Chapter 163: How to Collect Protection Fees in the Qing Dynasty

Gao Xianda heard the familiar incision, and couldn't help but answer: "The door faces the sea, and the three rivers flow together for ten thousand years." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Bastards, these people are actually from the Heaven and Earth Society!

It seems that the man also recognized Gao Xianda, and when he saw Gao Xianda's answer, he continued: "Which hall does Your Excellency live in by the Red Flower Pavilion?" ”

Gao Xianda had no choice but to continue to answer: "Aokitang." ”

The man asked, "How many sticks of incense are burned in the hall?" ”

Gao Xianda was a little annoyed and said, "I don't burn incense, I'll light a piece of ocean wax!" I am the Red Flag Incense Master of Aokido, which brother are you? ”

The man sighed, took off the mask, and said, "Sure enough, it's Mao Daxia, you don't know me?" ”

Gao Xianda only vaguely looked at him familiarly, but he didn't know him.

"My name is Jiang Yingyu, and I am the brother of Huangtutang. Last time I accompanied Yao Bida and Yao Xiang to Beijing on business, we met twice. It's just that your high-ranking positions and the chief helmsman are talking about big things in the back room, and I'm just a little brother who serves tea and leads horses, so naturally you don't remember me. He said.

Gao Xianda said in his heart: "Jiang Yingyu, you still 'speak English'." Now is not the Opium War period, in the Kangxi period, speaking English is useless. No wonder you ran away to the countryside and became a robber. ”

However, Gao Xianda didn't say it directly, helped him up, and said, "It's so hard for you." I just don't know how you started cutting paths, brother? ”

Jiang Yingyu couldn't help it, and said: "This matter is a long story. ”

But generally speaking, what you want to talk about at the beginning is not short, and you are ready to talk about it in detail.

Heaven and earth will set up the first five halls and the back five halls, the loess hall is ranked last, the management of Zhongzhou Henan, the incense master is Yao Bida.

However, although Yao Xiangzhu is the identity of the incense master, but in recent times, there have been a lot of things in the Heaven and Earth Society, two incense masters have been assassinated, and there are many incidents in various places, Chen Jinnan has to go back and forth between the north and the south to arrange various matters. Yao Bida, as the core figure, actually follows Chen Jinnan most of the time. So he has less control over the affairs in the loess hall.

Henan is not the main area of Tiandihui's activities, so it is ranked last. Although the governor of Henan and the prefect of Kaifeng were not as good as the postman boasted, they also had certain abilities, especially the activities of exterminating the Heaven and Earth Society. Therefore, the development of loess hall in Henan is not good. It has not been possible to form a large-scale organization.

But people want to eat, so they are forced to start the activities of robbing homes and houses, blocking roads and robbing houses.

This time, Gao Xianda was dressed in fresh clothes and angry, and only three people in his group came out of Kaifeng City and were targeted. They arranged for manpower to follow up and prepare for a big one. They dispatched more than 30 people, naturally not just to grab a few silver trucks. They calculated that Gao Xianda was noble, and they were ready to tie up a ticket and extort tens of thousands of taels of silver to come out.

As long as this vote is decided, the brothers will not have to worry about eating and drinking in recent months.

"Shame, shame!" Gao Xianda sighed, "It's really a shame to heaven and earth!" ”

Jiang Yingyu also followed: "Master Mao, we were wrong. As a member of the Heaven and Earth Society, we should not do this kind of robbery. ”

Gao Xianda said: "There is nothing wrong with robbing the house, but your martial arts are too poor." It's a shame that thirty people can still fold three people here. ”

It is a fact that the two of them easily knocked over more than thirty of them to the ground. They don't have much to say either. Jiang Yingyu could only bow his head in shame.

Gao Xianda said: "And although the two of us look decent, we don't actually have much money for you, if you are short of money, why don't you find a few big families in the local area to smash it?" ”

Jiang Yingyu sighed and said, "A few of us are active in the realm of Kaifeng, but it's not so easy. The big families in the city were protected by the government, and when they went to the countryside, they joined the mutual aid association of Jiang Lao Boxer. ”

"You're talking about the old Jiang boxer of Wujimen?" Gao Xianda asked.

"Of course it's him, this old man has been brave and ruthless all his life, and he can be called a tyrant in Henan!" Jiang Yingyu said, "He himself is good at martial arts, his sons are also powerful, and he has also taught a group of fierce apprentices." They only practice martial arts, not farming, but no matter how good they practice martial arts, they have to eat! They say it's a martial arts sect, but it's actually a bunch of big bandits. He set up a mutual aid association, and large families had to pay monthly money if they wanted to join. If you don't join, robbers will inevitably come to your door. ”

Gao Xianda sneered: "Since ancient times, the official and bandit family, this old boxer Jiang has done a good deal!" ”

It is said that it is a mutual aid society, which is just a local name in the countryside. This kind of behavior is often seen in Los Santo, isn't this a gang that makes a living by collecting protection money!

"But you seem to know them well, huh?" Gao Xianda said, "Your surname is Jiang, could it be that it has something to do with them?" ”

Jiang Yingyu said: "I am a local. In Jiangjia Town, there are six or seven of the ten people here with the surname Jiang. If there is a relationship, I am really related to them. My grandfather and the grandfather of the old boxer Jiang who just died are cousins. If you count it, the current door master still has to call me uncle. However, our family is only a small family, and if I were to be related to them, I would have to be kicked out by them. ”

When he said this, he subconsciously rubbed his face, and there seemed to be a trace of pain, as if he had been beaten.

Gao Xianda said: "In that case, I have to take a good look." If what you say is true, I will do you a favor and smash a kiln and find you some money to heal your wounds. ”

Since the other party is from the Heaven and Earth Society, and he recognizes himself, Gao Xianda is a little unable to wipe his face.

He was quite light, although he said that three died, but the rest of the people were broken arms and legs, put them back in place, fixed, and still connected. But Wang Yu's attack was much heavier. His big knife was picked up, and he couldn't stand it at all, and everyone had their left legs cut off at the root, and they couldn't catch it even if they wanted to.

If the rescue is not timely, it will be hemorrhagic and die after a while. If it is saved, there will be more than a dozen crutches in the Heaven and Earth Society.

Gao Xianda saw that Jiang Yingyu's injuries were still light and he was able to stand up, so he threw him a hundred taels of silver and asked him to organize people to hurry up and rescue him. He is a local, so he naturally knows what to do, and if he can't save it, there is no way to do it.

Then Gao Xianda took the guide and Wang Yu and continued to drive to the house of Jiang Lao Boxer of Wuji Gate. and instructed Jiang Yingyu to organize some more people to gather near Jiang Lao's boxer's house and wait for his order.

Gao Xianda originally thought that Jiang Lao Boxer was just a small role, and his target was Yunhe. But now, he also wants to see how the protection fee of the Qing Dynasty is collected. (To be continued.) )