Republic of China small businessman

Xie Siquan didn't take Xie Jing home, but went to a silversmith's shop halfway.

Xie Jing thought he was here to buy something at first, but when his uncle ordered the silversmith to bring a plate of gemstones and earrings of various colors for him to choose, he realized: "Is this for me?"

Xie Siquan smiled and said: "Yes, I've been thinking about this since you came to Xichuan. It's better to hit the sun than to choose a day. Today is the day."

Xie Jing snorted, lowered her head and stretched out her fingers to fiddle with the gemstone pendant on the silver plate. After looking at it for a while, she suddenly asked, "Uncle, the second master said that you only wear this when you get married."

Xie Siquan said: "Nonsense, you can wear it now."

Xie Jing paused for a moment, then said: "At the end of the year, Master Jiu will come to Xichuan."

Xie Siquan thought for a while, and his teeth became a little sour: "Bai Mingyu is coming too?"

Xie Jing: "Well, I'll take him then...will they come to see you?"

Xie Siquan couldn't say it right, but seeing his little nephew's expectant face, he nodded with a tense expression and said, "Okay, since they're here, I'll be the host and invite them to play in Xichuan for a few days. "

Xie Jing felt relieved, a smile appeared on his face, his eyes lit up a lot, he picked out the silver plate for a long time, but still didn't want these, he raised his head and said: "Uncle, these are too bright, I want a plain one." A silver ring, it’s okay to wear it.”

Xie Siquan immediately asked someone to get another copy.

There was a silversmith preparing tools at the side, but Xie Siquan didn't let him touch it, and took the silver needle with his own hands and roasted it on the fire, ready to do it.

Xie Jing tilted her head slightly and said, "Uncle, wait a minute."

Xie Siquan pinched his earlobe, his hands felt fleshy, and he threatened him with a smile, "Why, are you afraid now? I haven't dropped the needle yet."

Xie Jing said: "Can you not stick it in the earlobe?"

Xie Siquan was surprised: "Why?"

Xie Jing's left ear was grabbed by him, unable to run away, he just said vaguely: "I'm most afraid of pain there, you pierce the ear bone."

Xie Siquan doted on him, agreed, raised his hand to feel around the ear, and asked, "Here?"

Xie Jing nodded very simply this time: "Okay."

The silver needle in Xie Siquan's hand fell, Xie Jing frowned slightly, he had already inserted the needle quickly, only causing Xie Jing a pain, and quickly put on the silver ear buckle.

The plain silver ring that Xie Jing picked was simple in style, half a circle around the ear bones, and after it was clasped, it exuded a faint luster in the sun, like the cold light of a short soldier cutting a knife, sharp, but it suits him very well.

In the bronze mirror, uncle and nephew are in front of each other, Xie Jing is sitting in front, and Xie Siquan is standing behind him, bending slightly, leaning over to have a closer look.After watching it for a while, Patriarch Xie showed a satisfied smile on his face and said, "Not bad, it finally looks like it."

Xie Siquan only thought that his nephew liked plain silver, and asked the silversmith to make more than a dozen of these single plain white fungus buckles and sent them to the mansion, and took Xie Jing back satisfied.

It was the first time Xie Jing wore this thing, and suddenly there was a little more weight on his ears, and the ear bones didn't hurt, but he didn't know what ointment he touched, which brought a little mint cooling.He reached out to touch it, but Xie Siquan stopped him and said, "You can't move now, it will be fine in two days."

Xie Jing lowered his hand and pinched his earlobe lightly. There was still a small scar under his left ear, which was left when he had chickenpox.

Master Jiu often said that this was a mark on his body.

I don't know if there is an extra mark on his body this time, Master Jiu can still recognize it.

After returning home, Xie Jing was picked up by the guards of the Bai family. The other party only said in a low voice that the shop here had something to look for, and Xie Jing immediately got out of the carriage and followed.

Xie Siquan immediately ordered: "Hu Da, you take two people with you, if you need anything, you can help."

Hu Da agreed, and trotted after him.

Xie Siquan looked at his nephew's back, feeling a little uncomfortable.

When eating in the evening, Xie Jing hadn't come back yet, and Xie Siquan couldn't help but wait in Xie Jing's small yard with a shameless face, wandered around for a long time and went back.

