When the man surnamed Lin fainted again and woke up, Dakui stopped and walked to him and asked: "You answer whatever I ask, and if there is half a lie, you continue to tell me. Do you hear me clearly?"
The man named Lin was already breathing more out and less in, but he could still speak.
Dakui shook his head and said with a smile: "Why are you so unbearable?" He reached out to pick up his left hand, stretched out the thumb and index finger of his right hand to pinch the tiger's mouth and hegu point of his left hand. Suddenly the man named Lin screamed like a pig.
, although the cry was shrill, it was full of energy, and there was nothing unbearable about it.
Dakui squeezed for a moment and then let go, but still held his left hand and asked with a smile: "Let me ask you, how much are our wages today? How much did you deduct? If there is a lie, I believe you will return it today."
No home left."
The man named Lin cried and begged: "I know I was wrong, please forgive me."
Dakui shook his head and said, "The answer is not what you asked." Then he pinched the tiger's mouth on his left hand again.
"Ah~!" The man surnamed Lin's scream sounded like a pig being slaughtered from afar.
Big Quezon asked: "You haven't said it yet?"
The man surnamed Lin hurriedly said: "I'm telling you, you newcomers don't know that light industry costs ten cents a day, heavy industry costs thirty cents a day, and three bags of anti-salt bags cost one cent."
Dakui nodded and smiled: "Yes, you are very knowledgeable. Let me ask you again, who is in charge of the salt field?"
The man surnamed Lin did not dare to hide it and said: "This salt field is under the jurisdiction of Raozhou Salt Administration Department. Naturally, Mr. Secretary is in charge of it."
"Let me ask you again, who has the final say as to the surname of Lord Si? Who else has the final say?" Dakui asked coldly.
The man surnamed Lin did not dare to hide it, and said bluntly: "The surname of the salt envoy is Fu, and I don't know what the younger one is called. But I am familiar with several of the leaders in the salt field."
Da Kui knew that killing this man surnamed Lin would not help, and asking deeper questions would inevitably arouse suspicion, so he smiled and said: "In that case, you can tell me that you are familiar with me, and we will work in this salt field from now on."
How about surviving?"
The man surnamed Lin was stunned when he heard this. He knew that these people were all miserable. They came to this place just to make money. Although the work in the salt field was very profitable, it was heavy and tiring. Since these people were asking for trouble,
Why not cheat and spend some money?
The man surnamed Lin smiled bitterly and said: "This means that we need to take care of everything, but we can't spend less money."
Unexpectedly, Dakui asked with a smile: "Are you and I brothers?"
The man surnamed Lin was stunned and thought: Sun Tzu and you are brothers! But although he thought so in his heart, he did not dare to say it. Then he smiled and said: "We don't know each other without fighting, so naturally you and I are brothers.
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Dakui chuckled and said: "Since we are brothers, talking about money hurts our feelings. Please ask Brother Lin to take more trouble on this matter." After saying this, he chuckled twice.
The man surnamed Lin couldn't help but swallowed when he heard the laughter, and forced himself to calm down and said: "I am also a poor person, where do I get all the money?"
Dakui pondered for a moment and suddenly asked: "You still don't know where Brother Lin's hometown is?"
The man surnamed Lin didn't expect Dakui to ask this question, so he replied doubtfully: "The villain is from the local area."
Dakui said in surprise: "Oh, my second aunt's cousin's neighbor's grandfather is also from here! So we are cousins!"
Hearing these words, the man named Lin almost cried: Your uncle is your cousin!
Unexpectedly, Dakui said in an instant: "I see you in tears, how can you be worthy of me if you don't burst into tears? Then beat me." After saying that, Dakui stood up and walked to the side. The five people, including the dog, the stone, the broom, the dustpan, and the bench, started swinging again.
The guy then started beating up the man named Lin again.
At this moment, he saw a group of government officials running over from a distance on the road. A smile flashed across Da Kui's lips when he saw it, and he immediately shouted: "Stop, you guys haven't hit me yet, I'll do it!"
He walked up to the man surnamed Lin and punched him in the left eye socket, and then said: "This punch is to avenge yesterday." As soon as he finished speaking, he punched the man surnamed Lin in the right eye socket.
superior.
The man named Lin was punched twice in both eyes and felt dizzy, but he still asked, "Why did you punch me twice?"
Dakui smiled and said: "The second punch is interest." By the time the Yamen rushed to him, Dakui and others had already thrown away their sticks and shovels.
The leading catcher came to the crowd and shouted angrily: "How can the official salt field allow you to be so unruly? Those who gather to fight will be severely punished and will be taken back to the Yamen." After saying this, he shook his shackles and together with the Yamen officials, he took the six Da Kui people together.
Locked.
The man named Lin had swollen hands, swollen feet, and swollen head. He looked like a panda with two black eye sockets, but how could he walk?
The Yamen ordered Dakui and others to use door panels to lift him and escort him back to the Yamen...
The fight was originally a minor matter, so the police immediately reported it to their immediate superior, Mr. Tongzhi, and the yamen quickly issued punishments. Since Dakui and others were penniless, there was no fine. They ordered Dakui and the others to work in the salt field for a month.
Even though there was no wages for food, it was considered a fine. The man named Lin was not seriously injured, but the cost of the soup and medicine needed to be paid from the fine.
On the same day, Da Kui and others entered the salt field as they wished. Unexpectedly, the other coolies received bamboo sticks to work, and after the work was completed, they received wages according to the bamboo sticks. However, Da Kui and others had no wages, but a supervisor followed them, and the supervisor was slow to work.
