Chapter 26*4 Protection Fees

Although he was driven out of Lianhua Mountain by the volunteers, Yasumoto, commander of the Kwantung Army in the Benxi Lake area, still showed his face, and the two large-scale clean-up operations since he took office finally allowed him to establish a certain prestige in Xinjing and was recognized by the headquarters.

The reason why Aberdeen made such a big move this time was that he wanted to win again.

The wish is beautiful, the reality is cruel, but the volunteers killed halfway and messed up Yasumode's good deeds.

More than a dozen plainclothes special forces are Yasumoto's proudest work. Sure enough, after reconnaissance during this time, Aberdeto finally figured out the soul of this volunteer army, which is Liu Meng, who has repeatedly opposed himself and sabotaged his good deeds.

Aberdeen sat in the headquarters.

Prince Xiong's report made the brains of ten people angry, and it was this Liu Meng, the fat of Lotus Mountain, which had reached his mouth, and the three beards of three or four hundred people were all wiped out and their nests were ended. This is too important for me. What the Great Japanese Empire lacks now is wealth.

Yasumo's head is still relatively sober, war, on the surface, it seems that the competition is the weapons and personnel of the warring parties, but in fact, it is about wealth. Whoever has a strong family background and strong financial resources will eventually use the balance of victory to fall in favor of whom.

The reason why Aberdeen gave such an important task to Prince Xiong was because he took a fancy to his ability.

After several clearances, if it weren't for Prince Xiong's moves, he might have been untenable.

This attack, as expected, did not disappoint himself, and as soon as he made a move, he took down Lotus Mountain. This left Aberdeen ecstatic. What he fancied was the gold mine in Lotus Mountain.

Long before entering the Northeast, the headquarters of the Route Army had already reconnoitred the geographical situation in this area very clearly: these gold mines, as long as they were slightly renovated and the most advanced gold mining equipment transported from China were used, and the amount of gold mined in a year was equivalent to one-twentieth of the domestic gold mining volume of the Great Japanese Empire.

What is the concept of one-twentieth of the twentieth, let's put it this way, if these gold mines are according to the domestic gold mining standards, the gold mined in a year is enough for one-fifth of the military expenses of the entire Kwantung Army. That's a lot of credit.

But there are many good things, just when he was dreaming of spring, Prince Xiong's report was like a basin of cold water, pouring him awake.

"What? Bastard! Yours is a disgrace to the Imperial Japanese Army, and the hot steamed buns that have already arrived, and yours is lost again. Shame, shame on the military! Yasumoto jumped up from the commander's chair and slapped Prince Xiong twice.

"Hey, hey!" Prince Xiong didn't dare to come out, he didn't move, he just lowered his head and stood there straight, and the handprints on his face were clearly visible.

"The volunteers, Liu Meng, the dead and the dead, yours must be wiped out of them, all of them!" Aberdeen put his hands behind his back, in his headquarters, walking back and forth in anger, his mouth kept howling. In fact, he knew in his heart that this battle of Lotus Mountain, even if he personally led the team, the result might be worse than that of Prince Xiong.

A few joys and a few sorrows! Yasumoto was in a bad mood, but the mood of the fierce son at this time was very different from Aberdeen: he used this time in Lotus Mountain to walk up and down the mountain.

Mengzi didn't go in vain, he arranged all the team garrisons.

As soon as Liu Shusheng was sent away, Mengzi took Wu Jiahui, Li Xing and others to the gold mine.

The gold mines of Lianhuashan are no longer famous in the northeast for a day or two: the gold produced here is of the best quality and has the highest gold content. These six gold mines are the same vein, so they are not too far from each other.

For Mengzi, when he was a child, he heard about the legend of gold mines in this area, but this was the first time he saw the process of gold mining.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that such a large gold mine was all operated by hand, and there were many gold panners on each gold mine, not a thousand, but hundreds. These people have a clear division of labor, mining, crushing, rough selection, washing, etc., etc., one by one, and the connection is quite fluent.

The mountain col where the gold mine is located was originally guarded by these bearded men under Han Da Stunned, Li Da Beitou and Hu Dachui in shifts, but now they are all replaced by volunteers and soldiers.

Gold mines have the rules of gold mines: on each gold mine, there is a general leader, and below the general leader, there are more than a dozen small leaders, these leaders are managers, which are not too similar to the team, the general leader is the commander, and the small leader below is the company commander, platoon commander or something.

What interests Mengzi the most is that he listened to the introduction of the big boss, every day at the end of the work, these people have to change all the clothes when they work, come in from this end of the house, take off their clothes, wear nothing, and go to the other end of the house, of course, in the process of walking, the head will always send someone to check everyone's naked body. It is necessary to carefully look at all the places where the human body may hide things, such as the mouth, ears and eyes, and even the private parts of the lower body.

