Chapter 320 Deterrence
The businessmen's surrender was something that was expected for Purficott. After all, the teacher once said that all reactionaries are paper tigers.
In fact, after she sent Captain William to solve the matter, she did not pay any extra attention to it. After all, it was really difficult for her to really pay attention to it.
Because the first shelter in Fjord Town has completed all construction and is now ready for use.
Of course, as a shelter in the event of a doomsday disaster, it still has some shortcomings. For example, supporting facilities such as heating, food production, and industrial production have not yet been built, and there are not even drawings.
But the main part of it has indeed been completed, and it is basically completed as a shelter.
Walking on the spiral street designed by himself, Purficott is inspecting the construction quality of this shelter with his all-seeing eyes.
Although he has enough confidence in his own design, Perficott dare not say that he is completely assured of the construction level of workers in this era.
"How did you pass the construction inspection? Didn't you see such a big gap?" The cane in Purficott's hand hit the joint of a wall, making an empty sound. The sound made her even more dissatisfied: "The mortar behind the wall was not poured as required, and the prefabricated components were not installed in place. Is this how you fooled me?"
Perfect's dissatisfaction made those who followed her The crowd was as silent as a cicada, not even daring to speak out.
Because when Purficott detected problems before, an engineer from a construction company tried to argue that they had completed the construction and these small omissions were not a problem.
Then, he was completely stuffed into the wall, leaving only his face outside, like a decorative painting of a human face hanging on the wall.
The only problem is that this is not a decorative painting made of sculpture, but a living person.
The punishment given by Purficott at that time was: "Seal this man here for three days. After three days, you will open the wall and let him out, and then let him repair all the damage and omissions by himself."
If you can't do it or you are not satisfied, I will turn you into a material to fill in the gaps, and let you fill in the wall forever."
Having learned from this experience, no one dared to play any tricks in front of Purficott, let alone defend her accusations.
After all, bowing your head obediently and admitting your mistake may just mean being scolded a few times. If her excuse really makes her unhappy, they don't want to become a decorative painting on the wall, or be sealed into the wall forever and become a piece of cake. masonry.
This kind of thing is a great horror for anyone. Anyone who is still rational will not want to become a living statue on the wall and be tortured forever.
Perfect looked at these people who were like frightened quails and shook his head helplessly.
She didn't mean to deliberately embarrass them, nor did she mean to get angry. She just looked at the scene where the work was obviously cut and the construction was not up to standard. Anger naturally rose from the bottom of her heart.
Punishment is only a means, not an end. The reason why such a horrific scene is deliberately created is that for Purficott, she needs to use it to establish her majesty and make these people fear her. Cutting corners and being careless.
This is not the only shelter to be built in the North, and it is impossible for Perfectcott to inspect every one of them carefully and personally. If there are any omissions, errors, or even major hidden dangers, he will This poses a huge threat to the humans living in these shelters in the apocalyptic winter of the future. Purficott must put an end to the chance mentality of these people now, so that they will not dare to have any ideas of cutting corners or shoddy materials in the subsequent construction.
But this incident of merchants resisting her also made Purficott understand that she lacked enough majesty and intimidation, and could not make everyone obey her orders with just a piece of paper.
So she must establish enough authority in the hearts of these people to make people believe her, fear her, revere her, and not dare to disobey her will.
Originally, when Purficott first arrived in the New World, he established his terrifying power with the bloody New Shake City Massacre, and deeply implanted the fear and awe of her into people's hearts. This achieved very good results.
But as time goes by, people are always forgetful, and her appearance makes it difficult for people to feel awe.
So Purficott must use other methods to make people respect her enough.
Originally, she didn't care about this matter, because all she wanted was stability in the north, and she just wanted to be able to complete the construction of the northern sanctuary on time. As for what people thought, she didn't care.
However, when the businessmen rebelled against her orders, Purficott realized that if the human heart could not be controlled in his own hands, it might also turn into a sharp blade that could hurt him.
This is just like in the past, when the emperor governed the country, he would always divide his ministers into different factions, and then let them fight with each other to maintain the balance of the court.
If Purficott wants to drive more and more people in the north to do things for him, he needs to learn to balance the forces of all parties so that they are restrained and cannot dominate one side, otherwise something like this will happen. The businessman rebelled against her orders.
What happened this time, if there was a force in the north that could check and balance those merchants, Purficott would not have encountered this kind of thing at all. She would only need to put pressure on these merchants through the other party. , they will naturally compromise and give in, and there is no need for her to go out and overturn the table in person.
It is okay for a leader to go out personally once or twice, which can be regarded as establishing his own prestige and showing his majesty, but this kind of thing can be done once and twice, not repeatedly.
Because the majesty of a leader is limited, if used too much, it will lose its real deterrence.
After all, for a leader who has to do everything himself, how much deterrence he can have is a matter of opinion.
A truly qualified leader will cultivate his own power and subordinates, and let his subordinates do things when necessary, rather than doing everything himself.
Just like Purficott let Captain William handle the business affairs this time, the inspection of the completion of the shelter should also be handled by Purficott's men. She doesn't actually need it. So hands-on.
But the special nature of this first completed shelter in the north forced Purficott to come. She had to establish a concept that she valued this matter through this matter. At the same time, it strengthened her power and made her attach great importance to the construction of shelters deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Otherwise, these people will really leave many hidden dangers.
Purficott doesn't want to wait until the end of the world to have to deal with the various hidden dangers in the shelter.
(End of this chapter)