Chapter 0846: Blood-stained Taihu Lake [22]
The Suzhou Money Gang and Wuxi Zhuqing Gang were conquered by the Hua Gang in one fell swoop. Perhaps it did not have much impact on ordinary citizens at the beginning. However, the Taihu area had a great impact. The remaining gangs, whether they were big gangs or small gangs, were worried. Now they didn’t know where the Hua Gang stopped! However, many companies in the two cities and vendors on the streets below were immediately benefited. Now the two gangs used to force the protection fees, but now the rate of collection was very low for those large gangs. Now, even if they were collected, the companies that used to be members of the Presbyterian Church received more, but they were angry that they couldn’t say that they were told to treat the Hua Gang like that at that time, and even the boss of the Hua Gang.
As for the protection fees of hawkers and boatmen in the two major cities, they will be exempted from all the money, so they will earn as much as they earn! Moreover, the environment and business in the dark are much better than before, and this is the second night when the two major gangs end their battles. So although the Hua Gang is an outside gang, it will soon be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people among these ordinary small vendors.
"Brother Wen, where are we going today?"
When Su Tao woke up the next day, he found that it was already morning. When he saw the two sitting in the middle of the suite, Su Tao said a little embarrassedly. However, he knew that he would never be able to drink with them in the future.
"Today we have a one-day tour of Taihu Lake!"
After lunch at the hotel, the three of them checked in to the Po Geely and drove to the direction of Dapu Town. Su Tao was a little excited when he was sitting in the car. After all, he had never been to Taihu Lake since a few years ago. However, when he was young, he and his sister, and his father who had been fishing all day long, could be said to have grown up by Taihu Lake.
When the three of them drove to Dapu Town, they immediately felt that the atmosphere of Taihu Lake here was much stronger than that of Yixing City. Along the way, there were many fishermen, and there were many fishing nets in front of many houses, and the three of them also saw fishermen repairing the nets. As for these, it was nothing to Su Tao. After all, they grew up by the Taihu Lake since childhood and saw a lot of them. Hua Wu and the others had not seen these with their own eyes before, so they were a little curious.
"Why are there still so many people drying the dried fish?" Su Tao asked in confusion. In fact, this place is not far from the two major cities of Suzhou and Wuxi through water. When raw fish is often taken up, it can be delivered directly to hotels and seafood markets in the two major cities. At least this is more expensive than these dried salted fish! Moreover, the silver fish in Taihu Lake is unique, so the price is naturally needless to say.
"Japanese people eat sashimi, let alone these dried fish! They are resistant to eating and collecting!"
Hua Feng got out of the car and said. In fact, he guessed that there must be a reason why these fishermen did not sell fresh fish. After all, who would have money but don’t want to make money? Of course, now he is just a guess.
"Sir, why buy fish?" The three of them walked towards a family, and soon a middle-aged woman with a dark face came out and asked. However, the three of them looked at the dried fish and found that many flies were flying up the dried fish. If ordinary people saw it, they would feel disgusted and would definitely not buy these dried fish bites by flies to eat. However, many people did not know that the dried fish that were not bitten by flies would probably be used to take DDT medicine when pulled up to prevent the flies or fish from catching maggots after they died. Therefore, compared to these dried fish, they actually taste safer.
"Auntie, will anyone buy such dried fish?" Hua Feng asked at the middle-aged woman.
"Yes, of course, there are many people going back to give gifts. You see, the fish is still very fresh. When I just caught it, I was stringed and dried." The middle-aged woman took a dried fish and turned it over and saw that it was all golden and brightly dried. However, there was still a strong fishy smell.
"It's very fresh. Auntie, why don't these fish be sold directly when they are caught?"
"Actually, it would be better for you to put these fish in a refrigerated place than to dry them here now, so those people will look much more at ease." Hua Feng continued to ask as he looked at the other party.
"If you don't buy it, forget it." The middle-aged woman did not answer his words, and the other party looked a little nervous. She looked around and then left. The three of them looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.
"Auntie, I'm just a fishmonger. I want to know more about the market here? If I buy a pound of dried fish, can I answer the question just now?" Hua Feng asked at the middle-aged woman who had already left. However, at this time, the middle-aged woman waved her hand impatiently and asked them to leave. The three of them left the fisherman's home and walked towards the other fisherman's homes that had dried fish, almost the same was true.
"Su Tao, do you still remember how your father sold fish after fishing?"
"It seems that every time my father went back to fish, someone would come to buy them together. As for those, I couldn't remember them many years ago. However, once, my sister and I hid in a fishing boat. After seeing my father and the fish collector had a big fight on the shore, we left Taihu Lake and returned to Wuxi to be a boatman." Su Tao said. After coming out of the fishermen's house, we walked to the beach by Taihu Lake. At this time, because it was not raining, there were still a lot of people looking at the Taihu Lake. Whether it was fishermen or people coming here to play.
"Wow, what a big lake!"
Hua Feng looked forward and saw almost all the plain water of Taihu Lake. If he hadn't really seen the sea, he would have thought he had seen the sea for the first time. In the endless Taihu Lake, except for the large and small fishing boats by the lake, the blue sky shone on the Taihu Lake, swaying with the waves. The three of them walked on the beach by the lake for a while, and they were almost all fishermen with very few tourists. The three of them walked towards a fishing boat. Hua Feng looked at a fisherman and asked.
"Boatman, we want to take a boat."
"Our fishing boat is not a solicitor." After the fisherman said that, he left. In fact, he found that when the three of them came to the lake, someone was following him. However, Hua Wu and the others didn't want to pay attention to them.
"Boatman, are you renting a boat?" the three of them asked in front of the two fishermen.
"Our fishing boats are not rented." The fisherman waved his hand and said. The three of them looked at each other and felt that the people here were really strange. Why are they all rich and not making money?
"Do you three want to rent a boat?" The three of them looked back. Hua Wu and the others were finding that it was the young man wearing a flowing air that had been following behind.
"Do you have a boat?" Hua Feng asked at the other party.
"Of course there are. The big ship is one thousand a day, the middle ship is five hundred a day, and the small boat is one hundred a day." The young man in the air was looking at the three of them and said, but the other party's eyes were always staring at Hua Feng, the gold watch on his hand.
After Hua Feng nodded, the young man in the air took the three of them to a docking pier not far from the shore of Taihu Lake. Soon, the three of them saw many big and small ships on the pier. However, the big ships mentioned by the other party were just relatively large wooden boats, and as for the small boats, they were all those bamboo steaks. The other party actually dared to rent the bamboo steak for 100 yuan a day. I think the other party must have something to do with the Taihu Gang, or it simply belongs to an industry under the Taihu Gang.
Chapter completed!