Blackstone Code

Tom, a very common name, so common that people are reluctant to give their children such a common name.

But it is indeed a person's name, and the owner of this name is currently hiding in an alley in fear.

A military vehicle drove slowly through the street. The people on the military vehicle could not see Tom hiding in the deepest part of the alley. The soldier with his hands on the machine gun would only focus on those figures that might appear in the light.

The strike is over and martial law has been relaxed a bit, turning into a curfew.

During the eleven hours from six o'clock in the evening to seven o'clock in the morning of the next day, no one is allowed to appear on the street without a valid reason.

Originally, the military meant to issue passes to those who need to go out in the middle of the night, but some people think that this move is a bit like a high-handed rule implemented by a country without freedom under a dictatorship, which hinders the name of the free country of the Baylor Federation. This idea and practice was cancelled.

People who turn to the streets must provide visiting military officers with their social security numbers and instructions for their presence outside of bedrooms during curfew.

This is much more free, no one interferes with the free will of the people, they can appear where they want anytime, anywhere, as long as they can explain the reason.

Such is the sweetness of liberty, long live the Commonwealth of Freedom!

The departure of the military vehicle made Tom heave a sigh of relief. After waiting for a while without hearing the sound of soldiers stepping on the ground during patrol, he shuttled forward again between light and shadow.

The destination he was going this time was Nell's home.

He is Nell's best friend. They have been in the same class since the first grade of elementary school. Until not long ago, they were still employees in a factory, and they were unemployed together smoothly.

It is not accurate to say that it is unemployment, because it is not considered unemployment, but the complete shutdown of factories, indefinitely.

At that time, their foreman's idea was to lead a group of people to take the raw materials in the raw material warehouse to the workshop for direct use, and then take out a share of the finished products and sell them for money to make up for their losses.

In this matter, the two good brothers who have always walked the same path had some disagreements.

Later, Tom and other workers pried open the raw material warehouse of the factory, and pulled the raw materials into the workshop for production. It is said that most of them were handled by the Interstellar Trading Company.

Although it is said that the bidding will not be able to operate normally during the general strike, the acquisition has never been a problem. Of course, people can follow the rules and regulations to carry out commodity recycling. The main reason is that the recycling place is protected by security guards with guns. From their professional Judging from the level, it should not be fake.

Everyone thought that there would be no follow-up results to this matter. During the general strike, the factory boss did not do anything to them. Unexpectedly, just after the general strike ended, their boss sued all of them in court. And asked them to pay compensation, the total amount exceeded three million.

The police and military have begun to arrest them, and a new batch of police has been put in place, and they are more effective than the previous ones.

The old cops thought they could still come to work after the strike, but they ignored that they were not the only option, which gave the VA an opportunity.

A large number of veterans filled the missing positions in the Sabine City District Police Department and all sub-bureaus. As for the police officers who originally planned to wait for the strike to end before returning, they no longer have their positions.

Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible to expect to evade legal sanctions. After Tom narrowly evaded arrest, he planned to ask Nell for help. He heard that Nell seems to be doing well now, and there is another The title of manager, maybe he can help himself.

In fact, when all the compensation is apportioned to everyone, it's not that much, it's only 10,000 to 20,000 yuan... that's all!

After narrowly escaping several patrols, Tom finally came to the door of Nell's house. He knocked on the door, and after a while, the sound of people moving could be heard in the room.

I don't know if the city is as quiet as a cemetery at this time, without the slightest noise. Tom outside the door even heard the sound of some kind of mechanical spring being pulled and the sound of guns coming from the room.

At the same time, Nell's vigilant voice came from the room, "There is no money here, and we don't want to make trouble..."

The crimes that occurred during the general strike were countless, only because people's eyes were drawn to the striking labor and management sides, and they did not notice that during this time, at least hundreds of homes were invaded, some women were raped, some people Even killed by thugs who broke into and robbed.

People don't notice it, because these have nothing to do with their immediate interests, they can only see what has something to do with them.

The knock on the door in the middle of the night made Nell very nervous. His answer was very similar to the most common answer of people in this class. If you come here to rob, you won’t get anything at all. With a cowardly attitude, he doesn't want to make trouble.

