That night, most of the merchants and people in the prosperous areas of the capital were attacked by the rebels, their houses were destroyed and people were killed, and they suffered great losses.
However, due to the timely preventive measures taken by the Yu family brothers, their ability to risk their lives to fight against the rebels, and the timely rescue by the Huiyou Escort Bureau, only Dashilan and Jewelry City, the two richest commercial streets in the Qianmen area, were destroyed.
Miraculously passed through the disaster safely.
After this battle, the Huiyou Escort Bureau made a big appearance in the capital. Not only were the merchants on the two streets grateful and praised the Yu brothers, but even the employers believed that the money they invested in hiring Huiyou to protect them was not in vain.
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These businessmen were very wealthy. After the discussion, they quickly beat gongs and drums and sent two plaques with the words "Yingwu" and "Anmin" and a thousand oceans to the members. They claimed that they would increase the remuneration and asked the members to send more escorts to strengthen them.
Protective power. And they also made an additional request, that is, once Mr. Yu recovers from his injuries, he must be permanently stationed in Dashilan and not be sent out to serve as escorts.
As for Fourth Master Sun, in addition to his admiration and gratitude for the two brothers from the Yu family, he also feels a little uncomfortable in his heart. This is because the two brothers from the Yu family have been in the escort agency for less than a year, and the escorts in the agency are just because of their
He was a member of the Shanpu camp, but he didn't quite understand the rules of the escort business, so he was deprived of all favors. But when the critical moment came, it was his two brothers who stepped in to hold up the situation and helped the escort agency.
Er has established his authority. Well now, the escort agency has gained in reputation and business, and the merchants on both streets are safe and sound, but Yu Wei has risked his life. What the hell is going on?
What? What a shame!
The Escort Bureau has always had regulations on pensions for escorts who died in the line of duty or became disabled due to injuries. So after Fourth Master Sun buried Yu Wei generously, he not only bought more than ten acres of land in the suburbs of Beijing for Yu Wei's widow and only son in accordance with the rules
In addition to the land, a large cart and two animals were sent to him. He personally also paid 50 yuan, and together with the 50 yuan collected by other escorts, he handed it over to the mother-in-law. He also left a message,
If Yu Wei's son, Yu Hong, grows up and has no livelihood, he can still live in the escort agency if he is willing to do so. Even if he is not a bodyguard, he can still do odd jobs on the counter.
In addition, Fourth Master Sun also paid special attention to the surviving Yu Ye. On behalf of the escort agency, he not only borne all the medical expenses, but also allocated 80 yuan to Yu Ye as a reward from the additional remuneration from the merchants. At the same time,
, Master Yu's salary was also upgraded to the top level. After that, Master Yu's monthly salary was increased to 30 yuan, and he only "sited on the street" and did not "patrol the streets." At the beginning, the two brothers' "manpower shares" were not equal to half of each person's salary.
Cut it down to a whole share and gave it to Master Yu. According to the current operating conditions of the Huiyou Escort Agency, Master Yu can earn an income of less than 800 yuan a year. This is definitely a high-income earner among people who rely on the base of their arms to make ends meet.
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At this moment, while Yu Ye, who was recovering from his injuries at home, was suffering from the pain of losing his brother, he also had to seriously consider the future of himself and his brother's family.
After staying in Huiyou for so long, Master Yu is already considered a semi-qualified escort. He knows very well that the profit of the escort agency depends entirely on selling manpower, running escorts, guarding the courtyard, sitting in the shop, and staying at night. They are all a carrot and a pit.
People work hard. And adding people will increase expenses. Therefore, there is no investment or effort in this industry. Shareholders who are waiting for year-end profit distribution will not make as much profit as other businesses. From this perspective
, it’s very interesting that the escort agency can give these two brothers such numbers. From this, it can be seen that Fourth Master Sun has always had a high regard for the two brothers, and he can be regarded as a good shopkeeper who treats people with sincerity.
Moreover, now that his only brother has passed away, he absolutely cannot ignore the future livelihood of his widowed sister-in-law and nephew. Although the escort agency has bought several acres of land, it is only enough for the mother and son to maintain food and clothing. He
In order to be worthy of his elder brother and give his nephew a good future, he must not only teach Yu Hong the wrestling skills passed down from his ancestors, but also let Yu Hong go to a good school to study.
