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Chapter 1151, the fate of the traitor

On the border of Hong Kong, more than a hundred people are constantly fleeing for their lives. These people are all local indigenous people of Hong Kong. Because they participated in the conspiracy to riot, they were chased by the Ming army after the incident and fled for their lives.

"Quick, quick!"

"The Cornish border is just ahead. As long as you escape, you'll be fine."

John shouted loudly to the people behind him, and at the same time he used all his strength to run away, because he had faintly heard the sound of horse hooves, and they were chasing him from far to near.

He was originally a local native of Hong Kong, and his life was very hard in the past. However, after Hong Kong became a colony of the Ming Dynasty, his life became easier. With his hard work, his family could not only have enough food to eat and wear warm clothes, but also

There are also plans to demolish the old rotten house and build a new one.

However, until recently, he was deceived by others and felt that all the life he had now was given by God, not by the people of Ming Dynasty. On the contrary, the people of Ming Dynasty were pagans and heretics. As God's people, they should

Overthrow the rule of the Ming people and drive them all out of Cornwall.

So he participated in the conspiracy to riot, preparing to riot with others, kill those Ming people, drive the Ming people out, and welcome Henry VII's return.

However, people reported the matter before it even started. There was a traitor who betrayed them and told the people of Ming Dynasty everything about them. As a result, they were brutally hunted down by the people of Ming Dynasty.

Originally there were hundreds of people plotting a riot, but after escaping for their lives, only a dozen of them were left.

"Quick! Quick!"

John ran for his life desperately, and soon he saw the boundary marker. He was overjoyed and ran away desperately.

"Haha~haha~"

"At last I am back in the arms of the great King of England!"

After successfully escaping from the confines of Cornwall, John couldn't help shouting excitedly.

The dozen or so people who escaped with him all had smiles on their faces, and then quickly continued to flee to prevent the Ming army from crossing the border to pursue them.

Escaped from Cornwall and entered Devon.

John and his party were tired and hungry, so they went directly to a small town in Devon County and explained everything to the officials of the town, hoping to get their help and provide them with food and a place to rest.

"Bang!"

"Is this something people eat?"

"We risked our lives for the great England, and they gave us horse bread."

The town officials readily agreed to their request and provided them with food and accommodation, but when the dark, hard horse bread was brought to their table.

John and others couldn't help but explode.

Horse bread, they haven't eaten horse bread for a long time.

Since Cornwall became the Hong Kong of the Ming Dynasty, they have begun to eat soft bread, rice, corn and sweet potatoes from the Ming Dynasty. Many people have even become accustomed to eating the food of the Ming Dynasty.

, like noodles, steamed buns, rice noodles, etc.

As long as you work for merchants and firms in the Ming Dynasty, you will have a meal at noon, pork stewed vermicelli, which is the best for many people. As for horse bread, they have forgotten what it tastes like.

Here in Hong Kong, even horses eat better than this. Livestock will not go to horse bread. In fact, you can no longer find horse bread to buy in major stores. The worst food is sweet potatoes.

Yes, but even sweet potatoes are a hundred times more delicious than this horse bread.

They had already been fed food from the Ming Dynasty, and after more than two years, they were fed horse bread again. The dozen or so people who escaped from Hong Kong were all fried.

"Come here~ come here!"

"We have worked so hard for the king, and this is how you treat us?"

John looked at the town officials, holding the hard horse bread in their hands, his eyes widening like bull's eyes.

I thought that after escaping to Devonshire, I could at least be regarded as a warrior. Henry VII should treat himself well and grant him the status of a nobleman.

But everything was ruined. The food they were fed turned out to be horse bread. This kind of food is even disgusting for horses in Hong Kong.

"Would you like to eat it?"

"Here, there is only horse bread, and you only deserve to eat horse bread."

The town officials looked at them and said coldly.

A group of humble poor people, without any identity or status, only deserve to eat horse bread.

"you!"

Looking at the town officials in front of them, John and others clenched their fists and wanted to punch him hard, but in the end they put down their fists feebly.

After the other party left, each of them looked at the hard horse bread in their hands. They couldn't put it down no matter what, and they didn't know how to eat it.

"If I had known today, why would I have done it in the first place!"

John's intestines turned green.

He thought of his wife and children, who were still in Hong Kong, and didn't know if they would be implicated by him. He thought of the good life he had lived in Hong Kong.

I drink a bowl of porridge every morning and go to work happily. I eat a lot at Damingren's business at noon. One person has to eat ten steamed buns and five bowls of porridge. If there is pork stewed with vermicelli, one person has to eat five big ones.

bowl.

After eating, I take a nice nap. I feel particularly energetic when I work in the afternoon. When I get off work in the evening, I buy a piece of sea fish, and occasionally some mutton, beef, etc., and enjoy it happily as a family when I return home.

dinner.

He built the house he was about to build.

The beautiful house is just like the Ming Dynasty people. It is paved with cement on the ground. It is very clean. In the hot summer, anyone can stay on the ground.

The walls are whitewashed with lime, which looks very nice, and glass windows are installed to let the sunlight in...

