Comprehensive Wu Jianghu: I am Dali Temple Minister

Yang Qingyuan tried his best to maintain his facial expression.

The thing is already there, and lamenting doesn't fix it.

At the entrance of the Water Transport Wharf, there were too many people with miscellaneous eyes, and it was not suitable for them to come to discuss, so Yang Qingyuan opened his mouth and said.

"Fathers and elders, it's not as good as this. There are so many people here, which is not conducive to negotiation. Let's take Wang Jiudi as the representative. Let's go to the pier to find a place to sit down and discuss a solution."

Although I don't know whether the official in front of me is perfunctory for them to delay the time, or really wants to help them solve the problem, but these desperate workers are unwilling to give up this last visible hope.

A group of porters and boatmen quickly selected a few more people, including the group led by Wang Jiudi just now, a total of ten people followed Yang Qingyuan into the water transport wharf.

Yang Qingyuan brought ten people to the Cao Gang headquarters.

Order the police to move chairs quickly and let everyone sit down.

"Everyone, don't be cautious, today is to discuss a plan!"

But everyone didn't answer, and Wang Jiudi, who was a little bit courageous at first, was also a little uneasy at this moment.

"If you have any doubts, you can talk about it." Yang Qingyuan put his tone in a gentle tone and communicated from a head-on perspective.

In the end, it was Brother Wang Jiu. After some hesitation, he gritted his teeth and said, "Master Yang, this is the chief rudder of the Cao Gang!!"

The tone is full of fear and hatred!The Cao Gang is the shady man behind the entire water transport workers!

"Yes! I just led people to seize the head of the Cao Gang today, and arrested everyone from the gang leader Pan Qianweng. There are almost 1000 people. I can't even hold them in the prison of Dali Temple!"

Yang Qingyuan saw that Wang Jiudi and others were afraid of the Cao Gang, so he said so on purpose.

Sure enough, as soon as the words came out, the people who were originally sitting in their chairs and didn't dare to move began to whisper, some doubted, some were happy, and some were comforted.

With Yang Qingyuan's martial arts cultivation at such a short distance, the voice can be heard no matter how small it is, but Yang Qingyuan didn't say much.

It took a while for everyone to digest the shocking news to them.

"My lord! What you said is true?!"

Yang Qingyuan raised his chin slightly, motioning for everyone to look around.

"We can sit in the main hall of the Cao Gang's main rudder and talk, isn't that already explaining the problem?!"

After being confirmed by Yang Qingyuan, the oldest among them suddenly became agitated, walked in front of Yang Qingyuan with teary eyes, and suddenly knelt down.

Yang Qingyuan immediately sent out a wave of true energy, supporting the old man who was about to kneel down.

"What is this old man doing?!"

"Master Yang! Please accept this gift from the little old man!" Looking at the old man with red eyes and a thin but resolute body, Yang Qingyuan silently withdrew his true energy.

The old man knelt down in front of Yang Qingyuan with a thin body, and kowtowed heavily.

"Grassman Li Wuliu, thank you Lord Qingtian!"

Two streams of bitter tears slipped down the wrinkles from Li Wuliu's eyes and dripped into the bloody main hall of Cao Gang.

On the side, Wang Jiudi and another young man stepped forward to help Li Wuliu up after Li Wuliu finished kowtowing.

Brother Wang Jiu said to Yang Qingyuan with a complicated expression, "Master Yang, the fifth and sixth uncle's son died at the hands of the Cao Gang!..."

The Cao Gang controls the water transport platform, and whether it is a merchant who wants to ship and unload goods, or a porter and a boatman who wants to work part-time, he must go through the middleman of the Cao Gang.

Originally, this was not a bad thing. Collecting resources and fully optimizing the allocation is beneficial to the entire water transportation industry.

But the Cao Gang didn't run philanthropy, what he wanted was money and status, so the Cao Gang became a deformed behemoth.Whether it is a merchant ship owner, cargo owner, porter, or boatman, he has to go through him to complete the transaction, and the Cao Gang also charges high fees from it, squeezing countless laborers.

There are always people in this world who are unwilling to be oppressed by the Cao Gang, and Li Wuliu's son is one of them.

He gathered a group of friends and began to bypass the Cao Gang to work. Without the pressure of the Cao Gang, his income doubled in an instant.

But the good times didn't last long, and soon the Cao Gang discovered this group of "black workers" who had not registered with the Cao Gang, so they sent out the elite of the gang to capture all the leaders.

Seven people, headed by Li Wuliu's son, were put in sacks by the Cao gang and sank into the Weihe River. The remaining "black workers" had their left hands broken as a punishment.

After the incident, Li Wuliu went to the Water Transport Yamen and the Jingzhao Mansion Yamen many times to appeal, but they were all dismissed on the grounds of insufficient evidence.

Li Wuliu lost his son in his old age and had no way to appeal for grievances. He could only do nothing but live in the world until today.

The appearance of Yang Qingyuan was a beam of light that pierced the shady scenes of the Cao Gang and shone on Li Wuliu.

After Yang Qingyuan comforted Li Wuliu, he started a formal discussion.

The previous surprise inspection of the six gates prevented the normal operation of the water transport terminal, and the water gang also used this as an excuse to stop paying the pickers' wages for three days.

"My lord, those of us really don't have much money. Some families live a little better and have some surplus food, but like Uncle Li, we are hungry and full, and we really have no rice to cook. !"

Yang Qingyuan frowned slightly, "How much were your wages in the past?!"

"This may not be accurate. The more you do, the more you get. Generally, it is ten to fifteen yuan a day. Sometimes there will be twenty yuan. If you meet a big-spending boss, you can get thirty yuan a day! The market is good. At that time, I could earn [-] Wen a month."

When Wang Jiudi talked about Thirty Wen, he was always serious, and he even smiled with thick eyebrows and big eyes.

Originally, thirty Wen was already a satisfactory income in their hearts?

Five hundred wen, half a penny, half a tael of silver, how can I live in the capital?And this wage, most of the laborers still can't get it.

"The imperial court will not unseal the Water Transport Wharf within three days! There is no discussion on this point."

Yang Qingyuan's words dimmed the eyes of everyone who was originally full of expectations.

"However, I have a compromise here."

"Wang Jiudi, are all porters and boatmen registered in the Cao Gang?!"

"Yes! Master Yang! All those who live at the wharf must be registered with the Cao Gang, and they must pay 120 Wen as a membership fee every month! Otherwise, they are illegal workers! If the Cao Gang finds out, they will be beaten to death, and at worst, they will sink into the river. ! Everyone who registers in the Cao Gang will be issued a wooden sign!"

Speaking of which, Wang Jiuwu took out a simple wooden sign from his pocket, "Only by virtue of the wooden sign and the name on the register can you go to work and receive money."

The Cao Gang's original registration system to ensure its absolute status in the wharf has another role at this moment.

Yang Qingyuan's next sentence caused unbelievable expressions in the eyes of all the candidates.

"From now on until the reopening of the Water Transport Wharf, all workers registered with the Water Gang can come to the Headquarters of the Water Gang with a wooden sign every day to receive fifteen fen for lost wages."