Chapter 11 Gang

Author: Mobei Shasha Knife

Chapter 11 Gang

The voice of the old butler, Uncle Qin, was a little trembling, "Actually...there are many reasons. When the master bought this workshop, the old servant wanted to remind him, but when he first came here, he didn't dare..."

Xu Zhengping raised his hand and said: "I know that I am usually unsmiling and too serious, and some of them are afraid of me, so they don't dare to say some things.

It doesn’t matter, it’s still a long time, and you can understand it slowly. Just sit down, drink a cup of tea, collect your thoughts and speak slowly.”

As Xu Zhengping spoke, he shouted: "Aunt Zhu, bring some snacks in. Uncle Qin and I want to talk about some things about the workshop, so we will be late."

Outside the study, Aunt Zhu, who was responsible for cooking and washing, quickly responded and went to the kitchen to get busy.

Butler Qin felt a little relieved when he saw that Xu Zhengping did not scold him harshly, so he took a sip of tea, gathered his thoughts for a while, and then slowly started talking about the weaving workshop.

"Actually, Master, that weaving shop was doing a very prosperous business two years ago. There were at least fifty female workers in it, and they specialized in supplying goods to wealthy businessmen from Yangzhou.

But precisely because the business was so good, the local Nanshan Gang took a fancy to it and wanted to join the joint venture and provide protection for the workshop."

Xu Zhengping chuckled, and he naturally understood that this so-called joint venture was actually a white wolf with no money, and wanted to get a large share without spending a penny. This is something that some ugly gangs in the world often do, and it is a harm to the local area.

Butler Qin continued: "But the workshop owner didn't agree, so the matter was left alone. Then one night two years ago, the workshop owner and his wife died mysteriously at home. It is said that they died tragically.

The boss seemed to be tied up, watching his wife and daughter being insulted by many people, and then brutally tortured to death. The bodies were not discovered until they were rotting and smelly..."

Xu Zhengping frowned slightly, "Is it possible that the workshop owner and his wife live in the courtyard where we live now?"

Butler Qin nodded slightly, "It is indeed this courtyard, so Ya Ren has been selling it for two years."

"Now that the workshop owners are dead, what happened to the boss before I acquired him? He doesn't look like a man from the world."

Butler Qin continued: "The previous boss was the brother of the original boss, and he happened to come over for a visit. When he encountered this incident, he inherited the workshop and claimed that he would find the murderer and avenge his brother.

But everyone knows that the murderer must be someone from the Nanshan Gang. How could a small businessman like him be able to deal with him?

But that man was also stubborn. Under the threats and harassment from the Nanshan Gang, he couldn't hold on for so long and wanted to sell the workshop at a low price.

When the old servant first saw the master going to buy a workshop, he wanted to remind him of this..."

Xu Zhengping already understood in his mind and said: "I understand, you are saying that the workshop is sold at a low price, but it is actually the Nanshan Gang who forced it. When the price reaches a certain level, the Nanshan Gang will buy it, but I intercepted it.

"

Butler Qin nodded slightly.

"So in the past month, the Nanshan Gang has been causing trouble for my workshop, preventing them from producing normally. So when I checked the account books, I actually lost hundreds of taels of silver."

Qin Guanjia said: "In addition, the government officials often come to visit us and set many exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes for us..."

"Haha, it turned out to be a collusion between officials and bandits, okay, I understand."

Xu Zhengping stood up, took down the three-foot-long sword hanging in the study, and carried it on his back.

When Butler Qin saw this, he was shocked and said: "Master, are you going..."

"I'll reason with you."

Butler Qin's gaze shifted to the knife on his back.

Xu Zhengping said: "If you are willing to speak truth, speak with your mouth; if not, speak with a knife."

"But there are at least several hundred people in the Nanshan Gang, and their core members are all from Nanshan'ao, thirty miles south of Yuhang City. That place is poor and remote.

They couldn't survive, so the whole family went to the city to make a living. Since they were a clan force in the countryside, they were very united and barbaric, and gradually became the strongest gang.

Among them, the gang leader and his two brothers were taught martial arts by experts, and their martial arts were the best in Yuhang County. They were trained by many bandit masters on the green forest roads outside the city.

