Chapter 52: Action (II)
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After the situation was grasped, a signal came from the courtyard, and Zhang Renjie quickly entered the Fushou University "Smoke" Hall through the back door.
"My lord, this fat guy is the shopkeeper, and the thin and tall guy is the bookkeeper! "Smoke" is here! Zhang Qishi pointed to the two people who were tied up, and then pointed to the six wooden boxes of different colors placed separately inside.
Zhang Renjie walked over and opened the wooden box, took out a piece from it, square, put it under his nose and sniffed it, and suddenly a somewhat familiar poppy smell rushed into his nostrils. "This should be the best cloud soil!" Zhang Renjie immediately recognized that this was the "tobacco" soil produced in Yunnan, and only the "tobacco" soil produced in Yunnan was this kind of palm-sized rectangular brick type, and the outer packaging was also labeled with the head of Lin Zexu, who was famous for the "tobacco" of Humen pin, and the "tobacco" soil in other places did not have this logo.
Several boxes were dismantled in a row, and there were two boxes of "Yan" with different shapes, one was horseshoe-shaped, the other was spherical, and the others were all square brick-shaped. "It's quite complete! Indian soil, Japanese red soil, cloud soil, Sichuan soil, Su soil. How can you be so good at business! As he spoke, Zhang Renjie turned around and kicked the thin and tall tent in the chest. This kick was hateful, and unconsciously used his strength, and the thin and tall tent was kicked and flew up and hit the wall, and after falling to the ground, he spit out two mouthfuls of blood and hung up!
The shopkeeper on one side was so frightened that his face was pale, although his mouth was gagged with rags, he still knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, and his mouth was still whining, don't think about it, he must be begging for mercy.
The several kinds of "cigarettes" that Zhang Renjie said just now are all marked on them, and the prices of different types of big "cigarettes" are also different. The most expensive of this is the imported Indian soil, which the British sold in, and the cheapest is not cloud soil, Su soil, or anything, but the red soil of small Japan, which is of inferior quality, very toxic, and dangerous to the human body. If you smoke a little more, you will have blood in the stool and other diseases, so the price of red clay is low, and the poor "tobacco" people are happy to smoke it, but these "tobacco" are the best sold in the soil.
It can also be seen from this name that there is still a province across the country that does not grow big "tobacco", that is, Jiangsu province also has a lot of big "tobacco" fields, but the area is not as large as Yunnan and Sichuan. Although there are only six boxes the size of travel backpacks in later generations, the "smoke" soil inside is very valuable. A piece of palm-sized red clay in Zhang Renjie's hand can be sold for almost a hundred taels of silver in this era. This is an absolutely valuable thing, more expensive than gold, and later in the early days of the Republic of China, many warlords used "tobacco" soil as money to buy arms, which could be worth hard currency, and had purchasing power more than money.
What is it like to smoke "Smoke"? Why does it make the country provoked, and tens of millions of people are willing to risk their lives, but still flock to it? Its taste is indeed very sweet, and it does not have the choking heat of cigar-scented "smoke", so many people are addicted to it after only one smoke. After addiction, not only is it difficult to quit for life, and it must not be left lightly, but also the addiction will gradually deepen, and the addict will stay on the bed for a long time, swallowing clouds and spitting fog, depressed morale, and weaker physique, especially the mental depletion, so death comes in advance.
Zhang Renjie didn't continue to move, otherwise the shopkeeper wouldn't be able to withstand his beating. But Tian Kui, a member of Zhang Qishi's side, couldn't help it, his uncle turned out to be a very rich landlord in Lingjiaqiao Town, which is adjacent to Wharf Town, and he lost his family property because of smoking "Tobacco", which ruined his family, and he still remembers this incident vividly, so he especially hates these drug dealers.
"Wait!" Zhang Renjie stopped Tian Kui after a few hits. "Stop fighting, I've fainted! These bastards do deserve to die, and it's not too late to kill them when I ask clearly. As he spoke, he walked up to the shopkeeper.
