Chapter 4 Section 4 Experience the World of Huang Mansion

Sure enough, within a few days, Ma Xiangsheng came and took Du Yuesheng to Tongfuli Huang Mansion to meet the world. The owner of the Tongfu Weihuang mansion is the famous Shanghai tycoon Huang Jinrong. At this time, Huang Jinrong was the well-known chief inspector of the Chinese police in the French Concession.The Huang Mansion is a gray bungalow, but it is luxurious, just like the presidential palace of the rich on the beach.Du Yuesheng, who had not experienced much in the world, looked at this unattainable palace, and was in awe of Ma Xiangsheng, who was working in Huang's mansion. On the way, Du Yuesheng couldn't wait to ask about Jinrong's origin.

Ma Xiangsheng was doing odd jobs in Huang's mansion, and after hearing some inside information, he naturally wanted to show his ability in front of his seniors.He spit in all directions, talking incessantly about the legends he knew. He told Du Yuesheng with relish that Huang Jinrong's nickname was "Little Monk". "It's not that he was a monk. There's a reason for this. Boss Huang was only 14 years old when his father fell ill and died, leaving behind his mother, Mrs. Zou, and four siblings. They relied on their mother to wash clothes for them to make ends meet. But , working alone, the whole family still couldn’t get enough to eat, so the old lady sent Boss Huang to Meng Jiang’s hall to do some odd jobs such as sweeping the floor, carrying water, washing vegetables, etc., and living like a little monk. Therefore, people at that time called him the little monk. Later, when he met a nobleman, he worked as a "Chinese Patrol" in the patrol room..."

This is indeed what Ma Xiangsheng said. When Huang Jinrong was doing odd jobs in Mengjiangtang, he was still half-starved. Later, his mother asked someone to send him to a painting shop in Chenghuang Temple as an apprentice.This painting shop opened in Yuyuan Road, under the Dragon Bridge, called "Cuihuatang Mounting Shop".Huang Jinrong was very serious during his apprenticeship.Get 400 cash per month.He worked as an apprentice for 3 years, and after leaving the teacher, the master kept him to stand at the counter for another two years. Although he was able to work hard, his income was not much, and his life was still poor. He could not support his mother and younger siblings, and his mother still made a living by washing clothes.Huang Jinrong spent a total of 5 years in Cuihuatang. In addition to learning some formal painting techniques, he also learned some techniques of passing off fakes as real ones.Soon, the French Concession expanded its jurisdiction, and the arrest house publicly recruited Chinese patrol officers. Huang Jinrong immediately signed up for the examination after hearing the news, and was admitted as a third-class Chinese arrester.However, the "noble man" Ma Xiangsheng mentioned was not "noble". He was the son of Mrs. Tao, a neighbor of Huang Jinrong. Greeted in the arresting room, therefore, the title of the gold list.A total of 20 Chinese arrests were recruited by the arresting room, and later reorganized into a criminal investigation team. Tao Translator recommended Huang Jinrong as the foreman, known as the "Twenty-Party Party".

"Huang Jinrong worked as a law enforcement agency'inquiry' and was assigned to manage the law and order in the area of ​​our Shiliupu Wharf, where he knew people well. So he was promoted after being successful in solving the case." Ma Xiangsheng said. In fact, he didn't know the inside story.After doing the "inquiry", in order to gain the trust of the police station, Huang Jinrong played tricks. He arranged a group of minions and pawns to make an appointment on a certain day of the month to commit the robbery, and at the same time asked other minions to go to the law enforcement agency. The patrol room in the concession "reported secrets" to him, and he reported the secrets to the French police detectives, so that he could take the initiative to lead people to solve the case.When the agreed date and place arrived, a group of underlings who had originally agreed to do the robbery were wiped out by the detective team led by Huang Jinrong himself and disguised as an ambush.After these bandits were locked up in the arresting room, Huang Jinrong worked in the arresting room and released them one by one.Inspector Xu of the law arrest room saw that Huang Jinrong had cracked theft cases again and again, and he attached great importance to him.This is how he played the tricks of "thief calling out to catch the thief" and "fake the show for real", and gradually gained a place in the patrol room.

However, in addition to "playing ghosts" for meritorious service, Huang Jinrong is still very serious in his work, and refuses to accept red envelopes from merchants and wealthy people.Huang Jinrong thinks that being so fair and honest can win the praise of everyone, and he can be promoted faster.Little did they know that he committed a big taboo and cut off the extra money of his colleagues.In the eyes of colleagues, Huang Jinrong is a thorn in the side, because it hinders Mr. Xu's face, everyone had to endure it. Fast forward to Christmas.According to the rules, Bao Tanxing would go to the office of the chief inspector of the French police to pay New Year's greetings.On this day, the colleagues in the industry are all dressed plainly, pretending to be shabby, to show that they are usually clean-sleeved, fair and honest.However, Huang Jinrong was wearing a brand-new crimson satin gown and a lake-colored silk mandarin jacket, full of style.

