Chapter 465 Don’t do these things
The road leading to the city gate is busy with traffic. It is the main artery of a city, but it was blocked by blood clots today.
Many pedestrians and carriages wanted to go around the alley next to them, but the carriages going in the opposite direction couldn't stagger, so they were blocked again.
The impatient pedestrians couldn't care less and simply climbed onto the carriage and passed by, causing the coachman to yell.
The city defense army tried to maintain order, but the chaos was too great to be of any use.
All the high-ranking officials in the city have gone south, leaving only two or three kittens. No one dares to offend the young aristocratic master in "Thrombus", so they can only suffer the ascetics.
Frederick looked at the messy streets and asked Armand to tell the city defense troops to let the small alleys on both sides pass in single file, otherwise it would still be such a mess after dark.
Armand’s grandfather was a high-ranking official in the court system, and the junior officers in the city defense army recognized him.
Originally, everyone didn’t want to take the responsibility and take advantage of the situation. Now that someone comes out to host it, just do it. Anyway, if anything happens, he will be the one to take care of it.
Frederick straightened his clothes. He wore a three-piece brown suit, a bowler hat and a cane, as well as local traditional long-toed shoes, stockings, tights, a wide-sleeved top and a short robe. They seemed out of place together.
Fortunately, many people from Weissensee came here to do business in recent years. The locals regarded this kind of dress as the new national costume there, and did not regard Frederick as a killer of this era.
When the group of young people saw an outsider coming, one of them stood up and said, "Sir, no traffic is allowed here." Things were very familiar. Seeing how unprofessional these young people were, I decided to help them.
He asked the young man: "Sir, what is your name, and what are you doing?"
"My name is Guiyum." The young man said, "It's a long story for us."
Frederick smiled and said, "It's a long story, so sit down and tell it slowly."
After saying that, he sat directly on the ground like everyone else.
The city of Barris is divided into two halves by the Sequana River that passes through the city. The area where the princes and nobles live in the east is cleaner, and there is only dust on the stone roads. The hygiene in the area where civilians live in the west is poor. On the road Hygiene is maintained entirely by slimes, creatures at the bottom of the food chain.
Those young people saw that Frederick was wearing the high-end woolen clothes special to the Duchy of Wesson, and he must be a high-ranking official. They did not expect that he would sit on the dusty road like them so casually, without any airs. My heart suddenly felt a little closer.
Seeing this, Guiyum also sat down and began to tell the reason why he was blocking the road here.
There are many public universities with non-magical education in the city of Barris, which train students in literature, law, art, doctors and other fields. Most of the students are the children of small noble families who have no inheritance rights and the children of civilian businessmen.
The royal family allocates a scholarship to these schools every year to reward outstanding students. It is enough for students with good grades to live in the city and pay tuition. This bonus is distributed by the school.
But mosquito legs are also meat, and these scholarships are withheld by the school without exception. Children of local nobles only get 70%, and foreigners only get 30%.
Those school leaders are all nobles, and powerful students will not go to such schools. Everyone can only pinch their noses and admit defeat.
But not long ago, Ganden, the former vice president of the medical school, was sued directly by Frank in front of Old Louis. Ganden was sent to court to await trial for depriving Frank of his scholarship.
The students saw that old debts from decades ago had been dug up, so they wanted to take the school leaders who had deducted their money now to the court and ask them to pay back the money.
The problem is that no judge in the court is willing to accept the students' lawsuit, so they can only stop the judge on his way home from get off work.
Armand was speechless to Frederick. After arranging the city defense troops, he came over and stood behind him like a guard.
Frederick turned to Armand and asked: "I don't know much about the laws here. It stands to reason that those who embezzled students' money have violated the law."
Armand I didn't expect to be asked this question, so I could only answer: "If the accusations are true, those people will be punished." Guiyum said loudly: "Our accusations are all true!"
“We are not just doing it for ourselves, but for fairness and justice!”
The surrounding students all echoed, attracting countless passers-by’s attention.
Frederick waited for them to be quiet, shook his head and said, "Do you really think your actions are fair and just?"
"Fairness and justice bring everyone together. , is a value concept that everyone pursues and follows. ”
"Look around you. The farmers who are rushing out of the city to go home, the carriages that want to deliver meat to restaurants, and the caravans that want to get to the wild campsites before dark, they have not stolen a single copper from you.
< br>"But they can't pass because you are blocking the road. The farmer's family will worry that the meat sent to the restaurant will spoil, and the caravan may stay in the wild at night and be attacked by wolves. "
"Ask yourselves, is what you are doing fair to them, is it just? "
"You are right to fight for your own interests, but if you harm the interests of others for your own interests, how different is it from those who deduct your scholarship? "
The young students were not thick-skinned. They looked at the messy streets around them and felt that what the outsider said was reasonable. Some of them lowered their heads in shame.
Guillaume blushed and said: "But... we have no way."
Frederick said: "There are always more ways than difficulties, let's analyze it."
"Judge Why don’t you accept your prosecution?”
A student said angrily: “Most of us are civilians, and the noble titles are not high. To prosecute a higher-ranking noble, you must have a joint indictment of more than 500 people. "
Frederick turned around and asked Armand: "Is this what the law says?"
Armand nodded.
Frederick understood that the law is a tool of the ruling class. It is okay for you assholes to sue the master, but a very high threshold is set for you. If you fail to meet the threshold, it is your problem.
"This problem is not difficult to solve." Frederick immediately came up with a solution, "This phenomenon has been going on for decades, and you are not the only victims."
"I think in school There are lists from previous years. You can contact them and file a lawsuit together. It’s up to you to persuade them.”
The students immediately started talking about it. This method is good. So many schools have been deprived of scholarships for decades. There are more than 500 people. If we can get their help, we can definitely prosecute those old guys.
Frederick continued: "At that time, it was not a victory after the court accepted the lawsuit according to the law. You may still encounter a lot of difficulties."
"But at that time, you can no longer do what you are doing now. Well, as the saying goes, you have to go to the debtor to collect debts. "
"Of course, the demands should not be too drastic, such as locking the door of other people's houses, occupying other people's toilets and denying their use, or taking large amounts of money. Just throw the linen cloth into the waterway and plug the water pipe after wiping your butt. Don't do things like dropping stinky eggs on the carpet."
Anyway, the quick student immediately assured him that this would happen. It’s something no one wants.
Armand frowned as he listened. He persuaded his grandfather to stay away from the land of right and wrong tonight and go to El Chapo Island to visit Francoise and take a vacation by the way.
(End of this chapter)