Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 305 Sweet Hong Kong Situation - Dying Struggle

"Richangji, seven thousand stones." Feng Guangfeng followed up, "I'll hand over the money later."

Two peers followed up, and all the families who had been waiting and watching also recognized the numbers one after another. Some had three thousand stones, some had five thousand stones, and some had ten thousand stones. The total amounted to more than 15 stones.Chen Tianxiong knew that most people still kept a hand, and these figures were just asking for directions.

However, if they are really too enthusiastic, some of the sugar that South China has already collected will have to be rationed to them.

"With the Sugar Industry Association, what should Haiyitang do?" Someone raised this sharp question.If the Third Master Zhu doesn't allow them to join the Sugar Association and insists on maintaining Haiyi Hall, how will they get along with him?

The representatives on the table moved anxiously and whispered.

Everyone knows very well that the third master Zhu will never let it go, at least there will be a fierce fight.He is rich and has the ability to instruct various evil forces to act, so he should not be underestimated.

Chang Shide replied to this question: South China will handle this matter properly, and as for the specific negotiation matters, South China will come forward.If the third master Zhu wants to trouble everyone, Huanan will definitely stand up for everyone and never break his promise.

"I think everyone must know that Huanan has the ability not to let itself break its promise."

What Chang Shide said was categorical. Although the participants were somewhat uneasy, they all agreed.

"The meeting was very successful." Wen Tong said to Chang Shide, "However, why don't you just set up a joint-stock company? First, what's the agent for purchasing and selling?"

"Let them have some sweetness first." Chang Shide said, "At the beginning they didn't trust us enough, this year's business is done, let them see that following us is more beneficial than that Laoshizi Haiyitang, and then we When they talk about the joint stock company, there will be drama."

"The next thing is to consolidate the results of the battle, especially to guard against Zhu An's counterattack." Chen Tianxiong reminded them, "The third master Zhu is still on Hai'an Street. A centipede, dead but not stiff. He is hibernating, It may not be waiting for the opportunity to attack. We must come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible.”

"It's best to get rid of him as soon as possible, otherwise the night will be long and dreamy." Chang Shide warned them: Whether the Leizhou Sugar Association can be established in the end depends on whether South China has the ability to quickly eliminate Zhu Sanye's influence.

"If we say that we can kill him directly, but doing so will make these sugar merchants feel sad." Chang Shide held his chin, "Shouldn't you be careful?"

"Forget about this, let Feng Guangfeng be the contact person, and tell them that all the money must be paid within three days, otherwise the contract will be void." Chen Tianxiong said, "This money is also their vote, so that no one will be shaken and half-hearted. .”

"Okay, I'll tell Liao Daxing to handle this matter. By the way, let Liao Dahua also prepare people and cars, and prepare to pick up money on Shanghai'an Street."

This is not a small amount of money. After the meeting, Chen Tianxiong calculated and was surprised. These sugar merchants will deliver them 37 taels of silver!The synthetic metric system is nearly fifteen tons!

"It's quite a lot!" Chen Tianxiong felt more and more the importance of the bank, not to mention banknotes, if such a large sum of money has exchange business, a money order can settle it.Now it is very troublesome to carry and store the fifteen tons of silver.

Since South China began to purchase sugar, it has consumed a lot of time and energy just to store, keep, and send and receive money.All the silver that arrives is the "official treasure" that has been re-smelted in the furnace room in Guangzhou, with the same fineness, 50 taels per ingot.It simplifies the steps in the process of packing, transporting and counting silver.

But when it comes to actual operation, things get complicated.There are always pockets and wholes for sugar, and 50 taels of ingots cannot be used to pay for all of them. South China had to buy a lot of silver clips and silver scales to measure.The big silver ingot was crushed and paid out.The process is not only cumbersome, but also consumes a lot.

As for the silver that the various sugar shops are about to hand over, it goes without saying that it is also scattered silver, and the quality is likely to be different.Liao Daxing has already reminded them that they should find a few furnace workers to check the quality as soon as possible, otherwise they will lose money if they regard Chaoyin as snowflake silver.

"The executive committee has already opened a bank in Guangzhou." Wen Tong circulated the latest internal bulletin delivered by ship, "I think we can also request to set up a local bank."

"It's called South China Sugar Bank!" Chang Shide suddenly thought, "We will be able to receive nearly 40 in cash right away. Isn't this a reserve fund?"

