"Brother Six, please stop joking. If I can't understand what you mean, then I will really live like a dog at my age. Please tell us, what do you want us to do?" Let us both go?"
After listening to Zhang Rui's words, Yang Yingju immediately felt something strange in his words.
If Zhang Rui really wanted to kill himself and Sitku, he would not have said anything to let us choose, nor would he have brought himself and Sitku to this separate place to talk.
Then, Zhang Rui just didn't want to kill himself and Sitku.
Although I don't understand why Zhang Rui did this, he may be sure that he doesn't want to kill himself and Sitku, at least not at the moment. Unless he is really a fool who does whatever he wants, he will never kill himself after doing so many things.
Will Zhang Rui be such a fool? The answer is no. How can a person who can manage thousands of people in an orderly manner be a person who does whatever he wants.
"You are indeed very smart, you are worthy of being the Minister of Frontier Affairs. I am also very busy, so I don't want to follow you around. I am just a money-grubbing person, and these brothers behind me have to eat. I originally wanted to get some I was a rich man in the wasteland, but for no reason I was turned into a rebel by your Emperor Qianlong." Zhang Rui smiled after hearing Yang Yingju's words, and said to them with an innocent look.
"You also know that since I have been turned into a rebel by your Lord Qianlong, there is no possibility for me to be a local rich man. I will probably be a bandit and bandit from now on. Since I can only be a bandit and bandit, for the sake of my future plans , the money must not be lost. Otherwise, how will I support the brothers behind me in the future?"
"Come to think of it, it's normal for you to be kidnapped by bandits and then ask for ransom!" At this point, Zhang Rui looked at the two of them as if he was waiting for something.
Yang Yingju and Sitku took over Zhang Rui's words very sensibly at this time and said: "Yes, it is normal. There is nothing more normal than being kidnapped by bandits and asking for ransom."
The two people who were originally worried that they would be killed immediately breathed a sigh of relief when they heard what Zhang Rui said.
At the same time, I was originally worried that the fact that I and others were captured by the rebels would be exposed, but now I got a good explanation from Zhang Rui.
At this moment, the heavy stone in their hearts relaxed, and they felt unprecedentedly comfortable.
"There is nothing more appropriate than spending money to prevent disaster. As long as the people are there and the official position is there, it doesn't matter how much money you spend. You can just get it back when you return to Guangzhou City." The two of them thought silently in their hearts, and at the same time they felt excited. I hope I can continue to live.
"It seems that you also understand the truth of this, so I won't say more, so you have to..."
"so…"
Zhang Rui paused as he spoke, as if he was thinking about something.
"so?"
Yang Yingju and Sitku looked at Zhang Rui who paused. After looking at each other, they nodded in agreement and said to themselves:
"No matter how much he asks, he will not give back the price. Saving his life is the most important priority. As long as he saves his life, no matter how much money he offers, he can get it back."
"Well, so you two have to give me this number." Zhang Rui said and slapped him
"Five hundred thousand taels of silver each?" Yang Yingju and Sitku looked at each other again, then looked at Zhang Rui carefully and asked
As soon as Zhang Rui heard what they said, he was immediately startled: "Oh no, do I need more?"
Originally, Zhang Rui didn't know how much he should ask for because there was no reference standard for this matter. If you ask for too much, you're afraid they won't be able to give it to you; if you ask for too much, you're afraid they'll laugh at you.
Later, he remembered that he had seen TV before and said that the price for selling officials in the Qianlong Dynasty was about 20,000 taels for a fourth-grade Taotai (vice-provincial).
The deputy provincial level without real power costs 20,000 taels. Then it shouldn’t be a problem to ask for ten times the price! After all, he is the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and it would be inappropriate to go any lower.
Therefore, Zhang Rui thought that 250,000 taels per person would not be a big problem. If it didn't work out, he would just wait for them to make a counter-offer.
So I stretched out my hand to try and see if they still refused to counter-offer.
result
"The officials of the Qing Dynasty are indeed rich." Zhang Rui thought to himself with some regret.
However, Zhang Rui felt happy again at the thought of earning one million taels.
After all, he was young, which made Zhang Rui look happy.
Yang Yingju knew that he had guessed correctly as soon as he saw Zhang Rui's face. He was also overjoyed in his heart: "Sure enough, I am a mud-legged person who has never seen the big world. I am so happy for only one million taels of silver, and I am overjoyed."
With such negotiation skills, he is indeed still too young and has not cultivated his energy well enough.
"A border minister and a first-class general, the two of them only want one million taels. It's really stupid."
After listening to Zhang Rui's words, Sitku couldn't help but look at Yang Yingju again, feeling secretly happy in his heart.
"One million taels is really not a lot of money. How many big families must there be in Guangdong? If nothing else, there must be dozens if not a hundred in Guangzhou city alone! When the time comes, we will use your current strength as Zhang Rui as a threat. In the name of Emperor Qianlong's order to suppress bandits, it's not fun to get three to fifty thousand taels from each big family. Even getting more than one hundred thousand taels is a simple matter. I don't think I can make one or two million in this trip. Two pieces of silver."
"Well, yes, each of you has five hundred thousand taels of silver. At the same time, your kidnapped soldiers should also be redeemed and sold back to you!" Zhang Rui said in a good mood.
"That's fine, otherwise they won't have to blame me for abandoning them." Yang Yingju said
"I wonder how much silver Brother Six is going to sell it for?" Sitku also relaxed at this time and asked.
After listening to Sitku's question, Zhang Rui began to calculate the accounts for them one by one:
"My people have made a rough calculation. This time, the number of people kidnapped by us "bandits" is about three thousand. Each person has ten taels, which is three hundred thousand."
"I don't care how many of you are officials, but many of the three thousand people are seriously injured. These will cost all kinds of medicine to treat, so I'll give them a total of five hundred thousand taels." I'll give you the money."
"You want five hundred thousand taels of silver for those lowly lives?" Sitku murmured to Zhang Rui with some distress for the money.
"What did you say?" After hearing Sitku's words, Zhang Rui suddenly felt an unknown anger rising.
If it weren't for the overall situation, Zhang Rui wouldn't have killed this guy who felt good about himself right away.
"It's okay..." Upon hearing Zhang Rui's anger, Sitku immediately shrank back.
"General, stop talking nonsense. No matter how much money he wants, we will give it to him before talking. Don't provoke him when the time comes. None of us will be able to leave." Seeing this, Yang Yingju whispered in Sitku's ear.
"I know." Sitku replied to Yang Yingju softly like a child who made a mistake.
Seeing that the two of them were like this, Zhang Rui said nothing more, so he said: "Okay, now tell me how to give me the silver to redeem yourself and your men!"
