The conflict between Lotte and Foreign Company has now reached a fever pitch. The three human walls are already fragile and in danger under the impact of hundreds of grieving people who are crying out for injustice. The guards have asked Xiao Letian more than once for instructions to take the initiative to fight back, but Xiao Letian banned them all.
"Just stay with me. I want to see what kind of flowers I can sing at the end of today's scene..." Under Xiao Letian's strict order, three human walls composed of dozens of guards formed a semicircle. He retreated further and further and was gradually blocked at the gate. Outside were angry and mournful people, and behind him were many businessmen looking at each other in shock and frightened.
"Xiao Letian... You, you, you, you, are still not going to be arrested. If you surrender quickly, you might still have a way to survive..." Huang Juren still wanted to encourage people, but without Xiao Letian opening his mouth, the guard next to him slapped him, and his back molars were bruised. Beaten loose. When the pigtailed Sun saw how brutal the foreign guards were, he shrank his neck in fright and choked back his words.
Xiao Letian looked around at all the merchants in the foreign trade company, and said coldly with a calm demeanor, "The day before yesterday, all the merchants had a secret meeting with Huang Juren and Xiao Zhuansun at the Coastal Building to discuss how to deal with me. ?Didn’t Ren say at that time that he had the support of big people in the capital? Where are the big people now? "
"Yesterday, the big bosses gathered at the Sihai Cargo Terminal. What did they discuss? Do you need me to repeat it to you? Do you think I am a fool and know nothing about what happened today?"
Xiao Letian's eyebrows were raised now. He looked at these people as if they were a group of idiots. They were just a farce of fighting for a million taels of silver. Did he really think that he was very generous?
"As for you two..." Xiao Letian stared at Huang Juren and Pigtail Sun as if they were two dead people. "Do you really think I don't know anything about the series of connections you've been jumping up and down for the past two days? Are you the one who's me or yourselves?" Fools, you will see it in a moment..."
Just when Xiao Letian scolded these brainless attackers, suddenly the entire Tanggu city seemed to have exploded with a heavy bomb, and waves of roaring and tsunami-like sounds went straight into the sky. In comparison, the hundreds of people were mourning. The troublemaking team is not worth mentioning at all. Please come to more and faster chapters.
"Civil uprising! Another civil uprising..." The businessmen in the room all frowned. The last time the group from Fuqing, the capital, came to inspect, it triggered a uprising of thousands of people, but in the end they were all persuaded to retreat. , but Tongzhi Yamen and Xietai Mansion still took away 30,000 taels of riot expenses from the merchants.
Today it looks like the scale will be at least three times bigger, and now my wallet is going to hurt again.
Everyone guessed wrong. They completely underestimated the madness of Huang Juren and Xiao Zhuansun. They had incited all the people they could agitate this time. There were not even 10,000 but 8,000 people. Please come to more and faster chapters.
Huang Ye stared at Xiao Letian like a poisonous snake and said in his heart, "If there are tens of thousands of people, there is no limit. Anything can happen in the chaos. Don't blame me for being cruel. If you want to blame me, blame you for offending the big shot. If you want to blame, blame you, kid." The counterattack is too harsh. If you don’t give me face, I can’t let you live..."
Tanggu City in the early years of Tongzhi was actually a large town with more than 10,000 people. Counting the surrounding people who came in to seek a living, the maximum number of people during the day was only over 20,000. But now, more than 10,000 people came over from the ground in a dark crowd, shouting random slogans, and their eyes were more excited than the Chinese New Year.
"You two devils, get out of Tanggu. Xiao Letian is a demon sent by the foreigners. He wants to build that unscrupulous industrial zone and kill the people of the Qing Dynasty..."
"We can't let them succeed. The bones of those who believe in foreign religions have evil scriptures engraved in them. They will take your soul away with just one look at you. Don't you believe it? What is the name of a camera when the foreigners' soul-shattering object is called? How can we trap the human figure? That means taking your soul away..."
"Kill the two Japs. We don't want a bullshit special zone. The foreign machines in there have to kill boys and girls before they can work. They are all monsters that eat human flesh..."
"Three buckets of rice, three buckets of rice... We want to eat white flour buns..." Huh? It seems like something strange has gotten in. Update as soon as possible
Tens of thousands of people came overwhelmingly from the northwest of Tanggu, from the direction of Huang Ju's house. If the more than 1,000 tenants at the beginning were greedy for the Huang family's rent reduction and were purely hired sailors, the reasons why other ordinary people joined in were more complicated. Please come to more and faster chapters.
The first is the control of ignorant people by superstitious ideas. In the feudal dynasty, people had no doubts about Buddhism, Taoism and the religions of various ethnic minorities. When someone tells them that the so-called industrial zones will destroy feng shui and even absorb people's souls, more than 90% of the people will believe it.
Secondly, in the process of Westerners knocking on China's door with strong ships and cannons, the power displayed by the foreigners was a bit too domineering, and it was difficult for the people, including senior officials, to understand it, which provided the ground for some weird superstitious rumors. .
Thirdly, it is the Chinese people’s herd mentality that has not changed for thousands of years. These unthinking farmers will only listen to the instigation of scholars, patriarchs, and villagers, and the more people on that side are justified. When thousands of fellow villagers encouraged him to take to the streets, few could calm down and analyze it carefully, while most people would still actively participate.
The so-called popular uprising is just that simple.
The entire city of Tanggu has been completely on the verge of chaos. Smart merchants have begun to come to the door. Only fools do business in this situation. There is no obstacle between civil unrest and riots.
