When Brother Kuan announced Su Yi's decision to the reporters, Nakamura Kotaro and Matsumuro Takayoshi already knew that Su Yi was going to evacuate all the Japanese concession workers.
The reason they knew was that Wu Zantong came to report.
The reason why Wu Zantong knew this was because a large number of Liba men under him 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 is 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 is spread, 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 a month."
Eight oceans away, life is very tight, and we don’t have enough to eat. But now, because of Master Geng, our income can be doubled all of a sudden. As a person, you must know how to be grateful, are you right?"
"That's right. Besides, Master Geng has already said that he will not leave us alone after leaving the Japanese Concession. Master Geng has always kept his word, unlike the one 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. It is better than before, but we are afraid of comparing ourselves to others...
"
"It's okay if you don't want to leave. 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 stay here stupidly to be buried with Wu Zantong and Zhepeng. We are all old and young, and we can't afford to waste time with them."
"Let's go, let's go! If you want to leave, leave early and do it neatly, otherwise you won't even be able to eat shit in time for a hot bite..."
Most Lipas hold a supportive attitude, because of Su Yi's majesty, their dissatisfaction with Wu Zantong, coupled with Su Yi's unprecedented threat of industry ban, as well as their desire to defect to Su Yi's command 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 real 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 dare not resist. In the end, they are exhausted in this contradiction and entanglement.
Energy becomes numb.
Finally, there are the opposition groups, and their reasons are very good.
"Let's go? Can we go? Which one is vegetarian, Wu Zantong or Zhe Peng? Although Mr. Geng is a good man, 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 from scratch, and we can't afford the trouble."
"It's just a carrot and a pit. Master Geng said he would give us accommodation, but how to arrange it? There are so many people 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 that we won't leave, will we be kicked out of the footpath? Haha, the footpath in the Japanese Concession belongs to Boss Wu. Can Master Geng reach out? If the sky falls, Boss Wu will support us. We are the ones who can carry the bag."
Ba, just do your work. When Master Geng can reach into the Japanese Concession, let’s not worry about these anymore.”
"That's right, it's just a word to say that we are expelling the gangsters. Bayan Qing can't do anything about the gangsters in the Japanese Concession. How many days has Mr. Geng been the leader? A strong dragon can't suppress the local snakes. Let's not follow Geng Liangchen to find fault.
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The number of people in this group of Liba was also quite large. After weighing the pros and cons, they decided to stay, thinking that there was nothing they could do about it at the right time.
Finally, there were the big and small leaders of the Santonghui. 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 Su Yi's order
Originally, this included not allowing anyone to do business with the Zhepeng people, so they simply incited the Liba 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 much attention to it.
It wasn't until more and more of his subordinates reported to him that all the Liba men under him had run away that Wu Zantong became alert and realized the seriousness of the matter.
At this time, Brother Kuan announced Su Yi's decision to the reporters.
Wu Zantong summoned his subordinates to do statistics, and found that more than one-third of the Liba under his command had been lost!
He was suddenly shocked and angry. This was no small matter. Because of Su Yi's open recruitment, a large number of Lipas in the Japanese Concession had been lost, resulting in a severe shortage of Lipas now.
And now, the Lipas have left another third. It is conceivable that part of the movement in the Japanese Concession will be in a state of standstill with no one available.
The most frightening thing is that the Lipas continue to leave and the loss of people continues.
Wu Zantong couldn't sit still any longer. He organized people to comfort Liba under his command and rushed to the Haiguang Temple headquarters. The situation was no longer controllable by his ability. He thought of asking his master Zhe Peng for help.
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Wu Zantong's report attracted the attention of Takaharu Matsuro and Kotaro Nakamura. They immediately blocked all exits of the Japanese Concession and prohibited any Chinese from going out. Those Liba who had not had time to escape were immediately blocked in the Japanese Concession and had no choice.
out.
But despite this, some Lipas still ran away before the blockade, and nearly half of the Lipas in the Japanese Concession ran away.
"Bagaya road!"
Snap! Snap!
Matsushiro Xiaoliang slapped Wu Zantong twice in the face, causing blood to bleed from the corner of his mouth and stars in his eyes, but he did not dare to do anything but lowered his head and said "Hi".
