Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 309 Sweet Hong Kong Situation - Dust Settled

Third Master Zhu grinned grinningly, and slammed the table: "Okay! It's kind." He picked up the porcelain bowl in front of him and slammed it under the table.

With a "snap", fragments flew across the hall, and the hurried footsteps of the crowd suddenly sounded from the hall.

I saw twenty or thirty strong men pouring out from the hatchback under the hall, each holding sticks.The face is hideous.These are the water warriors recruited by Zhu An, many of whom were pirates or deserters from the army.Zhu Sanye originally planned to use these people to intimidate everyone if he failed to talk about it at the meeting-to have a "Hongmen Banquet", not afraid that everyone will not submit.

The door was closed with a bang.

The sugar merchants were stunned, and some simply fell back on their chairs.The atmosphere took a turn for the worse, Wu Yi closed his mouth, and quietly wanted to slip away; Feng Guangfeng's face was pale, but he didn't move at all.Zhou Shidi and Li Biao rushed forward to escort Wen Tong out.

"No need!" Although Wen Tong was a little scared at this time, his heart was settled a lot, and he couldn't help but feel contemptuous. "Throw a cup as a sign, and all the armored soldiers will come out", I thought it was a storyteller.

Third Master Zhu laughed loudly and said, "Let's talk about it, let's talk about it, I will retreat bravely, ask my brothers if they are willing?"

Wen Tong looked calm, listened carefully, and suddenly smiled:

"Everyone, calm down and listen to the sound of gongs on the street."

When he said this, everyone pricked up their ears.

Sure enough, in the distance, there was the sound of "boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-".Seven rings and one back and forth, the sound of the gong is familiar to them: this is the gong used by the county magistrate to set the way when he goes out.The gong sounds from far to near, obviously coming here.

While hesitating, the door was knocked loudly.

"Why is the door of Qingtian Bairi closed so tightly! What the hell are you doing? I am the head of the county government office! Open the door!"

Zhu Sanye's subordinates who closed the door did not dare not to open it, and the strong men with sticks had to disperse to both sides.

The door opened, and head Li ran in in official uniform: "The magistrate is here, shopkeeper Wen, quickly take everyone to greet him."

"Yes." Wen Tong cupped his hands, "Thank you, Mr. Li." As he said this, Li Biao hurried up to deliver a heavy red envelope--20 taels of silver in it.

"The magistrate is here," Wen Tong said with a smile, "Take all of your people back, lest there be any unclear things—"

"Let's go to meet Tai Zun quickly." Wu Yi proposed immediately.

"Yes, yes, let's go."

Wen Tong didn't care, and he wasn't in a hurry to go out.

"I wish you three," he said in a serene tone, "your tricks are useless. Unless you plan to fight under the nose of the magistrate, even if you buy it with all your belongings, he won't be able to see it." .You can't let this happen.You can't 'restorate' in any way... Do you know what the word 'restoration' means, from the look on your face I don't think you can...

"Restore is to restore the old order, to regain your authority in Haiyi Hall, and to use this place to continue to gain the greatest benefit for you. But those days are gone forever. Either you quietly leave with your belongings; or You insist on being the leader of this empty group. If you want to do this, you can ask your subordinates to do it and see if the water warriors you are proud of are stronger than Zhao Jijiao and Gu Dachun. "

In the next few seconds, many things happened one after another with great speed.A bodyguard beside Zhu Sanye suddenly rushed forward, trying to restrain him.But Zhou Shizhai was much faster than him, and knocked him down with a sweep of his legs.Li Biao rushed forward, hitting the man's Adam's apple with a punch.He was knocked unconscious on the spot.

Another person pulled out a knife from his sleeve, Zhu Sanye exclaimed, "Don't use the knife!"

It's murder with a knife, not to mention that there are witnesses all over the place, and the county magistrate wants to come over on the street.If you use a knife here, if something happens, even if it can be settled, it will be bankrupt!

In the end, he didn't have to worry at all, as soon as the knife was stretched out, Zhou Shizhai punched him on the neck with his other hand, and also kicked him in the lower abdomen.He slammed his head against the wall and bounced from there.There were two heavy blows to the stomach——and collapsed.

Wen Tong was relieved that Zhou Shidi's martial arts were indeed not fake.

"What kind of people should be used." Wen Tong said with a smile, "Master Zhu, I'm right."