There are so many of them and their martial arts skills are so high. If you go like this, I'm afraid you'll get into trouble. I don't think there's any need to keep this workshop, so I might as well sell it to them at a low price, so as not to get into trouble."

Xu Zhengping thought about it and realized that what Butler Qin said was actually reasonable. If he sold the workshop, he would lose one or two thousand taels of silver.

You can still practice Qigong here in a low-key manner until all the money is spent.

But when I turn my head and think about it, if a person who practices martial arts has no blood at all when trouble comes, what's the point of practicing such high-level martial arts?

What's more, Yuhang County is just a remote small county, and there are no martial arts forces around that make him very afraid. If he is afraid of even a mere underworld gang, then he will stop practicing martial arts.

At the very least, the truth needs to be explained.

"Let's go to the weaving workshop first."

The two came to the weaving workshop, and as soon as they stepped inside, they saw a mess inside.

All kinds of looms were smashed to the ground and extensively damaged. All the tables and chairs were overturned, and the doors and windows were smashed.

A group of female workers surrounded the steward and cried. The steward was even beaten until his nose was black and his eyes were swollen, his face was covered with blood, and he fell unconscious on the ground.

Xu Zhengping did not recognize any of these female workers. He only recognized the two supervisors, the supervisor and the deputy supervisor. The one who was knocked unconscious now was the supervisor, named Fu Tianxiang. The deputy supervisor did not know where he had gone.

As he walked forward, a group of female workers looked at Xu Zhengping suspiciously. Among them, two bolder female workers held feather dusters and wooden sticks in front of Supervisor Fu Tianxiang, timidly but bravely blocking Xu Zhengping from moving forward.

Xu Zhengping said in a deep voice: "What's going on?"

"You have beaten enough, you have robbed people, and all the looms in the workshop have been destroyed. What else do you want? Are you not even willing to spare the life of the steward?"

Butler Qin came up quickly, "Confused! This is the boss! He is the one who pays you money every month! Get out of the way!"

All the female workers were extremely surprised. It was also the first time for them to see the boss in person.

Xu Zhengping squatted down and injected an internal force into Fu Tianxiang's body. He immediately groaned and woke up.

When he saw Xu Zhengping, he quickly cried: "Master! It's my fault. I failed to keep an eye on the workshop and was smashed by the Nanshan Gang! Even Yan Chu was arrested by them. I'm afraid...I'm afraid..."

As he spoke, he burst into tears.

Butler Qin explained: "Yan Chu is our female worker with the best weaving and embroidery skills. She has always been responsible for handling the most complicated weaving and embroidery techniques. She was arrested like this..."

Xu Zhengping asked solemnly: "When were you arrested and how long ago?"

The female workers all chattered: "Just a quarter of an hour ago! The Nanshan Gang were too overbearing. They bullied our workshop for two years, and the government didn't make the decision for us..."

Fu Tianxiang said: "More than that, in all walks of life in Yuhang County, which one of them did not interfere? Not only did they collect insurance premiums, but they also forcibly bought shares. I don't know how many businesses were driven bankrupt!

If this continues, sooner or later the entire Yuhang County's industries will wither and be destroyed in their hands."

Xu Zhengping asked in a deep voice: "The government has never taken care of it?"

Fu Tianxiang said: "Those people in the county government have long been colluding with them and reaped countless benefits.

Two years ago, a police officer was preparing to investigate the murder of the workshop owner, but he died soon after. The replacement police officer was also a member of the Nanshan Gang.

Naturally, the entire county government turned a blind eye to this, and the county magistrate only asked that he could successfully collect the taxes stipulated by the court, and he would be transferred to another place within three years at most, regardless of the floods."

Xu Zhengping nodded, stood up, and said, "Where is the Nanshan Gang?"

Everyone looked at him in surprise. They thought that Xu Zhengping would give up and give up the workshop. Although everyone was reluctant to give up, they could only divide the money and leave.

But looking at the boss's look, he clearly wants to cause trouble.

Fu Tianxiang said: "Master, are you going to find them?"

"Well, let's talk some sense into it."

"But they are unreasonable!"

"Just tell me where they are. I still have a female worker in their hands. Since they are working to make money for me, I will not sit idly by and ignore them."
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