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Chapter 764: Pushing the New Policy
Those who pointed out the problem had only three reactions: either beg for mercy and explain that they were innocent, or be forced to shirk responsibility.

Or they just wanted to escape. They knew what they had done and would look for opportunities to run away even without being called out by name.

In the end, of course, he couldn't escape and tried to struggle a bit, but was hit head-on by Boudica.

It is forbidden to beat people to death, but Boudica's amazing wisdom always gives her some unique understanding, so she can still be considered alive even if her hands and feet are broken.

A punch directly broke the man's arm, and a kick twisted his entire calf in an instant.

If Boudica hadn't been afraid of making things look too ugly and being criticized by Lance, she would have really wanted to beat him to death.

The resistance was not enough for Boudica to beat with one hand. The three men fell down at the first blow, wailing in pain.

Lance just felt it was a bit boring, it would be better to watch the fierce duel between the rats.

I am even more speechless. Is it worthwhile to treat someone after you beat him up like this?

But to those people, it was completely terrifying. It was too brutal!

They didn't dare to make trouble anymore. When they were called, they came out and obeyed the orders obediently.

The population registration was done very quickly because Lance brought over hundreds of specially trained officers. The relevant tasks had already been made clear, and they started working directly. Even if many of them were assigned to interrogation, they were completed very quickly.

"Sir, this is the situation we have reviewed and summarized."

The examiners on the other side also quickly gave Lance what he wanted. After taking a quick look, they spoke and signaled that it was time to proceed to the next step.

"Hold a public trial, mobilize the people to complain, and then publicize our policies..."

"Yes!"

As soon as a word is spoken, someone will come to execute it. If you train them but don't let them get started, they will never learn. The pursuit of practice is Hamlet's style.

What's more, it is impossible for Lance to do everything himself now. He is here to find a balance. In such a drastic change, some special situations are inevitable.

The mayor's family and his lackeys, who had just been taken away for individual interrogation, were tied up again and brought up.

At first, many people didn't understand what was going on until the officials began to encourage the people to tell their crimes, and Hamlet's lord would take charge of them.

The mayor had always been very intimidating, so for a moment no one dared to speak.

But there is always a shortage of brave people, especially young people. The man who was caught and beaten by the mayor just now stepped forward and pointed at the injuries on his body to accuse those people.

The mayor was also anxious and wanted to explain, but he was tied up and his mouth was stuffed. His first move scared people, but he was kicked by the soldiers behind him and fell to the ground. He couldn't even stand up, and he was wriggling like a fat maggot.

It would be easy if someone took the initiative, not to mention that the mayor's authority accumulated over the years was kicked to the ground with this kick.

The officials knew clearly why a public trial was held, so they could not allow the situation to become chaotic. Otherwise, it would be meaningless to make a scene like a vegetable market.

"Come one by one!"

"Don't make any noise!"

"You speak first……"

The situation was forcibly controlled, and then people were screened and came forward one by one to recount the crimes of the mayor and his lackeys.

As for the content, it also reveals how the mayor made his fortune. It was nothing more than the same few things: violence, debt, embezzlement...

You can refer to the various actions taken by the mayor and farmers when Hamlet was invaded by bandits, or the food crisis in Owendo.

This guy's methods were not so sophisticated, but he was no less bloody and cruel than those guys. He often injured or killed people. Under his rule, countless people were separated from their families.

Lance didn't react much. He just sat there watching the scene and listening to people coming forward to cry about their crimes. It seemed as if he had expected it.

The so-called public trial only selected a few representative cases, which had actually been determined in the preliminary review, so this was also a controlled script, although the events were true.

Because to sum up, there are only a few situations, and it is impossible for hundreds of people to tell you one by one. You can leave the rest to the meeting in the evening when you have nothing to do.

"The main culprit pretended to be the mayor and organized a gang..."

At this time, an official came up and summarized the crimes committed by the mayor in a few words, and put all the blame on him. Lord Hamlet, Lance, was absolutely not involved in any cause and effect.

