Chapter 344

"Hell? What do you mean? "

Wang Quan did not understand.

He thought it was because of "freedom".

It was because he was unhappy that he was being controlled by someone else that he wanted to escape.

So there was another reason?

"Yes, sir." Oakley sniffed.

Just thinking about that period of time made him feel terrified.

"Orphans like us are sent to the charity house run by the church, but there …"

Biting his lower lip, he calmed down and continued, "The people who are forcibly sent to the charity house must be poor people who are taken in to do hard labor in the charity house. The people there have to work hard and eat thin soup with less than two grains of rice. They usually die in less than a year.

"Of course, the treatment of children is better because the charity house uses children to make money."

"Make money?" Wang Quan continued to ask, "How do they make money?"

"When the children grow up to eight years old, they will be forcibly sent to the factory as apprentices. The factory has to pay a sum of money to the charity house for every apprentice. These orphans were not paid when they entered the factory. They only had two meals a day. Then they have to work for about seventeen hours a day. "

Wang Quan was silent.

He had always thought that this only happened in India.

But when he thought about what Ichiro Kenike had told him, he roughly understood.

The Cult of Thanatos … What a scam, a classic villain template.

"If I destroy the church and dismantle the charity house, will it help them?"

"It's useless, sir."

Oakley shook his head. "Every city in the country has a charity house, and in the charity house … they can still struggle at death's door, but where can they go after they come out? There is no land for them to farm, they will just change to work in a factory if they come out. "

Wang Quan could not do anything about it.

In any case, he did not just stare blankly in his middle school history class. He knew about the enclosure movement, although he only knew a little about it.

This reminded him of a program that interviewed American workers, asking him why the country gave financial subsidies to large companies.

He actually said … "Because of the subsidies, the boss's company will not close down, so he will continue to work for us, and we can continue to support our families."

？？？

Wang Quan was full of question marks.

He had been brainwashed by capitalism.

It was even better when he combined it with another piece of news.

"The company used the subsidies to maintain the basic wages of the workers to buy equipment and upgrade the production line. As a result, the factory could produce 24 hours a day without workers. Then the company fired more workers. "

It was too humorous.

However, Wang Quan was reminded of a bad memory when the Relief House sent an apprentice to the school.

Back when they were in their third or fourth year, the school had forced the students to work on the assembly line in order to increase the employment rate. Of course, it was possible that they had also accepted money.

Tsk, damn it, it's all the same.

Wang Quan took out a wallet from his pocket. There were about twenty Elizabeth gold coins in it, as well as more silver and copper coins.

Then he thrust the wallet into Oakley's hand. "You're a clever and kind boy. I can't help you with anything else. Take this money."

Oakley hurriedly refused, "Sir, I can't take it."

"What I give you depends on whether I give it or not. Child.

You don't have the right to refuse. "

He placed the wallet completely in Oakley's hand, but the wallet was so big that Oakley needed two hands to hold it.

"If you think gold coins are too ostentatious, you can use silver and copper coins, or you can take it to the bank and exchange it for paper money."

Wang Quan paused. He felt that someone had entered the residence that Elizabeth had prepared for him.

"I should go." He stood up and put on his hat. "Let's meet again if fate wills it."

"Sir!" Oakley called to him, "Sir! Can I follow you? "

"Of course not." Wang Quan turned around and smiled. "But if you want to have extraordinary power, you have to find a way to train it."

When he was treating Oakley's old illness just now, he was using the secret technique that the Great Zhou Dynasty had obtained.

Therefore, as long as Oakley worked hard, he could easily train his vital energy.

Moreover, it was not dangerous. Wang Quan had left a little bit of black-red mist on him, the kind that would naturally dissipate if left unattended. Moreover, after Wang Quan's filtering, it would not have any mental contamination effect for thirty years. At most, it would make people a little gloomy, but it would not affect their temperament.

As for thirty years later … the power would have dissipated by then.

Oakley was still looking at him with pleading eyes, like a pitiful puppy.

Wang Quan sighed and suddenly pointed behind Oakley with a panicked expression. "The friar from the Relief House!"

Oakley turned around subconsciously.

But there was nothing.

When he turned around again, Wang Quan had disappeared.

He looked down at the wallet in his hand and solemnly put it away. Then, he gritted his teeth and ran away.

After he ran away, Wang Quan appeared from where he was standing.

He smiled, hummed a little tune, and walked back to his place with his cane.

…

When he returned to his residence, Wang Quan felt that something was wrong.

That dark coat and hat that looked like Sherlock Holmes, were they from Scotland Yard?

Scotland Yard was probably similar to the police in this era.

They had already surrounded his residence.

There were also a few knights shining with silver light. They seemed to be the remnants of the Glorious Sun Knights.

"What are you looking at!"

Someone noticed that Wang Quan was paying attention to them, so two policemen came over.

When they came closer and saw Wang Quan's attire and temperament, their originally fierce tone immediately softened.

They even took off their hats and held them in their hands.

The older policeman with a mustache tidied his gray hair and said warmly, "Sir, we can't pass through here for the time being. I'm sorry."

"It's okay." Wang Quan smiled. "May I ask what happened here?"

A hint of depression flashed in the policeman's gray eyes. He sighed and explained, "I heard that it was the will of the higher-ups. They said that there are fugitives here, so they asked us to seal this place. Look, even the knights are here."

Everyone could understand the displeasure in his tone towards the higher-ups and the Glorious Sun Knights.

"Sir, you'd better take a detour. Those knights are all arrogant. They don't care about the law."

That was why these policemen from Scotland Yard were unhappy.

The status of these knights here was the same as that of the American army in South Korea and Japan.

The so-called extraterritorial jurisdiction.

"Thank you." Wang Quan shook hands with the two policemen and then walked around them toward the house that was surrounded.

"Sir?"

The policemen wanted to come over and stop him again. Wang Quan smiled. "That's where I live. It's better for you two to stay away."

The two policemen were stunned. A scarlet gleam flashed in the depths of their eyes.

Then, as if nothing had happened, the two nodded. "Okay, have a good time."

They took off their hats again and continued to stand guard with their backs turned, as if Wang Quan did not exist.

"Stop!"

Seeing Wang Quan slowly approaching, the two knights blocked his way.

Wang Quan smiled slightly and raised his head slightly. His scarlet eyes were faintly discernible in the shadows under the brim of his hat.

…

Y'lisabet hid in a cupboard, fully armored.

She was in a sorry state. Her armor was dirty. One of her arms was drooping, and the other hand was leaning on a giant sword.

Suddenly, she heard the sound of the door opening and footsteps.

She instantly held her breath and clenched the giant sword in her right hand.

The next moment, the footsteps disappeared.

Then, the cabinet door was opened.

She subconsciously slashed with her sword, but it hit an index finger wearing a white glove.

The man flicked his finger. A huge force was transmitted back, and the giant sword in Elizabeth's hand fell.

"What's going on?" Wang Quan pulled Elizabeth out of the cabinet. "A princess is being chased by people from her own country? Did you kill your own mother? "

Y'lisabet's cracked lips opened slightly. She suddenly relaxed and fainted.