Before we find out the rules of the escort agency, let's look at the description of the escort agency in a novel as usual: one day, a Jianghu knight visited the escort agency: "Ladies and gentlemen, please be polite! I have long heard that the people in your escort agency are all very skilled in martial arts. I came here today to ask you for advice, so as to make friends with people who practice martial arts. I hope everyone will give me more advice! " The escort can't figure out the origin of this man, and he has never heard of it in the Jianghu. In a word, if they come to challenge alone, it must be that people are not qualified, whether to fight or not. Fighting, if you lose to him, it will be a shame for the escort agency. If you don't fight, you're not a coward. While the host was hesitating, a guard jumped out with a horizontal iron panlong stick in his hand and shouted, "I'm a worthless guy. I'll accompany you on a few tricks." say ...
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In fact, this situation is impossible. Famous large-scale escort agencies often meet some people directly or indirectly. Once the challenge comes to you, it is nothing more than a poor martial artist seeking liberation, or a truly capable martial artist wanting to work in an escort agency, or some young people (rich or official's son) making trouble.
Whenever this happens, the rules of the escort agency are: treat each other with courtesy, wait patiently, don't force it unless you have to, and never hurt your feelings. As for those who make trouble at home, they also know that it is not ordinary people who accompany them, and they really want to start work, and they often suffer. Therefore, martial arts practitioners who come to ask for help, as long as they can get a few taels of silver from the escort agency, usually leave with gratitude. As for those young people, that is to say, a few words of flattery stopped him. We know that the main business of escort agency is escort. Now let's take a trip with the escort agency and feel some rules of the escort agency.
Three principles of waterway
Boating with a water dart can save the trouble of riding a pommel horse, which is a beautiful job. So why is water darting a beautiful job? Is it like a water dart trip, doing whatever you want without any scruples? In fact, water darts are mostly along the canal, and the areas they pass through are mostly rich places. Although there are relatively few thieves who take risks, there are unpredictable variables in water darts. Therefore, if you want to have a safe journey, you must abide by the "three laws" of waterways.
The first rule is "sleep during the day and wake up at night". During the day, except the escort on duty, all the other escorts entered the cabin and slept soundly. They didn't leave the cabin until sunset, ready to work at night. Because there are almost no river robberies during the day, only thieves often sneak up, steal or rob at night, and escorts have to guard against them.
The second rule is "people don't leave the ship". Most of the areas along the canal are densely populated, with cities, townships, villages and towns facing each other for several miles. In some prosperous areas, teahouses and restaurants abound. Not only artists and singers get together, but also villagers' meetings and social dramas are common. The "Flower Boat" and "Jiangshan Boat" in the canal (these are all loaded with * * *) often carry sheng, pipe, flute and other musical instruments to sing and dance. But the escort must not go ashore to watch or move the boat to watch, because distraction means losing the escort. The escort will not get off the boat to watch the excitement, nor will he get off the boat to chase the thief, for fear that the thief will lead the tiger away from the mountain. When there is an accident on the shore, the escort absolutely ignores it, and even the villain deceives men and women without asking. This is not to say that the escort has no sense of justice and morality, but this kind of cheating on men and women may be a kind of "cover", because thieves often use the escort's martial arts to help the poor and help the weak, and it is easy to start after diverting the tiger from the ship.
The third rule is "avoid women". The boatman takes the boat as his home, and his wife and daughter are in the same boat. The boatman's daughter is the most open woman in feudal society, and most of her escorts are masculine and generous men. According to the routine of heroic beauty, talented person and beautiful woman in old novels, all the way is tiring. In fact, the escort has always attached importance to martial arts, and the boatman's daughter also abides by women's morality. Everyone knows how to respect themselves and abide by feudal ethics. The escort guards do not enter the back cabin after boarding the ship. A curtain divides them into an inner room and an outer room. If the employer brings his family, the escort guards are even more reluctant to leave. As for prostitutes in brothels and flower boats along the way, the escort is absolutely dismissive, afraid of "lust" causing trouble and thieves "standing up". Because only in this way can the boatman and the employer feel at ease. If the escort embarks on the ship to scare away the thieves, and the pervert enters the cabin himself, wouldn't it be a gain and a loss, and both the boatman and the employer should "weigh the weight" between the gains and losses? Maybe this escort agency has been destroyed by these two escort agencies.
