My years as a menswear boss

Just when Jiqiu was going to continue enjoying the country life, Ezio recalled her back to London with an urgent telegram.

"The situation is more serious than expected." Jiqiu frowned as he watched a large group of people gather at the gate of the parliament.

These people are basically composed of women and children, and they all come from various workhouses.

The war has been over for a while, and many follow-up problems have arisen, including the relief hall and the orphanage. The relief funds raised by the directors of the orphanage from the streets are a drop in the bucket. The cost of an almshouse.

"Hyde, you're here." Jiqiu walked upstairs, pushed away Ezio's office, and found him standing by the window looking downstairs.

"Winter is coming soon, if you don't have enough clothes." Jiqiu went straight to the window, looking at the numb women and children below, "These people are desperate, should we hold a fundraiser?"

"Not many people are willing to do things that are not beneficial. I have tried to raise money from the rich and nobles to help them.

But only got a thousand pounds, and there are ten poorhouses and ten orphanages here, many of them came from far away from other counties. "

Ezio squeezed the space between his eyebrows and sat on the chair. He hadn't closed his eyes for two days.

Not long ago, the Parliament passed the "New Poor Relief Law", allowing the poor to seek assistance from the society, but correspondingly, they have to pay voluntary labor.

This statement seems to be no problem, but those who receive relief must go to practice art to do voluntary labor. The so-called voluntary labor is more arduous than the labor in the prison, and the living conditions in the prison are extremely bad. More people would rather beg on the street than beg. Reluctant to go to this workshop.

In short, this bill does not improve the current situation of poor people, but instead plunges them into the abyss of despair.

"What is the solution given by the House of Commons?"

Jiqiu walked away from the window and sat on the sofa for the guests. She didn't ask the House of Lords, but she also knew that none of these nobles would be such an early bird when their own interests were not involved.

"They need to maintain order in society. These people are destabilizing factors in their eyes, and they need to be expelled, and if necessary, use some violence."

Ezio sighed, "This approach is simple and rude, but it will deepen class conflicts, and the result of France will be repeated in England."

"Your Majesty is not satisfied with their solution." Jiqiu said affirmatively, presumably the King of England is also very worried that the French Revolution will repeat itself again, and the innocent civilians rushed into the palace to take off his head, "I want to try Try it."

Ezio stopped scratching his beard, and he looked at the young man in surprise, "Are you crazy?! What are you thinking? If there is no perfect solution, then you will be a scapegoat. Staring at you!"

"I'm already tired of the afternoon tea time in the House of Lords day after day, where I don't have any right to speak. In the eyes of everyone, I am no different from those old grandpas who eat and drink and become justices."

Jiqiu looked at the old man indifferently, "I need an opportunity, Mr. Ezio. This is exactly the opportunity I want."

Ezio looked at the determined expression of the young man. He wanted to say something, but finally gave up. He is no longer young, and the future should belong to young people.

"Well, if that's what you want, go ahead and do it, Hyde."

Now that she has obtained Ezio's permission, Jiqiu also has a bit of confidence. She first asked for a list of donations, and then returned to Hyde Manor.

Bovar seems to have really integrated into the job of housekeeper. He stood in front of the door to greet Jiqiu respectfully, "Welcome home, young master."

"Well, thank you. How is my mother?" Ji Qiu loosened her neckline, and she already had a charter in her heart along the way.

"Madam is still resting." Bovar's face was a little unnatural, but he replied truthfully.

"Rest?" Jiqiu frowned and looked at the clock in the living room pointing to eleven. She quickly realized and said with a strange expression, "You guys are pretty good at playing."

Bolvar was choked, he moved his lips, but couldn't say a word.

"I was just joking. I have something to talk to my mother in the afternoon." Jiqiu ignored him and went back to the bedroom by herself. She wrote down her plan step by step.

During afternoon tea time, Jiqiu finally saw Angelica, and she called out with a flat expression, "Mother."

Angelica's face was rosy, and she was obviously living a comfortable life. She no longer struggled with controlling her children, but asked about the young man's recent situation with concern.

Jiqiu answered one by one, and she waited for Angelica to finish asking before she spoke, "Mother, I want to ask, are the houses in the Salisbury area still vacant?"

Angelica frowned and thought for a while, before she found such a piece of land that had been bought from a large number of manors, where an apartment was originally built.