However, for some reason, Mr. Xu, who usually treated him differently, saw that he was not pleasing to the eye with his air, so he said bluntly to Huang Jinrong: "Xiao Huang, you are dressed very handsomely today! " "Hey, is it worth the fuss to wear a new dress?" Huang Jinrong replied carelessly, with a somewhat arrogant attitude, "When you're 'inquiry', you often have to put on makeup to handle cases, and wearing new clothes is just a routine, what's the matter?" Isn't it right?" Mr. Xu didn't know much Chinese, and Huang Jinrong spoke very heavily in Suzhou, so Mr. Tan only understood half of what he said. Looking at his expression, he thought he was contradicting him.

Mr. Xu was already very powerful in Shanghai, but he was immediately annoyed by Huang Jinrong, and he said with a sullen face of dissatisfaction, "No, this is definitely not possible!" "Why not? Isn't it easier for me to handle the case?" "Nonsense, our patrol room is about being honest and honest, you are destroying our work style!" "That's what I want to do, so what can you do to me?" Huang Jinrong was young and vigorous, he would not take the hard way, his face was pockmarked, and his eyes were wide open. step, said viciously: "I think you don't want to do it here anymore!"

"That's right, the uncle will not serve you anymore!" After finishing speaking, Huang Jinrong took out the patrol card from his pocket, threw it on the table, turned around and rushed out the door.The Xibu and Huabu who were present were shocked by his arrogance. Huang Jinrong walked out of the chief arresting room, and cursed at the tall arched door: "Bah!" Then, he took his right-hand assistant Xu Fusheng and went straight to the train station to go to his hometown in Suzhou. Suzhou is the old site of Huang Jinrong, and there are many close relatives and friends.As soon as he arrived in Suzhou, he lived in the home of Liu Zhengkang, the chairman of the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce.Xu Fusheng worked as a waiter at Tianxianglou Teahouse near Xuanmiao Temple.

After arriving in Suzhou, Huang Jinrong met relatives and friends, made friends in many ways, and lived a leisurely life. One day, Huang Jinrong came to visit the house of a policeman in the Yamen of Suzhou Prefecture.This police officer is a timid and uncertain person.But his wife Lin Guisheng is very shrewd. She was born in a brothel in Jixiang Street, Suzhou.Unexpectedly, as soon as she saw Huang Jinrong's imposing manner and full of style, she immediately fell in love with him.Soon, Lin Guisheng asked Liu Zhengkang to talk about marriage in private, and he left his former husband and lived with Huang Jinrong as concubine.

After getting married, Huang Jinrong opened an old Tiangong theater in Qingyang outside Panmen.Although it is a theater, it is actually almost the same as a teahouse.There is a small stage in the middle, surrounded by low and narrow balconies on three sides, each with 18 square tables, where spectators drink tea, eat melon seeds, and watch operas, so they are relatively free.There is no need to buy a ticket to enter the theater, it is all included in the tea money.Huang Jinrong opened the Old Tiangong Theater, hired a few guys to work in the teahouse, and took care of him at night. In addition, Lin Guisheng was more knowledgeable than others, so the business was quite prosperous and life was going well.

