18 and joined the Imperial College Bureau
In 1890 (the 16th year of the Guangxu period), I was only 14 years old, so I left Lijiazhuang, Jizhou, Zhili (now Hebei Province) and came to Beijing to study for an apprentice in the wallet. In 1894 (the 20th year of Guangxu), he joined the member escort agency through an introduction.
At that time, there were eight radical escort agencies in Beijing, including Huiyou, Yongxing, Zhicheng, Zhengxing, Tongxing, Yiyou, Guangxing, and XX, all in Qianmen area. The Friends' Escort Agency is the largest, and it is difficult to open a grain store west of Dalu. In addition, there are some people who run escorts, which are not as large as the escort agency. When I joined the escort agency, it was the era when the friends were the most prosperous. There were semicolons in Nanjing, Shanghai, Xi'an and Tianjin. The rules of the escort agency are different from those of ordinary business units, and they are both master-apprentice relationships. At that time, there were more than 1,000 senior brothers, junior brothers, uncles and uncles from all over the north and south. There are 20 to 30 people who often live on the Beijing counter. We call the person in charge the head. The head of the family at that time was named Sun Yiting. Most people called him Lao Sun Si, and we called him Sun Si shopkeeper.
The first thing you want to do to become a master in the escort agency is to become a master. My master's name is Song Caichen, and the people who escort the bureau make a living by relying on their own skills. After becoming a disciple, the first thing to do is to learn martial arts from the master. Practicing boxing first is called the Three Emperors Cannon Hit. The Three Emperors are also called the Three Talents, which are heaven, earth, and man. After practicing Liuhe Knife. Then he practiced the big gun, 36 points, and 24th. I have almost practiced all eighteen martial arts. I practice water kung fu later. The short guys in the water must be used to separate the water and the geese and the moon thorns. I have learned a lot of Emei Thorns, Plum Blossom Top Piano Pens, etc. Once you have learned the water and land kung fu, you will learn to use hidden weapons. It is generally known that some people in the raft shops can use darts, and darts are also called pound darts, because a dart weighs a pound. What is the golden dart in the novel? That's a farewell. There are also tight-backed flowers and crossbows and flying locusts and stones.
After learning the skills of soft and hard work, you have to practice flying over the eaves and walls, and jumping over the house and crossing the ridges. The so-called jumping into a house is to climb up the rafters, turn up, more than one meter high, and jump up. When it falls on the eaves, it should fall down gently without any movement. Going over the ridge means walking over the beam of the house, and not walking on the tiles. When I stepped on the tiles, I stomped the tiles with a crunch and others noticed them. After getting on the wall, I looked down on the wall as usual. Check whether there are ditches, wells, flip boards in the yard or garden, or whether there are dogs, and listen to whether there are adults talking and children crying. Sometimes you have to use a road-questioning stone to test it. If there is no movement, you can turn over and jump down. If you jump down, you must drop it gently, without any sound.
After learning the flying skills, you still need to practice kung fu right away. In ancient times, there were chariot warfare, water warfare, infantry warfare, and horse warfare. The bodyguards are also preparing these four techniques to fight against the enemy. The bodyguard was on the jail car , holding a spear, and it seemed like he was fighting with the ancient chariot. Fighting against the enemy in the water on the boat is a water battle. Infantry and horse war are even more common.
Dang , Huyuan, Protection Kuding
At that time, the society was quite uneasy, and thieves took risks everywhere. There were seventy or eighty people in groups, twenty or thirty people in groups, and three or five people in groups, entrenched everywhere. Therefore, those who walk on the road must find someone who knows martial arts to protect. At first, some people who know martial arts lived in inns and were waiting for the guests to hire. They only pushed a small car. When the guests hired it, they pushed the small car on the road, which took 80 miles a day. This is the origin of the bodyguards. Later, the business became more and more developed day by day, so they set up their own brand, opened a car shop, and prepared cars, waiting for the merchants to hire them. This is the escort agency. Later, semicolons were set up in various places.
