentices, did not allow members to use any tools and methods other than customary methods to produce, strictly controlled the quantity of goods produced by members, and forbade members to sell at reduced prices. And in the cities where they can monopolize, they can control the supply of raw materials, and require the artisans of their own trades to join the city. Even in some cities, they can participate in the municipal government. ”

Agnes lifted the curtains thoughtfully, looked at the procession outside, and said, "But the craftsmen support it, don't they?" ”