167. Court Session!
At 4:30 p.m., Victor Lords.
Aigle Hendon, Keeper of the Harbor and Lord of the West Pine, walked to the stage with a cane, his gait steady like that of an old duck - a little out of place for a Yorji, but there were few words to describe how steady he walked.
In the 10th narrative "Red Blood Alliance", the Yorji people have twice won the title of the highest race in the first ranking, and the huge population base can make them emerge heroes from time to time.
Although the world always tries to find ancestors such as 'phoenix' and 'peacock' for the chicken people, the chicken people scoff at this, believing that this is just a defense of the weak.
A rooster is a rooster, Aigle Hendon, dressed in a gorgeous feather coat and a bright red tiara, speaks for himself, stretches out a paw, smooths the feathers around his neck, puffs up his broad chest, and glances around, and the next moment the loud voice echoes throughout the council hall:
"Do you all know about the fire that happened in Westport today?"
"Yes, Lord Guardian, that's what we're here for."
"I really didn't expect such a tragic thing to break out, it's really pitiful......"
"I think it's time to build a decent fire department, relying only on civilian fire brigades, and when the fire breaks out in everyone's homes, when will it ......?"
There was a lot of talk in the audience, and most of the people who spoke out were at least sympathetic to the fire.
After all, the dead are all dead, and if you say a few more words, when your own family dies, then others will count you down.
"It's a good burn! That bastard who exploited sailors and maritime merchants was a dead ball! β
At this moment, someone shouted:
"The damn Iris family is finished, and Quinn, the second son of the Mahamut family, has been burned to charcoal, and he deserves all his mother's damn goodness!"
It's a bit mean to speak like this, after all, everyone dies......
"Now that people are dead, I'm wondering if I should postpone the tax matter."
Aigle rubbed his paws and said:
"As you know, I'm not young for a Yorji person, and I love our city, but I can't protect you forever, so it's necessary to form an army to protect the people and the city's property...... In addition to the fire, I think the issue of fire protection must also be put on the agenda. β
"It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, the Mahamut family did cause us a lot of chaos in the past, but everyone also knows that if there is no family power to maintain the order of the lower classes, then these captains and sailors will be unscrupulous...... It's called the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, how? β
"Of course, it takes money to build a department, an army, and a firefighter, and the Mahamut family will be happy to pay a little bit of the tax they have concealed in the past - so that our army will protect their children in the future, right?"
The Rooster didn't talk in a routine way, and wrote 'I'm going to rob while it's hot' on his face, but the people in the House of Lords didn't have much objection, after all, what Aigle said was indeed beneficial to all of them.
"Your Excellency, I have a question."
A lawmaker raised his hand and asked:
"Do you think this fire happened naturally?"
"Too many people have seen it, it was a thunderbolt that fell and set the cabin on fireβoh, it looks like we still need to pay the citizens for the lightning rod and the expulsion of the thunder elemental spirits, clerk, record it."
The Rooster replied that in his view, the Mahamuts had declined, and that the point was to introduce reforms, take power back into parliament, and form an army to guard the harbor.
As he said, he is no longer young, his children and grandchildren have not inherited his excellent talents, the chicken man has a short lifespan, ages quickly, but the birth rate is extremely high, once he can no longer fight and shoulder the position of guardian, then the hundreds of mouths in the family are waiting to be fed, but he will have to worry.
For the sake of his own descendants, Aigler also insisted on completing the reforms, and at least in the future, he could rely on the army to protect the descendants of his family.
However, according to the police department, Meht, the housekeeper of the Mahamut family, left the port of Viktorre by car shortly after the fire, with a lot of luggage and paperwork. According to the transcript of the interrogation, he said that he had been persecuted. He went to the countryside to find the old Mahamut family and told the old man the news of his grief. β
The MP was remarkable, and showed a transcript of the report:
"Let's not talk about the military and firefighting, I want to ask everyone, even if the Mahamut family was a gang in the past, do we have to ignore the criminal offense of being persecuted and assassinated by others because of this?"
"Councilor Aver, if you talk like that, then you can't say that, the little devils who pick up garbage in the port know that the Iris Brotherhood is smuggling, drug trafficking, human trafficking, hoarding, violent crime, gang warfare, and threatening immigrants, what do I think, the destruction of such an organization should be a good thing."
Another MP quipped:
"[Ghost Master] Gloucester is above, I really don't understand how low a person's moral level must be to empathize with a bunch of drug dealers, human traffickers, and pimps - do you do this too?"
"Chief Otto, you are the prosecutor, and I know you would love to throw everyone in prison so that your justice can be highlighted and your noble needs met."
Congressman Avel's righteous words:
"With all due respect, we are first and foremost human beings, legal citizens of the Abyss, a free city-state independent of the hegemony of the Narrative Consortium, in Porto Victor, it is necessary to speak the law, even if a person is heinous, only the gods and the law can judge him!"
But God certainly wants good people to be believers. Otherwise, why is religion teaching people to be good β even Red King is encouraging integrity and paying debts on time. β
"yes, even Red King doesn't like bad guys."
"Councilor Avel, you are a lawyer, if you want to defend the law, why don't you defend the poor?"
"Because the poor can't afford to pay for lawyers."
As soon as this remark came out, the whole parliament burst into laughter, and Councillor Avel was green-faced, but still insisted on suggesting:
"Your Excellency Guardian, one thing is the same, and the past history aside, what we should consider now is the fairness of justice. What is the use of so many armed forces when the police and detectives find out the truth, the trial that should be judged, the innocence that should be innocent, and not the army and the fire department, when even basic justice cannot be guaranteed? β
(End of chapter)