The administrative efficiency of the British government today is no longer as high as before, which is normal, because the struggle in parliament is more intense than before. In the past, two groups of Tories and Whigs fought in a country's parliament, and since King George III ascended the throne, the Tories have gradually occupied the wind in the parliament, thus ensuring that the government's policies can be quickly adopted and implemented.

However, recently, this situation has changed suddenly. The Tories, which originally occupied the obvious wind, split, and the entire parliament became the Romance of the Three Kingdoms of the Tories, the New Tories and the Whigs. The guys from the three factions kept pulling each other in various things, causing some government bills to be passed in the parliament, and even the government had to formulate certain bills that became much slower than before.

However, when it comes to restoring order in London, almost no communication was made between the three parties. It took only half an hour to quickly read the "Public Security Ordinance" proposed by the government, and restore the effectiveness of the ancient "Battle Man Act".

According to the ancient "Houseward Law", the act of wandering around and not doing anything and not doing industry is defined as a criminal act. The unemployed or unemployed is defined as a "criminal". Police can arrest these "criminals" at will on the street and stuff them into prison.

Of course, the capacity of the prison is not enough to accommodate so many "criminals", so the "Battleman Law" mercifully gave these sinners the opportunity to repent: after they were arrested for "crime", they would not be punished too severely. They would only be beaten twice, leave a record, and then be released.

But if the "criminal" is lazy and hates labor and dares to teach repeatedly, the punishment will become even more severe. After being whipped for "crime", if the "criminal" is arrested again for the same crime, he will be sentenced to hard labor.

Of course, the laws of Great Britain are very kind. The purpose of hard labor is not to make him suffer, but to hope that he can correct his bad habits of being lazy and hateful in his labor, in order to cure diseases and save people. Of course, considering that the problems of being lazy and hateful in his labor are generally difficult to change and are easy to recur, just like the breakups and unfinished works of some online writers. Therefore, it is usually necessary to have a longer sentence to consolidate the efficacy, just like some online writers also need a small dark room or 14 days of isolation.

In fact, these prisoners sentenced to hard labor have become so-called "public slaves". In a sense, the situation of "public slaves" is very bad, much worse than "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 to pieces all at once.

But "public slaves" are different. They are "public property" and therefore they are not actually the property of anyone. It would be fine if their labor can also belong to public. If his labor belongs to someone, it would be different. That person will naturally tend to use this tool with the greatest strength. Anyway, using the tool is not his loss.

Criminals sentenced to hard labor are often rented out to enterprises such as mines. Although the government also stipulates compensation for losses (this is compensation to the government, not to the tools, or the families of "public slaves"), for the government, these "public slaves" come easily and are almost ineffective, so the compensation they demand is not too high. In this way, the situation of these "public slaves" can naturally be imagined.

Of course, in a sense, this system is still a kind of benevolent political policy. Because even the "public slaves" are far from the situation of those who pick cotton in North America and those who eat watermelons when they are resting, they are not the most tragic in their situation, because there is a situation of slaves, even worse than them. The most tragic slaves in this situation have a formal name, called "free workers".

This slave named "Free Worker" is not a slave to any master or a slave to the country, so no one needs to cherish him. For any business owner who rents him, the most advantageous thing is to use him at the maximum strength. If it is found that due to excessive use, he may be close to damage, then in order to avoid risks, the factory owners will naturally not rent him again. After all, in free trade, everyone has the freedom to choose. Therefore, those slaves named "Free Worker" who have certain structural damage and reduced labor ability can only starve to death freely. In contrast, "public slaves" at least have a cell to eat. This is also an important reason why Subbie would rather go to Blackwell Island than be a "Free Worker".

If the "criminals" who are unrepentant still refuse to repent and live a idle and lazy life after being released from prison, then according to the law, they can be hung up. However, the effectiveness of the transformation of Great Britain is very obvious. Most "criminals" will not commit such "crimes" again, because most "sinners" have been successfully summoned by the Lord after transformation.

Of course, the final measures for the original "Homeless Law" were still a little too severe, so now the Addington government has made some modifications to this, changing the hanging to exile. Anyway, there are many territories in Great Britain.

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

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

"What are you doing? Is there a job?" the policeman asked him, putting his hand on the handle of the pistol inserted around his waist.

"Police officer, I have a job. I am a worker at Andy Machinery Factory. Look, I have a factory work permit here."

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

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

"Police officer, I'm from the evening shift. Now I'll buy some food and eat something before I can go to work." George quickly answered, picking up the small card and putting it into his arms carefully.

"Get out quickly," the policeman said.

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

George is indeed on the evening shift, but not at Andy Machinery Factory. His work permit is a counterfeit item bought from the gangster. However, the authentic products of this era do not have any decent anti-counterfeiting, so in general, they can be fooled by the real ones. His real job is to burglary.

With the implementation of the new law, criminal behavior has not only not decreased immediately, but has become even more intense. Because everyone has to hurry up.

All "criminals" know that staying in Britain is a worrying future. Whether it is becoming a "public slave" or a "free slave", it is not a way to live. The only way to live is to get a sum of money that is enough to buy a ticket to the New World, and then run to the New World.

Of course, George was not willing to become a "public slave" or a "free slave". He planned to take a risk with his friends, go to a decent family to borrow some money tonight, and then quickly go to free America.

However, just as he came out of the other end of the alley and was about to go to the big mansion there to stomp the spot, he heard such a shout: "Recruit tenants, recruit tenants, Louisiana, recruit tenants! As long as he knows how to farm, he can go to Louisiana to plant wheat, cultivate land for five consecutive years, and then obtain land ownership!"

"There is such a thing?" George was shocked and turned to look over. He saw a newspaper boy waving a newspaper, shouting and running towards him.

George grabbed the newspaper boy and asked, "What is this?"

"How do I know?" the newspaper boy asked back.

"Then what are you shouting?"

"I'm calling me. If you want to ask this, go to Petskirt Alley, where someone specializes in this." The newspaper boy replied.

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

"Just ask yourself. Many people want to go anyway."

George thought that it was still early tonight, and it wouldn't take much time to go to the petticoat alley. If he could really become a tenant again, it would be better than taking the risk of burglary.
Chapter completed!