"It's me, Tom."

The door opened, and the light from inside gave Tom a sigh of relief. He looked at Nell, and suddenly there were a thousand words in his chest, and for a moment he didn't know where to start.

"Only you?" Nell looked towards the dark corridor behind Tom. The pistol hidden behind him was not put down, and his finger did not even take off the trigger.

Tom nodded, and Nell stepped aside, pocketing his pistol, and ushered Tom in.

After letting Tom in, Nell took another look at the dark corridor, then closed the door and locked it so that it could not be opened directly from the outside.

It's a trick to live in a place like this. People tend not to lock the door when people come to the house, which gives some people outside the door a chance to take advantage of it, but here, Nell will not let those People who don't know whether they exist or not have their wishes fulfilled.

After the two sat down, Nell poured some wine for Tom. The weather was getting colder and there was no heating in the room.

If they don't drink a little, they will soon be frozen from the inside out, which is not a good feeling.

The two of them didn't say anything immediately after they sat down, they just sat there for a while without saying a word, and drank for a while.

Maybe it was the effect of the alcohol, Tom's expression became ugly, "Help me, you are the only one who can help me now."

Nell looked at this decades-old friend, he suddenly found that he was not as soft-hearted as in the past, and immediately agreed, which may have something to do with his recent experience.

Since Lynch entrusted him to be the manager of the construction company, during the more than a month of working with Aser, he finally understood that some things were not as simple as people imagined.

At first, he thought that all capitalists are evil, but when he also became a "capitalist's running dog", he suddenly discovered that this matter is not as absolute and simple as he thought before.

Outside the employment center, he felt that everyone was very pitiful. Some people even knelt on the ground with their hands clasped together and begged him humbly as if kneeling down to a god, begging him to give each other a job so that their family could get through this difficult time.

He wanted to save many people, but in the end he found that he couldn't.

The budget Lynch gave him was limited, and he had to complete the work Lynch gave him before those budgets ran out, and he couldn't save everyone.

He selected some of them whom he considered the most pitiful, but soon found that he had been deceived.

Some people really work very hard, but there are also some people who are always lazy, and there is a guy in his thirties who intentionally hurt his finger, not only asked not to work, but also asked to pay him the same as other labor hours wages, not minimum wages.

Gradually, he became less angry, and became calm and indifferent. He didn't know whether this was a good phenomenon or a bad phenomenon, he just understood that he knew more about the world.

Nell didn't express his opinion, and Tom didn't react immediately. He just thought that what he said was too vague.

"The incident last time, the incident that Schick said, the boss has already called the police and sued us, and I can't accompany the money!"

"He actually asked us to compensate him according to the selling price of the goods. Even if I still keep those things in my hands, I can't afford to pay that much money. He only wants money!"

The boss they used to work for asked them to compensate the factory for more than 3 million yuan in economic losses, and about 80% of the compensation was determined based on the market price of the product.

In other words, no matter how much the raw materials they stole are worth, they must compensate the factory according to the price the goods are sold in the store.

In fact, the factory owner himself did not expect that he made a huge sum of money inexplicably, and he was brought back to life in an instant when he was about to go bankrupt.

At the same time, in order to appease the capitalists, the city hall and the judiciary also agreed to sue and crack down on these groups that caused damage in the strike action, and the city court of Sabine agreed to the demands of the factory owners.

If these people don't make up three million, they will face a terrible sentence.

Tom's face was full of remorse at this time, "I should have listened to you, Nell, you have to help me!"

Nell was silent for a while, "How much money is left?"

Tom said something he didn't even feel ashamed of, "Twenty-two thousand..."

This gave Nell a headache, and he couldn't help frowning, "How much did the ones you got sell for?"

"Fifteen hundred..."

The room fell silent all of a sudden, and it took Nell more than ten seconds to make sure that his ears heard correctly, "You sold something worth tens of thousands of dollars... for fifteen hundred dollars?"

He never thought Tom was a fool, and sometimes he was a little clever, but after not seeing him for more than a month, he suddenly felt that Tom was not just stupid!