The two sides are arguing happily, and the price of salt has skyrocketed with the news of the strike, easily breaking through 100 Wen, and the merchants everywhere are watching the fight between the new governor and the salt merchants, and everyone has their own worries, but some merchants have begun to hoard salt and raise prices, and for a time the people in Sichuan are boiling with resentment.

At this time, the Lu family, a well-known salt merchant in Fushun, joined the other two companies to announce the acceptance of a new salt policy, and at the same time began to speed up the pace of salt production in response to the rising salt prices due to the strike, and the alliance of salt merchants began to break down.

Qiao Yu quickly granted the three companies the right to mine salt wells, and at the same time issued a new order, and the salt wells that could not be restored within three days were all taken over by the military and political axes!

This order fell on the salt merchant like a talisman, if he resisted hard, he was afraid that he would not even be able to keep the salt well, Zhang Deyang did not expect Qiao Yu to be so tough, to touch the lifeblood of the salt merchant, they are not vegetarians, and their subordinates control a large number of salt workers, all of whom were mobilized and marched on the streets to protest against the salt policy.

Most of the people in Fushun are related to salt, they all live on salt, the salt merchants wantonly incited, saying that the salt industry reform is to cut off everyone's way of life, is to let outsiders occupy the salt well in Fushun, the people do not know the details, many people were encouraged by the salt merchants, marched on the streets, and at the same time many people from the party also participated, these salt workers shouted and surrounded Qiao Yu's accommodation.

"Your Excellency, you're not going to do anything to these poor salt workers, are you?" Lu Wanqing asked, the little girl learned some Western medicine knowledge when she was studying abroad, and she stayed in the medical camp during the Sichuan-Yunnan War, bandaging the wounds of the wounded, and often stayed awake all night.

She was born in a family of salt merchants, and salt has almost become a nightmare for her, so she will not let go of this opportunity to change Fushun no matter what, and ran here to witness the moment of salt reform.

"Those salt workers are all instigated, they are all very pitiful, their daily income is barely enough to eat, and they have different degrees of joint diseases when exposed to salt brine for a long time, and they are even more miserable when they are old!"

"Well, don't worry, if I use violence against these people, won't I do the same thing as those salt merchants, I have already set the minimum wage standard for salt workers, and at the same time there are some welfare benefits, and I will make the lies of those salt merchants self-defeating."

When the salt workers were shouting loudly, suddenly the guards on both sides came to everyone with Qiao Yu and Lu Nai, and Lu Nai walked in front of the salt workers first.

"Folks, everyone knows me, I'm a native of Fushun, I won't harm everyone, some people say that the salt reform will smash everyone's jobs, it's completely nonsense, I have formulated the salt industry employment standards here, give priority to hiring local employees in Fushun, a minimum of five oceans per person per month, and also bear half of the medical expenses for everyone, and there are additional rewards for the New Year's holidays, everyone will only live better than before, and there will be absolutely no loss!"

Saying that Lu Nai handed over several employment standards to the salt workers, written in black and white, and there was also the governor's seal, the salt workers have been working hard, but fortunately, they can eat a bite of food, what they are most afraid of is that the rice bowl will be smashed, so they will come to the march under the instigation of people with intentions, but Lu Nai personally came forward to explain, and everyone suddenly became dumbfounded.

They never imagined that someone would make a law for them to protect their interests, so all the salt workers rushed to get the literate to read the decree to them, and they could not help but cheer when they heard that the minimum wage for a month was five silver dollars.

"Salt workers, I am Qiao Yu, Sichuan is now different from the past, the military and political axe is also different from the Manchu court, the duty of the political axe is to safeguard the interests of the people, to serve the people, the salt industry is a major maladministration, so that countless people suffer from high salt prices, so the military and political axe out of the need to safeguard the interests of the people decisively reform the salt government, at the same time everyone is also the people under the rule of the military axe, your interests are also in the consideration of the military and political axe, will try your best to take care of everyone, and I hope you will not be easily confused by gangsters with ulterior motives!"

Qiao Yu's words provoked the people to applaud uncontrollably, many salt merchants were secretly observing, seeing that the salt workers' march was easily resolved, and these salt workers got the promise of the military and political axes, and they asked for improved treatment, but where are these salt merchants willing to cut the meat, and suddenly the two sides fell into a stalemate.

And the time stipulated by Qiao Yu is getting closer and closer, if the salt well cannot operate normally, it will be nationalized, and at that time, the salt workers of Fushun will also be given priority to be hired, and only by getting rid of the exploitation of these big salt merchants can they get better treatment, so the salt workers are still looking forward to their salt wells being confiscated, so many salt workers have gone on strike, and even many salt workers have joined Lu Nai's men and began to produce salt for him.

Fushun's salt merchants are in a more and more difficult situation, and they want to take refuge in Qiao Yu, but it is too late, especially if they are rich but want to come up with 500,000 taels of silver soon, it is also a little difficult for most people, and they instigated the salt workers to strike, and they have already lost points in front of Qiao Yu, and whether they can get the qualification for well salt production is still between the two.

Zhang Deyang knew more clearly in his heart that the other party had already raised the butcher's knife, and it was his own salt merchants who had to be cleaned up, and he had tried his best to find some important friends in the past, and wanted to rely on them to help him get through the difficulties, but now the world is in chaos, Wuhan and Nanjing are fighting, and he has no energy to care about Sichuan's affairs.

"Old Zhang, do you think let's look for the old man? He is the underground emperor of Sichuan! He has hundreds of thousands of brothers under him, and now he has everything when he has soldiers, and one word he can say is more effective than a thousand words for us people! ”

The salt merchant surnamed Liu reminded Zhang Deyang that Zhang Deyang was also happy when he heard that he mentioned Youshan, this old man is the highest ranking in the Sichuan Elders' Association, and he is also a very influential figure in the Qinghong Gang.

It can be said that in the production and sales of well salt, black and white, the major salt merchants have made a lot of money, but they have suffered the people, and now the salt industry is about to be reformed, and the interests of the party will naturally be lost, can they be willing?

The more Zhang Deyang thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was good, and asked Guo Youshan to come forward to help make peace, no matter what it took to come up with more benefits, as long as he could keep his privileges, so Zhang Deyang immediately nodded and agreed, and he personally went to find Guo Youshan.

"Young master, Zhang Deyang has gone to find the situation!"

Wang Tianhe's intelligence officers have been paying attention to the Fushun salt merchant's every move, and when they found out that Zhang Deyang went to find the situation, he naturally wanted to report to Qiao Yu!

"Besides, there are mountains? Is it the ancestor of the Elders' Church? ”

"That's right, his influence in Sichuan ** is extraordinary, that is, many local officials are very polite to him, and the manpower he can mobilize is also tens of thousands, and he also controls many trade routes, which should not be underestimated!"

"Tianhe, in the final analysis, it's just a gangster force, you have to remember how powerful the gang is Wuchao will inevitably turn into powder under the strong pressure of the political axe, as the so-called chaos is not cured, if they are bent on finding death, I will completely sweep them into the garbage heap, but it is best not to cause social unrest, now that the end has been eliminated, immediately transfer the second division over, and stew the salt merchants and the elders!"