Murder pays for life, debts are repaid, and it is justified, since these four people have been arrested, there is no controversy about the verdict. Not to mention that the colonization team has just arrived, and it must be dealt with with a heavy blow, as Qian Tiandun said, if you don't kill a few chickens, how can these monkeys know to be afraid?

Gu Kai, as the chief ** officer of the crossing group, did not hesitate to sentence these four people to death, and no one objected to the result of this verdict. But how the death penalty should be carried out is controversial. Some people were shot, some said that they should be beheaded according to the rules of this era, and some said that they were thrown out and handed over to the people to be beaten to death.

In the end, none of these mentions were able to obtain the tongguò, and the shooting and beheading were so bloody that no one wanted to do it, and no one even wanted to take on the errand of the prison sentence. There were several people from the Military Police Department who came to Black Earth Harbor who had been killed, but those were all things that happened during the battle, and they were completely different from the execution of prisoners. It is obviously inappropriate to leave it to the people, because it is very likely that the situation will get out of control and cause greater chaos, and it is not in line with the development line of "building a society under the rule of law" advocated by the Executive Committee.

In the end, it was Wang Tom who came up with the idea to hang him. Hanging is not so bloody compared to other death sentences, and the high gallows is also very suitable for a large number of immigrants to watch, and Gu Kai and others hope to use the verdict of this case to carry out a killing example of the law education, hanging is undoubtedly the most suitable means of punishment.

"The carpentry team is a little tired, let's work overtime!" After deciding on the execution method, Gu Kai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

On the first day of arriving at Black Earth Harbor, there were two lives, a robbery and murder, which was also a big test for the Colonization Command. Fortunately, so far, the qiē seems to be quite smooth, and the opinions of everyone are relatively unified, and there is no fundamental difference in the choice of treatment methods.

The carpentry team had to work overnight not only on the gallows, but also on several guard towers. After this incident, the military police department believes that the current sentry post is still too narrow, and it needs to cooperate with the sentry tower with a better view to monitor the entire camp. However, the requirements of the military police department are not high, and it is enough to have a few commanding heights around the camp.

After the carpentry team asked, they were very clever and lazy, and directly found a few tall and thick trees around the camp, found a fork on it, and built a table-sized platform with wooden planks, and then cleared all the forked branches that blocked the view. This kind of observation point with a rope ladder and a wooden ladder is very convenient to go up and down, and it fully meets the requirements of the military police department in terms of use requirements. Qian Tiandun didn't find anything wrong after looking at the samples that were built, but just nodded and acquiesced to the carpentry team's approach.

Early the next morning, the migrants who came out of the shack to get breakfast found a tall wooden platform on the harbor, and a wooden shelf was erected on it. Unknown immigrants were commanded by the militia to gather in front of the wooden platform, and they all speculated about what had happened. Soon Zhou Hengxing appeared on the wooden platform with a microphone, followed by a few laborers, who also carried the tweeter and heavy battery to the stage. Originally, it should be more appropriate for Gu Kai to come out to speak on this occasion, but his language ability is indeed much worse than Zhou Hengxing, if he comes to the stage to give a speech, I am afraid that the vast majority of people below will not understand what he is talking about.

"First of all, on behalf of the Haihan Executive Committee, I welcome you to settle in Heitu Port!" Zhou Hengxing began his speech calmly: "In this place, you will receive all kinds of benefits from the Haihan Executive Committee, and you no longer have to worry about having no food, no housing, no fixed residence, and you will be arrested and sent to the battlefield at any time...... In the areas under the jurisdiction of the Haihan Executive Committee, there will never be such a thing! As long as you work hard and abide by the code of conduct we have formulated, everyone will be compensated accordingly. ”

These things are basically the same old tunes, and the preaching about the immigration policy of Haihan has hardly stopped on the way to Heitu Port. Almost every adult immigrant knows what kind of work they will be assigned to when they come here, what kind of treatment they will receive, and what prospects they have to look forward to in the future. The vast majority of the people were very satisfied with these arrangements of the colonization team, after all, it was the colonization team that rescued them from the brink of war, provided them with food and shelter, organized them to build settlements, and then helped them rebuild social order as refugees, which is a very grateful thing. Although the immigrants were listening on empty stomachs, they did not hold any grudges about it.

"But, just last night, an extremely bad thing happened!" Zhou Hengxing changed his words and began to talk about last night's robbery: "Several deserters from the Li Dynasty mixed into us, robbed and killed an innocent little girl last night, and injured her younger brother, just to rob the sister and brother of more than ten catties of dry food in their luggage!"

