Chapter 2 The City of Beijing at the End of the Nineteenth Century

The person who spoke was none other than Werther, and most of the foreigners watching next to him did not know what was happening, but the Chinese were far away when they heard the words, and only Werther understood what kind of abuse the child would face next. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Huang Mazi and Ma Qi heard a standard Beijing official dialect coming, Huang Mazi turned to his side and scolded angrily: "Damn, which family's deflated three dare to take care of your Grandpa Huang's affairs?" ”

After Witt finished speaking, he stepped forward, just as Huang Mazi just turned around, and saw that it was a standard foreigner, Huang Mazi was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know why. At this time, I heard Werther speak angrily in standard Beijing official dialect: "You guys stop Lao Tzu!" ”

When Huang Mazi heard that it was indeed from the mouth of this foreigner just now, although he was not angry, he didn't dare to be angry, so he had to say with a smile: "This foreigner uncle, this kid violated the rules just now and soiled the guest's clothes, we have to punish him." ”

"Really? I can see it all. It was indeed he who had soiled the man's clothes just now, but it was only a small stain, and besides, the clothes looked like ordinary goods, as long as they were washed a little. "But when you came, you didn't know how to defend this child, but you wanted to beat him, and now you're ready to tie him to a pillar and torture him, what do you say?" ”

After listening to Werther's words, Huang Mazi's face turned blue and red for a while, obviously suppressing his anger, and then saw Werther explain what had just happened to the onlookers in French, and many Westerners on the sidelines were unhappy, and even more courageous men stepped forward to pull the injured child down to his side to protect him.

Huang Mazi looked at the actions of the foreigners around him, and felt even more frightened, if this one was not handled well, he was afraid that he would be thrown into the Huangpu River to feed the fish. So Huang Mazi looked at Witt and stepped forward and said cautiously: "Uncle Yang, I am Lu Lin's subordinate to Yu Taipan, and I hope you will raise your noble hand in front of Yu Taipan." “

Of course, Huang Mazi said that Yu Da Ban Witt knew that as a former master's student in modern Chinese history, Witt was particularly aware of the famous figures in modern history. Huang Mazi said that Yu Daban is the famous Yu Qiaqing in Shanghai later, Yu Qiaqing was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang, the family name is Yu Ruiyue, and later changed his name to Yu Hede, the word Qiaqing. In 1881, at the age of 14, Yu Qiaqing arrived in Shanghai from Ningbo and worked as an apprentice at the Ruikang Pigment Store on Wangping Street.

After Yu Qiaqing began to be an apprentice, because of his hard work and good at soliciting business, the profit of Ruikang Pigment Store increased significantly, and he was soon appreciated by the boss Xi Runru. Peers on Wangping Street competed for Yu Qiaqing with high salaries, while shopkeepers tried to retain Yu Qiaqing by raising salaries and giving away dry shares. At that time, Ruikang's main business was the distribution of dyes imported from Germany. Yu Qiaqing was in constant contact with foreign foreign firms and realized the importance of English in Shanghai, an international trading port, so she began to use her spare time to learn English from missionaries and practice conversation as a guide for foreign tourists at the Chenghuang Temple and other places.

In 1892, 25-year-old Yu Qiaqing was introduced by Yu Qianshan, a clansman, and was hired as a German businessman Lu Lin and a foreign bank, and was immediately promoted to comprador. Due to the high commissions that can be drawn, the income is quite good. At the same time, Yu Qiaqing himself is also engaged in import and export business and real estate trading, he set up Shengshun, Shunzheng and other real estate companies and Tonghui Yinhao, and purchased all the real estate in Zhabei Shunzheng Li and Zhejiang Road and many other real estate. In 1896, Yu Qiaqing spent more than 400 taels of silver to donate the official title of "Taoist" to the Qing government, and had the status of a gentleman and businessman.

At this time, although Yu Qiaqing did not have the fame he had later, he had already made a name for himself in Shanghai. Witt smiled faintly when he heard this, and said, "Yu Qiaqing? Hmph, I'm in charge of this matter today, if you are not satisfied, you can let Yu Qiaqing come to the Russian Consulate in Shanghai, my name is Vasily. Borisovich. Witte was the new First Counsellor of the Imperial Russian Legation in the Qing Dynasty. ”

Huang Mazi's face changed when he heard this, this is good to provoke a foreigner's dignitary, if this is known to Boss Yu, why not put him in a sack and sink him to the Huangpu River to feed the fish? So Huang Mazi smiled flatteringly: "Where does Lord Yang say, the little one is just a pickled subordinate, how dare he be dissatisfied?" Yoko-sama invited himself. ”

Witte smiled indifferently when he heard this, walked up to the Western man who was protecting the child, and said in French: "I am Vasily, the new First Counsellor of the Imperial Russian Legation in the Qing Dynasty. Borisovich. Werther, I'll take him away and ask the doctor to see him. ”

"Sir, I am respected by your actions, which represent a gentleman of the civilized world." The man said with a smile, then looked at the jute before continuing, "I'm sure you'll treat this kid well!" With that, he handed the child into Werther's hands. The onlookers gave a warm applause, and in this applause, Huang Mazi and Ma Qi walked away.

