Chapter 68 to fry the oil fruit

It turned out that a few years ago, Zhang Lianqi had vouched for Lao Gao, who lived outside the north gate, and borrowed a sum of money from Liu Ranzi's "Xinyicheng".

This old Gao, who runs a pop shop, has also made a living by popping flowers for generations, because the pop machine used is an old-fashioned wooden pop machine, which is time-consuming and laborious, and a pound of lint can't bounce much cotton.

Therefore, when Lao Gao was the shopkeeper, Lao Gao's thinking was advanced, even more advanced than the four rich people Shi Jincai, Wang Linsheng, Liu Dianrong, and Shi Jinzhong.

But a person who makes a living by playing flowers can't save a few extra money on hand, and it is a lot of money to buy a foreign machine, so Lao Gao thought of Liu Ranzi's "faithfulness, righteousness and sincerity" to take out a loan, buy a foreign machine first, and then slowly repay the loan.

But Liu Ranzi saw that it was Lao Gao who came to take out a loan, and knew that his family was thin, so he asked him to find a guarantor. For a while, Lao Gao searched and found Zhang Lianqi, who lived outside the north gate.

Of course, Zhang Lianqi promised to come forward as a guarantee, and he would not make a guarantee in vain, he agreed with Lao Gao that he would count a share if he bought it from a foreign machine.

But when the foreign machine was bought, I found that it was an old machine that looked very new, not only an old machine, but also unusable. But when I went back to find the seller, I ran away and disappeared again.

When Lao Gao, who played the flower, saw that he had been deceived by such a big one, he came simply, and hoisted himself to the foreign plane that night.

As soon as Lao Gao died, with the little family background of Lao Gao's family, even if he smashed the pot and sold iron, he couldn't pay for a foreign machine. Lao Gao's family can't pay it back, and Liu Chaozi is looking for Zhang Lianqi to repay the money. But Zhang Lianqi didn't even get any money, so he asked him to come up with a large sum of money, and he felt that he had suffered a big loss.

But the deed made by the three parties was there, and Zhang Lianqi couldn't deny it, and in the end, he had no choice but to repay the money for Lao Gao according to the deed, but Zhang Lianqi was a shrewd and overly shrewd person, and how could he swallow this breath, so his feud with Liu Chaozi was concluded.

But Zhang Lianqi's character, Liu Chaozi is very clear, so this time I heard that he climbed to the new governor of Gu, and his heart has already been on guard against him everywhere, a few days ago, I heard that the governor of Gu wanted to recommend him as the president of the Ansu County Chamber of Commerce, and knew that if Zhang Lianqi became the president, he would not have his own good fruit to eat, so he had to connect everyone to block it.

At this time, when he saw Zhang Shuting taking the initiative to come to the door and said his plan, Liu Chaozi of course raised his hands. Then, the two agreed to go separately overnight to contact the owners and shops along the street, preferably early tomorrow morning.

was also worried about the lack of uniformity of people, and for the sake of insurance, the two further agreed on some specific details, such as trying not to bump into them when they went separately to contact the owners and the shops along the street; At that time, it is best to put on black clothes, cover your face with a black cloth, cover your nose with your hands, etc., and let you know outside the door. At the same time, it was agreed that the unified slogan is: "Collective closure of business early tomorrow morning, we must act together to oppose tax increases!" ”

After all this was considered and agreed, Zhang Shuting quickly returned home, quietly changed his night clothes, and went to inform the owners and shops along the street that were assigned to him.

At this time, because of the notice that more business surtax will be levied, as early as yesterday afternoon, it was plastered all over the streets and alleys, and there were also on the streets of various villages and towns. So, almost all the owners and merchants knew about it. They were angry when they saw that the county office was going to add a surcharge just after the flood.

Therefore, as soon as I heard Zhang Shuting and Liu Chaozi spread the word outside the door: "Collective closure early tomorrow morning, be sure to participate in the action, and unanimously oppose the tax increase of the county office!" I knew that someone had already stepped forward and started to act, and I couldn't help but feel excited.

There was no other merchant who wanted to see who the messenger was, but when he opened the door, he saw a black shadow flickering, and he knew that he didn't want others to see his face clearly, so he shrank back to the room.

At this time, Lao Sun had actually been quietly following Zhang Shuting. At the beginning, he saw Zhang Shuting walk out of the house and directly entered Liu Chaozi's house, he was curious, and when he saw him stay at Liu Chaozi's house for a long time, after coming out, he went home again, and then came out in black, and he was even more curious in his heart, and he didn't know what Zhang Shuting was going to do.

But after Zhang Shuting knocked on the doors of several merchants and listened to what he had to say, Lao Sun suddenly understood what Zhang Shuting was going to do.

