There were many so-called unconventional means. Buying people with money could only be regarded as a conventional means, which was in line with the principle of business. Unconventional means did not conform to this principle. For example, robbing people's belongings and not returning them, directly sending people to guard the entrances and exits of some villages to prevent the people inside from coming out, or taking away the elderly and children of the family and forcing the young not to leave.
If these kinds of things were done in small numbers, it was estimated that not many people would find out. People probably did not care very much, so they would not go around to complain. However, these rich families were too flustered and too black-hearted, so they detained seven or eight hundred families in one breath. More than a dozen villages suffered because of this, which caused the majority of people to be dissatisfied.
In the face of everyone's dissatisfaction, they still did not admit defeat. They raised their swords, guns, and firearms and slashed randomly, injuring several people, and forcing them not to come to their rescue. The weak laborers had no way to deal with them.
Under such circumstances, the relatives and friends of the victims were forced to use unconventional means to solve the problem.
You have swords, guns, and firearms, right?
They ran directly to Chen Longzheng and knelt down to cry.
"What? The big businessmen did not let your friends leave? They also sent people to guard the village entrance? And even took away their relatives and children? "
Chen Longzheng was quite surprised. He felt that so many people came to line up to visit the officials of China, everyone must be very eager to go home. How could there be a big family that detained people and did not let them go home? Weren't these big families also the people of Daming? How could they do such a thing?
The idealist Chen Longzheng was quite confused, but the realist Blackwater captain Zhang Wu understood the situation very well. He had also lurked in the Philippines for more than three years and had a wealth of knowledge and experience. He immediately explained to Chen Longzheng the profound reasons why the big families did not let people go.
How did the Spanish send China laborers?
They did not come here directly. There were many Chinese, and it would be very troublesome for them to govern directly. There was also the language barrier, and they could not communicate with each other. If they were not careful, there would be trouble. No one wanted to see such a thing happen. Hence, the Spanish thought of ways to recruit the rich sea merchants to settle here.
They gave them some insignificant positions and let them manage these China people, and then the Spanish used them to send Chinese laborers to work. The big families took a cut of the wages paid, and the rest was the labor's. Of course, these big families would use various reasons to exploit the laborers, and in the end, the laborers would only receive half of the payment from the Spanish.
This kind of thing was not strange in Daming, so Chen Longzheng was not surprised. But when Zhang Wu continued to analyze it, Chen Longzheng became angry.
There was a deep contradiction between the big families and the laborers. These big families relied on the support of the Spanish here, and they were domineering. They did more things than the Spanish, and many people were worried. Here, they could do whatever they wanted, but in Myanmar, once these laborers complained, would Xiao Ruxun, who had always disliked merchants and preferred civilians, let them have a good time?
But if they did not leave, and the laborers left, what was the point of their existence? The Spanish relied on them to better control the China laborers, but if the China laborers did not exist, would they still have a need to rely on? Besides their henchmen, would anyone else need them?
No.
There was no place to go, so they had to stay. But the future was not good, so they had to intercept people and not let them leave.
Chen Longzheng was angry!
In broad daylight, there were actually people overseas who did such despicable, shameless, and unjust things. This was simply forgetting their ancestors, and it was unheard of! How could such people be worthy of standing in the world in the name of the descendants of China?!
The anger of idealists and romantics was very scary, because they often did things according to their own preferences, regardless of the consequences. Zhang Wu was very rational and did not dissuade Chen Longzheng. In fact, he did not even want to dissuade Chen Longzheng. First, he was also very unhappy with those big families who relied on their power. Second, Xiao Ruxun faintly revealed that he hoped Chen Longzheng would make trouble in the Philippines.
Xiao Ruxun had already analyzed the thoughts of these big families through his report and predicted that these things would happen. He hoped that Chen Longzheng could do something that the government could not do.
Just as Xiao Ruxun expected, Chen Longzheng's rage was blazing hot and ferocious. With a wave of his hand, three hundred fully-equipped elite snipers immediately obeyed the order and followed him to the villages to rescue the survivors.
Ricci saw that the situation was not good and immediately went forward to stop them. He said that he would definitely be able to persuade those big families to let them go, but he was pushed away by Chen Longzheng.
"This person is crazy to the point that he considers everyone beneath him! Is there still any law in this world? I don't care where they are now, but as long as they used to be Daming's people, I can punish them! Mr. Li, you better not interfere with Daming's internal affairs! Otherwise, it will not do you any good! "
After saying such harsh words, Chen Longzheng led his people to go. Ricci and the accompanying Spanish officials saw that the situation was not good and immediately sent someone to City M to report. Then, Ricci brought a few people to follow Chen Longzheng's footsteps, hoping to ensure that the situation would not get out of control and there would be no bloodshed when the situation became serious.
At this moment, the leader of the big families, Ma Wendong, still did not know that a Chinese official who hated evil was angrily coming to denounce them. He was currently gathering his seven allies to discuss the future.
"Ma Gong, we've all listened to you and brought out all our resources. We've left more than two thousand people behind, and they're all locked up in the East Village. However, these people are very resentful. Our seven families only have five to six hundred Mechanical Troops, and it's already very difficult to suppress them. What if the people sent by the surname Xiao don't give up and come to save them? If they really fight, what should we do?"
An old man with gray hair and a goatee looked worriedly at Ma Wendong, who was sitting in the seat of honor and smoking a long pipe. Ma Wendong smoked for a while, then exhaled a mouthful of smoke and said, "You don't have to worry about this. This old man has already discussed with those Franco people. They will send people to help us. They also don't want all those bumpkins to leave."
Another slightly younger middle-aged man still had a worried look on his face.
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