Chapter 440 Trial

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When Roland learned about this, he was studying the grid layout of the residential community. After listening to Carter's report, he put down his quill and sighed softly.

Although he knew that this would inevitably happen, he still felt helpless when it happened. After all, the requirement of strictly prohibiting private food sale has been repeatedly preached, and some people will take risks for such a little money.

Obviously, the first case of such a case naturally requires a heavy sentence.

In addition, it is also necessary to put on the agenda to improve various laws as soon as possible and then recruit special legal officials to interrogate and judge the case. After all, after the city is built, there will only be more and more criminal acts, and he has no time to serve as a judge all day.

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

Roland also recruited the chief manager Barov to the castle and jointly tried the crime of private food trafficking.

In the hall, two arrested suspects were kneeling on the ground, pale and dull, and they seemed to have never experienced such a situation.

After Roland took the seat, he cleared his throat and said everything you did. Any concealment or lying would make you more sinful.

Yes, yes, the two of them seemed to wake up from their dreams, rushing to tell the story of food traffic, especially the serfs, who shouted almost at the top of their lungs, Prince, Lord!I know I am guilty, but if I don’t sell these wheat... I really can’t survive Ah!Those officials did not buy wheat as you asked, so I had no choice but to do this!

The whole case was very simple, and Roland had already figured it out halfway through hearing it.

In order to stabilize people's hearts, the city hall set a grain purchase limit of slightly more than the actual consumption, so the townspeople who purchase at the maximum limit every month will always have a small portion of wheat left.

Parker, who lives in the sixth community, caught a trace of business opportunity. He ground the extra wheat into semolina, mixed some wild vegetables he picked, made it into fragrant pancakes and dragged it to the market for sale. He found that it was selling well. This was another major function of the convenience market. The limited transactions were only staple food, and the chickens, ducks and eggs raised by the townsmen could be sold at the stalls.

This business can bring him several silver wolf profits every month, but there is only so much wheat left. If you want to expand the scale, you have to save on diet.

So Parker turned his attention to the serfs who did not sell all the food to the city hall. After several inquiries, he contacted gold, and the next thing happened.

However, the serf's last sentence made Roland frown. What does it mean that the official does not purchase wheat according to regulations?Is it also involved the city hall?

He looked at Barov, who leaned over and whispered, "The Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for the acquisition, and the Minister is Senidali, so it is unlikely that such a mistake should be made. You can call him over and ask."

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

Senidali quickly arrived at the hall. After performing a standard knight ceremony, he asked His Highness what his will was, and he still had the style of the original wolf knight in his every move.

The prince told the unknown part of the case once, did you refuse to buy the serfs’ food?

Report to Your Highness, this is the situation. Seni replied without hesitation. According to your instructions, after the bumper harvest, we did not stop the acquisition work, but gradually reduced the acquisition price according to the quality of wheat. In the first one or two months, this price was almost the same as the original price.

He paused and continued, however, after the beginning of winter, the quality of wheat dropped significantly due to the lack of suitable storage places for most serfs and the moving from the original shanty town to the temporary housing.When purchasing, we often check for wet, discolored and moldy grains, so the price is 20% or 30% lower than the beginning.Most of the food of this serf has been damp and moldy, and it is almost impossible to continue to be stored, so the price I gave was 20% of the time it was during the bumper harvest.

There is no difference between 20% and not buying it!The serf shouted, "I have been in the field for a year, and the things I planted can only be sold at this price, which is much more severe than the black street!"Didn’t you say that food prices remain the same?

That means paying on time, idiot!Barov scolded unhappily, "Do you think no one knows the real purpose of your hoarding wheat?"If there is a problem with the grain supply in the town, I am afraid you can sell it at three times and four times the price!

The case has been fully understood at this point, but the result surprised Roland. He thought it was just a simple private food deal, but unexpectedly, there was a case of black-hearted food. Parker obviously knew that the quality of this batch of food was low, so he still agreed to buy it multiple times at 50%. He probably didn't care whether the moldy wheat could be eaten.

The serfs committed were undoubtedly a serious crime, but the punishment of the townman Pike made Roland a little difficult to decide.

He once heard books about the lives of poor people. When these people lack food, not to mention moldy black bread, even tree trunks and grass leaves can be used to fill their hunger.

It is precisely because of this that the Book of Changes repeatedly emphasizes how great it is to make all the people eat wheat.

Parker was also a poor man before, probably not realizing that using inferior food to make wheat cakes is a crime.

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

He stood up, looked around the audience, and said in a deep voice, I convicted both of them!The serfs violated the ban and sold food privately. They knew that they would be punished with a higher level of crime and were sentenced to ten years of mine labor.If you perform well in the future, you can reduce your service life as appropriate.

The town resident Pike also violated the ban and used inferior wheat to make pancakes and sell them to other townsmen. He was punished with two crimes, and in addition to ten years of labor, he was fined three times the profit of pancakes.The above judgment will be executed immediately!

The two of them became soft and they collapsed to the ground involuntarily. The guards standing beside them immediately walked up and dragged them out of the hall.

The prince then ordered Seni, "Put this matter into a notice and give it to Barov for review and publicity. I want all the leaders to understand the causes and consequences of this case and prevent such things from happening again."

Yes, Your Highness!

After the trial, Roland called the chief knight to his office. I heard that the arrester was Vader again?

Kat nodded, but they did a little too much this time, so they took off the police uniform and arrested people. During the transfer, they were reported by the public as a fight. I will warn him.

That's not necessary. In fact, you should also praise him well, Roland said, touching his chin.

Isn't this a plainclothes policeman who knows how to adapt and has experience in arresting criminals. He used to be a patrol member and had a good understanding of the forces in the black street. He was simply a natural supervision talent.

When the time is right, he will be recruited into the security bureau. The prince thought to himself that Nightingale was missing.