"Your Excellency, we just lost our tempers! Your Excellency, we'll never do it again..."
"Your Excellency, spare us..."
Realizing the gravity of the situation, the rioters dropped to their knees and began to kowtow.
Sun Shiming was in a bind, facing a crowd of several hundred. If it had been a dozen or so, he would have simply had them taken back to the magistrate's office. But the magistrate's office couldn't possibly hold this many people.
For a moment, he was at a complete loss.
"Boss Gu, what... do you propose we do with them?"
"They pay for the damages, and we'll let this go. If they can't pay," Gu Shuo's voice was frigid, "I'll take their lives."
Sun Shiming was stunned. The destruction was so extensive, and so many fishing boats had been damaged... Even if he sold this entire crowd, it wouldn't be enough to cover the costs.
"Boss Gu, can't you just put them to hard labor, or something? Taking their lives... isn't that a bit..."
