my wife is a consul

Chapter 624 Principality Benefits
On June 956, 6, Prince Montenegro personally made a closing statement in the "Huaxia Science and Technology v. Shanghu Group Case" in the East China Sea First Circuit Court.

This caused a stir throughout the imperial judiciary.

This legendary genius who changed and perfected several legal principles of the empire has left the judiciary for a long time, and is performing a new legend on another road. Unexpectedly, he will have a comeback moment.

According to media reports, the courtroom was in a state of complete boiling. The jurors' preference for His Royal Highness the Prince of Montenegro caused serious protests from the defense's lawyers.

Before the jury made a verdict, the defense lawyers asked the judge to declare the trial invalid on the grounds that when the Prince of Montenegro stood up to make a closing statement, the jurors stood up and saluted together.

The presiding judge was an old Western man, who mercilessly rejected the defendant's request on the grounds that it was not inappropriate for the civilian jurors to stand up and pay tribute to the identity of His Royal Highness the Prince of Montenegro. His Majesty the king is generally exempt from criminal prosecution, but the empire has not had a prince of a country for a long time, but this ancient law has not been abolished, so when such an important member of the royal family appeared in the court and acted as The side of the legal defense itself is the victory of the judiciary.

Apparently, the behavior of the defendant's lawyers had the opposite effect and aroused even greater disgust from the jury.

The jury ruled that Huaxia Science and Technology won the lawsuit, which is not unexpected by most people, but the headline that shocked all the media marked the amount of compensation and punitive fines awarded by the jury, which amounted to 1.2 million yuan.

However, some media revealed that the defendant's lawyers walked out of the courtroom smiling.

According to the analysis of experts in the judicial field, the lawyers group of the Shanghu Consortium is a powerful Reid Law Firm. In fact, in economic cases involving consortium-level games, the Reid Law Firm is well-known and second to none in the empire. Obviously, these elite lawyers will not Not knowing the potentially serious consequences of provoking the jury before the jury verdict.

Therefore, their series of actions is just a strategy. Whether it is the jury standing up and paying tribute to the plaintiff's lawyer, or the super-amount of compensation awarded, it will become their best grounds for appeal.

In fact, the Ueto Foundation’s lawyers filed an appeal the next day, requesting the Court of Appeal to declare the trial null and void, and obtained a 30-day suspension of execution of the judgment.

Of course, because of the huge amount of money involved, the Shanghu consortium needs to pay up to 3000 million as a deposit for suspension of execution to the appeal court.

It is reported that the Shanghu consortium is very dissatisfied with this, and it seems that the progress of fundraising is very slow.

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A few days after his birthday, Lu Ming appeared in Naishan City in Yoshida.

Naishan is a small city with a population of tens of thousands, but its city area is very large, because in the southwest of the small city, there is Naishan Forest, one of the largest forest areas in Japan, with an area of ​​more than 5000 square kilometers.

However, the Naishan Forest Farm was sold to the Zhengdong Group by the relatives of "Governor Zhang" as collateral to compensate the relatives of "Governor Zhang".

Naishan Forest Farm has also become a forest farm owned by Zhengdong Forestry Company.

Lu Ming was walking in the forest at this time, and the interpreter accompanying him was Mie Takeuchi, the wife of Yoichi Takeuchi, the mayor of this city. She was a petite and beautiful young woman. She wore a traditional kimono, but she had the experience of studying at Kyoto University. The family is also a well-known local family.

Takeuchi Yoichi was also nearby, and he was fluent in Zhongzhou, but he recommended his wife to be the temporary interpreter for Representative Lu.

He even nodded and bowed, bowing up to his buttocks. He was originally a good-looking talent, but under the flattery, he was full of ugliness.

Of course, to the locals and to his subordinates, he was a terrifying existence.

Most of the trees in Zhengdong Forest Farm are beech trees, many of which are more than a hundred years old. They are excellent materials for making furniture and musical instruments.

But now it has been roughly felled, and it is mainly transported to Xianquan to support the construction of Xianquan. Some of them are burned into charcoal and then transported, and some will be transported directly. In addition, lime kilns have been built locally. It happens that there is also limestone in Naishan. , The felled trees are also used to burn lime, and most of them will be transported to Xianquan.

Whether it is cutting down trees or burning lime in a lime kiln, these jobs are all free labor from the prisoner-of-war camp of the Yoshida Army.

The day after Prime Minister Ashikaga's statement, Yoshida's army counterattacked and was completely defeated.

More than [-] soldiers were made prisoners of war.

Treating them is naturally not like prisoners of war in the Northern Territory War.

They were all incorporated into the prisoner-of-war camp and became the coolies of Zhengdong Company.

In fact, the Principality is not short of labor nowadays. In Xianquan, tens of thousands of northern laborers have migrated to work in labor-intensive Zhongzhou enterprises such as clothing factories. Compared with local wages, Montenegrin workers are treated much higher.

However, outside of Xianquan, Central Continent's capital is basically here to plunder rather than invest in construction. It is more engaged in trade. It will dump the products of Xianquan and the Principality into markets around Japan, and exchange various resources and Agricultural and fishery primary products.

The Zhengdong Forestry Farm can take a peek at the leopards. The workers are all free Japanese prisoners of war. What they really eat is grass and what they squeeze out is milk.

During the management of the Oyue people, the prisoners of Yoshida made troubles and riots several times.

But after being handed over to Zhengdong Company for management, they became honest. Most prisoners of war were very obedient and well-behaved.

They believed that it was the Central Continents of the Principality of Montenegro who defeated them, not the Oyue people.

It is true that during the battle with the Yoshida Legion, the Principality not only sent fighter planes to support it, but the Black Sparrow Troops also directly participated in the battle. The powerful combat power made the Yoshida Legion frightened.

