A parade consisting of people of all colors set out from Xingchuan County and headed towards the steel inspection station a few kilometers outside the county. Among the team were men in their thirties and forties, old men and women in their sixties and seventies, and ten people.
One or two-year-old students, and young women holding nursing babies. The marching group
The organizers obviously know this well. They know that if they just find a group of young adults to demonstrate, the government can use the police to arrest them. It is different if some old people, women and children are mixed in. These people can cry and make trouble.
Hang yourself three times and make your government unable to touch or attack you, leaving you in a state of disarray.
Since the investigation and punishment of inferior steel products was not carried out within the scope of Xingchuan County, the small bosses whose interests were harmed and the people who were threatened by them had no reason to cause trouble in Xingchuan County. Without making trouble, the province could not be alarmed. Gao Xuejian
Unable to make demands to the province, Wang Yue, after getting hints from Gao Xuejian, found some small bosses with whom he had good personal relationships and secretly gave them tips and asked them to find ways to make things worse.
In the current situation, there is no pressure for the small steel management working group. As long as they hold on to the road for a few days, the small steel in Xingchuan County will collapse. But for the small steel owners in Xingchuan, every day
A day's delay means a day's cost. A large amount of steel and unsmelted scrap steel are backlogged on hand, occupying a large amount of funds. It is already difficult for them to support it.
In this case, only by inciting mass incidents can we find a turning point. This is also the idea of the small steel bosses. In the past, when the government planned to make efforts to control small steel, they used this method to force the government to make concessions.
Come back, they plan to repeat the old trick.
"Battal Commander, there is a group of marchers coming from a distance, they seem to be heading towards us."
From a long distance away, the staff at the checkpoint had already discovered this team. They quickly went to report to Zhang Xiangqian. In fact, Zhang Xiangqian had already received the news through an internal informant before the parade even left Xingchuan. At this time, he
He and Qin Hai were sitting in the headquarters, observing the movements outside with telescopes and discussing countermeasures.
"Mr. Qin, this kind of thing is a bit tricky. How do you think we should deal with it?" Zhang Xiangqian asked Qin Hai. He knew that Qin Hai was a popular person in Ji Mingchu's eyes, so he was very polite to Qin Hai.
"Have we done anything wrong?" Qin Hai asked with a smile.
Zhang Xiangqian shook his head: "Of course not. Before I came here, I had no idea about the strip steel you were talking about. I looked at the seized steel in the past few days and I was really shocked. What kind of steel is that? It's just glass.
.It cracks when knocked and breaks when dropped. If such steel is lost to the society, I don’t know how many safety hazards it will cause. I think I did nothing wrong at all by seizing the steel from these black-hearted profiteers.”
Qin Hai nodded and said: "Since we are right, what are we afraid of them doing?"
"But, isn't this a very bad influence?" Zhang Xiangqian reminded.
Qin Haidao: "We are doing things, not showing off. As long as we behave properly and walk the right path, there is no need to bow to the evil forces for any influence. These people are willing to march, that is their right. We will not interfere. However,
, If they dare to block the road and hinder traffic, then they will take action resolutely, arrest as many as they want, and show no mercy."
"There are old people and children among them," Zhang Xiangqian said.
Qin Hai sneered and said: "The law does not stipulate that the elderly and children can break the law. It is they who take the elderly and children as hostages, rather than us deliberately harming these elderly and children. Since they don't care about their relatives, why do we need to go there?"
Do you care about this?"
Hearing Qin Hai's words, Zhang Xiangqian was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Qin, what you said makes some sense, but if word spreads, it will really affect your future."
Qin Hai laughed and said: "Captain Zhang, just carry out the order. Don't worry about my future. I'm not a government official, so I don't care about my reputation. I can't do things for everyone."
Satisfied, as long as we do things with a clear conscience."
"Okay, I listen to you!" Zhang Xiangqian took a deep breath, and then shouted: "Correspondent, order the troops to be on guard. Anyone who dares to enter the controlled area will be detained!"
While they were talking, the parade had already reached the outside of the checkpoint and stopped noisily. A leader at the front of the parade directed the crowd to shout slogans for several rounds before walking towards the checkpoint.
"Stop!" The soldier on duty stretched out his hand and blocked the man's way.
"I have something to discuss with your leader!" the man shouted.
"Who are you?" Hong Gang, the squad leader among the soldiers on duty, stepped forward and asked.
"I am a villager in Dongdaogou Village, Xingchuan County. My name is Lu Quanlin." The man replied. He did not hide his name, but his identity was not an ordinary villager, but someone who owned a small steel factory.
