June is hot, and the weather in Lingnan is as hot as a steamer.
The situation at Chancheng Pier is not bad. From time to time, the sea breeze blows in, allowing the busy people on the pier to feel the slightest coolness.
Early in the morning, the wharf was busy with people coming and going. The shouts of laborers who specialized in transporting goods on and off the ships, as well as small traders and hawkers, mixed with the hustle and bustle.
, there is a row of neatly arranged sheds on one side of the dock, located next to the cargo area of the dock and the road to the city. They are specialized in selling vegetables and meat.
Lin Shirong set out from the city before dawn and transported half of the freshly butchered pork to Chancheng Pier, where he had a stall at a vegetable and meat selling point.
He put the half of the pork that had been divided on the trolley on the chopping board, and prepared all the knives and weights for cutting into pieces. Then he said hello to the meat and vegetable vendors who were getting acquainted with him around him, with bright eyes.
, subconsciously looking towards the bustling dock cargo area.
So clean!
Even though he saw it every day recently, he couldn't help but sigh every time he saw it.
The floor of the cargo area of the dock has been swept clean, giving people a sense of tidiness. Even though there is a lot of dirt on the ground after being stepped on all over the dock, the floor of the cargo area still looks clean and tidy.
, not at all as dirty as those at the nearby pier.
Lin Shirong had seen the big world in Huacheng. The dock there was naturally much busier and more lively than that in Chancheng, but it was also so dirty that it was almost difficult to get off.
In particular, the various weird smells were unbearable. Except for Liba, who needed to work at the dock to support his family, he could bear it. Even the gangsters who often wandered around the area couldn't stand the smell.
The situation here at Chancheng Pier is much better. Not only is the ground clean and tidy, but even the weird smell unique to the wharf is much weaker. At least Lin Shirong feels that it can be tolerated.
However, the members of the Zhongyi Tang gang who wandered around the cargo area from time to time, gesticulating and shouting with fierce expressions, were particularly eye-catching and made him dislike them.
The first time I went to the wharf meat and vegetable specialty store to sell pork, I couldn't stand the arrogance and domineering behavior of the Zhongyi Tang gang, so I almost started fighting with them. If the nearby vegetable vendor hadn't hurriedly stopped me, there would have been a fight.
All-out martial arts when there are many enemies.
"Aren't they just a bunch of tyrannical gangsters? Lin is not afraid!"
When communicating with the vegetable vendors at nearby stalls, Lin Shirong looked arrogant and confident and said with a smile, "So what if the number of them is doubled?"
"Pork Rong, you can't do this!"
A vegetable vendor selling green vegetables at a nearby stall hurriedly persuaded: "If it hadn't been for the heroes from Zhongyi Hall to clean up, how could the pier be so clean and orderly without much trouble?"
How do you say this?
Lin Shirong didn't mind that the other party called him "Pork Rong", but he was completely confused by what the other party said. His eyes widened with confusion and confusion on his face.
Could it be that those gangsters from Zhongyi Hall have done some good deeds?
He felt very disdainful, especially when he had just arrived at the dock to sell pork, and a boy from Zhongyi Hall came up to say hello and asked him to pay a protection fee after working for a month.
There was also the experience of almost losing the battle between Xiangfu Tea House and Zhongyi Hall’s Double Flower Red Stick Tiger Lord a few months ago, which made him not have a good impression of the gangsters from Zhongyi Hall.
If he hadn't been worried about business problems, he would have punched and kicked the guy who wanted to collect protection money.
You are so brave, collecting protection money actually ended up on Uncle Lin's head.
But none of these had as big an impact on his soul as the news he heard from the vegetable vendors around him.
It turns out that Chancheng Wharf used to be dirty and messy. From time to time, there were government servants and gangsters, as well as passing lone rangers extorting, stealing, and robbing. Whether it was Liba working on the wharf or the vendors centered in the wharf area.
All suffered greatly from it.
But just a month and a half ago, the Zhongyi Tang gang, led by Mr. Hu, suddenly rushed in and firmly occupied the pier. After that, Chancheng Pier underwent earth-shaking changes.
Somehow, after the Zhongyi Tang gang took over the pier, the first thing they did was clean up the pier, and forced the piers and merchants who had no work to participate in sanitation work.
Not only that, after making the pier clean and tidy, the Zhongyi Tang gang also set a rule. The pier Lipa and the surrounding vendors were forcibly assigned cleaning tasks, and they took turns cleaning the pier early every morning.
It certainly caused a lot of complaints at the beginning, but after a few days, when everyone got used to the cleanliness of the pier, there was no such big complaint, and on the contrary, they got a lot of benefits from it.
The main reason is that after the dock environment became clean and tidy, there were suddenly more businessmen and people willing to come over, and the business of the vendors who relied exclusively on the dock for food has improved a lot.
Because of the convenient sea transportation and the low prices of vegetables, meat and goods in the dock area, it is very attractive for ordinary people in the city to come to purchase. Although they need to walk a lot of distance, the prices of the goods they purchase are not affordable. At least they are lower than in the city.
It’s about 10% at first, but it becomes a significant amount over time.
Not only that, the Zhongyi Tang gang also organized the docks to negotiate with ships and merchants about the labor and money to move goods, and even refused to give in to foreigners.
The most important thing is that the Zhongyi Tang gang actually won in the end, and you can imagine how grateful Pier Lipa is to them.
Of course, getting more benefits does not come without paying a price. There are various management systems that make people feel numb after hearing them. Pier Lipa must accept them all, otherwise he will not work hard to make money at Chancheng Pier. Disobedience is not welcome here.
Well-behaved guy.
This move was indeed powerful. Almost all the hundreds of Pier Lipas were pulled over by Zhongyi Tang. Although Baixiang Tang did not officially join the group, they were still a community of interests. A single Pier Lipa was simply unable to resist.
Organized Lipa and unorganized Lipa are completely different. The work efficiency is really two different. These real changes and benefits are seen in the eyes of a group of people who rely on the dock for food. Naturally, they are loyal to changing all this.
Tang's favorability increased greatly.
Even Lin Shirong refused to admit it with his mouth, but in his heart he had to admit the feelings of the Zhongyi Tang gang.
Why?
As soon as his pork stall opened, business was booming. At least half of the pork he brought in every morning could be sold in one morning, and another half of the pork could be sold in the afternoon.
The business of other vegetable vendors has also improved a lot. According to them, their profits are three or four levels higher than before. With the increase in income, they will naturally live a good life.
Life is getting better, and no one is willing to have such a life broken, even Lin Shirong can make up for it, otherwise Lin Shirong will not be able to continue to live here...