In addition, he also has a family to support. Not to mention that there are two baby babies at home, and his wife has "postpartum weakness" and has become a medicine bottle. Moreover, there are also debts owed by his family when they were eating "hard-core crops"
Famine, he has always been upright in dealing with people, but he can't do anything to turn around and deny his credit. And each of these things needs Da Yang to solve, so he can't stop his income for a moment.
In this way, three months later, after Yu Ye recovered, he did not say goodbye and leave as originally planned. Instead, in order to make a living, he returned to Dashilar and sat at night with a knife.
However, what made him somewhat gratified was that not only did his fellow members of the club become extremely friendly towards him, and truly regarded him as one of their own. Even the shopkeepers and clerks of various merchants were respectful and polite to him, treating him as one of their own.
These two streets are heroes that everyone should respect and admire.
In particular, the proprietors of two or three well-known shops were particularly benevolent and righteous. Not only did they instruct their clerks not to neglect Mr. Yu on weekdays and to entertain them as warmly as possible, but they even privately prepared a large amount of "feelings" for Mr. Yu and Yu Wei.
His wife and children were sent home to alleviate their livelihood hardship.
All of this made Mr. Yu feel somewhat satisfied and relieved when he recalled the flash of swords and the night when he escaped from death. Although this satisfaction and relief were far less than the sadness and confusion of losing his brother, it was still better than
The days when he was doing nothing all day long and being ignored by others were much better.
Master Yu felt that he had found his rightful place, so he stayed in Dashilar with peace of mind. And for a long period of time, he did live a good life.
Relying on the monthly salary and dividends from the escort agency, he was able to support his wife, children, and children, and provide for his nephew Yu Hong to study in a foreign school. When he had nothing to do, he drank with several escorts he had made friends with in the escort agency, and exchanged wrestling and martial arts skills.
He never forgot to continue to perfect his wrestling skills. However, his comfortable life began to become shaky again as the entire escort industry declined.
In fact, the decline of the escort industry is inevitable and has started long ago. If we look into it carefully, there are two main decisive factors in its rapid decline.
The first is the development of modern technology. Whether it is ticket numbers or the rise of railways, the number of escort agencies' business in escorting goods by land has plummeted.
The second is that the social situation has become chaotic. After Yuan Shikai's death, warlords everywhere were divided, and there were so many local emperors. Escort cars encountered military disasters more and more frequently on the way and were "requisitioned". In this helpless situation, they had to stop running.
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Therefore, since the Revolution of 1911, the business of the bodyguard bureaus has rapidly changed from a prosperous period to a period of decline. Gradually, the only job left for the bodyguards was to protect the homes of wealthy businessmen. Therefore, the eight major bodyguard bureaus in the capital were closed down one after another. In the end, only the Huiyou Bodyguard Bureau was left.
One family.
The reason why the members can survive alone is that, firstly, they have many semicolons and can also take on some business from other places; secondly, thanks to the good relationship with the business community in the capital, they can also rely on escorts such as Yu Ye to "sit in Dashilan".
"Night" earned relatively considerable income.
However, the mutiny triggered by Zhang Xun's restoration in 1916 was the final glory of Huiyou Escort, which was like a comeback.
Because although the members once again closed the fence and defended it, they still kept the braided soldiers out, once again protecting the safety of the merchants on the two streets, and winning unanimous praise from the business community. However, after that, the Huiyou Escort Bureau and the business community jointly submitted a proposal to form an armed business group for self-defense.
The submission was rejected by Wu Bingxiang, the then capital police chief, on the grounds that it violated the rights of the police. This also caused the Huiyou Escort Agency to lose its two former backers of foreign compradors and feudal bureaucrats, and its last resort to the capital's business community.
An attempt to complete business transformation.
So from then on, the business of Huiyou Escort Bureau went from bad to worse, and part of the business was gradually replaced by patrol police. Slowly, it became difficult for them to maintain their relationship with the business community.
Finally, in the autumn of 1922, this was the largest escort agency in the capital and the longest escort agency in the capital. After all the seniors, junior brothers, junior uncles, senior uncles, and senior masters finished eating the Sanhuo noodles, they finished the last bowl.
After Lao Baigan, it was closed forever.
Since then, the traditional escort bureau has completely collapsed, and the group of escorts has ceased to exist. Yu Ye and his colleagues have also had to go their separate ways.