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A-Ning ran to He Yuan with an anxious face, "Teacher He, it's not good." ”

He Yuanzheng was discussing things with Hu Shuan and Gai Jiao, and pulled over a willow chair, "Sit down and say, don't worry." ”

"Today, several people from the government came with a menace, and there were soldiers with guns on their backs, and they said arrogantly, who let you set up a club privately? Who have you consulted about the Willow Weaving Society? He looked like a bandit, and he was so arrogant. None of you were there, I was the only one, and to be honest, I was terrified, but thankfully there were several people in the club who protected me. I quarreled with them. ”

"What else do they say?"

"They said that it is forbidden to form a party for personal gain, and the affairs of the Willow Weaving Society must be under the control of the government, so let me and the person in charge of the Willow Weaving Society, go to No. 18 Longmen Hutong tomorrow to report the situation to our superiors, and obey the orders of the provincial government."

He Yuan smoked a dry cigarette and didn't speak, Hu Xuan said: "I think, this matter has to be pondered, they don't seem to want to ban us, if that's the case, just destroy it directly, and you still need to go to Lu Daya to report something?" Are these warlords being polite to us? ”

"Well," He Yuan nodded in agreement, "They didn't arrest people, they didn't smash the club, they didn't learn 'Sven', but they had other plans, I think, we have made some money in the willow weaving business these few times, and we have solved a lot of immediate difficulties for the poor peasant and worker brothers, and their fame is getting bigger and bigger, they are red-eyed, greedy, and they see that this is a piece of fat, and they want to catch it and make it their own." To put it bluntly, it's been taken by force here. ”

"These indiscriminate beasts, I'd rather disband the Willow Weaving Society than fall into their hands." A-Ning scolded angrily.

"That's not good," He Yuan shook his head again and again, "This willow weaving society that we worked so hard to establish is easy to become popular, but we must not disband." Moreover, we have to carry it forward, in addition to the willow weaving society, we also have to engage in the cloth art society, the iron work society, and the transportation society, how can we see the danger and close the stalls. ”

"But what about tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow, I'll go, Lao Gai will go with me, and then call the third and a few of them, and arrange guards for us to avoid accidents."

"Okay."

The next day, He Yuan and Gai went to Lu Daya's mansion at No. 18 Longmen Hutong, but they didn't see Lu Daya.

A man with a shiny face and a bald beard received them both in a side room, and his subordinates called him "Hua Joins the Army". Hua Senjun looked arrogant, and he didn't look at He Yuanhe and the sky, his eyelids were raised to look at the beams of the house, and he didn't even owe his ass when he sat on the chair, and said arrogantly: "I heard that you have a willow weaving club?" ”

He Yuanhe did not say anything.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Hua Senjun lowered his eyelids and looked at the two silent people, coughed dryly, and said: "The state has national laws, and families have family rules, and it is illegal to form parties and associations at will." ”

Still no one paid attention to him. He Yuan lit the dry tobacco pot and smoked a cigarette.

Seeing that no one paid attention to what he said for a while, Hua joined the army a little embarrassed and angry, and asked with a glare: "Did you hear that?" ”

"I hear you."

He Yuan took a puff of dry smoke. The cigarette he smoked was a native tobacco leaf planted by a farmer, and it was very choking, and this wing room was not the big living room where Lu Daya usually met guests, because He Yuanhe was not a "distinguished guest", so he met guests in this small room, the room was small, and the white smoke filled the room after a while, Hua Senjun choked and coughed, pulled the smoke in front of him with his hand, and said hatefully: "What kind of broken smoke are you smoking." ”

"Shonan authentic tobacco, can you taste it?" He Yuan handed over the cigarette pouch.

"Go, go, go."

Hua Senjun coughed for a while, frowned and continued: "The provincial government has repeatedly ordered that no private associations are allowed, what are your intentions in turning a deaf ear? ”

"Then we'll disband." Gai said happily with a headache.

At this time, Hua Shenjun was speechless, glared at Gai Jiao, coughed twice, and shouted at He Yuan: "Don't smoke, do you still have a way to stay?" ”

"I'll go outside and smoke it." He Yuan stood up.

"Come back, come back," Hua Senjun hurriedly said: "Ahem, sit down and sit down, and tell you that the provincial government is determined to rectify all kinds of civil affairs, and your willow weaving society is running a ...... without asking for instructions."

"We've already paid our taxes."

"It's not okay to pay taxes," Hua Senjun's eyes widened, "You must re-register, change the owner, to tell you the truth, it is not possible to violate the law and discipline for a moment, the provincial government will never sit idly by and ignore any prohibited behavior of the people, and those who dare to disobey will be killed." ”

He Yuanhe didn't speak again.

