The second master slapped the table with a ferocious smile! "Okay!" You Zhonger said, picking up the noodles and slamming the bowl under the table.
There was a "pop" sound. Debris flew everywhere, and the rapid footsteps of the crowd suddenly sounded in the hall.
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I saw twenty or thirty strong men pouring out of the two rooms under the hall, each holding a stick. The face is ferocious. These were all ship-guarding warriors recruited by Zhu An, many of whom were pirates or deserters from the imperial army. Zhu Sanye originally planned to use these people to force everyone to have a "Hongmen Banquet" if the negotiation failed at the meeting. He was not afraid that everyone would not submit.
The door was closed with a bang.
The sugar merchants were stunned, and some people simply fell back on their chairs. The atmosphere took a turn for the worse. Wu Yi stopped talking and quietly wanted to slip away; Feng Guangfeng's face turned pale but he did not move. Zhou Shizhai and Li Biao took a step forward, preparing to escort Wen Tong out.
"No need!" Although Wen Tong was a little scared at this time, his heart was much calmer and he couldn't help but feel contempt in his heart. "Throw a cup as a signal, and all the soldiers will come out" I thought it was a storyteller.
Zhu Sanye laughed loudly and said: "Let's talk again, let's keep talking. I will retreat bravely. You can ask my brothers if they are willing?"
Wen Tong looked calm. After listening for a while, he suddenly smiled and said:
"Everyone, calm down for a moment. Listen to the sound of gongs on the street."
He said this. Everyone's ears pricked up.
Sure enough, far away. There was a gong sound of "boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom". Seven rings came and went, and the sound of the gong was familiar to them: it was the gong used by the county magistrate to clear the way out. The sound of the gong was coming from far away, and it was obviously coming here.
While he was still hesitating, there was a loud knock on the door.
"Why is the door of Qingtianbairi so tightly closed? What are you doing? I am Li Tou of the county government! Open the door!" "'
Zhu Sanye's men didn't dare not open the door after it was closed. The strong men holding sticks had to disperse to both sides.
The door opened, and Mr. Li ran in wearing official uniform: "The county magistrate is here, shopkeeper Wen, please take everyone to greet him."
He bowed his hands and said, "Thank you, Mr. Li." After saying that, Li Biao hurried up and presented a heavy red envelope with twenty taels of silver inside.
"The county magistrate is here," Wen Tong said with a smile, "Take all your people back, lest there be any confusion later."
"Let's go and greet Tai Zun." Wu Yi immediately proposed.
"Yes, yes, go quickly."
Wen Tong didn't care and wasn't in a hurry to go out.
"I wish you the best," he said in a calm tone, "that trick of yours is of no use. Unless you are prepared to fight under the eyes of the county magistrate, then even if you spend all your possessions to buy it, he won't be able to see it. You can't let this happen. There is no way for you to "restore". Do you know what the word "restoration" means? Judging from your face, I think you probably don't understand.
"Restoration is to restore the old order, to regain the authority of your Haiyi Hall, and use this place to continue to get the greatest benefits for you. But these days are gone forever.
Either you quietly take your belongings and get out; or you insist on being a short seller. If you want to do this, you can just ask your men to touch whether the water braves you are proud of are more powerful than Zhao Jijiao and Gu Dachun. "''In the next few seconds, many things happened one after another at an extremely fast speed. A bodyguard beside Mr. Zhu suddenly rushed forward, trying to restrain him. But Zhou Shizhai was much faster than him, and with one sweep He knocked the opponent down with just one kick. Li Biao rushed forward and hit the man's Adam's apple with one punch, knocking him unconscious on the spot.
Another man pulled out a knife from his sleeve, and Mr. Zhu screamed: "Don't use the knife!"
It was a murder with a knife, not to mention that there were witnesses everywhere, and the county magistrate was on the street asking for him. If you go under the knife here, even if something goes wrong, you will lose everything!
Turns out he had nothing to worry about. The knife net stretched out, and Zhou Shizhai punched his neck with the other one and received a kick on his lower abdomen. He hit his head against the wall and bounced out of there. My stomach collapsed with two heavy blows.
Wen Tong was greatly reassured. Zhou Shiguai's martial arts skills were indeed good.
