in2ebook Chapter 148 Criticism, Development
Chapter 148 Criticism, Development
At this time, food was being cooked in more than a dozen large iron pots used to slaughter pigs in Jimin Hall. In front of each iron pot there were three long queues that seemed to have no end.
Hou Xiaoge walked closer to the pot to check the refugees' meals. In the pot was bran, white radish and sweet potato porridge.
The porridge is cooked very thinly and looks similar to pig food in later generations at first glance, but cooking it this way is good for the human stomach.
Hou Xiaoge came closer and stirred it with a spoon. Although the porridge was not as high as the one on TV with chopsticks standing upright, it was not watery either. At least it could hold the spoon.
“Alliance leader, there is a good harvest of radishes recently, and the price is affordable.
Moreover, many refugees ate too much bark and grains, which caused severe constipation, so I asked people to buy more white radishes to help with gas circulation. "Li Xiuyuan said with a smile.
"Very good, very good. Brother Li, your approach is very good. If we want to run a Jimin Hall, we must help people with their urgent needs, their unmet needs, and what they want in their hearts." Hou Xiaoge did not expect that a small carrot could solve many of the common people's unspeakable problems.
Hou Xiaoge looked around and saw that the refugees looked very satisfied. After all, each of them had a full bowl, which was enough to fill their stomachs twice a day.
"Brother Li, how many refugees has Jimin Hall taken in now?" Hou Xiaoge asked while standing above the valley and looking at the dense crowd below.
"Uh! There are more than 38,000." Li Xiuyuan said guiltily.
"Why are there so many people? And I just saw quite a few refugees wandering outside the valley, and my disciples let them in from time to time.
The alliance used to allocate only 10,000 kilograms of food a day, and including donations, the maximum amount a day is 12,000 kilograms, so why are there so many people?" Hou Xiaoge's face darkened when he heard the number of people.
"Alliance leader, of the more than 38,000 people now, almost 9,000 were recruited between yesterday and today.
There are less than 30,000 people in front of us. Of course, according to what you said, the supply of half a pound per person per day is definitely not enough.
However, most of the refugees we help are the elderly, the weak, women and children. If the porridge is a little thinner, six liang per person per day can maintain food and clothing. "Li Xiuyuan said embarrassedly.
"That's not enough. We're still several thousand pounds short!" Hou Xiaoge said with a dark face.
“Well! Most of our Jimintang disciples are family members of fellow gang members, and their families have enough food and clothing.
I will call on everyone to donate last month's salary to the disaster victims, so that more people can be saved." Li Xiuyuan said with a red face.
"What else? I just saw many brothers in Jimin Hall who were very thin. Their bodies were very different from those of brothers in other halls.
Tell me the truth, did you deduct the food from the gang members and give it to the disaster victims?" Hou Xiaoge said with a dark face.
"Uh! Uh! This, indeed, is possible, but I have left enough food for my brothers." Li Xiuyuan said with a blushing face.
Brother Hou looked at Li Xiuyuan's old face which turned red, but he still looked stubborn and held his head high as if he was sitting in the right place.
"Alas! Brother, you can't do this. Although this helps the victims, it will cause the brothers of Jimintang to become disunited in the long run.
If you continue like this, the people of Qi Mingtang will lose their morale sooner or later. What will happen to Jimintang after all the disciples run away?
Forget it. I know it's useless to tell you more. I also know that you are trying to save more victims and you are not engaging in corruption.
But as the leader of the gang, I have to consider my brothers in the gang.
From now on, I will let the Internal Affairs Department manage the canteen of Jimin Hall, and let the brothers go to the Wenshu Hall to collect their wages, and Jimin Hall should not interfere. "Hou Xiaoge said with a cold face.
Looking at Hou Xiaoge's gloomy face, Li Xiuyuan opened his mouth but didn't say anything in the end.
Looking at Li Xiuyuan, who is in his forties but looks like he is in his fifties or sixties, Hou Xiaoge sighed inwardly.
This is a good guy, but a bad one.
For people like Li Xiuyuan, they are good at doing charity, but if they do management, their subordinates will starve to death sooner or later.
Hou Xiaoge was familiar with the business model of later charities and knew that this was not the way to do it.
It was decided that after the gang was back on track, a new person would be appointed as the leader. It would be best if Li Xiuyuan could be the deputy leader and be responsible for charity without worrying about other things.
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After inspecting the hall, Hou Xiaoge had a general idea of the situation.
After the hall masters returned to the main hall, Hou Xiaoge pointed out and provided guidance on the situation of each hall.
