Chapter 98 Black market boss?
One time, Ziyi brought too much mountain products and he went to many family quarters but still couldn’t sell them all. He was almost discovered by someone wearing an armband. When he escaped to an alley, he found Ma Youcai and Liu Bing being besieged by a group of thugs. So he rushed over and knocked down the thugs in no time, saving Ma Youcai and Liu Bing.
From then on, Ziyi had two more brothers who went to the countryside to purchase things, and Wang Feng and Dong Guoqing were also rescued by Ziyi under the same circumstances.
Later, they became brothers with different surnames. Tang Jianguo is the oldest, Ziyi is the second oldest, but usually the brothers still call Ziyi "big brother". In their words, only outsiders know who is the boss, which has a bit of gangster meaning.
At the same time, Ziyi also found an opportunity to subdue that group of gangsters. Most of those gangsters were orphans. Even if there were some who were not orphans, they were the unpopular children in their families and they were the ones who came out to hang out because they were not well fed.
After all, Ziyi came from a family with a lot of knowledge and had been influenced by it since childhood. After doing business a few times, he discovered this way to make money. So he and Tang Jianguo found an alley as a trading place for their business.
There are several small alleys around this alley, which can be said to be interconnected. Even if a comrade with an armband finds this place, it is not easy to catch those who are trading without hundreds of people surrounding it.
Ziyi asked that group of thugs to guide those who wanted to trade to do so there, and that alley eventually became a veritable black market. In order to ensure the safety of the transactions, Ziyi asked the gang to recognize the faces of the comrades with armbands, comrades from the Revolutionary Committee and other figures, and also sent people to keep watch during the transactions.
In order to expand the team, the gangsters were also asked to recruit gangsters from other places, and the number of gangsters snowballed. Of course, Zi Yi would not accept those gangsters who had committed rape and murder. Not only that, he would also find ways to send such gangsters to prison.
It is easier to do things with more people, but the expenses will also increase. You can't let people just work without eating, so later the black market started to collect protection fees.
Of course, the collection is not much. If it were more, who would go? People who sell things are also willing to pay money, as this black market brings them convenience and security.
There are special people on guard outside the black market. Once they see comrades with armbands or other law enforcement teams coming, they will be notified immediately and they will escape through the numerous alleys.
Once a gangster reported something, and more than a hundred people came to surround the black market.
Seeing that those who were trading were about to be blocked in the alley and caught, Ziyi and Tang Jianguo rushed in with their faces covered. More than two dozen comrades with armbands in one of the alleys were knocked down, and those people ran away from that small alley. When the comrades with armbands in other small alleys chased after them, only those with armbands wailing on the ground were left in the small alleys.
The black market became famous after one battle. Everyone knew that there were experts to protect them, so more people went to the black market to trade. Of course, the black market has also changed its location. The gangster who informed on the matter had his leg broken and his voice was poisoned and made mute. From then on, no one dared to inform on others. The black market also expanded from this county town to other cities, and Ziyi also had a group of loyal brothers.
Ma Youcai, Dong Guoqing, Wang Feng and Liu Bing are each responsible for the black market in a county. Ziyi has a sworn brother named Wang Hongjun, who is responsible for the black market in the provincial capital. Tang Jianguo is the general manager, who is the apparent black market boss, but in fact the real black market boss is Ziyi. All the funds for the black market were provided by Ziyi, and the others had no money at all.
Those who work for Ziyi are paid monthly, and the money is not small, higher than the salary of ordinary workers in state-owned factories, and those who perform outstandingly are also rewarded.
"Yike, tell me what you like and I'll buy it for you. Making money is our job as men, so don't take risks. You like money, so I'll give you all the money I need for working capital, and you can buy whatever you want."
“I want to buy it on the black market, but you don’t want me to go.
"So what do you want to buy? I want to see if there's anything for sale.
"Antique calligraphy and paintings, gold, jewelry, jade, etc."
"No one sells these things on the black market, and you can't buy them if you go there. Even if someone wants to sell them, they will sell them directly to Brother Tang. Whenever something like this appears on the black market, the guys guarding the black market will take them directly to a place that specializes in exchanging such things, and Brother Tang will buy them directly."
"So you guys exchange a lot?"
"Not a lot. After all, this province is relatively poor, not like those wealthy provinces and cities. In fact, most of those things are exchanged with those people's homes, just like when we sold ginseng and ganoderma last time. In the past, people with wealthy families generally would not sell such things on the black market."
"What a pity! Although these things are not valuable now, they will definitely be valuable in the future."
"Who said it's worthless now? It's only worthless to ordinary people. To those upper-class families or foreign countries, these are valuable."
"You mean someone is selling it abroad?"
"Yeah! But I didn't participate, and I won't sell the ones I got. I want to save them as start-up capital for my descendants. Just like my father, if he hadn't left more than 10,000 yuan to me and Uncle Hao, I wouldn't have the funds to open a black market, so I wouldn't sell those things."