Xu Jun was waiting for him in the dining room, Xie Siquan's favorite Yayu was on the table.

Today Xie Siquan lacked interest, he didn't even bother to look for the fish bone sword, he just ate a few chopsticks of fish at random.

Xu Jun asked: "What's the matter, didn't you look happy when you came back?"

Xie Siquan was jealous thousands of miles away, and said sourly: "Jing'er ran away with the Bai family."

Xu Jun picked up some food for him, and said, "You mean Bai's shop? They just sent a new shopkeeper to Xichuan, and they came here early this morning to ask for an interview. They have come several times. It's normal for Jing'er to go and have a look."

Xie Siquan said: "It's not normal, he is the young master of my Xie family, why does he take care of the Bai family's affairs?"

Xu Jun smiled and said: "What's the matter, those who can do more work."

Xie Siquan's teeth were sore: "But I always feel that Jing'er was brought up by Bai Laojiu, and I feel very unhappy."

Xu Jun told the truth: "It doesn't matter if you brought it up, the Bai family in Beidi has many rules, and I think Jing'er is also well-behaved."

"..."

Xie Siquan dropped his chopsticks, feeling full of anger.

In the next few days, as Xie Jing expected, people from the Xie family in the upper city came to visit one after another.

There are people from merchants and government officials. One of the officials who defended the city personally came to support these self-organized merchants with a box of guns and bullets. The person is Xie Siquan, and the words "I hereby serve as the chairman of the Xichuan Chamber of Commerce Xie Siquan take up this position" are directly written on it.

In this way, the Xichuan Chamber of Commerce has passed the bright side, and Xie Siquan, the chairman, is also firmly seated.

The status of the Xie family in Shangcheng was much higher for a while, Xie Siquan seemed to have an extra identity out of thin air. He used to think that these were all false names, just for fighting, but now he feels the beauty of the Chamber of Commerce.

The government is also very polite to Xie's family. The Yunmeng Mountain bandit incident caused a big disturbance. They were originally planning to mobilize Xichuan merchants to pay money and food to suppress the bandits themselves. Now that someone is willing to go, they immediately agree with it, let alone a letter of appointment. What do you want? Yes!

Integrate the number of people, and quickly selected a day to go out of the city to suppress the bandits.

The proprietors of each business house are located in Xichuan City, and almost every family has a staff, and they have assembled a team of nearly 300 people.

On the day of departure, Xie Siquan couldn't go with him because of the rules, so he asked Xu Jun to take Xie Jing with him.

He sent Xie Jing to the door, adjusted his nephew's collar with his own hands, and said: "Be careful on the road, I can rest assured that the second master will take care of you."

Xie Jing agreed.

Xie Siquan waved his hand, Xie Jing got on his horse, and went with Xu Jun and the others. Seven or eight guards of the Bai family followed closely behind him. When riding a horse, their figures were slightly lowered. They were all good gunmen on horseback.

A group of people hurried on the road at night, and when they arrived at Yunmeng Mountain, it was almost dawn, Xu Jun ordered people to find a hidden place in the woods to disperse and set up camp.

Xie Jing found a big tree, climbed up and looked at the distance first, Yunmeng Mountain was extremely high, the top of the mountain was surrounded by clouds and mist, and only birds were singing around.

Xu Jun stood under the tree and waited. After a while, Xie Jing climbed down and asked, "Did you see anything?"

Xie Jing shook his head: "No, the trees are lush, and I can't see clearly when I climb to a high place. The canyon road seems to be in the east direction."

Xu Jun said: "That's right. This is the safest place. There is a river in front of it, and it is convenient to get water. So many people need to rest after traveling all night, so they can't rush."

This time, all the salt workers sent by various companies came together. Some companies were tied up at home, and they were anxious. They spent money to hire some good hands, and some people from their nephews and nephews went with them. They are sitting on the ground at the moment. rest.Those salt worker guys are okay, they carry heavy loads on weekdays, and they are used to walking every day, and they can sit down and eat something. The young masters of the company do not know whether they are afraid or tired, so they can barely drink a few sips of water.

Xie Jing looked around for a week, frowning slightly at their performance, dissatisfied.

His previous thinking was too simple, he only thought that 300 people should be enough to deal with more than 100 bandits, but he didn't think about other situations at all.

