The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Knowing from the newspaper that the chief executive in his mansion had escaped, Situ Pan immediately asked Lv Sangu to inquire.Naturally, Lu Sangu didn't know such trivial matters, so she went back and asked Jia Xu.Jia Xu laughed and said, "Obviously it was made by Cong'er." While talking, he found the document from Beijing.The next day, Lu Sangu asked Secretary Yu to hand over the document to Situ Pan.

Co-author of King Yan's Mansion at first thought that something happened to Sun Liang outside, but on the third day after he left, he learned that he had moved the money in the public account.Zhao Cheng hurriedly left the official leader next to him to investigate.It's easy to check.After Sun's family left the city gate that day, they hired two large rubber-tyred carriages driven by two coachmen and four strong horse-drawn carriages and went straight to Tianjin.He also said that if he wanted to hurry, he would rather pay more money and ask the driver to go faster.The road between Beijing and Tianjin has been built long ago, but it will arrive in two hours.

Then they rushed to the Tianjin Wharf without stopping for a moment, and just made do on the wharf.Sun Liang stopped in front of a boat that was leaving the port in the afternoon, and whenever he met, he asked people if they would be willing to take a later boat and sold him the ticket.He said that his father was seriously ill in Dongying Yan, and he would not be able to see him if he was late for a while, and he would pay double the ticket price.The Chinese have always valued filial piety, and some people love the beauty of adults, while others love money.Not long after, he gathered together the family's boat tickets and boarded the boat to leave the port that day.Their whole family has luyinzi, and they are from the state of Lu. The special envoy of the king of Lu did a small business in Beijing, buying Luguo luyinzi exclusively.Sell ​​it for the money, never lie to the old man, and never ask the buyer more.When the Wucheng soldiers and horses thoroughly investigated, the Sun family had already disembarked in Dongyingyan, and they didn't know where they were going.

After seeing it, Situ Pan shook his head and said, "People's hearts are unreliable." He thought for a while with the document, and asked Secretary Yu what he thought.

Secretary Yu said: "I'm afraid there will be a broken window effect." Situ Pan glanced at him in bewilderment, and he said, "If the security is not complete, it will cause the slaves in the capital and even the entire Yan Kingdom to escape."

Situ Pan frowned: "Feng Tang must be ordered to catch that family member in Dongying and punish him severely."

Secretary Yu said: "Master Feng can't catch him."

“How come you see?”

"The Regent, Prime Minister Lin, and others all wish that there would be as many escaped slaves as possible. What Mr. Sun Liang did is in their favor, so they won't be allowed to be caught." Seeing Situ Pan's brows tightened, Secretary Yu He explained, "Every big family has hundreds to thousands of servants, who only do errands to serve the master every day. The release of these labors alone is enough to fill hundreds of large factories."

Situ Pan was dumbfounded: "Jia Cong wants to work hard and is crazy! Their Rongguo Mansion also has a lot of servants."

Secretary Yu smiled slightly, and answered irrelevant questions: "Beijing is busy rectifying the police, recruiting and training the police. The military and the police are really the two most important professions." Situ Pan sneered, knowing that once these two professions were completely reorganized, Jia Cong and the others are about to start doing something wrong.

Sure enough, as Secretary Yu had expected, everyone in Beijing knew about Zisun Liang's absconding, and I don't know how many restless servants stretched their ears and eyes to wait for the news.More than ten days later, Dongying Yan sent back a message that there were few people, high mountains and dense forests, and there were not many horses.It is also connected with Liu and Wu, and there are large and small ports going to overseas countries.Moreover, the ships going overseas never look at the guides or say anything. North America, Southeast Asia and Australia don’t need guides at all. Only living people can board the ship-they are all short of people.A few days later, Dongying Yan family sent back news again that Sun Liang's family only lived in Dongying for two days, and on the third day they bought a boat ticket to the Malay country in Southeast Asia.That side is not under Feng Tang's jurisdiction, so he doesn't know what's behind.

"Those who come later don't know" is really useless to say, but Feng Tang wrote it in black and white, and Jia Cong ordered the soldiers and horses of the five cities to write it on the official notices all over the streets and alleys.Suddenly, some people suspected that the regent was deliberately destroying the prestige of King Yan.

Unexpectedly, after a few days, another servant from a big family escaped.This time it belongs to Zhongjing Hou Shi Ding's family.The couple of slaves are just ordinary handymen, and they have a daughter when they are nearly forty years old.Now 16 years old, serving Mrs. Zhong Jinghou in the inner courtyard.Although not stunning, her skin is fair and her appearance is quite attractive.A while ago, Shi Ding fell in love with her and wanted to accept her as a roommate.Although the wife is not very happy, there is nothing she can do.But this girl is not willing, and neither is the old couple.It's just who the master has a crush on, how can she let herself be?Shi Ding was so annoyed that he didn't even choose a date, so he ordered her to serve tonight.

