Tuesday at 1 p.m. after the election begins.

"Why are so many workers asking for leave?" Zhang Qijie waved a stack of white strips in his hand in the textile factory office and asked dissatisfiedly.

His manager bowed and said, "Boss, they naturally want to go to the circus outside the city. I have rejected all the fake notes, but let me know you first."

"Oh." Zhang Qijie sighed. In fact, he had guessed why the workers asked for leave just now.

Fang Bingsheng's circus caused a sensation in the entire county.

This morning, he asked the circus actors to tour the county town, while canvassing and promoting. As a result, the city center once again competed for the wonders: the parade was a long carriage and cage, with lions, elephants, and big black-haired monkeys. These Longchuan people had only seen them in paintings but had never seen real animals. Foreign actors were also amazing: there were foreign dwarfs with only waists, and there were strongmen with tiger backs and bear waists that were equivalent to two people. They made a one-legged kneeling on the ground and twisted posture in the carriage to support the muscles like pots on their arms; there were also real women, foreign women, wearing a top hat and a foreign woman-style long skirt sitting diagonally on the saddle, manipulating the horse under their butt to dance.

In short, this music-shaking team will be crowded everywhere; wherever they leave, there is no one else, and almost the entire county town is chasing them. Even the dock is the same as the Dongjiang River. If there are uninformed foreign ships passing through the Longchuan section of the Dongjiang River, you will find that the entire river is empty, without fishing boats and cargo ships. Except for the large and small ships that are moored without sound, swaying along the river, the dock is quiet, as if it has turned into a ghost town.

After the parade, the formal performance began. The Western Circus yurt-like performance tent was placed on the open space outside the North City Gate. After the circus returned to the station, the crowd was trampled outside the North City Gate so that even the grass could not be seen.

This kind of grand occasion is unheard of for Longchuan, and it is equivalent to ten temple fairs.

The Democratic Party is making efforts, and the Presbyterians naturally go to see it. Zhang Qijie claimed that he was the leading marshal and could not give too much face to the competitors. After watching the parade for a while, he would lead a few buddies back to discuss, but others were not as determined as him. After seeing this rare Western scenery, who would still pay attention to Zhang Qijie? As a result, Wang Yu's family, Fan Linhui and Qi Yunlu both stared at the team and ran away. Li Guangxi was determined to fight side by side with Zhang Qijie to resist the opponent's "shameless foreign slaves" behavior, but the son in his arms cried and wanted to see it, and he couldn't do it. He ran away with Qi Yunlu and the others, leaving only one Zhang Qijie had to pretend to shout at the backs of the happy brothers in front: "That's good, go and see what they are going to do, come back and inform me!" But there was no one who turned his head to pay attention to him.

"Boss, don't worry. This thing is fresh for a while. When it comes to voting, it's better to vote for you." The manager knew the reason why Zhang Qijie was upset and comforted him: "No one would vote for the Opium Hall and Fang Bingsheng after watching a Western circus."

"What I said is that they can't send people to stare at the voting, right? Who can know after watching the circus and vote? I can only pay my wife and soldiers!" Zhang Qijie also laughed. When he said this, he suddenly had an idea, looked at the fake note in his hand, and said, "After all, we have never seen a Western circus in our small place. Everyone wants to watch it, and there is no way. Don't just denied it all, just according to performance, whoever does a good job will give him a half day off and let him go to Beicheng to watch it. Ten people a day. Voters are preferred."

"Is this OK?" The manager was surprised.

Zhang Qijie curled his lips and said, "Since we have to vote and use workers, we can't be bad people and attract people to hate them."

The manager thought about it and the taste came: Although Fang Bingsheng and the others did the circus, they could not confirm that the guy who tasted their benefits would definitely vote for them. Why should he offend so many workers? The manager quickly nodded and praised him, took the leave, and went out while looking through to see who is the most useful and give priority to holidays.

At this time, Qi Yunlu came in excitedly.

"Oh? You'll finish watching the foreigner's stuff so soon?" Zhang Qijie asked in surprise, but thought to himself: "It doesn't seem like that. This kid is back so quickly."

Qi Yunlu smiled bitterly and said, "What are you looking at? I didn't look at it at all." Then she changed her bright smile, took out a piece of paper from her arms and handed it to Zhang Qijie, and said, "I met those Democratic people. They jumped and shouted in front of the circus tent, carrying red banners on their shoulders and flags next to them. The flag was really a toad! They asked me to give you tickets. This is a ticket for the venue at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Everyone in Longchuan may have it. Gift tickets, don't look at it if you don't look at it!"