Unknowingly, several years have passed.This year, several huge cases broke out in the French Concession in Shanghai.Several wealthy businessmen were robbed by bandits and tied up with meat tickets, which shocked Shanghai.The French police station ordered the Deputy Chief Inspector Shi Weiye to detect within a time limit.Because the case was difficult to solve, he was very troubled. On this day, Shi Weiye went to Suzhou to play and relax.In the Tianxianglou teahouse, he met the waiter Xu Fusheng.Shi Weiye remembered that Xu Fusheng was an assistant detective who did not receive a salary from the police station, also known as "Sanguang Mazi", and his work was quite effective.Seeing Xu Fusheng now, he naturally thought of the young and vigorous Jin Rong. After exchanging pleasantries, Shi Weiye hurriedly asked Xu Fusheng: "Where is Huang Jinrong, I want to see him right away!" Seeing that he was the deputy chief inspector known as "Xi Tan No. 1", Xu Fusheng didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly replied: "Mr. Huang opened a theater outside Panmen in Suzhou." "The arresting house wants him to come back. If you can persuade him to change his mind, I will reward you a lot." Shi Weiye took out a five tael silver ticket from his pocket and put it on the stage. "Sir, sit down less. I'll go find Mr. Huang immediately." Xu Fusheng was overjoyed, thinking that as long as Jin Rong would come out, they would be able to show their prestige on the beach in Shanghai again.He didn't even have time to take off his apron, so he ran straight to the old Tiangong theater. At this time, Huang Jinrong was happily playing mahjong with several gamblers. "Sir, sir!" Xu Fusheng stumbled in and said out of breath, "Mr. Huang, someone is here from the Shanghai police station. Please go there immediately." Huang Jinrong was just betting on a high-spirited bet. At this time, one foot was on the chair, his face was full of spring breeze, a large stack of cash in front of him, and a good deck of cards in his hand. He raised his hand high, and was about to show his cards. When I was born to report, I thought that something happened to my hometown in Shanghai, and I was shocked immediately, and turned around and asked: "Fusheng, what happened?" "'Xi Tan No. 1' is here, and he wants to invite you out of the mountain!" "Is this true?" Huang Jinrong was left out in the cold for many years. Although he lived a leisurely life in Suzhou with no worries about food and clothing, he still longed for the colorful world of Shanghai Bund in his heart, waiting for a comeback one day.Now that there is news, he can't believe it is true. "It's true! 'Xi Tan No. 1' invites you to go!" "Good! Where is he now?" "He's waiting for you in Tianxiang Tower!" Huang Jinrong jumped up, threw the Pai Gow, and pushed the foreign money on the table: "Brothers, share the money with you!" Then, he took Xu Fusheng's hand: "Go, go and meet him!" After all, Huang Jinrong had been a fast catcher, and he was cunning and shrewd by nature. When he stepped into the threshold of the teahouse, his mind had calmed down a lot.He greeted Shi Weiye neither humble nor overbearing, and arched his hands: "Mr. Shi, it's been a long time! Are you here all right?" At this time, Shi Weiye made up his mind to ask him to go back, and asked impatiently, "When will Mr. Huang leave with me?" Huang Jinrong pretended not to understand what he meant, shook his head and said, "I, Huang Jinrong, do well in Suzhou, why should I go elsewhere?" Shi Weiye pointed to Xu Fusheng, and said eagerly, "Mr. Xu didn't tell Mr. Huang? I want to ask Mr. to come out of the mountain and help the arrest house solve the case!" Huang Jinrong frowned, pondered for a moment, and then slowly uttered a sentence: "Mr. Shi is coming to Suzhou, why not visit Lingyan and Tianping first, Jinrong will reply to you tomorrow!" "This——" Seeing Huang Jinrong putting on airs, Shi Weiye felt very unhappy, but recruiting soldiers is easy and difficult to find. For this important case that must be solved, he had no choice but to humiliate and say, "Okay." Well, hear back tomorrow." The well-known "Xitan No. 1" in the French Concession of Shanghai came to Suzhou Yizun for advice in person, and he earned a lot of face for Huang Jinrong, but why did he hold back his words and not make a decision on the spot? It turns out that Huang Jinrong is a shrewd person, he puts on airs, one is to use this to increase his status in the eyes of the board of directors and Shi Weiye; the other is that he also wants to hear the opinion of his wife Lin Guisheng.Although Lin Guisheng is a woman, she is scheming and cunning, and she is smart and sensitive, even better than Huang Jinrong.Huang Jinrong obeyed her.Huang Jinrong walked out of Tianxiang Tower and went straight home to discuss with his wife. Lin Guisheng was ordinary-looking, short in stature, dressed in a pair of cardigans with small flowers on a white background, without makeup, but he was quite energetic.After Huang Jinrong mentioned the matter, Lin Guisheng blurted out without hesitation: "Jin Rong, this is a good opportunity, you should go." "Okay, I'll answer it tomorrow." Seeing his wife's promise, Huang Jinrong became even more confident. "Slow down," Lin Guisheng rolled his eyes and had another idea, "Shi Weiye is in a hurry to invite you out of the mountain, so it can be seen that he has a