The old man thought, if a daughter who is as old as a flower branch is sent to be ruined by someone older than her father, wouldn't life be worse than death?He and his mother-in-law are naturally worse off than dead.If so, it is better to take a gamble.Didn't the chief steward of Prince Yan's Mansion also escaped a while ago?Even if you get back, the whole family will go on the road together, and you won't be lonely when you get there.So he discussed with his wife and daughter.Old women only listen to men.The girl was stunned for a moment, then she gritted her teeth with tears in her eyes and said, "I'd rather gamble! Zuo is nothing more than death." The matter was settled hastily.

The three of them hastily packed up their belongings and put them next to their bodies, not daring to say goodbye to their close friends, they each made up excuses to deceive the door.The old man went out by the front door, the old woman by the kitchen door, and the girl by the back garden door.Fortunately, Zhongjinghou's mansion was grand, and no one paid attention.After leaving the mansion, we will meet up, hire a carriage and run out of the city, change to a large carriage and go to Tianjin.It was already afternoon, and the old man only said that my brother was in an emergency, so I should give the coachman more money to hurry up, and the city gates were already closed when they arrived in Tianjin.The family didn't even have a guide, so they had to stay overnight at a farmhouse in the suburbs.

After all, the old man saw the world, and told his wife and daughter: "Since there is an extreme shortage of people in several foreign countries, they don't care whether there are guides, as long as there are people. Besides, Tianjin is such a big place, there will be no guides to sell." .”

Early the next morning, when they were about to enter the city, they saw an important steward of the Zhongjing Hou Mansion looking at the gate of the city, and the three of them hurried in half a circle around the city and entered through another gate.They were most afraid of being caught by the Tianjin government's pictures and pictures. Fortunately, the yamen probably hadn't started work at this moment, and the people on the road didn't see anything strange.

The three found an early breakfast stall to buy pancakes and fruits, and asked the stall owner if there was any news in Tianjin.The stall owner said: "Last month, a group of officers and soldiers suddenly came over from the capital. They said it was Jin Yiwei, and they took away the prefect Di. Afterwards, I heard that nothing serious was found out. They just took off their official hats and returned them to their original place. Here again There is a new magistrate, only in his 30s, surnamed Ge. Although he is a donated official, I heard that he is very imposing. He has only been here for less than a month, so I don’t know what it is like to be an official.” Listening as if nothing happened, the three of them were still worried. .So I rented a carriage and rushed to the port. The old woman and daughter waited in the car first, while the old man went to check on the situation.

The old man looked around for a while, and a dwarf came up to say hello and solicit business: "The old man wants to buy a boat ticket?"

The old man hesitated and said, "It hasn't been decided yet."

The dwarf asked again: "Where is the old man going?"

The old man said: "Still haven't decided yet."

The dwarf immediately whispered: "Do you want to buy Lu Yinzi?" The old man's eyes lit up!The dwarf smiled and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, it's not expensive."

The old man followed the man to a room on the pier, and a wooden sign with black and white letters was hung outside.The man pointed to the wooden sign and said, "We are the North American Shipping Office." Nai smiled and led the man into the room.

There are two large cases and five or six very large cabinets in the house, and one person sits in front of each case.The dwarf whispered a few words in the ear of a man who looked like a gentleman, and the gentleman smiled and picked up a pen and asked the old man, "How many people are there? What's your name? Which country do you want to get a guide from?"

The old man was stunned: "May I ask which country you sell it from?"

The gentleman said: "I sell them from any country. But there is one thing. If the old people want to go abroad, they must go to North America, otherwise they will not sell them. Let me tell you, North America is the best place for immigrants. Look at the islands in Nanyang. People in the south can go and pay it back, how can we northerners bear it? There are still people who are not acclimatized to death! Australia is full of wild animals, and they use logs to build huts to live in. There is no decent food to eat, and they eat Western potatoes all year round! Only in North America, there are gold mines in the west and ready-made houses and fields in the east..." The man began to praise for a long time, and finally said, "Anyway, if you go to North America, you don't even need to buy a road guide, just buy a boat Tickets are enough. How about we help you find a place to live before sailing?"

The old man didn't really dare to believe it, but all the people from Zhongjinghou's Mansion came to the gate of the city, and the others couldn't care less.So he agreed.The gentleman, the dwarf, and the person sitting next to the table were all overjoyed, and said: "Don't worry, old man! I hope you all have a safe journey."

The old man bought three tickets, and the dwarf led his family to a nearby yard.When I got to the place, I saw that the seven or eight houses were full, and they were all waiting to board the boat.The old woman was a clever talker, and after going out to talk to her neighbors for a while, she felt much more at ease when she came back: there were at least three families who were runaway slaves, one from Qi, one from Yongping, and one from Tianjin.

