Chapter 682: The Embarrassment and Reaction of the Zhepeng People

When Brother Kuan announced Su Yi's decision to reporters, Nakamura Kotaro and Matsumuro Takayoshi already knew that Su Yi was going to evacuate all the Lipas from the Japanese Concession.

The reason they knew was that Wu Zantong came to report.

The reason Wu Zantong knew this was because a large number of his men began to flee the Japanese Concession early in the morning.

When did the Lipas in the Japanese Concession know that Su Yi asked them to withdraw?

The answer is that before more than a thousand people entered the French Concession, Su Yi immediately formulated a response plan and arranged for many people to enter the Japanese Concession. At the same time, he went to the footpaths in various Japanese Concessions to announce the news.

Of course, it was not an announcement openly and openly, but after arriving at the gathering point of the Liba people, finding the right moment, avoiding the leaders of the three associations, saying things quickly, and leaving quickly after speaking.

Su Yi specifically stated that safety should be the priority, as long as the news reaches him, there is no need to pursue "widespread publicity."

Sometimes at a Lipa gathering point, the person who made the announcement would only tell one or two people and then evacuate immediately.

So Su Yi's instructions were actually spread through the grapevine.

As the so-called "Duck Prophet of Spring River Plumbing", this important matter related to the wealth and future of the Lipas spread like a virus to the ears of every Lipa. In a short period of time, it achieved the communication effect that Su Yi wanted to achieve.

However, the Lipas were not unanimous in their opinions on whether to obey Su Yi's orders.

"Master Geng has spoken, of course we must listen! Master Geng is benevolent and righteous. He is also from Lipa. He knows our suffering and is sincerely on our Lipa side. Without him, we can only get seven dollars per month." Eight oceans, life is very tight, and we don’t have enough to eat. But now, because of Master Geng, our income can be doubled at once. You have to be grateful, don’t you think so?”

"That's right. Besides, Master Geng has already said that he will not leave us alone after leaving the Japanese Concession. Master Geng always keeps his word, unlike the man named Wu. We have agreed before that our treatment will be in line with the conduct of Master Geng's subordinates. We could have received more than 20 yuan, but because of his deductions, our monthly income is now only 14 or 5 yuan, which is better than before, but we are afraid of comparing ourselves to others... "

"You can't leave even if you don't want to. Didn't you hear what people said? If you don't leave, we will no longer be brothers in the foot industry! Master Geng is going to be serious this time. If you don't follow him, you will be expelled from the foot industry! We Don't be stupid and stay here to be buried with Wu Zantong and Zhe Peng. We are all old and young, and we can't afford to spend time with them."

"Let's go, let's go! If you want to leave, leave as early as possible. Otherwise, you won't be able to eat shit in time for a hot bite..."

Most of the Lipas are supportive because of Su Yi's majesty, their dissatisfaction with Wu Zantong, Su Yi's unprecedented threat of an industry ban, and their desire to join Su Yi's team and economic considerations. They all took action and began to evacuate outside the concession area.

There are also some "hesitants" in Lipa who just don't know whether to go or not, so they go around looking for people to discuss the matter and discuss it over and over again. As a result, they become more entangled in the discussion and see their companions leaving one after another. , they are still undecided, not knowing what to do.

This group of Lipas also accounts for a large number of people. This is also a portrayal of the true inner tangle and complexity of the people at the bottom. They yearn for change, but are afraid of change; they look forward to resistance, but do not dare to resist. In the end, energy is exhausted in this kind of contradiction and entanglement, and it becomes numb.

Finally, there are the opposition Liba people, and their reasons are very good.

"Leave? Can you leave? Which one is a vegetarian, Wu Zantong or Zhe Peng? Although Mr. Geng is good, he can't protect himself now, so let's not get into trouble. Besides, our roots are in the Japanese Concession. If we leave our roots, we have to start over, and we can’t afford it.”

"It's just a carrot and a pit. Master Geng said he would give us accommodation, but how to settle it? There are so many Lipas outside who have to eat. If we all go out to compete with others for their jobs, will they be happy? We can't leave. It's not good if we go out. Eat the fruit!”

"If Master Geng says we won't leave, will we be kicked out of the business? Haha, the business in the Japanese Concession belongs to Mr. Wu. Can Mr. Geng reach out? If the sky falls, Mr. Wu will support us. We are the ones who can carry the bag." Ba, just keep working. When Master Geng can reach out to the Japanese Concession, let’s not worry about this anymore.”