"The kids aren't even here yet, but I'm already thinking about leaving them start-up capital. No wonder everyone envies the second generation of rich people. They have a high starting point, so reincarnation is also a skill. It's hard to be poor if you're born into such a family. Unless you donate it all. Haha!" It's easy to think that if there really is such a child, who donates all the money his parents have worked hard to earn, the parents don't know whether they should cry or laugh, or praise the child for his noble character, who regards money as dirt, and is a kind person? What should I do if I want to laugh?
"What's wrong with you? What did you think of that's so funny?" Ziyi asked in confusion when he saw Yike covering his mouth to hold back his laughter.
"No, haha! I'm happy, haha!"
"Tomorrow I will take you to see those things. Pick out some that you like and bring them back. There is also some gold. If you like it, take it all back to the cave and hide it. It cannot be kept here. But there is not as much gold as my father left. I will ask those guys to collect more for you in the future. In fact, antiques are also valuable, but they are not easy to get. There are some jade bracelets. You can also pick out some good ones and bring them back. This way you can play with them in the cave when you have nothing to do."
Yike looked at Ziyi's face and listened to his words. That face and that voice gradually merged into one with her husband in her previous life, becoming exactly the same. Her husband in her previous life also said the same thing: "Yike, I will buy the best works designed by the world's top jewelry designers for you to play with." How could she be so lucky to have such a good husband in two lives.
"Yike, Yike, can you hear me?" Yu Yi touched Yike's earlobe.
"Ziyi, you are so nice!"
"Yeah! Hello to you too! Did you hear what I just said? Do you want to go and see it?"
"Yes! Of course! But Ziyi, have you ever thought about going to the capital to collect these things? There should be the most there."
"I have thought about it, but it's also very dangerous. Those brothers have also suggested going. I don't want them to take risks, and it's not easy to get out."
"Buy a courtyard house, dig a cellar and store the items there, then transport them out when the situation improves."
"Okay! Let's talk about it in two years. It's hard to buy a house now."
"Yes. When I have houses to buy in the future, I will buy many houses and become a landlady."
"Okay. I'll buy you a dozen courtyard houses then."
"It's a deal! Come on! Make a pinky promise and stick to each other for a hundred years." Yike stretched out her finger and asked Ziyi to pinky promise with her. Ziyi extended his fingers lovingly for her to pull.
"Look, is the breakfast I cooked delicious?" Yi Ke asked Ziyi proudly. On the table, there was a large plate with seven or eight plump white steamed buns, a plate of scrambled eggs with vegetables, a few boiled sweet potatoes, and a bowl of thick millet porridge.
Ziyi hurried over to close the door and whispered, "Eat it quickly, it would be bad if someone else finds out. Other people's New Year celebrations may not be as sumptuous as yours."
"I just have a few steamed buns, eggs, sweet potatoes, and vegetables. Every household has those, right?"
"No, no, at most we had a few sweet potatoes, but they were not eaten like that. We also had steamed buns, but they were coarse grain buns, which would make your throat feel dry. We also had porridge, but it was coarse grain porridge, so thin that you could see your reflection in it. Tell me, if others saw us, would they cut off our tails?" Yike recalled her original life in her previous home. It was indeed as Ziyi said. It turned out that she had forgotten herself again.
"Then eat quickly!" After saying that, Yi Ke started to eat with big mouthfuls. The two of them ate voraciously and the dishes on the table were soon gone.
Yike touched his slightly bulging belly and thought about the meals he had eaten in the past few days. At first, Yike thought that Ziyi and his son didn’t know how to cook, so they ate so simply. There was always the same dish on the table, either green vegetables or pickles. Today, Yike couldn’t bear it anymore and cooked by himself, but the result was…
"Then can't we eat better in the future?" Yike thought that if she had to eat that kind of food every day, she should go back to her paradise as soon as possible.
"Eat secretly. You can't eat it for now. When you first come here, people will like to come and visit you. After a while, when no one comes to watch the fun, you can eat secretly."
"Knock, knock, knock!" As they were talking, there was a knock on the door. Ziyi went to open the door, while Yike hurriedly put the dishes and chopsticks into the kitchen. "You two young people, you've been slacking off since your father left. You haven't opened the door yet so late. This won't do!" A loud voice came in as the door opened.
"Good morning, Auntie. My father is not at home. We are at the foot of the mountain and we are afraid that mice may sneak in and eat our food, so we have closed the door. My wife and I are just about to go to town to buy some things. You came at the right time. If you were any later, we would not be home. It would be embarrassing if you made a wasted trip."
Ziyi led the person into the main hall and introduced her to Yike, "This is uncle Fugui's wife, call me aunt." Yike looked at the person in front of him. He was wearing black pants and a green shirt, with a thin figure, a prominent forehead bone, and thin lips. She didn't look like an easy person to get along with. No wonder he wanted to label Ziyi and Yike as lazy as soon as he opened his mouth.
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