Chapter Twenty-Five: Mixed Hands
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Seeing that Li Mingfang was serious, Qin Chuan couldn't help but be interested, and then Chu Yunfei's words said: "Lao Li, then tell me, why can't Tianjin Wei provoke this gangster?" β
Li Mingfang smiled bitterly and shook his head helplessly, and began to tell Qin Chuan that this Tianjin Wei gangster was a "heroic" deed.
"If you want to talk about this gangster, but we Tianjin Wei is a must, to be precise, the gangster is not a scoundrel who can be summed up in one sentence."
"Tianjin Wei's gangsters, also known as dirt sticks, no reason, bastards, pot gangs, and tricksters, in the official government, these gangsters are also called pot bandits. Zhang Tao made it clear to these people in "Jinmen Miscellaneous Records": There are many local sticks in Tianjin, and there are rogue vagrants in the first province, who live and eat together, called pot gangs, and call themselves gangsters, also known as bastards. They are all fearless of death, control the market, harass the merchants, form a group, and provoke by the pretext. According to the fight, it is called a group fight, every call for friends to lead the class, set the help of the finger arm, people are also willing to serve, and it is called a single. β
"One of the most obvious characteristics of these gangsters is the big braids of flower shoes. Then there is standing and walking are particular, first say standing, that should be one shoulder high, one shoulder low, the front leg dotted, the back leg kicked, the two fists are opposite, the four fingers are stacked, the thumb is facing outward, the head seems to be tilted up, and the eyes are not oblique. Besides, walking, it's the way you just saw it, and the gangsters call it a hero spectrum. It doesn't matter how old you are, it's all in this tune. β
Li Mingfang said as he stood up and stood like a gangster.
Li Mingfang is a decent person, but when he learns to look like a gangster, he doesn't look like a good person no matter how he looks at it, and it is even more ridiculous. Not only Qin Chuan couldn't help laughing, but even Chu Yunfei also "fluttered" out loud.
Li Mingfang sat down, picked up a salt cherry and threw it into his mouth, and continued.
"Pot guys who don't have money generally borrow a few rooms in a quiet place in the middle of the noise, usually eat and drink in it, say hello when there is something, and leave when they get the guy, and the money they get is also distributed according to the size of their efforts."
"However, the gangsters of Tianjin Wei are not the same as the ruffians in other places, and the gangsters of Tianjin Wei generally like Wendou, and Wendou can also make them famous the most. This Wendou is to compare who can be beaten the most, the other party chops with a knife, and the gangster uses his chest to push up; The other party used an axe to chop, and the thug tilted his head to cut him. Once you take half a step back, or copy the guy to fight back, it will become a laughing stock in the pot guy. Of course, earning territory and fighting in a group is a hands-on one. β
Li Mingfang is shrewd and very responsible, but his mouth is a little broken, and when he talks about it, he is interested again.
"If you want to become famous, you have to cause trouble and beg for a beating. For gangsters, the best way to make a name for themselves is to stir up gambling and jump treasure cases. The simplest, the gangster broke into the casino alone to find fault, and if the casino had a background, it would inevitably be beaten. If you don't get along with each other, as soon as you give an order, the other party will intervene in the door and beat up. At this time, the gangsters often raise their hands, shout slowly in their mouths, and then hold the back of their heads with both hands, protect their temples with their elbows, twist their legs together like hemp ropes to protect their lower bodies, and lie on the ground at the door with their backs hunched sideways, and then shout in their mouths: Fight, fight on all sides! Don't be ambiguous! βγ
Then the other party swarmed up, fists, feet, sticks, and sticks, whatever the use, they were all beaten mercilessly. The beaten gangsters can scold the street and scold each other's eight generations of ancestors, this is called selling taste, and the other party who scolds is angry, and the attack will be heavier, and the skin will inevitably be beaten. But don't shout pain, and even as long as you shout the word oops, the other party will stop immediately, and the gangsters will be planted, and they have to crawl out by themselves. β
