The Black Knight from the Blue Planet

The old butler was tied down and kept shouting, asking Hardy not to tie him in front of Mrs. Sissi, at least to give him some dignity.

The two local officials were shivering and wiping sweat away.

Hardy's heart-wrenching move made the two of them extremely scared.

Hardy's eyes fell on the two officials, who subconsciously straightened their bodies and tried to behave as well as possible.

"What kind of punishment do you want?" Hardy asked as he spread honey on the bread.

Neither local official dared to speak.

"The three of you have managed the entire Hukaro City for sixteen years without any trouble, and you have worked hard without any merit. According to my personal opinion, it is not a big deal to reward each of you with one or two hundred gold coins."

The two officials were overjoyed when they heard this.

"But taking something without telling is considered stealing." Hardy thought for a moment and said, "What you stole is the owner's property, and it shouldn't be the case."

The two officials looked sad.

Hardy thought for a while and said, "I remember that among the family rules of Jeanne's family, there is a kind of whipping."

The Sheriff bravely said in a low voice: "Your Excellency, it is indeed true."

Hardy nodded and said: "I thought of a way. One gold coin counts for one lash. You guys stole about 190 gold coins. I am a kinder person, so I will give you 180 lashes."

Upon hearing this number, both of them collapsed to the ground.

Generally speaking, if a person is whipped for more than twenty times in a row, he will be ready to kill someone, and if he is whipped for more than 20 times, he will be killed directly.

Looking at the desperate two people, Hardy smiled and continued: "Don't worry, you two will not die. One hundred and eighty lashes will be carried out in one month, six lashes every day, you can handle it."

After hearing this, the expressions of the two people relaxed a little.

After a while, the financial officer asked cautiously: "Sir, do you want to pay back the gold coins we got from bribery?"

"Forget it, I'm a generous person, just think that this is your hard work for managing Hukaro City for sixteen years." Hardy finished eating the bread and his expression turned cold: "But if it happens again, the consequences will be You understand."

As his strength has improved, he can now mobilize some abilities that can only be used in nightmare form.

For example, a weakened version of the fear aura.

The two local officials were already very scared, but once they were shrouded in this aura of fear, they felt that Hardy was even more intimidating.

It was as if a god of death was standing in front of him, ready to take his life away at any time.

"For the next month, I will go to the center of the city every day at noon to receive the caning." Hardy looked at Rogge and said, "You will supervise the execution. You must make them feel the pain and it will not affect them the next day. normal life.”

Roger nodded.

The two local officials breathed a sigh of relief.

Six lashes a day were within what they could bear.

After the two local officials helped each other and left, Hardy said: "Roger, you have collected and recorded the ashes of the brothers."

When talking about this matter, Rogge's expression that was quite happy just now also became disappointed.

Two hundred brothers set out from Hexi County happily, but now there are a group of people missing.

Although the owner has provided sufficient pensions and subsidies, if the person is gone, he is gone after all.

"Some of the pension amounts have not yet been calculated, and some brothers who are less mobile are still recuperating."

"I understand. You stay here for a month first. When the whipping is over and the seriously injured brothers have almost recovered, you can lead dozens of brothers and escort the brothers with limited mobility back home." Hardy thought for a while and said: "By the way, we will also take their pension back to their families. No matter what, we have to take the person back, even if he turns into a small jar."

Roger nodded.

"You have a lot to do recently." Hardy sighed and said: "I still have too few people at my disposal, so I can only work hard for you."

Rogge knelt down on one knee in emotion: "It's not hard, everything I have is given by the master, and it's what I should do."

He was born as a sharecropper of the Hardy family, and his loyalty was unquestionable.

The next day, a high platform was erected in the square in the center of the city.

Two well-known local officials were escorted to a high platform, topless, and then each of them was whipped six times, leaving red marks.

Although it is very painful, it is still within the range that adults can bear.

After that, every day, whether it was windy, rainy or scorching hot, the two local officials would be taken to the high platform and whipped six times at noon.

This whip not only hit the two local officials, but also hit the hearts of all the 'gentry' in Hukaro City.

After a month of this, everyone in Hukaro City knew one thing.

The new owner is here!

And very harsh.

After that, Hardy's estate received a lot of invitations.

They were all received with help from Rogge.

On this day, Rogge placed several invitations in front of Hardy's table.

Hadi ignored the invitations and said: "Tomorrow, you will escort the brothers back to River City. At the same time, you will also recruit some people from home and the mountain people to maintain an army of two hundred people."

Roger nodded.

Hardy thought for a while and continued: "In addition, inform my butler Jack and the head maid to ask them to come to Hukaro City to help. You are responsible for escorting them here."

Roger wrote this down.

"Also, as I promised before, brothers who are willing to come to Hukaro City to naturalize can bring their relatives over. Only brothers who participated in the battle can have this treatment."

This matter is very important and is one of the benefits of Hadi's army.

Rogge became excited immediately: "Master, don't worry, I will supervise them well and won't let anyone fool them."

The next day, Rogge left with dozens of soldiers and several carriages carrying disabled soldiers.

Hardy, on the other hand, went to the best hotel in town.

This was also the property left by Mrs. Sissi back then, and it belonged to the Lord's Mansion. Naturally, it was Hardy's property.

This is a first-class hotel. At this time, the main hall on the first floor is already full of people, nearly sixty people.

The uniformly dressed bartenders were busy around.

The group whispered.

The treasurer and the constable also came, but they both looked awkward.

Everyone looked at them strangely, with a hint of teasing.

I had no choice but to be flogged for a month in public and lose face. Isn't it normal?

After a while, Hardy walked in from outside.

Everyone stopped talking, and the hotel suddenly became quiet.

Hardy walked to the main seat and sat down. He looked at the 'gentry' in front and said with a smile: "I am very happy to have so many people here. As the new owner of Hukaro City, I invite everyone here because I want to talk to you all. Let’s talk about the future of Hukaro City.”