Therefore, being managed by the Central Continents of the Principality of Montenegro, enslaved by the strong who really defeated them, the prisoners of the Yoshida Legion felt that they were respected.

The prisoners of war who were seen along the way, seeing Lu Ming and his party, all bowed and saluted very respectfully.

However, Lu Ming knew that these were only temporary appearances, and no one would want to be a free slave all the time, especially if they could not see hope, they would be desperate. Desperate people would do anything.

Especially for the leader Yoshida, the power to resist the people of Okuyue and Zhongzhou is not small.

Yoshida Abe, the new lord of the Yoshida Territory, is a very greedy character with very bad conduct. Therefore, although he is an important figure in the Yoshida family, he has been marginalized and even almost imprisoned. However, his bloody wrists are effective in suppressing rebels.

Including the local governors appointed by Yoshida Territory, in fact, Yoichi Takeuchi also knows what this group is like.

But now they can only rely on them, and the Oyue people have never thought of influencing the Yoshida people to stand on their side, and that is simply impossible.

Therefore, the management in the Yoshida Territory adopts a high-pressure white terror rule, and most of the local officials used are corrupt and cruel people.

In a short period of time, it is naturally beneficial. Basically, the resistance force can't make waves at all.

But in fact, the countryside full of complaints will be the best shelter for the resistance.

Moreover, once a war breaks out between the Ashikaga regime and the Yamamoto regime, the resistance forces of the Yoshida Territory will really be able to start a prairie fire.

These more than [-] prisoners of the Yoshida Legion are indeed a good labor force, but in the future, they may also be a huge threat.

Thinking about it, Lu Ming slowly entered the office in the administrative building of the forest farm.

Takeuchi Yoichi and other important officials from the city followed, and they all stood still.

In fact, Lu Ming's current status is only the consul of the principality's consulate in Naishan, and the consulate is located in this administrative building outside the entrance of the forest farm fence.

In the agreement reached between the Principality and Prime Minister Ashikaga, consulates were established in the capitals of the four territories. In addition, because of the existence of Naishan forest farm and prisoner-of-war camp, a consulate was also established in Naishan.

According to the treaty, the consuls of these five consulates are political, economic and military advisers who work closely with local officials, but they have no right to interfere in the internal affairs of the local government. In fact, the latter item was proposed by Lu Ming on his own initiative.

From the current situation of Prime Minister Ashikaga, it is natural to understand what he and the people of Montenegro need from each other.

The more so, Lu Ming pays more attention to maintaining the independence of Prime Minister Ashikaga's regime in the formal agreement.

Otherwise, there may be big problems in the future, and the benefactor will become the enemy.

Lu Jun's identity was originally to solve the assassination case of Governor Zhang. After reaching an agreement with Prime Minister Yu Yamamoto, the duties of the plenipotentiary were completed. After a period of unemployment, he was appointed as the consul of the Naishan Consulate.

Although the Naishan Consulate is located in the small town of Naishan, there is no doubt that Yoichi Takeuchi and others know that among the five consulates, the Naishan Consulate may be the most important in the eyes of Montenegrin people. The Lu representative, who is the younger brother of Prince Montenegro, served as consul.

It is true that there is no airport in Yoshida City, but some prisoners of war near the forest farm in Naishan are being used to build a military airport. Moreover, there is also a Central Continent armed force stationed in the forest farm. Of course, it is necessary to manage the prisoner of war camp. But the sophisticated equipment of this armed weapon is also staggering.

"Yesterday, Prime Minister Ashikaga just reached a consensus with the Principality that Naishan City will implement special management and strive to establish a model city where Yoshida people can live and work in peace and contentment. Well, you should see the official letter soon."

Lu Ming's words stunned Takeuchi Yang.

Lu Ming said again: "This model city, first of all, strengthens the independence of the judiciary in terms of governance, so in the short term, foreign judges will be hired. My younger brother is not talented, so I will temporarily act as the chief judge of the Naishan court. Statutes are not quite..."

Before Lu Ming could finish his humble words, Yoichi Takeuchi had already taken the lead, and everyone applauded enthusiastically.

"Great, it's great that Representative Lu can come!"

"Representative Lu is our chief judge, we are very honored!"

Everyone looked elated.

Lu Ming smiled, "Don't worry, I won't really try the case, and I don't have time to manage it. It's just that the original judge is now only responsible to me, and has no affiliation with you."

Everyone was even more relieved, and they still danced like horses, but the original judge had a higher status, and the share that needed to be divided might have to be given more.

Lu Ming continued: "Also, in the future, the Naishan court will add an appeal court to manage the appeal cases in the entire Yoshida area. In addition to transferring from outside, do you guys have any suitable judicial personnel that you can recommend? Give me."

In fact, I don't care about the development of the Yoshida leader and how the judiciary is doing, but having an appellate court in my hands is equivalent to grasping the Yoshida leader's veins. It is much more convenient to act here. The real secret is the emperor , However, the local officials are not yet aware of this.

This model will not be extended to other regions, so as not to cause dissatisfaction with the old Prime Minister Ashikaga.

But in Yoshida, he has the vital interests of the Principality, not only the resources of the forest farm, but also [-]% of the annual tax revenue must be handed over to the relatives of "Governor Zhang".

The Yoshida Territory has simply become an abandoned place, and the Yamamoto Yu regime regards it as an abandoned son and signed an agreement indiscriminately to stabilize the Principality of Montenegro.

The senior members of the Ashikaga regime did not regard the Yoshida Territory as a real territory, and appointed local officials to suppress it with violent levies.

One's own side also needs to intervene in it to safeguard the principality's interests here.

(End of this chapter)