Can't live on land
As we know, land escort vehicles are the main business of escort agencies. Since the Grand Canal was cut off, land darts have become the main industry of escort agencies, and the rules for taking land darts are naturally more complicated. So what are the rules? It stands to reason that land darts are all on the plains, and most of the darters are riding horses to guard the darts along the way. Once a thief appears, he can respond quickly and flexibly without much worries. It's not that simple. Especially in some big villages and towns, we should pay attention to everything and be careful everywhere. Because the local power of such towns and villages is generally strong, once they are in trouble, they will get more than one bargained for. Therefore, "three can't live" is still the travel principle of escorts.
I can't live in the new shop. Because escorts usually take a fixed escort route, they are familiar with the inns along the way and have formed good friends with the stores. Because he didn't know the details of the newly opened shop, he always drove straight and never stayed overnight, for fear that he would run out of money when he met Zhang Qing and Zhu Gui-style shops in the Water Margin.
Second, don't live in a resale shop. There must be a reason why the old shop suddenly changed hands. Before it was made clear, the escort car kept away from this kind of shop, fearing that the old shop would become a thief shop after it changed hands, and the thief would ambush first and wait for the escort car to arrive. Therefore, before the escort car enters the village, the escort always rides a horse to inquire, so as to grasp the real situation.
Three is not living in a brothel. The so-called prostitution shop is an inn with both functions of a hotel and a brothel. There are always several beautifully dressed women standing in front of this inn to show off their charm and attract guests. There are fewer serious customers and more bad people in prostitution shops. It is inevitable that there will be people who are smart enough to engage in prostitution. In fact, they are thieves who come to steal things.
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Three elements of entering the store
It stands to reason that the escort should have a good rest when he arrives at the hotel after walking with the escort car all day. Actually, it's not. However, if you don't have a good rest, you will definitely feel sleepy the next day. Will this form a vicious circle, so that you can't get rid of the dart when you are tired? But this possibility is very small. Because after living in the store, the escort is not in a hurry to rest, but according to the rule of "three essentials when entering the store", first patrol the store to see if there is any "out of phase" to prevent thieves from "peeking". The second is to patrol outside the store to see if there is any "abnormal wind" to prevent being "posted". The third is to patrol the kitchen to see if there is any "odor" in case someone secretly prescribes medicine.
The so-called "out of phase" means that there are suspicious people in the store, "strange wind" is a suspicious sign outside the store, and "peculiar smell" is tampering with the food under the kitchen. If there is abnormal wind, take effective preventive measures immediately. If there is an odor, declare that everyone "overslept (ate)", close the door at night, and then eat some dry food to satisfy their hunger. After dinner, except the personnel on duty, the escorts should go to bed on the kang. Northerners sleep with their heads on the edge of the kang to keep warm, so as to avoid the cold wind blowing over their heads outside the window. But the escort always sleeps with his head against the window and his feet against the edge of the kang, because it is convenient for him to see and hear the movement outside the window, and it is also convenient for him to land as long as he jumps up. Most people wear their heels outwards when they get on the kang, and then wear them backwards when they get off the kang. However, the escort developed the habit of taking off his shoes when he got on the kang, and let his heel face the kang. Once something happens, they will put on their shoes when they jump off the kang. These habits of escorts are all formed in the lessons of blood, because in the event of a night attack, life and death are decided instantly.
