C336 Thirty Years East Thirty Years West
This Hongfa coal mine, in the beginning, was opened by the villagers to raise funds, and it was a collective industry. Later on, they lost money and could not continue, so they contracted it to private people.
More than 30 years had passed, and the boss had changed a few times. The current boss was called Shen Liyi, and his nickname was "Sky Flipping Sparrow Hawk. " He was from Ning Xia's Gold Accumulation Fortress.
According to legend, his grandfather's name was Shen Zhifa. Before he was released, he was the biggest bandit leader in Gold Access Fortress. He had two to three hundred men under him, and his nickname was Sky Flipping Young Sparrow Hawk.
Although this Shen Zhifa was a Chinaman, not only did he bully the common people, he also secretly colluded with the Japanese to recruit soldiers and buy horses, and actively expanded his own power.
Later in the middle of the night, a group of men from the Big Brother Association came from Da An's side. They were the subordinates of the Supreme Elder Fan Tingfu. In one night, they defeated Shen Zhifa and took over Jingji Castle.
Fan Tingfu was the Supreme Elder of the Big Brother Association. He was also a man of great character. The night he took over the Gold Accumulation Fortress, he died on the bed of Shen Zhifa's little wife, Jin Hua.
Fan Tingfu died. His nephew, Fan Zhenggan, inherited the position and took the opportunity to be the guardian of Jingji Castle. According to people, Fan Zhenggan had a strong background and was a confidant of Officer Lu of Lan Province.
However, not long after, Fan Zhenggan was killed by the brothers under Shen Zhifa. Of course, there were also people who said that it was done by the Japanese. As for what kind of people did it, no one could say for sure. It became a headless case.
When Shen Zhifa was alive, there was a Chief of Staff called Zhang Dongshan, a Japanese spy. If not for Zhang Dongshan's enticement, perhaps Shen Zhifa would not have sought refuge with the Japanese, and would not have been beaten to death by his elder brother for no reason.
One had to know that Shen Zhifa was also a poor person who had not had a meal. Later on, he really couldn't live anymore and joined Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army. He fought with his life on the line.
After a few battles, not only was he not beaten to death, but he also made military achievements. In the end, he even mixed into a small military officer and worked under Ma Hongkui, the king of Ning Xia. He was in charge of dozens of soldiers.
In the last century, in the 30th century, Sun Dianying, the bandit who dug up Empress Dowager Cixi's tomb, led a hundred thousand troops from the east to the west and came to the foot of the mountain, wanting to seize Ma Hongkui's territory.
It was said that Sun Dianying and Ma Hongkui were both subordinates of Feng Yuxiang, and they were sworn brothers that kowtowed their heads to the ground. Their relationship was extremely good.
However, this was an old matter in the past. Now, for the sake of their own interests, the two of them no longer cared about their brotherhood. They turned hostile towards each other and became sworn enemies.
Seeing Sun Dianying come menacingly and try to seize his territory, Ma Hongkui didn't agree. He quickly allied with Liang Province's Ma Buqing, Qing Hai's Ma Bufang, and a few other old uncles to fight against Sun Dianying.
Under the mountain of Helan, Ma Hongkui and Sun Dianying fought with their lives on the line for more than four months. Although they won in the end, they lost a lot of men and horses, and the world became even more chaotic.
When mentioning the battle between Sun Dianying and Ma Hongkui, according to the old man, it was very intense and tragic. Under the mountain of Helan, the dead could be piled up into a few mountains, and their blood would flow like a river.
After beating Sun Dianying away, Shen Zhifa dragged a gun and secretly ran back to the Gold Storing Fortress. He was used to eating easy meals in the army, so he could no longer bear the suffering from before. He couldn't stand the poverty from before.
In the beginning, he worked alone. He secretly robbed passers-by peddlers and robbed them of some money. Later, he recruited a few of his brothers who had escaped from the army. When they worked together, they would have a certain reputation.
These people had been soldiers, killed people, and had guns in their hands. They were bold and unafraid of death, and they even knew how to fight wars. Very quickly, they created a world in the area of Gold Storing Fortress, and their reputations became more and more resounding.
In that chaotic era, in order to make a living, there were many bandits on both sides of the Yellow River. Three in a group, five in a group. No one could accept the other. War broke out every two to three days.
After Shen Zhi sent the message, in just a few years, he led his brothers to annex the other bandits and became the biggest bandit leader in the area of Gold Storing Castle.
Later on, he seized the opportunity to occupy Gold Accumulated Castle during the chaos and was conferred the title of guardian by Ma Hongkui. He became the highest officer here and openly started to rob houses, kill the rich, and help the poor.
The Japanese spy, who was disguised as Zhang Dongshan, saw that Shen Zhifa was a man with money but did not care about his life and gave him a batch of weapons and ammunition. He also took the opportunity to become his Chief of Staff.
People were like that when they were young, but when they grew up, they were like that again. When they were poor, they would be the same. When they were rich and powerful, they would immediately become different.
As the saying goes, '30 years to the east, 30 years to the west', the '30 years to the east', the '30 years to the west', the '30 years to the east'. Who would have thought that Shen Zhifa, who was so poor that he could not eat, would actually become the Sky Flipping Young Sparrow Hawk whose name shook the entire Gold Storing Fortress?
