The one-eyed dragon smiled crookedly: "You are very brave, you might as well talk about it."
Song Che said: "With the current market situation, business is bleak for all merchants. The biggest reason is that the heroes blocked the road and prevented the goods from being shipped out. If the goods are unsaleable, the goods are hoarded more than the money."
"Say something I can understand." The one-eyed dragon said solemnly.
Song Che smiled and asked: "Take my Shen family as an example. Now there is half a warehouse of brocades in the warehouse, worth at least one hundred thousand taels. I will use these brocades as a ransom. Is the head of the family willing to take it?"
The one-eyed dragon said: "In my eyes, no matter how beautiful the brocade is, it is just rags. What I want is real gold and silver, and banknotes are not enough!"
"This is exactly what I want to express," Song Che said: "We all have money at home and cannot turn it into cash. The head of the family asked us to raise one million taels of cash within ten days. Unless we transfer it from the treasury, otherwise Harder than reaching heaven;
Furthermore, the financial resources of each aristocratic family are uneven, and their locations are also different. I am in Suzhou, you are in Hangzhou, and he is in Yangzhou. The round trip will take a long time, not to mention ten days, even a month is difficult to make up. . "
"Listening to what you said, it seems to make sense. What do you think we should do?" asked the one-eyed dragon.
Song Che said: "My method is to pay the ransom one by one. Calculated on a per capita basis, the ransom is 30,000 taels per person. Whichever family pays in full will be released;
All the merchants here are from Jiangnan. It only takes a day or two to get back and forth. Everyone can collect their own money. As long as they are willing, they will be able to collect it within ten days.
There are at least sixty people with their families on board. Thirty thousand taels per person is nearly two million, which is double what you asked for before.
The most important thing is that none of the bosses are short of money, and everyone is willing to spend money to eliminate disasters. Even if the government wants to intervene, the family members will probably not allow it because they are afraid that the boss will kill someone."
At this point, Song Che asked the guests: "Bosses, do you think this is true?"
"Yes, yes, I just ask you heroes to spare your lives and promise not to report to the government!" All the guests responded one after another.
The one-eyed dragon raised his head and laughed loudly, then put away the blade on Song Che's neck, "This method is quite good, I'll just do it as you say."
Song Che added: "Look at the boss, the lives of these servants are not worth anything anyway. If you take them back to the village and have to take care of their food, drink and litter, why don't you let them go and leave only the boss and his family? In this way, If we ask the servants to go back and make announcements, we can raise funds faster, right?"
"Second brother, don't listen to him. This kid is eloquent. This kind of people are the most treacherous. What if we let them go and they go back and report to the official?" A slightly younger man with a scar face objected.
Song Che laughed and said, "Hero, don't be ridiculous. If you were really afraid of the government, you wouldn't block the river and rob the ship, right?"
"Yes, when the government comes to Qili Mountain, they have to take a detour with their tail between their legs!" One-eyed Dragon pointed the knife at Shen Tian and Shen Wenjun again, and smiled at Song Che: "They are your family, right? If you dare to play tricks on me , I will take their first sacrificial knife."
"No, no, no," Song Che quickly denied, "To be honest with you, the head of the family, I am the son-in-law who was forcibly kidnapped by this family. In the Shen family, I am lower than the slaves. They don't want me to die!"
"Song Che, you..." Shen Wenjun bit his lips in humiliation, tears kept rolling in his eyes.
Song Che glared and said, "What are you doing? I've had enough of you for a long time! Being able to deliver the letter home for you tonight is the utmost kindness and righteousness!"
"Okay, I don't have time to wait and see what's going on in your family. Hurry up and pick someone up and get off the boat. I'm going to see real money within ten days!" the one-eyed dragon urged loudly.
Soon, the cruise ship drove to the shore.
The bandits threw the unimportant servants ashore and immediately continued downstream.