Of course, in order to prevent the news from leaking out soon, Zhang Shuting and Liu Chaozi informed those owners and merchants who they thought might be involved in the operation, and those owners or merchants who were close to Zhang Lianqi, such as Wang Baldzi, the owner of Fuhefeng Butcher Shop, Zhang Luozi, the owner of Qingchun Yong Restaurant, Chu Wanxiang, the owner of Zhonghe Xuanxuan Shop, Fan Hongzhi, the shopkeeper of Liang Shuangxing Pharmacy, and Lian Xinxin, the shopkeeper of Kechengzhan Dache Shop, of course they would not notify.

The next day coincided with the county market, although the county market is mainly concentrated in Beiguan and Nanguan, but the shops along the street in the county town are also the main places for villagers who come to catch the market.

But the situation on this day was different from the situation of the market in the past, the difference was also different, not only did the shops along the street not take off their paving boards early in the morning, but even the shops in the south and north customs close to the market did not open.

I received a notice last night, and I wanted to take off the paving board early in the morning to prepare for business, and when I saw that the shop next to me was not open, I also hurried to the paving.

On the shop hall of Runquanyong Pot, of course, Zhang Shuting also told Qi Zhankui early in the morning that the shop on the pot would also be temporarily closed, and he was asked to do a good job of selling wine customers and wait to see the situation before opening.

When Qi Zhankui heard it, he didn't say a word. Qi Zhankui didn't say a word, but because of what happened last night, Lao Sun told him last night. Therefore, when he got up in the morning, he didn't let the guy pick up the door panel of the store at all, and he stood in front of the store, so he explained to the customers who came to sell wine.

And Liu Ranzi's Xinyi Cheng Qian Zhuang is of course no exception. Liu Ranzi is also the same as Zhang Shuting, sitting at home, waiting to see the changes in the situation.

Because all the shops in the city street were closed, those who urgently needed to buy things stood in the street and made noise, and the idlers in the bazaar, when they saw that all the shops were closed, knew that there might be a bustle, so they also stood on the city street and waited to see a great bustle. For a time, the streets of the city were almost full of people.

Sure enough, around midnight, there was chaos on Chengxi Street first. I saw that Zhang Lianqi, with Section Chief Yao of the Second Section and the newly established police station, urged Lao Ma and them to come to Zhongxing Heng Grain Store first, and asked Chu Yuhe, the owner of Zhongxing Heng Grain Store, to open for business immediately.

Speaking of this Zhongxing Heng Grain Store, it is not only opened on Chengxi Street, but also opened in the county office. In addition, Lao Zhao, the cook of the county office, has an extraordinary relationship with Lao Chu, the owner of Zhongxing Hengliang Bank, and the rice, flour, oil and salt required by the kitchen of the county office are all purchased from him. It's just that in the past two days, Lao Chu of the owner was sweating at home due to a cold and fever, and the one who watched the shop was replaced by his son Xiao Chu, the young owner.

Early this morning, Xiao Chu, the young owner, saw that all the shops were closed, and he was afraid of causing public anger, so he took matters into his own hands and quickly asked the guy to close the shop.

But it happened and coincidentally, last night Governor Gu said that he wanted the kitchen to make fried fruits to eat at noon today. But Lao Zhao got up early and saw that the oil for frying the fruit was not enough, so he immediately carried a wooden barrel and went out of the gate of the county office to come to Zhongxingheng to draw oil. But Lao Zhao knocked on the door of the shop for a long time, but the door just didn't open, only the voice of Xiao Chu came out of the door.

"Uncle Zhao, someone sent a message last night that they wanted to collectively close down their business and oppose the tax increase, Xiao Chu didn't dare to disobey, so let's ask Uncle Zhao to take a look elsewhere!" Lao Chu's son Xiao Chu said.

Lao Zhao is also a quick temper, seeing that after knocking on the door panel for a long time, Xiao Chu not only did not open the door, but also asked him to go elsewhere to take a look. But he had never been to look elsewhere, and he couldn't help but be angry for a while, and scolded Xiao Chu to open the door quickly, and asked him to quickly beat the oil back so that he could fry the fruit.

Xiao Chu was tepid, but still persuaded Lao Zhao to go elsewhere to take a look. But there is only this Zhongxing Heng grain store in the city street, and if you go to other grain stores, the road is far away, and it can only be outside the south gate.

I was also worried that there would be no avocals to eat at noon, and I was afraid that Governor Gu would blame him, so I didn't go anywhere, and returned to the county hall in a few steps, and directly told Governor Gu about the matter.

When Governor Gu heard this, he was extremely angry, and immediately called Zhang Lianqi and Section Chief Yao of the Second Section, and brought the old horses of the police station to ask "Zhongxingheng" to resume business immediately, otherwise, he would be punished with revolutionary military law.

This Xiao Chu is also stubborn, when he saw that many officials came, he only forced him to resume business, but did not force other stores, and for a while, his temper also came up, and he couldn't help arguing with Zhang Lianqi and them.

Zhang Lianqi didn't say much, and waved his hand at Lao Ma, Lao Ma and several of them from the police station were like wolves pounced, so they pressed Xiao Chu to the ground, tied him up, and then pulled him up and walked out.