Release that Witch

440. Chapter 440 Court Trial

    When Roland learned about the matter, he was studying the grid layout of the residential community. After listening to Carter’s report, he put down the quill and sighed. Although I know that there will be such a day, when he happens, he still feels helpless. After all, the prohibition of private sale of food has been repeatedly told, and some people will take risks for the sake of money. Obviously, for the first case of this type of case, it is natural to be severely sentenced.

    In addition, as soon as possible to improve various types of laws, and then recruiting a special legal officer to interrogate the case is also a matter that must be put on the agenda. After all, after the city is built, the crime will only be more and more, he has no time to act as a judge all day. Job.

    The trial was finally chosen to be held in the castle hall.

    Roland also recruited the Premier Minister Barov to the castle to try the private food crime.

    In the hall, two arrested suspects sat on the ground, pale, and dull, seemingly never experienced such a battle.

    After Roland took the seat, he cleared his throat and said, “Tell all the things you have done. Any concealment or lying will make you sin.”

    “Yes, yes, adults,” the two seemed to wake up from their dreams, rushing to tell the story of food trafficking, especially the serfs, almost shouting screamingly, “His Royal Highness, feudal lord adults! I know that I am guilty, but I don’t sell these wheat…I really can’t live anymore! The officials and officials did not buy wheat at your request. I have no way to do this! ”

    The whole case was very simple, and Roland had already cleared the clue when he heard half of it.

    In order to stabilize the people, the food limit set by City Hall at that time was slightly more than the actual consumption, so the townspeople who bought the monthly maximum amount would always have a small portion of wheat. Living in the sixth district Pike caught a glimmer of business opportunities, he will be more out of wheat grinding into coarse flour, mixed with some of their own herbs, made of sweet-smelling pancakes dragged to the market to sell, the results found that the sale is also good-this is another convenience market function, limited to trade only the staple food, and the township of the chickens and ducks Eggs can be sold on their own.

    This business can bring him several silver royal benefits every month, but the remaining wheat is only so much. If you want to expand the scale, you have to save on diet. So Parker set his sights on the serfs who didn’t sell all the food to City Hall. After several inquiries, he contacted the “gold”, and then there was the smuggler.

    However, the last sentence of the serf made Roland frown. What is the official’s failure to buy wheat? Is it also involved in City Hall?

    He looked at Barov, who sneaked his head. “The Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for the acquisition. The minister is Seney Darley. It should be unlikely to make such a mistake. You can call him and ask.”

    Roland nodded and asked the personal guard to summon the Minister of Agriculture to the castle.

    Seney Darley quickly rushed to the lobby. After a standard Knight rendezvous, he asked what his devil had in his possession. He still had some of the original Wolf Family Knight style.

    The prince told the case unclear. “Do you have the refusal to buy the serf food?”

    “Reviewing 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 work, but gradually lowered the purchase price according to the quality of wheat, in the first one. For two months, this price is almost the same as the original price.”

    He paused and went on to say, “But after winter, the quality of wheat has fallen sharply due to the lack of suitable storage places for most serfs and the move from the original shanty houses to temporary accommodation. We often check for wet, discolored, moldy food during the acquisition, so the price is also reduced by 20% to 30%. The food of this serf has been mostly affected by the tide and is almost impossible to continue to store, so the price I gave was 20% of the harvest. ”

    “There is no difference between the two and not buying. Your Highness!”The serf shouted, “I have been in the field for a year, and the things I planted can only sell this price, which is better than Black Street!” You are not saying that food prices remain the same! ”

    “That means paying on time, idiot!”Barov sighed dissatisfiedly. “Do you think no one knows the true purpose of your hoarding of wheat?” If there is a problem with the food supply of small town, you can only sell it three times as much as four times the price! ”

    The case has been fully understood, but the result has made Roland feel a little surprised. I thought it was just a simple private food. I didn’t expect it to involve a black food case. Parker clearly knew that the quality of the food was inferior and still agreed to The price of the product has been purchased many times, and it is estimated that there is no concern about whether the moldy wheat can be eaten.

    The things that the serfs committed were undoubtedly felony, and the punishment of the town people’s pike made it difficult for Roland to decide. He had heard about Scroll when he talked about the lives of the poor. When these people lack food, they don’t say moldy brown bread. Even trunks and blades of grass can be used to fill the hunger. Because of this, Scroll has repeatedly stressed that it is a great thing to have all the citizens eat wheat. Parker was also a poor man, probably not aware that it was a crime to make wheat cakes with poor quality food.

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

    He stood up and looked around the audience, whispered, “I pronounced that the two were guilty! The serfs violated the ban, sold food privately, and knew that they had committed crimes, and they were sentenced to ten years of mine labor. If the follow-up performance is good, you can reduce the number of years of service as appropriate. ”

    “Small town resident Pike, also violated the ban, and used the inferior wheat to make pancakes for sale to other townspeople. Both crimes were combined with a fine of three times the cost of pancakes. The above judgment is executed immediately! ”

    The two men fell into a soft, involuntarily fell to the ground, standing on the side of the personal guard immediately came forward and dragged them out of the hall.

    The prince then told Seney, “You wrote this as a notice and gave it to Barov for review and publicity. I want all citizens to understand the cause and effect of the case and prevent this from happening again.”

    “Yes, Your Highness!”

    After the trial, Roland called Chief Knight to his office. “I heard that this arrester is Vader again?”

    Carter nodded. “It’s just that they have done a little too much this time. They took off the police uniform and arrested people. In the process of twisting, they were reported as a fight by the people. I will warn him.”

    “This is not necessary. In fact, you should also praise him,” Roland touched his chin. This is not a plainclothes policeman. He knows how to change things. He has a good idea of ​​the criminals. He used to be a patrol player. He knew the Black Street forces and was a natural inspector.

    When the time is right, he will be recruited into the Security Agency. The prince conceived that Nightingale is missing his hand.