For example, the timidity of the salt workers, and the powerlessness of the young masters of the company. Some young masters have come here, surrounded by five or six nurses. Obviously, the suppression of bandits is just a formality. Bandits, this group of people will only run away to protect their young master.

Wang Su hit the mountain spring, bent over to Xie Jing's side, and handed him the water bag.

Xie Jing slowly chewed the dry biscuits in his mouth, took a sip of spring water, and asked in a low voice about exploring the terrain.

Although Wang Su has never been to Yunmeng Mountain, he used to come to the mountain with Xie Jing to shoot guns in the north, and he is familiar with the mountain. In addition, he followed Xie Jing to Xichuan for several months, and he also knows some of the climate here. Talked to him a few words, was talking, suddenly heard a noise coming from the front.

Xu Jun's scolding voice followed closely behind: "Stop! What does it look like to fight with your own people before you meet the enemy!"

In the woods, people on both sides stood on their own, with a clear distinction. Obviously, there was some hatred in the family before.

A young man in a long gown and wearing glasses was being supported by two assistants, trembling with anger, his clothes were a little dirty, he couldn't care about anything at the moment, stared at the other side and said: "My own person, Mr. Xu, You ask them, does the Shen family treat us as their own!"

Standing opposite the young man were a dozen or so big men in black shorts. The leaders' hair was shaved to the point where only stubble remained. At this moment, they heard a laugh and said, "Why didn't I treat you as my own, but I just took your berth. Just a few pancakes! Brothers came out in a hurry, besides, the food was agreed before, and it will be distributed uniformly, why did your Zhang family eat alone?"

The young man was so angry that his face was flushed red, and he scolded him there, but what he said were all polite words, the other party didn't care at all.

Xu Jun stood in front of him, said a few words, and returned the things to the Zhang family. After the young man got it, he cupped his hands and found another place to sit. Jun's attitude was not very respectful, he raised his hand casually, even if he saluted, he laughed and went to another place, as if he went up the mountain to hunt rabbits.

Not long after the other party came back, they really started to fire.

Xu Jun asked someone to pour water to put out the fire, and said coldly: "I said, no open flames should be lit here, didn't you hear that?"

Those few people were not very happy, stood up and threw the freshly skinned hare in their hands, and said with a bluff: "You paid me to work hard, and didn't give me a bite of meat, how can I do this job?!"

This group of people was hired by a merchant. The merchant was reluctant to let his family members do such dangerous things as suppressing bandits. They spent money to hire a few people to go outside, but the money was spent, and the other party also came. When he arrived, he showed his true colors and refused to obey.

Xu Jun frowned, he had already thought about such a situation on the way here, and said to them: "I know you have collected half of the money, but since you have come, there is no reason to return it, and it will be useless if you make trouble. I really don't want to do it anymore, according to the rules, I will receive thirty lashes before returning to Xichuan..."

Xie Jing interrupted him and said: "Second master, they know too much, they can't let go."

Xu Jun looked at him, waiting for him to finish speaking.

Xie Jing said: "If they leak the news, they will kill everyone on this trip. The Bandit has a gun in his hand, and the bullet doesn't matter who you are. If you hit it, you will die."

As soon as he said this, the faces of the people around him changed.

Those people originally caused trouble on purpose and wanted to take the opportunity to escape. They only took half of the money, which was quite generous, enough for them to live for a few months. The people behind him scolded in a low voice: "Wang Su, Hu Da, take it down for me!"

The dozen or so guards who had already circled around and blocked him immediately shot, without saying a word, they first pressed the man into the soil on the ground, pinched his neck with one hand, and tied him with a rope with the other hand.The black-clothed man who led the trouble was stronger, and he didn't gag him twice. While struggling, he looked at Xie Jing angrily, and scolded: "You little boy has bad ideas, who said that I won't kill the bandits, you There's something coming out...one-on-one...uuuu!!!"

Xie Jing stood there with his hands behind his back, with a cold expression on his face. After counting the number of people with a glance, he ordered: "Tie them up, shut your mouth, hang them on a tree, and whip [-] lashes each."

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

The first experience of suppressing bandits——

Xu Er is the head of the family: Raise children to guard against old age, and sincerely do not deceive me.