And the fact is that these things have little to do with other people.

"Sentenced to thirty years of reform through labor!"

These officers have been trained and speak with the simplest words, so everyone can understand when the charges are read out.

It can't be said to be outrageous to both humans and gods, but those people are eager to put the mayor on the barbecue. He is so fat, it will probably take a long time to grill him.

Then the verdict was announced, but they were confused. What is labor reform? What kind of punishment is this?
The man did his job conscientiously and did not just brush it off with a few words. Instead, he simply explained what labor reform was.

To build roads, to open up land, to do labor... in short, it is some public services.

"It's better to kill him!"

"Burn him!"

"If you ask me to behead him..."

But the response was not great. After all, for ordinary people, isn't this just something they do every day? How can this be considered a punishment?
Communicating with ordinary people is an art. That person easily eliminated the resentment in everyone's hearts with just one sentence.

"Killing them is too easy. You used to work for him, but now he works for you. They must atone for their crimes. Make them realize the evil of their actions."

The people didn't know so much, so when they heard this, they thought it was right and they felt happy to have the mayor work for them.

The following few people, along with the mayor’s family, were also sentenced to labor reform. As for the years they were sentenced for, they were not mentioned and have no reference value at all.

Because Lance will never let them go, he will definitely use the disabled. Now there are still many areas in Hamlet that need to be developed, and it is impossible to spend money. He came out this time just to catch free labor.

But there were special cases. Before this, the three people who had resisted with weapons and were crippled by Boudica were dragged up.

Their crime was resistance, and the mayor sentenced them to forced labor, so they were hanged directly.

It was very simple for Lance, because he couldn't waste resources to treat a few useless people, so he could only make use of the waste. Just in response to the previous sentence, "Resisters will be killed! Rebels will die!".

Tell them what happens when they stand up to Lord Hamlet...

"Remember? The trial must be fair and just. What they did must be exposed and recorded, so that no one can summon their spirits when the time comes.

Catch some of the local tyrants who have committed bad behaviors and trample them under their feet, completely eliminate their awe of these local tyrants, and establish the values ​​dominated by Hamlet.

But we must also be vigilant. The information we get must be accurate. For example, many of these have different opinions and are difficult to verify with each other. We must be cautious..."

Lance did not intervene this time and handed over most of the matters to his subordinates, but the teaching still needed to be done.

Why a public trial?

Because Lance wants to use these hairs to re-establish Hamlet's authority, and also to save his people from suffering and despair.

Lance is kind-hearted and can't bear to see this.

There are two or three hundred people in a small town, half of whom are serfs of the mayor, and at least 70% of the surrounding fields belong to them.

It can be said that this is the mayor's territory and he is the lord here. His influence on this small piece of land is more useful than that of a count.

If a general lord also wanted to recover the territory, it would probably be done after the mayor surrendered and opened the door, and he might even have to go through an appointment procedure for the mayor.

Because for those big lords there is not much benefit here, and they cannot manage it themselves. The only thing they care about is taxation. As long as they collect the money, they don’t care what you do internally.

This is a common phenomenon in the empire and even in most parts of the world. No one cares about the feelings of ordinary people.

If Lance had ignored his ancestors at the beginning and tried to regain the territory at all costs, even if he controlled a small town, he would probably just ask the mayor to pay taxes and then hastily withdraw his troops to the next place.

This way of carrying out the so-called recovery is just another form of enfeoffment of the nobility.

But even a pig's brain can figure out that those serfs had no money in the first place, and the little resources they produced from their labor were all exploited.

All the wealth is concentrated in that small group, and they only have to pay relatively little tax, and the rest goes into the pockets of these guys.

what is this concept?

My territory, my people, you as an intermediary take 70%, and I get the 30%, do you still want me to thank them?
That's my money!
So if we take over but don't control or manage, it's better not to take action. The last person to implement the tax-sharing system was the Toilet King, who had amazing wisdom.

