Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 263
Hammer walked into the dark castle dungeon holding a torch, and beside him was a young soldier who was in charge of guarding the dungeon today.

"My lord, are you here today to drag these prisoners out and execute them?" the young soldier asked curiously.

Hammer shook his head, "No, I'm here to take them out to undergo labor reform. Your lord has recently enacted laws in the territory, which clearly divides crimes that were previously vague or bloody."

"Can you give an example?" the young soldier asked again.

Hammer thought for a while and said, "In the past, if a thief was caught stealing, his fingers or palms would be cut off. The specific situation depends on the strength and status of the person who was stolen.

But the current regulations are much clearer. The lord will sentence him to three to ten years of labor reform based on the objects he stole and the value of the stolen items.

If a thief steals a gold coin from a mercenary, he may only have to accept three years of labor reform, but if he steals a silver coin from a widowed old man, he may have to accept three years of labor reform. "

The young soldier nodded thoughtfully after hearing this, "How are these people sentenced?"

"They are all indefinite, and they have to work until they die of old age." Hammer replied, "But if they perform meritorious service, or have a serious and active work attitude, and reflect on themselves during labor, they can get a reduced sentence."

Hammer felt that the rules formulated by Rhodes were more satisfactory to him. Those who were extremely vicious had the same brutal death penalty, and those who did not deserve to die had a chance to reform themselves.

Just like thieves, some people are really desperate and choose to live by stealing in the face of life and death.

And some noble lords, how to deal with prisoners depends entirely on his mood and preferences.He can forgive a mercenary who commits all kinds of crimes, including murder and arson, but is very skilled in martial arts.But it will hang an orphan who has not eaten for many days, and finally has to choose to steal in order to survive.

The laws enacted by Rhodes have a lot of human nature. Even if they are also subject to labor reform, they will be assigned different jobs according to different crimes and criminals' age and motivation.

Those robbers who are blocking roads and robbing will be sent to the mines to mine, while those with lesser crimes will be arranged to repair roads or carry construction materials.

For example, orphans who can't work like adults, who can't eat for many days before stealing, will be sent to places like textile factories or wineries to do such slightly easier jobs.

"Here we are." The young soldier stopped.

Hammer looked at the cells on both sides. On one side was a dejected and vicious-looking robber, and on the other side was a cultist with a yellow, emaciated face and a calm face.

They hadn't eaten since they were locked in the dungeon, and they only drank a little water every day. They were still jumping when they were first locked in, but after a few days of starvation, they were all honest.

"Open the door." Hamer nodded.

"It's just the two of us here, what if they resist?" the young soldier asked in disbelief.

"And me." Baron came out from behind holding a torch, "I just went to the bathroom and I was late."

"Can the three of us do it?" The young soldier was still not confident.

"Look at the expressions of those people." Hammer pointed to the robbers in the cell. Their expressions changed after seeing Baron, and everyone was nervous and fearful.

"I will be your supervisor in the future, responsible for supervising your mining. If you behave well, we can save you from staying in the dark mine for a few days." Baron said to the robber in the cell.

When the robbers in the cell saw Baron appearing outside the cage, they all took a few steps back and leaned against the corner.

These robbers were all strong and strong, and they looked like they were good at doing hard work, so Rhodes decided to let them mine.

As for the cultists living opposite them, Rhodes intends to let them build roads. Their previous ability to confuse people is derived from a magic item. Rhodes has confiscated that item and asked them to build roads with the residents of the territory. The road can also allow the residents of the territory to supervise them so that they will not be lazy.

These cultists have been brainwashed by the evil god's thoughts and become extremely lazy. If they want them to work hard, they can only whip them or let the evil god personally give orders.

"Open the door!" Baron said to the young soldiers who stayed where they were.

The young soldier came back to his senses, took out his key and opened the two prison doors.

"Come out, don't make me say it a second time," Baron said.

The robbers came out helplessly after hearing this, not knowing what Baron had done on the road, which left them with a psychological shadow.

"Come out, too." Hammer said to the cultist staying in the cage.

"Can you not come out? I think it's very comfortable to lie here and do nothing, but I'm a little hungry." A cultist who was lying against the wall said reluctantly.

"Go and pull them all out." Baron said helplessly to the robbers in front of him.

Bandits under Balon's orders entered the cultists' cells and dragged them out.

Baron nodded, "Let's go up first and arrange tasks for you."

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Rhodes looked helplessly at the chief academician next to him. He should have returned directly to the castle instead of this big house.

He originally planned to practice martial arts well, but the chief scholar suddenly appeared, urging him to deal with affairs in the territory, and asked him to drag Rhodes into a room, sit on a chair next to him and watch Rhodes work.

Rhodes could only start to work hard. He first formulated the laws of the territory, and then asked Ott to call Hamer, and asked him and Baron to deal with the prisoners in the dungeon. It would not be wrong to keep them there. a thing.

"How long do I need to work?" Rhode couldn't help asking the Chief Grand Maester.

"Let's stop here for today. From now on, you will work from bed to dinner. I don't care whether you are patrolling the territory, or sitting at the table like today to arrange work." The chief grand maester opened his eyes and said.

Rhodes calculated his working hours. He sleeps until ten o'clock every day, and then works until dinner, which is around six o'clock in the afternoon. After taking out lunch time, he works less than eight hours a day. Going to work is much better.

In the future, if the labor law is enacted, it will be stipulated that each person can work a maximum of eight hours.

Rhode stood up and stretched himself. He didn't sleep last night, and he worked all day today.

"About the genetics you talked about last time, I still have a lot of questions to ask you. I have observed many people, why their height is not like peas, either the same as the father or the same as the mother. My father is taller, and may be shorter than my mother, but more of it is between my parents." The chief grand scholar said.

"Last time I talked to you about qualitative traits. Human height is a quantitative trait. I will explain this to you slowly during dinner." Rhodes didn't expect the chief scholar to discover these problems so quickly .

He felt that it was really necessary for him to keep the Chief Grand Maester busy, so as not to stare at him at work every day like today...

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