Sheung Wan Chakan.

Plainclothes office area.

Li Zhengtao glanced at the saliva that was buckled on the chair, and beckoned to He Yi.

Waiting for the other party to trot over, he asked casually:

"What's going on with that guy?"

"Brother Tao, it's like this"

He Yi stepped forward and whispered in Li Zhengtao's ear about the whole saliva, and looked at Li Zhengtao with a little apprehension.

"Oh, Ang Lee, huh?"

Li Zhengtao groaned slightly.

"Be careful, don't kill people."

After admonishing him, he patted He Yi on the shoulder.

"Got it, Brother Tao."

He Yi breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and walked towards the saliva all.

"Sir, I didn't lie to you, I'm really a victim. In this way, Sir, I still have a lot of things to do on the docks, you can let me go first, and I will invite you to tea another day. ”

Saliva looked at He Yi who came over, and wanted to stand up but his hands were buckled, so he could only sit on the chair and smile at He Yi.

"Drinking tea? I can't wait a year or two. ”

He Yi smiled and pulled a chair to sit in front of him.

The saliva stared at He Yi, who was smiling, and was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean, sir?" ”

"What do you mean?"

He Yi took out a bright dog-legged knife from under his desk, and with a snap, he was still salivating in front of him.

He restrained the smile on his face, changed to a face, and said expressionlessly:

"Are you really supposed to be a family member at the police station? You don't think you can get out by fighting with knives and weapons, fighting for turf and recording a record, right? ”

The expression on his face suddenly stiffened.

has been in the rivers and lakes for so many years, although he is still just an old forty-nine, but at least he still knows some of the methods of the bad guy.

At this time, as soon as he heard this, he looked at the bright guy again, and he knew that the plainclothes in front of him were going to be planted.

Saliva all over the face became ugly. He hesitated for a moment, but still took the conversation cautiously with a smile.

"Don't be kidding, sir, I didn't have a knife on the dock, but the sir who brought us to the police station can prove it."

He Yi glanced at him and said lightly:

"You mean I'm framing you?"

"How dare I, sir." The whole head shook like a rattle.

"Well, yes, there's this."

He Yi patted his head, as if he remembered something, took out a few banknotes from his shirt pocket, clicked them and put them on the desk, with a smile on his face.

"One hundred and twenty Hong Kong dollars, this is what you stuffed into my pocket, and the guys who went to the police with me saw it. No matter how bad your memory is, you won't forget this, right?

It seems that I should charge you with one more crime, bribery of police officers. ”

"Wow, let me tell you, bribing a police officer is worse than fighting with a knife! You're lucky, maybe not more than two years. ”

When he said this, He Yi's tone was exaggerated. But the saliva that was buckled on the chair was all heard, and a face quickly became gloomy.

He got straight to the point:

"Sir, what do you want? Also, how much money does it cost, you just say it, and I will give it if I can. ”

He Yi shook his head, drooped his eyelids, and didn't pay attention to the words of saliva.

He tapped his knuckles on the table and said nonchalantly:

"I believe you are a smart person. If you admit it honestly, you can suffer less. To give you a moment to think about it, my patience is limited. ”

When He Yi finished speaking, he stopped talking.

The saliva was so cloudy that it seemed to be dripping, and he bowed his head and was silent, without saying a word.

He Yi lit a cigarette and looked at the saliva without urging.

After a while.

"Do you admit it?"

He Yi finished smoking a cigarette and asked all the questions.

Seeing that his saliva was still silent, he seemed to have lost his patience.

"You don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin, do you?"

He Yi threw away the cigarette butt and stood up, taking out a hammer with a cloth wrapped in a hammer from the drawer under his desk.

Turning his head to look at the plainclothes who was eating.

"Brother Sheng, come and help."

"Oh, it's hard to get to the bone."

The plainclothes man known as Brother Sheng took the thick stack of newspapers on his desk and walked over with a smile.

The saliva that was pressed back on the chair quickly struggled and tried to stand up.

As he moved more and more, the wooden legs of the chair rattled against the concrete-made floor.

Brother Sheng stepped on the leg under the chair, pressed the struggling saliva on his shoulder with his left hand, padded the newspaper to his chest, and nodded at He Yi.

He Yi carried the hammer and smashed it neatly.

"Bang! Boom! ”

"Do you admit it?"

"Ah~"

"Bang!"

"Say,, bones!"

"Bang!"

"Ah~ Don't, don't fight, I admit it, I admit it!"

"Whew! What the hell! If you admit it early, you won't have to suffer this hardship! ”

He Yi put down the hammer and gasped.

Pier 6.

On the berth, which used to be full of saliva, the coolies were busy in an orderly manner.

Li An sat on the long wooden bench, withdrew his gaze, and when he saw that Xi Wei was about to speak again, he smiled and said:

"If you have anything to say, don't you feel uncomfortable?"