However, due to rent and traffic problems, the operation was bleak and it was close to an abandoned state. "My dear, that is already an abandoned house. Why do you suddenly think of it?"

Jiqiu roughly explained the situation at the gate of the parliament, "I want to use it to house a group of homeless people."

Angelica looked at the handsome child in front of her, she was a little astonished, although she had been allowed to disguise herself as a man, but in her heart, Elvis would always be her daughter, she asked a little puzzled, " You have the best family background in this era, as long as you remain a mediocre person, you can spend your life in a pile of wealth, why do you have to risk being found out to enter the political arena and participate in those intrigues?"

Jiqiu pondered for a while, then said, "I want to change the girl's fate."

"When I was studying at Eton, I was the top student in my grade. It is enough to prove that I am no worse than those boys. Why do I have to walk on eggshells just because of my gender, fearing that my secrets will be discovered.

If there wasn't that damn limited inheritance, then you wouldn't hide my gender, I'm not a illegitimate child, and it's not fair at all to be controlled by those illegitimate children because I'm a girl, this law is wrong.

I need to get into politics and change this law.Not only do I want every girl to have the same inheritance rights as boys, but I also want every woman to have the right to vote. Women are also citizens of this country. They all have independent personalities, not beautiful ornaments in the room. "

"I see." Angelica's eyes flashed, and she raised a smile, "Go ahead and do it, El, I'm proud of you."

"Thank you."

"I am not a qualified mother. I know that the harm I have done to you is far from irreparable. Of course, I will not use this to ask for your forgiveness... I am sorry, I feel sorry for what I have done. Feel sorry."

Angelica turned her head and raised her head slightly, not letting the tears fall from her eyes.

"You could have replaced me with a baby boy, but you didn't. That's why I am where I am today."

Jiqiu looked at Angelika, took out the handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to her, "Although you are not a qualified mother, I am a qualified child. As long as I am here one day, you don't have to worry about the rest of your life."

Angelica's tears fell drop by drop on the back of her hand, she took Ji Qiu's handkerchief and covered her eyes.

Jiqiu was silent for a while, but still covered Angelika's cold hand, and she gently patted the woman's back with the other hand comfortingly.

She seemed to be able to feel a sigh from the soul fragment that really belonged to Elvis Hyde. This sincere and kind girl finally forgave her mother.

Immediately doing what she said, Jiqiu immediately mobilized manpower from the infantry regiment, and she led a group of soldiers to the gate of the parliament, and slowly stood on the highest step.

There was a small commotion from the crowd below.

"I am a member of the House of Lords, Elvis Hyde." Jiqiu shouted loudly with a loudspeaker, "I was appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to solve your problems. I know that many people here are homeless. They didn’t have enough to eat, they endured unimaginable suffering and came here just to survive.”

"The harsh winter is coming and everyone is desperate for a shelter and warm food. I will open a hospice in Salisbury where the currently homeless can live. over there.

Those who own a house don’t need to worry, I stand here and implore everyone to give me a chance, and I will raise enough relief money for you within a week.Here we sincerely pray to God, as long as everyone firmly believes, we will all be saved. "

The gathered women and children became confused, and finally a thin woman stood up, and she asked with a hint of hope in her eyes, "Mr. Hyde, will you really do what you said?"

"Yes. Guarantee in my name." Jiqiu replied seriously.

After the lady finished asking, she went back to the crowd and whispered to them for a while. Jiqiu didn't show any impatience on her face. She waited patiently. Soon the lady came back again, and she slowly said, "We I would like to believe you once, the women who are still in the poorhouse and the orphanage will take their own people away, and the women and children who have lost the orphanage also agree to go to Salisbury with you to resettle."

"Thank you very much for your trust, what should I call you?" Jiqiu asked as she walked down the steps.

"People call me Mrs. Hill. I'm the director of an orphanage. If we don't have any food, we don't want to solve the problem in this way."

Mrs. Hill's voice trembled. She was not the kind of tough woman, but she was the bravest of all women, so she came to negotiate with Jiqiu as a spokesperson.

"I know, please trust me."

The young man's eloquent answer wiped away the hesitation in Mrs. Hill's heart. She still remembers today's scene many years later, how this young man stood there and gave them hope.