Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 316 The man behind the scenes
Purficott executed a big businessman and hung his body on Eagle Beak Cliff, which suddenly caused an uproar in public opinion.

Leaving aside the situation in the empire, at least in the New World, many people are openly and covertly criticizing Perficott, saying that she is a cruel ruler who is still doing the same things as the feudal aristocracy in the past in the industrial age.

This kind of public opinion is still very popular in the New World. After all, as a colony, the New World can almost be regarded as a territory that the empire only opened up after entering the industrial age. To a large extent, they have no past history and have not experienced feudalism. era.

Therefore, New World people largely lack awe of nobility and tradition.

In their view, they are all rotten dross. This era is the era of industry and freedom. Money is supreme and long live capital!
They were indeed afraid of Perficott. Because of the massacre in New Shaker City, the New World people's impression of Perficott was that of a brutal, bloodthirsty madman.

However, it is difficult to match this impression with Perfectcott himself.

After all, no one can associate a fourteen-year-old girl with the legendary cruel and bloody Earl who caused the bloody massacre.

This also led to many people being afraid of Perficott's reputation before seeing her, and were full of fear and horror towards her.

But when they actually see Purficott, many people will subconsciously despise her because of her appearance.

After all, a teenage child is still a slender and frail aristocratic lady. In addition to making people feel affection, she can only feel contempt.

It is really hard to say how much majesty and momentum can be intimidating.

This was also the main reason why Mr. Thomson was rude in front of Purficott and showed no respect for her.

Therefore, Mr. Thomson, who has a very arrogant and domineering personality, naturally despised Perfectcott, and even came up with the idea of ​​overwhelming her with his momentum in front of Perfectcott.

He had indeed heard about Purfict's vicious reputation, and he had indeed been in awe of Purfict before coming to the north, thinking that he was a moody, wanton, and spoiled person who was untouchable. Noble lady.

After all, Purficott looks too unintimidating.

Of course, it’s also possible that he’s cursing you one second and hugging you and crying the next.

Mr. Thomson once met some "noble ladies" in New Xia Ke City. Indeed, they often only do things based on their own likes and dislikes.

This style of conduct is elusive.

So in the beginning, Thomson was really afraid of Perficott, fearing that he would be hanged by the earl if he was not careful.

But when Mr. Thomson saw Perfectcott at Eagle Beak Cliff, the awe in his heart could not be said to have disappeared, but it could only be said that meeting him was not as good as being famous.

It's possible that she's laughing and chatting with you one second, and then throwing a glass of wine in your face the next.

This was put into action after he was received by Purficott, and nothing more.

Mr. Thomson's widow and son did not even dare to go to Eagle's Beak Cliff to retrieve Mr. Thomson's body, so they could only let the body hang on Eagle's Beak Cliff for people to admire.

In the end, it was his daughter who sought help from various sources and got in front of Andrew. Only then, with his mediation, did Mr. Thomson's body come back and was properly buried after being cleaned up. Of course, it was a very low-key burial without any publicity.

This was very different from Mr. Thomson's style during his lifetime, but whether it was his daughter's financial resources or the intimidation from the northern lords, his funeral was very low-key.

If Mr. Thomson's daughter had not insisted on preparing a cemetery for her father and invited a priest to preside over the funeral, his son might have just buried the matter hastily according to his son's idea, so as not to implicate the family because he had offended the northern lord. people.

From this point of view, Mr. Thomson's behavior in front of Perfectcott did appear to be very brainless.

After all, even his wife, children, and children knew how intimidating the northern lord was, but he dared to take advantage of him in front of Purficott. It must be said that he really had a right to die.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the New World people's lack of respect for the nobility themselves.

Most of those who made their fortune in the New World believed that money was everything and that money was the first factor in measuring a person's social status.

So when a big businessman with money and industry comes to invest in the Northern Territory and looks at the desolate situation in the Northern Territory, he naturally develops a feeling of superiority, thinking that he is the one in a high position.

After all, how could an environment like the Northern Territory, which is comparable to survival in the wilderness, develop without the investment of these big businessmen?

Because of this, in the eyes of some people represented by Mr. Thomson, Purficott should not only beg them, but at least win them over.

It was not that Mr. Thomson had not considered the consequences of angering an imperial earl before being rude to Purficott, but this was originally part of his and some other people's plans.

Yes, this is actually a plan.

They plan to take advantage of Purficott's need for people like them to invest in building factories in the north, thereby taking a dominant position in negotiations with Purficott, so that they can obtain more benefits.

Mr. Thomson is just a representative pushed out by those behind the scenes.

Of course, he can also be understood as a pawn deliberately used to show a strong attitude in front of Purficott to test her.

They had considered Purficott's outburst, her silence, and of course the situation where she would directly turn her back and use her aristocratic privileges, and they had made preparations for these situations.

But it is obvious that neither the people behind the scenes nor Mr. Thomson himself thought that Perfectcott would directly kill someone.

However, this also gave them an opportunity to attack Perficott. After all, the nature of the matter of dead people was different. They could unite more people to protest to the empire center and protest against Perficott's misbehavior.

At the same time, she can also negotiate with Purficott on this matter, and even announce the withdrawal of funds from the northern border, so that she can see their influence.

After all, although capitalists dare to sell the rope to hang themselves, in the final analysis, they still cherish their lives. If their lives may be lost at any time, who will come to the north to invest?

They believe that as long as enough people join forces, the chances of winning against Perfectcott are still very high.

(End of this chapter)