"What kind of people should be used for what kind of people." Wen Tong said with a smile, "Zhu Sanmu, what I said is right."
The Hongmen Banquet prepared by Zhu Sanye ended like this, including his ridiculous strategy - maybe it was not outdated in Hei Nian, but it was useless against an opponent with more experience than Chun Nian. Beijie's team members had already been doing routine work An ambush was discovered during prior reconnaissance, and Yu Tianxiong made arrangements accordingly in a timely manner.
Obsolete. Although the look in his eyes was enough to cut Wen Tong into pieces, he still understood that those who know the current affairs are heroes. Zhu An's men were all scattered in a flash. This scene is really more dramatic than a drama. Wen Tong breathed a sigh of relief.
"Master Zhou is good at martial arts."
"Call me Comrade." Zhou Shizhai dusted off his hands.
Zhu An and his gang went out from the back door in embarrassment, and the magistrate's sedan arrived at the door at this moment. Wen Tong straightened his clothes and greeted him respectfully.
He asked the county magistrate to come to Haiyi Hall and sit down with Wen Tong for a cup of tea. With a few words, Mou Tianxiong paid five hundred taels. In addition, he also promised to pay filial piety to the county magistrate from the annual sugar industry. The "fees" are increased by 50%. The price is high but worth it.
This is the end of Hai Yi Tang's life. The next day, the county government office received two notices. One was that twenty members of Haiyi Tang jointly applied for the dissolution of Haiyi Tang, and the other was naturally that Hua Nan and twenty other members of the same industry jointly applied for the establishment of a trade association. Thanks to the active activities in South China, this was a matter of course, and the county government quickly issued instructions: "Allow their request."
The plaque of Haiyi Hall was taken down and immediately replaced with the plaque of Leizhou Sugar Industry Association.
All the remaining assets were 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 Lixuan began to clean up the remaining assets of Haiyi Hall. Wenqing had already learned a lot of modern accounting knowledge, so he was responsible for cleaning up the accounts, and he was assigned a few clerks who were familiar with accounts to assist.
All the money and miscellaneous money 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. No matter how much Zhu An had embezzled and misappropriated public funds, he had done a lot for the sugar industry in Leizhou after all. "A person's merits and demerits should be viewed in two." He said seriously. So he can't get a penny of the money he deserves.
In order to show that South China is selfless. Chang Shide invited five sugar dealers to serve as supervisors through public recommendations. The cleanup accounts were completely disclosed. A report was sent to each sugar shop once a week to identify which accounts had problems. How to deal with it. All are explained in detail. This kind of openness of accounts and clear organization has won everyone's praise. The arrival of South China has brought a new perspective to the entire Leizhou sugar industry.
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It turns out that everyone in Haiyi Hall, from the deacon to the handyman, is the third master Zhu's personal friend: either a distant relative or a fellow villager. This time all the money was sent away, no one was left behind. Those who have not settled in the local area will also be provided with additional travel expenses. ''Originally, Chang Shide wanted to retain a few experienced people, but Mou Tianxiong expressed his opposition:
"Even if there are a few people available, they are still related to Zhu An. Don't use them if you suspect them, and don't trust them if you employ them. We can't trust them completely, so just don't use them. To avoid getting into trouble."
"If you don't trust people when you employ them, I don't believe that these little people can have any deep feelings for Zhu An."
"Old Chang! The so-called righteousness often kills dogs." Yu Tianxiong said, "They are all Zhu An's relatives and friends. No matter how young they are, they were once vested interests and benefited from Zhu An. You must be careful."
In the end, all the money was sent away. These people also knew that the situation was over, so they collected their money and dispersed without any incident.
The most difficult thing for Chang Shide was the more than 30 ship guards trained by Hai Yitang himself. These people are either pirates or deserters, and they have very bad habits. Hai Yitang used to have a lot of money to support them with a monthly salary of five taels, and rewards in three quarters. Every time they went out, they were given additional "business trip expenses" according to the distance. Although they had good fighting ability, they were arrogant and capable soldiers who were spoiled by money. Chang Shide has long known that this group of people is difficult to recruit. If they are hired, it will take a lot of effort to rectify them. If they are not hired, it will be a disaster.
