To say that the prosperity of Yahong Bridge in ancient times is not something we can imagine, and it still has the shadow of that time even now. I understand that this change may be related to the Dragon Slaying Sword here. Mr. Zhang’s explanation was very detailed, and I had to admire the research results of literary and historians.
During the Qianlong period, Dong Sixiang, a businessman from Zhejiang Province, defected from Tonghua Township, Pujiang County, Zhejiang Province to his elder brother Dong Siyuan in Yahongqiao, and began to run a pawnshop business.
During the Daoguang period, Shanxi merchants first settled in Yahongqiao market town. The three Wang brothers of Shanxi merchants introduced printing and dyeing technology and vinegar brewing technology to the market and ran three stores, Jintai, Jinyuan and Jincheng. The Cao family from Hedong introduced the fur-making technology to Yahongqiao Market from Xinji, Hebei.
In the second and third years of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, the monument of the Fire Temple was rebuilt. It is recorded that the three leather shops of Deshun, Wanshun and Yongshun were all Cao's workshops in Hedong, and they have been in decline for a hundred years. It has a history of more than 150 years since the reform and opening up in 1978.
The second peak was the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty, which started with the Opium War. Western and Eastern products flowed from Tianjin to Yahongqiao Market. All daily necessities were replaced with foreign prefixes, such as: kerosene for lighting lamps was called foreign oil, foreign wax, and foreign fire, and food Flour is called foreign flour, silver dollars are called foreign money, one foreign dollar can buy a generation of foreign flour, wear foreign socks, use sheep belly hand towels, etc. Call Yahongqiaoji a foreign goods bridge. The business name was changed from a franchise to a concurrent operation mode of wholesale, separate sales, and one-stop storage and storage, and the store was transformed into a warehouse.
In the second and third years of Guangxu's reign, there were Dongshenglong Inn, Kuishenglong Inn, Fushun Inn, Yongshun Inn, Gongxing Inn and Fuqing Inn in the town. Fushun Chengliang Co., Ltd., founded by the family of revolutionary veteran Jiang Hao, has an annual sales volume of more than 700 shi. Lijiaqiao Wanjia built Wanchuntang Chinese and Western medicine store in the center of Shiyu Street. There is a Western-style yarn shop on East Street with a cement-built facade, and local people call it a Western-style facade. The Christian church built a gospel hall with a modern and foreign style. Call foreigners foreigners.
The third peak began during the first period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. The organization and leadership led three victories in the struggle against donations and taxes, turning the market into a position of political struggle. For example, at the **Yutian County Party Congress held at the Yahongqiao Fire Temple at the end of 1928, the County Committee proposed five key points. The third item was to take advantage of the crowds at the Yahongqiao market to in-depth publicize the reduction of ancestors, interest rates, Reduce taxes and oppose raising taxes on the pretext of increasing military contributions.
The local party organization took advantage of the relatively concentrated population of the market to launch a strike and wage increase struggle for the yard workers and dock porters. He led the struggle against the imposition of homespun tax with the participation of five to six thousand people in Gu and Qiao towns and achieved victory. It attracted the surrounding middle class and small and medium-sized landowners to invest their funds in the Yahongqiao market, and began to buy houses, do business and open shops. For example, Hedong Hanjia Seven-Guard Co-organizer 'Xinyi Zeng' was engaged in modern decoration, combing, etc., such as ceramics and glass products, on Xinglong Street. Decoration. The Yang family in the alkali factory owned Linsen Bookstore, which sold woodblock New Year pictures, erotic pictures, and the four treasures of the study: pen, ink, inkstone, paper. The Zhang brothers introduced seafood and dyes to the market and settled in the rice field of Fengnan Xiaoji.
The Islamic Ma family settled in Yahongqiao and owned the Taihexuan Hotel on the river bank, which is the most prestigious, and the Xu family Lanting Hotel is also slightly famous. Comrade Zhang Baifa, the former executive deputy mayor of Beijing, was most impressed when he was living in Yahongqiao when he was a child. The restaurant was open in every house around his house and he heard the delicious smell every day.
The fourth peak is reform and opening up, the joint production contract responsibility system, and letting some people get rich first. Sofa springs and handbags are flooding into the market. Every household is a factory and everyone is a worker.
The old market is far from adapting to the needs of the new market. To expand the market, JD.com purchases and sells to the whole country, and it has really become popular. There are currently about 3,000 merchants. The name is very popular, the Chinese Yahong Bridge is used, which is in line with international standards. Business names such as Central Street, Fuxing, Hong Kong Street, Wenhua Road, Zhengfa Road, Wuzhou Trading, International Trade City, Galaxy, Huanyu, Universe, Satellite, Spaceship, and Tengfei all sound really cool. Very cool. The reputation of JD.com is well deserved.
