第三百五十八节 慈惠堂(1 / 2)

临高启明 吹牛者 1625 字 2022-11-20

第三百五十八节慈惠堂

年轻的女孩子当然有人要买。实际上他们一家刚落脚到庙里不久就被人盯上了。先是有几个人牙子托人来关说,有说富贵人家要纳妾的,也有说要大户人家要买丫鬟的,身价出得也不低。把陆家娘子说得直心动――与其这样一家人奄奄待毙,不如给女儿个出路,换些银子。倒还是陆白有些见识,听了之后挣扎着说万万不可。

“但凡正经人家,纳妾买丫鬟进门无一不要铺保的――最少也要本地知根底的人家,”他喘息着,“我们是外来流民,又没有铺保,这样说买就买的绝非善主,你可千万要把持住,不要让女儿落了火坑!”说着一口气喘不上来,又翻了白眼。一家人又哭又喊又是按摩,好歹又让陆白喘过一口气来。

人牙子见陆家不肯卖,除了百般游说之外还雇佣了几个专事勾引妇女的无赖子弟来勾引陆橙。幸好陆橙打小就见惯了这种事情,不为其花言巧语所动,陆守业看管得也紧。

但是生计的问题始终没法解决――想让儿子找地方去当个伙计,没有铺保无人肯收留,只好打些散工度日,陆守业不比农家子弟,干不了体力活,赚不了几个钱。

一家人正穷途末路之际,慈惠堂的人出现了,没费多少口舌就把他们收容到堂里去了。

慈惠堂是广州站开办的一所专门的善堂。原因是广州站收容的难民的行为开始变得引人注目了。他们收容的难民不但数量大,而且持续时间长,很难长期的掩盖。

现在办理收容难民事宜的是起威镖局。但是许多人都知道起威镖局是受紫诚记的差遣在办这事情。这样大肆收容难民,收容来的难民又不知去向加上他们贩卖澳洲货的背景。广州城里很自然的就出现了这样的流言:紫诚记在向澳洲贩卖人口。更有人把他们收容孤儿的行为说成了是用童男童女熬炼“澳洲秘药”,水晶镜子就是用这种药物做出来。

大明政府虽然对自己的百姓死活不甚关心,但是被贩卖到海外去这样“有损天威有辱国体”的事情还是要过问的。幸而平日里广州站各处打点的足,又有高举和粱存厚等人关说,事情才没有闹大。

但是这件事情也给他们敲响了警钟。再继续这种模式是有危险的,就算官府不管,被别有用心的人一煽动,百姓起来闹事他们也吃不消。当年外国传教士到中国来传教,办理慈善事业收容孤儿弃婴遭到民众怀疑时常引发“教案”就是个教训。

主持这件事情的张信还有另外一种隐忧:大量收容难民,这在古代很有造反的嫌疑。所以张信觉得必须尽快为广州站的行为找到一个掩护。

张信和大家商议了一番之后决定把粱存厚拉入伙,专门搞个善堂公开活动,不要再用起威镖局出面――起威以镖局的身份干这个,实在是过于可疑了。

梁公子平日里怜老惜贫,对慈善事业很热心,以他官宦子弟的身份给移民工作打上保护伞再合适不过。

当下郭逸备了礼物去拜见梁存厚,提出了自己的建议。梁存厚果然对此很有兴趣,不仅当下答应出任善堂的会董,还捐助了一千两银子。合作的模式是典型的官商勾结:粱存厚主要出名,紫诚记专门负责出钱。郭逸又拉了高举和裴莉秀在紫明楼结交到的一批官宦子弟:吴芝香、董季重等人来当善堂的会董。这些官宦子弟原对慈善事业不感兴趣,但是经不起裴莉秀的软磨功夫,又听闻不需要花钱,无非是挂个名而已,也就都应了。郭逸又肯花钱,花了一大笔银子,走了总督大人小妾的门路,居然还搞了一幅王尊德的题字来镇场。

善堂就取名叫“慈惠堂”。里面具体经手的人员还是起威镖局原先的班子。张信把他们单独调出来成立了这个班子,直接在他掌握之下。随后,又从临高调来了若干可靠的土著干部充实队伍。

张信吸取教训,不仅仅在收容难民上做文章,还搞了夏季的施药施茶,冬天的施棉衣,平日里施粥施棺材等常见的慈善活动,不时还在广州城的两县里搞搞修桥补路。在收容难民上也不在仅仅专注于外来流民,还陆续办起了“抚孤院”、“养老院”和“清节堂”之类的传统慈善设施来收容本地失去劳动力的贫民。

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