Then Hou Xiaoge made predictions and instructions on the future development of the gang based on the current situation and expansion speed of the alliance.
Since the Yanhuang Alliance was still very weak, Hou Xiaoge requested in the meeting that the focus should be on recuperation before the New Year.
After all, a large number of members of the Yanhuang League were disaster victims. After fleeing to Qin Province, their health was broken and they needed a recovery process.
Besides, winter is coming soon. Winter is a time for any force to rest and recuperate, and the cost of doing things during this period will increase.
“Speaking of development, when talking to the government today, some of the hall masters also heard about the supply situation, and I also talked about it yesterday.
Because of the war between the United States and Japan, many supplies could no longer be transported into the country or were difficult to transport into the country.
Most of my supplies come from the United States, Africa and Southeast Asia.
The Japanese have stepped up their invasion of Southeast Asia since last year. Many of my channels have been scrapped and I have suffered heavy losses. Now only a few regions can barely provide supplies.
With such a huge loss, I don’t have much money left.
The best I can guarantee is from this winter to next April. By next May, I will have to collect payment for the supplies I provide to the Yanhuang Alliance, otherwise I will go bankrupt.
Besides, the alliance is too big, and no matter how rich I am, I can’t support it alone.
Besides, no one has ever heard of the establishment of that gang, and the boss has to keep paying for it!
So by next year, the Yanhuang League will have to grow up from a child to an adult and be able to earn money to support itself." Hou Xiaoge said directly.
"Alliance leader, according to the plan, by the end of the year, we will have 10,000 disciples in our alliance. If we also include the expenses of the peripheral disciples,
From then on, the monthly salary expenses alone exceeded 100,000 yuan, the grain consumption exceeded 8,000 dan, and other daily expenses were another 10,000 yuan.
Except for the Jinyin Hall, the income of the other halls in the gang is very small. With such a large expenditure and consumption, why don’t we accept fewer disciples!" Wenjun, the head of the Wenshu Hall, said with a bad look on his face.
Just now after Hou Xiaoge finished speaking, she took out a notebook and started writing and drawing. The numbers she calculated made her mouth open in surprise.
When Wen Jun said this, in addition to the other halls, the head of the Jinyin Hall, Han Fuheng, also had cold sweat on his forehead.
Starting from May next year, Jin Yin Tang will need to provide at least 100,000 oceans a month to maintain the expenses of so many people in the gang. He no longer dared to pat his chest in front of Hou Xiaoge like he did yesterday.
"Wenjun, you have calculated very well. Whether it is a gang or a country, it always depends on money.
But everyone doesn't need to be too pessimistic, we still have to recruit people. After all, the Yanhuang League has me as its leader, and I won't watch everyone starve.
Although I will no longer provide supplies for free after the New Year, I can still help the alliance get some precious supplies.
By then, the alliance can still make a lot of profit by trading the precious materials I provide with the national government and other forces.
However, the Yanhuang Alliance cannot always rely on me for support like a child. It must develop independently and go out.
But how to go out and how to develop is a very important issue. "Speaking of this, Hou Xiaoge took out a map of China from the drawer and had it hung on the wall.
"Look, everyone, Xiaori has now occupied most of Northeast China, North China, Central China, and South China, so there are very few places for our Yanhuang League to develop.
Places like Qin Province and Sichuan Province are the back gardens of the national government. It is difficult for a new force like us to share huge benefits there, and we can only make small moves.
However, after cooperating with Qin Jun, we should achieve some breakthroughs later, so everyone should pay attention then.
As for other parts of the country, our targets are only parts of the Central Plains that have not been occupied by the Japanese, parts of the southwest, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xikang, Xinjiang, Tibet and other regions.
Gansu, Qinghai, and Ningxia, these places were occupied by the Ma family, and xenophobia is particularly serious, making it difficult to achieve major development.
However, these provinces are located in the rear area and are relatively stable, so we can appropriately send some brothers to establish cooperation partners locally.
As for Tibet and Xikang, these areas are vast and sparsely populated, with a harsh climate and long distances, so it is difficult to gain benefits and they are not worth giving up temporarily.
Then there is Xinjiang, which has developed well in recent years. We can send some brothers there to develop well and establish connections with the Russians.
The Russians have vast territory and abundant resources, and their military technology is advanced. Even the Japanese dare not mess with them. They will be a major partner that the gang will strive to cooperate with in the future.
In the future, if you meet anyone who can speak Russian, try to recruit them into the gang and let them teach the children adopted by the alliance. Of course, it would be best if you veterans could learn it.
