For long voyages, the importance of supply stations along the route is unquestionable.

Sakhalin, the supply depot, as the first stop of this voyage, is even more important.

The flotilla stayed here for about seven days, and with the help of steel tools, the camp was built quickly.

And in this area of the coastline, there are no indigenous people, and Stony Creek does not know if there is no one here, or if they are hiding in the depths of the island.

However, he did not have time to think about this, and after replenishing thousands of fresh water and collecting some local wild fruits, the fleet set sail again.

The 200 people who remained on the island looked at the fleet, and they were a little at a loss for a while.

After nearly two months of sailing, they saw the vastness of the sea, and for a while they broke away from the team, and everyone did not know whether they were lucky or not.

At least there are abundant resources here, and there is no need to worry too much about the source of food.

Because they are the first stop here, and it is not too far from the mainland of Qi State, according to the plan, after the sea thaws in the spring of next year, the imperial court will transport a batch of materials for their survival.

But the supply depot behind them was not so lucky, far away from the mainland, they could only rely on themselves if they wanted to survive in a strange place.

It's August, and the weather here is already chilly.

The sailors who remained knew they had to finish the camp as soon as possible.

Otherwise, in the winter, the cold weather here will take their lives.

The officers divided the work of 200 people, and some of them were responsible for going outside to search for supplies and hunt wild beasts.

Although the fleet had left them with a certain amount of food, it would only be enough for them for a month if they were not replenished from the locals.

Before winter arrives, they have to make sure nothing goes wrong.

For the sake of their own lives, the sailors worked very actively.

And the wildlife on the island is also the first time to encounter a human who has never seen a predator.

In the face of humans equipped with advanced weapons, even if they are as strong as brown bears, they have no power to fight back, and can only let the Qi people hunt and kill at will.

August 15 is a festival that represents reunion in the Hereafter.

Yang Hao is anxious about countless complicated government affairs.

As the country grew larger, he felt that his abilities were clearly stretched.

The experience of later generations cannot be completely copied, and he, the founder of the empire, can only rely on his true ability to keep the country running as much as possible.

Did the flame of the candle make a crackling sound, and the dancing candle flame stretched Yang Hao's shadow on the wall.

Yang Hao unfolded a fold, and the words of the Criminal Department were written on the cover of this fold.

It contains a list of prisoners who are waiting to be executed after the fall.

The execution of a prisoner, according to the law of Qi State, needs to be reported layer by layer, and finally submitted to Yang Hao for approval before the prisoner can be executed.

This list records the fact that these prisoners were sentenced to death for what they had committed.

Yang Hao looked at it very carefully, this is a major matter of human life, if it is because of his carelessness, there is an unjust, false and wrongful case of gods and demons, this is something he cannot tolerate.

A total of four prisoners are awaiting execution this year.

A prisoner was caught red-handed for intentional homicide.

On the other list of prisoners, the names of two people, a man and a woman, were written for the reasons why they were sentenced to death, which made him frown.

According to the information, the prisoner was a sixteen-year-old woman who was sentenced to death for adultery.

Originally, this was nothing, but the record of the trial is full of doubts.

Yang Hao held the pen and couldn't write down a chop.

Extract the prisoner's information and set it aside.

The last prisoner was a Miao fugitive, who was arrested by the local government after being reported after escaping from the prisoner of war camp.

In the end, Yang Hao picked up the adultery case information again.

This prisoner's information reads, the prisoner, a native of Sanchuan Town, Tongyu County, Jingzhou, 16 years old, farming for a living, married at the beginning of the year with the same town Orion, in May of the 14th year, was found by his husband to have an affair with his neighbor Ran, a few days later, the two conspired to kill him at home, and were captured.

The case record is very simple, not at all like the other two cases, with a detailed arrest process.

And if it is according to this account, if this woman commits adultery with someone, if her husband finds out, it will inevitably cause a lot of turmoil in the local area, how can it be that the two of them killed her a few days later.

According to the law of Daqi, adultery is a serious crime for both men and women, and the two people who advertise adultery have no chance of survival.

If they want to save their lives, they can directly kill people when they are discovered, so that they can escape.

Yang Hao felt that this record was illogical, so he decided to suppress the case.

A few days later, Yang Hao called the criminal department secretary and threw him the file of the case.

"Tell me what you think."

Shangshu of the Criminal Department, seeing that Yang Hao's face was wrong, his heart suddenly chuckled.

He quickly picked up the file and flipped through it quickly, but he didn't see anything wrong with it.

"King, this is just an ordinary adultery case, and now that the criminal has been caught, is there anything wrong?"

Yang Hao pondered for a moment and said: "This king feels that this matter is suspicious, and this case needs to be re-investigated." ”

"This... The king, the minister does not know what doubts are in this case, and I don't know if the king can say it clearly. ”

Yang Hao said what he suspected, and Shangshu of the Criminal Department read the verdict of the case again, his brows furrowed slightly.

"If according to the king's words, there is indeed something wrong with this account, but this is the reason, I suspect that the local officials may not be able to convince the ministers."

Yang Hao snorted coldly and said: "The Qing is self-purifying, the court will not wronged a good person, and will definitely not let go of a bad person, is human life more important than the face of officials?" ”

Seeing that Yang Hao was a little angry, the forehead of the criminal department Shangshu suddenly sweated, and hurriedly said: "The minister will arrange to investigate." ”

Yang Hao nodded and said: "No need, I will send two Jinyi guards to accompany me in this case, the officials who went to investigate have already been selected, I hope your criminal department will not let me down, don't let me down the people of Daqi." ”

"Don't dare!"

Shangshu of the Criminal Department suddenly felt in his heart, and he was frightened by Yang Hao's words.

Yang Hao's words have already shown that he has some distrust of these people in the Criminal Department, which is a very terrible signal for him, if something really goes wrong, I am afraid that he will not be able to get rid of it.

Not to mention that it will be one step closer in the future, it is very likely that it will not even be able to keep its current position.

Yang Hao said in a deep voice: "Your criminal department is the only place where the people can seek justice, and the good or bad you do is related to how the people view the court, if you forget your duties, then what is the use of this criminal department." ”