The family lived in the courtyard.In the afternoon, the girl of their family went out for a walk with two other girls, and met someone from the yamen who was pasting up portraits.A girl asked who it was.The yamen servant said: "Three slaves fled from the Zhongjinghou Mansion in the capital, and they suspected that they had come to Tianjin. They came to the magistrate's yamen early in the morning to smash the door, and quarreled Mr. Ge from the kang to help Huaying figure find it. The world is like this Big, there are so many ships coming in and out of the port every day, God knows where they are going." The one who escaped from the capital knew that he was talking about his own family.But the people in the portrait are too unlike the three of them!Only ghosts can recognize it.Then he became bolder.Go back and tell her old lady with a smile, which frightened the old couple.Then she was not allowed to leave the hospital again.The girl was young and complained a few words.

They lived in this courtyard for five days, and a dozen or so people came among them.Fortunately, the weather is warm now, and the middle-aged men sleep in the courtyard.On the evening of the sixth day, the dwarf came and asked everyone to prepare their luggage quickly and board the ship tonight.

Someone asked: "Isn't it sailing tomorrow?"

The dwarf said: "During the day, there are people from Zhongjinghou's Mansion patrolling around the pier." The old man and his family took a deep breath in fright.The dwarf went on to say, "Anyway, I'll take you on board tonight, and we'll sail tomorrow. Those servants don't watch the night." They didn't dare to say more, and immediately went back to pack their things, and followed the dwarf like a thief. Tianjin harbor.

I saw the port was silent, but the stars were shining brightly.The dwarf explained in a low voice: "Everyone is sensible, don't light the lanterns. If you encounter difficult places, just strike a match."

Someone asked, "Who are you guys?"

The dwarf said: "We are not the only ship going overseas tomorrow." Everyone laughed dumbly.

So he tiptoed onto the boat and slept on the boat that night.Many people didn't close their eyes all night, and they stayed below the deck and dared not go out until dawn.

In the morning of the next day, the big ship left the port, carrying the old man's family of three and the migrants on board, and they left safely.

There was a young man from Cangzhou who was single, and he was very capable and capable.This son has been courteous to the daughter of the family since the Tianjin compound, and took care of the whole family on the boat. The old couple and the girl are quite satisfied.Soon after arriving in North America, the two young people got married.The son-in-law and the old man farm the land, and the daughter and the old woman do chores for the military base.Although the days are hard, they are also happy.Many years later, the old man saw the rich family's carriage passing by, and asked his daughter if she regretted it - if she stayed in the capital, she would not be able to live without rich clothes and fine food.The daughter pointed to her son-in-law's dark and bright back and said, "Regret? I've seen that Shi's back is wrinkled!" The old man laughed loudly: "It's worth it!"

After the family escaped, Wucheng soldiers and horses only found out that they met a salesman in Tianjin Port, and they didn't know about it afterwards.After waiting for more than half a month without arresting anyone, Shi Ding fell ill.It's not that he cares about that maid, he just hates losing face.The wife took another 16-year-old girl as his roommate—this girl was willing.

Afterwards, even the details of this matter quickly spread throughout the capital.Someone shouted loudly in the market teahouse: "The three servants of the Shi family are different from those who went back to Yan Wang's mansion last time. They didn't prepare anything in advance. Master Shi Hou said that he wanted the girl to serve that night, so he ran away in fright, empty-handed when he left. I heard Some people saw them boarding the ship to North America, and the owner of the ship knew that the Zhongjing Hou Mansion was looking for them at the pier, so he led them around. You know, if you arrive in Tianjin, you can go to sea safely if you are a living person."

A few days later, a slave in the Zhen Guogong's mansion made a mistake, and the steward caught him, tied him up, and threw him in the stable. The night watchman told him after being drunk, and the master heard about it, and ordered Ming'er to beat him to death.In the middle of the night, the man broke free from the rope and escaped.The Wucheng soldiers and horses tracked down for several days, and boarded a ship to the Malay country in Nanyang, and also bought a road guide temporarily at Tianjin Port.There are still a few cases of escaped slaves like this.

The gentlemen were annoyed.A few minions are fine, what matters is face.Then letters were sent to Ge Qiao, the newly appointed prefect of Tianjin, like raindrops.Mr. Ge replied in full in his own handwriting: The next official will strictly punish the unscrupulous profiteers who are selling luyinzi indiscriminately in Tianjin Port, and will never condone.Then he made a serious effort to punish profiteers, and all those who sold at high prices were banned.And hang a huge banner in Tianjin Port: safety, order, fairness and harmony.

On the day the banner was hung, many people gathered around to watch it.A person sent by the Javanese country to recruit immigrants read it once, and said to himself: "What does this slogan mean?"

The gentleman from the North American Shipping Office told him slowly: "Master Zhifu, let us get along well and not compete for business."

Everyone snorted in unison: "Sir, that's all! The one who loves to grab business is your family, and you still have the face to criticize others."