Our family is in decline

At the beginning, Lance showed his cards directly, forcing the pirates to gather with tokens that they could not refuse, and then ambushed and attacked to capture the Shipwreck Island in one fell swoop, eliminating most of the pirates entrenched in the surrounding area.

Then this was the beginning of the plan, and then he led his troops to Totnes, took the 20 real warships, and disrupted the situation of the pearl of the empire.

This move made the situation in Totnes chaotic. For those merchants, there was no real "home", and they left Totnes without hesitation.

But they would not come up to Hamlet. After all, it would be fine to deceive those ordinary people. Few people who can become big merchants in this world are fools, so they can naturally feel the gunpowder smell of both sides.

All that happened was a fight between the upper levels. How could they get involved if they could not see the benefits?

Not to mention that Hamlet's methods made them hesitate. After all, in order to concentrate resources to overcome difficulties, Lance implemented a period of planned economy, restricted most large-scale commercial activities, and did not allow those forces to develop here.

Under this system, basically all industries are officially monopolized, and foreign trade is also conducted in an official form. Many commercial activities are limited to the docks. Foreign goods can only be traded with the official, and merchants have no right to sell them locally.

This situation did not begin to be reformed until the ancestors were killed and the territory was recovered. Some less important industries were gradually liberalized, so soon there were small vendors everywhere, but this was not enough for those big merchants. They would not be satisfied with this situation and wanted to eat up Hamlet's market.

So they would not come in person, but would arrange people to come and show goodwill. After all, Totnes now seems to have no ability to resist at all. They also need to know more about Hamlet. In some cases, it is also a meaning of wanting to bet on both sides.

Merchants have no country, no region, and no territory. Wherever there is interest, there is their "Hamlet".

Merchants are nothing in this chess game. They are fence-sitters. They will lean to whichever side the wind blows.

The most powerful forces now are still the nobles and the church, as well as various associations and guilds. Most of them have the background of extraordinary forces, or they control violent organizations similar to the army.

These conservative guys are Hamlet's most direct enemies, because they are afraid of change, afraid of losing the social rules built and dominated by them, and afraid of losing their voice.

So these guys have always wanted to make trouble in Hamlet. After the incident in Totnes, they directly turned around and sent the slaves rescued by the pirates. Not disgusting enough, they specifically sent those rogues and even emptied the prison to throw criminals here just to make trouble.

In a short period of time, a lot of troubles did occur. After all, those guys were not willing to make a living honestly, and various cases caused a surge in public security pressure.

But any evil will eventually be brought to justice, and anyone who dares to commit crimes will be arrested, and what awaits them is trial.

It's just that Hamlet has no habit of imprisonment. The prison is only a temporary detention before the trial. If caught, they will either be shackled and sent to labor reform or sentenced to death.

Since they think that Hamlet is not a good city, the frozen soil in the wilderness should make them sober.

As for those rescued by the pirates, Hamlet seized the opportunity to treat them and find ways to send them home. Those who have no home stayed.

Totnes did not save them, but Hamlet did. What this represents is self-evident, that is, invisible reputation.

Now Hamlet's navy runs to coastal towns every day under the name of chasing pirates, using this as a propaganda caliber to once again publicize the evil of pirates and then extend the nobles and bureaucrats who are behind them.

Of course, Totnes was also dragged out and scolded. Even if it can't get rid of the impression of gold everywhere, at least it has a hat of a pirate city.

The same confrontation is not limited to this. There are too many foreign populations, and some people want to make trouble with food, hype up topics such as price increases or lack of food, and even send people to burn warehouses.

But sorry, the source of Hamlet's food is official, and the price increase that those retail stores can decide is not high.

As for the stored food, there is no shortage at all, because the food in Hamlet, yes, the entire area, has long been integrated and firmly in hand.

The location of the granary is also in the suburbs far away from the prosperous area, with a large open space isolated and guarded. Those means can be easily dealt with, and those guys can be directly sent to the sanatorium.

