Chapter 319: Hard-tongued and soft-spoken
Captain William did not really hang all those businessmen, although he could do so, and Purficott would not mind if he did so.
But after seriously considering the consequences of doing so, Captain William chose to just hang them up.
Don’t get me wrong, Captain William doesn’t want to just let them go, or he thinks this is enough.
The reason why he did not directly order these people to be hanged was because he hoped that he could better carry out Purficott's orders and implement the will of the Northern Lord to where she wanted, not Simply transform yourself into a black glove that does Purfish's dirty work.
From Captain William's perspective, what Purficott wanted was to resolve the boycott of the Child Labor Act and the fact that businessmen in the New World wanted to fight against the authority of the Northern Lords.
Rather than simply hoping to kill these businessmen who have offended her authority, although this is indeed the simplest, crude and direct method.
If Captain William simply kills these merchants who oppose the northern lords, then although he can leave a deep impression in front of Purficott, he cannot escape and can only do it. This is the fate of dirty work.
This is really not a good choice for a knight, especially an ambitious knight who desires to make achievements.
If he had a choice, of course he hoped that he could gain a better status with a relatively positive positioning, so as to realize his ambition or ideal.
Therefore, he hoped that he could make these businessmen bow their heads and cooperate with the orders of the northern lords, rather than continue to resist and be really hanged.
"Bah! You tyrant's lackey! Never think that we will give up the sacred and inviolable power of personal property!" Even though they were hung on the street lamp, some people still said harshly: "The laws of the empire protect me. My property, I enjoy freedom of speech! That tyrant is acting perversely, ignoring our legitimate demands, and harming our interests in this way. She will not end well.”
From the perspective of these businessmen! That said, this remark is also relatively thoughtless.
After all, even if they think that their money can bring them enough social status, they are not so brainless as to fight back directly in front of the Steam Knight while they are hanging from the street lamp.
But it is obvious that some people are used to being pampered and bossed around. Even in the New World colonies, they are the guests of the governor and must be treated politely, which makes them have a certain attitude towards their identity. cognitive biases.
He was suddenly treated roughly and hung directly on a street lamp, unable to turn around at once.
But they no longer need to worry about this problem soon, because Captain William ordered the ropes that were originally tied around the wrists of those who clamored the loudest to be directly tied around their necks.
The world suddenly becomes clean.
"Guys, can you talk calmly about the child labor bill now?" Captain William walked up to several other businessmen who had closed their mouths tightly and asked them.
The situation is stronger than the people, and these businessmen will still assess the situation.
So they quickly expressed their submission and promised that they would highly support any decision of the Northern Lords.
“I believe the lords will be very happy if you have this understanding. After all, those children are really miserable. The lords feel the same way and enacted the Child Labor Act to improve their living conditions. Your previous The protest made the lord very angry. "Although it does sound like high-sounding words, Captain William did understand the relevant information about the child labor bill and personally learned about the living conditions of those child laborers. His words can be said. That's what he really thinks. "It's because we are not aware enough and don't understand what the Earl means. Please say a few kind words in front of the Earl!" Several businessmen looked at their colleagues who were chatting and laughing with them before, and now their faces were blue and lifeless, and their tongues were no longer there. The old man vomited out of his mouth, and his death was really ugly, and he was almost scared to death.
The reason why they dared to oppose Perficott before was simply because they felt that she, like the governor of the New World, needed their support and must win over them.
That’s why they dared to directly resist Purficott’s decree, and also wanted to force her to submit and gain an advantage in negotiations.
However, Purficott did not compromise as they expected, but directly showed them how the empire's great nobles with real power and force carried out their will.
It is really scary to hang people directly.
When Mr. Thomson was hanged at first, they thought it was just that Mr. Thomson had spoken rudely in front of Perfectcott, and was dealt with by this random aristocratic lady, which was regarded as hitting the muzzle of the gun.
And if there is only Mr. Thomson, killing him is indeed killing him. This kind of thing is indeed nothing to the real power lord of the empire.
Even in this matter, Purficott did not need to lay out any charges, he could be killed directly for being disrespectful to the nobles.
But if a large group of businessmen resist, they believe that their influence should be enough to make the northern lords give in. After all, in their view, the construction and development of the northern territory cannot be separated from the support of various resources and industrial production capacity imported from the New World.
From a macro perspective, their understanding is not wrong. After all, if it were other imperial nobles, they might really choose to negotiate or compromise.
Even if you don’t compromise, you won’t resort to cruel methods like killing people directly and using the army to suppress them.
After all, as long as there are suitable interests, the life and death of the lower class civilians is irrelevant to the nobles.
Even the noble lords with a tough attitude must consider the future development of the North when these merchants no longer do business with them when faced with the joint camp and common resistance formed by the merchants. .
Even the imperial center had to consider this and deviate to a certain extent in favor of these businessmen in terms of policy.
But the information gap caused them to misjudge the situation. Perficott was not here to develop and build the northern border, but to build the last refuge for mankind.
Facing the coming apocalyptic winter, she would not consider the so-called future development issues at all.
Because in the future, the New World will be abandoned by the empire, and only the north will be able to retain a complete industrial system and a relatively complete imperial system.
So whether it is the center of the empire or the northern lords, in this situation where the end is coming, stability is the first priority. As for the others?
Sorry, even if it means dyeing the entire northern land red with blood, Perficott will strengthen his determination and create a stable environment.
(End of this chapter)