Everyone's expressions became serious when they heard this, because this was something they had not considered beforehand. Chu Dali's eyes widened, feeling that this matter had nothing to do with what was being discussed, but he was always convinced by his eldest brother, so he did not interrupt him.
At this time, I heard Chu Dayuan continue to say: "If we usually run goods and grab gun territory, we can call in a lot of people with just one greeting, but we can really drive less than a thousand core disciples."
At this time, Chu Dali could no longer hold back his temper and said, "Brother, what are you talking about?"
Chu Dayuan waved his hand to signal him to be quiet, and then continued: "I don't know if you have noticed? There have been more and more people leaving our Hegang in the past few months, and they are all the most ordinary members of the gang! To put it bluntly, Yeah, those are the people who make a living through gangs!"
Chu Dali said angrily: "These people are all ungrateful and ungrateful people. Sooner or later, I want them to look good! Why don't I send someone to teach them a lesson?"
Yu Wansheng smiled bitterly and said: "Second Master, don't just come up and kill them! Now there are people from Wuninghou in the city and outside the city. As soon as you start here, the inspector will come! If the inspector can't manage it, If so, we will blow the whistle to call people, but we can’t beat those soldiers!”
Chu Dali gave a hard "hum" and said: "Then we won't introduce jobs to them from now on and let them starve to death! Sooner or later they will return to our gang!"
Yu Wansheng said: "Second Master, this is the problem! They joined our He Gang because they couldn't find food, and now they left the He Gang because they found food. This is what worries the First Master. place!"
Just like Yu Wansheng said, the river gang is slowly and continuously disintegrating! This is already an urgent matter before several heads of family!
Liu Haojia initially treated the He Gang as a formidable enemy, but Zhang Shunping gave him a strategy, which was to let nature take its course and hire people to deal with the He Gang! So Liu Haojia announced a lot of rules after opening the sea, one of which was that no one working in his fiefdom was allowed to have a gang background! This move hit the He Gang's fate right at once!
The main income of the He Gang is to help people deliver goods on the canal, and they also monopolize some related industries. While they make profits from these industries, they also collect protection fees from small and medium-sized businesses. Another big source of income is donations from the public!
Among these three major projects, the industries along the river have been affected to a certain extent since the opening of the sea, but fortunately the response was not significant. Waterships traveling from north to south can still bring a lot of business. As for the reduction in protection fees, because their main force is still on the canal, they don't charge much.
But the income from this kind of help is shrinking sharply! And this shows one thing, that is, the number of their gang members is shrinking!
You know, the river gang itself has a strong atmosphere because of its large number of people! If all the gang members disappeared, where would the He Gang come from? Moreover, the core gang members with more than a thousand people are not engaged in production. They have to guard the territory, collect debts, collect protection fees, stand up for others, fight, and concentrate on practicing martial arts, which costs a lot every day!
And what these people consume is extracting water from the gang! It can be said that on average, three gang members in the He Gang need to support one core gang member. Together with subsidies from other industries, the number of nearly a thousand people is maintained. Therefore, the loss of ordinary members directly threatens the status of core members.
And where have these followers gone? A large part of them entered Liu Haojia's fiefdom and became laborers, coachmen, waiters, etc. on the dock. Some were directly hired by Liu Haojia as service personnel. Even the better ones among them were directly hired as officials, and even directly added to the Wu'an Army. The current Wuhan Army has been expanded to close to 8,000 people. It is a real behemoth!
After these former members of the He Gang found new jobs, their salaries were higher than before. Not only did they avoid being slapped by the gang leaders above, they had more money in their pockets. Naturally, they were eager to do so. In order to get rid of the control of the river gang. Therefore, the He Gang members are losing faster and faster, which has threatened the foundation of their survival!
Now that there are many fewer people in the Hegang, many jobs cannot be taken on and can only be picked up by others. There is also less water pumping. The most important thing is that when there are fewer people, the momentum becomes weaker
, can't resist the invasion of other gangs! What's more, there is a Wu Ninghou who is staring at them eagerly! At this point, everyone understood what was going on. The life and death crisis of the River Gang was about to come!
So in the end Chu Dayuan concluded: "So, it's not that we won't get involved if we don't want to, but that people have already forced us to come to our doorstep!"
After finishing speaking, he looked at Yu Deli and said: "Actually, I also agree with the rule that the people do not fight with the officials, but now we have to fight! We can't hand over the He Gang! Don't forget that we have offended us over the years How many people have been killed? If the He Gang disappears, will they let us go? Who can save the money you have saved at home or your family? "
When everyone heard this, their faces were ashen and they were speechless for a moment. They all knew that it might be possible if they were asked to quit, but they couldn't bear the consequences of quitting.
Thinking of this, everyone was still a little shaken and immediately became firm! They have stayed in Tianjin long enough, and they don't want to take their money to another place. Taking a lot of money to settle somewhere else is meat on the chopping block! The local gangs and government will not miss the opportunity to blackmail them!
Seeing that everyone's expressions were firm, Chu Dayuan said with a smile: "And this time we are not dealing with Wu Ninghou alone, but we have the support of important people in the court! It seems that Wu Ninghou usually offends the people Quite a few, especially someone is targeting him this time!"
Everyone looked happy when they heard this! In their view, this is a good opportunity to get in touch with the imperial court! Although they had relations with the government in the past, they mostly spent money to ensure safety. Now that they have such an opportunity, they will naturally seize it.
But what no one saw was that the expression of their second-in-command Yu Wansheng changed when he heard that a big shot from the court was involved! However, he quickly changed his expression, with a fake smile on his face, but his eyes kept turning.
At this time, Chu Dayuan stood up and said, "Mr. Wang, please come out and meet everyone now!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the door curtain leading to the back hall was raised, and a man dressed as a middle-aged scholar walked out with a smile, and then he casually bowed his hands in greeting. Everyone saw that his appearance and clothing were very ordinary, and they all felt that he did not look like someone from the imperial court, so naturally they were a little more confused!