"Oh, they gave me tickets?" Zhang Qijie was shocked, looked at the play tickets in his hand, and indeed wrote the word "gift".

Then Zhang Qijie asked Qi Yunlu to sit down and asked with a smile: "Xiao Qi, are you too stingy? Did you feel reluctant to pay for the ticket after seeing it? Alas, by the way, how much does it cost to read it once? You can tell me."

Qi Yunlu sneered and said, "Lao Zhang, you can't buy tickets even if you have money!"

"Well? You can't buy tickets if you have money? There are too many people? Aren't they free? Didn't they call on others to vote for them? You still charge money at this time?" Zhang Qijie asked.

Qi Yunlu said: "Carry money! It's very expensive! Each person has a lot of money. But it's not sold to men, only to women, and children don't have to tickets!"

"What? Not to sell it to men?" Zhang Qi was dumbfounded.

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The circus performance area outside the North City Gate was overcrowded, with sheriffs and opium hall clerks, who were sent to maintain order and prevent trampling.

The women smiled and led their children into the big tent to watch the performances of foreigners. Their husbands stared at the entrance of the big tent with envy and worry. After all, women's status at home is not as good as men, and they can't even go up to the main table for the New Year. Today, they can't watch it, but they can't watch it themselves?

There are also clowns outside the tent to throw objects, but most people can't see it, because the inside and outside are full of people: throwing small balls is not uncommon, Chinese artists can also play, and even play with vases, but the problem is that they are playing with tall and tall foreign clowns, which means they don't watch the show.

The three Democratic candidates stood on the platform, with red banners slanted with "Integrity and integrity" and "Being the people" and "Being the Lord for the People" and "Both the Three-legged Toad" flags were flying on the flagpole that was thick with bowls beside them. They kept holding fists and bowing to the crowd who came to play, smiling to get support.

Of course, they didn't say anything big about the truth to speak like foreigners. This thing is useless: those who say it don't understand it, and those who listen to it don't understand it. Everyone clasped their fists and smiled in a harmonious way.

Fang Bingsheng sat on a chair under the stage and swayed and sang and sang watermelon. To be honest, his style was connected with the three party members on the stage who were holding their fists and bowing under the scorching sun. It was very similar to the animal taming performance of beast tamers and puppies.

There were also many people gathered under the platform. Someone knew Fang Bingsheng and shouted: "Mr. Fang, why can't we men go in just letting women and children go in?"

This aroused everyone's echo, and someone shouted: "We're going to see! It's not that we can't afford tickets!"

Fang Bingsheng looked at them coldly, spit out a few watermelon seeds from his mouth, pointed to a small white tent in the west, and said, "This group is not for profit. Men want to see it? Yes! Go there to get a free ticket! You can take a ticket for a family to see for free!"

Hearing what he said, the crowd started to stir up a commotion, and many people ran to the small tent. When they walked in, everyone was surprised: there was a long snake formation coming out of the tent, at least nearly a hundred people were queuing, and the guys in the opium hall were flirting with batons to maintain order in line; there were still hundreds of people around the wooden sign notice next to them.

Later, I squeezed over and looked at the notice and asked what it meant.

The notice clearly states: This tent is not from a circus, but a company called "Longchuan Democratic Party Spontaneously Helping to Select a Company", and its boss is Lin Liuming!

This notice turned out to be a recruitment notice!

But it actually doesn't require you to work hard, but instead gives you money: you just need to go in and say you support one of the four Democratic candidates, sign a document, which means you become a part-time voter, and use your good citizen certificate and voter qualification certificate to mortgage it, and he will give you money!

These oceans are your namely salary.

Now the notice says salary negotiable, but the people who are guarding the notice shouted: "5 silver dollars! Salary is 5 yuan! Apply for the job quickly, we have a limit!"

5 yuan, but it only costs less than half of it, 2 yuan plus a circus ticket. When the election is over, the person you assisted in is elected will pay you the remaining 3 yuan.

"Men can only watch circus with tickets? It's so ridiculous!" someone shook his head in confusion.

"Voter Qualification Certificate? What's this damn thing?" someone shouted.

"Is it the one who can vote?" Someone explained in kindness.