"Mr. Song, it was you who saved us from danger just by opening your mouth!" The servants were extremely grateful.
Song Che gathered all the servants together and discussed in a low voice: "Everyone, those bandits are really greedy people. We must not let them take the hostages back to the bandits' den. I designed to trick them into putting us off the boat in order to find a way to rescue the hostages." .”
"Master Song, stop joking. Those bandits are all murderous masters. Even the government can't help them. We don't even have a stick, how can we fight with them?"
"That's right! I worked so hard for that week that I only earned a hundred cents a month. If I don't do well, I have to be beaten and scolded. These bosses don't treat us as human beings at all. I don't care about them. Life or death!"
"It's better to report to the official and collect the ransom. Let's break up. Let's break up..."
All the servants dispersed in a hurry.
Only the "bare commander" was left standing in place.
Everyone is selfish, so whose life is not precious?
"Forget it, I'll do it alone!"
Song Che went up the official road along the river, and ran for three miles on the official road, and finally saw a faintly lit inn.
The inn was set up by the government and mainly provided horses and accommodation for business travelers and postmen.
Song Che kicked open the door of the inn, went straight to the counter and shouted: "Waiter, prepare a carriage for me quickly and load it with twenty empty wine jars!"
The waiter who was taking a nap looked confused.
"What are you doing standing still? We are in such a hurry that someone is about to die!" Song Che shouted.
When he heard that people's lives were at stake, the waiter didn't dare to delay. "Okay, okay... okay!" He hurried to the stable to prepare the car.
Song Che ran to the kitchen, packed up all the lard and took away a kitchen knife, and then he and the waiter moved the empty wine jar onto the carriage.
"Sir, these things all cost money," the waiter said.
Song Che promised a piece of silver, immediately jumped on the carriage, and asked again: "By the way, do you know where there are fishing boats for rent nearby?"
The waiter raised his hand and pointed: "Go three miles along the official road. There is a path on the left hand side. Then follow the path straight down to the river. There is an old man Wang who is a fisherman. He has a fishing boat."
"Please go to the government office quickly to report the case. There are bandits gathering twenty or thirty people to cut off the river to commit murder. Human lives are at stake. Hurry!"
"drive!"
Song Che whipped his horse and rushed all the way to the river as Xiao Er pointed out.
There is a thatched cottage on the river bank, and three fishing boats are parked by the river.
Song Che drove the carriage to the river and moved all the wine jars onto the fishing boat.
When the old fisherman heard the noise, he thought it was a thief, so he rushed out of the house with a lantern and a hoe. When he arrived at the river, Song Che had rowed his boat and drifted away, and then he heard a cry:
"Old man, please borrow the boat for a night, and the silver coin at your feet will be used as rent. Please look after the carriage for me. I will return it in the middle of the night!"
Old Man Wang lowered his head and saw that there was indeed a silver ingot. He picked it up and bit it, smiling broadly: "There is such a good thing in the world..."
Song Che placed the empty wine jars at the stern of the boat and covered them with fishing nets. Then he evenly poured the lard into the small jar, and then added the disinfectant alcohol he had brought with him before. The solid animal oil reacted quickly with the alcohol, decomposed in the solid state, increased the specific heat capacity, and raised the ignition point. …
Finally, tear off the cloth, plug the mouth of the jar, and spray alcohol. In this way, a simple incendiary bottle was born.
Song Che made two Molotov cocktails with ointment and alcohol, and the rest were empty jars as a bluff. Ancient people had never seen firearms. With the power of burning bottles, I hope I can scare them away!
The official road was straight and the river was winding. Song Che quickly swung his oar to the middle of the river, put out the fishing fire, held the awning in his hand and a kitchen knife at his waist. Under the gentle river wind, he blended in with the dark night and quietly waited for the cruise ship to disembark——
In ancient times, Zhao Zilong cut a river to save Adou!
Today, Song Che cuts the river to save his beloved wife!
