Shanghai beach economy booms, culture career is abundant, but the characteristic that still one nots allow to ignore: Public security disorder, and it is high disorder.
Because national economy is destitute at that time, bankrupt farmer and handicraft industry person drive upgrade sea to fend in succession, with Shanghai the circumstance at that time cannot digest these expanding population at all, 1930-1936 year, the hobo of Shanghai has 60-70 10 thousand people.
Correct path does not go, the person always wants to have a meal, corresponding, the gangdom organization that the color that Shanghai person hears changes arose so.
Because Shanghai is divided to be communal concession, law concession, china bound, this is meant mere the abuttals of kilometer of 600 thousand square, have 3 governments, 3 judicatory team, 3 polices team!
If you committed a crime in some bound, run to another bound, so although the police is behind you, of one pace lie between, abuttals is different, you are OK also decamp.
Public security disorder is visible and general.
such, steal, rob, usurious wait malfeasant hour a moment to be performed in this flourishing ground.
Be in Shanghai, cost is the smallest, redound is highest, the risk is lesser, the harm is the greatest " gain fund " the method is hold sb to ransom.
What the article tells is a staking case, leading role is business affairs imprints gentleman of aid of Zhang Yuan of book house president.
Business affairs imprints book house held water 1897, it is major servicing with publishing text book, period of the Republic of China advocate battalion all sorts of dictionaries, reference book, still issued " novel monthly magazine " etc journal and a lot of ancient books.
Till today, business affairs imprints book house remains the press tycoon, as long as it is a Chinese, had contacted that one Ben Xinhua dictionary.
Gentleman of Zhang Yuan aid became a shareholder 1903, and was chaired compile the job,
However he is not capitalistic, his income originates pay and share out bonus, although many, but from staking " norms " still differ far.
But the kidnapper information content at that time is insufficient, they do not know!
Late on October 17, 1927, zhang Laoxian of 60 years old is born to be being surrounded with family desk have a meal, suddenly of a few get up on one's hind legs hold a gun big fellow enters entrance hall, ground of Dong of their Dong Dong emerges dining room of on 2 buildings, after be being looked up and down a few times, pointing to piece of old gentleman: "It is this one! "It is this one!!
Two big fellow wearing remove piece of old gentleman, be in of Zhang Jiaren terrified below the look, take a car absolutely dirt and go.
Zhang Yuan aid is kidnapped the beach on one case sensation, however, concession of same sky sea still produced general manager of salt industry bank the law case that Xue Shunsheng of gigantic gentry of Ni Yuanfu and peaceful wave is kidnapped likewise (staking case is strange at that time much, one balance rises equably much, can say police breaks staking record every day) .
Zhang Yuan aid
Can be imagined, the law case of aid of old student Zhang Yuan is automatical by oversight, zhang Jiaren can save oneself only.
Kidnapper is covering the eye of Zhang Yuan aid with black cloth, all the way 7 abduct 8 circle the ground to outskirts.
When Zhang Yuan aid is issued black cloth, he surrounds the left and right sides, him discovery has destroyed house in a farmhouse.
The following day in the morning, two kidnapper appeared, one surnames a leaf, a surname plum, will discussing with Zhang Yuan aid " say jin of head " .
They without preamble, "Should 300 thousand come ransom bank note, you are to imprint the old boss of book house, nevertheless a drop in the sea stopped. Nevertheless a drop in the sea stopped..
Zhang Yuan aid is astonied, "300 thousand? Old boss? I am a person that become a shareholder only, business affairs is not my asset. Business affairs is not my asset..
"Are you president? "Are you president??
"President can not be old boss. "President can not be old boss..
Kidnapper is impatient, "No matter you are, you such celebrity does not have money impossibly, you married a daughter last year, I can hear of dotal have 300 thousand! I can hear of dotal have 300 thousand!!
Wen Ting this character, zhang Yuan aid can'ts help laughing, "Daughter I am to have, had not gotten married nevertheless, do not believe you to check examine. Do not believe you to check examine..
"What? " leaf, of doubt of Li Er's person to was being inspected, feeling to seem is to did not ask to be clear about, "That, 200 thousand! Write a letter quickly to go back, a word cannot little! A word cannot little!!
