Chapter 449: Fight for the Wharf

When the carriage returned to Qingdao Town, it was blocked on the road into the town, and through the window of the carriage, you could see that many young and strong men were standing in front of it, staring at each other like fighting cocks.

"What's going on?"

"Back to Zhao Ye, this is the Chaoshan Gang and the Jiangxi Gang on the dock in order to compete for territory and dry horses, there are 15,600 people on both sides, and no one is convinced of anyone, so the road is blocked, and the cars and horses can't pass for the time being."

"All of them are full, call their leaders over, and just talk to me, if there is anything to go to the Liangguang teahouse in the town to drink tea, let them dismiss all the people for me, get out of the way, no one will eat if they do this in the future, and they will go to drink the northwest wind."

"Knowing Zhao Ye, I'll go and pass the word."

"Humph......"

Zhao Qishan is the director of the Qingdao Port Company, whether it is those small and medium-sized trading companies that lease warehouses or the gangs that carry the work at the wharf, they all point to him to enjoy food, and in the Qingdao Port, which is an acre of three-thirds of land, what he says is the rules, and no one can violate them.

Although he is only a minority shareholder with a 2.7% stake, he can represent the kitchen knife group of 4 and the voting rights of the shares held by Tang Shaoyi, totaling 6.6%, and is a very influential company director.

More than 80% of the equity of Qingdao Port Property is controlled by the split Pacific Shipping Company, and the company's chairman, general manager and other important positions are also controlled by the company, which is the real behind-the-scenes decision-maker of the port.

Zhao Qishan, as a local gentry who had won the honor of a good citizen, deputy director of the Qingdao Town Royal Ranchers Association, and a very influential big man in the town, has a strong say in the actual operation of the port.

The young strong men who were originally crowded at the intersection to dry their horses somehow received a message from the gang boss, and quickly evacuated with people, and the road was smooth again.

The luxury carriages crowded outside the town drove in one after another, and one of the carriages came straight to the door of the Liangguang Teahouse, and the two sturdy bodyguards in the carriage jumped down, and the men in the teahouse respectfully greeted the door.

"Zhao Ye auspicious, you haven't come for a day, please take a break inside."

"Huh...... You little monkey has a sharp mouth. ”

Zhao Qishan got out of the carriage, looked around calmly, and commanded; "The carriage will send Madame back first, she has not bothered to listen to these rude men chew their tongues."

"Obey, Master Zhao."

"I went up to drink tea first, and the people from the Chaoshan Gang and the Jiangxi Gang who made trouble came, let them come in and talk, and everyone else stopped me outside."

"Got it, Master Zhao, please sit upstairs."

"Hmm!"

Zhao Qishan responded, and under the guidance of the shopkeeper of the teahouse in front, Shi Shiran walked up to the second floor, came to a window seat and sat down, and the store guys had already served tea and 8 kinds of fruit plates and melon seeds.

It didn't take long

The two majestic men walked in one after another, saluted Zhao Qishan respectfully, and then sat on the tea table with one left and one right.

Among them, Boss Zuo, the leader of the Jiangxi Gang, is a sturdy middle-aged man, he looked at the leader of the Chaoshan Gang, Yu Dankun, coldly, the anger on his face flashed, and he said to Zhao Qishan with both hands in fists; "Master Zhao, today our two families have some unpleasantness, causing you trouble, please allow me to be careful about this matter......"

"The surname Zuo, where is Zhao Ye impatient to listen to your gossip to confuse the public, your Jiangxi Gang obediently let out Pier 3, everyone takes a step back, our Chaoshan Gang is not too much, mixing in the rivers and lakes is for wealth and not for anger......"

"Do your big dream of Qingqiu, Pier 3 is our territory, if you want to take it, you have to see if my hundreds of brothers agree."

"Hmph, you Jiangxi Yankees can't be ...... here."

"Shut up!"

Zhao Qishan raised his eyebrows and broke off, Boss Zuo and Yu Dankun were stunned for a moment, and they shut up without saying a word, but they still stared at each other fiercely with their eyes, eager to cut each other alive with their eyes.

"I haven't spoken yet, you two have made it clear, have you forgotten whose side of the dock is?" The anger on Zhao Qishan's face loomed, and he forced his eyes to look at the two of them and said;

"How long have you two been here, have you two been here?

If you eat here, you must abide by my rules, otherwise I will drive you out, and it is difficult to find three-legged toads in this world, and there are many two-legged immigrants.

Running to the entrance of the town to dry the horses, is it enough of the good life and wants to spend the rest of his life in a hard labor camp?