The foreigners in the harbor were also scared. What did so many Qing natives want to do when they gathered together? In the colonies of various countries, there are many examples of indigenous riots killing citizens of the civilized world. The foreigners fled to the dock one after another, boarded the ship one by one, and took away the pedals. There were many foreign guns on the deck, and even the gun doors of the artillery were opened.
Almost all of the merchant ships that span thousands of miles of sea territory have their own armed forces. Being able to break through the siege of countless pirates means that these merchant ships themselves are not weak in combat effectiveness.
Lotte Foreign Company has now become the center of the storm. Smart people are fleeing, and people who are caught up in fanaticism are gathering together. The streets are filled with the voice of "Go together, go together." At that moment, it seems that if Xiao Letian is killed, five people will be killed. The bonus of one hundred taels is the same.
Now the people in the foreign bank could no longer sit still, and the faces of the businessmen were pale. As the waves of curses got closer and closer, they already felt that this time things were going to be big. At this moment, a guy from an unknown shop rushed in from the back door, knelt on the ground and started crying.
"It's overwhelming. Tens of thousands of people have rushed in. Shopkeeper, run away..."
There was a chaos in the foreign bank. Some wanted to escape, some wanted to go home to protect their family property, and some simply went blind without knowing what to do. First update: Shopkeeper Niu looked at the chaos, shook his head, sighed and slapped his thigh, "If you don't do good business, why should I get involved in this?" After saying this, he gave himself a big mouth.
All the top businessmen in Tanggu City have been gathered in Letian Foreign Bank, and everyone who can be ranked is here. Just when this group of people wanted to rush out, Xiao Letian suddenly jumped on the chair, pulled out his revolver and raised his hand. Just one shot.
"Are you even risking your life? There are tens of thousands of red-eyed mobs outside, and you are going out to die? They don't care who you are, they know that your family is rich..."
The sound of gunshots and roars immediately woke up the group of headless flies, and everyone present was dumbfounded. That's right, what's going on outside now is a civil unrest, a riot of tens of thousands of people. There is no reason at all at this time. Even if I kill you, I won't be able to find the murderer. At that moment, all the merchants fell in love with Huang Juren and Xiao Zhusun, and they all regretted it.
Under Xiao Letian's order, a group of burly men rushed into the back hall, and bundles of weapons were brought out, including steel knives, spears, wooden shields and even dozens of foreign guns, which were laid out in front of the guests. After a while, the more than 100 guards of Yangfu Yangxing had all changed their clothes.
Luo Huo now has more than thirty musketeers under his command, standing in three murderous rows in the hall waiting for Xiao Letian's order.
At this time, all the guests present were frightened. How could there be such a businessman in the world? On the grand day of opening, he actually ambushed hundreds of private soldiers in the back hall? There are even musketeers? Shopkeeper Niu took one look and closed his eyes. He raised his hand and opened his bow left and right to give himself more than a dozen big mouths. He really regretted it.
Mr. Huang and Little Sun were already shaking like chaff. They finally understood why the big shots in Beijing were so afraid of Xiao Letian. This guy was not only a scholar, he was also a rogue warlord! The Qing Dynasty has not changed yet. Is he going to rebel? Who gave him the courage to show off his weapons in public?
The same question emerged in everyone's mind, but no one dared to ask, because the murderous aura in this room was something they had never seen in their lives.
"Everyone, listen up. The distinguished guests here are the best among all the businessmen in Tanggu City. They are the elite! Everyone, please protect me. In the future, we will rely on the help of these big bosses to do business. Now there is a chaos in Tanggu City. It's too unsafe. Let's escort the distinguished guests to the harbor, to the Lucky Ship..."
"Ah..." All the businessmen in the room were stunned. What did Xiao Letian want to do? Is he going to kidnap all the businessmen in Tanggu? Huang Juren reacted immediately and broke into a cold sweat as soon as he slapped his forehead.
It was broken. It was really a miscalculation. I didn’t expect Xiao Letian to have this trick. He was actually related to the French. He wanted to capture a city’s businessmen as hostages! When the time comes, he kidnaps these people and puts them on a French merchant ship. Once they dock on the sea, he can sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers. He will watch the chaos in Tanggu before his eyes. By then, the blame will have nothing to do with him.
Thinking of this, Mr. Huang went crazy. He jumped up and shouted, "Bosses and shopkeepers, don't be fooled! The people named Xiao want to take us as hostages. They want to kidnap us overseas..."
Just when Huang Juren was screaming like a madman, the sound of horse hooves and footsteps suddenly came from the street outside the door. At the most critical moment, Tanggu City's top military officer, Xie Tai Ma Bao, finally arrived with his troops.
"I'm here, let's see who can cause trouble... Oh my god, someone actually has a private army? This is a rebellion... The children surrounded them and disarmed them. If they resist, shoot them to death..."
When Huang Juren and Xiao Zhusun heard Ma Bao Xietai's voice, it was like hearing the voice of their own father. They fell to their knees and crawled out, "Ma Xietai lives with me... Ma Xietai lives with me..."
Xiao Letian looked at the two mangy dogs without spines and spat out, "Bah, let's see who dares to disarm me..." He stood at the gate and shouted loudly under the protection of the guards. Ma Xie Tai! I can only apologize today. There are 400,000 cash in the store. It is really inconvenient for you to come in because of the melons and plums. You should guard the outside with soldiers..."
When Ma Bao Xietai heard the words 400,000 cash, his eyes turned red. "Children, these people must be bandits. Kill them..."
"Kill!" The three hundred green camp soldiers shouted, and they worked very hard for the money.
