"Fan Debiao, do you know him? In the past, he sold illegal salt to the barbarians. After the goods were inspected by the Xiliang Mansion, a family of seventy-three were killed!"
"I have an eighty-year-old man above me and a three-year-old kid below me. If I die, I will die, but we must not let them sit together. I will not do this smuggling business even if I am killed!"
"The problem is that salt and iron are extremely controlled. We have no purchase channels and no smuggling channels. Even if we want to do this business, it is impossible!"
Ninety percent of the merchants imprisoned in the cell were unwilling to smuggle. Even Tang Hulu, who had always been egoistic, was willing to sacrifice himself to protect his family this time.
Song Che is definitely not afraid. The emperor is his brother. What is he afraid of?
The only thing that made him resist was that the smuggled pig iron was obviously used to make soldiers' armor. These horse bandits must be trying to cause big trouble.
"Hey, whose surname is Song?" the guard walked in and asked.
Song Che frowned, "It's me, what do you want from me?"
"Don't ask nonsense, just follow me."
The guard pulled Song Che out of the cell, held him at knifepoint and walked out.
"Boss Song! If I am lucky enough to be able to get out, I will definitely take good care of your wife and children!" Tang Hulu opened the cell door and burst into tears.
"Don't worry, I won't die!"
Just because Song Che is kind to those three heads, he won't be stabbed, right?
The guard took Song Che to a living room.
On the main wall of the living room, there is a pair of gleaming golden armor and a Guan Dao that is about ten feet high. Those who enter the door suddenly feel solemn.
There was a table in the center of the living room. There was a large pot of bone-in mutton on the table, which was still steaming.
Since last night, Song Che has not eaten a grain of rice, and his stomach is already so hungry that his chest is pressed against his back. He doesn't care so much, grabs the mutton and starts to eat it.
But as soon as I took my mouth, it was extremely sour and unpalatable.
"Bah, bah, bah!"
He quickly spat out the meat in his mouth, thinking that it might have been poisoned?
"Boss Song, please forgive me. All coarse salt is used here, so the food cooked is naturally not good."
Three people came out of the ear room, two of them had already appeared in the evening, the second boss Kui Jin, and the third boss who was fortunately saved by Song Che, I don't know what his name was.
There is another person, who is twenty-five or sixty-six years old, seven feet tall, and has a dignified appearance. Compared with the rough people from the northwest, she is much more feminine and fair, with bright eyebrows and starry eyes, and a girl-like appearance.
If Song Che hadn't been used to seeing handsome young men, he might not have been able to recognize her as a woman.
The leader of the horse bandits is actually a woman?
"Zou Ping, is he the silk merchant you mentioned, the one who saved your life?" The woman looked at Song Che and asked Zouping, the third master.
Zouping nodded, "If Boss Song hadn't rescued me out of righteousness, my head would have been brought to the government to receive the reward."
"So, I have been a life-saving grace to you? How about repaying your life-saving grace by letting me go?" Song Che asked.
Zouping frowned, struggled with his thoughts for a moment, and said solemnly: "I do owe you a life. If I have a chance in the future, I will definitely pay you back, but I can't do it now."
Song Che snorted softly and threw away the mutton in his hand, "People have to bow their heads under the eaves. Your knife is on my neck. In order to survive, I will agree to any request, so why bring me to the living room?" Come here and treat me to...such unpalatable mutton?"
The female leader grabbed the beef and mutton, took a bite, and said coldly: "This mutton is not unpalatable, it's just that you have a tricky mouth."
Kui Jin said at this time: "When I was in the market, when I saw Boss Song, I knew at the first glance that Boss Song was a big business man. It happened that so many big businessmen were invited today, so I wanted Boss Song to lead They are trying to find a way to transport a batch of pig iron to us."
Song Che said: "They all have wives and children, and they would rather die than agree."
Kui Jin said, "Does Boss Song know what a 'leader' is? Whatever the leader does, the lambs will follow suit. I think you must have a way to persuade them to cooperate with us."
Song Che said calmly: "I don't think it's necessary anymore."
Kui Jin's brows darkened, and his voice became colder: "Liang people have a saying, 'Knowing the current affairs makes a hero.' Boss Song, please don't toast or eat as a penalty."
"Boss Kui misunderstood."
Song Che said: "What I mean is, if you want pig iron, I can get it for you by myself, without their help."
Kui Jin and the other three looked at each other in confusion.
The female leader said: "We need at least five thousand kilograms of pig iron."
Song Che said calmly: "No problem."
Kui Jin was confused: "Are you so confident?"
Song Che said: "Confidence is only one aspect. Courage and good luck also play a part. After all, this is smuggling contraband. It is unrealistic to say there are no risks."
Kuijin said: "There are risks. If you fail, you will all die."
"You will die if you don't do it, and you will die if you do it. Why not give it a try?" Song Che glanced at the three major horse bandit leaders and said: "As I just said, people have to bow their heads under the eaves, right? "
Kui Jin smiled and said, "Very good, I really saw the right person."
He added: "Actually, you don't have to think about this deal too complicated. As long as you can prepare the pig iron, I have my own channels to transport it out of Daliang."
At this time, the female leader said: "Where's the time? It's too long, we can't accept it."
Song Che said: "Half a year and March."
The female leader frowned and whispered: "I only give you one month."
A month?
Song Che tilted his head and looked at the female leader, "May I ask, what is your name?"
The female leader tilted her head and hummed: "Guo Yun."
Song Che shook his head, "No, this is a man's name. You should tell me what your name is?"
"How do you know I am..."
The female leader glanced at Song Che's eyes, with that deep and deep gaze, it seemed that all pretense was in vain, she coldly uttered three words:
"Guo Shuyun."
"So, the plan to attack the market at night was also ordered by you?"
"It's me, what?"
"I'm a little curious."
"What are you curious about?"
"I'm curious, how did you get into this position of being such a simple man?"
"What did you say!" Guo Shuyun's eyes widened, faintly angry.
Song Che said: "Ganchang is an important border trade town. If you make a fuss like this, all countries in Daliang, Hu, Xiqiang, and even Tibet will strengthen their border guards. There are already very few channels for smuggling salt and iron. If you make a fuss like this, won't it? Make smuggling more difficult?"
Guo Shuyun'e frowned.
Song Che added: "It is impossible to transport pig iron if you give it one month. From procurement to transshipment, to contact, and smuggling, it will take at least three months, and this depends on whether countries are lax in their border defenses."
Guo Shuyun looked at Kui Jin.
Obviously, the second boss named Kui Jin has more decision-making ability. He nodded:
"Okay, I'll allow you three months."