It was a whip. After only half a day of work, the six people in Dakui each carried at least 200 bags of salt. Calculating from this, they need to carry 800 to 1,000 bags of salt a day. In one month,
At least 30,000 salt packets must be resisted. Six people are equivalent to 180,000 salt packets. If we count silver, it is sixty taels of silver. Each person is fined ten taels of silver? This is too dark!
They worked until it was completely dark, and then Dakui and others were taken to a large work shed next to the salt field. There were already more than ten prisoners in prison uniforms in the work shed. Each of these prisoners had a ferocious look on their faces. When they saw Dakui and others,
When they came in, everyone looked at them with gloating eyes.
When the meal was ready, vegetable soup was served in the bun. Dakui and the other six people fought with the prisoners, and managed to eat enough by relying on their strength. They slept in the work shed that night.
Xiaoshi and Dakui, the six of them, were so strong that they could no longer work after working for three days in a row. Especially Dakui, whose body had been weak since his recovery from illness. Even though he had supernatural powers, he could not withstand such torture. But once he moved,
After a while, the whips of the supervisors hit their bodies like raindrops. The six people in Dakui were now covered in scars and bruises.
Only then did Dakui realize that the man surnamed Lin was acquainted with the government and wanted to kill them.
Although the pain was unbearable, Dakui still encouraged his six subordinates to grit their teeth and persevere. Finally, Huangtian paid off and allowed Dakui to figure out the way.
It turns out that although the salt farm is owned by the government, a team of horses and carts enter the salt farm at night to unload goods every ten days or so. Da Kui already knew that the official salt was delivered once a month, and these carts and horses were transported once every ten days. That is,
It is said that Pan Ke, the governor of Raozhou, together with the salt envoy, mixed private salt into official salt and sold it, so that the goods could be shipped without anyone noticing.
When he came to Raozhou, Da Kui already knew that the official salt left in Raozhou every month was very small compared with other state capitals, sometimes even less than half of other state capitals. Based on this calculation, the spies' report was true. That Raozhou
How can it be said that the governor of the government, Pan Ke, made millions of taels of silver a year under the false pretense of serving the public good?
You must know that the salt business of the entire Jiangxi Province is transferred to various places in Raozhou. The huge profits can be imagined. Although Da Kui knew the secret, he could not leave without authorization. He still gritted his teeth and persisted for a month.
Was released from the salt field.
Dakui, Gou Sheng, stones, brooms, dustpans, and benches supported each other back to their residence. It happened that three other subordinates were also here. Dakui lay on the bunk and listened to their reports one by one, feeling quite satisfied.
It turns out that the reason why Pan Ke is deeply rooted in Raozhou City is that he knows how to be an official. Since he took office, he has made great efforts to build a wide network of contacts, and naturally he has made money smoothly. There is a golden rule for corrupt officials: money is made by one person.
But it is not spent by one person. Pan Ke took care of everyone from top to bottom and tied everyone like a grasshopper on a rope. In this way, a system will naturally form, a system of corrupt officials. It is natural for the people to say that officials protect each other.
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Dakui thought for a moment and then said: "Let's recharge our batteries for three days and then start harvesting. During these three days, we are not allowed to alert others. Let's do this first!" Dakui returned to the Wu Mansion with the support of his subordinates. He needed a good rest.
After a rest, Dakui's whole body was sore at this moment, and his waist felt like it was about to break.
After not moving my muscles and bones for a long time, I have become so unbearable after doing heavy work for a month. It seems that it is time to move.
In the evening, more than ten cars and horses came from a distance on the official road leading to Raozhou. Each car was covered with tarpaulins and tied with ropes. In addition to the driver of each car, there were more than ten cars.
A man who looked like a traveler followed closely behind the convoy.
It was only half an hour before we could enter Raozhou City, but the motorcade stopped at a tea stall five miles away from the city. Dr. Xu Shicha was familiar with these people and had already prepared the tea set on the seat of the motorcade.
After tying up the carriages and horses, they went to the tea stall to find their seats and sit around. The tea had been brewed long ago. These people were not polite and started pouring tea to drink.
Normally, these many people should be very lively. Surprisingly, no one was talking nonsense. They were all drinking tea in silence. Some people may be hungry, so they took out the dry food they brought with them and started eating and drinking with the tea.
Dr. Tea was just busy refilling the water, but he didn't say a word.
It was getting dark, but there were dark clouds in the sky, and it was afraid it was going to rain.
Although it is March in spring, the rainy season in Jiangxi mostly occurs after May. At this time, seeing that it was going to rain, a pockmarked man stood on a seat at the tea stall and shouted to everyone: "It will rain tonight, let's go early
Enter the city." As soon as he finished speaking, everyone sitting around the table stood up and untied the horses and carriages. The motorcade continued to march towards Raozhou City as before, entering the city just as the city gate was closing, and took the road to the north.
But it is in the direction of the salt field.
Raozhou is a big city in the south of the Yangtze River. There are many scenic spots in the city. The only way to the north of the city is the Sanxiu Forest. The three beautiful things are green bamboo, strange rocks, flowers and plants. Although it is getting late, you can still see the green trees on the roadside.
The tall and straight bamboos point straight to the sky, the jagged rocks are hidden in the forest, and the exotic flowers and plants are dotted here and there. It is March in spring, and the spring breeze blows along the way and the fragrance of flowers fills your nostrils.