"When I hear the willow trees breaking in this nocturne, who can't forget the love of my hometown?"
Break willows, break willows in Baqiao.
Throughout the ages, those who leave Guanzhong have used Baqiao Ferry as the main route between east and west, and there are many willow trees in Guanzhong area. The line in the Book of Songs, "In the past, I have gone, and the willows are still there." comes from Xiaoya, and Xiaoya is the king of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Ji's music, so over time, there is an allusion of breaking willows at Baqiao to say farewell.
Those who leave and those who send away are all separated here.
Willows are colored every year, and mausoleums are different from each other.
"Let's go!"
I don’t know who shouted these words. The people who were leaving on the Ba Bridge held the broken willow branches, said a few words to their relatives and friends, then turned around and left, either getting on a carriage or riding a horse.
Bai Gui also said goodbye to Bai Youde, Bai Wang, Liu Baoer, Zhou Yuan and others who came to see him off. He rode on his half-sized black horse, carrying a newly made Guanshan knife on his waist, and followed the caravan.
Walk leisurely towards Tongguan.
It was quite peaceful along the way.
We encountered three or four groups of bandits, each consisting of dozens of people. However, after seeing the huge caravan and some escorting soldiers, all with Hanyang uniforms, they hurriedly avoided it and did not dare to go forward.
nuisance.
This was a group of thirty or forty soldiers specially mobilized by Governor Fang to escort the students studying in Japan.
When you arrive in Yu Province, there is a train going south to Shanghai.
Taking the train is undoubtedly much safer and faster. The Wu family is so powerful that they have chartered five carriages, three of which are dedicated to storing commercial goods, and the other two carriages are for people to live in.
It's just that their identities are different. More than 100 caravan stewards and clerks are crowded into one carriage. In the other carriage, they are students studying in Japan. They are about 20 or so, and they are all descendants of officials from Qin Province.
, as well as the officials responsible for receiving students studying abroad.
Six days later, we arrived in Shanghai.
The housekeeper of the Wu Mansion was very skilled. He first found a rickshaw dealer. The people who were most familiar with Shanghai were not the current Shanghai Daotai, nor the celebrities and gentry, but the rickshaw drivers.
Rickshaws are very fashionable. They were introduced from Japan. However, they are not called rickshaws now, but are called Toyo carts. The origin of rickshaws in later generations is due to the fact that in the second year of the Republic of China, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Bureau of the Public Settlement issued an order to distinguish private cars from private ones.
Toyo rickshaws, and rickshaws that are specially designed to pull people, all stipulate that the rickshaws that pull people are yellow, so the name rickshaw comes from.
"Brother Meihe, I didn't expect that practicing martial arts would have such benefits. I won't get motion sickness so much. I regret not learning more skills from the nurse..."
Wu Huaixian got off the train, and his mental state was not very good along the way. In fact, the trains nowadays are steam trains, which are very bumpy, so he vomited and had diarrhea on the train. He felt much better when he stepped on the ground at the boundary of Shanghai.
"This is your laziness in the equestrian class, not martial arts training."
Liu Mingda got on the rickshaw and said with a smile, his complexion was not that good at the moment, but it was better than Wu Huaixian.
The train rocks back and forth, somewhat like riding a horse.
"Okay, just go to your place and take a few naps. This is the last mint leaf. Chew it." Bai Gui threw a cloth bag from his arms, which contained mint leaves. Mint leaves are a common traditional Chinese medicine.
, it has the functions of dispelling wind and evil, dissipating wind and heat, and providing aromatic fragrance. It is also a common motion sickness equipment in this era.
Wu Huaixian and Liu Mingda originally had some, but they ran out.
He has strong Qi and blood, and doesn't get motion sick much, so it's basically useless.
Jingle Bell.
The rickshaw driver stood up and shook the wind chime tied to the shed. They stepped forward, pulling steadily and running evenly. Not long after, they passed through the dilapidated shacks made of thatch and arrived at the brightly lit Shili Foreign Market.
