Everyone's faces became serious when they heard this, because this was something they had not considered beforehand. Chu Dali's eyes widened, feeling that this matter was completely irrelevant to what was being discussed, but he had always been convinced by his eldest brother, so he did not fight.
Cut him off.
At this time, I heard Chu Dayuan continue to say: "If we usually run goods and grab gun territory, we can call in a lot of people with just one greeting, but we can really drive less than a thousand core people."
At this time, Chu Dali could no longer hold back his temper and said, "Brother, what are you talking about?"
Chu Dayuan waved his hand to signal him to be quiet, and then continued: "I don't know if you have noticed? There have been more and more people leaving our Hegang in the past few months, and they are all the most ordinary members of the gang! To put it bluntly,
Yes, they are those people who make a living through gangs!"
Chu Dali said angrily: "These people are all ungrateful and ungrateful people. Sooner or later, I want them to look good! Why don't I send someone to teach them a lesson?"
Yu Wansheng smiled bitterly and said: "Second Master, don't just come up and fight and kill! There are people from Wuninghou in and outside the city now, and the inspector will come over as soon as you take action! If the inspector can't manage it,
If so, we will blow the whistle to call people, but we can’t beat those soldiers!”
Chu Dali gave a hard "hum" and said: "Then we won't introduce jobs to them from now on and let them starve to death! Sooner or later they will return to our gang!"
Yu Wansheng said: "The second master, this is the problem! They joined our He Gang because they couldn't find food, and now they left the He Gang because they found food. This is what worries the first master.
place!"
Just like Yu Wansheng said, the river gang is slowly and continuously disintegrating! This is already an imminent matter before several leaders!
At first, Liu Haojia treated the He Gang as a formidable enemy, but Zhang Shunping gave him a strategy, which was to let nature take its course and hire people to deal with the He Gang! So Liu Haojia announced many rules after opening the sea, one of which was
People who work in his fief are not allowed to have gang backgrounds! This move is hitting the fate of the He Gang!彡彡訁凊
The main income of the He Gang is to help people deliver goods on the canal and monopolize some related industries. While they make profits from these industries, they also collect protection fees from small and medium-sized businesses. Another big income is the donations from the gang!
Among these three major items, the industries along the river have been affected to a certain extent since the opening of the sea, but fortunately the reaction has not been big. The canal boats traveling from south to north can still bring a lot of business. As for the reduction of protection fees, there is not much
, because their main force is still on the canal, so they don’t collect much.
But the income from the helpers is shrinking sharply! And this shows one thing, that is, the number of their helpers is shrinking!
You must know that their river gang itself is formed by its large number of people! If all the gang members disappear, where will the river gang come from? And the core gang members with more than a thousand people are not productive. They want
Guarding the territory, collecting debts, collecting protection fees, standing up for others, fighting, and also focusing on practicing martial arts, it consumes a lot every day!
And what these people consume is the water they draw from the gang members! It can be said that on average, three gang members in the He Gang need to support one core gang member. Together with subsidies from other industries, they can maintain this nearly 1,000-strong gang.
The number of people. Therefore, the loss of ordinary members directly threatens the status of core members.
And where did these gang members go? A large part of them entered Liu Haojia's fiefdom and became laborers, coachmen, waiters, etc. on the dock. Some were directly hired by Liu Haojia as service personnel. Even the better ones were directly hired by Liu Haojia.
They were hired as officers and even directly added to the Wu'an Army. After the expansion, the Wuhan Army now has close to 8,000 people. It is a real behemoth!
After these members of the original He Gang found new jobs, their salaries were higher than before. Not only did they avoid being slapped by the gang leaders above, they also had more money in their pockets. Naturally, they were eager to do so.
In order to get rid of the control of the He Gang, the members of the He Gang are losing faster and faster, which has threatened the foundation of their survival!
Now that there are many fewer people in the Hegang, many jobs cannot be taken and can only be picked up by others, and there is less water pumping. The most important thing is that with fewer people, the power is weak and it cannot resist the invasion of other gangs.
What's more, there is still a Wu Ninghou who is staring at them eagerly! Having said this, everyone understands what is going on. The life and death crisis of the He Gang is about to come!
So in the end, Chu Dayuan concluded: "So, it's not that we won't get involved if we don't want to, but that others have already forced us to come to our door!"
After finishing speaking, he looked at Yu Deli and said: "Actually, I also agree with the rule that the people do not fight with the officials, but now we have to fight! We can't hand over the He Gang! Don't forget that we have offended us over the years.
How many people have been killed? If the He Gang disappears, will they let us go? How can you save the money you have saved at home or your family?"
When everyone heard this, their faces were ashen and they were speechless for a moment. They all knew that it might be possible if they were asked to quit, but they could not bear the consequences of quitting.
Thinking of this, everyone who was still a little shaken immediately became firm! They have stayed in Tianjin for long enough, and they don't want to take their money to other places. Taking a lot of money to settle down somewhere else is on the chopping block.
Meat! The local gangs and government will not miss the opportunity to extort them!
Seeing that everyone's expressions were firm, Chu Dayuan said with a smile: "And this time we are not dealing with Wu Ninghou alone, but we have important figures in the court supporting us! It seems that Wu Ninghou usually offends people.
Quite a few, especially someone is targeting him this time!"
Everyone was happy when they heard this! In their opinion, this was a good opportunity to get in touch with senior officials of the imperial court! Although they had connections with the government in the past, they mostly spent money to ensure safety. Now that they have such an opportunity, they will naturally want to
catch.
But what no one saw was that their second-in-command Yu Wansheng's expression changed when he heard that a big shot in the court was intervening! However, he quickly changed his expression, with a fake smile on his face,
His eyes kept moving.
At this time, Chu Dayuan stood up and said, "Mr. Wang, please come out and meet everyone now!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the door curtain leading to the back hall was raised, and a man dressed as a middle-aged scholar walked out with a smile, and then he casually raised his hands in greeting. Everyone saw that his appearance and clothes were very ordinary, and they felt that he did not look like someone from the imperial court.
The people inside are naturally a little more confused!