Chapter 53: Public Trial

Lante has never regarded himself as a nobleman in his heart, so he really doesn't care much about things like the reserve and bearing of those nobles, and his interests are first, if he is worried about face and other things, then it is not reserved, it is stupid, stupid and stupid.

As long as their own people control the mine, even if the nobles do not die under Ron's exploitation and return to the empty crossing territory next year, it is impossible to regain control of the mine, most of their industries are divided by the former lords, no one will accept the lawsuit, and if they use force, Rand is not afraid at all, not to mention that the number of their army far exceeds the arming of the nobles, even the farmers and miners alone will not allow the nobles to take the mine away again.

During this time, Rand greatly increased the wages of the farmers and miners, more than tripling the wages of the nobles who had worked for them.

At the same time, the miners' enthusiasm for work has become loyal to the rand, thanks to the extent to which the nobles once exploited the miners, the rand's policy has been supported by everyone, and the prestige of the empty crossing is unprecedentedly high, if anyone dares to use force to shake the rand's rule and the miners' own interests, even if the farmers and miners have only held the hands of iron pestles and hoes, they dare to take up spears and swords to fight the enemy!

Rand did not put a hood on the hyena, he wanted everyone to see the hyena's face and announce to the world the fate of the betrayer and the enemy.

It doesn't matter if it's cruel or not, it has nothing to do with character, the combination of rigidity and softness is the ability and skill that the ruler must master, blindly Huairou will only make his sense of existence lower and lower, and over time, the lord will lose his own deterrent, which will lead to very serious consequences, such as rebellion, such as not being able to command the army.

"Touron, let's begin!" Rand sat across from the execution ground, surrounded by a group of officers and scholars, who had been invited to the place as recorders.

The position next to Rand is Touron, during the time spent with Touron, Rand found that Touron's conversation and views on political affairs are very advanced, and there are many ideas that coincide with his own, and Touron is a careful person, and can check and fill in the gaps for himself in many places, after careful consideration, Rand appointed him as his second assistant, although only a second assistant in name, but in fact Touron completely replaced the duties and powers of the first assistant minister, Love.

Love is now completely hollow, and although he still has the name of assistant minister, he has no access to Rand and cannot participate in high-level decision-making.

Although Rand had submitted his letter of recommendation and Love's resignation to the Duke of Winton no less than three times, he had still received no response, and it was not known whether the Duke of Wynton had not agreed to Rand's request, or had not read his letter at all and had simply thrown it aside.

If it's the former, it's fine, if it's the latter, then it's a little uncomfortable, and it's too uneasy to take yourself.

Touron nodded, he stood up and stepped past the jurors, walked under the gallows, glanced over the people outside the execution ground, and said in a serious tone: "Everyone, please be quiet!"

The noisy crowd gradually quieted down, and their eyes all looked at the Touron on the high platform.

"I think you must be curious about the prisoner behind me, his specific identity, and his crimes!" Touron raised his voice, looking into the curious eyes of the people, and said, "Let me tell you!"

"His name is Banner Rach, and his nickname is Hyena! Yes, the notorious hyena, who raped, blackmailed, kidnapped, and did all kinds of evil, and he was a retainer of the noble baron!" Touron lifted the hyena's head and wiped the stains and blood from his face with a damp cloth so that the hyena's face could be seen more clearly.

The crowd began to be chaotic, they could see the hyena's face very clearly, and they also knew very well that the hyena was the most loyal lackey of the noble family, but shouldn't he have gone out to take refuge with his master, why was he tied to the gallows?

The hyena shook his head weakly, he knew very well what his fate would be, although he had been mentally prepared, but when death was imminent, he couldn't help but tremble strongly.

"He's charged with murder, betrayal, and vandalism!" Touron proclaimed, his tone suddenly furious, "He and his companions killed our brothers, four loyal guards!"

"They are all warriors who fought for us, and ironically, they survived the battlefield of swords and swords, but they died of a conspiracy, of a betrayal!"

The chatter in the crowd grew louder and louder, and some residents may have heard a little about the death of the four guards soldiers, but did not know the specifics.

"What's going on? The hyenas killed our soldiers?"

"The noble family has betrayed the lord!"

"They old nobles, none of them have a good thing!"

Touron strode forward and said, "I think you must have forgotten that the beast tide is approaching, and the lord is actively preparing various equipment, training the army, and building fortifications to resist the threat from the outside world and protect our lord and family. ”

"But the nobles don't think so, because of their own timidity, instead of supporting the lord, they even turn in the grain rotten and moldy!

"The lord did not blame them for this, but tolerated their cowardice to the greatest extent!

"But what do they use to repay the lord?"

"With conspiracy, with betrayal, with heinous crimes!"

"They took action for their own selfish desires, in order not to let the prestige of the lord surpass them!"

"The nobleman instructed his henchmen to kill the soldiers guarding the armory, and prepared to burn the weapons and arrows that had been hoarded in the armory! ”

"Ladies and gentlemen......," Touron said in a low tone, sweeping every face in the crowd, "think of the scene where our children and parents will be killed, blood will soak every inch of the land, wild beasts will eat our corpses, and this home will be destroyed!"

"Tell me, why should a dutiful lord be betrayed like this?"

"Tell me, why do we, who are not at fault, endure this pain?"

Touron paused, took a deep breath, his eyes reddened, and roared.

"Tell me what punishment will be given to those who commit such crimes!"