difficult case in his hands. If you want to build a family and business in the French Concession, that's all you need for a turtle to climb the threshold. " "did you mean?" "You just tell Shi Weiye that your case depends on the number of subordinates. These people need food and expenses, and the patrol room can't cover it. Let the board of directors allow you to open a theater in the French Concession to accommodate the subordinates! " "I'm afraid it's difficult to meet this condition! The foreigner's rules..." "Regulations?" Lin Guisheng pouted contemptuously, "The regulations are dead, but people are alive. If Shi Weiye refuses to agree, you will demolish him!" "Ok!" The next day, Huang Jinrong walked into Tianxiang Tower with a sad face. As he went upstairs, he thought that his wife’s offer was too high. up.However, after pushing open the door, he still weighed it over and over again, and kept saying what his wife had asked for. Unexpectedly, when Huang Jinrong put forward conditions to Shi Weiye, Shi Weiye was very straightforward and patted Huang Jinrong on the shoulder: "Since Mr. Huang is like this, please wait for three days, and I will return to Shanghai to ask the consul for instructions." Three days later, the reply came.Shi Weiye wrote in the letter: "All conditions have been complied with Taiwan's orders, please leave soon and come to Shanghai to take up a new position." "There are such good things in the world!" When Huang Jinrong received the letter, he jumped up for joy, admiring Lin Guisheng's scheming in his heart.He immediately called Xu Fusheng over and told him, "Go and sell the old Tiangong Theater, and then go to Shanghai to find me. When you get there, I will still be your 'Sanguang code'!" Xu Fusheng was also so happy that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear, and thanked him repeatedly. "Thank you, Mr. Huang! Thank you, Mr. Huang!" "You're welcome, let's go!" "yes!" Afterwards, Huang Jinrong and his wife Lin Guisheng hastily packed their luggage and returned to Shanghai by train. Relying on an agreement between Huang Jinrong and the law enforcement agency, he first opened an old Communist Party stage in Zheng's wooden bridge.Afterwards, Huang Jinrong made an unannounced visit and finally caught the clue of the kidnapping and solved the kidnapping case. The Public Board of Directors of the French Concession in Shanghai has three departments for police affairs, engineering, and taxation, and one for the Fire Fighting Association and one for the Sanitation Bureau.The police station is in Lujiawan, and old Shanghai called it "Lujiawan Old Bank".This is one of the seven patrol houses in the French Concession.In addition, six patrol houses were set up at the Grand Ziming Bell, Haoshan Road, Xizhong Road, Beidang Road, Xujiahui, etc., of which the Grand Ziming Bell patrol house was the largest. After solving the case, Huang Jinrong worked as an errand in the patrol room of the big clock.However, at this time, Huang Jinrong did a lot of "inquiry".He does not wear a uniform, a pistol, handcuffs, or work in the arrest cell.I get up at 9 o'clock every morning, and after washing, I go to Jubaolou on Fada Road to have tea.Every day when he went to his fixed seat, many people greeted him, exchanged information, and inquired about the news. In addition, Xu Fusheng, the "Sanguang code", was able to solve many cases. Ma Xiangsheng naturally didn't know about Huang Jinrong's experience. On the way, he focused on telling Du Yuesheng the story of Huang Jinrong solving the case and rescuing the kidnapped French priest. Bishop Yao was originally a French Catholic priest. He had close ties with the French Consul in Shanghai and the Chief Inspector of the French Arrest Office, and had the power to manipulate the French Concession in Shanghai.In order to open up a missionary base, he took a train from Shanghai one day and took a few boxes of silver oceans with him, planning to go to Tianjin to start a church.When the train arrived in Lincheng, Shandong, it was stopped and robbed by the army of warlord Zhang Zongchang. He was kidnapped and taken to the countryside of Lincheng to be guarded. After the incident, there was a sensation both at home and abroad, and the French Consulate in Shanghai ordered the arrest room to quickly solve the case and rescue Bishop Yao.The arrest house mobilized all the detectives to inquire and search around, but they didn't get any information, so they had to offer high-priced rewards. Anyone who knew Bishop Yao's whereabouts would be rewarded with 3,000 yuan in Yinyang, and anyone who could rescue Bishop Yao would be rewarded with 10,000 yuan. Yuan.Under the instigation of his wife, Huang Jinrong seized this opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune. After accepting the task of solving the case, he went to the Temple of the City God to burn incense and worship Buddha, asking the City God to bless him so that he could get clues.On the other hand, instigate the minions to do everything possible to find clues to solve the case and commit crimes. Coincidentally, Huang Jinrong obtained clues to solve this huge kidnapping case from a case in which a Shandong native who came to Shanghai was robbed of 100 yuan.There is a man named Han Rongpu in Lincheng, Shandong Province. He is an adjutant under Wu Peifu. He took a train from Lincheng to Shanghai to buy things. When the train