As a result, some people ran out to register for voter qualifications, while others left dejectedly. Most of the latter were young and very poor guys. Young people, poor people and illiterate people are not qualified for voters.

At this time, a servant ran from the tent to Bingsheng below the platform and whispered in his ear: "Boss Lin asked me to notify you that thirty people have already received compliance documents."

Fang Bingsheng took out his pocket watch and looked at it. It was already three in the afternoon. He waved his hand and said, "Let Lin Liuming collect the stall. The dozens of nurseries lined up outside the tent have also been withdrawn. I will collect it tomorrow. Don't worry, collect it slowly."

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In fact, Fang Bingsheng thought of everything Zhang Qijie could think of.

Because it is a direct election and the court has strictly enforced the election and voting process, Longchuan is very small. As in the past, when I asked his own people to enter the big cities, he would have to vote for dozens of voters. So the voters had to vote on their own.

But voters are too treacherous, have no faith, and you have no choice.

If you invite him to dinner, treat him to drink, give him money, or even find him a wife, how can you confirm that he will vote for your people during the election? Maybe he will not vote with your money, or one person will collect money from two companies to buy tickets, and eat this party and that party.

Therefore, it is too naive to ask someone to watch a rare circus and expect them to vote for you.

Fang Bingsheng had no such plan at all. The circus was just a prop for him to gather popularity.

Not only do you need to gather popularity, but you can't be fooled.

Therefore, Fang Bingsheng did not allow men to watch it at all, but only women and children to watch circuses.

Women are always talkative and talkative, and they are the ones who talk the most at home. After seeing her, her husband, neighbors, and even the people on the street are afraid that even the strong men in the Western world are extremely shameless, so they will know the bulging things below. And the children are the least light and heavy in the family. After seeing them once, they will definitely go and see them for the second time, or if they hear their friends brag, they will also watch them. The so-called poor children are the ones who are already in the family, but the voters are not poor, at least they have no worries about food and clothing. The children of voters can naturally roll on and increase the pressure on their parents.

This is to make the reputation in the entire Longchuan! Let the circus be kept in the mouths of every household.

But Fang Bingsheng's goal is not women, but their husbands, and they have to be husbands with some money, so he will not let people in for free, each ticket costs 1 yuan. Although he can bring two children in to watch it, it is conceivable that a woman who can spend one yuan to watch the circus will be a well-off family, and aren't the voters the well-off class and above?

After watching this amazing show, the women and children returned home, the tongue with the least talk in February and the pearl in their palms that rolled on their hands would definitely make the head of the family and other families on the street feel envious and stressful.

It’s okay for men to watch circus. This is to go to Lin Liuming’s bag company registered with “Longchuan Democratic Party Spontaneously Helping to Election Company” to sell their votes! Otherwise, you can’t buy tickets even if you have money. Although the circus has a special session of “Voters Thank You” every day (the voters must be men), they do not sell tickets to men at all.

The good citizen certificate and voter certificate are all mortgaged there until the voting starts, and the Democratic Party will bring these documents to you on site to enter the voting. Moreover, the bribes for buying tickets will only be given half of the money as a sweet spot. If you don’t come, you will not be given half of the money.

You want to collect my money and vote for Zhang Qijie and others? This is also difficult, because this election rules have become one person and no longer choose four candidates or eight candidates like in the past;

When you sell tickets, you must state who you will vote for. The person you assisted in is elected and only gives the latter half of the money.

For example, if someone sells tickets to Lin Liuming, he will sign and agree to vote for Lin Liuming during the voting, so that he will mortgage his voter's certificate and good citizen certificate, and Lin Liuming will give him two pieces of money.

If you regret halfway and want to return your good citizen certificate, you must return the two yuan you received;

If you don’t go during the voting, there will be three oceans left;

If you go to the voting, but Lin Liuming is not elected, you will not have three oceans;

In this way, those who sell tickets to Fang Bingsheng will generally be determined to support the Democratic Party unless Zhang Qijie and others offer a higher bribery price than the Democratic Party. However, Fang Bingsheng does not think that Zhang Qijie will be richer than himself. Even if he is desperate to fight for money, he will not be much higher than himself. You will not spend a hundred oceans to buy a ticket, right? Moreover, they do not have gimmicks like circus. The performance of this circus is worth at least one or two yuan, and the gimmicks behind will continue to flow.
Chapter completed!