Zhou Shizhai has been working in Qiwei Escort Agency for eleven years. ． Like his brothers, he came from Sun Kecheng's hometown. He knew a little about boxing and stick, but he didn't want to torture himself to the point of paralysis in the farmland, so he asked someone to join the Qiwei Escort Bureau.
The life of a bodyguard is much better than that of a farmer, but as a bodyguard, Zhou Zhai makes it difficult for Sun Kecheng to rest assured - he lacks the calm temperament that a bodyguard should have, or in other words, he is not tactful enough in dealing with people.
The escort agency is an existence that walks between the worlds of black and white. The escort master must be upright and flexible at the same time. Although Zhou Shizhai knew that the escort "eats with friends' food and wears friends' clothes", he scorned "friends" and could not stand the shamelessness of "friends". If they disagree, they will be beaten. As a result, Sun Kecheng no longer dared to send errands on the escort route. So sitting in the shop and protecting the house became his specialty. But there are rules for doing this job: if you encounter a thief, you are only allowed to see the customer off, and you are not allowed to capture him alive. If you encounter harassment in the store, you can only order it to the end - the escort agency is not the government. It only protects the employer's property and personal safety. It is the government's business to catch the criminals. However, Zhou Shizhai broke this rule many times and created a lot of grudges in the world. Finally, he had to be transferred to the mule and horse yard as a steward to avoid getting into trouble.
After several years of dull life, shopkeeper Sun, who had become more powerful this day, called him into the locker room and said that the Australian maritime businessman who came last time wanted to buy a house and manor in Qiongzhou and wanted an escort to start it.
The so-called starting point is that for the sake of safety, the wealthy families always have a team of servants to protect the courtyard. The average servants are from ordinary people, who don't know how to fist and kick, and don't know much about the world. This requires hiring an escort to start. Responsible for conducting martial arts training for servants and arranging night duty patrols and other security tasks. In the mansion, it is equivalent to the status of guest guest.
The responsibility of being a escort is heavy, but the pay is good and you don't have to sleep in the open. It's a good job in the escort agency, but you have to be diplomatic and adaptable. Zhou Shizhai was the first one, but was later replaced because he was too happy to catch thieves and not good at getting along with his master. This time, he was actually asked to be the leader again. I couldn't help but wonder: Why does the sun come out from the west?
Although it is strange, it is better to do your own business than to deal with animals in the mule and horse yard. Moreover, recently the escort agency has received a lot of business from Australian maritime merchants and has become their big benefactor. The originally tight life has been relaxed a little, and the pensions for the dead and injured brothers have also been provided. No one can accept any work. This Australian gentleman The job is inevitable.
Immediately, I packed my luggage and brought two new apprentices - they were the nephews of the bodyguards who died in the service of the escort agency. According to the rules of the escort agency, if the nephews of the bodyguards who died in the service of the escort agency were willing to eat this bowl of rice, they would have to take in one or two as usual. . Those whose martial arts qualifications were too poor to become bodyguards were arranged to work as handymen or counter support. These two children were too young, only sixteen or seventeen years old, and too young to be bodyguards, so they simply asked Zhou Shizhai to take them with them to continue teaching. Sun Kecheng's abacus is that the escort agency can also save some food expenses - there are many such children in the escort agency nowadays.
It was Ran Yao's idea to hire an escort. Although they have advanced concepts and equipment brought from the 21st century, they know almost nothing about the Jianghu society of this time and space. Escorts happen to be the most suitable candidates - their professional ethics are more trustworthy than the third-class yamen servants who are themselves underworld.
Although Dugu Proposal is called the director's specialty, the actual business is in Mu Min's hands. At her request, a "security survey" was carried out with the cooperation of the Dongmen City Industrial and Commercial Office, and she gained some understanding of the surrounding environment, daily flow of people, and the operation of shops and vendors in Dongmen City.
After investigation and interviews, we roughly know that the most frequent public security cases in Dongmen City are pickpockets, followed by thefts, then frauds and fights, and almost no robberies and murders. Obviously criminals do not dare to openly commit crimes under the eyes of travelers.
But what about that massive brawl that resulted in death? Mu Min personally asked many people with a local interpreter. Many people were hesitant and their eyes flickered, indicating that there was something fishy about this matter. Although Dugu's proposal was highly vigilant and believed that this was a fight between underworld gangs competing for profits, Mu Min did not see it that way.
The reason was naturally not that Mu Min thought there was no underworld in the Ming Dynasty, but the autopsy report made by the health department on the day of the incident. Indications indicate that the seven people who died were all heavy manual laborers and were still doing farm work shortly before their deaths. In addition, according to her consistent experience, although people may die from time to time in underworld fights, the basic premise is that bleeding will not kill people. Machetes are often used, which looks bloody, but the mortality rate is relatively low. Indiscriminate robbery with roasted bamboo He stabbed randomly with a force of brute force, which looked a bit like a large-scale fight in the countryside.
