Becoming a God by Raising a Witch

Erin suddenly said, "Let's go, you take me to see the manor, and I'll take you to recruit new people."

Locke looked at Erin dubiously.

Erin wiped her mouth clean and jumped on Locke's shoulder.

"It's so late, why not do it tomorrow."

"I don't think it's late, I actually slept at home all day and it's time to get out and move around."

"Then get off my shoulders."

"I just finished eating and don't want to move."

"hehe."

Locke sneered twice and saw Hannah's speechless expression.

"Oh, beautiful Hannah, let's go. I will take you and Rebecca to visit the manor. I may be busy all day tomorrow."

"It's so late, are you sure?"

Hannah asked suspiciously.

"Don't worry, we'll go by carriage, and I'm the Sheriff now, no one dares to mess with us."

Locke patted his chest.

Hannah reminded, "He is the cook of the magistrate court. Strictly speaking, there is a difference between him and the sheriff."

"Haha, don't be so serious. Think about it, it's been a long time since we traveled at night."

Locke smiled and led the ladies out while Jerry stayed at home to look after the house.

Locke called a small carriage drawn by black tail horses.

If Rebecca hadn't been so petite, Erin wouldn't have had to calculate the volume and probably wouldn't have been able to fit them in at all.

The black cat stood on Locke's shoulder, Hannah held Rebecca, and the coachman sat outside driving.

When Hannah got into the car, she noticed that the coachman had a bandage on his head.

"Mr. Coachman, it's really hard for you to drive even though you are injured."

"Hey, don't mention it. It's really unlucky. The West District is getting more and more chaotic now."

Chapter 136, Her Majesty the Queen’s chess game

The coachman touched the bandage on his head and asked, "Guests, where are you going?"

Hannah swallowed, "Go to the West End."

The coachman touched his head again, feeling a little unlucky, but he couldn't refuse guests, right?

"The West District is in chaos right now. If you must go, you have to pay an additional 10 grams."

"Well, it's not easy at this late hour. Seeing how dedicated you are, we are willing to add 5 more grams."

Hannah said seriously.

The coachman sighed, "Okay, okay, after this trip, I will go home and rest."

Hannah didn't ask how the coachman was injured. She had already guessed that the West End was indeed not peaceful recently.

Locke, Hannah, Eileen and Rebecca sat in the carriage, listening to the sound of horse hooves and looking at the scenery gradually passing by outside the window.

At night in the East District, there are many pedestrians coming and going on the streets, and many shops are open until late at night because the security here is very good.

The sheriffs will not be arrogant and treat the citizens of the East District like true public servants.

"Hannah, you said before that you have good news and bad news to tell me. Can you tell me now?"

Locke suddenly asked.

"Didn't you tell me before to make more clothes to keep out the cold in winter? I thought Rebecca needed to make some too, so I bought some fabric and went to see Mrs. Armor, but I saw Mars. Do you remember Mars? ?"

Hannah asked.

Locke nodded, "Of course I remember the Mars family who lived on the top floor of Old John's apartment. He and his wife Lola raised five children together."

"Yes, the bad news is that what I saw was Mars' body. He committed suicide and jumped off the building."

Hannah said with a sigh.

"suicide?"

Locke was stunned. He remembered that Mars was also a worker in a refinery. Because his salary was not bad, he could support his five children.

Is it because of unemployment?

"Yes, Mars's factory closed down, he lost his job, and his wife Laura was pregnant again. He couldn't stand the pressure of life, so he chose to commit suicide. Poor Laura didn't know what to do. Now she can't even wait in line to go to the almshouse. Neither can be done.”

"Mars loved his wife very much, so why would he choose to commit suicide? I remember that he was still a worker in the Workers' Association. Even if he lost his job, he should be able to find a job again."

Locke asked doubtfully.

"There are too many factories that have closed down, and there are too many unemployed workers. Even people from workers' associations cannot guarantee that they will get jobs 100%, and the expenses for the Mars family are too great."

Hannah said.

Rebecca's ears were perked up, her eyes shining as she listened to the conversation between the two.

‘Lola is such a good target. She must be desperate inside now. I like to taste the soul of despair! The West End is really a nice place. I don’t want to go back to the East End. I want to eat my fill in the West End. ’

Locke looked at the excited Rebecca, patted her head, and conveyed the words with his eyes,

‘Don’t even think about it! ’

Rebecca pouted angrily and glared at Locke,

‘I want you to take care of it! ’

"Mars is not the kind of person who would leave his wife and children and run away. Unless he can get a lot of money when he dies, the family can only be saved if he is alive."

Locke analyzed.

Hannah was stunned, "You mean someone gave him a sum of money and asked him to jump off the building?"

"Yes, the previous workers' demonstrations in the West District have ended, and now they have started again, and they are more intense. It is precisely because of Mars' death that someone is behind this."

Locke whispered.

"Who would promote this kind of thing? Is it because he wants to cause social unrest? Or is he going against the party?"

Hannah asked in a speculative tone.

"This possibility cannot be ruled out."

Locke said, although that wasn't what he was thinking.

"Is it the old aristocracy? Since Her Majesty the Queen came to the throne, she has supported many new aristocrats and suppressed the forces of the old aristocrats. The Life School has to make room for the Alchemy Sect. Is there any sect involved in this?"

Hannah felt that the things behind this were quite complicated when she thought about it. It must be that the old nobles did not want to see the situation stable under the Queen's rule and wanted to create chaos and find opportunities to take back the rights of the old nobles.

