"Who else knows about the wizards?" Suhlen asked.
"Your Majesty, I've only told you about this," Ayton said respectfully.
Suhlen nodded. "That's good. Pretend you don't know anything about this. Go and arrest the noble behind the Grizzly Bear Gang."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Ayton bowed and left.
Suhlen didn't go after the wizard who was hiding behind the scenes. After all, wizards had too many ways to hide themselves. Suhlen didn't have any wizards under his command in San Felto City, so it wouldn't be easy to find the wizard. However, it wasn't impossible. He could just ask Hathaway to come and do it.
The wizard was so secretive that he couldn't be a legendary. Hathaway could use a prophecy spell to find him. Although prophecies weren't very reliable most of the time, they were still very effective when used on people who were weaker than the caster.
The slums were very large. It took a whole day to move all the poor people out. They were all placed in four concentration camps. Although they were concentration camps, they didn't lack any living materials. Of course, if they wanted to enjoy these things, they had to work. Suhlen wouldn't feed them for free.
Other than these poor people, all the gangs in the slums were wiped out, including the noble who was involved with the Grizzly Bear Gang. As for the crimes, there were too many. If they were to count, more than half of the nobles in this world would be arrested.
The gangs in the slums were wiped out. Other than the kidnappers who resisted and were killed, those who surrendered basically survived. These surviving gang members had to go through a round of screening. Among them, those who committed the most heinous crimes and angered the public were directly sentenced to death. Then, they were sent to the shooting range for the new recruits to train their courage by seeing blood.
It was the first time for many of the recruits to kill someone, so they were hesitant when they made their move. Some of the gang members were slashed more than a dozen times but still didn't die. The scene was extremely miserable. It was an extravagant hope to have a quick death here.
Those who committed lesser crimes were sentenced to life imprisonment. In Suhlen's law, life imprisonment was not like the law in his previous life, where they were sentenced to prison for committing a crime. After that, the state would have to fork out a portion of the tax revenue to support these people. They would be able to eat their fill, wear warm clothes, and receive free medical treatment when they fell sick. In the end, the state would have to waste police resources to keep an eye on them.
To the outside world, it was said that this was the spirit of humanitarianism and that criminals also had human rights. That would not work in Suhlen. The laws written by his organization did not have such treatment. Those who committed serious crimes but did not deserve death were directly thrown into the mines. They would only be given food and daily necessities after mining a sufficient amount of ores every day. Those who did not work were just waiting for death.
Human rights? Unfortunately, criminals had no human rights. Suhlen had always felt that emphasizing human rights for criminals was completely condoning their crimes. You treat criminals as human rights, but what about the human rights of the victims? The victims did not break the law, but who cared about their human rights?
In Suhlen's previous life, he often saw reports of drunk driving car accidents on the news. The perpetrators would even threaten the victims to accept an apology by not paying compensation and issue a letter of understanding. High medical expenses could bring down a family. Many people succumbed like this, and then the perpetrators would be given a lighter punishment. In Suhlen's eyes, this was simply ironic.
One should not persuade others to do good without experiencing their pain.
The number of gang members caught in the slums exceeded three thousand. Half of these people were convicted of serious crimes, such as crimes against the law, human trafficking, robbery, and murder. After confirmation, all of them were sentenced to death. The rest, except for some minor crimes, were thrown out to clean the streets and toilets, and the rest were all sent to the mines.
At the same time, Suhlen also found a lot of dirt on the aristocrats from these gang members. These gangs were inextricably linked to the aristocrats. Otherwise, how could these gangs survive?
.....
In the aristocratic district, in a luxurious aristocratic manor.
"Bang!"
An exquisite antique vase that had been passed down from the previous era was slammed to the ground. Then, an angry roar was heard, and the whole room seemed to tremble slightly. In the room, a middle-aged man with a strong body was angrily smashing things. Then, he grabbed the collar of the leader of the few people standing in front of him and roared, "Idiots, bastards, are you looking for death?"
"Who told them to do it? Why didn't you stop those idiots? "
"I really want to pry open your heads and see if it's filled with dog sh * t! You bunch of swine beasts! Don't you know what time it is now? That person has just ascended to the throne by force and is in a hurry to take care of us. Do you want to die faster? Are you rushing to hand him a knife? "
"What do we do now?"
