Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 233 The name of the people

Just as the lord was rushing to the edge of the infected area with Ma Zai to pay homage to the dead, at the Phoenix Terrace of Shuangfengling in the far south, the ordinary day continued.

Since Xia Houyan had already taken his sister Katerina northward to the imperial capital, the venerable mayor Johanson Joel has temporarily assumed the leadership of the territory these days.

——Having said that, at the moment when all the rules have been established, there are really not many things that Mayor Joel needs to actually worry about: In view of the fact that the lord used to run around with nothing to do, and killed a lot of unlucky people by the way, Mayor Joel has already figured out the correct way to act as a lord:
Fishing.

Accompanied by the crowing of the rooster on the Phoenix Terrace, Mayor Joel slowly got up, took hot ginger tea and a plate of cactus fruit with fried eggs from the servant, and sat at the table to enjoy breakfast leisurely.

Counting from the official establishment of the Frost Maple Ridge territory, Old Joel has moved several times:
In the beginning, he lived temporarily in a tent like other citizens. Later, the horned eagle manor was completed for the second time. The builders under Master Donald finally freed up and built a mansion for Mayor Joel in the center of the territory. , it can be regarded as allowing him to live in the first ring of Fenghuang Terrace, and the house has a huge potential for appreciation;
However, some people pointed out a few days ago that Horned Eagle Manor, the residence of the Igor family, had been performing the function of the town hall for a long time. The dinner party is still a gag, and in fact, they have to go to the living room of Xiahou Daguan's own living room, which is as annoying as a distant relative who comes to visit and refuses to leave;
Seeing the prosperity of Shuangfeng Ridge, the plan of "building an official town hall" was quickly put on the agenda after being approved by the lord;

Under the leadership of Master Donald, the territorial craftsman group who are familiar with the road and have re-employed talents from Dongbingku “voluntarily” built a magnificent building opposite the Horned Eagle Manor in less than half a month. The meeting hall of the Phoenix Terrace—this means that for the first time since the beginning of the world, when the citizens of Shuangfengling looked up at the sky, they could not only see the bed crossbow model on the roof of the lord's house, but also a towering town clock tower.

Under the command of the lord, the top floor of the clock tower became the new residence of Zombie Dave—after a series of arduous training, this guy actually learned to ring the clock to tell the time on the hour.

"Every bell tower should have its own weirdo!" That's what the lord said anyway, but no one understood.

In order to commemorate a certain unlucky father who was killed in the treason case, the Phoenix Terrace meeting hall named "Vincent Palace" by the lord has become Mayor Joel's daily office and new residence these days :

Johnsen Joel, who is old and has no children, always feels that living in his empty mansion is too deserted, so he asks someone to set up a simple one in the mayor's office of Vincent Palace. A wooden bed, so that after busying with the affairs of the territory during the day, you can fall asleep directly - the Vincent Palace, where many young men from the business team walk back and forth every night, obviously makes the old mayor feel more comfortable.

But speaking of it, there are really no important matters in Shuangfengling that need to be decided by Mayor Joel these days.

After all, Shuangfengling is a small-scale territory with a population of just over [-], and its production mode is basically in the "feudal era natural economy" of the lord's population. As long as it is not preparing for war, every household should farm. Farming, work that needs to be done, what else should the central government of Shuangfengling worry about?
——You don’t need to worry about it on weekdays, and you collect taxes every day to suck the blood of the people. The life of ordinary nobles in the empire is so comfortable. It’s no wonder that they are busy finding lovers for themselves and preventing their wives from discovering their lovers. ...

Of course, Shuangfengling is not an ordinary territory, and the lord is not an ordinary nobleman:
So this morning, Mayor Joel was sipping ginger tea leisurely when he suddenly got bad news from a clerk of the business group.

"Mr. Joel!" The clerk knocked on Mayor Joel's door cautiously, poked his head and said, "Today is the opening day of this month's 'Territorial Court', but isn't the lord going to the imperial capital? Look……"

Mayor Joel choked on the tea in his mouth.

Since the establishment of the territory, the lord who has been talking to the family's senior management about "building a territory ruled by law" has done what he said in the actual system construction of Phoenix Terrace:
On NO.15 of every month, Shuangfengling will hold the "Lingsmen's Court" in the central square of Phoenix Terrace, which can be regarded as a kind of adjustment for the ordinary life in the wasteland——

Whether Zhang San stole the chicken from Li Si's family, or Zhang San cheated on the wife of Wang Wu's family, all disputes and conflicts among the leaders of the Igor family can be played on the opening day of the "Ling people's court" to express grievances, Seek the arbitration and mediation of the lord.

