Chapter 244 Harmony is the most precious thing (please vote for me!)
During lunch time, Zheng Yuanwai, the leader of Zheng's Salt Industry Group, was faced with more than twenty dishes and didn't know where to start when he received another report from Ganquan Courtyard.
When he received the report last night, Yuan Zheng was not angry because he had not yet made arrangements and deployments.
But when he heard what happened in the morning at noon today, Zheng Yuanwai was a little angry, because his arrangements and deployments were stepped on and rubbed against the ground.
"Lin Tailai still hasn't taken action?" Zheng Zheng shouted and asked.
The old steward answered truthfully: "No, he was on the side to break up the fight."
It would be easier if the man surnamed Lin took matters into his own hands. He could just report it to the official and get the job done.
Zheng Yuanwai analyzed with piercing eyes: "Those more than 20 thugs must be his entourage brought from Suzhou, pretending to be passers-by!"
The old steward said skillfully: "I am wise, but Lin Tailai claims that he will come again tomorrow morning. How should we deal with it?"
After careful consideration, Zheng Yuanwai said, "I guess Lin Tailai's purpose is to regain face. This feeling is understandable.
But he shouldn’t use this method of humiliating the Zheng family’s face to regain his face! The Zheng family will never accept such humiliation!”
The old steward asked for instructions again: "Do you want to find his residence and teach him a lesson?"
Member Zheng scolded: "We, the Zheng family, still need to act secretly like this in Yangzhou City? We must teach him an honest lesson!"
In the past two days, Lin Tailai went to Zheng's Villa three times. Each time it became more popular than the last, and many people in the city knew about it.
When Lin Daguan appeared on the street again the next day, walking leisurely towards the small east gate, many people began to follow Lin Daguan along the way.
At the cross street closest to Zheng's villa, as soon as Lin Daguan walked to the center of the street, a group of people, about a hundred people, suddenly appeared in front of him and blocked Lin Daguan's front on the street.
The leading man said in a deep voice: "My Excellency, Zheng Sichang, please Lin Jieyuan not to harass Bai Ji anymore."
Official Lin scolded directly: "I can go wherever I want, what does that have to do with you, a stupid servant of the Zheng family? Who do you think you are, how dare you stop me?"
Zheng Sichang was a little annoyed at being scolded, and immediately ordered his men to come forward and surround Lin Daguan, his master, and his servants.
Lin Tailai added: "I am a martial arts student from Suzhou. I am about to go to Beijing to take the exam. I am passing by Yangzhou. You slaves dare to intercept me, a candidate!"
Examinations have special significance in society, and candidates are generally given conveniences and privileges by default.
Intercepting candidates and preventing them from taking the exam is a very unethical and politically incorrect behavior in public opinion, and may even be investigated by the government.
Although he was labeled as intercepting candidates, Zheng Sichang still didn't care. After all, he was used to running rampant in Yangzhou.
Besides, this statement is very far-fetched. If you were to surround you on the streets of Yangzhou City, would you be intercepting you from entering Beijing to take the exam?
When the onlookers saw this scene, they only thought of one sentence, that is, "the arms cannot hold the thighs."
Lin Jieyuan, no matter how deep your feelings are, no matter how good your poems are, and no matter how good you are as an individual, you will not be able to break the situation if you are surrounded by more than a hundred people.
After all, this is Yangzhou City, not Suzhou City.
Then I saw Lin Jieyuan, who was surrounded, raising his arms and shouting: "Report to the official! I want to report to the official! The Zheng family illegally detained me!"
Everyone was speechless. These words were completely uncharacteristic of the legendary No. 1 hero in Suzhou City.
Is it ridiculous for a person who is the most powerful person in the world to report something to the officials when something happens?
But there were actually two people standing in the crowd and shouting: "Lin Jieyuan! I am a fellow villager in Wu County. I will report to the official for you!"
Then the two men went to Yangzhou Government Office and Jiangdu County Government Office separately. They were not too far apart and could be reached in a quarter of an hour.
Zheng Sichang scoffed at this and had no intention of stopping others from reporting to the official.
If reporting to the official could be of use, he would eat the cloth from the roadside teahouse!
He said with a smile on his face: "Lin Jieyuan! We respect you as a Jieyuan, so we will give you three points of courtesy.
But if you still don’t leave Yangzhou City, don’t blame me for being rude!”
Official Lin silently took out two iron whips and said calmly: "Waiting for the results of the report."
Seeing such murderous weapons, Zheng Sichang quickly reminded his men to be careful, and then waited.
Not long after, I saw the two people who reported to the official came back and shouted: "The Yamen will not accept it!"
Zheng Sichang smiled proudly and said, "Lin Jieyuan invites you yourself!"
Suddenly several people stood out from the crowd and shouted indignantly:
"The Zheng family, a salt merchant, is unkind and bullies others too much! We, our fellow villagers in this county, really can't bear to see Lin Jieyuan who dared to attack us in Suzhou today!"
Zheng Sichang turned around and yelled: "Get out! You guys dare to uphold justice. You don't even know how to write the word "death"!"
The Suzhou man who stood up shouted again: "So what if there are many people? You Zheng family can bully others if you have many people?"
Zheng Sichang said impatiently: "Now I will let you know the benefits of having more people!"
