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- Dongting Town is only twenty miles away from Taihu Lake, and it is downstream.
The two large boats set off from the pier, passed through the Beixingtang River, entered the Liangxi River and entered the Taihu Lake, which took a total of half an hour.
During the flood season, the water in Taihu Lake flows from west to east and from north to south, so Su Song is the unlucky one.
The most unlucky place is naturally Kunshan, which is known as Susong Bathtub.
The group of people went downstream and arrived at Xijing Bay when it was dark.
Mr. Zhao agreed with Hua Boxhen on the way that he would go back to Suzhou to raise money.
The water bandits demanded a ransom of one hundred thousand taels, but no one could take more than three tons of silver with them, right?
What Hua Bozhen meant was to leave the boats and food to the water bandits and it would be over.
"But Mr. Zhao said, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst." What if the water bandits are not controlled by the Dongting Chamber of Commerce?
So you still have to be prepared.
Hua Bozhen felt that it made sense. The two agreed on the contact method and separated at the outer lake of Xijing Bay. One went east into the bay, and the other went south to Dongting to find President Weng to learn about the situation.
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The words are divided into two parts.
An honest and trustworthy young man like Mr. Zhao would naturally not deceive Hua Boxhen, who was eager to help.
He really took a boat into Xijing Bay.
But instead of taking the Muguang Canal to Suzhou City, we went to Xushuguan from the Hudong Canal in the north.
Xushuguan is located ten miles north of Suzhou City. It is the first bank pass in the south of the Yangtze River and spans the canal. The goods brought by business travelers from the north and south were inspected and taxed here, which naturally gave rise to a prosperous place like Wuzhong.
When the big ship arrived at Xushuguan, it was already midnight, but the town was still brightly lit.
Through the misty rain curtain, I saw brightly lit lights on both sides of the canal. Strings of colored lights reflected on the river surface, making the river water become more colorful.
The restaurant and brothel are still noisy, with the sound of strings and bamboos and the constant banter between men and women, making people feel like they are back on the banks of the Qinhuai River.
Zhao Hao had no intention of admiring the ambiguous night scene in the rain. He only looked back and forth on both sides of the street, looking for Wu Ji's sign.
There are so many bank accounts in Xushuguan that it is impossible not to have Wu Ji.
"There." Qiaoqiao still had sharp eyes and saw a long string of angry wind lanterns hanging on a two-story street-facing shop next to the bridge.
It is true that the words "Wu Ji Qianzhuang" are written on it, but the lamp is not lit. No wonder Mr. Zhao missed it.
"Not bad." Zhao Hao nodded approvingly, and Qiaoqiao was very proud.
Although it was midnight, the dock was still full of merchant ships waiting to pass the customs tomorrow.
After finally finding a berth to stop, Zhao Hao and others went ashore. Gao Wu knocked on Wu Ji's closed door.
There is a faint light coming from the crack in the door.
"Who?" A vigilant voice came from inside.
"Standing side by side!" Zhao Hao, who was behind Gao Wu, replied in a deep voice.
¡®Bingjianzi¡¯ means friend. Wu Ji is from a gangster background and has his own way of communicating.
When he was in Beijing, Ye taught Zhao Hao, otherwise he would not have been able to open this door.
"Huntianwangzaan?" There was a moment of silence, and then someone else asked.
What are you doing here?
"The old man who takes advantage of the money is chasing partridges, and the person in charge of the team is here to join me." ¡¯
"The water bandits are plundering, and your boss has fallen into the hands of others. I'm here to help."
Zhao Hao said to Heihua Oh, by the way, Heihua's Heihua is Chundian. Can't we talk properly while complaining secretly?
But then I thought about it, four hundred years later, all walks of life are still trying their best to expand their own slang, so as to raise the threshold of entry and prevent outsiders from easily getting started.
What¡¯s more, in this day and age, there is at least a need for safety.
