上海开埠后不久,中外客商云集,当时外滩十六铺码头是国内各路来沪客商的交汇地,生意十分兴隆。一些从外地来的小商小贩,白天在十六铺做生意,晚上就在那里休息。由于小本生意经济不是太宽裕,这些小商贩舍不得花钱去住旅馆,于是往往就在路边打个地铺过夜。这样,一些巡捕、地痞流 Shortly after the opening of Shanghai Port, Chinese and foreign businessmen gathered. At that time, the Shiliupu Pier on the Bund was the meeting point for domestic businessmen from all over the world and the business was booming. Some small business hawkers from other places come to Shiliupu to do business during the day and rest there at night. As small business economy is not too generous, these small vendors are not allowed to spend money to live in hotels, so often in the street laying a shop overnight. In this way, some of the arrests, to the ruffian flow