Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 388 Chapter 27 Chapter [-]. Dirty water splashed to death
Song Qingshu was really speechless.

No wonder it feels like Suzhou has become so depressed. The matter really has something to do with me. Two years ago, for the benefit of the shareholders, the begging army accepted the recruitment, and then copied the grains of Lianghuai and took millions of dollars from the plates of Yangzhou salt merchants. The two cheeses immediately surrounded the grain market. Southern merchants and northern merchants fought fiercely. The battlefield spread across half of the south of the Yangtze River. Both sides raised the purchase price and robbed each other's supply. It was lifted to more than two or two.

Naturally, what is harvested at a high price cannot be sold at a low price, making a profit at a loss. The northern market, which is already high in grain prices, has not been greatly impacted, but the south is different, especially in densely populated areas such as Su Songchang, where cities and towns have been commercialized for more than a hundred years. Su Changshu, where the world is full, has to import grain from other places even in good years. Now that the quantity of grain has decreased and the price has risen so much, the labor-intensive industries here have been hit hard at once.

No wonder Suzhou is so depressed, Song Qingshu slashed his last fist.

Not to mention, this is really a problem. If it is not resolved early, even Yingtian's property will be affected. Yu'er worked as Song Qingshu's secretary for a while. Listening to her analysis, Song Qingshu couldn't help pinching his chin heavily. .

"My lord, although the increase in grain prices is due to our commercial war, most of the grain shops in the south of the Yangtze River are owned by those Yangzhou salt merchants. After all, it is the salt merchants who cheated these ordinary workers. The most urgent thing is that we have to find a way Clarification is."

Song Qingshu couldn't help nodding when he heard Yu'er's words, but still hesitated for a while, as if cruel, Song Qingshu whispered to Yu'er in a low voice, and after a while, Yu'er walked into the crowd under the protection of the tortoise shell formation.

This matter is related to livelihood matters, and those rioting Suzhou scholars also watched eagerly, and when they saw Yu'er came back, they all gathered around again.

"Miss Yu'er, how are you doing?"

"Your boss, have you promised not to hoard?"

Sighing, Yu'er said helplessly: "Actually, everyone has been deceived!"

This sentence caused a lot of discussion in the crowd, but immediately Yu'er waved her hand again: "Everyone, my boss said, no matter what he said, I guess everyone will not believe it now, so my boss decided to let you choose the one you trust the most." People, set up a trade union representative, and the boss will let you go to the main office to have a look in person!"

As soon as these words came out, the crowd exploded again.

There is really no such compromise between the boss and the opponent's workers.

Although it is not completely bloodless, today's riots ended in a peaceful situation. The strong man Han Dahu and more than 60 people who are usually regarded as prestigious among the workers were elected, becoming the first in the history of the Ming Empire. Trade unions, although they don't yet know how epochal this is.

The rest of the workers went back to work when it was time to return to work. This time the disturbance was considered to be beneficial. The people who had lost their jobs nearby were also dragged into their own workshops by Song Qingshu, who was in a labor shortage. Although the salary of more than one or two a month can't buy much food, at least it won't starve to death. If I grow more at home, I can live more comfortably.

However, why Song Qingshu chose this trade union and what they chose to do, the silk factory workers in Suzhou still don't know, all of them feel uneasy, absent-minded when working, and make many mistakes.

three days later.

"Han Dahu and the others are back!"

The old man at the gate of the mulberry garden has sharp legs now, and his throat is no longer coughing. He ran back quickly in three steps and two bumps. Countless workers all abandoned their work, and the silkworm seedlings ran out from the weaving field and under the mulberry trees.

"Dahu, you're back!"

"What did the boss ask you to do this time?"

"Yeah? Miss Yu'er said two days ago that we were cheated, why were we cheated?"

He was really chattering, and he asked Han Dahu who had just got off the boat, but fortunately, he was big and big, and he had a loud voice, so he roared immediately.

"Shut up and listen to me!"

It can be said that the hundreds of people around closed their mouths, looking at the quiet crowd, this Han Dahu was also full of anger, and shouted in a low voice: "Miss Yu'er is right, we are all deceived, It is said that our boss is hoarding, and this time the boss takes money, let us go to Yingtian, Yangzhou, Suzhou, and Changzhou, guess what?"

"Oh, Dahu, don't be a fool, what's the matter?" The old man at the door jumped up anxiously, and the happy Han Dahu who was urging him looked helpless, and muttered angrily: "Hurry, remind, remind!" , Shoutout! Didn’t you see what I was talking about, where did I go, um, Ying Tian, ​​I’ve gone to Changzhou once, guess what!”

Before the melon-eating crowd rioted, Han Dahu confided happily this time: "There is no grain store of our owner in the whole of Jiangnan. We are recognized from one store to another. The ones who sell the grain are not those Yan Lords from Yangzhou. It’s just some big local households, who, you know, the yin and yang and the yin, right? There are three grain stores in Suzhou all owned by him.”