This is the end of the Hongmen banquet prepared by the third master, including his ridiculous tricks—maybe it was not out of date in 1629, but it was useless against opponents with 400 years of experience—Beiwei’s players had long been An ambush was discovered during routine pre-reconnaissance, and Chen Tianxiong made timely arrangements accordingly.

obsolete.Although his eyes were enough to chop Wen Tong into mincemeat, he still understood that a man who knows current affairs is a hero.Zhu An's men disappeared in a short while.This scene is really more drama than drama.Wen Tong let out a sigh of relief.

"Master Zhou is good at martial arts."

"Call me comrade." Zhou Shidi patted the dust off his hands.

Zhu An and his gang went out from the back door in a panic, and the county magistrate's sedan chair also arrived at the door.Wen Tong cleaned up his clothes and greeted him respectfully.

Please ask the county magistrate to come to Haiyi Hall once, sit with Wen Tong and drink a cup of tea, and make a few empty words. Chen Tianxiong paid 500 taels, in addition, it also includes a promise to contribute to the county magistrate in the sugar industry every year "Fee" increased by 50.00%.Although the price is high, it is worth the money.

Haiyitang's lifespan will end on this day.The next day, the county government received two notices, one was a joint application by [-] members of Haiyitang to dissolve Haiyitang, and the other was naturally a joint application from South China and [-] other members of the same industry to establish a trade association.Under the active activities in South China, this is already a matter of course, and the county government quickly issued an order: "Approve what you ask."

The plaque of Haiyi Hall was removed and immediately replaced with the plaque of Leizhou Sugar Industry Association.

The remaining assets were also taken over by the Leizhou Sugar Industry Association.According to the division of labor in South China, Chang Shide will be mainly responsible for the Sugar Industry Association.He immediately started to clean up the remaining assets of Haiyitang. Wen Qing had already learned a lot about modern accounting, so he was in charge of cleaning up the accounts, and he also assigned a few people who were familiar with accounts to assist.

All the silver and floating wealth in the public account were returned to each family according to the share paid, even Zhu An's share was no exception.Chang Shide said that no matter how much Zhu An has embezzled and misappropriated public money, he has done a lot for Leizhou's sugar industry after all. "A person's merits and demerits should be divided into two." He said seriously.Therefore, there must be no less than a penny of his money.

In order to show that South China is selfless.Chang Shide hired five sugar merchants as supervisors by means of referral, and the accounts are fully disclosed. A report is sent to each sugar store once a week. There are detailed accounts of which accounts have problems and how to deal with them.This kind of open accounts and clear method has won everyone's appreciation - the arrival of South China has brought a new breath to the entire Leizhou sugar industry.

It used to be that in Haiyi Hall, from the deacons to the handymen, all were Zhu Sanye's personals: either distant relatives or fellow villagers, this time all of them were sent out with silver and no one was left behind.Those who have not settled down in the local area will be paid extra money.

Originally, Chang Shide wanted to retain a few experienced hands, but Chen Tianxiong objected:

"Even if there are a few people who are available, we are still related to Zhu An after all. If you are suspicious, you will not use it, and if you are employed, you will not be suspicious. We can't trust it completely, so we don't use it at all. To avoid trouble."

"It's okay to employ people without suspicion. I don't believe that these little people can have any deep feelings for Zhu An?"

"Old Chang! The so-called righteousness kills more generations." Chen Tianxiong said, "They are all relatives and old friends of Zhu An. No matter how young they were, they used to have vested interests and benefited from Zhu An. We must guard against it."

In the end, all the money was paid and dismissed.These people also knew that the general situation was over, they took the money and dispersed without any accidents.

What made Chang Shide feel the most difficult was the boat guard bravely choreographed by Haiyitang himself, with more than 30 people.This group of people were either pirates or deserters, and they were extremely accustomed.Haiyitang used to support them with a lot of money-a monthly salary of five taels, a reward in three festivals, and an additional "travel fee" according to the distance for each trip.Although his combat effectiveness is good, he is a proud soldier who has been spoiled by money.Chang Shide has known for a long time that this group of people is difficult to deal with, and it will take a lot of effort to rectify if they are hired, and it will be a disaster if they are not hired.

But Wu Yi said: "For this group of people, the head of the regular meeting doesn't have to worry about resettlement."

"Oh? Why."

"They are all under the direct jurisdiction of the third master Zhu himself. We have nothing to do with it." Wu Yi said, whether it is payment, supplies or deployment, it is all handled by the third master himself.