A steel boss. This time, thousands of tons of steel he smelted were kept in the warehouse and dared not be shipped. In order to purchase scrap steel
As well as smelting steel, he owed four to five million in loan sharking. He originally planned to sell the steel and repay the debt. Now that he can't sell the steel, and the interest on the loan is rolling in every day, he has no choice but to go. This time,
Under Wang Yue's instigation, he took the lead in organizing villagers to march to the checkpoint, intending to fight tooth and nail.
"What's the matter with you?" Hong Gang continued to ask.
"You have seized our steel and prevented us from doing business. Look, hundreds of people in our village have no way to survive. I want to ask your leaders for comment," Lu Quanlin shouted.
"Sorry, the order we received is to seize all unqualified steel. If the steel you produce is qualified, we will never seize it. If your steel is unqualified, it must be seized according to national regulations." Hong Gang said.
He spoke to Lu Quanlin using the caliber that Zhang Xiangqian had given him in advance.
"We have been producing steel for so many years. When has it ever failed to meet the standards? It is clear that your leaders deliberately seized our qualified steel as unqualified steel in order to claim credit. By doing this, you have cut off the livelihood of our entire village.
If you don't give us an explanation today, we will never agree!" Lu Quanlin said loudly.
The villagers standing behind shouted together:
"We will never agree!"
"Give us back our steel!"
"Give us a way to live!"
The slogans came one after another, with great momentum. Some old people and women even started crying with runny noses and tears, as if they had been greatly wronged.
The muscles on Hong Gang's face twitched, obviously not suitable for such a scene. However, the military orders are overwhelming, and these days he and his comrades have witnessed with their own eyes the poor quality of these strips of steel. For the producers of these products
There was a kind of disgust from the bottom of his heart. Thinking of the construction accidents caused by the use of inferior steel that Team Leader Qin had described to them, the anger in Hong Gang's heart burned again, diluting his sympathy for the villagers in front of him.
"Comrade Lu, we are only ordered to carry out tasks. We have no right to agree to any of your requests. If you have any objections to our law enforcement actions, you can report them to the local government." Hong Gang said with a straight face.
"Folks, the soldiers don't agree to our request. Our steel is inside, let's go pull it out!" Lu Quanlin turned around and called.
"Pull the steel!" The crowd shouted loudly and walked slowly towards the sentry cordon.
Hong Gang's face sank and he said: "Comrade Lu, I hope you won't do this kind of incitement. We are performing a military mission. If you dare to attack our checkpoints, you will bear legal responsibility."
"Anyway, our steel has been seized by you, and we can no longer survive. If you want to arrest people, just arrest them!" Lu Quanlin said, bravely taking two steps forward, and stretched out his hand to push Hong Gang away.
The rejection they put down.
"Zhou Xiaoyu, Lei Guoqing!" Hong Gang shouted sharply.
"Here!" Two soldiers responded.
"Whoever dares to breach the cordon will be arrested immediately," Hong Gang ordered.
"Yes!" the two soldiers agreed, taking a step forward and looking at Lu Quanlin eagerly.
At this point, Lu Quanlin has no way out. He brought all the people here. If he shrinks back at this time, others will not dare to step forward. He has never had the experience of a head-on conflict with the field army.
From Hong Gang and others, he can feel that the other party is not easy to bully, and they will arrest people if they say they will. But, does he have any other choice now?
No matter what, even if they dare to arrest me now, they will release me under pressure soon. I don’t believe they dare to arrest all these hundreds of people.
Lu Quanlin thought this way, put on an awe-inspiring look, shouted slogans, and continued to walk forward.
"Catch!" Hong Gang saw that Lu Quanlin had arrived in front of Juma. He no longer hesitated and gave the order loudly.
As soon as Hong Gang finished speaking, the two soldiers had already started to take action. Lu Quanlin didn't even see how the other party took action. He felt like he was flying in the clouds, his feet left the ground, and then his chest fell on the ground.
, his hands were clasped behind his back, a chill came over his wrists, and a pair of cold handcuffs were firmly cuffed on his hands.
"Brother Quan Lin was caught by them!"
"Fight!"
When the people behind saw this scene, they started making noises one after another. More than ten or twenty people left the team and rushed towards the soldiers. The soldiers were about to set up their positions to meet the enemy, but when they took a closer look, they couldn't help but feel timid. It turned out that,
None of the young and middle-aged men in the parade moved. Those who ran forward were old people, women, and several teenage children.
"Squad leader, what...what should we do?" Several soldiers shouted out loud. They had never fought such a battle. (To be continued.)