Wu Yi said: "This group of people often don't have to worry about resettlement."
"Oh? That's OK."
"They are all under the direct jurisdiction of 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 Third Master Zhu himself.
Everyone paid for it, but it was actually Mr. Zhu’s personal servant. Although in theory it is each family's business to transport sugar for sale, if they don't use Zhu Sanye's ship, it would be difficult to deploy the escort ship to meet the needs of his family's ship first, and then get other ships in turn. For safety reasons, everyone can only pay another shipping fee to Zhu An.
"This group of people always only have eyes for Third Master Zhu, not Hai Yitang. Let Third Master Zhu handle it on his own." Wu Yi smiled proudly.
Chang Shide thought, Gao is right. But this group of lines remains a force in the hands of Hai'an Zhu still concubine Zhu Sanben. Zhu An had no use for them in the past, but now he wouldn't rule out being desperate and letting them come out to cause trouble. It is still necessary to eliminate this possible hidden danger as much as possible.
The matter of rebuilding the monk temple. Chang Shide also announced to everyone that the money would be borne independently by South China. Colleagues originally thought that this matter would cost a fortune, but when Huanan expressed his stance, their favorability increased a bit.
So soon a group of construction workers came from Lingao, built a reed mat wall around the monk's temple, and carried out extensive construction work. It is said that because the project was huge and took a long time, the original temple might have lost its livelihood, so Huanan specially renovated another small temple in the county for him to preside over. Miao Zhu, his wife, and the Taoist priest moved away happily.
No one thought that the newly renovated Monk Temple would actually be the location of the future Xuwen Intelligence Station. South China also acquired a lot of wasteland around the temple and hired people to clean it up. It is said that it was to prepare for the construction of a charity school and a charity hall. This act left a legacy of people who were anxious for public good and righteousness in Xuwen and Leizhou in South China.
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Feng Guangfeng one morning. On the way to a teahouse he often went to on foot, someone saw him talking to a person not far away from the teahouse. Then Feng Guang got on a sedan and drove north.
The next morning, he was found by a pond near South China. A future workers' village is being built there. He was stabbed dozens of times with a knife, poking him like a sieve, and the method was extremely barbaric. It was obvious that the person poking him hated him. Only the face was intact and seemed to be 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. After the Riyichengtang stopped, he moved to his own farm outside Haikang County, and he continued to run the boat shop. That night there was a fire on the farm. No one in the Zhu family, including himself, was lucky.
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The storm on Hai'an Street ended in a tragic way. Directors of the newly transformed Leizhou Sugar Industry Association. I don't know whether I am happy or sad when I hear this news. Many people have mixed feelings when recalling the ups and downs that Hai Yitang has gone through in the past thirty years. However, the world has finally begun to change.
Feng Guangfeng's death was a huge blow to South China. Whether it was Wen Tong, Mou Tianxiong or Chang Shide, they all had a great impression of this "outsider" in Haiyi Hall, and originally planned to focus on using him in the future. , I didn’t expect to die like this.
Mou Tianxiong later blamed himself for not paying attention to protecting his allies. They only thought that Zhu An might take revenge on the time-travelers and their men, but they did not expect that Feng Guangfeng would be chosen to take action.
"This is because Feng Guangfeng is an outsider." Mou Tianxiong said, "He is from the same country, but he still can't do it, and he doesn't dare to do it." He sighed, not knowing whether this phenomenon of women and girls is a good thing or a bad thing.
"There really aren't many good things among these sugar dogs. As soon as Feng Guangfeng died, apart from other things, they all wanted to buy his brand name. His children were young, and women couldn't come forward to run the business. They were obviously planning to bully orphans and widowed mothers. ”
"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: "Richang Ji must be continued. Huanan will maintain this name for him!"
Chang Shide also said: "Yes, he contributed the most to this incident. We can't let it end. Otherwise, how will others see us in the future?" Office Festival. Everyone in the whole guild will participate and give him great honor; 2. The money for the seven thousand stone sugar has been paid, and the warehouse receipt must be handed over to him as soon as possible to appease his wife; 3. Choose an honest and reliable person from his own brand The clerk operates it on your behalf. The Sugar Industry Association is responsible for supervising operations. "!~!