The money is paid by everyone, but in fact it is Zhu Sanye's personal servant.Although in theory transporting sugar out for sale is their own business, but without Zhu Sanye’s ship, it is very difficult to deploy Huyong to accompany the ship—you have to meet the needs of his family’s ship first, and then get others. Boat.For the sake of safety, everyone can only pay another shipping fee to Zhu An.

"In this group of people, only Master Zhu has always been in their eyes, and there is no Haiyitang. Let Master Zhu deal with it by himself." Wu Yi smiled triumphantly.

Chang Shide thought to himself, the words are correct.But this group of people staying on Hai'an Street is still a force in Zhu Sanye's hands.Zhu An didn't use them in the past, but now it is not ruled out to let them out to make trouble.It is still necessary to remove this possible hidden danger as much as possible.

Regarding the rebuilding of Monk Zou Temple, Chang Shide also announced to everyone that the money will be borne by South China independently.Colleagues originally thought that this matter would have to be apportioned for a sum of money. Once Hua Nan expressed his opinion, his favorability for him increased a bit.

So soon a group of construction workers came from Lingao, and built reed mat walls around Monk Zou Temple, and started building.It is said that due to the huge project and the long delay, I am afraid that the original temple will lose its livelihood, so Huanan specially renovated another small temple for him in the county town for him to preside over.Miao Zhu, his wife, and Daoist Huogong happily moved away.

No one thought that the newly renovated Monk Zou Temple would actually be the location of the future Xuwen Intelligence Station.South China also bought a lot of wasteland around the temple and hired people to clean it up. It is said that it is for the purpose of building righteous schools and shantangs.These deeds have left Huanan with a reputation for being eager and righteous in Xuwen and Leizhou.

One morning, Feng Guangfeng was on his way to a teahouse he frequented on foot, when he was seen talking to a person not far from the teahouse.Then Feng Guangfeng got on a sedan chair carried by two people and headed north.

The next morning, he was found by a pond near South China.The workers' village of the future is being built there.He was stabbed dozens of times by a knife and barrel, like a sieve, with extremely barbaric methods.Obviously the person who poked him was full of hatred.Only the face is intact, as if easily recognizable.His mouth was filled with sugar, and it went down his throat.

Zhu An died two days later.He had already moved away from Hai'an Street at this time.After the Riyi Chengtang stopped, he moved to a farm of his own outside Haikang County, and he continued to run the boat business.That night a fire broke out in the farm, and no one in Zhu's family survived, including himself.

The situation on Hai'an Street came to an end in a tragic way.The directors of Leizhou Sugar Association, who had changed their appearance, heard the news, and they didn't know whether they were happy or sad. Many people recalled the ups and downs that Haiyitang had gone through in the past 30 years, with mixed feelings in their hearts.But the world has finally begun to change.

The death of Feng Guangfeng was a great blow to South China. Whether it was Wen Tong, Chen Tianxiong or Chang Shide, they all had a good impression of this "outsider" in Haiyi Hall, and they originally planned to use it mainly in the future. , Did not expect to die like this.

Chen Tianxiong always blamed himself for not paying attention to protecting the allies—they only thought that Zhu An might take revenge on the traversers and their subordinates, but they didn't expect to choose Feng Guangfeng to attack them.

"It's because Feng Guangfeng is an outsider." Chen Tianxiong said, "He still can't do it, and he doesn't dare to do it." He sighed, not knowing whether this cultural phenomenon is good or bad.

"This group of sugar dogs really don't have many good things. Once Feng Guangfeng died, let alone want to buy his name. His children are young, and women can't come forward to manage them. It is obvious that they are going to bully orphans and widows. gone."

"There are also members of his father-in-law's family who want to seize the opportunity to seize this property."

After hearing this, Wen Tong said seriously, "Richangji must be continued. Huanan will maintain the name for him!"

Chang Shide also said: "That's right, he contributed the most to this matter, so he can't fail. Otherwise, what will others think of us in the future?"

"I have three points." Chen Tianxiong said. "One, the office sacrifice with great fanfare in the presence of the Sugar Industry Association. Everyone in the entire guild participated, and it was a great honor for him; two, the silver of seven thousand shi sugar has been paid, and the inventory must be handed over to him as soon as possible to appease his Wife; three, choose an honest and reliable guy from his own name to manage it on his behalf. The Sugar Association is responsible for supervising the operation.”

(End of this chapter)