If so, I've got you covered.

Never forget whose heaven is here, don't take your brave and ruthless set in the Old World, here is the dragon has to coil for me, the tiger has to lie down for me, this is the earl's world, there are rules and regulations.

Not to mention you poor coolies covered in stinky sweat, even the tyrannical white Dutch and the local white cowboys, the Earl also said that you would be killed, and there were no shortage of you who were traitors and hanged on the gallows.

Use your brains to do things, Queensland is a place where rules are spoken, and in the past few years, those murderous horse bandits who did not blink were hung on the gallows in rows, this kind of spectacular scene has never been seen by you poor ghosts, and you really don't know what fear is?

Go out and ask the old man about it, and then think about whether you want to fight for the dock, I'm afraid that you have the life to grab it, and you don't have the life to enjoy it. ”

After a reprimand, the two bigwigs said that their faces were pale, and they looked at each other with a look of fear on their faces.

A few years ago, the clean-up operation in northern Queensland was very loud, especially the killing of hundreds of horse bandits outside Burns, which was really bloody and miserable.

There is no third way out, and there is a row of gallows outside each township, and the horse bandits who were hanged on them are hung on it is spectacular, and it is a great deterrent to lawlessness.

From now on

The law and order in northern Queensland is clear, and cowboys will obediently hand over their weapons when they go into taverns to drink, and it is difficult to see the vicious criminal cases of the traitor department, after all, breaking the criminal law is not fun, it is really dead.

In the past, there were often private ranchers who made cameo appearances as horse bandits, but now no one does.

Once all the property is found to be confiscated, whether you are a white man or a Chinese adult man goes to the gallows, and the adult woman is thrown into the brothel of the Qinglou Chuguan, it will be completely over.

Queensland implements strict punishment and strict laws to crack down on illegal crimes, but there is no prison cell, once convicted and not qualified to go to the gallows, they will inevitably be thrown into the mine hard labor camp, and the crime will be washed away with the sweat of labor, and it will be difficult to come out again in this life.

After all, the hard labor camp is not a vacation camp, and it is still a matter of whether it can survive doing more tiring work than livestock and eating worse food than pigs.

Boss Zuo and Yu Dankun knew the stakes, stood up with a pale face, and suddenly knelt down in front of Zhao Qishan with a "plop".

"It's all to blame for our ghosts, and we did something wrong when our minds were hot, please let Master Zhao spare me a lot of this time, and I will definitely repair the tablet for you in the future, but Zhao Ye is the first to look forward."

"It's all for the sake of this group of bitter brothers under him, who caused this disaster, and asked Zhao Ye to punish him, but in the future, there will be an order, and there will be no disobedience."

"Alright, alright, what's the use of what I want you stinky coolies? Get up and speak. Zhao Qishan's face was slightly pale, and the void raised his hand to let them stand up, and then said earnestly;

"Don't hide it, Guangtian and I came to Australia a few years ago, and they all had no longevity, and they worked hard bit by bit to get their net worth today.

You've been here for two years, and you know that it's easy to mix a bite of food and clothing here, and big fish and meat are nothing, just let go of your belly and eat.

Such a good thing could not have been dreamed of in the Old World.

But in the world of Australia, as long as you are willing to make some effort, eating meat is just the simplest wish, thanks to the blessing of Lord Earl, and getting rich is more.

Look around the world

The newspapers said that the piglets who were sold to North America to build railroads lived a miserable life in a white society.

If nothing else, just look at those white-dominated autonomous states in southern Australia, where Chinese immigrants have no right to marry wives, have no right to own their own property, and have to pay an additional pound in taxes every month, and their hard-earned wealth may be extorted by whites at any time, which is the real situation of Chinese compatriots overseas.

The good life you have now depends on the Earl's support and wings for millions of overseas Chinese people to live the good life they have always dreamed of.

I don't want to know what you are doing at the docks, and I don't want to know about it, but I know that you are well fed and warmly dressed, and you often go to the tavern to get drunk, prostitute Fusang women, prostitute Nanyang indigenous women, and even have money to gamble, and your life is not bad at all.

No one cares how you go about your life, and you deserve to die drunk on the streets.

If you want to be content, you must abide by the rules if you want to enjoy a happy and peaceful life, otherwise, do you think that the tens of thousands of people armed to the teeth of the Earl are all good people, born to do good deeds?

