When hundreds of people shouted the slogan of "Boycott Zheng's Salt" together, the people who ate melons were shocked and immediately looked at Lin Xie Yuan again.

Experienced people understand that Lin Jieyuan's statement is the most important.

But to everyone's disappointment, Lin Xie Yuan did not react to the slogan of "boycott Zheng's salt".

Instead, he turned around again and called affectionately to the gate, "Swallow! Swallow! You have to be happy! I'll come back to see you tomorrow! ”

Everyone: "."

In this situation, what kind of affectionate character do you Lin Jieyuan still need to sell!

The Zheng family's main fighting force has been disabled, and they have no ability to fight back for the time being.

And with the strong support of hundreds of "folks", Ling Lin Xie Yuan can completely rush into the Zheng family's courtyard and directly snatch the white oiran away!

What is the reason for arranging a "tomorrow to be continued" for everyone?

It can only be said that the level of the problem is different depending on the level of the station.

Then Lin Xie Yuan took out a piece of paper out of nowhere, waved it and said, "This is the poem you wrote to me, I finally wrote the most satisfying poem!"

If you take it to participate in the Pingshan Hall poetry competition, you will definitely win the championship! I'll read it to you tomorrow when I come! ”

Although the people who eat melons can't see the poems in Lin Jieyuan's hands clearly, no one is anxious about it.

Sure enough, in the crowd, someone began to distribute printed paper manuscripts again.

A reader opened it and saw that it was a song of seven laws:

"At the end of the world, there are twelve heavy curtains embracing the Zhu Rail.

The grass is blue and the sky is blue, and the evil east wind is especially cold.

The birds in the cage can be restored, and the water in the pot may be difficult to harvest.

The falling flowers and dancing are like water, but the red curtain can't bear to look at it. ”

There is a bit of a woman saying goodbye to a man in the poem, and everyone sighed after reading it, if this is written by a woman, the level is not bad, and it is worthy of being a Suzhou Oiran.

When such a vigorous event happened on the street in the morning, Zheng Yuanwai was at home to meet Wang Yuanwai, a fellow villager and trader.

Both of them are from Huizhou, and they both run the salt industry, and the scale is not small, so it is not strange to move around each other.

"What kind of wind blew Brother Wang over today?" Zheng Zhiyan is a few years younger than Wang Qing, so he calls each other brothers.

Wang Qingdao: "I came here today to ask my brother about someone.

There is a young descendant Wang Yusheng in the Wang family of Dongshan, Suzhou, the elder brother often travels to Suzhou, and he has seen and heard a lot, have you ever heard of it? ”

Zheng Yuanwai smiled: "This person was not very famous before, if you want to ask, I may not know, but now I can say one or two." ”

Wang Yuanwai said: "Why is this? ”

Zheng Zhiyan replied in detail: "During the previous Chinese New Year, someone in Suzhou wanted to demolish Wang Jiayi's old garden, and Wang Yusheng came forward to stop it.

As a result, in the end, Wang Yusheng was discouraged, and Wang Jiayi's old garden was also demolished in half. ”

Wang Yuanwai was taken aback: "Who can forcibly demolish the Wang family's garden?" ”

In Wang Yuanwai's mind, a force like the Dongshan Wang family should be almost invincible in the local area, how could half of the garden be forcibly demolished?

Even if the first assistant in Suzhou is Shen Shixing and returns to Suzhou City, I'm afraid he won't be able to do this kind of thing.

And the key is that Wang Yusheng is so cowardly, and he dares to come to Yangzhou to talk and point out the country, which is indeed "knowing people and faces, but not knowing their hearts".

Zheng Zhiyan just said: "The person who forcibly demolished the Wang's garden is now in Yangzhou City"

Suddenly, an old steward rushed into the hall very impolitely and interrupted Zheng Yuanwai's words.

I only heard the old steward shouting: "The more than 100 people sent by our Zheng family have suddenly been besieged by hundreds of Suzhou people, and the whole army has been wiped out!" ”

Zheng Yuanwai thought it was a ridiculous rumor at first, how could there be hundreds of organized thugs in Yangzhou City?

But after repeated confirmation, such a force really appeared in Yangzhou City, and when the victim was still the main force of his own thugs, Zheng Yuanwai felt that his brain was about to explode.

After so many years of wandering the rivers and lakes, Zheng Yuanwai has never encountered such people and things.

Wang Yuanwai was also surprised to be overcome, he had also heard in the past two days that there was an "affectionate Lin Jieyuan" from Suzhou who was competing with the Zheng family.

But Wang Yuanwai just treated this matter as an after-dinner anecdote, and never paid much attention to it.

But I didn't expect this matter to develop so dramatically.

Not only did it rise to a street brawl of hundreds of people, but it also shouted the slogan "Boycott Zheng's Salt".

Of course, there are more than 100 people in the entire Zheng's Salt Industry Group, but these more than 100 people are mobile forces that can be mobilized at any time, and once they are disabled, it will be difficult to mobilize people on a large scale in a short period of time.