"The outside has been blocked by his people. We can't escape now."
The group of people standing in the hall broke out in cold sweat. One of the men who looked strong hesitated and whispered, "Your Excellency, this was done by the Grizzly Bear Gang. It has nothing to do with us."
"Bang!"
The strong man directly grabbed a lampstand and smashed it over. The man's head was full of blood, but he did not dare to dodge.
"Are you a pig?"
He was furious and roared loudly, "He has now surrounded the slums. Do you think it's just to deal with the Grizzly Bear Gang?"
"If he's determined to kill us, none of us can escape."
"You! Viscount Ron, the Blackfeather Bandits are your people, right? Over the years, at least 20 caravans have died in their hands. Those stolen goods were all sold in the slums. "
"And you, Baron Taros, you've taken tens of thousands of Kinnar every year from San Filto's grey income, right? I heard that you recently robbed a merchant and killed all of them. And you, you, you! How many of you have shit on your butts? How many people in your family have never been stained with blood? Which family of yours doesn't have a representative in the slums? If he really pursues the matter, none of you can escape! "
A middle-aged man dressed as a noble next to him hesitated for a moment, then his expression turned cold. He said in a deep voice, "Should we strike first …"
As he spoke, his right hand slammed down.
"Bang!"
The strong man grabbed the clothes rack next to him and smashed it, roaring, "Idiot, who do you think he is? A pig at the mercy of others? He killed a legendary devil the first time he entered the city. Who among the nobles in our city has the strength to do this? "
"Can you invite a legendary powerhouse to take action? You should have seen his army. That group of troops alone can easily kill all of us! "
"What do we do now?" Another well-dressed noble had an ugly look on his face as he slowly said, "Speaking of which, none of us are clean."
"He's not really planning to kill all of us nobles, is he?"
"How dare he?"
"Why wouldn't he dare?" The strong middle-aged man sneered, "Look at what he's done before. It hasn't even been a month since he ascended the throne. How many nobles in San Filto City have died?"
If the detection spell of this world was cast on all the nobles, then it was estimated that more than half of the nobles belonged to the lawful evil camp. The ruling class had no lack of lawful evil. In their eyes, there was no good or evil, only all kinds of benefits.
This group of people was the easiest to fall into depravity. This was also why Suhlen's pleasure devil targeted this city when he came here last time. There were too many depraved souls here.
To the devils, those depraved souls were their best resources. Most of the time, the more prosperous a city was, the darker the other side.
"Hand over those gangs, stop all the gray channels, the slave trade, the black market, and the organizations that are no longer there. At the same time, support all of His Majesty's policies unconditionally. Prepare the money, food, and manpower. If we want to survive this crisis, we can only rely on him!"
"I don't think His Majesty is crazy enough to want to wipe out all the nobles."
.....
Suhlen indeed didn't plan to wipe out all the nobles. If he did, more than half of the nobles in the Kingdom of Florence would rebel, even those who had declared their support for him to become the king. This time, Suhlen planned to wipe out the nobles who had gone too far and warn the others.
If he really wiped out all the nobles, then the entire Kingdom of Florence could only be wiped out city by city.
Governing a city wasn't an easy task. Suhlen wasn't a noble family with hundreds of years of history. He couldn't easily find a large number of managers to help him manage the city. Most of the time, he could only rely on nobles. After all, more than 95% of the human population was illiterate. It was difficult to find enough managers. Of course, Suhlen had been cultivating talents for a long time.
This time, he had wiped out all the gangs. In fact, it was a warning to the nobles. As he expected, after he wiped out all the gangs in the slums, many nobles began to express their goodwill to Suhlen in various ways.
These nobles began to actively cooperate with Suhlen's orders. The efficiency of San Filto City also increased rapidly. After clearing out the slums, the next day, the buildings in the slums began to be demolished. Su Lun had already made a plan for this area. In his previous life, real estate development was the most profitable business. The area of the slums was very large, and the bad areas would be built into houses for the poor to live in. The areas with convenient transportation would be transformed into markets.
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