Then he casually ordered a small leader, who led about ten people, to move menacingly towards the few Suzhou people who were fighting against injustice.
Immediately, the indignant Suzhou native who stood up first was slapped, pushed to the ground, and punched and kicked.
The dozen or so Zheng family thugs beat them very happily, no different from the past.
In their minds, beating someone can cause trouble? It can be said that their existence is to help Zheng beat people!
Collect salt to fight against kitchen households, sell salt to fight against peers, come and go in rain or shine, they are indispensable!
Zheng Sichang pointed at the person who was beaten and threatened Lin Tailai: "Look carefully, don't end up with the same fate."
It was when the dozen or so Zheng family thugs who were responsible for the beatings raised their heads that a few outsiders somehow turned into dozens.
Each person's arm was tied with a red cloth scarf, and dozens of eyes stared at them eagerly.
Zheng Sichang also sensed something was wrong and was about to ask questions when he heard several more harsh bamboo whistles.
Then a large group of people came from the south, a large group of people came from the north, a large group of people came from the east, and a large group of people appeared from the west.
These large groups of people are all young and middle-aged men, and they all have red cloth strips tied on their arms. They are accomplices at first glance, and there are at least several hundred people in them!
The Suzhou native who was the first to stand up and was filled with righteous indignation lay on the ground, released his hands holding his head, and shouted to Zheng Sichang with scars all over his body:
"We folks from Wuxian County are here, do you Zheng family still want to outnumber us?"
At this time, hundreds of people shouted together: "The Zheng family, the salt merchants, are unkind for the sake of wealth! How can it be fair to beat my fellow villagers!"
The Zheng family's thugs were stunned. Where did hundreds of people come from and are so united?
How can we fight when more than a hundred people are surrounded by hundreds of organized people? Also, since there are so many people on the other side, why didn't they stand up earlier?
At this moment, Official Lin was still surrounded by the Zheng family's thugs, but he pushed away the people in front of him and walked out in a swaggering manner. No one dared to stop him.
Senior Officer Lin continued to walk slowly towards the other courtyard. After walking a few steps, he suddenly turned back and said seriously:
"When you go out and travel around the country, peace is the most important thing. Fighting and killing are not the solution to the problem!
When things happen, it’s best to resolve them through negotiation, never take action.”
The Zheng family's thugs quietly breathed a sigh of relief. There were more than a hundred of them on our side and hundreds of opponents. It would be best if peace was the most important thing.
Zheng Sichang also thought to himself, it seems that Lin Jieyuan also has scruples in his heart. After all, he is in a different place, so it makes sense to be cautious.
Someone in the crowd shouted: "Lin Jieyuan Gaoyi!"
When everyone's eyes were focused on Lin Jieyuan's retreating back, the bamboo whistle sounded again.
Hundreds of Suzhou men suddenly started to attack together. The Zheng family's thugs, who had just relaxed, were caught off guard. They were not even prepared to escape. They were surrounded on the crossroads and beaten to death.
After a while, not many of the more than a hundred thugs from the Zheng family could still stand up.
Before today, these main thugs raised by the Zheng family never dreamed that they would be beaten like this in Yangzhou City.
The people watching at the scene couldn't come to their senses for a long time. It wasn't that they had little experience, but they had never seen such an acting style.
Things happened so fast that before most people could react, the Zheng family's combat effectiveness was completely wiped out.
Although it is not clear how many thugs the Zheng family has, without the more than a hundred in front of them, at least their vitality will be seriously damaged, and the main force may even be wiped out.
Also, how afraid of the government are you Lin Jieyuan? Before you left, you still shouted "peace is the most important thing". You really didn't leave any legal handle at all!
After the fighting was over, hundreds of Suzhou men did not disperse. They still gathered and followed Lin Daguan's back.
Official Lin came to the gate of Zheng's villa again and looked inside affectionately. However, several slaves inside the gate could only tremble and did not dare to greet the guests.
Because behind this guest, there are hundreds of men standing. I don’t know if they are here to express their love for each other or to steal a bride.
Lin Jieyuan raised his head and shouted into the yard: "Swallow! Swallow! Are you still happy?"
After shouting a few times, Lin Jieyuan suddenly turned around and shouted to hundreds of people: "The salt merchant Zheng has bullied me too much. The villagers are telling me what to do!"
Hundreds of people responded neatly: "If you are from Suzhou, you will not buy Zheng's salt! Resolutely boycott Zheng's salt!"
This turn of events caught the melon-eaters watching from a distance and the Zheng family slaves peeking through the gate off guard.
It's obviously just a simple love issue, how come it escalates to an economic level?
Besides, is boycott so easy to boycott? To put it bluntly, the salt area is all established by convention and has a tacit understanding for a long time.
Suzhou Prefecture is the salt sales area of the Zheng family. If the Zheng family does not sell salt, then other salt merchants will not sell salt if they follow the rules or sell face.
If under the control of the Zheng family, the salt merchants do not sell salt, then can Suzhou people not eat salt?
As the largest salt merchant in Yangzhou City, the Zheng family has the strength to persuade others to behave themselves.
Besides, Suzhou Prefecture is very big, with millions of people living in seven or eight prefectures and counties. How capable are you, Lin Jieyuan, of persuading millions of people not to buy Zheng’s salt?
Therefore, this idea of a boycott is really a bit whimsical.
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