Chapter 629 The Irish on the Shannon River

The residents of Ireland were also in a bad situation. The impact of potato late blight was much greater than expected.

Due to the reduction in potato production, the prices of other crops rose wildly, and those families who had a small amount of savings found that they could not afford those expensive crops at all.

The food that Franz asked the church to leave on the island of Ireland could only reduce their burden, but could not save everyone.

So some people set their sights on the things in the cellar, and some people took them for themselves and truly changed their "identity" and "destiny".

But the price was to sacrifice other people in the village. At this moment, the ugliness of human nature was fully revealed. People robbed each other of the things in the cellar, between villages and between villagers, bloody and cruel.

The result was that Franz's previous layout was completely destroyed. Not only did people not benefit from the things in the cellar, but they suffered even more severe losses.

This was something Franz had never expected. He thought everything was too simple.

In fact, it is difficult to work together without anyone restraining you.

However, surprisingly, the British chose to turn a blind eye to everything that happened on the island of Ireland. Those who were alive and dead seemed to be non-existent.

Even after some reporters published what happened in Ireland in the newspapers, the attitude of the British government and mainstream media was that maybe something happened there, but no action should be taken before the matter was clarified.

During the debate in Congress, many members claimed that the law of the market was sacred and inviolable! Violating it would inevitably lead to punishment, which was particularly deterrent for Britain, which had suffered two consecutive economic crises.

Although Robert Peel was more inclined to rely on market laws and time to solve problems, he actually made some suggestions, such as amending the Corn Law.

Although his proposal was unanimously supported by industrial and commercial capitalists, it was collectively opposed by agricultural capitalists (farmers) and nobles, who held high the banner of free trade, and even the British Prime Minister could not do anything.

In the end, Congress only passed a proposal to seek solutions from society, and those who solved the problems on the island of Ireland at this time would be rewarded with 50 pounds and a silver medal.

Yes, fifty pounds, and fifty pounds is only enough for those officials to rent a cheap carriage for a year, and if it is a luxury carriage, it may not even be enough for a quarter.

The British media did not pay much attention to this matter, and the London Times commented on it:

"The Celts on the Shannon River should be like the Reds on the Manhattan River! In order to make them waste less food, the government should be like the Americans!"

Here, the Reds on the Manhattan River refer to the Native Americans, the Indians. The most useful policy of the US government is the Scalping Act.

In 1814, the US government officially promulgated a reward regulation, rewarding the brave man who scalped the Indians, with a reward of $100 for a male scalp and $50 for a female scalp. It eventually evolved into today's "Indian Removal Act".

But not all people in the world are bad.

Queen Village, southern Ireland.

The village chief opened the door of the cellar under the witness of several men with the most say in the village, and then took out two large bags of grain and began to "evenly" distribute them to everyone.

In fact, women, children and the elderly can only get half of the rations of adult men, which makes Scathach Jennings very unhappy, because there are too many women in her family and her eldest brother is often not at home.

As the door was heavily closed, the chain was surrounded again, and with a click of the lock, everyone began the mass for this month.

Since there is no priest, the villagers can only baptize themselves. But in the eyes of the children, this is as happy as the Water Splashing Festival, and they have no sense of crisis at all.

The worried adults seemed to be infected by this emotion, and they were no longer frowning. Perhaps the cellar gave everyone hope.

But everyone knows that the food inside cannot be endless. People will eat up the food inside one day. Even if they don’t eat it up this year, what about next year?

But relatively speaking, they are already very lucky, because some villages have starved to death, and some people even killed each other for food. What’s worse is that some villages don’t have such a cellar at all.

Scathach has been sleeping poorly recently, because her eldest brother doesn’t know what he is planning all day, and that Wynn doesn’t seem to be a good person.

"But how to remind Patrit?" she pondered.

However, Scathach soon met her elder brother again. After all, it is not so easy to be a "wild child", especially on the island of Ireland at this time, the field mouse problem that has troubled the British bigwigs for many years is almost solved.

Patrit's face and hair should have been specially tidied, but his tattered clothes still betrayed him, and he huddled up waiting for his sister's help.

Fortunately, the elders of the village did not forget his share. The parents specially gave Patrit's share to Scathach. The intention is self-evident.

"Big hero, are you hungry?" Scathach teased.

"Don't keep me in suspense. I haven't eaten for three days. If you don't let me eat something, I will starve to death." Patrit said.

Scathach continued, shaking the cake in his hand: "Then why don't you go home?"

Although it is called a pancake, it is actually made of flour and grass seeds. Both the color and the taste are very strange.

But Patrit still grabbed it and chewed it in big mouthfuls. I don’t know if it was too hard or the gums were a little loose due to lack of nutrition, but the pancake was soon stained with blood.

"Why don’t you go home? Your parents miss you very much. You are the eldest son, and you have to inherit this family!"

Patrit sniffed and ate the pancake.

"Irish men must keep their words!"

Scathach was not moved by the other party's speech at all, but asked back.

"Then your oath to protect your family is not true?"

Patrit was speechless.

"I will protect my family silently"

Patrit was obviously a little lacking in momentum, and Scathach seized the opportunity to continue.

"You can't even take care of yourself! Who else can you protect! Come home with me!"

"I will be very embarrassed if I don't!"

"You've boasted too much, and everyone knows what kind of person you are!"

Scathach pulled Patrit towards home.

But in fact, there are not many places like Queen Village, but this level of despair seems to be something the Irish have become accustomed to.

Compared to the next few years, Ireland at this time can even be described as calm.

O'Connell continued his actions, and he was warmly welcomed again in Borrez. People were so hungry that they had no strength, and there was no green flag symbolizing Ireland.

But those people still shook the branches vigorously, as if to welcome the upcoming "victory".