The audience was in an uproar. Deserters killing people to steal food or property are not uncommon, and they have happened many times before. These soldiers who fled from the battlefield often did not care for their lives, and relied on looting to replenish their consumption along the way, and it was common for them to be killed directly when someone dared to resist. If there is a large-scale rout on the battlefield, there will often be large-scale burning, killing and looting in the places where the rout passes. Otherwise, the residents of the Thanh Hoa area were so far away from the battlefield, why should they start fleeing early.

But this kind of thing has never happened since the appearance of the Haihan, and when the colonization team recruited immigrants by the Thanh Hoa River, they had already made their attitude clear with relatively tough means, and anyone who did not obey the arrangement would be severely punished. After that, no one dared to make trouble along the way, after all, there were more than a dozen militiamen with waist knives on each ship on duty, and those who wanted to cause trouble had to think about whether they could do so many people with their bare hands.

Many people think that they are lucky to have met good people, because these militiamen are not interested in their personal belongings, and they will not first scrape them clean like the Li Dynasty rout. Coupled with the policy propaganda along the way, many immigrants are full of various expectations for a new life in the future. However, under such circumstances, on the night of their arrival in Hong Kong, the soldiers looted the migrants and killed them, which made the migrants feel terrified.

Then someone brought the teenager from last night to the stage, the teenager had red and swollen eyes, and under the inducement of Zhou Hengxing, he choked up and told what happened last night. The kind-hearted people in the audience all showed indignant expressions, and some people directly grabbed stones on the ground and threw them on the stage, almost hitting Zhou Hengxing. The militia who maintained order quickly put a stop to this behavior, otherwise if the scene got out of control, these guys would have been stoned to death by the angry crowd before they could wait for the execution.

"Although such an unfortunate incident happened, fortunately, our soldiers caught these criminals in the first place!" Zhou Hengxing pointed to the audience and said loudly: "Bring the prisoners up!"

Qian Tiandun, who was dressed in camouflage uniform, took the lead, and members of the military police department escorted the four robbers and murderers to the stage.

"After our overnight interrogation investigation, the facts of the crimes of these people were confirmed. Now I announce on behalf of the Haihan Executive Committee that these four prisoners will be sentenced ......" Zhou Hengxing paused here and raised his voice: "Hang!"

There was another uproar in the audience, and most of them didn't know what the hanging was about, so they began to ask each other.

Soon someone brought a few bundles of rope to the stage, passed the rope over the high wooden frame, and then fixed one section behind the wooden platform, and tied a looped slipknot at the other end.

"This is to hang them!" someone in the audience had already seen the clue.

The robbers also knew that something was wrong at this time, and they all collapsed to the ground. Someone brought a sack of hemp rope and tied them from their knees with hemp rope to prevent them from breaking their spines and causing the muscles and nerves of their lower body to lose control during the torture, and they were covered in feces and urine. The sack was used to cover the head, so that the hideous expression on their faces when they died would not frighten the migrants in the audience. The adults may be fine, but there are many underage children among these immigrants, and the colonists think it is best not to leave a shadow on their young minds.

Someone in the audience had already taken the lead in shouting: "Hang them!" Soon this cry became more and more numerous and louder.

Qian Tiandun took the microphone from Zhou Hengxing's hand and said: "Today we chose to publicly execute these murderers here, not only to punish them for their criminal behavior, but also to warn those with bad intentions not to violate the rules we have set." The lives and property of those who abide by the rules of the Haihan will be protected by us, and anyone who dares to challenge the laws of the Haihan will be severely punished! These criminals are the first people to be hanged in Heitu Harbor, but I hope that they are also the last people to be sentenced to death here!"

Seeing that several ropes had been put around the neck of the condemned prisoner, Gao Qiao Nan also stepped forward to check it again, and then saluted Qian Tiandun. Qian Tiandun nodded and said, "Execution!"

With a snap, the wooden floor under the feet of the four condemned prisoners collapsed directly. The carpentry team, who had been working overnight, did not have time to make a flap-type gallows, but only left a large rectangular hole in the middle of the table, and a plank was supported by several wooden stakes as a floor. When the rope tied to the stake was pulled during the execution, the floor immediately collapsed.

The four prisoners hung in the air and struggled with the last of their strength, and even the wooden frame above them shook a little. Zhou Hengxing and Qian Tiandun, who were standing on the side of the stage, were a little worried, and secretly prayed in their hearts that these guys would not shake the gallows, in that case, the hanging would become a complete farce.

Fortunately, the income of the carpentry group seems to be quite acceptable, although it is a little shaky but still fine. After just over ten seconds, someone had stopped moving. The last stubborn guy lasted for forty seconds before he reluctantly kicked his legs and said goodbye to this world.