The Life Sect also wants to squeeze out the Alchemy Sect.

If there are too many unemployed people and unemployed families lose their income and become homeless, then the number of people in need of relief will increase. The kingdom's almshouses will certainly not be able to accommodate so many people, but those wealthy nobles and churches will If we take this opportunity to negotiate terms with Her Majesty the Queen, we may be able to take back some of our power.

Moreover, if large-scale riots occur in society, it can also be used to impeach Her Majesty the Queen and restrict the Queen's rights.

"Yes, the workers started to demonstrate again because of this incident. If this continues, riots are not impossible."

Hannah said in a low voice,

"Mrs. Armor asked me to go less to the West District recently. Many unemployed workers cannot find jobs and have begun to commit crimes. There are three households in Old John's apartment, and their things have been stolen. Mrs. Armor also wants to move, but she still I can’t think of a suitable place to go.”

"The manor is large enough. If Mrs. Armor is willing to go there, she can live there."

Locke suggested that although he also sympathized with Laura and the children, he believed that Mars could not die in vain, and their family might have received the money in advance.

"But didn't you say that the location of the manor is in the Ur District? If Mrs. Armor lived there, there would be no way to continue working. Most of his customers are people near Old John's apartment."

Hannah said.

Locke nodded, "That's true, and I'm still worried about the wages of the employees in the original manor and can't recruit any more people. I'll go to the Security Court in the West District tomorrow and ask them to help take care of the residents of Old John's apartment."

"That's all it can do."

Hannah sighed again.

"What's the good news?"

Locke asked.

"The good news is that I wrote a report on this matter, and the editor-in-chief took it seriously, and she also knows a certain congressman who will propose how to properly arrange these unemployed workers at the cabinet meeting."

Hannah clenched her fists, feeling that she had also contributed to the workers in the West District, although so far, she had not seen any results.

"If this matter was directed at the Queen, I believe Her Majesty would be able to fight back."

Hannah is very confident about Queen Katerina.

"Why?"

Locke asked.

“Did you know that the latest Parliament passed the Food Bill?”

Hannah looked at Locke with shining eyes.

Locke shook his head, "I haven't seen this news yet. I spent all day with Princess Frieda."

"Yes, it was announced at noon today! This is the latest news. We will restrict Attenborough's food imports from our country."

Hannah said excitedly.

"Restricting foreign imports, isn't this a good thing?"

Locke touched his chin.

"No, maybe it was not a good thing in the past, and it may not be a good thing in the future, but it is definitely a good thing to enact it now. The new food bill stipulates restrictions on imports. The people will no longer eat food imported from Attenborough, but will only buy locally produced food. , farmers’ grain will not be unsaleable, the grain market will stabilize, and prices will drop. By the way, the new grain bill also stipulates grain prices that limit those high-consumption products. In this way, everyone will not She will no longer be able to afford food. The New Food Bill was also proposed by Her Majesty the Queen. She is really an amazing woman. Can you believe that she is only in her twenties? "

Hannah's face was filled with adoration.

Locke squinted his eyes and realized that the queen's move was really clever.

First, she caused the water pollution incident in the West District to cause a large loss of Baker Grain Company's shares to her cronies, and secretly manipulated the kingdom's grain prices to increase them.

The "Food Bill" was launched on the surface. On the surface, it was to stabilize domestic food prices and ensure that the people's food and clothing problems were solved. In fact, it used xenophobic means to refuse Attenborough's food imports, expel Attenborough's merchants, and exclude Attenborough. It contains spies.

All this is actually preparation for war.

People who have no idea, or people like Hannah who have only a little knowledge, are still praising the queen, but in fact she is playing a big game.

If this is the case, then the workers' demonstration in the West End and the riots intensified. Even if the Queen did not direct and perform it, but the old aristocrats and the Life Sect were behind it, it would play into the Queen's hands and be the result she wanted.

Locke guessed that it would not be long before these extra labor forces would be transferred to the north and become the source of troops there.

Using external contradictions to adjust internal contradictions, taking the opportunity to fight external battles, and obtain more resources, coupled with the highly developed industry, Katerina Tumen wants to turn the kingdom into an empire. She has great ambitions.

While the siblings were chatting, the carriage had already passed the Trey Bridge and came from the East District to the West District.

The public security in the Trey Bridge area is relatively good. Even at night, there are still some pedestrians, but they are far inferior to those in the East District.

After passing the Trey Bridge area and entering the traditional West End area, you will find that apart from homeless people, there are only street girls and sneaky people on the streets.

Those sneaky people hiding in dark corners and acting suspiciously are ready to attack the carriage at any time and steal the property.

The coachman wiped the sweat from his forehead, waved the whip, and sped up.

He had already encountered a robbery this morning and really didn't want to encounter it again.

"Guests, I'm going to speed up, please bear with me."

The black horse ran, and the carriage was very bumpy.

If it wasn't crowded enough, Hannah might be unable to sit still and fall to the ground.

Locke's sense of balance is now extraordinary, and he sits in the carriage as steady as a mountain.

Hannah is holding Rebecca in her arms. Although Rebecca is very light, she is strong and will not let her "cushion" fly up.

Black cat Irene was not affected at all and still stood on Locke's shoulders.

The coachman himself was shaken to the point of wanting to vomit, but he still insisted on driving at high speed.

Even so, the carriage still encountered robbers.