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After receiving the code, the people inside finally removed the door panel.
When I saw the good guy, dozens of guns were aimed at the door. The clerks and guards in the store all have the latest beak guns.
Gao Wu quickly protected Zhao Hao behind him. Actually, don¡¯t be nervous, the match rope hasn¡¯t been lit yet.
But I heard a surprising voice inside. "Mr. Zhao! Put down the gun quickly, this is the eldest lady's brother!"
The guards then put away their guns.
Zhao Hao looked at the middle-aged man who saluted him and smiled awkwardly but politely.
Secretary Ma knew that the young master's face blindness had occurred again, so he whispered in his ear and reminded: "This is Miss Jiang's steward Mi."
"Steward Mi, aren't you with Miss Jiang? Why are you here?" Mr. Zhao was able to speak."Go back to the young master, the water bandits let me come back to deliver the message, and prepare the ransom within three days." Butler Mi asked Zhao Hao to go to the accounting room upstairs to talk, closed the door before bowing his head and said: "As soon as the villain arrives here, he will order someone to report to Yangzhou as soon as possible. . Thinking that Kunshan is still waiting for food to save lives, I quickly informed the young master."
"I'm in Wuxi, and the people below sent me here a day late." Zhao Hao explained first, and then said in a deep voice: "What are the methods of the water bandits?"
"They all have their faces covered, so they can't recognize them." Butler Mi smiled bitterly: "In such a big Taihu Lake, there are more than ten or twenty water bandits, big and small."
"Where is their home base?" Zhao Hao asked again.
"I don't know." Butler Mi lowered his head gloomily and said, "The thieves all have their faces covered."
"Then how do you contact me?" Zhao Hao asked again.
"They asked the money to be sent to Xiaozhu Mountain before noon the day after tomorrow, and buried in a dug pit. They can release him when they get the money." Butler Mi replied hurriedly.
"That's it." Zhao Hao felt reassured after hearing this, and then he sat down on the chair and asked Butler Mi to tell him the story of the robbery.
Butler Mi told Mr. Zhao that the eldest lady personally escorted five grain ships from Yixing the day before yesterday. When the boat reached the middle of the lake, more than a dozen gunboats suddenly rushed out of the natural river port on Platform Mountain.
The gun boat is a unique boat on Taihu Lake. The two ends are sharpened, not more than ten feet long, and only three feet wide. It has two oars and one oar. It is light and agile. Because the rudder is shaped like a wooden gun, it is called a gun ship.
This small boat, similar to the speedboats of later generations, is fast, flexible and easy to hide. It is the best choice for water bandits to make a living on Taihu Lake.
The grain ship was big, stupid and fully loaded, so it was impossible to escape, and it was soon surrounded by the gun ship.
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"It's raining heavily, and muskets and crossbows can't be used. The water bandits can approach us unscrupulously. They grabbed our boat with hooks and threatened to set the boat on fire if we didn't surrender." Just listen to the story from Butler Na Mi: " The pine torch is not afraid of rain, and it can light a fire if thrown into the cabin. The eldest lady will assess the situation and ask us to surrender to the water bandits."
"Well, Mingzhi." Zhao Hao nodded and asked softly: "Do they know Miss Jiang is on the ship?"
"I don't know. The eldest lady and the maid have changed into men's clothes and mingled with the boatmen." Butler Mi quickly replied: "The water bandits asked the villain to come back and send a message. They will prepare a ransom of 100,000 taels within three days to ensure that the property will be returned to the original owner and no harm will be done." One person. Then the little man was sent to the shore in a boat"
"Hmm." Zhao Hao asked for more details, and then decided: "I will pay the ransom, you can raise the money immediately!"
"Does this make sense?" Butler Mi couldn't help but be overjoyed. Such a large sum of money is naturally beyond the reach of those in charge.
You must ask Yangzhou for instructions and obtain Ye's authorization.
But then the day lily will be cold
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