Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 122

Chapter 122: Terror

the inner city in that horrific storm, and of course the inner city was also affected. However, compared to the outer city, the inner city, which was much more rationally planned and modern, was not too difficult.

Solid houses would not be easily blown down or collapsed; the flooding still soaked the city in water for a while, but the reliable drainage canals and sewers quickly drained the water after the weather cleared.

Even the people in the inner city did not have to worry about hunger after a few days of shutdown. They generally had food and savings at home.

But their days were not comfortable at all.

It’s just that the way they were uncomfortable was a little different.

If the person who was in charge of the revival of the outer city was Ossena, the chief civil official; and the tone of the entire outer city was post-disaster reconstruction,

then the most powerful person in the inner city was Lambert, the grandson of the former Speaker of Parliament. And the tone he brought to the inner city was terror politics.

Lambert, whose entire family was almost wiped out, had turned into a vengeful evil spirit – at least that’s how it was seen by the people in the inner city.

This kind of terror politics had already begun before the storm. After Norris was arrested, according to the confessions of him and Bradford, two former bigwigs in the Alliance Parliament, people were taken away by soldiers every day.

The people who were taken away made no sound at all.

The team responsible for arresting people was not even familiar to anyone in Renaissance City. The governor’s direct troops from Weixing City were completely ruthless and had no way to even privately inquire about the current situation of the arrested people.

The inner city is now like playing a killing game. Every day when you close your eyes and open your eyes, someone you know may be invited to have tea and never come back.

People are panicking, which is not enough to describe this.

A saying began to circulate in the inner city: the vengeful evil spirit wanted to drag the entire Renaissance City into hell to bury his family.

The storm that was about to destroy the city became a time to calm the soul. At least for many people with guilty consciences, that’s the case.

At least in the storm, they didn’t have to worry about soldiers coming to take people away.

However, after the storm subsided, the atmosphere of terror swept over again, and the people in the inner city began to tremble again.

Lambert has become a name that can stop children from crying at night in the inner city.

“How can it be so scary!” Listening to Ossena’s ridicule in the communication signal, Lambert was a little amused.

“Isn’t that the situation? I heard it all! Don’t quibble!”

“Don’t talk nonsense!” Lambert continued to defend himself, “I am acting in accordance with the instructions of the Governor. I don’t need to use my power to take revenge. After all… After all, according to the Governor’s instructions, those who are related to my grandfather’s death are all enemies of this city. Attacking them is a public matter. As for the extra ones, it’s not that I want to vent my anger on them, but they have done a lot of bad things. According to the standards of the Governor, they all have to atone for their sins.”

“How to atone for their sins?” Ossena asked curiously.

There is nothing wrong with this. Lambert gave an answer: “Some of the most heinous criminals will be declared guilty and executed in public at a public trial three days later; others will be sentenced to labor of varying lengths. These prisoners sentenced to labor will be escorted to the mines of the abandoned cave society to do unpaid labor, or to the government-run textile factories where prisoners are the productive force to operate sewing machines.”

“How many people are there in total?”

“Well…about two thousand people in total.”

“Two thousand people…” Ossena couldn’t help but smack her lips, “There are only a hundred thousand people in the inner city, right? 2% of the population was arrested by you, no wonder you are spread like this in the inner city.”

“That’s what they asked for.” Lambert snorted coldly, not wanting to talk more about this.

He did this not just out of his own will. The governor asked him to do it in order to thoroughly clean up the inner city. If almost all the means of production were to be confiscated and used as government-run assets, how could it be done peacefully?

For many people who are considered to be extremely evil and need to be executed, as well as those sentenced to long-term hard labor, their specific punishments are actually determined not only by the crimes they have committed, but also by their influence.

Those who don’t vote fast enough, thoroughly enough, or decisively enough, the greater their influence, the greater their sin.

However, there is no need to tell Ossena these words.

He changed the subject and said, “I already know what you want me to do for you. I will help you pick a group of people with less “sin”. They are going to be released anyway, and I will use both kindness and force. People who were scared to death suddenly have the opportunity to work for the Governor and get a more important position and opportunity than before. I believe they will be so happy that they will cry bitterly.”

“Uh…” Ossena imagined the scene.

They really cried bitterly.

Lambert paused and continued, “But you have to pay attention. These people have the ability and their composition is not a big problem. However, after all, they are the targets of the iron fist. Whether they have resentment towards the Governor and the new government in their hearts is something I cannot guarantee. When you use them, you must pay close attention to this.”

“I will.”

…

After ending the call with Ossena, Lambert sorted out the information and went to find Governor Gu.

When he arrived, Gu Hang’s secretary Zhang Chao asked him to wait a little longer, as the previous meeting was a bit delayed.

Lambert waited patiently, and after a while, he saw Yan Fangxu and Thadius come out.

He stood up and saluted the two, and they quickly returned the salute, and the two passed by each other.

They didn’t talk about anything. The two military leaders under the governor’s power seemed to be in a hurry, and they obviously had a lot of things to do; and Lambert himself was also in a hurry to see the governor to report the situation, so naturally he had no time to greet.

After entering the governor’s office, he was about to salute, but was stopped by Gu Hang.

“Don’t be polite, hurry up and talk about business.”

“Okay.” Lambert didn’t dare to neglect it, walked forward, and put a stack of materials in front of the governor.

Then, while the governor was watching, he began to talk about the situation.

The main content was which people he had arrested recently; which of them needed to be paid special attention to; and which ones were a little uncertain and needed the governor to decide.

Gu Hang listened, while correcting some words on his documents, and then asked Lambert to take it.

“Let’s do it this way.”

“Yes.” Lambert responded and said, “I have finished my business, and I will not bother the Governor any further…”

Gu Hang interrupted him halfway through his farewell speech: “Wait a minute, there is one more thing.”

“Your public trial will be moved up and will be held tomorrow. After your public trial is over, I will use the same place to hold an awarding ceremony for our army.”

Lambert was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: “Yes, I know how to do it.”

Having said that, it is actually a bit troublesome to do. The time has been moved forward two days, and many preparations have not been made in time. It seems that he and his subordinates will have to work overtime tonight.

Gu Hang obviously knew this, and he comforted him: “Well, thank you for your hard work, and prepare well.”

(End of this chapter)