In fact, in the major territories of the empire, "mediation of disputes among the citizens" is also considered a responsibility and obligation of the lords, so after the promulgation of the "Territorial Court" system, it did not cause much disturbance in the territories.

Mayor Joel also joined in the fun and went to watch the opening days of the previous "Territorial Court". In addition to a group of Igor soldiers standing straight around the square, there are also matters arguing among the citizens in the court. It's nothing more than trivial things, which are really boring.

But this morning, Mayor Joel, reminded by the document, suddenly realized an important problem:
The lord and Miss Katerina, who used to serve as judges in the civil court, have left the territory for the imperial capital!
What is the point of courts without judges? ——The plaintiff and the defendant who are going to court can't just fight in a duel in the square, right?

Seeing that Mayor Joel realized the seriousness of the problem, the clerk at the door hurriedly said:

"Mr. Joel, you should quickly find a way to find someone to be a judge! The court opens at nine o'clock, and there are already people waiting in Phoenix Terrace Square!"

At that time, old Joel's cold sweat came down:

According to the practice of the territory, when the supreme leadership core lord is absent, it is only necessary to find the second and third in command of the territory - Miss Katerina and the chief mage of the Igor family, Victor Laurie, to make up their minds;
No matter how bad it is, the family knight leader Aaron Cousins ​​can be regarded as a reliable candidate;
But the problem is that the above-mentioned people all went to the north for tourism, and all of them were absent!

After all the calculations, the only high-level officials who can make up their minds to act as judges who are still in the territory are left...

Mayor Joel lowered his head and looked at the choked tea on his chest.

"That..." The clerk said cautiously, "I brought you the judge's uniform and wig, are you changing here or...?"

……

At [-]:[-] a.m. on August [-]th, the former mayor of Eagle's Rest, Johanson Joel, wearing a wig and a judge's robe, came to Phoenix Terrace Square with a mournful face.

Under the command of Master Donald, the members of the artisan group had already set up a temporary judge's seat for the civil court in the north of the square.

They have already performed similar scenes several times, and they are familiar with it:
The judge's seat made of ebony, once served as the rostrum where the lord delivered a speech, and as a foothold for climbing high and looking into the distance during wartime, but today it is just the judge's seat-a flag hangs directly in front of the wooden counter, with a cross on it. The sickle and hammer patterns symbolize the agricultural group and the artisan group respectively.

Behind the bench of the judges, a black velvet curtain has been pulled up by Mr. Donald as the background of the civil court, so as to block the cluttered scene on the edge of the square, so as to create a solemn and solemn sense of deterrence for the judges—in the center of the curtain, hang A square portrait of the lord, implying that "the lord is watching you".

However, every time before the court session, the lord himself sat on the judge's seat as the judge;

Therefore, in the eyes of the onlookers, there are often two handsome faces of the lord, one big and one small, on the judge's bench, which complement each other, just like a bastard looking at mung beans.

On the left side of the judge's seat is a row of frosted maple benches for the "jury" to sit here.

According to the Lord Lord, every verdict of the People's Court does not come from the powerful Lord Lord, but from the vote of the jury members;

However, there are also rumors that the citizens who form the jury have been trained before the trial, and will carefully observe the lord on the judge's bench before voting:

If the lord raises his hand, he votes guilty;

If your lord puts his hand on the table, vote not guilty.

——The leader who concocted the above rumors has been taken away by the Shuangfengling Internal Affairs Department for investigation. It is rumored that he had contact with the forces of Rock Creek City. Now he is writing novels in Dongbingku. Relatives and friends should not read it.

On the right side of the judge's seat, there is a row of soldiers on duty from the Igor Pioneering Army, playing the role of maintaining the order of the court:
All the high-level people in Shuangfengling believed that if one party was dissatisfied with the result of the "Territorial Court" ruling, it was inevitable that there would be indecent situations such as yelling loudly, or even bumping into the judge——the shiny gold in the hands of the soldiers of the Pioneering Army Sabers exist to prevent similar situations.

What is very gratifying is that since the establishment of these "court guards", no one in the civil court has raised any objections to the verdict, which shows the fairness of the lord's verdict.

Now, both the jury members and the court guards are ready, and the south side of the square is also crowded with spectators eating melons, only the judge's bench is still empty.

Mayor Joel, standing behind the curtain, couldn't help stretching out his fingers to loosen the neckline.

"Ah! Master Joel!" A cheerful young voice came from behind.