However, all this has become a dream. He is now a fugitive and can never return to Hong Kong. In Devon County, he is still the lowest level of the poor and can only eat horse bread.



On the other side, in the huge open space at the pier in Hong Kong's harbor area, along with the propaganda from the Governor's Office, the entire Hong Kong residents soon knew everything that happened here during this period.

At the same time, everyone knew that the rioters who intended to riot in Hong Kong would be executed here on this day, so a large number of people gathered here on their own initiative.

Everyone didn't wait too long. Jiang Liang, dressed in crimson robes, arrived here and glanced at everyone present with cold eyes.

"Hong Kong belongs to the Ming Empire. Everyone must abide by the laws of the Ming Empire and must not betray the emperor or disturb the stability and prosperity of Hong Kong!"

"But during this period of time, some people are not satisfied with the good life now. They have cheated on others, betrayed the emperor of tomorrow, and betrayed Hong Kong. They colluded with foreign enemies and even intended to disrupt Hong Kong's prosperity and stability."

"In this regard, the governor is here today to formally pronounce judgment on these traitors who participated in the conspiracy to riot!"

Jiang Liang's voice was very loud. After he finished speaking, an interpreter immediately translated his words in English.

Most people here still don’t understand Daming dialect, so a translator is also necessary.

"Bring someone to commit the crime!"

Soon, with an order, the Ming army escorted a private prisoner to the scene.

"Prisoner Bill, the former priest of Hong Kong Cathedral, as a clergyman, attempted to interfere in secular government affairs, incited riots, and betrayed the Ming Dynasty. He should be executed as he should!"

"The prisoner Peresli, the former Viscount of Falmaus, is a nobleman and has no ambition to make progress. He secretly supports, instigates, and plans riots, and betrays the Ming Dynasty. He should be executed as expected!"

"..."

"Prisoner Taylor, a Hong Kong resident, participated in plotting riots and betrayed the Ming Dynasty. He should be executed as expected!"

As Jiang Liang read out the names one by one, everyone came to the same ending and made a decision.

Suddenly everyone couldn't help but open their mouths, and some even started crying, because there were their relatives and friends inside.

Now that they heard that they were going to be sentenced to death, some people were even more excited and wanted to rush forward. However, when they saw the bright bayonets on the Ming army's muskets, they all stopped and did not dare to make any move.

The people of Ming Dynasty are really cruel!

This time, hundreds of people were sentenced to death at once.

There are clergymen who instigated the riots, some sent by Henry VII, as well as the down-and-out local aristocrats, and ordinary people who were ignorant and incited.

In the eyes of many people, some people deserve to die and they have nothing to say, but why can't these ignorant people let them go?

"Master Governor, they are all deceived and ignorant. Can't we really let them go once?"

Someone asked for mercy.

"cannot!"

"Because betraying the Ming Dynasty is a capital crime!"

Jiang Liang said coldly, then took out the token on the table and coldly ordered: "Execution!"

As Jiang Liang's order was issued, the heads of the first batch of more than a hundred people put on trial were flying with bright sword lights.

"death penalty!"

"death penalty!"

"Execution!"

Groups of prisoners were pressed forward one after another, and without exception, they were all sentenced to death.

Blood dyed the sea water next to it red, and the headless corpses were pushed aside like a hill. The human heads were pushed together, so ferocious and terrifying that everyone present could not help but shiver.

Too cruel!

All the arrested people were killed at once. Everyone was deeply shocked by the scene in front of them and remembered it all firmly.

"My name is Tom!"

"I used to be a fisherman. I risked my life every day to go fishing. Most of the time, I harvested very little. But even so, I still had to pay half of the fish to the local nobles, and another tenth of the harvest.

church."

"So my family is very poor. We don't even have enough to eat every day. What we eat is the most unpleasant and hardest horse bread. When it comes to Christmas, I can't even prepare a decent gift for the children."

.”

"But since we became the people of the Emperor of Heaven, everything has changed."

"I don't have to risk my life to go fishing at sea. I can easily find a good job. As long as I work hard every day, I can earn two taels of silver every month, which is enough to support my family."

I have enough food to eat and warm clothes, and I also saved money to build a new house, which is beautiful and clean."

"My family can eat flour as white as snow and as fine as powder. We can still eat meat every now and then. We can go to the pub for a drink. We no longer need to pay high taxes, nor do we need to pay one-tenth of ourselves to the church.

income."

"I am very satisfied with my current life. It is the Emperor of Heaven who has given me everything I have now, allowing me to live a decent life."

"We must be grateful and grateful for the emperor's kindness and gifts, and we must keep this firmly in our hearts."

"The life that Henry VII gave us was to eat horse bread, wear tattered linen clothes, and live in a shabby house like a pigsty. The life that Emperor Tomorrow gave us was to have abundant food and clothing, and to live a life with hope, dignity, and a future.

life."

"Long live the Great Tomorrow!"

At the end, when it came time to complain, people who had already been arranged came forward one after another to talk about the days they lived in the past, and then compared them with the lives they live now. They used the simplest, direct, and sharp contrast to tell everyone that as a big man,

Tomorrow’s people will be the happiest.


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