Hua Senjun thought that the two of them were frightened, and his expression became smug again, "From tomorrow, your willow weaving society will be taken over to the overseer's office, and you will be counted as public officials in the government, tell you, don't be dissatisfied, you are a small common man, one step to the sky, this is a good thing that can't be found with a lantern." Ahem, do you hear me? I said you don't smoke, okay. ”

He Yuan knocked the smoke pot, "May I ask Hua to join the army, how to return to the law?" ”

"This is easy to do, business, as usual, not allowed to stop, let alone scatter, but to obey the management of the provincial government, the provincial government sent someone to you as a manager, all the regulations in the operation, to obey the manager's arrangement, the accounts are handed over to the manager for management, income and expenditure, to be controlled by the manager."

"Okay."

Hua Senjun blinked, suspecting that he had misheard, he looked at the two people in front of him suspiciously, He Yuan lowered his head and rubbed the tobacco bag, covered the sky and looked up at the ceiling.

"Do you understand?"

Gai Guotian smiled and stretched, "I understand." If the provincial government wants to take it back, then take it, it's going to be yellow anyway. ”

"What do you mean?"

"It means that business is not good now, there are cards everywhere, and there are bandits who pluck their feathers and weave a wicker basket, and the total is only a few cents of profit, and how many are left? If you encounter a thief or an increase in shipping costs, you will have to lose money. This time, I wanted to sell it at a better price, but I encountered three robberies along the way, and because of poor storage, I lost some inventory, and I lost my nose and face, and I couldn't support it anymore. Now that the provincial government is willing to ask for it, it can't be better. ”

"Huh?"

Hua Shenjun's eyes widened, staring at the two people in front of him, these two were still tepid, one rubbing his cigarette pocket, and the other looking up at the sky. He scolded in his heart, "How did you come across such two hob meats." The words that covered the sky made his heart half cold, but his eyes rolled, pondered for a while, and doubted in his heart, are the words of these two people true? Don't play me like a monkey, do you?

He Yuan opened his mouth and said, "If you don't believe it, send someone to take a look tomorrow." ”

"Okay, I'll send the manager tomorrow. Hey, don't light that broken cigarette. ”

2

The "manager" of the willow weaving society sent by the Lu Mansion is surnamed Ma, with a pair of triangular eyes, a few whiskers, and a treacherous villain. He took an accountant and a helper to the largest braiding factory in the society, and A-Ning was leading everyone to weave a five-color bag with straw rope.

"Let's stop," A-Ning said, "Let's welcome Manager Ma." ”

Manager Ma smiled and nodded to everyone, and below, there were thirty or fifty people sitting, including farmers, workers, and beggars, all in rags, with vegetables on their faces. He pretended to say: "Everyone works hard, my brother was ordered to be the manager of the willow weaving society, I hope everyone will support more, the brother is a shallow learner, and in the future, he will share weal and woe with everyone, and share glory and disgrace." ”

These people had already discussed with A-Ning in advance, so they didn't squeak, only Wang Daming stood up and said: "Manager Ma, don't be weak, everyone is illiterate, you say Baguwen, we don't understand, what do you say, everyone can do it, don't worry." ”

Manager Ma was very satisfied, let everyone continue to work, and then instructed the accountant Lao Zhu to take the account book and let him help write Xiao Chen's inventory. A-Ning took a fake account and handed it over, "Here, take a look, this month, I will definitely have to pay again, it just so happens that the manager is here, let's help find a way." You haven't cooked yet. ”

According to the agreement, he and He Yuan and A Ning are all "deputy managers", and Gai Guotian chatted with Manager Ma about business matters, got up and said: "Old Ma, let's go outside for two drinks." ”

"No, no, brother Xiang doesn't drink."

"No, I heard that you and Lu Huai, the housekeeper in the Lu Mansion, are iron buddies, and you often drink together."

"Hehe, taboo, taboo, bad spleen and stomach, diarrhea and diarrhea, so I avoid alcohol."

Wang Daming came up and said: "Manager Ma, Steward Lu's surname is Lu, your surname is Ma, what was said in ancient times was 'referring to a deer as a horse', that is, the two of you, right?" ”

Everyone next to him laughed, and Gai turned his head and said, "Don't talk nonsense, there is no culture at all." ”

Manager Ma was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "It's funny, the brothers are laughing at me, this is a good thing, we will be a family in the future, how can we tell each other." As he spoke, he also beckoned the two subordinates he brought, "Lao Zhu, Xiao Chen, come, let's also learn willow weaving techniques, if we don't experience it ourselves, how can we understand business things?" I also learned it myself. He picked up a bunch of hay and learned the art of weaving with the group.

Gai Guotian frowned quietly, this surnamed Ma doesn't seem to be a straw bale foodie.

A few days later, in the hut of the brick factory, everyone gathered again when it was dark and the lights were on, A-Ning said with some worry: "What should I do, they soak there all day, just like a dog around them, it is inconvenient to do anything, the surname Ma has nothing to say, and he is drilling through the cracks to listen to our internal news, if someone leaks it one day, it is really troublesome." ”

The little wit said: "That old Zhu and Xiao Chen, they don't look too bad, they just respond every day, not like Manager Ma, their eyes are always staring at us like dogs." ”