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Chapter 792 The Iron Law
Almansa is just the beginning.

There are more than [-] pure-blooded Spaniards in Agang. Some of these people are Almansa's guards, and some are Spanish nobles captured in the war. After the Ming army took away their weapons and armor, they treated Almansa the same way. , without restricting their freedom.

These people also hoped to use their cleverness to prevent the Ming army from overthrowing the Yihe excuse, but they did not expect that they became the targets of the port people.

There are not many real aborigines in Agang, some of them are women, and the rest are of Spanish mixed blood. Because the Ming army is still stationed in the port, most people are still in awe of the court laws written by Zou Yuanbiao.

But since Almansa was attacked, they are gradually reducing their awe of the Spaniards.

"As a governor, you are worthy of being a robber?"

In the prison of the port office, Chen Mu sat on the promenade with arms folded, looked at Almansa in the prison, sighed helplessly, and said: "Punishment does not avoid doctors, but the first person to be imprisoned is the governor. Embarrass me."

Almansa's condition was alright. Although his face was ashamed, the armor leader didn't dare to beat him too hard. What's more, he was found by the patrolling yamen servants just after the fight started, and he was detained. He only suffered a little skin trauma.

"What did you do to make them dare to attack me?" Almansa was terrified, not to mention these low-level half-breeds, even in the Old Continent, even the richest businessmen only dared to ridicule the knights, but did not Dare to fight them: "He wants to kill me, those people who surround him, they all want to kill me."

Chen Mu nodded slowly, of course he knew that those people wanted to kill Almansa, he said: "So I ordered you to be locked up here, not only to practice the law, but also to protect you from being killed, what happened these days Many assault cases are all because of you, why do you want to grab that pack of cigarettes, you can just ask me for it, do I still begrudge a pack of cigarettes?"

"I didn't do anything. The pack of cigarettes you wanted was bought by their chief and a hundred Jiashou. Don't you think about it, can an ordinary person afford two packs of tobacco?"

The matter made Chen Mu feel a little tricky, not because of how difficult it was, but because it would make people feel heavy to bear the love of the people, which in turn caused worries about future development: "He kicked you up, just wanting to defend him neighbors, they bought it with their wages, and they must get that pack of cigarettes."

"But once he kicks you, he wants to kill you, because you scare him, and if you live, he thinks you are capable enough to take revenge on him, his family, his friends, so they all kill you."

Almansa felt dejected. The old governor sat on the straw on the stone bed with his legs crossed. He didn't look at Chen Mu, but asked, "When can I leave here?"

Chen Mu asked people to put a cushion under the straw. He didn't want the people imprisoned in prison because of mistakes to feel that the Ming army treated them differently, and he didn't want to treat Almansa too harshly—he did rob people of Almansa. Tobacco feels outrageous.

Didn't this fucking tell everyone that the Ming army treated you badly?Force you, a governor, to grab cigarettes from the common people.

But obviously you dare not ask for it, if you open your mouth, can you not give it to you?
In good conscience, Chen Mu really didn't feel that he was bad for Almansa, even if he wrote a letter to Bernal to inform Chen Mu, he would understand, and he would risk his life for his country to do such a thing in a different place. So he didn't blame Almansa.

"You will be imprisoned here for a few days. After being tried by the Yamen, you tried to snatch a pack of tobacco worth three taels of silver. You need to pay nine taels of silver. Because you are a nobleman who oppressed the people, you will be punished tenfold. The Yamen pays a fine of 90 taels, and since you attempted to rob and did not cause losses to the people, you can reduce it by [-]%."

"In the end, your punishment is to be imprisoned for ten days, compensate 81 taels of currency, and pay a fine of [-] taels. I will advance the money for you first, and it will be paid by Spain in the peace agreement."

Almansa didn't care about these punishments at all, he looked up at Chen Mu and repeated: "When can I leave here, leave Acapulco."

"That's what you asked."

Chen Mu could see that Almansa had completely lost confidence in this port, and even simply wanted to escape here, and his face was disgraced. He could understand, and said: "Acosta has already brought my agreement to Mexico, maybe It will take a month or two or more, and when the peace is negotiated, you can leave here."

Negotiation.

It seemed that these two words could make Almansa's eyes reappear in despair, and he asked Chen Mu: "General Chen, do you know what it feels like to see a city lost from your own hands?"

Chen Mu: "I don't know."

He looked at the old governor with a playful look, and his meaning could not be more clear: "I'm afraid you know more about this than I do, and much more."

For better or worse, Spain would lose many cities in the New World, not just Acapulco.

Thinking of this, Chen Mu stopped irritating the old man, changed his comfortable posture, and said: "Let's talk about something happy, I sent people to find all the aboriginal tribes in the New World under the control of Ming Dynasty, and invited their tribes The leader is coming to Agang, and this will be very lively."

But obviously, Chen Mu's happiness is not Almansa's happiness. The old governor drooped serious eye bags and said, "This really doesn't make me happy. My people, are they okay?"

"not too good."

Chen Mu shook his head, looked to the left and right, and said, "You may have noticed that a few people have been imprisoned in the prison these two days. In addition to thieves and thieves, the people in the county are fighting each other with your people."

"However, this situation will stop soon. Apart from being a bit stupid, my county magistrate is still capable of doing things. He is waiting for who will kill first."

At this time, Almansa widened his eyes in front of Chen Mu for the first time, and asked, "Who will kill first?"

"Yes, after my staff's analysis, people are not fighting each other because they are Spaniards. You can rest assured that I didn't deliberately lead the people to bully the Spaniards. If I really want to kill you, I don't have to wait until now."

"They will do this because of the great difference in status and power with you for a long time, and the psychology of revenge, especially now that you are prisoners of war, and I think this is good for me."

Chen Mu did not shy away from his dark psychology, and talked freely: "The Spaniards are not my people, and those who surrender to me will be protected, but you are very brave in the war, and people are more willing to be prisoners. I hope that this short-term chaos will It can make the people under my rule less afraid of the Spaniards, and let them know that anyone who makes a mistake can be punished by the law, but no one in the world can take revenge on the people of the Ming Emperor."

"The people here don't understand the law and don't trust the law. This is something you Spaniards haven't done well, so Agang needs dead people. I don't know who will die on both sides, but only one person needs to die."

"If the law is not practiced, it is a dead letter, and the murderer dies."

Zou Yuanbiao said, if you don't kill them once to warn others, they will bloom all over the place, and you can't control them.

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)