Mayor Joel turned around tremblingly, and found that it was Sean Mountbatten in military uniform, and Alan Hotelling, who usually served as his deputy.

——After the battle with the Bandit Allied Forces, Karen Leperg returned to Luna Village in the west of the wilderness. In addition, Knight Commander Cousins ​​had already gone north. Now Mountbatten and Tom Lawrence have been in charge. Military training and ideological and political work for pioneer soldiers.

"Your boy also came to see the court hearing?" Mayor Joel felt more pressure on his shoulders.

"No!" Mayor Joel breathed a sigh of relief at Mountbatten's answer, "I came from Tongque Terrace to ask for your instructions. Our pioneering army needs a sum of money to buy equipment."

"If you need money, please register with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Just pick it up from the warehouse, I will." Mayor Joel knows that the lord has always attached importance to armaments, so he didn't make it difficult for Mountbatten, but he didn't forget to ask, "Your pioneer army Isn’t the equipment all ready, why buy it again?”

Mountbatten raised his arm and pointed to a group of Confederate soldiers on patrol not far away:
"Isn't Commander Paulus sending people here all the time these days? I took a look, and the standard hand crossbows of the Southern Army are not bad, and our slings should also be eliminated... I heard that the Southern Army There is still a large number of Thracian Annihilation Arrows hidden, and I am going to take Allen to the Arcane Spire defense line, and try to find a way to pull some broken magic crossbows from Paulus' iron rooster..."

Mayor Joel got dizzy when he heard these military issues, and quickly waved his hands:
"You can make up your own mind, but don't waste and don't get kickbacks, be careful when the lord comes back and chops off your head!"

Mountbatten couldn't laugh or cry:
"The accountants in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, those who ask for money are like killing their father and enemy. Where can we get kickbacks for the pioneering army..."

Mayor Joel nodded, suddenly remembered something, grabbed Mountbatten who was about to leave and asked in a low voice:

"Hey Sean...you are a well-informed young man, do you know how to be a judge?"

Mountbatten took a good look at the wig on Mayor Joel's head and the judge's robe on his body, and said in a daze:

"Just... just follow the "Frost Maple Ridge Basic Law" to rule..."

"But I haven't read "Frost Maple Ridge Basic Law"!" Mayor Joel stomped his feet anxiously, "The lord gave me a copy, but I used it to stand on the table!"

Mountbatten was speechless for a moment, and then whispered a few words into Mayor Joel's ear.

The old man's eyes lit up immediately.

Soon, amidst the loud horns of the Pioneering Army Band (one member in total), Mayor Johanson Joel, dressed in a judge's uniform and a wig, walked up to the judge's bench and sat down dignifiedly. .

The "sudden change of judge" did not cause any shock: everyone knew that the lord had gone on a trip, and the respected Mayor Joel was acting as the judge, which was also expected by the audience.

On the clock tower of "Vincent Palace", Zombie Dave rang the big brass bell nine times.

"The fifth civil court of Shuangfengling, the court is officially open!" The honor guard of the pioneering army (who also served as the military band of the pioneering army) screamed sharply, and the mayor Joel raised his gavel expressionlessly, There was a knock on the table.

The noisy audience quickly quieted down, and the court guards brought today's first group of plaintiffs and defendants to the square.

Mayor Joel was shocked to find that these two people were both novel writers from Dongbingku!
No one knows how the lord's mind grows, but he insisted that even bandit slaves, as long as they "voluntarily" work for Shuangfengling, they also have the right to use the territorial court to resolve disputes.

So, these two hard-working people who code every day until their hands are numb, just stood on the Fenghuangtai Square and became today's plaintiff and defendant.

And the content of their complaints is also closely related to "business":
Writer A accused Writer B of plagiarizing his own ideas in a novel;
Writer B argues that each of your own novel routines is the same, and you can plagiarize yourself. I think that your old-fashioned outline is still there, and my sister wants it. I have nothing to do and write it down. What's wrong with writing...

As for Writer B's lawyer, he pointed out with wisdom that whether it is the work of Writer A or Writer B, the public signature is all "Flower of Abundance" Vilf, so it is actually Vilf who plagiarized Writer B does not constitute a crime against himself!
Just when Writer A's lawyer was about to summon Vilf to testify in court, the annoyed Mayor Joel hurriedly knocked on the gavel:

"Find a gap to make trouble! Next!"

……

According to subsequent statistics, on August 41th alone, the astonishingly efficient acting judge, Mayor Joel, ruled a total of 41 cases, of which the defendants in [-] cases constituted seeking to cause trouble, and none of them were wronged or missed.

(End of this chapter)