Now, the owner of the Vast Hair Coal Mine, Shen Liyi, was the grandson of Shen Zhifa back then. Grandpa and grandson are both called Sky Flipping Young Sparrow Hawk. Do you think this is a kind of fate?
Many people said that when Shen Liyi was young, he was just a wanderer who did not do proper work. Not to mention the villagers, even his parents and siblings hated him so much that they could not see him.
Later, when the property was contracted, people were free. As long as you had the ability, you could run anywhere in the country. Unlike the production team, they were very strict and couldn't go out as they pleased.
Shen Liyi did not like to suffer, but his brain was very active. He followed a big boss from the south and ran to Inner Mongolia to open up a gold mine for a period of time. Only after earning some money did he live like a human.
Two years ago, he did not know what happened. This Shen Liyi came to Hong Sha and contracted a Hong Fa coal mine from his previous boss. He openly became a coal boss all day long and was extremely arrogant.
Brother, you are an experienced person. You should know what happened in the 1980s. When the property was just contracted, everyone was afraid of poverty. They wanted to get rich so badly that they went crazy.
The Red Sand Country Village Committee posted a notice, calling all the villagers to raise funds to open a coal mine, saying that they wanted to lead the villagers to make a fortune. At that time, coal was very popular, and every household invested some money.
At that time, not only did my family invest money, but my father also worked in the coal mine for a few years, and he was also a small leader with some power.
Later, after I graduated from junior high school, I stopped studying and went to Hongfa Coal Mine to work for a few years. To tell you the truth, I earned the money to build this waiter building from the coal mine.
In these few years, the price of coal had fallen drastically, and the business of the coal mine had also deteriorated day by day. Today, I contracted it to this person, and tomorrow, I contracted it to that person. In the end, the property of the village became private, and several bosses were exchanged.
After Shen Liyi became the boss, he gathered a bunch of local ruffians and gangsters and became a mining team. Although they were said to protect the coal mine, they were actually a bunch of thugs who were responsible for keeping an eye on the victims who were mining coal.
Brother, you just said that Boss Shen was very straightforward when it came to giving money. That was totally not a problem. Brother, let me give you a piece of advice. It's better if you don't believe this coaxing nonsense.
Ever since Shen Liyi came, he did not know what methods he used. In just a few years, he bought a few small coal mines opened by foreigners nearby and became the largest private coal mine owner in Red Sand Danang.
He had earned quite a bit of money, but Boss Shen treated his subordinates, especially those who went down the well to mine for coal, much more mean than the big landlord Liu Wencai from the old society, as well as Zhou Pi.
Later on, many people found out about this and didn't want to work anymore. However, in order to prevent the workers from slipping away, what method did Shen Liyi use?
His heart was even more poisonous than a snake's. Not only did he not give out the workers' hard-earned money, he even made those ruffians and hooligans catch the workers who wanted to escape and beat them to death. I heard that a few lives were lost.
A few moments ago, a few women brought their children to the coal mine to look for men. They cried and cried, saying that their men had not heard from them for a long time, and that they could not see their dead bodies.
Shen Liyi did not show up. He sent a manager with the surname Li to tell those women that their men were working and could not meet guests. He wanted them to be at ease and that the man was very good.
Seeing that his wife didn't believe him and insisted on meeting his man, Manager Li took out a stack of money and distributed it to them. He said that this was the money made by men, so he asked them to take it back and spend it first. When it was New Year's, the men would bring the money home.
The women took the money and didn't want to leave. They were so noisy that they wanted to see their men. There were also people who said that they wanted to take the man home this time, so they didn't want to work in the coal mine anymore.
When Manager Li saw this situation, he didn't pay any more attention to these women. He turned around and left. Those few women stayed at the entrance of the coal mine for a few days. In the end, they did not see their men and left dejectedly.
Just like that, they coaxed those foreign women away. The reason why Shen Liyi didn't let the men out to see his women and children was because he was worried that once these men came out, they wouldn't go back.
Also, after the reputation of the Hongfa Coal Mine was tarnished, very few people came here to work. Shen Liyi was like his grandfather, Shen Zhifa. He had a lot of ideas and came up with a rotten idea.
He entrusted those scoundrels in the society to use the name of introducing jobs to hire outsiders who did not know their place to work in his coal mine. I heard that if you hire a person, you'll give the referrer hundreds or thousands of dollars.
Once these workers enter the Hongfa coal mine, very few of them will be able to leave freely. Even if they want to run, it is not easy to run out. The mountains were deep, and it was dark in the middle of the night. They were not familiar with the place, so where could they run to? Once he was caught, wouldn't he be beaten half to death?
A few days ago, in the middle of the night, a few thugs from the Hongfa coal mine, holding the wolfdogs, came to my place to look for someone. They said that a new worker had sneaked out and asked me if I had seen him.
Brother, think about it. Don't say that I didn't see him. Even if I did, I can't tell anyone. Once they catch him, even if he doesn't die, he will be crippled, and his life will be over.
Later on, he didn't know if the worker who had sneaked out had been caught by them or not. If he wasn't caught, then this worker would have been extremely lucky, and he would have finally escaped from this wolf's den alive.
Such a black-hearted coal mine owner, brother, do you still dare to go? You are a foreigner, so you aren't familiar with the situation in Hong Sha's territory. Fortunately, you met my older brother, or else you would have suffered a huge loss.
