1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 145 Kill the chicken to warn the monkey

Killing people to pay for their lives and debts to pay back money are justified. Since these four people have been arrested, the verdict is not in dispute.What's more, the Tuozhi team has just arrived, and they must deal with this kind of crime. As Qian Tiandun said, if they don't kill a few chickens, how can these monkeys know how to be afraid?

Gu Kai, as the chief judge of the Time Travel Group, sentenced these four people to death without hesitation. No one expressed any objection to the verdict.But how to carry out the death penalty is controversial among the people.Some suggested that they should be shot, others said that according to the rules of this era, their heads should be beheaded, and some said that they should be thrown out and handed over to the people to be beaten to death.

These proposals failed to pass in the end. The shooting and beheading were too bloody, and no one was willing to do it, and no one even wanted to take up the task of imprisonment.Several of the people from the Military and Police Department who came to Heitu Port had suffered fatalities, but those were all things that happened in battle, and it was completely different from the execution of criminals.It is obviously inappropriate to leave it to the people to handle, because it is very likely that the scene will get out of control and cause greater chaos, and it is not in line with the development line of "establishing a society ruled by law" advocated by the Executive Committee.

In the end, Tom Wang came up with an idea-by hanging.Hanging is not so bloody compared to other executions, and the tall gallows is also very suitable for a large number of immigrants to watch. Gu Kai and others hope to use the judgment of this case to carry out a legal education in the style of killing chickens and monkeys. The most suitable method of punishment.

"The carpentry team is a bit tired, let's work overtime!" After deciding on the execution method, Gu Kai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

On the first day of arriving at Heitu Port, two people were killed, one robbery and homicide. This was quite a test for the colonization team headquarters.Fortunately, so far, everything seems to be going smoothly, and everyone's opinions are relatively unified, and there is no fundamental difference in the choice of handling methods.

The carpentry team had to rush to build not only the gallows, but also several sentry towers overnight.After this incident, the Military and Police Department believed that the field of view of the current sentry post was still too narrow, and that a sentry tower with a better viewing angle was needed to monitor the entire camp.However, the requirements of the Military and Police Department are not high, only a few commanding heights around the camp are enough.

After the carpentry team asked about it, they were very lazy and found a few tall and strong trees around the camp, and found a fork on it to build a table-sized platform with wooden boards, and then put the branches that blocked the view. Clean up all forks and branches.This three- to four-meter-high observation point is very convenient to go up and down with a rope ladder and a wooden ladder, and it fully meets the requirements of the military and police department in terms of use requirements.After Qian Tiandun looked at the built samples, he didn't find any faults. He just nodded and acquiesced to the carpentry team's approach.

Early the next morning, the immigrants who came out of the shack to get breakfast found a tall wooden platform on the port, and a pair of wooden shelves were erected on the platform.The immigrants who didn't know why were gathered in front of the wooden platform under the command of the militia, and whispered to each other to guess what happened.Soon Zhou Hengxing appeared on the wooden stage with a microphone, followed by a few laborers who also brought tweeters and heavy batteries onto the stage.Originally, this occasion should be more appropriate for Gu Kai to come out to speak, but his language skills are indeed far behind Zhou Hengxing. If he were to give a speech on the stage, most of the people below would probably not understand what he was talking about. .

"First of all, on behalf of the Haihan Executive Committee, I welcome you to settle in Heitu Port!" Zhou Hengxing began his speech calmly: "In this place, you will receive all kinds of benefits that the Haihan Executive Committee bestows on you. Worried that there is no food, no house to live in, no fixed place to live, and being arrested and sent to the battlefield at any time... In the area under the jurisdiction of the Haihan Executive Committee, such things will never happen! As long as you work hard , abide by the code of conduct we have set, and everyone gets paid accordingly."

These things are basically repeating the same old tunes. The preaching about Haihan's immigration policy almost never stopped on the way to Heitu Port.Almost every adult immigrant knows what kind of work they will be arranged after they come here, what kind of treatment they will receive, and what promising prospects are waiting for them to strive for in the future.The vast majority of people are very satisfied with these arrangements of the colonization team. After all, the colonization team rescued them from the brink of war, gave them food and shelter, organized them to build settlements, and then helped them rebuild society as refugees Order, this is something to be grateful for.Although the immigrants listened with empty stomachs, they didn't feel any resentment about it.

"However, just last night, an extremely bad thing happened!" Zhou Hengxing changed the subject and began to talk about the robbery last night: "Several deserters from the Li Dynasty sneaked into us. The robbery killed an innocent little girl and wounded her younger brother, all for the purpose of snatching more than ten catties of dry food that the siblings carried in their luggage!"