On the surface, the two sides have not torn their faces, but they have fought several times in secret.

But Lance doesn't care much about these things. He believes that the people below will handle it well. In comparison, he wants to find a solution to the farm as soon as possible.

But today he still walked out of the room, because the seven days agreed upon at the beginning have passed, and the trial has begun.

When the number of people is tens of thousands, the gathering is boundless, and even the widened square can hardly accommodate the surging crowd. Many people are almost standing in the buildings outside the square and climbing on the roof just to watch the show.

In the middle, there was a high platform, but the host was not Lance. He had long been unwilling to show his face in these public places. It was not because he was afraid of being shot in the back, but because his reputation was too high. If he continued like this, even if he was not a god, he would become a god in the eyes of ordinary people.

But he was just an ordinary person...

Standing on the best viewing platform, that is, the top floor of the government building standing tall outside the square, he was here with a group of senior executives, and did not need to go downstairs to squeeze with ordinary people.

When Lance arrived here, the trial had already begun. There were so many people standing in the square. I'm afraid that the execution of the Pirate King was not so exaggerated.

They also couldn't tell the whereabouts of the treasure, and the great pirate era began, because Lance didn't intend to give them a chance to talk nonsense.

The process of the trial was to have people read out the names of those guys and the crimes they committed. Someone on the high platform held a loudspeaker and read along with the information in his hand, and there were also arranged people below who repeated the sound with a loudspeaker.

It can be said that any of these evil guys can read for ten minutes without repeating, and more secret transactions are exposed here mercilessly, so that those who come here can eat as much as they want.

Then it was the execution, and the method was also very simple. You can see that the criminals tied up on it don't have too many clothes on their bodies. They are naked, with only a pair of shorts left, and they are twitching from the cold.

Just pour a bucket of water on it, and when the cold wind blows, the water vapor evaporates. The whole person can't bear it and wails for mercy. When he gets hypothermic, he shouts like crazy for heat. The sharp contrast between the two makes the audience below the stage shout.

"Good death! Open the champagne!"

"It's too easy for him to die like this, cut off his head!"

"This evil guy can't pay for his sins even if he dies."

Watching a person freeze to death is not bloody and cruel, but it is still very shocking.

The pirate who likes to play with others has now become the object of play.

The doctor is observing the state of the tortured person. The exposed skin on his body looks from red to purple. He will signal the end only after confirming death...

These dozen core figures must be publicly executed, because their identities must bear the sins of the pirate and nail this matter.

The interesting thing is that Lance did not kill all of them directly, but one a day, and each one died in a different way, leaving those people guessing.

Every day, different identities and "protagonists" of different stories are introduced, so that the spectators have time to digest the information, and then give time for public opinion to ferment.

In short, use this matter to hype it up and step on the heads of those pirates and nobles.

Today's trial is over, and everyone can see the crimes sorted out from everywhere, and discuss who will be on the stage tomorrow, what they have done, and what kind of punishment they will suffer.

But Lance did not appear today for these, but for another thing. He turned to look at the people around him and smiled: "I guess they can't sleep tonight after seeing these, let's help them sleep well."

The senior executives around him nodded and turned down, and soon only Lance was left holding the edge to overlook the square below.

The good show is about to begin...

Killing is not important, what is important is to investigate and tell everything they have done. Many old cases have been involved, and many people have also been involved. Even after today's event is over, those things are still being discussed. After all, most people don’t know many secrets, and they are not qualified to know.

Now that they were naked in front of them, everyone in the square was enjoying themselves.

Of course, not everyone could laugh and eat melons. Some people found it hard to accept. Killing people was not enough. What was the difference between torturing a person like this and those pirates?

With this kind of thinking, and putting yourself in the pirates' shoes, you can know what they did and why they were so afraid of these trials.

