Shanghai is a rapidly developing city, and there is no systematic planning for construction, so the city looks messy and disorganized. Those poor refugees who came to Shanghai built haphazardly, forming many low and dirty shantytowns, as well as the Suzhou River and Huangpu River.
The densely packed passenger ships, merchant ships, and fishing boats all require management and coordination.
Under this situation, the Shanghai Dao Yamen dispatched special personnel to set up a city management department called the City Patrol and Jingjie Division. The court rules were laid out there. It was obviously impossible for local governments to set up private institutions, so this department was a regular government department.
In addition to the establishment, the leading few are fast-shift servants of Daotai Yamen. They have no rank at all. They employ thousands of helpers and do not care about their pay. On weekdays, these people rely on collecting fees from vendors and punishing those who park randomly.
Living on a cargo ship, my small life was quite satisfying.
When the Nine Thousand-year-olds were in power, the rituals and music of the imperial court were in disarray, and python robes could be worn randomly, and mending their uniforms became even more casual. The officials of the City Patrol Department all wore dark green that was darker than the lower-ranking officials.
He wears an official uniform with a coiled collar, and the patch on his chest is not embroidered with a quail bird, which is neither a high-ranking civil servant, nor a rhinoceros or seahorse, which is a low-level military attache, but a unique fierce dog!
Hearing that the imperial envoy would be arriving in Shanghai in the near future, Governor Chen Liangjue issued a special order for the Street Cleaning Department to sweep away unsightly vendors and illegal buildings in the city. Now the dogs of the Street Cleaning Department were very happy.
They went out in a big way, showing off their special abilities, and wiped out all the vendors on the street, and confiscated all their goods and money. The people driving over to surround Lin Sheng and the others were a team of people from the City Patrol Street Cleaning Department.
The command carriage of Jingjiesi stopped far away at both ends of the road, and then dozens of big men slowly gathered around from the surrounding crowd. These people had dragons and tigers on their bodies, and fierce eyes. They were not good people at first glance. Their clothes
They were not uniform, they were wearing everything, but when they gathered near the vendors, they suddenly took out a waistcoat and put it on their bodies. The waistcoat was made of dark green Songjiang cloth, and there was a big white circle on the chest, written with a brush.
There is a black word "Xie" on it.
The sudden attack by the City Patrol Cleaning Department caught the small vendors off guard, and they immediately became a mess. They were hurriedly packing up the goods on the stalls, hoping to escape unscathed. The assistants had already blocked the road, and each one was waving sticks.
He was vicious and would beat anyone he saw and snatch things he saw. The passers-by seemed to be used to this kind of situation and were not very afraid. They just stood still and watched indifferently from a distance.
Among the onlookers were Liu Ziguang and Hu Yimin in disguise. He was shocked when he saw groups of gangsters robbing property in broad daylight. He grabbed a person next to him and asked: "Why is Shanghai so chaotic? Gangsters and gangsters are actually on the streets.
robbery?"
The man was a native of Shanghai. When Liu Ziguang asked this question and spoke Jianghuai Mandarin with a northern accent, he knew that this man was a northerner who had just arrived in Shanghai, so he replied with a slightly sarcastic smile: "Nongxiang Hu Ning
Of course you don’t know, this is the coordinator of the Ala Shanghai Street Cleaning Department, he is very powerful.”
It turned out to be someone from the government. Seeing the small commodities, fruits and foods flying in the sky, the fierce assistant management and the embarrassed vendors, Liu Ziguang immediately thought of the era he lived in. He was often bullied by the urban management and confiscated things without saying a word.
Even if you have a bad attitude, you will be beaten. Even if you appeal, it will be useless, because the people who beat you are unorganized assistants, so you will have no place to explain if you are beaten to death. I didn’t expect that the same thing happens in this world.
When this happened, he immediately stood up from the crowd and shouted:
"In broad daylight, with everything clear, you are robbing property and oppressing good people. How are you any different from bandits?"
As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen pairs of ferocious eyes looked over. Seeing Liu Ziguang dressed in civilian clothes and alone, the head assistant squinted and sneered: "Where are you from, little red guy? It's your turn to take care of things in my yamen."
?Hit! Come on, beat me hard! Beat me to death."
About a dozen people swarmed up, surrounded Liu Ziguang, and pushed him into a small alley next to him. Liu Ziguang did not resist and let them pull him away. He also gave Miss Hu next to him a reassuring look.
The young lady naturally knew the depth of Liu Ziguang's kung fu, so she simply pretended to be an ordinary spectator and hid aside to watch the fun. Rishengchang's bodyguards from afar slowly gathered over and mingled with the crowd to secretly protect the young lady without receiving any instructions.
They will not act rashly.
Liu Ziguang angrily rebuked the assistants and called helplessly for help. No one dared to speak out because of the power of the assistants. Just when Liu Ziguang was about to be pulled into the alley, a small cart suddenly appeared.
He rushed over quickly and knocked over several assistant managers. The person pushing the cart was a handsome young man. He grabbed Liu Ziguang and ran away while the assistant managers were knocked upside down and did not react.
In an instant, time seemed to go back to that dim rainy afternoon. After accidentally killing the bully, he was dragged away by his clever neighbor Xiao Mao. It was almost the same plot and the same scene. Liu Ziguang originally
He wanted to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger, and go to the alley to beat up the gang of assistants. Unexpectedly, this young man suddenly rushed out and risked his life to rescue him. Liu Ziguang immediately developed a great liking for him and followed him and ran wildly.
