Danny's "Denouncing the Jith People" was not a lie. She really intended to redeem the manor's property and food reserves.
"Hey, Tom, look, the Unsullied are posting notices again. Let's go over and see what's written on it."
Before the Freedom Guardian Monument was erected, Danny ordered the craftsmen to build a low wall around the People's Square to act as a BBS bulletin board for Astapor.
If Danny had any decree to issue, in addition to posting notices on the bulletin board and streets, she would also let the Unsullied carry this copper gong and scatter it in every corner of the city. While striking the gong to attract the attention of the citizens, they would recite Danny's instructions loudly.
They would not just recite it once, but like a repeater, they would recite it repeatedly. If they encountered a citizen who came forward to ask, they would also explain a certain decree in detail.
Well, in fact, 99% of the Unsullied were illiterate, or rather, the slave masters did not teach them to read. They could recite loudly and explain to the citizens because of the "lessons" given to them by the scholars the night before.
Danny commanded the scholars, and the scholars conveyed the "Holy Will" to the Unsullied, and the Unsullied went to the streets to let the citizens of the city understand Queen Danny's instructions.
At first, Danny had the idea of letting the scholars stand under the notice as commentators.
Just like the plot of a costume drama, there was a wanted poster at every city gate, and under the wanted poster, there must be an old scholar who failed to pass the examination proudly showing off his words.
When the old scholar explained the notice, the illiterate people around him would follow with "Oh, ah, ya".
Unfortunately, those scholars were pretentious and were unwilling to do it.
"Your Majesty, it's not that I want to go against your will, but the king will not use Yidu porcelain as a chamber pot. When the Benevolent Lord bought me, he spent a total of 1888 gold coins!
I am proficient in history, literature, poetry, musical performance, and other knowledge. When I was 25 years old, I also obtained a senior scholar certificate in the Volantis Great Library. I can't be confused with a street performer! "
At that time, Ethan cried to Danny.
Then Danny asked Chora, "The ransom of a Westeros knight is usually 100 gold royals?"
(About 300 gold coins)
Chora nodded with an ugly expression.
.....
"First Volume of Danny Liss' Codex, Preface … I am Danny Liss Targaryen. I establish this codex, so that the light of justice may shine upon the land and destroy all sin and evil, so that the strong may not oppress the weak." Tom, the freelance scholar, read the words aloud.
"So it's the code of laws." The skinny technician said in disappointment.
"Jerry, you don't understand. The law is the foundation of governance, the pillar of the country. Now I can rest assured." Scholar Tom laughed.
"Don't worry about what?" Skinny Monkey asked doubtfully.
"I've been worried that Her Majesty the Queen would leave with the Unsullied after liberating Astapor. After all, she wants to return to the Westeros to restore the Targaryen Dynasty. If that's the case, we'll be doomed."
"What does the Codex have to do with her leaving?" The technician still didn't quite understand.
The freelance scholar shook his head and pointed in the direction of the Great Pyramid with an excited expression. He sighed and said, "Queen Danny Alice is more wise and brave than I thought.
She really wanted to change the world, and she had the ability to change the decaying old world.
It's not like what I was worried about. The liberation of the slaves was just a momentary outburst of sympathy for a little girl. "
"Hey, Mr. Scholar, stop sighing. Hurry up and tell us what's written on the notice." The illiterate citizen beside him stomped his feet impatiently.
"Oh, let me see …" The freelance scholar shifted his gaze to the notice wall again and read aloud, "1. Under the gods, the people of the world have different identities, but they are all born free. Enslaving others is the first original sin, and they will be cursed by the gods and true dragons."
"Good! Well said, we are born free, and the slave owners should go to hell. "
"Long live the Mother Of Dragons, long live Queen Danny Alice!"
"Misha, Misha!"
.....
After the first article of the code of laws was read, the new freedmen around him cheered loudly.
However, the scholar frowned slightly. He realized that this law did not specify the punishment for those who sold slaves.
If the gods' curses were effective, would Astapor still exist for six thousand years?
It would be more realistic to say that "they will be punished by the dragon breath of the Megalosaurus".
What he didn't know was that Danny had put a lot of thought into this.
The "First Book of the Code of Laws" only told the people of the world what could be done and what could not be done. It was written in a relatively simple and popular way to increase the circulation and acceptance of the code of laws.
The first article was written in too much detail. The illiterate citizens would be too tired to read it, and 80% of them would not be able to remember it. At the same time, they would also neglect the equally important articles of the code of laws below.
It would be better to turn the "First Book of Danny Alice's Code of Laws" into a custom and tradition that "everyone knows". When the actual sentence was handed down, there would be the "Second Book of Danny Alice's Code of Laws" to explain it in detail.
Yes, there would definitely be a "Second Book of Danny Alice's Code of Laws" in the future. That would be prepared for professionals, such as judges and lawyers.
Oh, even the most civilized Westeros did not have judges and lawyers. This time, Danny had raised the level of civilization of this world by a large margin!