"You idiot, you should report it as soon as possible. You can call directly. We will block the concession as soon as possible, so that there won't be so many coolies running out! The transportation of goods in the concession is smooth.
On the other hand, we won’t become so passive.”
Matsushiro Xiaoliang yelled and cursed fiercely, and was furious.
"Matsushi Taijun, calm down, I will definitely find a way, I will definitely..."
Snapped!
Another slap in the face.
"Your conscience is greatly damaged! You have no idea at all. You are simply a stupid pig!"
"Yes, yes, I am a pig...I am a pig..."
"I don't care what method you use. You must ensure that the traffic in the Japanese Concession operates normally. You must ensure that all the goods in the Japanese Concession are handled promptly and properly. Otherwise, I will reward you with a knife and let you commit suicide by caesarean section.
,Understand?"
"Understood! I understand..."
"Get out!"
Wu Zantong rolled and crawled out.
"Alas, the businessmen in the concession are going to express their dissatisfaction and protest to me again." Nakamura Kotaro said with a headache, "We ourselves have also neglected this problem. We should have expected that Geng Liangchen would have this reaction."
Although Nakamura Kotaro's words were self-blame, he was actually blaming Matsumuro Takayoshi.
Matsuro Takaharu quickly admitted his mistake: "General Nakamura, this was my negligence, and I am willing to bear all responsibilities and consequences.
Kotaro Nakamura waved his hand: "It happened, and there is no point in pursuing responsibility. The top priority now is to solve the problem of cargo transportation. I am sure that within an hour, the calls from those businessmen will definitely come into my office."
The number of merchants in the Japanese Concession is definitely the largest in Tianjin. There are thousands of large and small merchants in the Japanese Concession.
The reason why the business in the Japanese Concession is so developed is that there are more than 200 trading firms here that have formed a "special trade association" to engage in open smuggling business.
Smuggling has been around since ancient times. It goes without saying that the profits from smuggling are very high. The heavy blow that smuggling has had on the country's finance and industrial and commercial economy was also deliberately caused by the Zhepeng people. While expanding their military occupation, they used this despicable
To carry out large-scale economic plunder of China.
It is not only the Zhepeng people who are engaged in smuggling, but also traders from various countries and traitorous businessmen. Mitsubishi, Mitsui and other foreign companies in the Zhepeng chaebol system are openly smuggling. At the peak of their popularity, smuggling ships were smuggling at major coastal ports in China.
The vast majority of the goods piled up on the docks were hundreds and thousands of goods smuggled by Zhe Peng. The anti-smuggling work at the checkpoints was almost entirely in vain, causing a large amount of goods to flow out of China.
In addition to smuggling, the Japanese Concession was also a stronghold for cigarettes, gambling, and prostitution. It could be said that it was full of all five poisons. Yuan Wenhui, the biggest traitor of the Qinggang, was engaged in the business of pornography, gambling, and drugs in the Japanese Concession.
In short, the merchants in the Japanese Concession are all engaged in big business in huge profit-making industries. With such huge profits every day, the background of each family is certainly not small. Therefore, even senior military generals like Nakamura Kotaro,
I will also be afraid of these businessmen 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 that it is really worth paying so much for a small kindness."
Loss?"
"Maybe we shouldn't waste time with Geng Liangchen, we should - trap him directly, or kill him directly!" Kotaro Nakamura paused, then said with murderous intent in his eyes.
Matsuro Takashi felt a little frustrated, so he arrested Liba and forced Su Yi to submit. This was the first suggestion he made to Nakamura Kotaro after coming to Jinmen. Nakamura Kotaro accepted his advice, but the current result is completely different.
Beyond his expectation.
The first shot he took when he came to Tianjin was a mute.
He is not willing to give in!
"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 will be a huge 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
Try to start over. 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. He cares about that.
More than three 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 those unruly people will be punished.
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 an essential 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."
"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 three hundred people will be killed because of
He was killed by us! Mr. Matsumuro, how many people do you think we can kill in the first batch to have the greatest deterrent effect without stimulating more rebellious psychology in him?
Matsumuro Takaliang thought for a moment and said, "Twenty or thirty people should be a suitable number."
"It makes sense." Kotaro Nakamura nodded, "Then let's make thirty people. We will immediately publicly execute thirty people in the name of the underground party!"
