Chapter 115: Apparent Tranquility
Over the next few days, Ding Li had allowed Xu Hong to double his allowance to 20 copper plates, and the daily cabaret performances across the pier had grown in scale. Especially after the order of the dock is stabilized, the dancers invited by the Nanhai Gang will leave the dock one after another even when they are united, and now the dock is more like a troupe, and there are still a lot of fixed audiences every day, after all, it is free to watch the performance and there is an allowance to get, twenty copper plates, saving a little is enough for a day's expenses.
The Chaozhou Gang seized the dock, and before the Zhang Chamber of Commerce and the Nanhai Gang couldn't sit still, the masterminds behind the Tian and Cao clans became more and more anxious. It's not that they refuse to remove the militia guarding the wharf, but that the coolies at the wharf are now unwilling to go to the wharf, in addition to watching the performance, there are hundreds of representatives who invariably went to the gate of the Jiedu Mansion to ask for their lives, asking the Jiedu to make the adults aware of this matter and return the people to peace.
As for why these so-called representatives did this, even the Tian and Cao families are clear, and a few of them are familiar faces of the Nanhai Gang, or old fritters who have been in the dock for many years.
Regarding this matter, the Jiedu envoy Li Zhen also spoke personally, and asked the observation envoy and the market envoy to come up with the most appropriate way to deal with it, and it should be done as soon as possible. Some of the sea ships that originally entered the port of Guangzhou had to turn around and go to sea to berth and unload their goods at Fuxu Port due to the lack of a place at the wharf.
Within two days, Ding Li got the news from Uncle Fu of the Xiangming Tea House, and the city was originally divided into two factions, one was Fuxu Port, and the other was Guangzhou Port.
But some cargo ships that were originally registered in Guangzhou Port have now arrived at Fuxu Port, and the daily transaction volume of hundreds of thousands of yuan is not a small amount, not to mention the extremely considerable gray income, which makes the group of guys in Guangzhou Port City almost count their fingers every day about how much money should have flowed into the pockets of the old opponents in Fuxu Port.
In a few days, the already lively port of Fuxu was even more noisy, and the huge wharf was crowded with even the coolies who carried the goods had to be careful, otherwise they might knock each other over.
Not only these, but this sudden change has driven the dart industry in Fuxu Town, especially after the Miao dart bureau went back a few days ago, the news that there were thieves and robbers on the road quickly spread, although many people did not believe it, but those businessmen who came and went between Guangzhou Mansion and Fuxu Town did not dare to be careless.
The two places are not far apart, and the commission for escorting a trip to the goods is a drop in the bucket compared to the value of the goods themselves, and it is not worth mentioning at all. Moreover, there are some gossip rumors in Fuxu Town at the moment, who was the first to spread and no one knows, but it has been spread ten or ten, and in the end, it is not only a nose and an eye, but also said to be a reliable source within the official, saying that recently, the big backer behind the Zhang Chamber of Commerce and the Cao Chamber of Commerce is facing off, as for when Guangzhou Port can pass again, it all depends on the mood above.
With this news, those businessmen did not dare to take it lightly, and even after several wealthy chambers of commerce rented a certain dart game as private employment in one go, more and more people followed suit. After all, these people's trading houses were in Guangzhou City instead of this Fuxu Town, and they were in Fuxu Town when they unloaded their goods, and they were naturally still here when they loaded their ships, so they directly made preparations for a protracted war, and directly hired a fixed dart team to travel between the two places to transport goods.
This can make the Miao dart bureau, which is already a big business, very happy, the Zhang Chamber of Commerce also has its own sea ship docked in Fuxu Town, even Zhang Mingzhi feels the pressure increased suddenly, not to mention that there are not enough people in the Chamber of Commerce, and now even some people in the house have been sent out, and it is still impossible to maintain the normal flow of goods in the entire Chamber of Commerce.
And at this time, the Miao dart bureau appeared, not only a letter of recommendation from Ding Li, but also the objective eight-fold commission, whether it was the former or the latter, it was the reason why Zhang Mingzhi could not refuse, even if he told several people in charge of the chamber of commerce to discuss these things with the Miao dart bureau.
As for when Guangzhou Port will be reopened, Zhang Mingzhi himself has not received any available news, and even when Uncle Xiang left two days ago, he was hesitant and did not dare to say the specific date, but Uncle Xiang said that in fact, the rumors outside are not all wrong, and this time it is indeed a muffled battle between the three giants of Guangzhou Prefecture.
The closure of Guangzhou Port not only did not have much impact on big forces such as the Zhang Chamber of Commerce and the Cao Chamber of Commerce, but even the small forces of several people working together to run a sea ship did not suffer much loss, after all, the profits of imported goods were too high. Although there have been some small twists and turns in the sale of goods at the moment, it is nothing more than a little less money for them, but in the end, there are many fewer people who fall into the hands of the city.
One day or two can endure it, a long time, the first to be unable to hold their breath is the Guangzhou Port, there has been chaos within the city, although it is not on the surface, but it is already a discord in the hearts of the people, and there are bursts of grievances.