"You said, our boss didn't sell a grain of grain, why did he hoard it?"

"There is also Mr. Qian. Their family has the most food. We poor people can't afford food anymore, and his family sells the most expensive food. Tell me, is it because his Qian family usually speaks the most bad things about our owner?"

Han Dahu patted his chest with all his heart and lungs and said, those silk workers who heard it were stupid. Thinking about it, yes, they have never seen Song Qingshu sell grain.

In fact, this matter has nothing to do with Song Qingshu. He didn't sell the food to the south, so he went to the north. The total amount of food is less, and the price will naturally become more expensive, but the common people don't care about it!They only saw that the big landlords in those places who talked nonsense every day cheated them, but they didn't see the root of the matter. They were stupid for a moment, and a large group of people rushed to scold them.

"Damn it, why didn't I expect that our village grandson scolds the master every day, but he sells the grain grown in his own field?"

"That's right, I thought our arm Zhao Shusheng also read the books of sages every day, how noble it is, and he is also desperate for money! Their grain store, the millet price has increased several times!"

But there were also some hesitation, one guy muttered in astonishment: "But, Miss Liu shouldn't be able to lie to us?"

Immediately, someone sprayed over: "Fart, what does Miss Liu do, the famous actor of Qinhuai River, accompanied by the gang of scholars and gentlemen, can she help them speak? I have seen it with my own eyes, she went I have been to Qian's mansion several times, and I have an affair with Master Qian, and Miss Yu'er, she is really performing and singing for us poor people, who do you think you should trust?"

The workers chattered endlessly, but Han Dahu was annoyed at the moment. He knocked on the mulberry tree next to him and shouted: "Okay, okay, okay! The boss said, from now on, those of us in the trade union have to be right. The big guy is in charge, if you have difficulties to find us, if you don’t work hard, the boss will also look for us, don’t stand around here, go back to work, or the boss will fire you, I can’t control it! I have to go to the next scene to tell my brothers!"

"It's all gone!"

The foremen also urged around, and the gathered silk workers could be regarded as going back to work, but they were still talking about food, and they all scolded the landlords and scholars in their own villages, unknowingly, to the company. The sense of resistance to work is gone.

"The officials are really wise. With a little plan, they poured the dirty water back on those poor scholars, especially that old ghost Qian Qianyi. He probably couldn't cry this time!"

The three binoculars were watching obscenely. The scene just now was clear to my ears. Putting down the binoculars, Xiaojiao shouted excitedly, but the audible Song Qingshu shook his head solemnly.

"Who is this Miss Liu?"

Everyone scolded everyone just now, but even if she refuted it, no workers scolded her. It seems that she is also a public figure belonging to the Donglin Party. Song Qingshu should know as much as possible about such a character. Be careful in the future, if you can mess it up, do it Stinky, if you can get rid of him, you don't even need to contact him. If you are alive these days, you don't miss others, they miss you!No wonder in Suzhou, Qu Botao encountered a setback several times. This is also the area where the Donglin Party gathers the most, and the scholars in the countryside control all public opinion.

"Miss Liu, she is very close to Qian Qianyi Kansai, could it be sister Liu Yinliu?"

After thinking for a while, Dong Bai on the other end slapped his little head violently.

"Liu Yin?"

The name was a little strange, Song Qingshu couldn't help frowning, but he understood it immediately, and then Dong Xiaowan hurriedly said.

"It's Liu Rushi!"

"It's actually her!"

The brows didn't open, but they frowned even more. This woman is not easy to deal with. Her influence is no less than that of Gu Hengbo, and these days, it is estimated that she should marry Qian Qianyi. With her influence, she can provoke Shihlin often came to deal with him, and it was really hard to guard against.

"Isn't she just a prostitute? What's so scary?"

Song Qingshu was worrying, but Little Pepper's nonchalant muttering could not help but bring him back to his senses, yes, no matter how charming Liu Rushi is, even if she herself is as wise as Zhuge Liang, it's just Qin Huaihe's joke Poor woman, her natural background made her already defeated. You can imagine how ruthless those romantics are, just look at Dong Bai and Li Xiangjun.

Why are you afraid of her?

Besides, I still have the trump card of Yu'er and the others in my hand!

Thinking about it, Song Qingshu suddenly slapped Xiaojiali's upturned buttocks with a smirk, and said with a wretched smile: "Don't tell me, I forgot, whoever followed without my order that day."

"Tonight, you are dead, hehehe!"

After being teased again in front of Dong Bai, Xiaojiao's pretty melon-seeded face couldn't help turning red into a pepper color, but thinking of Song Qingshu's threat and lowering her head, her heart jumped like a deer.

This dead head!enemy!

(End of this chapter)