At that time, not only did single customers go to the escort agency to protect themselves when they went on the road, but merchants transported goods, and entrusted the escort agency to prevent thieves from robbing them. Those officials who took office (not to mention those who have stepped down and made a fortune) have to ask for protection along the way. Finally, I practice local officials' money transfer and various funds, without the protection of the escort agency, so I can't think of the silence of the sanctions. The worse the social order, the more thieves, and the transactions of escort agencies are naturally developed.
Eats are one of the most important transactions of the escort agency, and another important transaction is to guard the house. At that time, there were guardians and wards in the big houses and big shops.Later, foreigners went to China to set up many foreign banks and banks, and they also asked the escort bureaus to protect them. For example, the China-Russia Daosheng Bank is protected by its members.
In addition to warding and guarding the hospital, there is another transaction, which is to protect the top of the library. It turned out that Kuding was a very fat man at that time. Kuding could steal silver from the silver treasury to the outside. Although the protection is very strict, such as Kuding is going to be naked when he comes out, Kuding can also secretly bring the silver out of his anus. Because Kuding made a fortune like this, there were some gangsters in Beijing who specialized in robbing Kuding, which was equivalent to kidnapping. Therefore, Kuding had to find an escort agency to protect him when he went to work and got off work so that he could not be tied up by hooligans.
In addition, the treasure bureau (gambling kiln) and brothels in Beijing at that time also asked the escort bureau to send someone to protect it. This is another escort agency doing these transactions, and the people from the eight major escort agencies look down on them.
At that time, the escort agency gave these people a service. How much compensation could it be for? The bodyguards only earn four or five taels of silver every month, and the bosses don’t have much more. Seven taels and two taels of silver is the most. At the end of the year, when money was made on the counter, everyone could share some profits, but at that time, the head of the company was not very good at it, and most people didn't share much. I escorted the high-ranking official to take office and was happy to meet the official. After I delivered it, I would give you a reward of 10,200 taels. It was extra money and was not within the official income. Although a bodyguard only earns a few taels of silver every month, he eats from the cabinet and has delicious food and drinks, and his life is quite comfortable. The system of escort agencies is not as tight as that of a business deal. They are both master-apprentice relationships. In other words, they are family members, and they are not as good as those who are in a bad position. Therefore, they generally feel that doing this job is quite free and comfortable.
The bodyguard's martial arts are not good enough, he must learn jargon. but. The jargon of the escort business is not only used among peers, but mainly meets thieves in the world and talks in jargon. We call this kind of jargon "Spring Point" and generally call it "Jianghu slang". When an escort business has a great deal of friendship with thieves, the first thing to do is to go back to the "spring point" to make friends with each other. The escort business must be harmonious. Just relying on its martial arts skills and wanting to subdue them, it will not work.
In our escort bureau, we were on the cabinet during the day, and we were both eating and practicing martial arts. In the evening, we went to the residents and businesses for night shifts. Whoever takes the turn to go out for wards will have to go out for wards. On average, these two trips will take place in a month. When rafting, the instructor will send someone to the company depending on how much goods are guaranteed. There are as few as one or two people, and as many as ten people (about one person is required to guarantee about 10,000 taels of silver). With more people, there will always be masters or uncles, and the masters will take them with them and follow his command. When I was on the verge, I met a thief and didn't agree to it. I had to fight. If the apprentice didn't work hard and let others watch, it would be obvious that it was "unsuccessful" and could not stand up. In short, the thief was certainly a desperate person, and the bodyguards were also desperate. If you are unable to take risks, don’t compete with the thief, and if you lose the escort, you have to accompany the account, who will look for you in the future?
"Thieves" are friends
When I was squatting, I stopped pushing the cart. The guests were sitting in the car, and the goods were loaded on the car, and the escort flags were inserted into the car. The bodyguard hungry rider followed the bodyguard in front of the car, opening his eyes tightly along the way, keeping abreast of the car. At that time, the place was unstable, and there were thieves everywhere. There were ten people in the trees, and there were also three or two hidden behind the woods. They could grab them if they saw a single person passing by.
The bodyguard has not yet set in the evening, so he has to find a shop to live in. After entering the shop, someone must be sent to watch the night to avoid any mistakes at night. The next day, it was not dawn, so I had to hurry up and hurry up.