People often say that "it is indispensable to harm others and to prevent others." As a supercargo, you should follow this principle. After entering the hotel, if you lie down and sleep, you won't "throw darts". If it is such a peaceful society, businessmen will not ask the escort to protect you. Good and bad are born. Without a bad foil, there is no good display. In times of peace and prosperity, there are still people who are not peaceful.
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There are rules for accompanying people to sleep. According to Mr. Fang Biao's introduction in the book Beijing Escort Agency, the escort must adopt the sleeping method of "three separations" when sleeping.
The first is that weapons never leave. The purpose of this rule is self-evident. Once unarmed, escorts are not much better than ordinary people. The martial arts scenes in the film are all boxing, and the routines such as Bagua Palm and Yuanyang Leg dazzle the audience. In fact, the real fight is hard. Who will win with fists? Therefore, weapons must never leave the body, especially "things around the waist (pistols in the late Qing Dynasty)" can not only leave the body, but also can not be shown to people. The thief's rule is not to borrow anything from a friend's waist or look at it. People in the escort agency have been dealing with thieves for a long time, and they also know the relationship between "borrowing guns" and "taking off guns". Therefore, it is taboo to borrow things from the waist for fear of being countered. Besides, the things around your waist are nothing more than boxes (mauser guns), rollers (browning) and revolvers. Once exposed, it will be bad for you.
The second is to put on clothes. Escort guards lie with their clothes all the year round during the journey, because once something happens, there is absolutely no time to get dressed. Winter in the north is not shirtless weather. Once the escort hears the movement, he can turn over and get out of bed to fight. This is the last sentence.
The third is that the horses and chariots will not leave the hospital. After the escort entered the store, someone was on duty to look after the carriage. No matter what happens outside the hospital, the escort ignores it, fearing that he will be "diverted by the car." We can see that although the rules of sleeping are a bit strict, its connotation is still good for the caregivers. Only by following these "three inseparable" can we better ensure safety. In the real society, there are always people who complain that the external conditions are not relaxed. In fact, even if the objective conditions are relaxed, it is best to set some rules for yourself in your heart. Maybe too many rules will make us feel burdensome or too tired. However, when these rules come into play at the most critical time in our lives, we feel that "strictness is a kind of relaxation, and fatigue is also a kind of relaxation".
Three meetings and one no
If the rule of "three inseparable" is a bit ridiculous, then this rule is not even ridiculous. But it is often these things that are not rules, or things with common sense, that are the rules for escorts to protect themselves to the maximum extent on the escort road. As we all know, dart target is a hard job, especially in the north. When I came out of Beijing, I passed Changping District and entered the mountainous area. The Great Wall winds between the Yanshan Mountains, and there are many passes such as Gubeikou, Lengkou, xifengkou and Shahukou, so when I leave the Great Wall, I call it "outside the mouth". At that time, there were few outsiders, and it was inconvenient to eat and live on either East Road or West Road. Once something goes wrong on the way, it will lead to the situation that there is no village before and no shop after, so we have to camp out on the spot. Therefore, when the master of North Dart teaches his disciples, it has gradually become a rule to teach them the skill of "three meetings and one no", because if you don't know "three meetings and one no", you really can't leave North Dart.
The first thing to do when we meet for the third time is to make a stove. Whether it's mountainous area or flat land, wind and frost or rain and snow in Lu Yu, the escort should be able to set up a big stove and cook in one pot according to local conditions. The second is to repair shoes. If there is something wrong with the shoes during the trip, it will be very annoying, so people who travel far away should have new shoes, but the new shoes are uncomfortable for three days, so the accompanying people should be able to repair shoes, protect their feet from injustice, and have a good rest and preparation; The third is a haircut. Travel-stained all the way, beard and hair in a mess. When passing through towns and villages, it is inevitable to visit local forces. If you look like a mess, you will be easily looked down upon, so the escort should cut his hair before going. I cut my hair, shaved my beard, put on clean clothes, and went to see the local dignitaries with dignity. None of them left behind, which also showed the elegance of the escort agency.