After all the checks are done, you can put on your own clothes for work.

It is even more difficult for idlers and others to enter the mining area: there are three layers of barbed wire alone, and every exit and entrance is guarded by people with guns.

This is the case inside, and it is even more lively outside the mining area, and in a certain way, it is more prosperous than Renxian County. There are some trades in the county, they are all here, and what is not in the county, there are also here, and these trades are more prosperous and prosperous than those in the county. For example, gambling halls, taverns, and kilns are more than those in the county, and they are more lively than those in the county.

It is also a bit interesting for the distribution of the gold: the three big bosses account for 60%, and the remaining 40% go to the gold boss. Of course, not all of the gold bosses are in his arms, he wants to pay for the following little bosses and gold diggers, and the rest is always the head himself. Most of the gold diggers came from Kanto, and they were generally bachelors, and the little gold they earned, as soon as they got their hands, they either drank or gambled, of course, for most of the singles, the gold went to the hands of the sisters in the kiln.

Don't look at the three masters, in fact, they don't have much left in their hands in the end: except for some tips, almost all of them are used in weapons and equipment.

In Lotus Town, the most lively and fiery season is the first half of the gold diggers' salary, and the second half of the month is relatively deserted. The most obvious ones are these people in the kiln.

Every month, on the day of the gold, the gate of the gold mine, when the work is done, is crowded with women who are in groups of three, wearing the brightest and most colorful clothes, although sometimes, these clothes are not so clean, but from a distance, colorful, it is very good-looking.

Of course, those who do small business will not let go of this opportunity to make money, so the lively Cheng dù here is definitely beyond your imagination, not to mention Renxian County, even Benxi Lake can't be compared.

The women who show off are the heat of the heat. Of course, a discerning person can still see the difference at a glance.

They are different from ordinary people: first of all, they look at people differently. Normal women look at people, they are generally generous, want to talk to you, look directly at you, and the expression on their faces is also very natural. But these people are not. She first aimed at you out of the corner of her eye, and then threw a wink at you. Before you can speak, the charm has been conveyed to you, so that you can't help but feel a wave in your heart.

Another is that the station is different. A normal woman, standing there, her body is straight, even if there is a head behind her, she will not lean there to talk to you. These women are different, grabbing a handful of melon seeds in their hands, leaning there, snorting while talking to you, their eyes floating. She can talk to one person, and her eyes wander over several people.

The third is that the demeanor is very different. Normal women, when talking to you, no matter how far away from you, they will stand there, look at you honestly, or lower their heads slightly, put their hands together, and hang naturally in front of their lower abdomen. But these women are different, talking to you, their eyes drifting on you, as if they want to see your body, inside and out, and give you the feeling that they want to strip you naked. And those little hands that seem to be much more tender than their peers, touch you from time to time.

The fourth point is the difference in language. These women have a lot of spoken words, such as "I", which they rarely use, and as soon as they open their mouths, they are "old lady". "Sleep", they generally say this: "The old lady accompanies you to extinguish the fire". Or "The old lady accompanies you to be happy." ”。 Of course, there are more straightforward ones.

The fifth aspect is the two heavens of ice and fire. When you have gold, she is a hundred times closer to you than your wife, so that others can see it, very jealous, people who don't know it, when they see it, they will definitely be envious to death, envy that you have found a confidant, not a relative, better than a relative. But when you don't have any jumps, she will leave you mercilessly, and even kick you away. Even if the two of them meet, she will pretend not to know you. This is a reflection of an old Kanto saying, that is: "The table is ruthless." ”

The last point is to see the wind and steer the rudder, and have a strong ability to discern. In Kanto's parlance, it means to have "eyesight". This is a real skill that must be possessed in this line of work. When the same group of men walked over, she would instantly determine who was the leader of the group, who was the guest, who was the master, and who paid for it. Therefore, she will put more effort into the object of her identification.

Of course, these skills are the needs of the survival of this industry. In fact, for women in this industry, there is one of the biggest skills, that is, men who can meet different preferences.

The main reason why Lotus Mountain is so lively is that there is demand for survival.

Although Mengzi can't get used to this industry, including gambling halls, there is no way, these survival has been deeply rooted, what he can do is to protect the safety of these people like the three big bosses, the safety and order of these industries, of course, every month, these halls, shops, will send them protection money on time.

Hehe, that's why the "protection fee" has been around for a long time. In fact, these three words don't sound very good, a bit evil, like the style of the underworld. But if you think about it, it's nothing, it's just that the name is different, and the effect is the same, it's all about maintaining the area, these industries are acting according to the rules, and if there are people who break these rules, you have to come forward and correct them.

Mengzi knows that these protection costs are definitely not a small amount, so in this way, in fact, the income from the gold mine is far more than sixty percent.

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