Chapter 59: Seeing Cai Sichun
The method proposed by Kong Shouzhen is indeed an easy way to solve the current problem. Anyway, the lives of these refugees are worse than grass. If one Meng Decai dies, tens of millions of Meng Decai will step forward.
Zhao Fuxiang hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said that he could not kill this Meng Decai casually. Of course, it was not because Meng Decai was so useful or how much Zhao Fuxiang needed him, but because Zhao Fuxiang did not want to lose the hearts of the refugees.
Yesterday, Zhao Fuxiang just proposed to take care of these refugees. Now if something happens, you will not care about it. You will also ask the refugees to provide scapegoats. If this continues, people's hearts will be scattered, and there will be no hope of really getting help from these refugees in the future.
Zhao Fuxiang worked in the police in later generations and knew that it is difficult to make friends with someone, but it only takes a minute to offend someone. This Meng Decai also has a younger brother, and there must be some cronies in the refugee camps. If he is allowed to stand out for no reason
If you die as a substitute, things will be difficult to deal with in the future.
"Meng Decai, tell me what happened last night. Why couldn't you control it in the end?"
Zhao Fuxiang wanted to first understand what happened last night, and how it could lead to a riot involving thousands of people. After knowing the cause and effect of the matter, Zhao Fuxiang could decide how to deal with Meng Decai in front of him.
Meng Decai also knew the seriousness of this matter, so he quickly knelt on the ground and recounted what happened last night in detail.
It turned out that Meng Decai returned to the homeless camp yesterday and immediately summoned a dozen of his cronies, preparing to follow Zhao Fuxiang's arrangements to go to the dock the next day to find some things to conflict with the boat gangs, and then ask Zhao Fuxiang to contact the government to subdue the boat gangs.
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Meng Decai's prediction was pretty good, but he forgot who his men were. These guys traveled thousands of miles from Shandong to Qiongzhou. They were definitely not good people. At the same time, they were oppressed by the local forces in Qiongzhou and suffered a lot.
He went, now that he has a chance to take revenge, can he let it go?
How could these dozen cronies let go of this opportunity? After leaving, they began to call all their friends and spread the news that they were preparing to take revenge.
This kind of news spread quickly among the refugees. By night, more than half of the refugee camps knew about it. Some people even went to Meng Decai and Chen Sibao to confirm, which frightened the three of them.
Meng Decai originally wanted to persuade these refugees, but how could the refugees who were already aroused listen to him? Meng Decai's eyes turned red when he saw several refugees whose relatives had been killed. He knew that today was a bad day, so he hurriedly hid with his younger brother.
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The refugees who lost control immediately rushed out of the camp and went to the dock to kill anyone they saw. Some unlucky merchants also died under the butcher's knife of the refugees.
As for the rivals, the Boat Gang and Yahang, they usually bully the refugees the most and have become the main targets of revenge. Not only the whole family of the Boat Gang who lived outside the city were killed, but even the surrounding neighbors could not avoid it. Anyway, in the eyes of these refugees, these
None of the Qiongzhou people are good, so it would be easiest to kill them all.
On the contrary, it was several leaders of the Boat Gang who lived in the city. When the soldiers guarding the east gate saw a disturbance outside, they quickly closed the city gate to allow those leaders to escape.
The chaos outside the city quickly alerted the garrison. Qiongzhou Prefecture was the seat of the Hainan Guard. Commander Mao Jiao immediately sent his Biao Battalion out of the town to suppress it.
Different from the guards in the mainland, the Hainan Guard has a very strong combat effectiveness because it has been fighting against the Li Dong ethnic minority all year round. Although it is not as elite as the frontier army, it is still stronger than the mainland army.
Under the attack of Biaoying, the refugees quickly fled in all directions, and some who were not killed by Biaoying's knife also ran back to hide in the camp. As for the instigator, Meng Decai, he quietly slipped out of the refugee camp when the refugees were killing them.
, wanted to go into the city to report the news to Zhao Fuxiang, but unexpectedly the city gate was closed, so he had no choice but to hide outside the city, and waited until the matter calmed down before taking a detour and entering the city through the south gate.
After hearing the detailed story, Zhao Fuxiang angrily scolded Meng Decai for being bullshit and that he couldn't do such a small thing. Meng Decai had indeed made a mistake, so he had no choice but to kowtow to show that he was wrong.
After scolding enough, Zhao Fuxiang thought for a while and said: "Lao Meng, since you have joined our Tiandi Society, you are a brother in my society. If anything happens to your brother, I, the chief helmsman, must take care of it! You go out of the city first to appease your brothers.
Never conflict with the officers and soldiers, and take care of your subordinates, and eliminate those who are disobedient as soon as possible!"
When Meng Decai heard that Zhao Fuxiang was willing to save him, he was overjoyed and kowtowed repeatedly. At the same time, he promised that he would restrain his brothers and be a good dog to the chief helmsman!
Zhao Fuxiang waved Fan Jian to get two hundred taels of silver, handed it to Meng Decai and said: "With this money, you can bury your dead brothers, buy some food to appease everyone, and let them stay in the camp well!"
Meng Decai didn't expect that Zhao Fuxiang could give him so much money, so he quickly took it. Zhao Fuxiang looked at Meng Decai and said solemnly: "Old Meng, I can take care of you if you make a mistake, but if you dare to embezzle the brothers' burial money, I know
I will never forgive you in the future!"
Zhao Fuxiang really got it right. Meng Decai's plan just now was half of corruption. Now that Zhao Fuxiang got it right, he quickly promised to spend all the money on his brother.
Watching Meng Decai leave, Kong Shouzhen asked: "My boss, why did you take over this matter for Meng Decai? Isn't it just a matter of time to kill him?"