"This name is inappropriate," Chen Tianxiong said. "The financial system should follow the unified arrangement of the executive committee, and it is not appropriate to make a set. Besides, we are not engaged in finance, so it is better to let professional personnel do it. "

A man like Chang Shide immediately understood what he meant: "Yes, we still want the executive committee to send a telegram asking them to set up a branch." He added, "The sugar industry in Leizhou is actually very Need a bank."

"Yes," Wen Tong said, "after we control the sales rights of the sugar industry, the next step is to help sugarcane farmers increase production."

To increase production, we must promote new planting techniques and promote the combination of sugar industry.It is not easy to gain the trust of sugarcane farmers. Fortunately, they have already established a good reputation in the sugarcane acquisition battle. With the bank, they can use financial tools to issue low-interest loans to support the production of sugarcane farmers.

We are discussing, Zhou Shidi asked to see.

"Someone is trying to harm South China." He said straight to the point.

Everyone looked at each other, and it was time to come——Zhu Sanye really has the heart to kill me.Now the dog is in a hurry to jump the wall, and there is no guarantee that some despicable means will be used.

"what's the situation?"

"People from Liao Dahua heard some news that Zhao Jijiao's people are buying oil and dry firewood—they're a bunch of rotten boys, and they don't have a fire to cook. What do you want them for? They're probably planning to set fire. They've been spending a lot recently. Gambling and whoring, obviously received great benefits."

Zhou Shizhai wiped his sweat: "In addition, someone spread the news in the underworld in Leizhou, saying that South China Sugar Bank has hundreds of thousands of silver deposits, but the defense is weak. As long as a few of their shopkeepers are caught, they can be blackmailed. A sum of money."

"It's very vicious, using invisible money to lure people to work for them." Chen Tianxiong commented.

"Don't be joking, it would be ugly if you really tied the ticket." Wen Tong's face was very ugly.

"If you are kidnapped by Li Siya, you probably wish for it. By the way, you are still the same clan of Mr. Wen."

"Don't be kidding," Wen Tong said anxiously, "What about Li Siya and Li Siya, what if they were really kidnapped?"

"You don't have to worry too much about kidnapping," Zhou Shizhai said. "Scattered bandits can't do much, not to mention shopkeepers have powerful weapons. The most worrying thing is that strong people gang up to rob, which must be guarded against."

"Partnership?" Chang Shide asked, "How about a gang?"

Zhou Shidi said that here in Leizhou, there are no large groups of bandits, but there are many sporadic bandits, as few as four or five, hiding on the side of the road, and coming out to rob when they see single travelers passing by, the number is no more than a hundred People, find an opportunity to go down the mountain to rob sugarcane farmers.If you want to rob a big business firm like South China, I'm afraid it won't work without gathering 500 people.The thieves value the fact that there are many people, even if there are not many people, they have to recruit a group of temporary peasant workers to support the scene and intimidate the good people.

"Isn't Hai'an Street richer than us, why don't you go somewhere to rob?" Wen Tong was surprised. When it comes to money, there are obviously more sugar merchants in Hai'an Street than them.

"Afraid of death." Zhou Shidi's answer was simple.There are hundreds of township warriors on Hai'an Street, and the salaries are shared among the shops on the street—as long as such township warriors have sufficient food and salaries, they can fight well.Bandits have to have good teeth if they want to chew.

"When we first came here in South China, the gangsters didn't know how powerful we are. If they were really incited, they would gather big stocks thinking that they could make a fortune here. So we have to guard against it." Zhou Shidi was completely Think of yourself as a member of the time-traveling group.

"How about the militia, can they resist them?"

"Yes." Zhou Shizhai said, "Comrade Bei is in charge of training, so we should support it for a while."

The cross-travelers are not as confident as he is. They are well aware of the problem of the militia. The workers have been busy with various tasks in the sugar factory, and even the basic militia has not had much training at all.After Beiwei took over the training and defense work, the situation can only be regarded as slightly better.

"Don't worry too much. This is the gate of the county seat after all. Strong people don't dare to stay too long, they come and leave quickly. As long as they don't let them get away with one blow."

"Having said that, we have to be on guard." Chen Tianxiong said, "We will not go out until the matter is over. The guards must be strengthened, and some militiamen are on standby at any time. It is Liao Da, Liao Er, Wen brothers who go out. At that time, they should also be equipped with bodyguards."