There were thieves everywhere at that time, and it was inevitable that they would not deal with thieves when they were walking on the road. The thief hides everywhere, often lying in the field in winter and in the sorghum field in summer. Some people dressed as those who grow crops and chop wood, which is difficult to tell. Some thieves often put some thorns on the road to block the way, and some are placed in crosses. If the horse is accidentally stuck, it cannot leave. When the bodyguard saw these thorns on the road, he knew there were thieves. To be honest, this is called "evil tiger blocking the way".At this time, even though we knew that these thorns were released by the thief, we still could not get off the horse and pick them up by ourselves. We must be prepared to meet the thief.
At this time, the head immediately ordered his brothers to prepare, hold a gun, hold a knife, and watch the escort cart, but he had to put down his weapons, take a few steps, and prepare to answer the thief. The thief saw an escort car passing by, and a leader came forward to negotiate with the escort business. At this time, the head of the escort business had to smile, bow his fists, and salute to the thief first, and greet him: "Thank you for the boss!" He also replied: "Thank you for the boss!" According to the rules of the escort business, "Thief" is a friend. If you meet a thief, it is a friend who has arrived. If we meet for the first time, he will ask you, "Which family is from?" We will say, "Small font size, make friends." Then he asked, "Your surname is yours?" We will say, "I am the next surname X, and the cursive character XX." But we cannot ask the thief "Noble surname". If you ask, he should be suspicious.
After the "friends" meet, they must talk in slander, which means that this aspect is indeed an expert and the other party is indeed a "friend in the world". The content of the slander is nothing more than two points. First, they are passed down by the same teacher, and they should talk about the loyalty of the world. More importantly, the escort business must admit that your bowl of rice is rewarded with you. He asked, "Whose clothes are you wearing?" He answered, "Whose clothes are you wearing." He asked, "Whose food are you eating?" He answered, "Whose food are you eating." This is honest, if there are no thieves, there will be no need for bodyguards. The thief mainly robs and robs every day. Looking at the escort business, some of the "masters, let them go". Isn't this the thief left the rice for the escort business? Therefore, the escort business is called "the leader" and is the same as the "shopkeeper" of the escort business.
I uttered a slander in two strokes, I'll let you go. If there are thorns, he will pick them up for you, indicating that he agrees to "borrow the road" and let you pass. When we are about to part, we have to say politely: "What do you have to take? I will go to XX (somewhere) and come back in 20 days." The thief said likewise: "I don't bring you, the shopkeeper, thank you for your hard work."
After he allowed you to go there, he shouted "Hewu". Sometimes the thief lay on the ground and couldn't see it from afar, but after the thief in the leader shouted "Hewu", he heard "Hewu" and "Hewu" from afar, one after another, there were more thieves, and the sound of "Hewu" continued to be heard, and he shouted a lot of kung fu.
If you meet a thief who doesn’t listen to this trick and insists on competing with you to decide the outcome, then you have to fight with him. If you really do something, it may not be once a hundred times. However, there are many people who died at the hands of thieves.
You must also protect the thief from something wrong
Because the escort agency and the thief river are "friends", when the thief comes to Beijing to buy things, our escort agency has the responsibility to protect it.
At that time, there was an interview bureau specializing in taking thieves. They call thieves "ideas". As soon as the thief entered Beijing, the interview bureau loved to follow. But as soon as they saw the thief enter the escort agency, they dared not take it. Why do the official let the escort agency be the only one? Because the escort business has a backstage, we call it the big threshold, which is the most powerful official in the court at that time. For example, at the Friends Escort Agency, the backstage boss was Li Hongzhang at that time. He is considered the boss of a friend, but he doesn't need to invest in capital. Because the members of the society sent someone to watch over his home and established a relationship, they asked him to be the honorary boss. The interview bureau offended the escort bureau. When the escort bureau mentioned Li Hongzhang, a small note two-inch long would cost the interview bureau's life. So they dare not ask for trouble for the escort agency.
The thief arrived in Beijing and came to our cabinet. He would be accompanied by whom he knew. During the day, he went out to buy things and went back to his house to sleep at night. When eating outside, the escort agency will make a record. Three meals a day, good wine and good meals. Those who are thieves come into the city dress up as businessmen. When I entered Beijing, I had a lot of money with me. He buys things and pays for it himself, so there is no need to escort the agency to break the money.