Because many crimes were not considered crimes in their eyes. Wasn't it just killing a few untouchables?

If Hamlet's evil was not stopped from spreading, it was very likely that they would be the next.

"This damn place is full of madness!"

"What a vicious guy. If you fall into his hands, you might as well die directly."

"How dare those ignorant untouchables make presumptuous comments..."

There were constant shouting and cursing in the secret room. Too many people came to watch the execution, and many of them were naturally the spokespersons of those forces.

There were even pirates who changed their clothes and sneaked in, perhaps wanting to save people, or still thinking about the Black Jack treasure.

Seeing that those people were not afraid at all, but excited instead, they knew they were in trouble.

Whether it is pirates, noble bureaucrats or those organizations, they essentially need to be supported. They lie on ordinary people and suck blood. For this reason, they spent thousands of years to tame these providers, and now you have provoked them.

Once ordinary people are not afraid of them, resistance will follow. I don’t know how much it will cost to suppress it.

They are not afraid of those untouchables. No matter how much trouble they make, they are still a mess. But if Hamlet does not perish, those untouchables will have a thought in their hearts, and then they will have no good life.

"How are the preparations?"

"Is the thing that guy gave reliable?"

Suddenly one person asked, and the others seemed to realize something and looked at one person, waiting for the answer.

The corner of the man's mouth twisted into a "√" shape and introduced confidently, "Don't worry, I tried that thing in a village before it came. The infected people were even helpless against the extraordinary people who came with us. We could only burn the whole village..."

From the words, it can be seen that this guy actually released a plague to infect the whole village in order to test the effect of the evil thing, and then burned it to cover it up.

The other people didn't react at all when they heard this, and even smiled a little bit and agreed.

"Hehehe!"

"Let them be arrogant for a few more days. When we leave, this place will become a place of death..."

But then the door was suddenly kicked open, and something was thrown in. The next second, it exploded, and a strange atmosphere instantly enveloped the room.

Confused shock!

Specially made grenades, no fragments, and a small amount of explosives are just to release the medicine inside. The key is a research result invented by Paracelsus.

The next second, several big men wearing simple air filter masks rushed up and took people down. Some of them wanted to resist, but the effect appeared, and the whole person was confused.

The reaction was fast and held their breath. Those who were not controlled jumped out of the window and wanted to escape, but how could they escape? Being able to come here means that the outside has laid a net.

Similar actions have actually been going on in the past few days, but now it is more like closing the net.

"What are you doing? Let me go!"

"Hamlet killed someone!"

"I didn't do anything..."

The trial just ended a while ago, but the weather is good today, and the snow has stopped, so there are people everywhere on the street, but they are all consciously avoiding each other.

Everyone is very interested in hearing those guys shouting, but no one questioned their shouting. Instead, some people who are curious asked the police who were escorting them.

"Brother police, what did they do?"

"These guys tried to release the plague in Hamlet, causing a large-scale infection."

"Fuck! Damn it!"

"When will they be tried?"

"The case is serious and will be handled expedited. I guess they can jump the queue."

Why didn't the public get misled by what those people said? Because it's very simple. There are too many similar things recently, and people who make trouble are arrested every day.

What's more important is that the investigation stage of Hamlet is not open to the public, but the final trial is open, and it does not avoid the public. Anyone who is interested in understanding the case can go to see it.

If you have doubts about the case, you can go to the trial. You only need to register and pay a deposit of one copper coin to enter. It will be returned after you leave. It is actually free.

The reason for doing this is to check the number of people, but if someone does not want the copper coin, there will be a problem.

If you miss it, you can also watch the backup report recorded by the clerk, but this costs money, and the price is clearly marked.

This is not for making money or anything, the price is not high, but to prevent someone from taking advantage of loopholes to make trouble.

After the matter is laid out, the conspiracy theory will naturally disappear. Those guys who want to attack Hamlet have not found the right direction. (End of this chapter)