There was an uproar in the audience immediately.Deserters kill civilians and rob food or property. In fact, this kind of thing is not very rare, and it happened before.These soldiers fleeing from the battlefield are often desperate to survive, relying on looting to replenish consumption along the way, and it is common to kill someone who dares to resist.If there is a large-scale rout on the battlefield, there will often be large-scale burning, killing and looting in the places where the rout passes.Otherwise, the residents of Tsing Hoa were so far away from the battlefield, why would they start fleeing so early.

But this kind of thing has never happened since the appearance of the Haihan people. When the colonization team recruited immigrants by the Tsinghua River, they had already expressed their attitude with relatively strong means. Anyone who disobeyed the arrangement would be severely punished.And after this journey, no one dared to make trouble. After all, there are more than a dozen militiamen with knives on each ship who are on duty. Those who want to make trouble have to think about whether they have done so many people with bare hands. .

Many people think that they are lucky to meet good people, because these militiamen are not interested in their personal belongings, and they will not scrape off the common people like the Li Dynasty's defeated soldiers.Coupled with the policy presentations along the way, many immigrants are full of visions for their new life in the future.However, under such circumstances, on the night of their arrival in Hong Kong, troops were broken up and ransacked the immigrants, and even killed them. This made the immigrants feel fear and uneasiness.

Then someone brought the boy from last night to the stage. The boy had red and swollen eyes. Under Zhou Hengxing's guidance, he choked up and narrated what happened last night.All the kind-hearted people in the audience showed expressions of indignation. Someone grabbed a stone from the ground and threw it on the stage, almost hitting Zhou Hengxing.The militiamen who maintained order hurriedly stopped this behavior. Otherwise, if the scene got out of control, these guys might be stoned to death by the angry crowd before execution.

"Although such an unfortunate incident happened, fortunately, our soldiers caught these criminals at the first time!" Zhou Hengxing pointed to the audience and said loudly: "Bring the criminals up!"

Qian Tiandun, who was dressed in camouflage uniform, took the lead, followed by members of the military and police department who escorted the four robbery and murderers who were tied up on stage.

"After our overnight interrogation and investigation, the criminal facts of these people have been confirmed. Now, on behalf of the Haihan Executive Committee, I announce that the four prisoners will be sentenced..." Zhou Hengxing paused and raised his voice: "Hanging! "

There was another commotion under the stage, and most people didn't know what was going on with the hanging, so they started asking each other.

Soon someone took a few bundles of rope on the stage, passed the rope over the high wooden frame, and then fixed one section behind the wooden stage, and tied a slipknot on the other end.

"This is to hang them!" Someone in the audience had already seen the clue.

The robbers also knew that something was wrong at this time, and they all fell limp on the ground.Someone came up with hemp rope sacks and tied their trousers from the knees with hemp rope. This was done to prevent their spines from being broken during torture, causing the muscles and nerves in the lower body to lose control, and feces and urine were scattered all over the floor.The sack is used to cover the head, so as to prevent the ferocious expressions on their faces when they die from frightening the immigrants who are watching in the audience.The adults may be okay, but there are many underage children among these immigrants, and the colonization team thinks it's better not to leave a shadow on their young minds.

Someone in the audience has already taken the lead in shouting: "Hang them!" Soon the shouts became more and more louder.

Qian Tiandun took the microphone from Zhou Hengxing and said: "Today we choose to publicly execute these murderers here. This is not only a punishment for their crimes, but also a warning to those who have evil intentions not to offend us. The rules established. Those who abide by Haihan's law will have their lives and properties protected by us, and any behavior that dares to challenge Haihan's law will be severely punished! These criminals are the first batch of hanged in Heitugang people, but I hope they are also the last to be sentenced to death here!"

Seeing that several ropes had been wrapped around the necks of the condemned prisoners, Gao Qiaonan stepped forward to check again, and then saluted Qian Tiandun.Qian Tiandun nodded and said, "Execution!"

With a snap, the wooden platform floor under the feet of the four condemned prisoners collapsed.The carpentry team who rushed to work overnight did not have time to make a flap-style gallows, so they just left a large rectangular hole in the middle of the platform for a seat, and a few wooden stakes were used to support a wooden board as a floor.When the execution was performed, the rope tied to the stake was pulled, and the floor immediately collapsed.

Hanging in the air, the four prisoners struggled with their last strength, and even the wooden frame above shook a little.Zhou Hengxing and Qian Tiandun, who were standing by the stage, were a little worried, and secretly prayed that these guys would not shake the gallows down, otherwise the hanging would turn into a farce.

Fortunately, the craftsmanship of the carpentry team seems to be acceptable, although it is a bit wobbly, it is still okay.After just over ten seconds, someone was silent.The last stubborn guy persisted for 40 seconds before kicking his legs and bid farewell to the world.

(End of this chapter)