Zhang Renjie squatted down and slapped him a few times, then removed the rag from his mouth, and the fat shopkeeper also woke up. After seeing the person in front of him clearly, he was shocked: "Who are you?" What do you want to do? I tell you, get acquainted and let us go quickly, this is Jin Ye's territory, you are not afraid"
"It's time to pretend to be tough for me! Didn't you kowtow and beg for mercy just now?! Zhang Renjie rewarded two slaps again. Zhang Qishi, you take the others to search the room in front of you, then pour lamp oil on it, and then order this bird place later! That's right, go out and close the door! ”
"Yes!"
Several team members followed Zhang Qishi out, and there were only two team members left in the room to accompany Zhang Renjie. "Next, let me ask you to answer, do you understand?" Zhang Renjie continued to say to the fat shopkeeper at this time.
"You, you better let me go quickly, otherwise Jin Ye will not let you go! Jin Ye and the government are good friends, you have offended Jin Ye"
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Renjie grabbed a finger of his left hand and broke it hard. At the same time, the rag was quickly stuffed into his mouth, causing him to scream and be plugged back before he could let go.
"How's that, it's cool, isn't it? It's just that the screaming is too permeating. Hey, let's do it again! Zhang Renjie said and broke one of the fat shopkeeper's fingers, and the fat shopkeeper let out a miserable scream again, but it could only be a whine.
After being broken three fingers in a row, the fat shopkeeper completely collapsed, and continued to kowtow and beg for mercy.
As soon as Zhang Renjie pulled the rag from his mouth, he hurriedly said: "Don't break it, uncle, hero, hero, I really can't stand it, please spare the little one, right?" ”
"Say, I know you Jin Ye, a big local household, but I'm very interested in the source of his "Smoke", where to buy the goods, how to contact those people and so on, all give me a fifteen-ten, if there is a trick that is not explained, then next time it will not be as simple as worshipping fingers! The first-class executioner on the execution ground has a craft, and he can slice people piece by piece, which is called Ling Chi, and it just so happens that I will too, you know! As he spoke, he shook the knife in his hand. By the way, Tian Kui, close the door for me! ”
"Say, I'll say it all!"
This snake has a snake road, a rat has a mouse road, and there are quite a lot of roads in this big "Smoke". But no matter what, it's business, where is the source of goods, where are the distributors and dealers, and the fat shopkeeper's fifteen and ten are all poured out, of course, this is limited to what he knows, they are all small ways, such as where the soil of India comes from, he doesn't know.
"Alright, kill!" Zhang Renjie said to Tian Kui behind him.
"Hey, no, good man, you promised not to kill me!" The fat shopkeeper was so shocked by this sentence that the three souls were scattered and the seven spirits were scurrying, and he shouted in his mouth, but every door in this warehouse was closed tightly, and no sound could be heard outside.
Tian Kuizheng didn't have a chance to kill one before, so he immediately walked over and plunged a dagger into the fat shopkeeper's chest.
"Pack the things and carry them, the rest of the people start to light the fire, and they must all be sent back to the Dusi Yamen within ten minutes!"
"Yes!"
The harvest of this trip was good, and the total value of these six boxes of tobacco and soil was almost three thousand taels of silver, plus there were also three or five hundred taels of bits and pieces found on the front cabinet and in the account room. The total value is close to four thousand taels. But Zhang Renjie doesn't plan to sell these tobacco soils, but they can be used for fishing, and for those tobacco and soil dealers who sell tobacco soil, this is the best bait.
"My lord, this is the end of tonight's mission?" Zhang Qishi was also carrying a small wooden box on his shoulder at this time, and leaned over and asked.
Zhang Renjie smiled coldly under the firelight: "It's over? Not yet! Next, we have to take advantage of the chaos to destroy the other one, hmph, you will have to run out of the city in a while! I'll take someone after you!" ”
"Ahh What is this for?! Zhang Qishi wondered.
"You idiot, we have to do a full set of plays, don't you!" Zhang Renjie knocked him angrily. "Let's go!" After saying that, he threw the torch in his hand into the storeroom, and some other objects in the storeroom were all burned.