Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 319 The hard-spoken kimono is soft-spoken

Captain William did not really hang all those businessmen, although he could do so, and Purficott would not mind if he did so.

But after seriously considering the consequences of doing so, Captain William chose to just hang them up.

Don't get me wrong, Captain William doesn't want to let them go, or he thinks this is enough.

The reason why he did not directly order these people to be hanged was because he hoped that he could better carry out Purficott's orders and implement the will of the Northern Lord to where she wanted, instead of simply turning himself into A black glove that does Purficott's dirty work.

From Captain William's perspective, what Purficott wanted was to resolve the boycott of the Child Labor Act and the fact that businessmen in the New World wanted to fight against the authority of the Northern Lords.

Rather than simply hoping to kill these businessmen who had offended her authority, although this was indeed the simplest, crudest and most direct method.

If Captain William simply kills these merchants who oppose the Northern Lords, then although he can leave a more profound impression in front of Purficott, he will not be able to escape the fate of having to do dirty work.

This is really not a good choice for a knight, especially an ambitious knight who desires to make achievements.

If he has a choice, he certainly hopes that he can gain a better status with a relatively positive positioning, so as to realize his ambition or ideal.

Therefore, he hoped that he could make these businessmen bow their heads and cooperate with the orders of the northern lords, rather than continue to resist and be really hanged.

"Bah! You tyrant's lackey! Don't think we will give up the sacred and inviolable power of personal property!" Even though they were hung from the street lamp, some people were still very stubborn: "The laws of the empire protect my property and my speech. Enjoy your freedom! That tyrant has gone against the grain, ignored our legitimate demands, and harmed our interests in this way. She will not end well!"

From the perspective of these businessmen, this statement is relatively senseless.

After all, even if they think that their money can bring them enough social status, they are not so stupid that they are so stupid that they can directly confront the steam knight while they are hanging on the street lamp.

But it is obvious that some people are accustomed to being pampered and patronized, and even in the New World colonies, they are treated politely as guests of the governor, which causes them to have a certain cognitive bias in their own identity.

He was suddenly treated roughly and hung directly on a street lamp, unable to turn around at once.

But they didn't need to worry about this problem soon, because Captain William ordered the ropes that were originally tied around the wrists of the loudest ones to be put directly around their necks.

The world suddenly became pure.

"Guys, can you talk calmly about the child labor bill now?" Captain William walked up to several other businessmen who had already closed their mouths and asked them.

The situation is stronger than the people, and these businessmen will still assess the situation.

So they quickly expressed their submission and promised that they would highly support any decision of the Northern Lords.

"I believe the lord will be very happy if you can have this understanding. After all, those children are really miserable. The lord feels the same way and then promulgates the child labor bill to improve their living conditions. Your previous protest made the lord very sad. Angry." Although it does sound like high-sounding words, Captain William did understand the relevant information about the child labor bill and personally learned about the living conditions of those child laborers. It can be said that his words are also his true thoughts. . "It's because we are not aware enough and don't understand what the Earl means. Please say a few kind words in front of the Earl!" Several businessmen looked at their colleagues who were chatting and laughing with them before, and now their faces were blue and lifeless, and their tongues were no longer there. The old man vomited out of his mouth, and his death was really ugly, and he was almost scared to death.

The reason why they dared to go against Perficott before was simply because they felt that she, like the governor of the New World, needed their support and must win over them.

That's why they dared to directly resist Purficott's decree, and also wanted to force her to submit and gain an advantage in negotiations.

However, Purficott did not compromise as they expected, but directly showed them how the empire's great nobles with real power and force carried out their will.

Hanging people directly is really scary.

When Mr. Thomson was hanged at first, they thought it was just that Mr. Thomson had made rude remarks in front of Perfectcott, and was dealt with by this random aristocratic lady, which was regarded as hitting the muzzle of the gun.

And if there is only Mr. Thomson, killing him is indeed killing him. This kind of thing is indeed nothing to the real power lord of the empire.

Even in this matter, Purficott didn't need to make any excuses, he could just be killed for being disrespectful to the nobles.

But if a large group of businessmen resist, they believe that their influence should be enough to make the northern lords give in. After all, in their view, the construction and development of the northern territory cannot be separated from the support of various resources and industrial production capacity imported from the New World.

From a macro perspective, their understanding is not wrong. After all, if it were other imperial nobles, they might really choose to negotiate or compromise.

Even if they don't compromise, they won't take cruel measures like killing people directly and using the army to suppress them.

After all, as long as there are suitable interests, the life and death of the lower class civilians is irrelevant to the nobles.

Even the aristocratic lords with a tough attitude must consider the future development of the Northern Territory if these merchants no longer do business with them when faced with the joint camp and common resistance formed by the merchants.

Even the imperial center had to consider this and deviate to a certain extent in favor of these businessmen in terms of policy.

But the information gap caused them to misjudge the situation. Perficott was not here to develop and build the northern border, but to build the last refuge for mankind.

Facing the coming apocalyptic winter, she would not consider the so-called future development issues at all.

Because in the future, the New World will be abandoned by the empire, and only the north will be able to retain a complete industrial system and a relatively complete imperial system.

So whether it is the center of the empire or the northern lords, in this situation where the end is coming, stability is the first priority. As for the others?
Sorry, even if it means dyeing the entire northern land red with blood, Perficott will strengthen his determination and create a stable environment.

(End of this chapter)