"If the gangsters can stand up, and when they see that the fight is almost over, the other party will stop, and naturally someone will come over and ask the beaten gangster: Second master, what is your name, where do you live? At this time, the gangsters have basically been beaten to the point that they can't move their limbs, but their brains are still clear, tell the other party their name and address, and the other party will take off the door panel, spread the big red brocade quilt, and carry the gangsters home. The next day, the casino owner had to visit in person, give money and gifts, and comfort him. This is the rule of Tianjin Wei, if the casino owner does not do this, then he will not have to mix in his peers. After the beaten thugs recovered from their injuries, the casino had to give one or two dollars a day, and they had to pay for it as long as it was open for one day. The casino wears the money and hangs it on the wall every day, and the gangsters come and take the money every day and leave, which is called taking the money. Of course, this money is not taken for nothing, and once the casino stall draws a dead lot in the future, then this gangster will have to go out and sell his life. Sometimes the gangsters can also be disabled, but then the gangsters will be more famous and their status in the pot will be higher. β
"There are even more ruthless gangsters, who go directly to the casino and pull out knives, or chop their fingers or cut the flesh on their thighs, and then throw them on the gambling case and start gambling. If the other party is soft, you can also take the money every day. If the other party is not afraid, it is still inevitable to be beaten. β
Listening to Li Mingfang's words, not only Qin Chuan was a little smacked, but even Chu Yunfei, who had always been not afraid of heaven and earth, was also a little surprised.
"Uncle, the gangster you are talking about in Tianjin Wei is a hob meat, if anyone gets involved, it will be a big trouble."
Li Mingfang nodded and taught Chu Yunfei a lesson: "I know it's amazing this time, if you get into trouble for the owner, someone will be a scoundrel at the door of our dyeing factory every day, how can you say that our dyeing factory will be opened." β
Li Mingfang glanced at Qin Chuan, reminded Qin Chuan intentionally, and said: "This is still an ordinary gangster, a small pot guy, and it's even more terrible to get into trouble with those big pot guys." β
"If you provoke these people, you will have to fight with martial arts, and it will be a big fight."
"Tianjin Wei, this gangster, fights in groups, there are two kinds, one is a real fight; One is fake fighting. β
"The fake fight is that both sides tacitly know in advance that they can't fight, it's nothing more than pulling their own people and invited friends to demonstrate and strengthen the faΓ§ade, and the more people invited, the brighter their faces will be. At that time, someone naturally came out to adjust, and the last party to come out of the table was over; If you really fight, it will be troublesome. In addition to their own people, many of the people who were invited, they didn't even know what the two sides were for, anyway, if you told you, you had to be armed, and the victim gave each person a gown, in order not to hurt their own family members when fighting. β
"After the two parties arrive, they will first greet the surrounding merchants and shops, and we will borrow the treasure to talk about business, and you don't care how much movement there is. When the fight began, the two sides greeted each other, and they all fought to the death with iron, axes, poles, spears, short knives, and long swords. Suddenly, the sky was dark, the sun and the moon were dark, and flesh and blood were flying. After the fight, I don't care about winning or losing, as soon as the time comes, the bosses of both sides will say hello, and the two sides will stop, each carrying away its own casualties, and putting on a banquet in the future. If they die, their families will receive a penny of food every month, and their wives and children will not starve and freeze. Those who are injured have also had capital from now on. Sometimes the government interrogated the group fight, and when they were caught in the yamen, no matter how they hit the board and clamped the stick, they could not be soft or confess, otherwise they would go to the spine, and they would never be mixed up in the market. β
Qin Chuan was very unimpressed by Li Mingfang's heroic deeds of gangsters, and asked Li Mingfang with a frown.
"These thugs are so noisy, don't the government care if they don't kill people?"
"It's not."
Li Mingfang took a sip of Longjing, which was already a little cold, and said with a wry smile: "The government doesn't care, but there is really no way to manage it, generally both sides will not report the case and not say anything, even if they arrest someone, there will be no confession." Of course, sometimes it goes too far, and the government will also take a ruthless hand to rectify it. For example, in the tenth year of Tongzhi and the ninth year of Guangxu, the government had two large-scale killings of these gangsters, and many people were unjustly killed. But these gangsters are like weeds, which pop up again as soon as spring begins, and they are repeatedly bannedγγγγγγ β