Chapter 60: The Great Purge (Part II)
After the waiter inside the merchant guild passed the word, Sun Lin, whose face was like water, finally took off the white linen clothes or full-body plate armor that helped him enter the battle state at all times, and appeared in the council hall wearing a more appropriate dyed wool garment.
The "enthusiastic" members of the Chamber of Commerce immediately came to greet Sun Lin after seeing him, hoping to use the regulations of the business guild to get more use from the government compensation in the next two days about the smashing and looting that happened in the past two days. But unexpectedly but very reasonably what Sun Lin didn't appreciate at all, or he didn't pay attention to the parliamentarians who came around in front of him at all. But after taking Sun Lin's approach, most of the people present were dumbfounded, and after pushing everyone away under the escort of the two generals and members of the guard, he walked straight to the round table of the parliament and threw a stack of papers on the table, then grabbed a report and said: "Member 3, after verification of various sources, human and physical evidence, you violated Article 13 of the Commercial Act in late May - selling counterfeit and shoddy goods, although you are selling to orc tribes deep in the northern desert, These orc tribes are not under the jurisdiction of the Borough of London or the Borough of Nottingham, but you are under the jurisdiction of the Borough of London, so sorry, according to the constitution, you will either hand over 50% of the real estate you have as collateral for this illegal claim, or you will ................ you will go to Alcatraz Prison for 1 year and 4 months of re-education through labor. This is the verdict given to you by your military department, now, you decide your future for yourself. ”
“………………… Sun, what are you talking about? That, that............. I admit that I didn't report the quality of the food, but I have already reported the situation of selling food out of the city to the Nottingham Military Department, and the Nottingham Military Department has approved it at that time, so I am not guilty of .................."
"That's why the London and Nottingham military departments only convicted you of selling counterfeit goods." With a playful look on his face, Sun Lin said slowly: "If you go out to smuggle without the consent of the military department's top management, I estimate that our military department should also ask me to hand you a verdict with evidence of smuggling, and then it will not be as simple as a fine of labor reform, but to consider whether to give you a decent death, Mr. 3 Councillor, I think you should not have forgotten the law on what punishment you will receive for smuggling military supplies in the agreement signed by everyone last month, right?" ”
"But, but Captain Richard's guard is the same! And I'm thinking about the city of London, okay! What's wrong with me? Seeing that his family wealth was about to be deprived, the person who was called the third councillor by Sun Lin finally couldn't calm down, and roared at Sun Lin with a little nervousness: "Although the granaries inside and outside London have waterproof measures, when the effect is not obvious, as time goes by, the backlog of grain around the granary has begun to mold!" It was precisely because I knew that these grains could no longer be used as food for the citizens in the city, and it was a pity to burn them directly, so that I could maximize the benefits of these grains, and according to the regular smuggling rules, when I came back, I would also hand over all 50% of the profits I earned after deducting the cost to the military department, and I followed the regular procedures from beginning to end! I'm not wrong! I ask to meet Captain Richard! He'll defend me! ”
"Yes, yes, the 3rd Councillor is right, everything he did was from the direction of goodness, and the means used were reasonable, so it is really unreasonable to directly conclude that he is guilty, so let's call Captain Richard Guard, Councillor."
After careful consideration, Sun Lin felt that he had delegated some of the rights in his hands and divided them into 3 departments, and these 3 departments were the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, of which the Ministry of Commerce was in charge of all trade, smuggling, and price issues in London and Nottingham, while the Ministry of Civil Affairs was in charge of all people's livelihood issues, including the construction of canals, street lamp maintenance, house demolition, etc., while the military department was only in charge of two - military affairs and bills, but the power of the military department was the largest among the three departments, because the high-level military department only had to go through Sun Lin's acquiescence. New bills can be issued, reserve units can be trained, prisoners adjudicated on the spot, etc. However, this also makes the military department often touch the interests of the Ministry of Commerce, so that the Ministry of Commerce is not interested in the Ministry of Commerce, if it were not for the fact that in name, all the rights of the Ministry of the Military Department are in the hands of Sun Lin, so that the Ministry of Commerce cannot warn the Ministry of Commerce, it is estimated that the two departments have long been prepared to fight in the dark when Sun Lin went to Nottingham. In such a situation, the members of the Ministry of Commerce are very fond of and willing to obstruct the work of the Ministry of Commerce to a certain extent, they don't care whether this thing is good or bad, anyway, they have to obstruct it in order to make their hearts feel a little comfort, and the same as high-level members of the Ministry of Commerce, the members of the Chamber of Commerce are even more so.
Although the councillors in the merchant guild are independent of each other in the commercial battlefield of the two districts, there are only two kinds of relationship between councillors and councillors, one is an enemy and the other is a collaborator who can be betrayed, and on the surface, if you want these 10 businessmen to reconcile and shake hands, it is simply more than ascending to the sky, or even if you ascend to the sky, it cannot be solved. However, what is interesting is that although the chairman of the commercial guild is Sun Lin, because Sun Lin belongs to the military department to a certain extent, and the Ministry of Commerce is born to be a mortal enemy of the military department, so these people instinctively stood up to defend the enemy 3 councillors out of instinct after seeing that Sun Lin was about to punish the 3rd councilor, at this time, they didn't care what Sun Lin's identity was, and protected the members of the Ministry of Commerce from being bullied by the bastards of the military department (because the verdict in Sun Lin's hand can only be written by the military department, and the other two departments cannot be written, Therefore, these parliamentarians thought in their hearts that this must be a good thing done by the group of people in the military department, but they did not think that this matter was actually decided by Sun Lin himself) is the king.
“……………… In other words, if Captain Richard also thinks that what you did was wrong, then you will obey the law, right? Member 3? ”
"If the impartial Captain Richard of the Guard thinks I'm wrong, then I'll admit it!"
"......................Then go to the just Captain Richard's guard, who has returned to the arms of God a few days ago!" As he spoke, Sun Lin suddenly pulled out the stainless steel sword he wore at his waist and stabbed it at the chest of the third councilor in front of him before everyone could react.