Xi Wei scratched his head embarrassedly, and then asked:

"Brother An, just let Wang Shengguang bully our fellow villagers with saliva before, why do you have to make more moves to let the errand come over and take away all the saliva?"

Li An raised his eyebrows:

"You say it's all saliva? How? You can't kill him in plain sight, right? Then you can only beat it up and throw it into the sea? And then grab the opponent's turf? That's what it means, right? ”

"Isn't that always the case for land grabbing?" Shiwei responded.

"What if the other party runs to help the soldiers with Yitang?"

Li An looked at Xi Wei and said earnestly:

"Although the land on the dock is not as profitable as gambling stalls and prostitutes, the oil and water are still good, and it is no problem to raise some thugs. If Heyitang intervenes, it will inevitably cause trouble. ”

"Besides, we are not mixed, how can we have time to accompany them to engage in these dramas of fighting for territory."

Xi Wei pondered Ang Lee's words in his heart, but he was still a little puzzled.

"Brother An, can it be that these problems can be solved by handing over all the saliva to the bad guy?"

Ang Lee chuckled.

"Not so. The saliva is all in and I can't get out in a short time.

When he comes out after staying for a year and a half, who still knows him. And after such a long time, the saliva is all unwilling, and I can't make any waves. ”

"Now you know, right?"

"Got it, Brother An." Shiwei nodded.

"You have to use your brains to do things. Leaving a lot of things to the errand guy can save a lot of trouble. For us, fighting and killing is just a last resort. ”

Ang Lee stood up and stretched.

Glancing around at the coolies who were loading.

"After the cargo is unloaded, give me the account book of all the saliva, and I will go to the shipowner's manager to settle the payment for the unloading."

Nowadays, most Chinese-funded cargo ships are bulk general carriers, and the total tonnage is only about 100 tons to more than 1,000 tons.

It is also the South Sea countries not far from the Triangle Wharf that are running.

The berths occupied by his previous berths and saliva were all small bulk cargo ships of one or two hundred tons, and the tonnage of general cargo ships occupied by Sanjiangshui was slightly larger.

"Oh, at Uncle Jun's." Shiwei responded.

Li An snorted, looked at Li Jianjun, who was talking to the small factory owner not far away with the bill, and walked over with Xi Wei.

Li Jianjun nodded to the two of them, which was regarded as a greeting.

He handed a bill to the small factory owner in front of him.

"Boss Yang, your manifest."

"Well, I'll see."

The other party took the bill, looked at it carefully for a while, and then took out a few Hong Kong dollars from his pocket and handed them over.

glanced at Li An and the two, didn't say anything, and turned to leave.

Ang Lee asked with a smile:

"Uncle Jun, are you still used to it?"

"Oh, it's okay."

Li Jianjun nodded and looked at Li An: "Something?" ”

"Give me the account book first, today is the first time I have dealt with the shipowner manager, and the goods in the morning are all arranged to be unloaded, so I'll go to him to settle the bill."

"Okay."

Li Jianjun responded. put the money he had just received into his handbag, and took out a ledger from it and handed it to Li An.

"Uncle Jun, then you're busy."

Li An took the account book, opened it and found all the accounts they had recorded in the morning and the accounts recorded by Li Jianjun in the back, and after taking a closer look, he walked towards the cargo ship docked at the berth.

Boarding the boat along the nearly five-meter-long gangplank, Ang Lee saw the owner's manager standing on the bow deck at a glance.

"Manager Liu."

The middle-aged man known as Manager Liu was in his forties and wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses.

He glanced back at Ang Lee and walked over with a smile.

"Brother Li, thank you very much. Otherwise, it would have taken a lot of twists and turns for my cargo ship to leave port today. ”

"Manager Liu is polite, I should thank you. People like us who eat at the dock will have to rely more on your shipowner manager in the future. ”

Ang Lee is very polite.

When you see people, you talk about people, and you talk nonsense when you see ghosts.

He handed the account book in his hand to Manager Liu.

"Now, Manager Liu, this is the bill for unloading."

Manager Liu took the account book and opened it.

"Well, I'll see."

"It stands to reason that we should only count the work we take over.

However, Manager Liu also saw that the coolies who worked were still those in the morning, and they all earned some coolie money to support their families, so they couldn't be allowed to work in vain in the morning, so."

"I understand what you said, since I promised you before I went to work to settle the payment for the goods in the morning, I naturally won't break my promise."

Manager Liu waved his hand and returned the account book to Ang Li.

"A total of one hundred and eighty tons of cargo, nine hundred dollars. You dot. ”

He took out a wad of Hong Kong dollars from his trouser pocket, counted out nine hundred Hong Kong dollars and handed them to Ang Lee.

"Then thank you, Manager Liu."