arrived in Shanghai, he walked from the crowded crowd to a hotel near the station to check in. At that time, I found that the 100 yuan in my belly pocket had disappeared. Han Rongpu was very frustrated, and remembered that a fellow villager surnamed Sui was working as a policeman in the police station in the French Concession, so he went to the police station with a glimmer of hope to find the policeman surnamed Sui.The policeman surnamed Sui reported the theft for him after hearing what had happened to him, and introduced him to meet Huang Jinrong. This is really the spirituality of the city god. Huang Jinrong immediately asked Han Rongpu about the incidents of the Shanghai train being stopped and robbed before it left for Tianjin and the kidnapping of the French priest.Since Han Rongpu is Wu Peifu's adjutant, he is familiar with the affairs of the army, and both Wu Peifu's troops and Zhang Zongchang's troops are stationed near Tianjin. The news of the bishop told Jinrong. Huang Jinrong was overjoyed when he got the clue, and immediately paid Han Rongpu 150 yuan, asking him to go back to Lincheng to find out where the "meat ticket" was hidden in detail, and report to Shanghai as soon as he found out, and then give him a reward of 500 yuan. .If you solve the case, you will be rewarded even more. Jin Rong's generosity touched Han Rongpu's heart. Sure enough, after returning to Lincheng, Han Rongpu got in touch with Zhang Zongchang's troops who kidnapped Bishop Yao within a few days, and found out where Bishop Yao was being held.Han Rongpu immediately came to Shanghai to meet with Huang Jinrong to discuss the issue of ticket redemption.Huang Jinrong had a lot of ideas, telling Han Rongpu not to go to the head of the army to offer a price to redeem the ticket, but to ask Han Rongpu to use a lot of money to pay off the people who guarded Bishop Yao.At the same time, Huang Jinrong discussed with Chief Inspector Shi, and first received 2,000 yuan from the arresting house, 500 yuan to Han Rongpu, and another 1,000 yuan to ask Han Rongpu to bribe the guards immediately, and promised to wait until Jinrong arrived at the place where Bishop Yao was being held. Another 2,000 yuan was paid, and these guards were asked to flee to other places.Finally, Huang Jinrong asked someone to write a note in French saying: Master Yao was shocked.Please rest assured that Huang Jinrong will personally come to the rescue, please cooperate. Then take it to Han Rongpu and ask the guard to hand it over to him. After Han Rongpu returned to Lincheng again, Huang Jinrong personally led dozens of plainclothes officers and soldiers disguised as officers and soldiers of Zhang Zongchang's army according to the scheduled date, and arrived in Lincheng by train from Shanghai.At night, they rushed to the countryside to rescue Bishop Yao and returned to Shanghai safely. Instead of directly negotiating with Zhang Zongchang's troops, Huang Jinrong spent only a few thousand yuan to bribe a few guards and rescued Bishop Yao from danger.The rescue was successful, his dream came true, and he ascended to heaven at once. It turned out that the important positions in the law arrest room were all held by the French. At this time, Huang Jinrong was promoted to the chief inspector for the first time, and eight Annan patrols (Vietnamese) were specially sent to protect his safety.Huang Jinrong led the eight Annan patrols in and out, becoming more and more powerful and famous, becoming the most famous and powerful "tycoon" on the beach. In July 1917, Huang Jinrong and the law arresting Fang Xitan Altaisi assisted the Army Guards Office in handling important matters, and contributed a lot.Lu Yongxiang, the envoy of the Songhu Army, petitioned the Beiyang government and was hired as the colonel and inspector of the Yamen, the envoy of the army.Later, he was hired as a senior adviser by the French Minister of Plenipotentiary for East Asia Annan, and was awarded gold and silver medals three times.With money in his hands, Huang Jinrong bought a whole alley in Tongfuli, Minguo Road, Laobeimen.The famous Huang Mansion is here. After listening to Ma Xiangsheng's introduction from beginning to end, Du Yuesheng couldn't help shivering. He said to Ma Xiangsheng: "Boss Huang's experience from a white man to a tycoon is really unusual!" "Yuesheng, let me tell you, you need to use your brain more in everything!" Although Ma Xiangsheng is still a handyman in Huang's house, his tone in front of Du Yuesheng is quite different, "You work hard, and you can be like Boss Huang." That's how outstanding it is!" "Of course I want to be a tycoon like Boss Huang. However, for a small person like me, the signboard of Huang's mansion is simply beyond reach!" Du Yuesheng passed by Minguo Road more than once, and whenever he passed the entrance of the alley, he always looked at it from a distance, and he was also very envious of the crowds coming and going in and out of Tongfu.But how can a tycoon like Huang Jinrong be the one he clings to!This time, this Ma Xiangsheng only took him to look around the Huang mansion, but didn't take him in, because Ma Xiangsheng didn't have the right to do so. Before breaking up, Ma Xiangsheng said: "Yuesheng, if you are interested, you can find a way to enter the Huang mansion first, see things and act, and get a few backers. That's good!" Du Yuesheng kept his words in his heart.