"That's right, that's just what it means to drive out the gangsters. Bayan Qing can't do anything about the gangsters in the Japanese Concession. How many days has Master Geng been the leader? A strong dragon can't overwhelm local snakes. Let's not follow Geng Liangchen to find fault. by."

The number of people in this group of Liba was also quite large. After weighing the pros and cons, they decided to stay and thought that there was nothing they could do against them.

Finally, there were the big and small leaders of the Three Tonghui. They also quickly learned about Su Yi's order, because there must be flatterers among the Liba people who tipped them off.

Some bosses didn't pay attention at all, thinking that Su Yi was in a hurry and sought medical treatment; some bosses immediately began to control their subordinates to prevent the loss of personnel; and some bosses also changed their minds and responded to Su Yi's orders Originally, this included not allowing any foot traffic to do business with the Zhepeng people, so they simply encouraged the Liba men under their command to flee together and go to Su Yi.

The news was quickly fed back to Wu Zantong. Wu Zantong was a little disapproving at first. His confidence came from the Zhepeng people. In his opinion, if the Zhepeng people were to deal with Su Yi now, Su Yi would definitely be dead.

Now Su Yi is just struggling to his death, but the grasshopper after autumn won't be able to jump around for long at all.

So he didn't pay attention to it.

It was not until more and more of his men reported to him that all the Liba under his command had run away that Wu Zantong became alert and realized the seriousness of the matter.

And this was exactly when Brother Kuan announced Su Yi's decision to the reporters.

Wu Zantong gathered his men and found that more than one-third of his Liba had been lost!

He was immediately shocked and angry. This was not a small matter, because Su Yi's previous open recruitment had caused a large number of Liba in the Japanese Concession to leave, resulting in a severe shortage of Liba now.

And now, another one-third of the Liba have left. It is conceivable that part of the foot trade in the Japanese Concession will be shut down with no one available.

The most terrifying thing is that the Liba are still leaving, and the loss of personnel is still continuing.

Wu Zantong could no longer sit still. While organizing people to appease the Liba under his command, he rushed to the Haiguang Temple headquarters. The situation was no longer within his control, and he thought of asking for help from his master Zhepeng.

Wu Zantong's report attracted the attention of Matsumuro Takayoshi and Nakamura Kotaro. They immediately blocked all exits of the Japanese Concession and prohibited any Chinese from going out. Those Liba who did not have time to escape were immediately blocked in the Japanese Concession and could not get out.

But even so, some Liba still ran out before the blockade, and nearly half of the Liba in the Japanese Concession ran out.

"Bakayaloo!"

Slap! Slap!

Matsumuro Takayoshi slapped Wu Zantong twice, causing the latter to bleed from the corners of his mouth and see stars, but he dared not do anything, just lowered his head and said "Hi".

"You idiot, you should have reported it as soon as possible. You can call us directly. We will block the concession as soon as possible, so that there will not be so many coolies running out! The transportation and circulation of goods in the Japanese Concession will not become so passive."

Matsumuro Takayoshi shouted and scolded, and he was furious.

"Matsumuro Taijun calm down, I will definitely find a way, I will definitely..."

Slap!

Another slap.

"Your conscience is bad! You have no way to think at all. You are just a stupid pig!"

"Yes, yes, I am a pig... I am a pig..."

"I don't care what method you use. You must ensure the normal operation of the Japanese concession. You must ensure that all the goods in the Japanese concession can be handled in a timely and proper manner. Otherwise, I will reward you with a knife and let you commit suicide by disembowelment. Do you understand?"

"I understand! I understand..."

"Get out!"

Wu Zantong crawled out.

"Alas, the merchants in the concession are going to express their dissatisfaction and protest to me again." Nakamura Kotaro said with a headache, "We ourselves have neglected this issue. We should have thought that Geng Liangchen would have such a reaction."

Although Nakamura Kotaro's words were self-blaming, he was actually blaming Matsumuro Takayoshi.

Matsumuro Takayoshi hurriedly admitted his mistake: "General Nakamura, this matter is my negligence. I am willing to bear all responsibilities and consequences.

Nakamura Kotaro waved his hand: "It happened. There is no point in pursuing responsibility. The top priority now is to solve the problem of cargo transportation. I'm sure that within an hour, those merchants will call my office. "

The merchants in the Japanese Concession are definitely the most numerous in the whole of Tianjin. There are thousands of merchants of all sizes in the Japanese Concession.

