In a debate, how could a craftsman defend himself against someone who was probably a college student, unless the craftsman resorted to barbarism and violence.
Agnes sighed slightly. She sat on the pedestal of the statue and quietly watched the quarrel between Henry Schelling and the speaker until the speaker won and the people dispersed, leaving only Henry Schelling. Schelling stood there.
Agnes saw Henry Schelling clench his fists several times, but eventually let them go, preventing the quarrel from turning into a fight.
Agnes jumped off the pedestal of the statue and walked towards Henry Schelling, who was standing there with his head slightly lowered.
"You shouldn't start arguing with him before you are sure of winning. It is your best choice to turn a blind eye to his speech from the beginning." Agnes hesitated and said.
Henry Schelling looked up and smiled bitterly.
"I couldn't help it at all." He closed his eyes and took a deep breath before asking, "Are you... the Heart of Nature team member who was chasing the fugitive?"
Agnes nodded.
"The Heart of Nature sent you to monitor me? I'm just a Sequence 8, but I can still trouble the Heart of Nature to send a team member." Henry Schelling said in a very bad tone.
Agnes couldn't help but frown and said, "No, I just happened to meet him."
Henry Schelling nodded perfunctorily, and Agnes was not sure whether he believed her explanation.
"I came out today to go to the House of Representatives. Do you want to follow me?" Henry Schelling asked expressionlessly.
Agnes frowned even more, but finally nodded.
She failed the test, and the Watchers did not allow her to participate in the investigation of the Pavla Monastery. There was nothing to do today, so going to see what Henry Schelling was going to do in the House of Representatives would save her from wasting time.
"Can you please wait a moment? I'll be back with you soon." Agnes said.
...
Agnes ran back quickly. She asked Hetty and the coachman to go back first, and took a veil and put it on.
Although the veil does not render her unrecognizable to those who know her well, it demonstrates an attitude in which Agnes believes that those who recognize her will understand that she does not wish to identify herself at this time.
Henry Schelling was waiting there expressionlessly. When he saw Agnes walking over, he nodded slightly and said, "Let's go."
Then he turned around very neatly and walked forward. Agnes took a few steps to catch up with him.
Henry Schelling walked very fast, and Agnes had to jog from time to time to keep up. She was somewhat glad that she did not wear a long skirt today, but chose a dark blue linen shirt, chinos trousers, and a jacket that were easy to move around. Camel trench coat.
After all, the speed bonus of "Werewolf" is not reflected in the normal walking speed.
"Why can't you walk faster!" Henry Schelling stopped 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."
He did not wait for Agnes, turned around and walked forward, but his pace was slightly slower.
Agnes was stunned for a moment and quickly followed.
"You must have just graduated from junior high school. Does the church even want to send a girl of this age to do missions?" Agnes suddenly heard Henry Schelling ask.
"No, I graduated early, but I look younger." Agnes said.
"Really?" Henry Schelling glanced at Agnes and said, "You look younger than my daughter."
Agnes smiled and said nothing.
The two walked in silence for a while, and Agnes suddenly asked: "What are you doing in the Senate today? The newspapers have already said that the bill to abolish the guild system has entered the Senate for review."
Henry Schelling stopped.
"Not just today, in fact, I will go to the House every day during this period." Looking at Agnes, he smiled bitterly for a long time and said, "I probably still want to struggle."
"I can't compare to President Kaman. When he was president, no matter how difficult the situation was, the number of members hardly decreased. But after he committed suicide and I took over as president, many members quit every day. Now only There are now a dozen official members.”
"But even if there are only a dozen members of the Blacksmiths Guild left now, I still hope that the name 'Feneport City Blacksmiths Guild' will still exist and not be 'lost in history' as that person said. "
Henry Schelling turned again and walked on.
Agnes said nothing and followed silently. She did not quite understand Henry Schelling's feelings. After discussing some issues about the guild system with Aurelio in the carriage last time, she did some research on the Feneport Guild, which gave her a clearer understanding of the guild's irreversible decline. understanding.
In her opinion, the golden period of the Feneport Guild should be before the appearance of Emperor Roselle.
In order to bypass the nobility and lords from controlling the city's economy, the king at that time gave the guilds powers including but not limited to tax contracting rights, employment monopoly rights, and price setting rights. At that time, the guilds relied on the royal charter to operate within the fee Porter has great power in many important cities.
The king needed the guilds to implement a monopoly in the city and help him control the city's economy. If necessary, he also needed the guilds to put pressure on the local government to ensure his control of the city. As a tool for the king to fight against nobles and lords, guilds still make many nobles dislike guilds.
Agnes once saw something in the literature that everyone did that was outrageous.
In 1132, Vittorio II approved an application to ban the weavers' guild in Feneport.
The municipal authorities of Feneport at that time proposed that if the king banned the weavers' guild, the municipal council would not only fully assume all the responsibilities of the guild to the king, but also provide the king with an additional sum of money. So Vittorio II agreed and issued an amnesty banning the weavers' guild in Feneport. But later, the municipal authorities failed to fulfill their promises, so the king retracted the previously issued edict and re-declared the legal status of the weavers' guild and its economic governance authority.
It can be said that the guild is completely a tool for the king to play games with the nobles and lords.
After Russell set off the industrial revolution and the rise of the citizen class and the new nobility, the importance of the guilds to the king gradually decreased, and some of the powers originally granted by the king were gradually restricted or even withdrawn.
The guild's control over its own members has gradually declined, and the original "one person, one industry" system has gradually been broken. They can no longer prevent guild members from freely engaging in various professions, and the entire organization itself has gradually become fragile and rigid.
Agnes looked at Henry Schelling walking in front and shook her head slightly.
Father and those who support the abolition of guilds clearly see that the tool of guilds is now dispensable to the king. It is even possible that the king feels that guilds have become an obstacle to his economic development. And President Kaman doesn't know what he did to make many people who were originally willing to protect the guild give up their protection of the guild.
Now it is obvious that the root cause of the abolition of the guilds lies at the top, and it cannot be reversed at all by the efforts of Henry Schelling and some people who do not want to abolish the guilds.
