Chapter 034 Collection of Protection Fees
After Gu Zicheng left, Shi Dazhu said to Leng Tiehu: "Brother, don't be afraid. Since you have joined the Silver Spear Club, you are my person, Gu Zicheng dares to move a finger from you, and I, the eldest brother, will return you a hand. ”
"Thank you, Brother Dazhu."
"In the future, in front of outsiders, don't call me brother, but call the helmsman."
"Yes, helmsman."
"Big brother. What about me? Shi Xiaoshu looked at Da Zhu, and seemed to want a name.
"You're still young, and when you can touch the nails hanging the bacon under the eaves, you'll be able to join."
"I mean, what am I going to call you in the future?"
"Hehe, just call the eldest brother."
"Big brother, how can you get revenge on the Iron Tiger?"
Shi Dazhu hugged the iron tiger in one hand and the small tree in the other: "It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge." Now Gu Zicheng is gaining momentum, and some of his Red Guards have guns, and if we do it now, it will attract the attention of the peasant association. The Silver Gun Club has just been established, and we must be patient in order to achieve great things. ”
Xiaoshu nodded again and again, he used to think that the eldest brother was five big and three coarse and had no brains, but now he admires the eldest brother a little.
"Gu Zicheng is a rabbit's tail, it can't grow. We went to the peasant association to sue him, and he had good fruit to eat. Xiaoshu said.
"Well done!" Shi Dazhu let go of the two brothers, "If you want to get rid of the evil dragon, first get rid of the dragon's claws." That's how we came little by little, cutting off his left and right hands first, and then looking for an opportunity. Maybe at that time, someone will kill him without us having to do it at all. ”
Xiaoshu and Tiehu didn't understand what Dazhu meant. Dazhu didn't say it explicitly, but just smiled sinisterly.
At this time, a disciple of the Zhenyuan Martial Arts Hall came to Xiao Shu's house and told Shi Dazhu that all the congregations of the Silver Spear Society had been assembled in Wenchang Palace, waiting for the chief helmsman to give a lecture.
Shi Dazhu entered the house to say goodbye to his parents, and then said to Tiehu: "There is no carpentry work to do recently, don't stay at home, come with me to meet the Silver Gun Club." ”
Xiaoshu was anxious: "Big brother, what about me?" ”
"Stay at home." Dazhu said solemnly.
Xiaoshu twisted his head, looking unhappy.
Soon after Shi Dazhu and Tiehu left, Xiaoshu also sneaked into the town and found Wenchang Palace. He also wanted to see what the Silver Spear would do, and he wanted to see how big an official the chief helmsman was.
Xiao Shu did not dare to enter Wenchang Palace, but climbed a big tree nearby. Sitting on the branches, you can clearly see every move in the Wenchang Palace.
Thirty or fifty people had already gathered in front of the main hall in the palace, chirping and shouting.
As soon as the stone pillar came out of the main hall, the courtyard suddenly fell silent. A man dressed as a Taoist priest held a half-speaking and half-singing tone and said, "After paying homage to the incense, please speak to the chief helmsman." ”
Shi Dazhu stood on the steps, straightened his gray-white short coat, and cleared his throat again: "Thank you brothers for your trust in my Shi Dazhu." The Silver Spear Society had just been established, and it had grown to more than fifty congregations overnight, which was the result of the blessing of Emperor Wenchang and the result of the preaching of the brothers. Here, I will first fulfill my promise that whoever introduces a brother to the club will be rewarded with ten copper plates. ”
"Wow." The crowd cheered.
Shi Dazhu said to the Taoist priest beside him: "Master Gou, take the money and send it now." ”
More than a dozen congregants received bounties from the Taoist priests, and they were all overjoyed.
Shi Dazhu continued: "When you brothers join the Silver Spear Society, you must obey the rules of the Silver Spear Society, and absolutely obey the chief helmsman.
Our Silver Gun Club is not a gang, and it doesn't engage in those messy gang rules, but the necessary etiquette is still there.
At present, there are three rudders under the general rudder, with Shun'an field as the boundary, divided into two rudders in the north and south, and one rudder on the water.
All of us are my brothers, and we all share blessings and hardships. ”
"Share the blessings and share the difficulties." The congregation responded and sang loudly.
Shi Dazhu made a pressing motion with both hands, and everyone was silent.
Dazhu said again: "The slogan of our Silver Gun Club is to protect the territory and the people. We need to enlist the support of the majority and prove with our actions that this team is the backer of Evian. If you don't want to contribute, you just want to eat and drink spicy food, then go and become a bandit. Our Silver Gun Club is a team of the masses and supports the people. ”
"Isn't this similar to the Red Guards?" A sentence popped up from the crowd.