Sure enough, within a few days, someone came to collect the body. Only then did I know what happened. Villagers from Village A came to the welfare community to buy things. At noon, they drank tea and ate dry food at the tea stall set up by villagers from Village B. They got into conflicts over some trivial matters. Unfortunately, some of the nearby stalls were owned by villagers or relatives from Village B. With friends showing off, the villagers of Village A naturally suffered a big loss and were beaten up and ran away in embarrassment. On the one hand, it was for revenge, and on the other hand, it was to prevent retaliation. Both sides prepared weapons, and the result was like this when they started fighting.
"To be so ruthless for such a trivial matter? You are so ignorant and backward!" Dongmen Chuiyu was surprised.
"We have no control over the fighting, and we can't control it," Mu Min said. This was not news to her. The habit of fighting in rural areas still existed in many places in the country even in the 21st century. Behind the scenes are often intertwined complex economic, regional, cultural, and resource disputes. Years of accumulated grievances make any small matter trigger a large-scale fight-not to mention that it is easier to cause trouble now that there is a slack period.
"What we have to ensure is that no one is allowed to cause trouble here in Dongmen City. So this time the matter cannot end like this."
"Everyone is dead, what else can be done?"
"If a person dies, isn't the body still there? Are the people from the two villages who want to collect the body here?"
"They are all resting in the inn. Do you want to bring me to see you?"
"No, send someone to tell them that they have to pay a fine of five taels of silver for each corpse, and the coffin will be considered as a gift from us, and the cost price will be one tael. They must pay it in full within seven days, and they will be thrown into the sea within the period."
"Ah?" Dongmen and Dugu both stared, "Well, doesn't the Executive Committee require us to treat the indigenous people well?"
"There must be a bottom line when it comes to kindness. Let the people around us see the consequences of using a knife on our land." Mu Min was filled with murderous intent.
Dugu proposed and slapped the table excitedly: "It should have been like this a long time ago! I told the executive committee that only strict punishment can ensure peace. According to me, if you catch a thief or something in the future, you will cut off his hand!" Let’s see if anyone dares to steal from my land in the future! Treat us well and treat them well, but they will all creep on us!”
"Just cut off the hand and pass." Mu Min said to Ran Yao, "Team Leader Ran, what legal standards do we follow when enforcing the law?"
"Just follow the Public Security Management Punishment Regulations. This is ready-made." Ran Yao specifically talked to the people of the Executive Committee about these issues. This actually involves legislative issues. The time traveler has no time to deal with this at the moment, so naturally We have to apply existing regulations first.
When Ma Peng came back from work that day, he saw a new notice posted on the bulletin board at the entrance of the camp, with many workers gathered around to look at it. Zhang Xingjiao was shaking his head while reading the content on the notice: "Recruiting police... 10 people... under 18 to 25 years old... over 160 cm tall, in good health... food, salary included, 2.5 work points per day, half a kilogram of rice , the bonus is additional..."
There was an uproar at this point. Some workers said: "2.5 work points. I only got 1.5 work points on my busiest day. The team leader only got 2 work points. Now I get 2.5 work points all at once!"
"Didn't you listen? Registration is limited to employees. Originally, employees got more than us!"
"Why? They all do the same job, why can he get more money?"
"If you don't want to, you can change your job."
"You have to work for 12 months, or you have to perform particularly well."
Ma Peng didn't really want to go at first, because he heard that this job was similar to that of a yamen servant in the county government. He was responsible for catching thieves in the market. Firstly, he was afraid of death, and secondly, he felt that it was not decent to do this job. But now my mother is living with him. Although the short-haired master gives him an extra 1.5 work points per day in accordance with the "support obligation" standard, my mother does not get free meals, so life is a bit tight. Now there are rumors in the camp that the wages of employees will be increased, and he regrets why he listened to Fu Buer's words and didn't become an employee. Any opportunity like this now would have been missed.
But the next day he went to the commune office to apply. Although he was not an employee, Ran Yao saw that he was in good shape - it was really not easy to find a man over 160 centimeters - so he nodded. After asking some questions, he was called to a small room in the back. Li took off all his clothes, measured them with a ruler, and then stood on the trembling earth scale. Finally, he received approval to join the Aboriginal Police Force.
First, they learn fighting skills for ten days, including using the fastest way to hold someone's joints and fighting with a special-looking short wooden stick. Then they learn how to spot suspicious people, patrol and watch, interrogate pedestrians, track and hunt, and tie them up with ropes. Technology. A short-haired man named Li Jun taught them how to use shields and short wooden sticks to fight against large groups of mobs. They were also asked to engage in actual combat confrontations with the workers. These things are very complicated, and Ma Peng is illiterate, so learning them is even more difficult. Fortunately, time travelers often use demonstration teaching methods, teach step by step, and make many models and pictures to demonstrate.
