Release that Witch Chapter 440: Trial

Roland was studying the power grid layout of the residential district when he learned this. After listening to the Carter report, he put down his quill and sighed lightly. Although he knew that such a day would inevitably occur, when it happened, he still felt a bit helpless. After all, the requirement to prohibit the private sale of food has been repeatedly announced, and some people will take risks for such a small amount of money. Obviously, for the first case of this type of case, it is natural to impose a heavy sentence.

In addition, it is necessary to improve various laws as soon as possible, and then recruit specialized legal officials to interrogate the trial. It is also necessary to put on the agenda. After all, after the city is built, there will only be more and more criminal acts. He has no time for the whole day. Serve as a judge.

The trial was finally selected in the castle hall.

Roland also recruited Prime Minister Barov to the castle, and jointly tried the crime of food trafficking.

In the hall, the two arrested suspects knelt on the ground with pale faces and dull eyes. It seemed that they had never experienced such a battle.

After Roland took the seat, he cleared his throat, "Speak out what you have done, and any concealment or lying will make your sin worse."

"Yes, yes, sir," the two seemed to wake up from their dreams, rushing to tell the story of food trafficking, especially the serfs, who almost shouted, "His His Highness the Prince, feudal lord! I know I'm guilty, but I don't sell the wheat ... I really can't live! The officials and masters didn't buy wheat as you asked, and I can't do it! "

The whole case is very simple. By the time I heard it, Roland had sorted it out.

In order to stabilize the people ’s mind, the food purchase limit set by City Hall at that time was slightly more than the actual consumption, so the townspeople who bought at the maximum limit every month would always have a small part of wheat. Parker, who lives in the sixth district, caught a glimmer of business opportunity. He grinded the extra wheat into semolina, mixed it with some wild vegetables he picked, made delicious pancakes and sold it in the market. However, he found that it was selling well. -- This is also another major function of the convenience market. Only the staple food is restricted for trading, and chickens, ducks and eggs raised by the townspeople can be sold by themselves.

This business can bring him several silver royal benefits every month, but there are only so many wheat left. If you want to expand the scale, you have to save on diet. So Parker set his sights on serfs who did not sell all the food to City Hall. After several probes, he contacted "Gold", and then there was the incident of the private trader.

However, the serf's last sentence frowned Roland. What is the reason that the official master did not purchase wheat as required? Does this involve City Hall?

He looked at Barov, who whispered over his head. "The person in charge of the acquisition is Ministry of Agriculture and the minister is Seney Darley. It should be unlikely that he will make such a mistake. You can also call him and ask." /

Roland nodded and let personal guard call Minister of Agriculture to the castle.

Seney Darley quickly arrived in the lobby. After performing a standard Knight ceremony, he asked His Highness what decree was, and he still left some original Wolf Family Knight style in his hands.

The prince told the unknown of the case, "Did you refuse to buy the food of the serfs?"

"His Royal Highness, situation is like this," Seney replied without hesitation. "According to your instructions, after the bumper harvest, we did not suspend the acquisition, but gradually reduced the purchase price according to the quality of wheat. In the first month or two, this price was almost the same as the original price. "

He paused, then said, "However, after the winter, due to the lack of suitable storage places for most serfs, and the move from the original shanty houses to temporary housing areas, the quality of wheat has dropped sharply. We found that the food was moist, discolored, and moldy, so the price was 20% to 30% lower than the beginning. The serf's food has been mostly damp and moldy and can hardly be stored. Therefore, the price I gave is two cents at the harvest. Success. "

"There is no difference between 20% and not buying, Your Highness!" shouted the serf, "I have been in the ground for a year, and the things I grow can only be sold for this price, which is worse than the black street!" Did n’t you say that the price of food remains the same! "

"That means paying on time, stupid!" Barov rebuked displeasedly, "Do you think nobody knows the real purpose of your hoarding of wheat? If there is a problem with the supply of small town food, I am afraid you will be three or four times the price. Can be sold! "

The case is all clear so far, but the result surprised Roland slightly. I thought it was just a simple food seller. I didn't expect to involve a black heart food case. -- Parker clearly knew that this batch of food was of low quality and still agreed. I bought it several times at 50% of the price, and I don't care if the moldy wheat can be eaten at all.

What the serfs committed was undoubtedly a felony, but the townsman's sentence made the Roland somewhat difficult to decide. He once heard Scroll know about the lives of the poor. When these people lack food, let alone moldy black bread, even tree trunks and grass leaves can be used to fill hunger. Because of this, Scroll has repeatedly emphasized how great it is to get all citizen to eat wheat. Pike, who was also a poor man before, probably didn't realize it was a crime to make wheat cakes with inferior food.

After discussing with Barov for a while, Roland finally made a ruling.

He stood up, looked around the audience, whispered, "I convicted both --! The serf violated the ban, sold the food privately, and knowingly committed the crime, plus one, and was sentenced to ten years of mining labor. If the subsequent performance is good, you can consider it Reduce the number of years in service. "

"small town residents Pike, also violated the ban, and used inferior wheat to make pancakes for sale to other townspeople. Both crimes were punished. In addition to the penalty of ten years of hard labor, the penalty was tripled. ! "

The two were completely weak and collapsed to the ground involuntarily. The personal guard standing on the side immediately came forward and dragged them out of the hall.

The prince then instructed Seney, "You compile this matter into a notice and submit it to Barov for review and publicity. I want all citizen to understand the cause and effect of this case and prevent such things from happening again."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

After the trial, Roland called Chief Knight to its office, "I heard that the arrester was Vader again?"

Carter nodded, "It's just that they overdo it this time, took off their police uniforms to catch people, and they were reported by the public as a brawl during the twirling process. I will warn him."

"It's not necessary. In fact, you should praise him," Roland said with a chin. Isn't this the plainclothes policeman? He knows how to be flexible and knows how to arrest criminals. He used to be a patrol member and had a good understanding of black street forces. He is a natural inspector.

When the time is right, recruit him into Security Agency. Roland thought to himself that Nightingale was short of hands.