The thief stayed in Beijing for a few days, and even bought things and watched the fun. After living there, the escort agency sent him out of the city.Before leaving, the escort agency sent a car and the escort agency to escort the escort agency rode a horse to escort it. The thief sat in the escort cart and after he was sent out of the city, the escort bureau came back. The person who drove the car had already been told by the escort agency. Anyway, the person who took the car asked you to drive the car to wherever you were, and there was no need to ask anything. After sending him to the place, he will definitely give him more rewards and give him a lot of money.
The thief has entered Beijing for the past few days, and the escort agency must be very careful and must not let something happen to him. If the thief lives in the escort agency and something happens, the official will be arrested. If the escort agency falls, you will have a bodyguard and meet the thief's accomplices on the road, he will definitely go against you, and the escorts will not be able to leave.
This is how the escorts and thieves use each other. It is precisely because of the thief and the loyalty of the thief, that the escort agency can stand and eat. But the escort agency and the thief are different. The thief is doing business without capital, and most of them are bachelors who are desperate and take risks, while most of the people who escort the bureau are wealthy. It is not that simple for a person who knows martial arts to join the escort agency, it must be reliable. Someone knows the guarantee, so even though the thief claims to be friends, the thief must never join the escort agency. The people from the escort agency suddenly stopped doing it and went to be a thief. Of course, this kind of thing is not without it. But the escort agency must not tolerate him. Because such a person leaves the escort agency and becomes a thief, he will inevitably go against the escort agency.
Easy to move
As mentioned earlier, when a bodyguard meets a thief, he relies on slandering to deal with him. As long as he is willing to nod, he will pass. The thief is anxious, so we can't be anxious either. We always use good words to deal with him. Therefore, the bodyguards put harmony first and easily do not fight against the thief. But if the thief is not loyal to the world, he will not care about it. In order to keep the cart, I have to fight to the death with him.
The bodyguard will fight against the thief when he goes out. One fight will take place, and at most, only five moves will be left to win the thief. Only then can he keep the thief in the car. I remember one time, the bodyguard passed by the ferry intersection north of Hunhe River in Gu'an County and got on the boat. When the boat owner saw that there were many escort cars and they were rich, they wanted to intercept our escort as soon as they crossed the river. There are more than a dozen ship owners, and there are seven or eight of our bodyguards. He said he twisted it twice and started. The boatmen used the boat artemisia, and we were tough guys fought for a while and defeated them, so nothing happened.
Another time, I stayed in the store south of Zhengzhou Temple at night. The next day, we set off at 5 o'clock in the morning. Just now I haven't walked far, there is a bridge in
. The thief secretly broke the bridge, but it was not visible on the surface. The leader was about to cross the bridge, but the bridge was broken, but the man and horse were trapped in the water, and hurriedly said, "No." He knew that he had met the thief, so he kept saying slander to the thief. He didn't let us go if he said anything, just fight with them.
Later, when trains and ships were connected, merchants did not have to get up early to hire civilian ships, so the business of bodyguards became less and less. In the end, they specialized in the business of hospital guards. The number of escort agencies has gradually decreased, leaving only a family of friends.
At that time, the jewelry market outside Qianmen and Dashilan became commercial groups and were protected by the Friends' Escort Agency. There are iron fences on both ends of the street. When something happens, the iron fences will be closed and guarded by the escort agency. In the first year of the Republic of China, Cao Xiao's third town was opened in Beijing. But the two widest streets, Jewelry City and Dashilan, did not suffer any losses. In the 6th year of the Republic of China (1917), Zhang Xun was restored, Duan Qirui's Horse Factory Uprising, and led his troops to attack Beijing. Street fighting broke out in the city, and Beijing's order was quite chaotic. Jewelry Market and Dashilan both suffered no losses due to the protection of the Members' Escort Agency.
The 10th year of the Republic of China (1921) also ended. The older brothers, uncles and uncles in the escort bureau all went home to take care of their old age; the younger ones were hired by banks, businesses, and residences to guard their homes and protect their homes. The friends started their first establishment for a total of 300 years, and the master and apprentice passed on to several generations.
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