Don't be dizzy with the desire for profit, whether it's a gang or a church, law-abiding associations can be protected, but relying on the power of gangs to oppress the good, be traitors, and engage in some shady deeds, then the lifelong hard labor of hundreds of thousands of people in the mine is not a problem, you go back and think about it yourself, don't make me dizzy all day long.

As for the turf matter, I will not meddle in the matter, you can discuss it yourself, but next time there is a phenomenon of blatant drying horses, you can choose one of two from the hard labor camp and the gallows, and there is no third way to go.

For the sake of my compatriots, I've only said so much, now you can get out of ......."

A merciless reprimand made Boss Zuo and Yudankun sweat trickle down their faces, and they retreated in a panic.

Zhao Qishan calmed down, picked up the tea cup and drank it leisurely.

Saying these words is really for the good of these people, otherwise they will violate the criminal law in ignorance, and they will really not be able to save the king of heaven.

The current stable and peaceful situation in Queensland is completely dependent on the deterrence of harsh punishment and strict laws, which is a good thing in the interests of the vast majority of immigrants and is widely supported.

Chinese overseas immigrants are hardworking, down-to-earth and hard-working, generally introverted, unwilling to have more rights and wrongs, and can stimulate strong enthusiasm for construction in a peaceful environment.

Looking at the gratifying scenes in Queensland today, we can see that with the right economic and social environment, every overseas Chinese can grow into a towering tree and grow into a part of the lush forest.

But this does not mean that everyone is like this, there are always some brave and ruthless, cheating and slippery people, who are unwilling to work and just want to take shortcuts with crooked ideas, and the good scriptures are mispronounced by crooked monks, and there are also this cases.

Especially since the beginning of this year, the intensification of the introduction of immigration waves has inevitably caused mud and sand, and many people have brought in the vices of the Old World.

At this time, you have to rely on the rules again.

Whoever violates the law should be whipped, and if he should be put into a hard labor camp, he should be put into a hard labor camp, and if he should be put on the gallows, he will be put on the gallows, and there is nothing to say.

The role of the law is to punish the former and the latter, cure the sick and save people, and deter lawlessness, regardless of whether the white Chinese or the upper class aristocrats, all are treated equally, so as to form a fair and just legal environment and give people a sense of security.

Zhao Qishan didn't want to be too deeply involved with these gang members, let alone hundreds of thugs, because this could be hundreds of troubles.

Jianghu righteousness is a double-edged sword, do you want to help your brother if you fight and suffer a loss, do you want to dredge up if you are caught by the police, do you want to go with you for drinking and gambling, and do you want to fight back when other gangs come to occupy the territory?

Inadvertently will violate the criminal law, in Queensland justice is an independent system, Zhao Qishan is just a local gentry who has been rewarded by good citizens, although he is quite powerful in Qingdao Town, but he is not capable of covering the sky with one hand.

If you accidentally play big, you will suffer.

Okay, that's all I can do, and the rest is up to you.

This is the end of the help that Zhao Qishan can give to these new immigrants, he is now a rancher with a lot of money, it is wise to keep a proper distance from the bottom of society, and the so-called jade does not touch the crockpot.

His mind turned to Lu Qiang, who left today, what made Lu Qiang, who has always been quite smart, give up the lucrative port shares, give up the mansion and shops in Qingdao Town, and resolutely plunge into the Jinshui River Basin development project.

If it was Mayor Li Siyuan's bewitchment, it wouldn't have such great power!

What is that Lujia Town?

It didn't make Lu Qiang almost give up most of his wealth and plunge into the Jinshui River Basin development project, is it really for some ridiculous dream?

Zhao Qishan thought about it and gradually thought of a possible reason.

Lu Qiang is one of the few people from Huguang, probably because of the hard-to-give up involvement of the concept of countryside and clan, and wants more people of the same country and clan to come to Australia, to be precise, to immigrate to the Jinshui River Basin of Shangri-La, and establish a Lujia Town belonging to his relatives, which may be his real dream.

For this reason, even if you give up most of your wealth, you don't hesitate.

This bastard didn't even talk to a few of us, did he really think so?

The more Zhao Qishan thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible, although Lu Qiang could be a guarantor in Qingdao Town and move some fellow villagers from Huguang to come in, after all, there were only dozens of people, at most hundreds of people, and it was impossible to introduce them on a large scale.

However, the development of the Jinshui River basin has preferential policies, which allow for the recruitment of migrants at designated points, but at a higher cost, which makes it possible for thousands of fellow villagers to migrate on a large scale.

I lost this precious opportunity, and I am afraid it will be difficult to see it again next time.

It's a good Lujia town, and it really lives up to its name.