The one who was most affected was Liu Sanye of the Chaozhou Gang, in fact, the idea of seizing the dock was not something he came up with, but a move made by the two young masters of the Cao family and the Tian family to attack the Nanhai Gang and the Zhang Chamber of Commerce. But in the end, those who complained didn't dare to accuse the two young masters, so they had to point the finger at Liu Sanye. Although Liu Sanye is now an official military attache of the imperial court, those officials in the city, no matter how big or small, not only no longer give each other a smile, but also send people to accuse and question them again and again every day.
And now, it is no longer Liu Sanye's decision to remove the militia that wants to remove and seize the wharf of Guangzhou Port, because around the wharf, Jiedu Mansion has issued an order to directly transfer a 500-strong elite army from the military camp to be stationed there, but nominally to maintain order.
Moreover, the militia is also an armed force, in essence, it is still subject to the restriction and mobilization of the Jiedu Mansion, and every day he weighs the order in his hand that stamps the seal of the Jiedu Mansion, Liu Sanye is also bitter, and the appointment clearly instructs him to seal the dock. As for why the wharf continued to be sealed, Jiedu made Li Zhen move out a more sensational smuggling case of sea vessels before, that is, when Leper Wu was still at the wharf, the smuggling incident of Liu Fu, the owner of the sea vessel, that happened at night, Jiedu Mansion instructed that this matter must be strictly investigated and the instructions behind it will be wiped out.
During this period, the most leisurely was Ding Li, but it was also a period of pain for Ding Li. In addition to visiting Sai Yigaard and Wang Ling every day, he simply dealt with some of the situations reported by Xu Hong, and most of the rest of the time was pulled by Liu Sheng to learn musical instruments.
However, there is something worse than Ding Li, that is, Wang De and the four of them, who rest for less than three hours every day, and will be pulled by the sunspot to patrol around the Ding Mansion and Zhang's Mansion in the middle of the night, and will be pulled by the sunspot again before dawn to repeat. From the beginning of the day, the four of them had to receive special training from Kuroko, and in addition to these, the four of them were divided into two groups, taking turns to go to the dock in the morning and afternoon to inspect the situation.
Day after day, several people lost their initial complaints, especially after several people clearly felt that their abilities were rapidly improving, and they liked this rhythm of life more and more. Especially Wang Huan, who is the least daring among them, in just ten days, even if he is wearing a short shirt, he can faintly feel the strength and strength revealed on the two obviously thickened arms.
And these days, Wang De and the others have gained far more than that, in the first few days, under the leadership of Heizi, they have successively cleaned up more than a dozen dark posts that dared to leave around the Ding Mansion, until later at night, there was almost no one within 100 meters around the Ding Mansion.
Now Saidgard has recovered well, and in response to the party's request, Ding Li also sent someone to send him back to his home in Fanfang District, but he also selected a group of brain-stimulating guys from those Fanbang young people who followed Saidgard to join the South China Sea Gang and stayed near Saidgard's house all day to avoid any accidents.
Due to the special situation in the city now, there are more regular army patrols in the city during the day, plus those officials and yamen who were originally on errands, standing at almost any street corner, their eyes sweeping around, you can see people from the government or the army. There are even two time slots in the morning and afternoon, and there will be a team of twenty Jiedu Mansion soldiers to personally inspect it.
In this case, although the people in the city felt a little panicked at first, after three or five days, everyone got used to it, and now the security in the city is indeed much better, and even some shops that usually make noises have now calmed down a lot so as not to attract attention.
Ding Li can also rest assured that he can take Liu Sheng out of the house to walk, and the two of them left the house early in the morning, which made Ding Li, who had been in the house for several days, suddenly have a feeling of seeing the light of day, plus the sun above his head is indeed brilliant, and the sun near October is not as vicious as midsummer, but it also makes Ding Li feel very comfortable, especially Liu Sheng, who has a body recovery next to him, the two of them talk and laugh, and a morning passes quickly.
Liu Sheng also stayed in the new house for a long time, and he was very happy to come out this time, especially when he was extremely rare to be accompanied by Ding Li, and he was full of excitement and pulled Ding Li's footsteps non-stop, as if he wanted to visit half of Guangzhou City in one morning.
Although he has lived in this city for more than ten years, due to the fact that his life has always been poor, the places he has traveled are extremely limited, and many streets are even unnamed. Now that he is accompanied by Ding Li, he is even more intimate along the way holding Ding Li's arm and refusing to let go, and a small mouth does not stop at all, and even Ding Li has to take the other party to the Xiangming Tea House to drink tea to quench his thirst halfway.
Of course, it is impossible for Liu Sheng to know that Ding Li also got some information and the latest news from the Xiangming Teahouse on the way, after leaving the Xiangming Teahouse, Ding Li took Liu Sheng to purchase some items, and then went straight to the direction of Fanfang District, Liu Sheng naturally did not know that Ding Li was taking the opportunity to visit Saidgade to discuss other things, and he was still full of joy by his side, from beginning to end, that pretty face was full of happy smiles, dazzling.