"We also have to be prepared for the enemy to set fire." Chang Shide added, "The factory area is not tight yet. After the infrastructure is completed, it will be very difficult to set fire, and even if it is lit, it will not spread. It is mainly the worker's village where the unemployed workers are placed. , are all grass and wood sheds, and they will burn at one o'clock, and it will be terrible if someone dies."

"Old Wen, you can arrange for Liao Daxing and the others to go down and have a look, and it would be good to remind them!"

"Also—" Chen Tianxiong thought of something, "I have to telegraph Guangzhou and Lingao, the situation on the sea may not be calm. We have destroyed a Gu Dachun, and there may not be Wang Dachun and Li Dachun who are jealous of this piece of meat .”

"Well, and the pirates of the Gu family have not been completely wiped out. Their main force has been wiped out, but there are still money and people. They may come back at any time for revenge."

Lingao has already sent a summary of the enemy's situation to South China for reference.According to the confession, the Gujia pirate gang still has about 30 to [-] people, and they have a single-masted boat in their hands for communication.

"Since the captives were captured, why didn't the navy just hit the door and exterminate them?" Wen Tong was puzzled.

"It's hard." Chen Tianxiong explained that the Gu family's pirate lair was not a water fortress on an island as imagined. They were ordinary fishermen on the shore, living in an ordinary fishing village, and mixed with the fishermen.It's hard to tell the difference.

"Well, I think they must come." Chen Tianxiong leaned back, "Xiao Zhanfeng said, Zhu Sanye has a concubine who is Gu Dachun's sister."

The atmosphere suddenly became tense. In the next few days, the patrolling militiamen extinguished the incoming fire several times. Because various fire prevention measures were in place, the arson did not produce any destructive effect except for blackening a few walls.According to the information obtained from Liao Dahua's inquiries, the arsonists were all from Zhao Jijiao's gang—this group of rotten boys themselves had nothing to do with South China, and such frequent attacks were obviously instigated by Master Zhu.

The arson was so frequent that once or twice almost every night, after finding it ineffective to set fire to the factories and businesses themselves, the arsonists began to target the quarters where the sugar workers lived.

The most dangerous one was the arson in the worker's village. A thatched shed had already been set on fire at night, but the watchtower in the South China factory immediately noticed the fire. The fire brigade on duty immediately went out to put out the flames within 10 minutes.

The person who set the fire was caught by the sugar workers on the spot. Under the light of the fire, someone quickly recognized that he was the rotten boy of Zhao Ji's subordinates.Seeing that he couldn't run away, he took advantage of his unpreparedness and slammed into the rock, and immediately fell to the ground with blood on his face and howled. The excited Tangliao workers fell silent.

"What are you howling?" Chang Shide asked.

"The general idea is that South China bullied people and injured him for no reason. If you don't accompany him to get sick and silver, he will die at the gate of South China." Liao Daxing smiled wryly, "These rotten boys are not afraid of the sky and the earth, and they are angry. Maybe they really hanged themselves at your door, causing a lawsuit and ruining the house."

"Oh?" Chang Shide knows that this kind of person is a hob meat who is not afraid of killing.Most of the time when they are sent to the yamen, they go in with the front foot and come out with the back foot.Even if they spend money, they will at most just beat the board for a few months, and they are not afraid of this at all-most of the bad guys have hooked up with various "businessmen" in the county.Sometimes even if the officials want to take care of them, they will be coerced by the subordinate staff below, and the big things will often be reduced to small ones, and it is extremely difficult to punish them.

Just thinking about what to do, Ma Sanqiang squeezed over from the crowd and asked loudly: "Master, this man burned our house and burned a child in it! The little one asks the boss a word, don't worry about it." ?!"

Chang Shide's brain turned and he fully understood the situation. It is obvious which is more important, the life of a bad boy or the hearts of a group of sugar workers.

"Of course!" Chang Shide said resolutely, and waved his hand, "Serve this master well, be neat!"

The special forces brought by Beiwei were already in the team, and they came over immediately when they heard this, one stomped on the man, and the other grabbed the grass mud from the ground and stuffed it directly into his mouth, yelling The bad guy suddenly stopped breathing, almost suffocated, and his body collapsed. Two special forces team members immediately wrapped him in a straw mat and carried him away quietly.

(End of this chapter)