Lance should either not take action or he must be under control. It is better to get rid of these things that are sucking blood from Hamlet.

Representatives from the army also participated. After returning, they would spread what they heard to let the soldiers know that they were doing a just thing and saving them from the evil guys.

Recovering territory and rescuing people, these two claims have a very important impact on morale and represent that they are an army of justice.

At the same time, it also gave them a reference for what to do next. Try not to kill anyone, control the situation and wait for him to bring people over to sort it out. Killing and destruction would be of no use to the development of the territory.

"My lord, it's almost time."

Then Patton stepped forward to remind him, and Lance understood what he meant and nodded in agreement.

"I will give you fifty officers and leave fifty infantrymen. You will act according to the plan."

"Yes!"

It was actually only about half an hour from the time the gate was broken into to now, and the army, after resting, set out again to the next place to do similar things.

But Lance took some people to stay because things were just beginning.

"You go and start explaining the policy, and quickly organize people to build houses. In previous years, there have been cases of houses collapsing under heavy snow. Now organize the prisoners to start working. We don't advocate violence, but if they don't work, they will starve for a few days..."

The public trial is just the beginning, the rest is the key, to publicize Hamlet's policies and establish new rules.

The affairs officer who was explaining the policy was still the one who had just led the trial, because he was the one in charge here and needed these things to show off and enhance his authority in the eyes of the people.

Originally, getting rid of the mayor would just mean replacing him with another person, but now when they talked about the lord wanting to divide the mayor's land among them, everyone became excited. Their original confused and numb looks were swept away, and a strong vitality burst out from their skinny bodies.

They began to actively cooperate with the officer's orders, and even more people emerged after a check, and most of them were children.

Because they had only roughly cleared out the people and did not search the mayor's house carefully, it was normal for people to be hiding in those cellars. In fact, Lance knew it.

The affairs officer was also a ruthless person. He specifically picked out those who had deep hatreds with the mayor and asked them to supervise the mayor's work. He gave them requirements that they must not be beaten to death or affect the work, and as for the rest, as long as they were not excessive, he would just ignore them.

Everyone started to get busy. Some began to search the homes of other lackeys as pointed out by the locals, while others were already leading the locals to survey the fields outside.

Lance will not interfere too much in these matters as he has more important things to deal with.

"There are three villages nearby, with a total population of more than a hundred people, and the fields..."

From these words, we can tell that Lance obviously knows what the situation is here, because he has consciously collected and counted the information of those towns and villages a long time ago.

With the help of the caravans, he could locate the mayor as soon as he arrived, and then directly confiscate his property. The punishment for these local tyrants had been discussed long ago, so the public trial mentioned just now was for ordinary people to watch.

Lance is now in charge of another key policy - village merger and relocation.

No kidding, there is a reason why Lance chose this place at the beginning, because he was planning to relocate three sparsely populated villages around here.

The reason why we let those people build houses and repair old ones is because we distribute houses and land, so that people can be relocated here with security. Otherwise, if it snows heavily, will they be relocated here to die?
The barbarians all know about autumn hunting, and they either invade and plunder in order to survive the winter.

In those scattered small villages, the ability to face the risks of natural disasters is low. Lance knows that houses and fields are not important, but the food hidden by the mayor is important.

After arranging people to count the food, Lance took the fifty soldiers and some carts to find those villages.

There was basically no room for resistance, and fifty soldiers just standing there was enough to make them feel desperate.

Fortunately, Lance brought hope. Many officials went out to publicize the policies to them, and they moved there to get houses and land. The lord is great!
The soldiers also put down their guns and helped them load their things into the car. Who dared to say no?

Lance didn't care about that and came to the fields in the village.

Although it is not a good field, it has been reclaimed after all. It would be a pity to leave it abandoned.

This is also the reason why Lance brought Greendale with him. All he needs to do is plant the herbs, and what will sprout next spring will be high value-added materials.