What shocked Zheng Yuanwai even more was that the other party actually dispatched hundreds of people at the same time.

The total number of people in the entire Zheng Group is the size of a few hundred, but these hundreds of people are scattered in various places to maintain the operation of the group, and it is impossible to dispatch to one place at the same time.

The more than 100 people sent today are already all the specially prepared mobile forces of the Zheng family, and they are generally enough.

Of course, this is not to say that the Zheng family's strength is too weak, or that the financial resources are not as good as Lin Daguan's, mainly because of the differences in the systems of the two groups.

The Lin community relies on a large enough and relatively wealthy rural solid land, with a population base of more than 100,000 and low human resource costs.

Zheng's Salt Group is a pure commercial organization, and the investment in human resources is also a pure business model, and the cost is much higher than that of the Lin Society.

For example, the thugs of the Lin community earn a monthly salary of one tael per month.

A large part of the benefits of joining a club are reflected in the hidden aspects such as tax incentives at home.

As for the personnel of the two engineering teams, they are equivalent to relying on the government's project funds to maintain them, and they do not need to pay for them by Lin Daguan himself.

Moreover, more than half of the 500 people who came to Yangzhou this time were requisitioned in the name of "service", which is equivalent to the government paying the bill.

In contrast, the same thug, Zheng's Salt Group needs to pay two or two monthly salaries, and the cost is twice as high.

The annual income of the entire Zheng's Salt Industry Group is about 40,000 taels, and the salt introduction cost paid to the government is more than 10,000 yuan, the labor and transportation costs are 10,000 or 20,000 yuan, and the rest is the profit.

Counting the accounts, it is impossible for the Zheng Salt Group to maintain a standing mobile force of several hundred people, unless it does not make profits at all.

So if you want to fight for the number of people, even if the Zheng family is at the home of Yangzhou, how can you fight the Lin Daguan based on the nine capitals at the moment?

Unless the Zheng family immediately expands the army at any cost, moves out of the accumulated treasury to recruit idle people in society on a large scale, or rents thugs from other forces, they may be able to fight in a short period of time.

But the temporary expansion and reorganization of the army will take at least a few days, and during this time, the Zheng family's strike force is in a "vacuum period".

Thinking of this, and thinking of the opponent's strength of hundreds of people, Zheng Yuanwai couldn't sit still at home.

He immediately got up and said to his henchman, "First, I want a man!" Organize all the remaining minions in the mansion first! At the same time, I went to borrow and hire people, and first paid three thousand taels from the treasury!

Second, quickly post to all the peers in the industry, so that they don't act rashly and don't try to fish in troubled waters!

Third, prepare a sedan car! I'm going to visit the prefect now! ”

After ordering the most important things, Zheng Yuanwai immediately said to Wang Yuanwai, who came as a guest: "Brother Wang, can you temporarily borrow a group of people for emergency?" ”

Wang Yuanwai was still in shock, and subconsciously responded: "This is the proper righteousness!" ”

As a fellow villager and a fellow practitioner, when others encounter difficulties, it is a kind of morality to provide a little support.

Zheng Yuanwai raised his hand to thank him, and then said: "Now that my manpower is overstretched, I will ask Brother Wang to send thirty people to help me guard the Ganquan Courtyard where Bai Huakui is located!" ”

Wang Yuanwai regained his composure, "If the other party really has hundreds of people, thirty people can't hold it." ”

Zheng Yuanwai sneered: "If they really dare to send hundreds of people to break into the mansion as robbers, then there is no need to stop them!" ”

Speaking of which, it won't work if Wang Yuanwai doesn't help. Otherwise, if it spreads, it will be regarded as immoral by all the villagers.

When Huizhou people do business outside, they still pay attention to unity, otherwise they will not be able to form a business gang.

It's just that Wang Yuanwai is very curious, what kind of person is this Lin Jieyuan, who dares to shout a slogan that shakes the order of the salt industry in Yangzhou City.

After thinking about it, Wang Yuanwai decided to go to the other courtyard tomorrow to take a few looks, after all, hearing is false, seeing is believing, and it is not wrong to collect more information.

After asking Wang Qing for help, Zheng Yuanwai hurriedly walked to the front hall and waited for the big sedan chair to carry him.

At this time, another disciple hurriedly ran over, and reported in a panic:

"More than 100 people came from outside the gate, all with red cloth scarves wrapped around their arms, looking at the gate of our house with bad intentions!"

Nima! Zheng Yuanwai hurriedly ordered: "Don't go to the main gate!" With a small sedan chair, go through the side door! ”

Then he instructed the old steward: "You take my post to the county office, and let the county government send some officials to watch the gate first!" ”

Before Zheng Yuanwai arrived at the government, Wu Xiu, the current prefect of Yangzhou, was already listening to the report of the patrol officer.

There is such a big thing going on in the city, and it is impossible for the prefect to be ignorant.

"The total number of this group is about five hundred, and a few days ago they entered the city in batches with road guides, nominally all of them were errands sent by Wu County to assist the Suzhou Weicaoyun.