By the way, for the places I just mentioned, you can handle the small-volume transportation by yourselves. If you have large-volume supplies or precious goods, please contact me.
I will contact the transportation channels to help you with air transportation, but you have to pay attention to the cost, it will be charged.
Finally, it’s the southwest. You all probably know that most of my supplies come from the southwest, so I hope that after the new year the development direction of the gang will focus on the southwest.
When the brothers arrive in the southwest, they will be close to where I provide supplies, and the cost of development will be much lower.
Therefore, the Yanhuang League can only get the best support and develop rapidly in the southwest." Hou Xiaoge said, holding the civilization stick and pointing at the map on the wall.
After Hou Xiaoge finished speaking, all the hall masters were confused. They really didn't understand what the leader was thinking.
"Alliance leader, I have always wanted to ask you a question, but I don't know whether I should ask it or not." Han Fuheng stood up and said.
"Say!"
"Alliance leader, what do you think of the Yanhuang League? Did you create the Yanhuang League to fight against the Japanese and help the people, or did you want to create a force or have other ideas?
If you are here to fight against Japan and help the people, then there is no need for us to go through so much trouble. What we are doing now is enough.
If you want to create a force or have other ideas, please tell us in detail, so that we who follow you can better help you and the Yanhuang League." Han Fuheng said, looking at Hou Xiaoge with burning eyes.
Han Fuheng's words were immediately recognized by most of the young hall masters.
Except for the older Li Xiuyuan and Wang Defa, Li Wenru, Tieli, Wenjun, Li Bing, and Cui Wenying all looked at Hou Xiaoge with burning eyes.
"hehe!"
"Fuheng, you asked a very good question, a very correct question, and at the right time.
At first, I created the Yanhuang Alliance just to help the disaster victims. I established the gang to better manage the disaster victims and save me trouble.
In this way, after the Anti-Japanese War is over, I will return to America to be my landlord, and the Yanhuang League will naturally disband.
But I also see everyone's efforts, especially today after I saw the sense of belonging of the brothers from various halls to the Yanhuang League, I also had the idea of developing the Yanhuang League well.
The first time I had Yanhuang League was when it became my home, and I had the idea of making Yanhuang League a gang like Hongmen with members all over the world. "After Hou Xiaoge finished speaking, he looked at the excited faces of everyone in the hall.
Hou Xiaoge knew that the continuous supply of materials during this period, coupled with the continuous expansion of the power of the Yanhuang League, made everyone have greater ambitions for the development of the Yanhuang League.
"Alliance leader, our Jinyintang will definitely follow you firmly and earn more wealth for you in the future. We also hope that you will not give up the Yanhuang Alliance." After Han Fuheng finished speaking, he bowed to Hou Xiaoge.
"Alliance leader, the thousands of brothers in the battle hall will never be lazy and will all follow you forever. You point a direction and we will go after that person.
When you go to the US, we will go with you, and you will be the boss there." Tieli said, his face flushed and he patted his chest.
"Alliance leader, Wenjun and Wenshutang will always follow you." Wenjun said in a low voice.
"The Information Hall also wants to realize the dream of the leader and make the whole world full of brothers from the Information Hall." Cui Wenying said excitedly, bowing.
"The brothers of the Law Enforcement Hall have no home. The Yanhuang Alliance is the home of the Law Enforcement Hall. The Law Enforcement Hall will always be a sharp sword in the hands of the alliance leader." Li Bing said in a cold voice.
"Leader, I, Li Wenru, also want to manage hundreds of thousands of disciples like the Hongmen." Li Wenru said eagerly.
The few of them talked with such passion that Hou Xiaoge wanted the Yanhuang League to become the largest gang in the world.
"Okay, brothers, take a seat. Since the gang has developed to this extent, I, Zhou Debiao, will do my best for the Yanhuang Alliance and my brothers." Hou Xiaoge said excitedly.
Li Xiuyuan and Wang Defa on the side looked at the leader and other hall masters who were full of enthusiasm. They looked at each other and felt that they were just indifferent and just getting by.
"Alliance leader, I am old and my health has been very poor in the past few years. My legs hurt a lot at night. I'd better stay at the Qin Provincial Headquarters to help you with logistics!
The outside world is too far away, and the old man can no longer struggle with it. You young people are more suitable." Wang Defa sighed and bowed to Hou Xiaoge.
"It's the same for me. My lifelong hope is to help more poor people." Li Xiuyuan also stood up and said.
In fact, Wang Defa and the other man were less than fifty years old, but because their living conditions were too poor and their health was very poor, they looked like they were only sixty years old.