Home Zhang is after the letter that received Zhang Yuan benefit, received kidnapper telephone call twice again, urge money collect to be done not have together.
Home Zhang is not taken at all give this a huge sum of money, but under put forward to negotiate.
On conference table, leaf, li Erfei realizes those who angle to this is answered it seems that is not a big fish, fall debt to fifty thousand and ten then.
This number still exceeds burden capacity of Zhang Jia greatly, then Home Zhang requests again cut, negotiate for a short while at a stand.
Where is Zhang Yuan aid? Have benefit of Zhang Yuan of 4 people guard right now, have one among them old one little, zhang Yuan aid rises with their chitchat.
"Do this livelihood to do not have a cost, can make many money certainly! Can make many money certainly!!
"Where, this kind of money burns a hand mean, in our hand not much also, want to have a livelihood, who is willing to do this! Give outer dicker says in the home! Give outer dicker says in the home!!
Deep in autumn night, zhang Yuan aid sleeps in a piece to defeat a bed, the person of guard can embrace warms oneself. Old man cough is ceaseless.
Zhang Yuan aid sees his figure is poor, say actively, "You appear the body has ailment! "You appear the body has ailment!!
Old man groans, "Which have the poor money sees a doctor, enduring a day is a day, died leave it at that. Died leave it at that..
Heart of Zhang Yuan aid is unripe sympathize with, "I know some of medical knowledge, open a prescription to you! Open a prescription to you!!
The old person is touched very much, shakily both hands has received prescription, other guard also gives birth to good impression to heart of Zhang Yuan aid, begin and chitchat of Zhang Yuan aid, discover these people are one's previous experience of beg for food under communication, or home town has calamity, must come out to demand the life. Close to them watch understands Zhang Yuan benefit and sympathize with, persuade their of one mind to be apt to, this matter is not long way, what have the right way or hang up one's axe is good.
Guard discovers to there still is a hole on the sweat shirt of Zhang Yuan aid, what they discover Zhang Yuan aid may be true is not what has money person.
On October 21, zhang Yuan aid sends a letter to come home again, tell oneself to get give special treatment quite, and the price of kidnapper also fell 20 thousand yuan, prepare as soon as possible please neat.
Leaf, plum two bandit who knew to be bound this time so wealthy person!
Zhang Yuan aid is in Shanghai beach name is very big, however Zhang Jialian is taken 20 thousand yuan do not come out, zhang Jiayi is sold off via all figuring the thing that can sell off, collect became enough 5000 yuan. Business affairs imprints the colleague of book house also opens his purse to be aided in succession, eventually collect became enough 10 thousand yuan!
The nephew of Zhang Yuan aid gives kidnapper 10 thousand yuan, entreat atone for to come out Zhang Yuan aid, kidnapper looks is to be not extracted really give grease to come, this refusal is bad to binding person! Will release its on October 23.
Zhang Yuan aid eventually escape from a danger of tiger's mouth-jaws of death, before going, guard his person be reluctant to part, the hand that holding Zhang Yuan aid says: "Wait for us to give up evil and return to good, will see you are old again! Will see you are old again!!
From 300 thousand fall 200 thousand, fall again 150 thousand, arrive again 20 thousand, last 10 thousand collect a hand, the staking case of Zhang Yuan aid is tragedy changes really " wash " .
Zhang Yuan aid is between tears and smiles to this paragraph of his experience, in the process that be bound, say in the letter that he is writing Gaomengdan: "With younger brother qualification, charge ticket friend unexpectedly, but of different to. But of different to..
Gentleman of Zhang Yuan aid, was born in Zhejiang sea salt 1867, children of house distinguished family, a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations between Guang Xunian, hold the post of Ji Shi of be the concubine into courtyard of member of the Imperial Academy, hind because of participating in the Reform Movement of 1898 be v/LITTed dismiss from office. 1901, imprint in business affairs of Xia Ruifang of book house author invite next becoming a shareholder and chair business affairs to imprint book house, its by one small imprint book mill development becomes the press tycoon, zhang Yuan aid also is called " China is contemporary publication course of study the first person " .