Inside the city and outside the city, there are two worlds.
Bai Gui thought of the first time he entered Xi'an Mansion, but the more prosperous the place, the wider the gap between the rich and the poor, and the more shocking it was, so he simply closed his eyes.
I'm also sleepy.
Along the way, how can we not feel sleepy despite the exhaustion of traveling and driving?
Soon after, Shanshan Guild Hall.
The real lifeline business of the Wu family in Qin Province was not the raw silk business, but the salt merchants, who also took care of the cloth, tea, and leather goods industries. People who left their hometowns often joined forces with their fellow villagers, so Shaanxi merchants formed a business gang and formed a business gang with them.
Shanxi merchants unite, there are Shanshan guild halls everywhere, and Shanghai is no exception...
The interior of the clubhouse is luxuriously decorated and has many rooms.
It's free for them to stay.
Entered a room and settled on the bed to rest.
After resting for a day or two, Bai Gui regained his former energy and started practicing stone locks in the courtyard. Obviously, martial arts cannot be practiced on the train. After not practicing for more than ten days, his body felt uncomfortable.
Huchi, wheeze.
Sweat dripped from his muscular bare arms, and he dropped the stone lock. A helper nearby immediately handed him hot water and a towel to wipe his body.
"Ms. Bai, I have asked someone to find out. This is the address of Liu Xueyu, director of Fudan Public School."
The housekeeper of the Wu Mansion strode over and said.
"Thank you, Mr. Wu."
Bai Gui thanked the steward of the Wu Mansion. When he left, he also went to the New Army Training Office of Qin Province to meet with General Zhang. General Zhang asked him to send a letter to Liu Xueyu, the director of Aurora Public School, but when he arrived in Shanghai, he did not know where he was born.
I was familiar with it, so I asked the housekeeper of the Wu Mansion to find out.
When we walked out of the clubhouse, a rickshaw was already parked outside the door.
After getting in the car, Bai Gui shouted: "French Concession, Lujiawan No. 34 Villa."
Fudan Public School was formerly known as Aurora Public School. Aurora is Sanskrit and means China. Later, the French Catholic Jesuits tried to change Aurora Public School into a missionary school, so Ma Xiangbo left the school with a group of foreign teachers and founded Fudan Public School.
study.
The word "Fudan" of Fudan Public School is taken from "The sun and moon shine brightly, and Fudan comes." It not only means not forgetting Aurora Public School, but also means reviving China.
And this name was given by Liu Xueyu.
Shanshan Guild Hall is not in the concession, so we don’t see many foreigners. Once we enter the French Concession, we can see groups of foreigners walking back and forth everywhere.
Bai Gui paid five copper yuan to the driver and got out of the car.
A knock on the door.
"Who are you?"
The old woman who opened the door looked at the young man questioningly.
"Please tell Mr. Liu that I am from Qin Province and graduated from White Deer Academy."
Bai Gui smiled, with a calm look on his face.
Liu Xueyu was the pseudonym of Yu Youjun in order to avoid being pursued by the Qing soldiers, and Yu Youjun was also a descendant of Guan Xue. Today, there are two branches of Guan Xue Taoism, namely Liu Guyu's line and He Ruilin's line. Liu Xueyu came from Liu Guyu's lineage, and he is
Coming from the lineage of He Ruilin, we have a lot of connections.
"It turns out to be Mr.'s family."
The old lady looked at Bai Gui in surprise. He knew that Mr. Liu was from Qin Province, and even if he had a Qin Province accent for many years, he could occasionally hear a few words. Besides, he did not hide his ancestral home in the French Concession.
Went in and sat on the sofa in the living room to wait.
Not long after, Liu Xueyu, with a big head and a big beard, came down.
"You are Brother Mengzhou's student. Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, after so many years, I can still see people from my hometown coming..." Liu Xueyu was a little excited. He met a lot of people from Qin Province in Shanghai, but seeing his own descendants was really impressive.
