The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 151 Making trouble
"Shh! Keep your voice down or you'll scare Xiaojuan."

Seeing the anxiety on his face, Jiang Cheng was afraid that something difficult might have happened in Daping Village. However, he first made a gesture to him to keep quiet and gave Hai Huixin a wink.

"Oh, I already know it, no need to tell me!"

Having said that, the clever and sensible Hai Huixin still walked in carrying the wild duck eggs, and soon laughter was heard from the house.

"What happened?"

He quickly pulled him aside. Jiang Cheng asked Cai Yuanming as soon as he finished asking, "It's bad. The salt and rice merchants in the village have all gone on strike!"

"What!"

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It was almost dusk when we rushed back to Dapingzhuang.

Before reaching the regiment headquarters, Jiang Cheng encountered villagers who came to cause trouble.

In addition to the common people who couldn't buy food and salt, there were also grain farmers and salt dealers... Besides them, the most angry were the porters.

They went to deliver grain and salt to a business in Dapingzhuang but encountered a market strike. The journey was dozens of miles, but they were told not to accept the goods. How could these coolies just let this go?
Of course they have to go to the Cai family to cause trouble. After all, they are now the actual controllers of Dapingzhuang.

"Everyone, please stop making a fuss!"

"There is no such thing as a strike or not. Right now there are some issues with the businesses on the street. I will give you a reply tomorrow at the latest!"

Someone in the crowd outside the regiment headquarters shouted. It was Cai Yuanzong's adjutant Luo Zhengyang, "Everyone, please don't gather at the entrance of the regiment headquarters. The commander still has official business to attend to..."

Before he finished speaking, someone started shouting that the Cai family was a liar, and some said that no matter what happened tomorrow, they wanted an answer now.

The whole scene instantly turned into chaos, with signs of a rebellion.

"Damn it, what do these unruly people want to do?"

Cai Yuanming immediately got angry and was about to pull out his gun, but Jiang Cheng held him back: "Wait!"

Seeing that the second thief turned his surprised face away, Jiang Cheng's face was slightly stern and he smiled secretly in his heart: Haha, another strike... It's such a familiar taste, are they too lazy to even change their routine?

"Look at these people. Do they look like people who gathered here spontaneously to cry out for justice?"

Having said that, Jiang Cheng's eyes showed even more sarcasm: If there was no one to organize them, how could the villagers of this era be so disciplined?
Moreover, the remarks just now were intended to divert the public's anger toward the Cai family, and it was clear that he had a purpose.

If Cai Yuanming dared to fire a warning shot now, with these leaders making trouble, it would definitely cause a major mass incident...

If they dare to lead others to cause trouble at the regiment headquarters, they will not be afraid of the soldiers' suppression. If they really take advantage of the conflict to make a big fuss, they will definitely be the ones who suffer.

"Then, we just let them do what they want?"

As soon as Cai Yuanming asked this, Jiang Cheng stepped forward and shouted to the crowd: "I am Jiang Cheng! Everyone, calm down and don't rush——"

Hearing this shout, everyone who had originally focused their attention on the regiment headquarters gate suddenly turned around and cast their fiery gazes over.

The expressions varied, ranging from surprise to doubt to dissatisfaction to even a bit of hatred.

"I recognize you, you are Jiang Feilan, the son-in-law of the Cai family!"

Suddenly someone in the crowd shouted, and then they all rushed towards him like a tide. Cai Yuanming was so frightened that he subconsciously opened his arms to protect him.

Unexpectedly, this tall and handsome young man was not in a hurry, and dozens of fully armed soldiers rushed out from behind him.

They quickly held their rifles horizontally to stop the oncoming crowd, immediately separating their young master from the threat like a firewall.

Jiang Cheng pulled out his Browning neatly and smiled gently: "Haha, don't be anxious or make a fuss!" "Isn't it just that some people can't buy grain and salt? Some can't sell them?"

"Hey, if you guys sell and buy from each other, isn't that enough?"

After saying this, even Cai Yuanming looked at him speechlessly: Well, it’s so easy for you to say that. How can it be so simple?
Grain is easy to deal with, but salt has always been forbidden to be traded privately.

Of course, there are some small individual transactions among the villagers, but most of those gathered here are large-scale businessmen, and there is no condition for sporadic sales... The villagers cannot buy all of them in a short time.

"Feilan, I'm looking at you,"

Cai Yuanzong just turned his head to whisper something to him, but Jiang Cheng yelled again: "If you find it troublesome, why don't you sell all the grain and salt to me, Jiang Cheng!"

"Then those who have no food or salt at home can come to me to buy it, right?"

"I have nothing to do anyway, so I'll just act as a middleman for everyone to deal with the emergency!"

"After waiting for half a day, Captain Cai can handle these small matters. Those who need to do business can do business, and those who need to buy grain and salt can go back to their respective places, right?"

After these words were spoken, the crowd immediately fell silent.

Regardless of whether those were in a hurry to ship goods or those who were in a hurry to buy goods, all of them remained silent.

People looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

However, these unintentional little movements in the crowd immediately caught Jiang Cheng's attention.

The gentleness on his face suddenly disappeared, and the young officer's voice suddenly became as cold as ice: "Why, is my idea Jiang Cheng not good?"

"It's not bad, how do we set the price?"

After some hesitation, a peddler finally spoke up, "Sir, if you want to buy my food, how much will you give me?"

Someone responded to his words, and Jiang Cheng was naturally happy: "Oh, you are quite interesting as a grain seller! Why don't you set the price for yourself for the things you want to sell?"

"This……"

The peddler was at a loss for words when he heard this, but he still said hesitantly, "The price we charge is fixed by each store, so we can't just sell it randomly!"

Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes quickly and raised his chin to him: "Okay, sell me whatever you normally sell!"

He turned around and smiled mischievously at Cai Yuanming, "Come on, if you want to sell something, give it to our Deputy Head Cai. We'll take as many as you have—"

"If you want to buy food, go to him. I promise everyone that I will sell it at whatever price I get! I, Jiang Cheng, will not make a single cent from you!"

"Alright, alright, if you want to sell or buy, go find the deputy leader. I have something else to do, please make way for me!"

After saying this, he called Han Ming and asked his personal soldiers to clear a path through the crowd. He then left Cai Yuanming, who was completely at a loss, and went to the regiment headquarters.

At the gate, he met Luo Zhengyang who had just called out to him. The latter came forward and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, forcing a smile: "Jiang... Master Jiang!"

"Look at you for what you have! What kind of situation scares you like this? Isn't it embarrassing enough?"

Luo Zhengyang wanted to cry but had no tears: "My Lord, you don't know, this is the second group of people coming to cause trouble today!"

"Why, a few porters and civilians are going to split up the troops?"

When Luo Zhengyang heard this, his bitter smile became even more intense: "No, no - the first group has already gone in!"

"It's those rich people in our village!"

(End of this chapter)