"Sixth brother, don't laugh anymore, if I can't hear what you mean anymore, then I will really live to be a dog at this age. Tell us, what do you want us to do to let the two of us go? ”

After listening to Zhang Rui's words, Yang Yingju immediately felt a trace of strangeness in his words.

If Zhang Ruizhen wanted to kill himself and Sitku, he wouldn't say anything to let us choose, and he wouldn't bring himself and Sitku to this separate place to talk alone.

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 he doesn't want to at the moment. Unless he is really a freewheeling dumbfounder, he will never kill himself after doing so many things.

Will Zhang Rui be like that? The answer is no, how can a person who can manage thousands of people in an orderly manner be a freewheeling person.

"You are really smart, and you are not a feudal minister. I'm also too busy to carry around with you. I am a money-grubbing man, and all the brothers behind me will eat. Originally, I wanted to get some wasteland and become a rich man, but I was turned into a thief by your Qianlong Lord for no reason. 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 named a thief by your Qianlong master, there is no possibility for me to be a rich man, and it is estimated that I will be a bandit and a bandit in the future. Since you can only be a bandit and bandit, for the sake of future planning, money must be missing. Otherwise, how will I feed 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 a ransom!" Speaking of this, Zhang Rui looked at the two as if he was waiting for something.

Yang Yingju and Sitku took 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 who were originally worried that they would be killed, and when they heard Zhang Rui say this, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, he was worried that he and others would be exposed if he was captured by the anti-thieves, but now he has been well explained by Zhang Rui.

At this moment, the big stone that was originally very heavy in the hearts of the two of them was also loosened, and they felt extremely comfortable as before.

"There's nothing better than breaking the bank. As long as the people are in the official position, no matter how much money you spend, it's okay, and you can get it back when you return to Guangzhou City. The two of them thought silently in their hearts, and at the same time, they also rose up hope that they could continue to live.

"It seems that you also understand the truth of this, so I won't say more, so you must..."

"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, and after glancing at each other, they nodded tacitly, and secretly said to themselves in their hearts:

"No matter how much he wants, he won't return the price, and the most important thing is to save his life first. As long as you save your life, no matter how much money you put out, you can get it back. ”

"Well, so you two have to give me that number." Saying that, Zhang Rui stretched out a slap

"500,000 taels of silver per person?" Yang Yingju and Sitku looked at each other again, and then looked at Zhang Rui cautiously and asked

When Zhang Rui heard their words, he was immediately startled in his heart: "I'll wipe it, I'm going to have less?" ”

Originally, Zhang Rui didn't know how much to ask for this matter, because there was no reference standard for this matter. If you want more, you will be afraid that they will not be able to give it, and you will be less afraid of their jokes.

Later, he remembered that he had seen TV before that the price of the Qianlong Dynasty's public sale of officials was about 20,000 taels for a four-grade Daotai (vice province).

The vice-provincial level without real power will reach 20,000 taels. It should be no problem to ask for more than 10 times the price! After all, this is the governor of Liangguang, and it is not appropriate to go low.

So, Zhang Rui thought that 250,000 taels per person would definitely not be much of a problem, and if it didn't work, he would wait for them to bargain.

So I gave them a slap in the face to see if they didn't make a counteroffer.

outcome

"The officials of the Great Qing Kingdom are really rich." Zhang Rui even thought to himself with some regret in his heart

However, at the thought of being able to earn one million taels, Zhang Rui was happy again.

After all, he is young, which makes Zhang Rui a little happy.

As soon as Yang Yingju saw Zhang Rui's face, he knew that he had guessed correctly. I was also happy in my heart: "Sure enough, it's a mud leg, and I haven't seen the world." I was so happy with only one million taels of silver, and I was overjoyed. ”

With such negotiation skills, he is still too young, and his efforts to nourish his qi are not enough.

"A feudal minister and a general from Yipin, two people only want to reach one million taels, it's really stupid."

After listening to Zhang Rui's words, Sitku couldn't help but look at Yang Yingju again, and he was secretly happy in his heart

"One million taels is really not a lot of money. How many big households are there in Guangdong? Not to mention anything else, if there are not a hundred in Guangzhou City, there must be dozens! When the time comes, we will use your Zhang Rui's current strength as a threat, and then in the name of Qianlong's order to suppress bandits, it is not like playing, and even getting more than 100,000 taels is a simple matter. I can't say that I can make one or two million taels of silver on this trip. ”

"Well, yes, each of you is 500,000 taels of silver. At the same time, your kidnapped soldiers will be ransomed and sold back to you! Zhang Rui said in a good mood

"It's okay, otherwise they won't have to complain about the official abandoning them." Yang Yingju said

"I don't know how much silver the sixth brother is going to sell?" 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 roughly counted it. This time, there are about 3,000 people and horses kidnapped by our "bandits", 10 taels per person, or 300,000. ”

"I don't care how many of you are officials, but many of the three thousand are seriously wounded. All these will cost all kinds of medicine money to heal, and I will count it as a hundred thousand taels of silver for you. ”

"Do you want 500,000 taels of silver for their cheap lives?" Siteku muttered to Zhang Rui with some distress

"What did you say?" Hearing Sitku's words, Zhang Rui suddenly felt a nameless anger rise.

If it weren't for the overall situation, Zhang Rui would not have cut this guy who felt good about himself immediately.

"It's okay..."As soon as he heard Zhang Rui's feeling of anger, Sitku immediately shrank back

"General, stop talking nonsense. No matter how much silver he wants, we will give it to us. Don't irritate him then, none of us will be able to leave. Seeing this, Yang Yingju on the side whispered in Sitku's ear

"Got it." Like a child who has made a mistake, Sitku replied to Yang Yingju softly

Seeing the two of them like this, Zhang Rui didn't say anything more, so he said, "Okay, now tell me how to give me the silver and redeem yourself and your people!" ”