Chapter 80: City-wide Announcement
The backbone of the Salt Gang all turned pale when they heard the various incriminating evidence read out by the other party, as well as the two charges that were finally established.
As for the ordinary gang members, they are full of horror, although they know that the gang usually acts quite arrogantly and domineering, but because there is a gang leader inside to suppress it, and someone outside helps wipe their butts, they are also used to it.
They didn't expect that the town mayor's mansion actually recorded so many crimes of the salt gang, and there were also crimes jointly listed by the people.
The originally united Salt Gang, the Town Mayor's Mansion and others turned a blind eye to these charges, and as long as they were not too serious charges, they would not pay attention to them.
It's just that now that the Salt Gang is split, everyone in the gang has thoughts, plus the original gang leader is dead, the wall is down and everyone is pushing, and the better officials of the Salt Gang have cleared up their relations, and there will definitely be a lot of charges that can be directly questioned.
In addition, the strength of the town mayor's mansion is not what it used to be, even if the flame is still there, and the Salt Gang is united, as long as you are willing to pay the price, you can also take down the Salt Gang.
It's just that it's not as simple and effective as it is now, and the British consul is resolute, and there is no one in Yanlie's eyes, so there is nothing wrong with nominally convicting him of treason.
Even the gang leader is treasonous, and it is so excusable to press a crime of endangering the safety of the town mayor's mansion to the salt gang, after all, the gang leader is treasonous, but the salt gang does not endanger the town mayor's mansion, then it can't be said.
There are two major mysteries in the town mayor's mansion to suppress the formation, and the highest in the Salt Gang is only a level 7 martial artist, and the people of the Salt Gang who know the disparity in force are all captured.
As the officials thought, when the ordinary members of the Salt Gang knew that they were only asking the middle and high-level backbones of the crime, and the rest of them were only recruited or punished lightly, they had no intention of resisting, after all, their lives mattered.
Looking at the obediently cooperative Salt Gang, Tang Sheng couldn't help but sigh, the big forces that have been entrenched in Twilight Town for decades will announce their withdrawal from the wheel of historical progress from now on.
"Mingjin retreats!"
Tang Sheng suddenly let out a long roar, raised the Longquan Sword, like a victorious general, and slowly turned around and returned home with a momentum like a rainbow.
With the soldiers of Twilight Town, with the high-speed operation of various departments, it took less than half a day to sort out all the Salt Gang people, and they decided who would be beheaded, who should be punished, who should be co-opted, and who would be acquitted.
Then the mayor's mansion sent people to make an announcement in the whole city, and at the same time, there was a lot of discussion in every street and alley, and some people who were not at peace finally waited for the announcement of the government.
"Sir, ma'am, miss! The announcement of the mayor's mansion has come out!"
A member of the Yuhua Pavilion took an old man's notice and hurriedly ran to the Leng family to make a statement.
Then Xiao Yi stepped forward to take the announcement and began to recite the content to everyone.
The above roughly means this: more than a dozen members who have committed serious crimes will be beheaded at a later date.
A group of high-level backbones led by Si Ya confiscated all their property, and after handing over all the property of the Salt Gang, they were expelled from Twilight Town and were not allowed to return for twenty years.
The members of the Salt Gang who committed minor crimes were taken into custody and placed in the power of the town mayor's mansion and worked for five to twenty years without compensation.
Those who are not guilty of the crime are acquitted, and if they wish, they can join the Mayor's Mansion, and then continue to operate the original shops, workshops, etc., of the Salt Gang, and become a supernumerary member of the Mayor's Mansion.
"Father, the mayor of the town is moving so fast, does this mean that after the mayor's mansion, he began to abandon his original style of acting and start running Twilight Town on his own. ”
After pondering for a while, Leng Shuibing raised his beautiful eyes and said thoughtfully to Leng Tu.
"This is no longer an indication, but a clear intention to operate independently. ”
After pondering the mayor's thoughts, and then thinking about the meaning of the announcement, Leng Tu came to this conclusion.
The mayor's mansion now has no disguise to co-opt the members of the Salt Gang, as well as the various management rights of the Salt Gang.
He thought of the black shop, and felt that as long as the town chief was not stupid, he would definitely try his best to get more money, after all, money and strength were obviously equal now.
"Wouldn't that have any effect on us?"
Leng Shuibing also thought that the mayor had this idea, and then thought of his own shop and asked.
"Hehe, Bing'er, you shouldn't have to ask me this question, right?" Leng Tu said with a smile.
Hearing Leng Tu's words, the corners of Leng Shuibing's mouth rose slightly, revealing a smile that made all the flowers shy, and there were no words.
In fact, she just asked in passing, and when she asked, she already knew the answer in her heart, the main source of income of the Salt Gang is commercial salt, then protection fees, and finally some commodity workshops of all kinds.
The main resources of Yuhua Pavilion are food, drink, housing and transportation, as well as shops that sell goods to enhance their strength, plus scattered shops in other industries.
Since Yuhua Pavilion had been rectified before, basically all of their income now comes from taverns, restaurants, inns, and a small half of it is a medical hall, a clothing store, a casino, and so on.
Now that the mayor's mansion accepts the salt gang industry, if the protection fee is definitely not good, at most, the commercial salt and official salt are in the hands of the mayor's mansion.
Although some of the other industries are the same as Yuhua Pavilion, they are not competitive, so they have little impact.
"I've really convinced your father and daughter, you play dumb riddles like this every day, you can't be considerate and considerate, don't we understand? Are you right, Xiaoyi?"
Just when the father and daughter of the Leng family looked at each other mysteriously, the mother of Leng who was drinking tea next to her bowed her head glanced at the father and daughter directly, and at the same time accused the two of them with resentment, and said to Xiao Yidao.
"Madam, it's okay, I understand!" Xiao Yi, who was thinking about it again, was stunned for a moment after hearing Leng's mother's words, and blurted out the words without thinking about it.
"No, no, ma'am, I don't understand! No, I... I... Miss!"
Xiao Yi, who reacted later, noticed that there was something wrong with her words, and quickly explained incoherently, and then the more she said, the more wrong it became, and she looked anxious as if she was about to cry, with big watery eyes, and felt that she could only ask for help from her own young lady.
Seeing Xiao Yi's incoherent and aggrieved appearance, everyone gave a kind smile, and Leng Mu was even more smiling.
"Okay, Xiaoyi, we know you understand. Leng Shuibing, who gently covered his mouth and smiled, saw his little girl's request for help, and continued to laugh.
"Miss...."
Hearing her young lady's words, Xiao Yi stepped forward and gently grabbed Leng Shuibing's sleeve and said coquettishly.
"Okay, okay, don't laugh!" Feeling the little hand being shaken by the other party, listening to the other party's drizzling voice, Leng Shuibing replied helplessly.
This maid who grew up with her since childhood, although she is a few years younger than her, has a delicate mind and is more intelligent than ordinary people, but sometimes she acts like a girl who doesn't grow up.
Looking at these two beautiful women with different appearances, the cold father and cold mother glanced at each other, and they both showed a look of relief and pride.
They feel that their daughter is needless to say, she has been smart and clever since she was a child, with excellent talents, and her appearance is even more beautiful like a fairy, like a fairy who has fallen into the dust.
And Xiao Yi, in their hearts, they have already regarded each other as half a daughter, when they picked up Xiao Yi at that time, although they couldn't see anything, but the other party is now getting more and more beautiful, and his intelligence is not bad, and his talent can be said to be outstanding.
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