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In addition to the "three meetings", there is also the "one no", which means not washing your face. Outside the mouth, the winter wind is cold, the spring and autumn wind blows on the face, and the summer sun is like fire. After washing my face with soil and alkali, the sharp wind blew over and cut my face like a knife. Therefore, in the process of galloping north road, "washing your face" and "going home" are synonyms, and the young escort happily said "it's time to wash your face tomorrow", which means it's time to go home tomorrow.
Three taboos for guest darts
Escort sometimes protects passengers rather than goods, so it is called "guest dart" Protecting the guest dart should be a very easy thing, right? You see, the dart is alive. When bandits come, you can follow the escort. When it is safe, everyone will chat and pass the loneliness of the journey. But in fact, the escort agency is not as simple as imagined. You know, tourists who can hire escorts are definitely not ordinary people. Most of these tourists are former officials or dajia, a wealthy businessman who has moved and gone home to visit relatives. They either have power, money or both. After all, three years of Qing dynasty magistrate, 100 thousand snowflakes and silver. Hiring an escort is a rich man with family and money, which is the target of the thief's planned sneak attack. Not only the target is big, but also it is inconvenient to move, so it is more difficult to protect the guest dart than the cargo dart. Not only will you not lose a dart. But also give adults, ladies, lords and wives a sense of security in many ways.
Escort agencies have "three taboos".
The first taboo is not to ask what is in the bag, but only to ask which luggage you need in case of an accident. Because wealth is concentrated in the body and lost in the heart, most people who made a fortune in the old society were ill-gotten gains and were most afraid of exposure. In the present words, they are afraid of "exposure". For businessmen, they are afraid of "exposure", and for officials, they are afraid of "exposure".
The second taboo is to avoid contact with the employer's "family". Senior officials are rich, and many have three wives and four concubines. He lives at home on weekdays and lives in a golden house. He is most afraid of wearing a cuckold, and even servants are not allowed to enter the second door. But during the journey, I was hungry and thirsty, and I couldn't avoid the guards on foot for the night, so I always felt strange in my heart. Therefore, the escort only deals with the male host, which can reassure the adults and the host; Second, it also prevents wives and young ladies from asking some difficult questions and causing unhappiness.
The third taboo is "rewarding" halfway. Because asking for payment in the middle is often regarded as extortion, even if it is an accident, asking for money will be regarded as an attempt to "make a mistake." Generally speaking, after safely reaching the finish line, the employer will always reward the escort with a banquet and give him some money, which is the extra money of the escort. If you violate these three taboos, it will often bring some unhappiness and affect the future business of the escort agency. Besides, employers are rich and powerful people. Even the next officer, you can still give the guards some color with a golden tongue. Therefore, the three taboos are actually the rules for taking guest darts.
The rules of escort agencies are not formulated by anyone, but formed through years of practice, which represents the interests of escort agencies, escort agencies and employers. It can be said that the experience summary written by more than ten generations of escort agents with the lessons of blood is consciously implemented in the process of natural formation and passed down from generation to generation. At the same time, it has been further improved in the implementation process and gradually reached the standard of standardization and institutionalization. The ideological basis for maintaining these rules is the martial virtue of the escort, and the external force for implementing these rules is the cohesion of the group. The reason why we insist on it is because these rules and escort are integrated. As the saying goes, "Without rules, there would be no Fiona Fang." All walks of life in the world have their own rules. These industry rules not only have the function of industry habits, but also are one of the basic forms on which the industry depends. From the Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China, many rules of China Escort Agency were mainly manifested in the following aspects: traveling by land, traveling by water, staying in a hotel on the way, and being discharged as a bodyguard. Bodyguard industry is a special industry with martial arts and Jianghu culture. Even so, it naturally produces and inherits various industry rules with unique characteristics of this industry. Having industry rules is no exception, nor is it "special".