Chapter 267: Negotiation

"Well, what's the use of being anxious with me? We're on one side. Lu Yi sighed depressedly and said:

"Now there are too many people talking, some people are going east, some people are going west. Some people want to kill dogs, some people want to hunt chickens. I don't think until we can get the workers back to work, we will have to make trouble for a while. ”

"Well, our brothers are here to talk about resuming work." I listened to Liu Yuanwai and said lightly.

"Difficult." Lu Yi shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter if there are fewer people, unless you can let 200,000 weavers return to work together." ”

"Of course we are going back to work together, otherwise what are we going to do?" Liu Zhengqi said horizontally.

"Ah, really?" Lu Yi was dumbfounded.

"Are you suspicious of the Dongting Chamber of Commerce, or are you suspicious of my brother?" Xu Zhixiang glared.

"Don't dare, I never thought of it." Lu Yi waved his hand hurriedly, in these years, whoever can give him an order is an ancestor who cannot be offended.

"Who would dare to be deceived at such a time?" Liu Zhengqi waved his hand to stop Xu Zhixiang from going berserk, and said to Lu Yi: "We have done our best to ensure sales." But if you don't start work right away, it's all in vain. ”

"How many orders can I have?" Lu Yi Baba asked.

"We don't have much time, so you hurry up and gather the weavers together and talk to everyone together." Liu Zhengqi said in a deep voice: "Be fast, and change will happen later." ”

"Hey, okay." Lu Yideng came to the spirit and asked people to protect Liu Yuanwai and the others, and he hurriedly ran to pass the word.

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Similar to the Dongting Chamber of Commerce, which is made up of silk merchants, weavers also have their own textile guilds.

Through the guild, Lu Yi quickly passed the news brought by Liu Yuanwai to the ears of the large and small weavers in the scattered cities.

This is really a long drought and a cold shower, and the dead wood is spring, and the weavers can't hold it back all of a sudden.

Although many people were skeptical of the Chamber of Commerce, no one dared to be angry. In case if the order is limited, only for those present, not for those who are absent, and there is no regret for the intestines?

So no matter what they thought in their hearts, no one dared to delay, and they all rushed to Lu Yuan, which was located in Loumen, for a meeting.

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As the name suggests, Lu Garden is the garden of the Lu family.

The ancestor of the Lu family is the famous Lu clan of Wu County, the descendants of Lu Xun, Lu Ji and Lu Yun, and they are slightly inferior to the Langya Wang clan in terms of the family, but their ability to spread the branches is far better than that of the Langya King.

In addition to the Lujia in Cheung Chau, the Lujia in Kunshan, and the Lujia in Shanghai...... and the Pinghu Lu family, who was almost wiped out, are all of the same clan and clan.

Therefore, although the Lu family was quite implicated after the fall of Lu Wan, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and Lu Bing, the governor of Jinyiwei, the capital of Jinyiwei, their children were quite implicated, and their momentum was not as good as before, but still no one dared to provoke this giant family that has been inherited for thousands of years and has children all over the south of the Yangtze River.

Therefore, Liu Zhengqi set the location of the meeting in Luyuan, instead of the headquarters of the Dongting Merchant Gang, which was also located in the city.

This way, there is no need to worry about the middle of the drive, and the angry mob rushes in, drags them out and beats them up.

The current head of the Lu family in Changzhou is named Lu Kuang, and he is the youngest son of Lu Wan, the secretary of the late Ministry of Officials.

His father climbed to the high position of heavenly official because he was keen on fame and good at making friends with power, but he was also involved in the rebellion of King Ning.

After King Ning's defeat, the eunuchs raided his house and searched for the letters that Lu Wan exchanged with him on weekdays, which angered Emperor Zhengde and ordered him to be arrested immediately and his old mother, wife and children in Cheung Chau were imprisoned.

Lu Kuang, who was only seven years old at the time, was not spared. and witnessed the death of his ninety-year-old grandmother in prison.

Although under Lu Bing's activities, the Lu family in Cheung Chau was preserved, and Lu Wan was spared from death and joined the army. But this tragic experience left a deep childhood shadow on Lu Kuang, causing him to refuse to go to school and graduate school for the rest of his life, and even unwilling to deal with officialdom.

The so-called 'lost east, harvested mulberry', the Lu family's reputation among the people of Suzhou is extremely high.

Therefore, he refused Liu Zhengqi's request at first...... It is obvious that Liu Yuanwai and others are the representatives of the governor and the prefect. Rashly getting involved will make the citizens think that the Lu family has betrayed them.

But Liu Zhengqi came prepared. He told Lu Kuang that Lin Zhongcheng promised that as long as the Lu family helped quell the riots this time, he would use the power of the governor to change the descendants of Lu Bing, who had been imprisoned for nearly two years, to residential surveillance.

Back then, Lu Bing rescued the Lu family in Cheung Chau, who had the same experience, and now if Lu Kuang doesn't care about the life or death of the Lu family in Pinghu, is he still a human being?

He finally agreed to let the Dongting Chamber of Commerce hold a weaving household meeting in Lu Yuan. and took the initiative to contact the Gu family, Xu family, Shen family and other Gu Suhao families in Wu County, and stood up together to persuade the citizens to stop the riots and restore order.

The influence of the wealthy family and the Dongting merchant gang is enough to cool down the vast majority of Suzhou citizens.

In the afternoon, when we had a meeting in Lu Yuan, everyone could finally talk well.

When Liu Yuanwai calmly told the bailout plan, the resentment in the hearts of the weavers disappeared all at once.

"Sign your name in the account book now, and you can get the silk early tomorrow morning. You can also advance a start-up fee and send it to the weavers. Liu Yuanwai smiled at the weavers in the courtyard: "What reason is there to make trouble again?" ”

"No, no." The weavers did not expect the solution to be so powerful, which greatly exceeded their expectations and was even a little unbelievable.

"Liu, President Liu, from now on, we don't have to worry about sales anymore?" Someone stammered and asked.

"No, didn't you already say that? From now on, Suzhou's silk industry will be underwritten at a protective price. ”

Liu Zhengqi waved his hand and smiled: "You just need to work with workers with peace of mind, no matter how bad the market is, it will not be lower than this protective price." If the market improves, acquisitions will naturally rise. In short, you will be able to secure the harvest in the future! ”

"Scared, that's great......"

"Am I dreaming?" The weavers pinched each other excitedly.

"It hurts, it's really not a dream!"

"You're dissatisfied, and now you've got an iron rice bowl, there's no reason to make trouble anymore?"

After Liu Zhengqi finished singing with a white face, Vice President Xu sang with a red face and said sharply: "If anyone still makes trouble, they will smash everyone's jobs and smash our cauldron!" ”

"Yes, President Xu is right!" The weavers turned completely and shouted one after another: "We, the 200,000 weavers, resolutely support Lin Zhongcheng and the Dongting Chamber of Commerce!" ”

"The two presidents have done this, and if anyone makes trouble again, they are deliberately making trouble!"

"It's like a human saying." Xu Zhixiang snorted and said: "After the meeting, hurry up and send all your workers home, and turn the loom for me tomorrow!" ”

"Tonight, the army will enter the city to fight the chaos. Those who don't go home after dark are planning to rebel. After a pause, he said murderously again:

"Not only will we never work, but we will not protect it if we settle accounts in Fuli County!"

"Yes!" The weavers hurriedly responded in unison.

ps. Make up for yesterday's third update.