In a debate, how can a craftsman argue with a man who is likely to be a university student, unless the craftsman resorts to barbarism and violence.

Agnes sighed slightly, and she sat on the pedestal of the statue and watched quietly as Henry Schelling and the speaker quarreled, until the speaker won and the people dispersed, leaving only Henry Schelling standing.

Agnes saw Henry Schelling clench his fists several times, but finally put it down, not turning the quarrel into a brawl.

Agnes jumped off the statue's pedestal and walked towards Henry Schelling, who was standing in place with his head slightly bowed.

"You shouldn't open your mouth to argue with him until you are sure of winning, and it is your best choice to turn a blind eye to his speech from the beginning." Agnes hesitated for a moment, then spoke.

Henry Schelling looked up and smiled bitterly.

"I can't help it." He closed his eyes and took a deep breath before asking, "Are you...... The Nature's Heart team member who was chasing the fugitive? ”

Agnes nodded.

"Nature's Heart sent you to spy on me? I'm just a sequence 8, and I can even bother the heart of nature to send a team member. Henry Schelling said in a bad tone.

Agnes couldn't help frowning and said, "No, I just happened to meet it." ”

Henry Schelling nodded perfunctorily, and Agnes was not sure if he believed his explanation.

"I came out today to go to the House, do you want to follow?" Henry Schelling asked with a blank face.

Agnes frowned even more, but finally nodded.

She didn't pass the assessment, the watchmen didn't agree with her participation in the investigation of the monastery of Pavla, there was nothing to do today, and to see what Henry Schelling was going to do in the House was a way to keep her time from wasting.

"Can you wait a minute? I'll be back with you soon. Agnes said.

......

Agnes quickly ran back, told Hetty and the coachman to go back first, and took a veil to put on.

Although the veil does not make it unrecognizable to those who know her, it is indicative of an attitude that Agnes believes will understand that she does not want to identify herself right now.

Henry Schelling waited expressionlessly, saw Agnes coming over, nodded slightly, and said, "Let's go." ”

Then he turned very neatly and walked forward, and Agnes ran two steps slightly to keep up with him.

Henry Schelling walked fast, and Agnes needed to trot every now and then to keep up, and she was somewhat glad that she didn't wear a long dress today, opting instead for a dark blue linen shirt and chinos trousers that made it easy to move, and a camel trench coat.

After all, the "werewolf's" bonus to speed is not reflected in the usual walking speed.

"Why can't you go faster!" Henry Schelling stood up and turned around a little irritably, covered his forehead again, and said in a slightly slower tone: "I'm sorry, I'm a little emotionally unstable. ”

Instead of waiting for Agnes, he turned and walked forward, but his pace was a little slower.

Agnes was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly followed.

"You've probably just graduated from elementary school. Does the church even have to send out a girl of this age to do a mission? Agnes suddenly heard Henry Schelling ask.

"No, I graduated early, I just look young." Agnes said.

"Really?" Henry Schelling glanced at Agnes and said, "You look a little younger than my daughter. ”

Agnes smiled and didn't speak.

The two walked in silence for a while, and Agnes suddenly asked, "What are you doing in the House today?" The newspapers have already said that the bill to abolish the guild system has entered the Senate process. ”

Henry Schelling stopped.

"Not just today, in fact, I will go to the House every day during this time." Looking at Agnes, she smiled bitterly for a long time and said, "I probably want to struggle a little." ”

"I'm not as good as President Carman, who had barely lost in membership, no matter how difficult things were. But after he committed suicide and I became the interim president, many members withdrew every day, and now there are only a dozen full members left. ”

"But even if there are only a dozen members of the Blacksmiths' Guild now, I hope that the name 'Fenerport Blacksmiths' Guild will still exist, and not 'disappear into history' as the man said."

Henry Schelling turned and walked on.

Agnes did not speak, but followed silently, she could not quite understand Henry Schelling's feelings. After talking to Aurelio about some problems with the guild system in the carriage last time, she looked up a little bit about the Fenerport Guild, which gave her a clearer idea of the irreversible decline of the guild.

In her opinion, the golden age of the Fenerport Guild should have been before the appearance of Roussel the Great.

In order to bypass the nobles and lords to control the city's economy, the king's powers to the guilds included but were not limited to the right to contract taxes, monopolies on employment, and the right to set prices.

The king needed the guilds to enforce monopolies in the city to help him control the city's economy, and if necessary, the guilds needed to exert pressure on the local government to maintain their control over the city. As a tool for the king to fight against the nobles and lords, the guild has made many nobles look at the guild very unpleasantly to this day.

Agnes once saw in the literature that everyone was doing something outrageous.

In 1132, Vittorio II agreed to an application to ban the Weavers' Guild of Fenerport.

The city authorities of Fenerport at the time proposed that if the king abolished the organization of the weavers' guilds, the council would not only assume all the duties of the guild with the king, but would also provide the king with an additional sum of money. Vittorio II agreed and issued an amnesty banning the Weavers' Guild in Fenerport. However, the municipality failed to deliver on its promises, and the king reversed his edict and re-declared the Weavers' Guild as its authority over economic governance.

It can be said that the guild was completely a tool in the hands of the king to play games with nobles and lords.

After the Industrial Revolution and the rise of the burgher class and the new aristocracy, the importance of guilds to the king gradually decreased, and some of the powers originally granted by the king were gradually limited or even withdrawn.

The guild's control over its own members gradually declined, the original "one person, one industry" system was gradually broken, they could no longer prevent the guild members from freely engaging in various professions, and the entire organization itself gradually became fragile and rigid.

Agnes looked at Henry Schelling, who was walking in front, and shook her head slightly.

Father, who supported the abolition of the guilds, apparently saw that the guilds were now dispensable to the king, and it was even likely that the king felt that the guilds had become an obstacle to his economic development. And President Carman didn't know what he had done, so that many people who had been willing to shelter the guild gave up their protection of the guild.

The root cause of the abolition of the guild now is clearly at the top, and the efforts of Henry Schelling and some others who do not want the guild to be abolished cannot be reversed at all.