The incident at the Shanghai dock was just a quick move for Werther, but for the child, it changed his fate. Werther handed over the child to the Luxembourg people to take away, and then went to the Russian Consulate in Shanghai under the guidance of the staff of the consulate in Shanghai, where Werther rested for three days, during which time was taken to see the child again, and also joked with Ulyanov again, and then sailed to Tianjin.

Witte left St. Petersburg on November 1, 1896, and sailed to China on December 6, and when he arrived in Beijing, it was already February 15, 1897, and this day was the fourteenth day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

In later generations, it took about 13 hours to fly from Beijing to Paris, but this time it took him two months to take a boat from Marseille to Shanghai, and it was another day from Shanghai to Tianjin, and half a day from Tianjin to Beijing. Witte entered the city of Beijing in the evening, and took the carriage specially sent by the legation to pick him up in Tianjin, although the four-wheeled carriage has been improved in terms of shock absorption, but the road from Tianjin to Beijing really makes Witte speechless, so that when Witte arrived at the legation, he already felt that his whole body was about to fall apart.

The Russian Imperial Legation in Qing Dynasty in Dongjiaomin Lane can be said to be the only legation in the entire Dongjiaomin Lane that was agreed and funded by the Qing government. In 1685, the twenty-fourth year of the reign of Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty and Russia broke out in the Battle of Yaksa, in which the Qing Dynasty destroyed the city of Yaksa, which was then called the Albazin Fortress by Russia, and captured 45 Russian soldiers. After that, the Qing Dynasty began to contact Russia, and Russia also sent a diplomatic missionary group, and the Qing government built a pavilion for its residence, which was known as the "North Pavilion" in history.

In 1716, that is, the 55th year of the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty, the second group of Russian missionaries arrived in Beijing, and the Qing government built a residence in the Dongjiang Mixiang where the imperial relatives and nobles lived at that time, which was known as the "South Pavilion" in history, and this was the location of the Russian Legation in China later. As for the British Legation, the French Embassies, and the American Embassies in Dongjiaomin Lane, they were all the residences of the Manchurian imperial family who had been forcibly occupied.

Early the next morning, when Witte woke up, he went to meet the new Russian Minister to China, Pabulov, and after discussing the welcome dinner to be held by the Legation in the evening, Witte went out for a stroll through the streets of Beijing. Witt looked at the city of Beijing at this time, although there are not so many high-rise buildings, but there is a brilliant atmosphere, what is more commendable is that the sky of Beijing at this time is very blue, Witt thought about it, and only "APEC blue" can achieve such an effect.

Witt took a deep breath of fresh air, walked out of Dongjiaomin Lane, and came to Zhengyangmen Street, which was later known as Qianmen Street. At this time, Qianmen Street had not been destroyed by the Boxer Uprising, and there were many professional markets on both sides of the street, such as fresh fish market, meat market, fruit market, cloth market, grass market, pig market, grain market, jewelry market, melon seed market, etc. As for the alleys near Qianmen Street, there are many artisan workshops, warehouses, carriage and horse shops, hotels, guild halls, and theaters such as Qingle, Sanqing, and Huale. The shack houses on the main street are formal brick and wood structures, forming three streets with Li Street behind the east and west houses.

The east side of the street is the meat market, cloth alley, fruit market, and the west side of the street is the jewelry market, grain market. The shops on the main street outside the front door, there are Quanjude roast duck shop, cheap fang roast duck shop, Huixianju fried liver shop, Yong'an Tang pharmacy, black monkey hat shop, Duyi siu mai restaurant, Zhengyanglou restaurant, Ruishengxiang, Jiulongzhai fresh fruit shop, Tongsanyi dried fruit and seafood shop, Zhengming Zhai dumpling shop, etc.; Luxi and Xili Street have Yongzeng and Qian Zhuang, Ruifuxiang Silk Cloth Shop, Tianhui Zhai Snuff Shop, Tong Ren Tang Pharmacy, Liubiju Pickle Garden, One Dragon Mutton Restaurant, etc.

Werther walked in the city of Beijing at the end of the 19th century, tasting the original authentic Beijing food, only feeling that his heart was so happy, and when Werther was contented with the sugar gourd he had just bought, a stone flew to his head. "Bang", Wittton felt a pain, and the anger in his heart immediately rushed up, my mother's son was stabbed by a thief to watch a military parade in Beijing City, and crossed over to this old Maozi, just arrived in the capital, how could he be beaten with a stone again?

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