As the carriage approached Hartl Street, Agnes heard the cheers of a crowd from afar.

"It's really lively."

Hartle Street has a large plaza that is the first choice for many large events.

Agnes looked through the window of the car to the place where the cheers were coming from, where the crowd had gathered and couldn't see what was going on inside.

But even without her enhanced eyesight, Agnes could see that the people who had gathered together were not very brightly dressed, but at least most of them were decent.

Agnes parked the carriage on the side of the street and walked to the place where the crowd had gathered without taking Hetty with her.

The crowd stood extremely tight, and it was difficult to see what was going on inside, and instead of trying to force her way in, Agnes turned and climbed onto the pedestal of the statue in the square not far away, and sat on it to look inside.

In the center of the crowd, an area roughly ten meters in diameter was vacated, and a person who looked like a college student was standing in the center.

Seeing that he was a little proud, Agnes stretched out her hand to signal the crowd to calm down, and then spoke slowly:

"Today, the guild system of the Guild that has poisoned Feneport for more than 300 years is finally coming to an end."

"For three hundred years, they have sucked the blood of their helpers and stepped on the emaciated bodies of their apprentices to create wealth for their true members, the dozens of craftsmen in every guild."

"They ......"

Agnes sighed helplessly. She looked around at the crowd of speakers, most of them were well-dressed people, and there were very few people dressed like craftsmen and helpers.

Based on the content of the speech, it may appear that the speaker has a high level of knowledge of the guild, but the speaker may not be able to resonate enough. But this is also normal, real craftsmen and helpers have no time to come to Hartle Street to listen to any speeches, they are already struggling to earn money to support themselves and their families.

However, the power of such a speech to mobilize public opinion is sufficient, although the audience may not have much resonance, but it will also leave the impression that the guild is not a good thing, Agnes secretly commented.

Agnes sat on the pedestal of the statue and listened to each other's speeches.

"They even have a lot of restrictions on their members, and in order to ensure the so-called 'equality of interests' of members, they implement a member-sharing system, requiring that the goods purchased by one member have the right to be shared by other members of the guild to make claims to share in the goods......"

"It's not like that!" A discordant sound was heard, and Agnes saw a little commotion in one corner of the crowd.

Agnes followed the prestige, and she saw an acquaintance with whom she had a relationship, Henry Schelling, the chief craftsman of the Blacksmiths' Guild, who was a suspected generalist who tried to "act bravely".

Henry Schelling looked much haggard than he had last seen him, and he had changed into a more decent-looking shirt and trousers, but he could still see that the clothes were white, and there were obvious signs of wear around the edges.

"Guilds were established to promote the common interests of their members, and the member-sharing system was only to eliminate the purchasing advantage of some members and to prevent some members from using their own resources to hoard raw materials for profit." Henry Schelling said in a hoarse voice.

The speaker looked at Henry Schelling and raised his eyebrows, and said in a strange tone, "You are the acting president of the Blacksmiths' Guild of Schelling?" ”

Henry Schelling nodded.

Seeing the speaker's obvious excitement, Agnes asked Henry Schelling in a loud voice: "I heard that the real reason for the suicide of your former president, Osie Carman, was to coerce the parliamentarians in violation of the law and try to escape the punishment of the law, is that so?" ”

Agnes saw Henry Schelling bow his head slightly, clenched his fists tightly, and did not speak for a long time, and the speaker seemed to be taken aback by Henry Schelling's reaction, quietly took a few steps back, swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and said loudly:

"If you don't speak, it seems that there is such a thing."

Just as Agnes stood up and prepared to save the speaker before Henry Schelling could strike, he let go of his fist, covered his eyes with one hand, and roared, "Yes, I admit it, and I'm involved." ”

There was an uproar in the crowd, and there was a lot of discussion for a while.

Agnes shook her head secretly, Henry Schelling didn't seem to be very emotionally stable, and his emotional response would bring the blacksmith guild into an even more awkward situation. There must have been some hidden circumstance in the fact that President Carman had not been convicted and that the newspapers had not mentioned it, so that those who were on the side of the abolition of the guild system had given up using this to attack him, and the speaker had only heard such gossip from somewhere.

But now it was Henry Schelling himself who had admitted the truth of the matter in front of so many people, and even if there was any hidden secret, their father could no longer pretend that they did not know. In such a situation, out of the desire to make full use of all the advantages that can be used, they will definitely not let go of such a good opportunity to further attack the guild system, and the blacksmith guild will probably become the biggest victim.

Henry Schelling had probably been so engrossed in technology before, and he had never been on such an occasion, and it seemed that President Carman had protected him well. Otherwise, if you change to someone with a little experience, I am afraid that in such a situation, you will immediately deny it.

Agnes sighed, thinking about the first case she had been exposed to when she had been in contact with Alyssa when she entered the Heart of Nature, and the strange attitude of President Carman, according to Elisa. Maybe we can go to Ms. Jones and ask what happened to this case, maybe we can find out what President Carman did with them, Angnes thought.

"But our guild really doesn't oppress any guild members, we give relief to members in need, we visit them when they are sick, we bring two loaves of bread, a gallon of wine and a bacon ......" Henry Schelling's words sounded tired and hoarse.

The speaker interrupted Henry Schelling and asked, "But do you consider apprentices and helpers to be members of the guild?" ”

Henry Schelling's words paused, and the speaker said with dismay: "A guild has at least five or six hundred people, and there are generally thirty or forty craftsmen, and the watchmakers' guild, which has the highest proportion of craftsmen, is only about seventy people, and the guild has helpers and apprentices in the majority. ”

"For you, helpers and apprentices are just cheap labor. Helpers first need to have enough funds to support the opening of the business in order to be eligible for the promotion to the craftsman. In addition to this, you also need to evaluate whether they have the skills to promote to the craftsman, but what are the evaluation criteria? It all depends on the subjective evaluation of the judges. Someone counted the background of the promotion of craftsmen over the years, and the children of the guild craftsmen accounted for almost two-thirds! This is irrefutable to you! ”

"But...... But ...... "Henri Schelling tried to say something, but in vain repeated the monotonous words.

"Besides, what is your 'unfair competition'? I think you should be well aware of the saying - 'If a shoemaker with new tools can make 70 shoes in a day when someone else makes 20 shoes, it will be the destruction of 100 or 200 shoemakers'. ”

"Roussel the Great once said that all things that are decadent and backward will eventually be extinguished in the tide of history!"

Hearing the speaker's words, Agnes subconsciously twitched the corners of her mouth.