In Kong Shouzhen's view, killing and silencing is indeed the most cost-effective way, but Zhao Fuxiang doesn't think so. Meng Decai has been a leader for several years. Through him, he can quickly control the refugees. You must know that Zhao Fuxiang is in urgent need of labor. He can
There is no time to slowly train another boss.
Of course, these words cannot be said to Kong Shouzhen. Zhao Fuxiang sighed and said: "Now that we have joined the Tiandi Society, we are all brothers! If we don't help Meng Decai, who will follow us in the future?"
Kong Shouzhen heard what Zhao Fuxiang said made sense, but he couldn't think of any method Zhao Fuxiang could use to rescue Meng Decai.
"My boss, it's a big deal for the refugees to cause trouble. What do you want to do?"
Kong Shouzhen was also curious about what methods Zhao Fuxiang was going to use. Did he go to Cai Sichun? Cai Sichun was just a fellow intellectual. Although he was a figure in Qiongzhou, he was a mid-level official in Guangdong. Hundreds of people died in this incident. Kong Shouzhen
Don’t you believe Cai Sichun dares to cover up this big case like this?
After hearing Kong Shouzhen's question, Zhao Fuxiang smiled mysteriously and said, "Brother Kong, you still don't understand officialdom. Let's see how I can accomplish this!"
After Zhao Fuxiang finished speaking, he went into the house and took out a string of black pearl necklaces. This was the only remaining string among the three strings of necklaces that his wife Sun Jing had brought from later generations. The other two strings were sold by Li Zhengdao as start-up capital.
The string was given to Zhang Wenming as a betrothal gift, and the remaining string was originally intended to be given to Boss Wu as a gift for Beau Beauty, but it seems impossible.
The necklace that Li Zhengdao brought to Guangdong was sold at a high price of 3,500 taels. Thinking that he would lose 3,500 taels of silver, Zhao Fuxiang cursed in his heart: Bastard Meng Decai, I hope your dog's life is saved.
Three thousand five hundred taels of silver. If you cannot create three thousand five hundred taels of value for me in the future, I will chop you into pieces and feed you to the dogs!
Zhao Fuxiang came to the prefect's Yamen again with the necklace. Today's Yamen is very different from yesterday. The door was full of Yamen wearing soap-colored uniforms. Orders and letters were sent out from the Yamen one after another. After receiving the orders, the Yamen split up.
to execute.
Zhao Fuxiang came to the door, grabbed a clerk who had just come out of the yamen, and said with a smile: "This sir, I want to see my colleague Cai!"
The clerk happened to have an urgent errand to run. When he saw a tall fat man grabbing him, he cursed angrily: "Asshole, can you bear the responsibility for delaying my affairs? And who are you? You still want to see me."
Lord Fuzuo?"
The clerk was just about to call the doorman to fight this ignorant guy away, but Zhao Fuxiang flipped his hand, and a piece of official silver appeared in his hand.
The clerk's monthly monthly payment was only seven cents. His eyes widened when he saw one tael of silver. He swallowed and then said: "Brother, you really don't know how to choose the time. The yamen is very busy now.
Mr. Fu Zuo doesn’t have time to see you either, so why don’t you wait until the Yamen is fine in a few days and you can come over?”
Zhao Fuxiang didn't say anything. When he turned his hand, another ingot of silver appeared in his hand. The clerk's eyes were straightened and he stammered: "Master, it's really not good for you to do this. This villain really can't get away."
Body..."
Before Zhao Fuxiang could finish speaking, he flipped his hand and found another ingot of silver. Zhao Fuxiang smiled and stuffed the three ingots of silver into the sleeves of the office clerk, and then whispered: "Please help this little brother pass on a message to Zhao Fuxiang."
If you have something important to do, please see Mr. Tongzhi!"
The eyes are black and the silver is white. When the clerk saw the three ingots of silver, his eyes went straight. When the silver came in, the clerk gritted his teeth and said: "This uncle, since he thinks highly of the villain, the villain will send a message to the uncle, but
The ugly thing is ahead, if Mr. Fuzuo doesn’t see you, the money will not be returned!”
Zhao Fuxiang smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, there is no reason to return the money you gave away. If Master Tongzhi doesn't see me, I will turn around and leave immediately!"
After receiving the money for the book office, I stopped doing my old job and went directly back to the Yamen to help Zhao Fuxiang spread the word.
This time, Zhao Fuxiang had to wait for a long time before the clerk ran out sweating profusely. When he saw Zhao Fuxiang was still at the door, he smiled and said, "Master Zhao, Mr. Fu Zuo is willing to see you!"
Zhao Fuxiang did not go to the rosin room in the second hall this time, but went directly to the house next to the second hall, where Cai Sichun was giving orders.
What happened last night was so big that Cai Sichun was woken up in the middle of the night. After learning the news, Cai Sichun was so scared that he was not scared to death. He quickly went to the prefect Zhou to discuss what to do. The two discussed for a long time and decided to ask Hainan Wei
The commander-in-chief, Master Mao, sent troops to suppress it first, and the losses must be minimized, so that they can explain to the chief envoy's Yamen.
The commander, Mao Jiao, was still generous and immediately sent the most elite Thousand Biao Battalion out of the town to suppress pressure. With the support of the Biao Battalion, the situation outside the East City was controlled after dawn. But the situation was under control, but
Things are far from over.
Cai Sichun quickly organized people to go out of the city to clean the battlefield and collect the bodies of the dead people. At the same time, he also allocated food to stabilize the refugees. After all, there were more than 30,000 refugees, and they were all gathered in the camp. If someone incited them to rush into the city and burn them,
Chapter completed!