There have been four declines in history: First, during the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army occupied Yahong Bridge, and the four gates of the market town were closed, and entry and exit were based on good citizen certificates. The second is to expand the struggle against capitalist industry and commerce. The third is that it is exclusively operated by supply and marketing cooperatives, supplied with tickets, and walks on one leg. The fourth is to build a socialist movement and cut off the tail of capitalism. The number one store on JD.com has plummeted, and nothing can be bought on the market.
The old man talked endlessly, and his narration was very detailed, far exceeding the little historical knowledge in the textbook. The hope in my heart was once again ignited, and I asked with some excitement: "Senior, do you know where the Bian family tomb is?" The old man pondered for a moment and said, "I haven't heard of it. I did see related posts on the Wu Ending forum before. A report from a newspaper in Beijing in the 1930s stated that the Ming Dynasty was famous for having three birthdays, but I have only heard of Zu Dashou, and I have never paid attention to the birthdays here!" I asked again: "Then where was the bridge back then? The old man said: "The bridge back then was just north of the cement bridge today!" Uncle Zhang and I nodded to each other and shook hands to bid farewell to the old man.
On the way back in the car, Uncle Zhang asked me: "Does what Mr. Zhang said have any reference value?" I nodded and said: "Yes! The old man quoted extensively and had a lot of treasures in his chest, but literary and historical workers pay attention to evidence. The old man quoted from the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty to the Kangxi period. Years, what we are looking for happens to be in between.”
Back in the library, a few of us discussed the matter, and Lin Feng mentioned a detail: "Do you still remember what Mr. Chen introduced at the beginning that the Qing court was enclosing land in the open area south of Bianjiafen, occupying property and establishing a village? The cemetery of the Feng family in the circle was forced to move south. The village where Lei and Zhang were founded is called Dafengzhuang! I am from here. I know where Dafengzhuang is. We can go to that village and ask . I should have thought of it earlier! Haha!" As he spoke, Lin Feng laughed unconsciously.
The next day we went to Dafeng Village to inquire about it. When we arrived here, we discovered that there were very few surnames in the whole village. Almost all of them had the surname Lei or Zhang! I asked some old people for advice, but no one knew about Bianjiafen and the secret decree back then! The clue is broken again!
When I returned to the library, I found that Aunt Fen and Mr. Zhang had borrowed the projector and large screen used for teaching in the Chinese Studies Museum. I connected to the computer, printed the map on the screen, and everyone analyzed it together.
I analyzed: "North of Dafengzhuang and south of Laoqiao, there are only four ancient villages, Xiaoliuzhuang, Miaojiazhuang, Lijiazhuang, and Wangjia Hutong. The incident happened in these villages near the river. In these four villages, although it is not certain which village Mr. Liu is from, one thing is certain, Mr. Liu’s family is a gun maker! As long as..." Before I finished speaking, Lin Feng said He slapped the table and said, "I know!"
We all turned our attention to Lin Feng, and Lin Feng patted his head a few times: "Why didn't I think of it earlier!" Aunt Fen said impatiently: "Just say it! Stop being so long-winded!" Lin Feng said: "We There are gun makers in Zhuang-Lijiazhuang!" I stood up excitedly and asked, "How many gun makers are there?" When I asked Lin Feng, he seemed to think of something again, and he sat down again with an excited look on his face. , and replied: "Everyone does it."
"Our village itself is a village of craftsmen. In the past, every family had a gun. In the past, the Eighth Route Army soldiers came to our village to repair their guns when they broke!" After a moment of silence, Lin Feng suddenly stood up again: "But! Only two of them have more than six brothers. Home! Is it him? No!" Lin Feng sat down again. He said with a decadent look: "There is a family with eight brothers, but the sixth brother is as old as me. There is another family with eight brothers, and the youngest is more than ten years older than Mr. Liu! He is an old man."
Aunt Fen stood up, patted Lin Feng on the shoulder and said: "Silly boy, think about it carefully. At that time, he told his grandfather, 'You have eight grandchildren in total'! This means that this brother has eight They are not brothers from the same family, they are from the third generation, including uncles!"
Lin Feng suddenly realized, "Yes!" After saying that, he picked up the phone and dialed. After a while, the call was connected. Lin Feng asked on the phone: "Dad, which family in our village is the eighth oldest?" After a pause, Lin Feng hung up the phone, and everyone asked: "How is it?" Lin Feng sighed and said: "Oh! My dad can't tell you who has eight brothers in his family. Most of the people in our village belong to the same family, with the surname Lin! He also I can’t tell which family is uncle to whom!”