"Well, Brother Li, no matter who does the work of carrying goods on the dock, I don't care.

But I still hope that you will not let this affect us ship owners. The voyages of the freighters were all planned in advance, and the loss of me, the shipowner manager, was very big if I delayed the business. ”

Manager Liu said meaningfully.

"No problem."

Li An agreed, with a smile on his face.

No one is stupid.

Especially a person like Manager Liu, who eats at sea and comes over with strong winds and waves.

If you take someone else for a fool, you are a fool yourself.

Getting off the ship, Ang Lee handed over the money and account books he had received to Xiwei.

"The matter on the dock will be handed over to you, the wages are calculated according to the calculation, and the saliva sent out in the morning is also recognized, and it is not easy for coolies to make some money. I'll go and see if it's in the file. ”

"Understood." Shi Wei nodded.

Li An glanced around the dock and turned to leave.

When he came to the No. 3 cargo dock to report the file, Wu Shihao had not yet come, but saw Ah Xin sorting out the goods.

Seeing him coming, Ah Xin shouted.

"Brother An!"

Li An snorted, looked at his sweaty appearance, and took two stools from the newspaper file.

"Come on, take a break."

The two of them went to the shade on the back of the newspaper.

Ang Lee said with a smile:

"Ah Xin, in the future, you can just leave the little things like sorting out the goods to the guys, and this is the guys' job. You're doing everything in your hands now, so you're going to be busy. ”

Ah Xin smiled embarrassedly, "Get used to it." ”

Li An shook his head and said softly:

"It's not a good habit. If I leave the newspaper file to you to take care of, then you will be the manager and operator of the newspaper file. Learn to let go and don't worry that the guys will not do well.

Your task is to arrange work for the guys, make a reasonable allocation of the goods and goods in the file, replenish the goods when they are out of stock, and not affect the income of the file, which is your job.

Clear? ”

"Clear, Brother An." Ah Xin hurriedly responded.

The sun is setting.

Pier 6.

In the afternoon, the goods that had been piled up on the dock had been loaded onto the ship by workers.

As the freighter gradually departed the port, the coolie workers who had been busy all day sat on the dock floor in twos and threes, waiting to receive their wages.

"Brother, I'll leave the matter of paying the workers here."

After greeting Dawei, Xiwei took a box of change and came to the No. 67 berth next to him.

"Get paid!"

He shouted, put the money box on the table, pulled a stool and sat down at the table.

Hulala stood up and more than 100 coolies came over in a conscious line.

"What's your name?"

He glanced at the coolie and opened the ledger.

"Zhang Xigui, six are counted."

The coolie who called himself Zhang Xigui put down a handful of chips and put them on the table.

Then he took out another handful, glanced at Xi Wei carefully, and then said worriedly:

"There are also six chips that are done in the morning, do they count?"

Xi Wei responded with a smile:

"Nature counts. And how much work you do, how much we pay, no pumping. ”

After he finished saying this, not only Zhang Xigui, but also the coolies waiting for the wages behind him were also happy.

After Xiwei counted the chips, he used a pen to record the names of the workers and the number of chips in the account book.

"Zhang Xigui, twelve are only counted. Uncle Jun, give him two dollars and four cents. ”

"Thank you, thank you!"

Zhang Xigui thanked him again and again, took the money handed over by Li Jianjun, and his face was full of joy.

Xi Wei waved his hand:

"Alright, next."

Zhang Xigui hurriedly stepped aside.

"What's your name?"

“.”

It was busy for nearly half an hour.

The coolie who received the completion money left with a smile on his face, and Xiwei counted out fifty-three yuan.

"Coolie, it's yours. The salary is three yuan, and the extra fifty yuan is given to you by Brother An. ”

The coolie with bruises on the corner of his mouth took the money, "Thank you, Brother Xiwei." ”

"Brother Xie An."

He interrupted with a wave of his hand.

"It's not too early, let's go home early."

After the coolie left, only Li Jianjun was left.

"Uncle Jun, this is yours."

Xi Wei counted out nine yuan and put it on the table, Li Jianjun glanced at it and did not rush to get the money, but asked:

"You arranged the conflict between the coolies and the saliva before, right? The purpose is to grab this territory with all the saliva, right? ”

"Hmm." Xi Wei nodded in acknowledgement, not hiding it.

Li Jianjun paused for a moment and continued to ask:

"Don't you have a job to do? Why grab his turf? ”

"Uncle Jun, the dock is like this, whoever has a big fist can make more money. As you saw just now, no one deducted their wages, and I don't know how happy these coolies are to get the wages they should have received. ”

"And we did a good thing for these coolies, otherwise they would continue to be exploited with all their mouths."

Xiwei put the money in Li Jianjun's hands.

"Take it, Uncle Jun. I'll invite you to dinner later. ”

(End of chapter)