Shi Dazhu's face sank, and he glanced at a strong man beside him. The strong man rushed into the ranks, took out the person who had just spoken, and punched him three times in succession. The man screamed a few times and collapsed to the ground, curled up in a ball.
Gou Junshi said in a strange manner: "The state has national laws, and the family has family rules. The Silver Gun Club also has the rules of the Gun Club. When the chief helmsman spoke, no one could move, no one could ask, did the brothers understand? ”
"Understood." The sound was earth-shattering.
The little tree sitting on the tree said to himself, "Fortunately, I'm not from the Silver Spear Society." There are too many disciplines, so it's okay not to participate. ”
Leng Tiehu, who was standing in the team, was in a complicated mood at this time. He passively accepted Shi Dazhu's invitation to join the Silver Spear Society. He had no idea what the Silver Spear was for, he had only come to get revenge.
"Brothers." Shi Dazhu walked back and forth on the steps a few times, "We will have a rule for the silver spear, take people's money and keep people safe." We are not the same as the Red Guards, who have to patrol at night, and the silver guns will not be used. The Red Guards listened to the Communists, and the Silver Guns listened to the helmsman. The Red Guards were not allowed to enter the kiln, and the brothers of the Silver Gun Society could go if they wanted. ”
Speaking of this, Shi Dazhu deliberately stopped, and the brothers in the audience laughed.
Shi Dazhu waved his hand, everyone quieted down again, and Gou Junshi walked to the front desk and said: "According to the instructions of the chief helmsman, each rudder will act immediately on its own territory and collect the fee for protecting the territory and the people. Regardless of whether it is a large shop or a boatman hunter, they must all be collected. The amount is determined by each rudder master according to the specific situation, and returns to Wenchang Palace before dark. The main rudder is to see, which of the three rudder sub-rudder receives more, and the reward is more. ”
"Zhennan has an order."
"Zhenbei has an order."
"The rudder on the water is ordered."
Shi Dazhu shouted angrily: "Shoot!" ”
Two disciples walked out of the main hall, each holding a bundle of silver tasseled spears, and each congregation was given a shot.
Cold Iron Tiger also gets a Silver Tassel Gun. He checked it, it was too light, not as convenient as his axe.
Tiehu was assigned to the rudder in the north of the town, and he didn't know how to collect this protection fee, so let's follow it anyway. With this mentality, he followed the team to the north of the town.
The team first stopped in front of a blacksmith's shop. This Sun Blacksmith is a veteran of Evian Town, and those axes of the Iron Tiger were made by Sun Blacksmith for him.
A tall and thin member walked into the blacksmith shop and shouted, "Old grandson, old grandson, pay the protection fee." ”
Blacksmith Sun held a small hammer in his hand and asked, "What protection money?" ”
"Protecting the border and securing the people." Hu Dahai, the helmsman of the Zhenbei Helm, said, "Now that the world is restless and there are many bandits, our Silver Spear Club will specifically protect everyone, so we have to charge a little protection fee." ”
Blacksmith Sun looked at the group of people inside and outside the shop and said, "Silver Spear Society?" I made all those guns overnight, and I haven't paid the manual fees yet? They also asked me for protection money. No. ”
"Old grandson, whoever asks you to shoot a gun, you will find someone to ask for wages. We only charge protection fees, one yard to one yard. Hu Dahai said.
"What kind of world has this become?" Blacksmith Sun asked, "How much does it cost?" ”
"Look at your age, it's not easy, a silver dollar."
"What, a silver dollar? Take my old life and see if you can get it for a dollar. ”
"Then fifty of them."
"Nope. If you don't have money, you have to die. ”
"Old thing, don't be embarrassed. If you don't pay the protection fee today, we will smash your store, don't say that you are an iron striker, and we are not afraid of a gold striker. ”
Blacksmith Sun was so angry that he picked up the hammer and struck it vigorously on the cutting board.
No way. When he met an unreasonable master, he had no choice but to go into the house, and came out with ten copper plates, and said, "These are the only ones, take them if you want, and don't arrest me." ”
Hu Dahai took the money, checked it, and scolded, "Old thing." "Went away with the congregation.
In this way, along a street, each shop can collect a little. The big households have more money, and the small households have less money, and no one can run.
Leng Tiehu followed the team like sleepwalking.
He didn't want to do such a skinless and faceless thing, as long as the helmsman didn't urge, he would shrink back. He neither came out of his head nor spoke, like a mute.
He asked himself in his heart, should he collect such protection money? Will the Silver Gun be doing things for the common people?
Walking and walking, we arrived at the White Jade Academy.