Where did green gang come from during the period of Shanghai Beach?

Many TV dramas have introduced some things about Shanghai in those days, but there are three gangs in Shanghai, one of which is green gang. In Shanghai, this gang can be said to want the wind and rain, and almost no one dares to provoke it except the government. This also makes many people very curious about the origin of green gang. In fact, the formation of green gang was closely related to the Qing government. It can be said that green gang was forced out by the Qing government step by step. Next, I will tell you about the ins and outs of the Green Gang.

At that time, after the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, most of the transportation depended on water transportation. However, after the Opium War, many foreign ships appeared on the sea in China, which made the Qing Dynasty find maritime transportation more convenient and resource-saving. Therefore, the Qing dynasty decided to invest heavily in shipping and gradually gave up shipping, which was an inevitable experience of the changes of the times, but many people could not adapt to the changes of the new era and were gradually abandoned by the times.

At that time, there was a water transport gang, which was a very large water transport force on the Grand Canal. They depend on Cao Yun for their survival. However, after the grain transportation stopped, they could not keep up with the changes of the times, and were finally abandoned by the times and became abandoned children of the times. But they also have to survive. You know, there are about 50 thousand people in the grain delivery gang, and all of them are unemployed at once, so they seek a way out and develop into a salt smuggling team. These are green gang's predecessors.

However, with the passage of time, the state's management of salt smuggling has become more and more strict, and these people can't do it anymore, so they came to Shanghai to develop. Because Shanghai at that time can be said to be a place with an inch of land and gold. Many people went to Shanghai for their dreams, but only after they arrived did they find that it was not what they imagined. They were bullied by foreigners in Shanghai, so the forces that transported grain in those years United to form the famous Green Harbor Town on the beach.