Chapter 20 Famous Foshan City
Just when Li Changsheng followed Huang Feihong to cultivate the shadowless feet, the reputation of him and the Xinghuang Gang quickly spread throughout Foshan City like a fire.
At the very beginning, when it came to Li Changsheng, that was Huang Feihong's apprentice, Bao Zhilin's little doctor Li, for most Foshan people, Li Changsheng was a small person who did not enter the stream, and even Ling Yunkai and Lin Shirong were not as famous as Ling Yunkai and Lin Shirong.
But all of this has undergone earth-shaking changes during this period of time, and people are surprised to find that Li Changsheng, a guy who is not obvious on weekdays, is a blockbuster once he takes action. First, he formed the Xinghuang Gang and collected protection fees, which ruined Huang Feihong's good reputation for many years, but even then, most of Li Changsheng's reputation was only circulated in the docks.
As a result, within a few days, Li Changsheng led the people of the Xinghuang Gang to repel the Changhe Gang who went to the dock to collect protection fees, and Li Changsheng defeated Gu Tieniu and abolished Gu Tieniu's pipa bones.
This point, not only because he defeated the Changhe Gang, but also created a precedent, that is, the collection of protection fees from the beginning of extortion, seems to have become a real sense of protection fees, although, this name is still criticized, but the merchants within the dock are also keenly aware that the Xinghuang Gang and other gangs charge protection fees, there are differences.
First of all, other gangs charge protection fees, there is no theorem at all, basically how much is taken away, often half a month's profits are lost, but the Xinghuang gang is different, basically charge five cents of profits, although it is still distressing, but in terms of losses, it is less than a few percent, in comparison, it is much better than before.
Secondly, the Xinghuang Gang is not extorting under the banner of protection money, it seems that after paying the protection fee, it really protects them.
But since he had the Xinghuang Gang, whether he was to consolidate his territory, or he really collected the protection fee to protect them, since he paid the protection fee, all merchants have been taken care of by the Xinghuang Gang, whether it is other gangs, or others who want to make trouble, even if someone eats the overlord meal and does not pay for the purchase, there are black-clothed guards of the Xinghuang Gang to take action, therefore, the Xinghuang Gang has also become infamous from the beginning, and it has become a mixed reputation.
In this process, there was also an incident that shocked Foshan, originally, after repelling the Changhe Gang, the dock was stable for a while, after all, the Changhe Gang was not the opponent of the Xinghuang Gang, and even Gu Tieniu was abolished. As for the Shahe Gang and the Haisha Gang, it is not that they have not had the idea of fighting the dock, but firstly, the place is far away, and secondly, everyone knows that there is a Huang Feihong behind the Xinghuang Gang, and they are not willing to fight with the Xinghuang Gang unless they are forced to do so.
Moreover, looking at the appearance of the Xinghuang Gang, it seems that after having the dock, there is no interest in other places, and the two gangs are also busy devouring the territory of the Changhe Gang during this time, and they have no time to take care of the Xinghuang Gang and the dock, so that the dock is very stable for a while, and everything seems to be so peaceful.
However, during this period of time, whether it was the gangsters on the street or those underworld gangs, they all found a problem, that is, the Xinghuang Gang only protected the merchants within the dock, and those residents and vendors were not asked to pay protection money, and naturally, the Xinghuang Gang did not pay attention to them, so some people tentatively searched for these people and wanted to see the reaction of the Xinghuang Gang.
As a result, just as the Xinghuang Gang said, they only paid the protection fee, and the people who were sheltered by them, as for the others, even if they were within the docks, they had nothing to do with them, and suddenly, the group of blood-sucking locusts came one after another, although whether it was the residents or the small traders, compared to those merchants, there was really no oil and water.
But as the so-called flies are small and meat, on the streets of Foshan, in addition to a few gangs, there are also some gangsters and hooligans who are not in the climate, and a group of people after the Changhe Gang was defeated, they also have no fixed residence, and the dock merchants are taken care of, and this group of people has no source of money.
For a while, the small traders and residents within the wharf were considered to be bad, and they were charged protection fees before, at most half and half, but now, this group of red-eyed people looked like they were all killed, regardless of whether this group of people had a way to live, in just a few days, this group of residents and small traders were looted one after another, but anyone who resisted, even broke their families.
Seeing such a scene, the merchants who were originally a little resentful of the Xinghuang Gang's collection of protection fees sighed one by one, and couldn't help but rejoice that they had paid the protection fee, so that before the second month arrived, they came to the Xinghuang Gang with the ocean and took the initiative to pay the protection fee.
At this time, almost all the residents and small traders who were ruined also reacted, and when they saw that Li Changsheng did not charge their protection money, they thought it was a good thing, but they ended up like this, and one by one, like those merchants, they ran to the Xinghuang Gang and wanted to pay the protection fee, but unfortunately, the people of the Xinghuang Gang got Li Changsheng's order, and this group of people who didn't have much money were not allowed to collect their protection money.
For a while, the small traders didn't know what to do, seeing that Li Changsheng had not collected their protection money, the group of ruffians and hooligans were also worried that Li Changsheng would change his mind later, and persecuted them more and more harshly, and in the end, forced the group of small traders to kneel outside the gate of the Xinghuang Gang one by one, begging Li Changsheng to accept their protection money.
A gang, not to go out and force others to pay protection money, but to let people beg him, do everything possible to hand over the protection money to him, such a thing, I dare not say that there is no one to come, and it can be regarded as unprecedented, and because of this, Li Changsheng's reputation in Foshan is shocking, and he is almost a household name.
In such a situation, Li Changsheng seems to have finally 'relented', he can't stand the villagers begging him bitterly, and is willing to meet the villagers and give them an idea.