Every time the city patrol department cleans up the streets, the assistants charge in the front, and the serious officers supervise the army in the back. These men with fierce dogs embroidered on their chests are not easy to deal with. Who is not a hero with unique skills and dominance?
, I saw the five of them jumping out of the carriage calmly and lining up in the street. The river wind blew up the hem of the dark green official robe, revealing the bright red official trousers and the white-backed black-waisted sanitary robes underneath.
Boots and brakes are majestic.
"Fourth brother, did you see that someone actually resisted the law and beat all our brothers?" A thin man said coldly, the iron rod in his hand tapping the ground rhythmically, as if he was a little impatient.
"Lao Wu, haven't you used your Cross Soul Chasing Stick for a long time? It's just the right time to take advantage of those two boys." The man called Fourth Brother has a very ugly face, with a protruding lower lip and exposed lower teeth.
Outside, he looked particularly ferocious. He was carrying a jujube stick in his hand, but there were dozens of iron nails embedded in the front, which made people frightened by the sight.
The young man pulled Liu Ziguang and ran for dozens of steps. Before he could reach his destination, his path was blocked by five dark green figures. Each of them was holding a stick, fiddling with it in their hands, and holding the shredded tobacco from the butt of the cigar in their mouths.
The cigarettes were lined up in a row, not angry but intimidating. The young man was so frightened that he took a breath: "Five dogs patrolling the city!"
The young man was well aware of the consequences of falling into the hands of these five people. He took out a three-inch long iron fruit knife from his arms and placed it across his chest. He pushed Liu Ziguang behind him and said, "I'll hold them tight, so hurry up and leave."
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Liu Ziguang did not expect this man to be so righteous, and was greatly moved. Instead, he pulled the young man behind him and shouted at the five ferocious roadblocks: "Good dogs don't block the road, get out of the way!"
These five people are the five most famous bosses of the Xuncheng Street Cleaning Department. Before joining the yamen, they were local bullies. After donning this green skin, they committed evil and were deeply loved by their superiors. They were given the title of "Xunchengjie"
"Five Tiger Generals in the City", but the name among the people has changed, and they are called "Five Dogs Patrolling the City."
These two ignorant young men actually called themselves dogs in front of them. The five of them were so angry that they spit out the cigarettes in their mouths and rushed towards them with sticks.
Ten seconds later, the five tigers patrolling the city had really become the five dogs patrolling the city. They were still the kind of mangy dogs lying motionless on the ground. Each person's head had a bloody hole, and blood flowed out, and the vital parts
They were also kicked and completely lost their combat effectiveness. Liu Ziguang didn't want to take their lives, so he was very measured in his actions. If he really wanted to kill people, even twenty patrolling tigers would be killed here.
At this time, dozens of assistant managers had come back from behind. This time it was Liu Ziguang's turn to drag the young man away, and the two quickly disappeared into the crowd of people on the Bund. Seeing that they could not catch up, the assistant managers had to go back to rescue the chief, cursing.
Went.
Deep in the alley, Liu Ziguang squatted on the ground to rest with the young man. The young man was out of breath from running. He leaned against the wall and gasped for air. After resting for a while, he said, "Thank you, brother, for the rescue."
Liu Ziguang smiled slightly: "I should be the one thanking you. You dared to snatch people from dozens of big men. Your courage is extraordinary and you can be called a strong man. I am just a scholar. I just arrived in Shanghai today."
The young man said happily: "It turns out that you are a scholar. No wonder you can stand up and speak out for our hawkers. The elder brother has unique skills, and the younger brother has just been doing something wrong. I am ashamed. I am ashamed. By the way, my name is Lin Sheng. I haven't asked my elder brother for my name yet."
Liu Ziguang thought for a moment and replied: "My name is Xu Wenqiang."
"It turns out it's Brother Xu. Lin Sheng is here to greet you. My younger brother sells fruit at a stall on the Bund pier. He's known as Fruit Asheng. You can just call me Asheng." Lin Sheng said as he took something from his arms.
He took out the big green radish, peeled off the skin three times, broke half of it and handed it to Liu Ziguang, saying: "This is the only radish left in the cart, and the cart must not be saved. The stubborn city patrol officer will know that."
Clean the streets. Once the streets are clean, we ordinary people will have no way to survive." After saying this, he took a bite of the carrot.
Liu Ziguang also gnawed the carrot. Lin Sheng was the first Shanghainese he met. From this young Shanghainese, he might be able to see a real Shanghai, so Liu Ziguang made a little fuss and said his name was
He became the protagonist of that Hong Kong TV series in the 1980s.
"Brother Xu came from the north to visit relatives, right? What are your plans for the future?" Lin Sheng asked while eating.
"I want to find a job on the dock, but I don't know if there is any way." Liu Ziguang said this because the Bund Wharf is the distribution center for overseas merchant ships. The Municipal Shipping Department is located on the Bund. From here, you can definitely find the Municipal Shipping Department.
Clues of corruption.
"No problem. The little brother I live with is a laborer on the dock. He has a distant relative who helps the Lai family as a bookkeeper. Brother Xu is literate and can definitely find a decent job." Lin Sheng finished the last meal.
After taking a sip, he stood up and patted his butt: "Let's go, I'll take you to see him."
"Lai family? Which Lai family?" Liu Ziguang suddenly remembered that he had seen some records about a person named Lai in Shanghai in the files of Dongchang.
"Who else is Lai? Of course the most famous boss in Shanghai is Lai Youwei. He makes more than half of the foreign goods in Shanghai." When Lin Sheng talked about Lai Youwei, his eyes seemed to have admiration.