Jagged Warlord

Gao Xiang quickly walked a few steps, stepped forward to bow to Li Mohan and Ma Qian'an, and said sincerely: "Master Li, Master Ma, we are all responsible people, just working guys. What bad things did Su Xiangsheng do? None of us participated. There are old and young, and we only want three meals and enough food and clothing to support the family. You hold us high and accept us."

Li Mohan was noncommittal, just smiled slightly.Gao Xiang was beating his heart, not knowing what Li Mohan wanted to do, so he ordered someone to show Li Mohan the account book.

"Boss, this is the account book." Gao Xiang respectfully offered the account book with both hands.

Li Mohan didn't answer, but just nodded.

Seeing that Li Mohan acquiesced to Gao Xiang calling him his boss, everyone felt joy in their hearts.

Li Mohan asked: "Among you, who is the cashier?"

Gao Xiang hurriedly bowed slightly, and replied, "Master, I am the accountant."

"Then you count the property under Su Xiangsheng's name, I will take it in the afternoon." Li Mohan raised his head and looked at Gao Xiang, "Is there time?"

"It's ready." Gao Xiang still took the account book just now, and handed it to Li Mohan with both hands

Li Mohan shook his head and said, "Just read it."

"Yes." Gao Xiang cleared his throat and read the ledger.

Su Xiangsheng can receive [-] to [-] yuan a year for protection fees alone, and this is just the Yihetang family. If the Three Points Club and the Five Lakes Gang are included, the town will receive more than [-] yuan a year just for protection fees.After paying the protection fee, Su Xiangsheng still owns two casinos, a restaurant, a medicine store, and this mansion on Zhongshan East Street.

After reading the account books, Gao Xiang stood aside obediently. Li Mohan pointed to him and said, "Mr. Gao, the casino brothers stay here, and the others can do whatever they need to do. Business can't stop."

"Okay." This is the new owner who accepted me, and a group of guys were overjoyed immediately, and hurried back to the store.

Li Mohan pointed at the people in the casino again, and said: "Gambling is something that will destroy people, widows, and families. This casino should not be operated in the future."

Ma Qian'an, Gao Xiang, and a bunch of guys in the casino were startled. Casinos have always been one of the fastest-growing businesses. Why doesn't this new owner want to open a casino?

Ma Qian'an said: "Brother, although the casino is a side door, the money comes in quickly. Moreover, there are many people coming and going, and there are many kinds of news. Even if we are going to do something big, there is no need to close it?"

Li Mohan rolled his eyes at him, and said: "How many times do I have to say it before you remember? We are people who do big things, and you really expect to make a fortune from two casinos?"

"But." Ma Qian'an still wanted to distinguish

"It's nothing. The casino is closed. I have other arrangements for the casino guys." Li Mohan waved his hand and said in an unquestionable tone: "That's it."

Now that the boss has set the tone, there is nothing to say next.

Ma Qian'an changed the topic and asked Gao Xiang, "Su Xiangsheng should have collected a lot of money during these years in Jiaozuo, but why did I only recruit so little?"

Gao Xiang replied: "Returning to Mr. Ma, I handle most of Su Xiangsheng's money, and most of it will be deposited in the foreign bank on a monthly basis." Unexpectedly, Su Xiangsheng, the boss of the gangster, has a sense of modern finance.

Li Mohan asked: "What about the passbook?"

Gao Xiang replied: "Su Xiangsheng keeps the bankbook himself."

Li Mohan looked at Ma Qian'an, and Ma Qian'an asked someone to fetch the bag of money that he had snatched from Su Xiangsheng that day.After some searching, I found a passbook of Jardine Matheson among them.

"Hey, I didn't expect this kid to save more than [-] yuan." Ma Qian'an said happily: "This is great, it's all ours."

Li Mohan took a look at the passbook and said with a smile: "You are too happy, have you seen these words? You need a password to withdraw money."

Ma Qian'an doesn't understand English, since Li Mohan said so, he shouldn't be wrong. "That Ganqing is a stone horse, can you see it and ride it?"

"Uh~!" Gao Xiang interjected, "That may not be the case."

Ma Qian'an rolled his eyes and looked at Gao Xiang, "Listen to this, you know?"

Gao Xiang smiled, noncommittal, just stroked his short beard, and then bowed deeply to Li Mohan.

it is more than words.

Once the team is recruited, there will be drills. Li Mohan has always talked about "doing great things", which makes his subordinates all ambitious and ready to do a big job.Although, most of them have never known what the "big event" Li Mohan was talking about was.

Li Mohan first asked his subordinates to change their clothes. They were not allowed to wear black silk shirts and trousers, copper plate head belts and other Jianghu outfits. They all changed into the British army's inventory that Li Mohan scavenged from the Tianjin Auction House.

The formal auction industry in the north first appeared in Tianjin and Beijing during the second decade of the [-]th century.At that time, Tianjin's position in North China became more and more important, becoming the largest commercial port in North China, and the auction industry began to appear at that time.However, the auction houses run by Chinese speculators at that time had a strong local color and were far from international practice.

In 1900, a discerning British veteran named Pennell decided to open an "authentic" auction house in Tianjin.He applied to the British Consulate to set up an auction house, and upon approval, Pennell established Kuichang Auction House in Qufu Road, engaging in the no-cost business of auctioning second-hand goods on behalf of customers.Soon he used the profits to open another Kuichang foreign firm next to the auction house, specializing in foreign wine, canned food, food and so on.He used his connections to import duty-free goods through the barracks, and made great profits.Later, Pennell hired Zhou Jiesan as the manager of the auction house, and Zhang Gongyun and Tian Zhanyi as the accountants of the foreign account, selling goods to Chinese business people through Chinese employees.He also asked around, and once he knew that there were foreigners who had returned or transferred, he would try to take over the auction business on his behalf, so he made a lot of money. The establishment of "Kuichang Auction House" can be regarded as a milestone in the history of Chinese auctions.Since then, the standard English auction rules have been officially introduced into China.

Pennell imitated the British method and produced two kinds of auction flags, one is the red and white checkered flag and the other is the blue and white checkered flag.Hang a red and white checkered flag at the entrance of the auction site, which means "see the goods today".General goods can be inspected for one day, and large quantities of water and fire residues can be inspected for three days, all of which will be received by special personnel.All the goods to be sold are stacked in different categories, and some samples are displayed, numbered in sequence, for people to visit, and to copy the name, specification and quantity of the goods.

After these big northern men changed into crisp British military uniforms, they looked quite different.

The second thing is to lecture

"My team has only three rules: the first rule, follow my orders; the second rule, follow my orders; the third rule, still follow my orders. There is only one leader in this team, and that is me, Li Mohan."