Su Meiniang sat in the main hall of Qian's house with a sad look on her face.
In the main hall of Nuo Da Qian's house, there were at least a hundred people sitting like Su Meiniang, the shopkeeper.
As a result, the main hall of Qian's family, which was spacious enough, was so full of people that it was difficult to accommodate any extra seats.
Compared to the thousands of various shops in Heyang City, these hundreds of shopkeepers are of course only a very small part of them.
However, these hundreds of shopkeepers are publicly elected representatives of thousands of other shopkeepers. These people sitting here, together with the Qian family, are enough to affect more than 95% of the business in Heyang!
At this time, no one from the Qian family has come. Hundreds of shopkeepers are sitting here, but there is silence in the main hall.
Everyone's face was full of gloom, because since Liu's people came to Heyang, their business has plummeted.
Not to mention the soldiers who were rampant in Heyang, almost all the shops suffered disasters from the soldiers in these ten days.
It is only said that after the Liu family took control of Heyang, they raised taxes three times in a row in just ten days, which has increased the living burden of the people of Heyang several times.
Without money in your pocket, it is of course impossible to buy other things. Except for the necessary vegetables, rice, oil and salt, other businesses have become depleted and unsustainable.
Even the oil, salt and rice shop was barely able to survive at most. The people of the Liu family did not care about any livelihood issues at all. They only thought about how to plunder as much wealth as possible in a short period of time.
In order to accumulate enough capital for the great cause they want to pursue.
Su Meiniang is the shopkeeper representative of the street where she is located. Compared with other shopkeepers, Su Meiniang is in a worse situation.
Because her shop has been closed for almost a week.
On the second day after Liu settled in Heyang, some soldiers verbally assaulted her in her shop.
But after all, it was daytime, and those soldiers didn't dare to go too far, but they still took advantage of them with their words and hands, and Su Meiniang couldn't help crying at night.
The very next day, we made a very simple decision to close the business to avoid anything worse.
The incident that happened the day before yesterday, in which a drunken soldier broke into a house, raped two young girls, and killed their parents on the spot, made Su Meiniang extremely angry, but also faintly grateful.
These people... are so lawless!
Without waiting for long, Qian Sihai walked in accompanied by Qian Rushan.
Hundreds of shopkeepers immediately stood up and saluted Qian Sihai with clasped fists.
Qian Sihai smiled and returned the favor, striding to the main seat in the main hall.
Sitting on it, he spoke loudly: "Everyone, Qian invited everyone to talk here today. I think everyone knows the reason. Since the Liu family settled in Heyang, everyone's business has become worse day by day.
, the common people will also be in a situation where they have no rice to cook with, and if this continues, I am afraid that no one will have to live."
"The situation of our Qian family is slightly better. After all, our family has a big business and can withstand more shocks than you. However, no eggs are left intact after the nest is overturned. When no one can survive, our Qian family will have another chance.
How can we be on our own? That’s why I want to bring everyone together to discuss how to deal with this situation.”
"Come on, Rushan, give me a gift to all the shopkeepers, and then tell you what it's like now. Although all the shopkeepers know about their own three-acre land, I think they don't have a comprehensive view of the entire Heyang business.
understanding.”
After Qian Sihai finished speaking, Qian Rushan took a step forward, bowed to Mantang shopkeepers, and said with a serious face: "Fellow shopkeepers, I will only tell you how the Qian family's business has changed during this period.
If you combine it with the situation in your own shop, you should be able to understand how life-or-death the current situation has become."
"Compared with before the Liu family arrived in Heyang, in just ten days, the daily income of our Qian family's business has dropped by 70%! As for the profits we should have, we have actually begun to lose money now.
.That is to say, starting from today, every additional day our Qian’s stores are open, we will have to pay compensation for one more day.”
"And it is foreseeable that as time goes by, the money lost every day will continue to grow. According to the current accumulation of our Qian family, even if the Liu family does not add any other taxes, at most they will only support
In two years, the family will collapse. And if other taxes are added, it will be hard to say..."
Hearing that the Qian family had begun to lose money, all the shopkeepers in the venue felt a little weird.
But thinking about the changes in the business of their own shop during these days, the shopkeepers felt that it was normal for the Qian family to lose money.
Under the governance of the Liu family, it would be a fool's errand to not pay out money!
"Exceptor Qian! If you have anything to say, just say it! In this situation, everyone's life will be unbearable. If nothing changes, we may have no choice but to close down."
A shopkeeper couldn't help but said.
"Closing business? Oh, don't think of things that simply. If you want to close the business, the Liu family will have to let you close the business."
Qian Sihai said with a smile.
"What do you mean? I have to close my own store. Isn't it okay? Mr. Qian, did you know anything in advance?"
The shopkeeper asked with a puzzled look on his face.
Qian Sihai shook his head and said: "I have friends in the government office who did know some things in advance. Probably tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, Mrs. Liu will issue a new decree in the name of the city guard. In order to ensure that the market
For normal prosperity and without affecting taxation, all shops are not allowed to close without permission. Those who violate the law will be directly taken back to the Liu family."
What?!
Before Qian Sihai could finish his words, all the shopkeepers in the room burst into an uproar.
"What kind of bullshit law is this?! Isn't this a clear robbery?"
"Yes! This is worse than a robber! Are you trying to force people to death?"
"The people of the Liu family are so lawless! Who doesn't know their little thoughts? Don't they just want to rob us all because Heyang is rich?"
"That's right! They have collected enough money so that they can use it to rebel! These people from the Liu family have such dark hearts! They simply don't regard us as human beings!"
All kinds of noises were heard.
Qian Sihai had to raise his voice and worked hard for a long time before suppressing the noisy atmosphere in the main hall.
He said: "Everyone, now is not the time to condemn, now is the time to find a way to solve the problem."
"Exceptor Qian, tell me what to do! Your business is bigger than ours, you have to make an idea!"
I don't know who shouted this in the crowd, and it immediately got the approval of others around him.
"My idea is very simple. When Lieutenant Jiang Cheng was in charge, it was the best time for us. Therefore, the best way now is to let Lieutenant Jiang Cheng come back to take charge of Heyang! Only under Lieutenant Jiang Cheng's
Only under governance can everyone have real hope!"