"2. Harming the lives of innocent people is a great crime and must be punished equally. Among them, killing children and infants is the most severe. 3. The legal property of a citizen is sacred and inviolable. The king cannot ask for wealth other than taxes from his subjects. 4. The untrustworthy person will be spurned by the gods. Written contracts and oral agreements with witnesses will be protected by the king and the Megalosaurus. 5. Theft …"
The first four articles were more "epoch-making". Perhaps every race had similar traditions, but they did not form a clear law.
From the fifth article onwards, the content of the "Danny Alice's Code of Laws" became universal. Of course, it was more suitable for this era and this world.
There were detailed regulations for criminal, civil, trade, marriage, inheritance, trial, taxes, household registration, and other systems.
That's right, household registration was also a new thing.
Although Danny had always said that she was learning from the Manchurian system, and even created the Moon Gate hairstyle and the Eight Banners military system, it could be seen from the laws she made that the core of the Astapor "kingdom" she created was more like the Han dynasty. The Qing dynasty also followed the Ming dynasty.
Especially from the household registration and taxes system, it could extend the concept of a different county system.
Of course, she would not really create the Han dynasty.
Any dynasty in China, regardless of whether it was strong or weak, was innately close to strengthening the centralization of power.
A dynasty with a high centralization of power was destined to not live long.
The very simple reason was that the power of the country was concentrated in the hands of the emperor, and the probability of a fatuous or mediocre emperor was much higher than that of a sacred monarch.
In particular, the Targaryen family had the "Mad King" gene. If the past Targaryen Mad Kings were born in the Chinese dynasty, according to their habits of seeking death, it was estimated that they would not even be able to maintain the dynasty for 50 years.
"Dong dong dong …" Suddenly, there was a burst of drumming from the People's Square. It was like thunder in the hearts of everyone.
"The Queen is summoning us," the freelance scholar shouted and quickly squeezed to the Great Pyramid.
Many personal experiences told him that he was too far away from the Queen. Other than shouting "Long live the Queen" with the crowd, he could not hear or see anything else.
Skinny Monkey was also very smart and moved faster than him. The two of them almost rolled and crawled to a position ten meters away from the pyramid.
Well, if they got any closer, they would not be able to see Queen Danny on the stone steps.
"Long live the Mother Of Dragons, long live Queen Danny Liz!" Scholar Tom saw the Queen so clearly for the first time, and he was so excited that his eyes were filled with tears.
Danny stood on the second big step, about seven meters from the ground of the square. On her left stood the Green Saintess and Sir Broken Shackles, and on her right stood Whitebeard and Aggo.
"Slave master!" Skinny Monkey pointed to the third step and exclaimed.
The freelance scholar was stunned and looked up. Sure enough, there were nearly a hundred Gith people in Toka robes standing on the steps above the Queen. There were young boys and girls, women with scarves on their faces, and children of a few years old in the arms of women.
"Are you going to judge the children of the Good Lord?" As soon as the freelance scholar finished speaking, he laughed and said, "If they are sinners, how can they stand above the Queen?"
"Woo —" The Queen stepped forward and blew a black horn fixed on a wooden frame. The desolate and low sound made everyone in the square feel their hearts sink for a moment.
Suddenly, the square of tens of thousands of people was so quiet that only their own breathing could be heard.
"You have read the Code, Article 2. It is a great crime to harm the lives of innocent people, and the crime of killing children and infants is the most serious.
What is an innocent person?
Without an open and fair trial, only God knows whether he is guilty or not, but ignorant children and infants are necessarily innocent.
Harming the lives of innocent people is a great crime, and it is unforgivable! "
The freelance scholar praised "The Queen is wise, the Queen is merciful" in his heart, and wondered: What does the Queen want to say?
Until she suddenly pointed to the slave master's relatives on the third step above. "Their father and brother sold slaves, treating the lives of slaves as nothing. Their hands are full of blood, and they should be sentenced to death."
"Death penalty! Death penalty!" The crowd below was furious and shouted loudly.
For the first time, the Gith nobles above experienced this kind of "criticism" from the people. Their faces were pale, and they were about to cry.
No one knew whether they had repented of their evil slave master life, but they must have deeply understood one thing at this moment: the small world they lived in had changed.
Seeing the Queen's right hand press down, the freelance scholar, like the others, immediately stopped shouting, looked at her and continued to speak.
"A person can decide his own future, and can also make changes at this moment, but he can't choose his own birth. Yes, they are mostly the descendants of evil slave masters, but they have no choice. They are still young, and their hands are not stained with blood. "
"They are innocent, they don't deserve to die, but now, many innocent people have died, died in the hands of the rebel freedom guards."
"Oh, don't tell me you want to kill the donkey after it has outlived its usefulness?" The freelance scholar was shocked and had a very bad guess.
"What?" The skinny monkey was confused and sighed: "I think what Her Majesty the Queen said is very reasonable. I didn't think about it before, but after Her Majesty's advice, I realized that people really can't choose their own birth. I also don't want to be a slave!"
The freelance scholar was stupefied: If you could choose, would you reincarnate as an evil slave master?
Well, that's not the point. The Queen's words seemed to be paving the way for the following actions!
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