This group of people is known as the Wu County People's League internally, and it seems that they have a set of organizational systems, and they are not scattered by guerrillas.

At present, they all live in four temples in the northeast of the city, and they are very vigilant and defensive, and even set up lookout posts high on the roof.

In addition, according to the merchants in the city, after they entered the city, they had already purchased countless sticks, flat poles, and other things. ”

The more Wu Zhifu listened, the more speechless he became, and the more he listened, the more tricky it became, and he felt like he had nowhere to start.

First, these people are not homeless and cannot be disposed of as numbers.

Second, there are too many people, and the combat effectiveness sounds very strong.

So I can't deal with it quietly, and a bad one is an earth-shattering accident.

Third, these people have a legitimate name, and they have not killed people and set fires, and attacked the city officials, so it is difficult to seek illegal charges to deal with them.

After so many years as a magistrate, I really have never encountered such an idea.

At this time, when he heard that Menzi was coming, Zheng Zhiyan, a big salt merchant, came to visit.

This was completely expected by the Wu Governor's Mansion, and it was strange that Zheng Yuanwai did not come to visit, so he invited people in.

The relationship between Zheng Yuanwai and Wu Zhifu is still very good, and it can even be said that it is quite a deed.

Wu Zhifu, like Lin Daguan, is a person who loves to do engineering.

The rebuilding of Pingshan Hall was jointly initiated and implemented by Wu Zhifu and Zheng Yuanwai.

In addition, the prefect of Wu also dredged the city on a large scale during his tenure, and piled up a scenic spot called Meihualing outside the city to excavate the earthwork, which became a landmark in the north of Yangzhou.

Another time-space Shi Kefa's clothed mound is here in Meihualing.

Anyway, in the project presided over by Governor Wu, Zheng Yuanwai did not make a small contribution, so the relationship between the two can be imagined.

Zheng Yuanwai walked into the back hall of the mansion, and didn't even care about salutes and greetings, so he directly asked Wu Zhifu: "Can you please send troops to Yangzhou Guard?" ”

Governor Wu asked noncommittally: "It is not an ordinary thing to dispatch troops, in what name?" ”

Zheng Yuanwai asked rhetorically: "There is such a big thing in the city, can't you ask Yangzhou Wei to dispatch?" ”

As an important town in Jiangbei, Yangzhou Wei is not small, with more than 8,000 banner troops responsible for Cao Yun, and they have all set off or are ready to set off at this time.

But there are still more than 4,000 troops responsible for the defense of Yangzhou City.

Governor Wu responded: "This incident was just a street fight, it did not destroy the houses, did not affect passers-by, and there is no essential difference between it and the clan fighting in the fields."

Besides, he did not attack the granary of the city government office, and he still had a legal identity, and Yangzhou Wei had no reason to send troops. ”

Zheng Yuanwai said angrily: "The problem is obviously here, can you let these hundreds of foreign evil forces run rampant in Yangzhou City?" ”

Governor Wu said calmly: "If you must want to ask Yangzhou Wei to send troops, how many people can be dispatched?"

It is still common sense for my prefect to ask for the assistance of two or three hundred soldiers, but if there are only two or three hundred soldiers, can it be useful?

According to the latest news, there are 500 people in these Wu County militia groups, and if Yangzhou Wei is allowed to send troops to encircle and suppress, at least one or two thousand soldiers must be mobilized!

If I, the prefect, can mobilize one or two thousand soldiers at will, then I will be impeached and removed from office in a few days! ”

If Zheng Yuanwai also had the memory of hundreds of years later, he would definitely denounce "bureaucracy" at this time.

In a bureaucratic machine that has matured to a certain extent, this situation of "doing nothing in the face of problems is the right thing" does arise.

Governor Wu also said: "If you want to ask Yangzhou Wei to send troops on a large scale, then only the governor can give an order, and I, the prefect, cannot command Yangzhou Wei." ”

Zheng Yuanwai said angrily and anxiously: "The governor will be able to arrive in Yangzhou City in a few days!" ”

Now that the balance of strength is seriously unbalanced, he Zheng Zhiyan has only been humiliated in the past few days, where can he endure it!

If Lin Tailai relied on the strength of the crowd and repeatedly trampled on his dignity, would he still have the face of the number one salt merchant? How will you be able to control the scene in the future?

Governor Wu said: "The bell must be tied to the bell, and tomorrow I will invite Lin Tailai to the government office and strive to mediate for you." ”

Although Zheng Yuanwai felt that mediation was useless, it was not impossible as a delaying tactic.

So he said: "I'm afraid that it will end up fruitless, so please mediate a few more times!" ”

The next day, Lin Daguan had come to Zheng's Villa for four consecutive days to perform affectionately.

Every time he came, the situation fermented even more, which made the people who eat melons more and more expectant.

Although many people who eat melons understand that many plots may be performance routines, who cares if the people watching the play are true or false?

And the demand for a guaranteed monthly pass, I'm too busy today to write, and I don't divide it into small chapters, which is considered a chapter owed.

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