The reason why the business in the Japanese Concession is so developed is that there are more than 200 trading companies here that have formed a "special trade association" to do open smuggling business.

Smuggling has existed since ancient times. It goes without saying how high the profits of smuggling are. The heavy blow that smuggling has dealt to the country's finances, finance, and industrial and commercial economy is also intentionally created by the Zhepeng people. While expanding their military occupation, they use this despicable method to carry out large-scale economic plunder of China.

It is not only the Zhepeng people who are engaged in smuggling, but also merchants from various countries and traitorous merchants. Mitsubishi, Mitsui and other foreign companies in the Zhepeng chaebol system are openly smuggling. At the most rampant time, there were hundreds of smuggling ships at major coastal ports in China, and the docks were piled with The vast majority of the goods were smuggled goods from Zhepeng, and the anti-smuggling work at the checkpoints was almost non-existent, causing a large amount of wealth and goods to flow out of China.

In addition to smuggling, the Japanese Concession was also the base camp for tobacco, gambling, and prostitution, which could be said to be full of the five poisons. Yuan Wenhui, the biggest traitor of the Green Gang, specialized in the business of prostitution, gambling, and drugs in the Japanese Concession.

In short, the merchants in the Japanese Concession were all engaged in big business in the highly profitable industry. With such huge profits that they made a fortune every day, the backgrounds behind each family were certainly not small, so even senior military generals like Nakamura Kotaro would be wary of these merchants and feel headaches for them.

"They will not understand our difficulties, nor will they understand our difficulties," Nakamura Kotaro said with a headache, "They only have interests in their eyes. They will definitely think, is it really worth paying such a big loss for a little Geng Liangchen?"

"Maybe we shouldn't waste time with Geng Liangchen, we should - directly trap him, or kill him directly! "Nakamura Kotaro paused, and said with murderous intent in his eyes.

Matsumuro Takayoshi felt a little frustrated. Capturing Liba and forcing Su Yi to surrender was the first suggestion he made to Nakamura Kotaro after coming to Tianjin. Nakamura Kotaro adopted his opinion, but the result now was completely beyond his expectations.

His first shot in Tianjin was a dud.

He was unwilling to accept it!

"General Nakamura, whether it is to trap or kill Geng Liangchen, it is not an easy task. After all, this is a strong man who easily sneaked into the Six Nations Hotel to kill people and then escaped unscathed!" Takaharu Matsuro took a deep breath and persuaded, " Unless our soldiers can freely enter and leave the French Concession, no matter what we do, there is a high failure rate, and once we alert the enemy, he will definitely react strongly. "

"So, as long as we have to deal with Geng Liangchen, the situation we are facing now is inevitable and will not make any difference." Matsumuro Takayoshi looked at Nakamura Kotaro, "We are already halfway through the work. If we give up the current situation Heavy methods A new beginning, please forgive me, this may not be a good idea, it may be time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the effect is not as good as it is now. At least we know one thing now, that is, Geng Liangchen cares about his reputation, and he cares about those three things. More than a hundred people died."

"General, I think we should withstand the pressure and continue with the current plan. Only by catching Geng Liangchen as soon as possible or killing Geng Liangchen as soon as possible can this matter be ended. Only then will this embarrassing situation be completely eliminated, and we will treat those unruly people Only those who are unruly will have a great deterrent effect!"

Nakamura Kotaro was convinced, he nodded slowly and said: "That's right, as a hunter, patience is a necessary quality. The more powerful the prey, the more violently it will struggle. We don't have to rush to kill them, but When they are exhausted, a single blow can kill them."

"Best greeting, General." Takayoshi Matsumuro flattered him.

"Well," Kotaro Nakamura nodded with satisfaction, "Then what we should do next is to further force him to stimulate him. Maybe we should shoot a group of people to let him know that if he doesn't come, these more than 300 people will be killed because of We killed them all! Mr. Matsushita, how many people do you think we can kill in order to have the greatest impact on the first batch of people without stimulating his rebellious psychology?

Matsumuro Takaliang thought for a while and said: "Twenty or thirty people should be a suitable number."

"It makes sense." Kotaro Nakamura nodded, "Then let's make thirty people. Execute thirty people in public immediately, in the name of the underground party!"

"Hi!"