Chapter 52: The Debt Collector

It is completely different if there is one more Miss Jia in Tanzhou City, this eldest lady is not subject to control, and she will not take care of her when she goes out, although Shi Bin has the heart to protect her safety, he can't lock her at home every day.

Negotiating with this cunning and rude eldest lady is pure fantasy, if it does not convince her completely, even if she agrees to the "conditions". It is estimated that there will still be a "Ming Xiu Plank Road Darkness Chen Cang", so she will make a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace and turn Tanzhou upside down, so Shi Bin can only choose to slowly figure it.

Every once in a while, he went to the mountains with his guards to "hunt", but Jia Ling's so-called hunting was dealing with bandits. First of all, ask the people at the foot of the mountain where there are bandits, and then go to the "meeting". When encountering bandits, reveal their identities and ask to see their families.

Of course, the daughter of the commander of Huguang and the wife of the commander of Tanzhou, a group of bandits did not dare to offend and neglect, so they naturally respectfully invited them to go up the mountain to entertain them well and have a harmonious "meeting" with the bandit leader.

These bandits under the banner of acting for the heavens have always been not afraid of heaven and earth, not to mention a powerless woman in their eyes, who treats each other politely just because they don't want to offend. Who knew that this young lady did not come to play and hunt, but came with bad intentions and other intentions.

It turned out that Jia Ling had not drunk the tea as soon as she entered the door, and she gave conditions to the bandit leader: first, accept Zhao'an, return to Shuntanzhou Shi, if you return to Shun, at least it will be the head of the capital; Second, if you don't return to obedience, you can pay a "protection fee" every month according to the size of the scale; Thirdly, if you do not submit and do not pay, you will wait to be exterminated.

Being a bandit has never been a glorious profession, but in this turbulent era, they have a good life, at least they can have a full meal, live a happy life, and if they are lucky, they can make a fortune, and even the officials and soldiers have to negotiate terms with them politely. So when I heard that Jia Ling didn't even say a kind word after entering the door, she dared to open the conditions like this, so she was naturally angry.

The bandits on the hills everywhere were all shouting to break Jia Ling's body into pieces, and those bandit leaders were quite calm, although they were unhappy, they still talked to Jia Ling slowly.

After all, this stone ruler is powerful all over the world, and the food robbery has given them a lot of benefits before, not to mention that no one wants to be a bandit for a lifetime, if they can talk about it as a way out, it is okay.

Naturally, such negotiations cannot be successful at the first time, and both sides want to maximize their interests. The bandits wanted to raise their value, and Jia Ling wanted to reduce the cost and reduce the pressure on Shi Bin, so Jia Ling often went "hunting".

There is no leaky wall in the world, even if she did bring a few pheasants and hares every time she came back from "hunting", she was also seen by Shi Bin, an old hunter.

They all go out early and return late, even if they ride horses, they are only seventy or eighty miles away, not to mention that the mountain roads are even closer to the city, and they will not exceed fifty miles out of the city.

The animals in this mountain are very cautious, although the range of activity is not very large, but they do not often appear in the same area, especially pheasants and hares caught in traps, and it is impossible to catch them frequently.

Shi Bin knew that if he asked directly, he would definitely not be able to get the truth out of this smart wife, and Xiaoqin would definitely not betray Jia Ling, telling himself what her master was doing, and if he wanted to understand the mystery, he had to put some thought into it, and he had to be fast. In his understanding, in addition to plants and animals in the mountains now, the only ones left are bandits.

Thinking of this, Shi Bin immediately summoned Wang San to the study, told him his worries, and the two discussed the matter.

"Brother Xian, your sister-in-law is a daring person and a person who can cause trouble, I'm afraid that her hunting is fake, and going up the mountain to deal with those bandits is true. I'm afraid there will be an accident, but I can't bear to tie her up in the house. Shi Bin said worriedly.

Everyone was worried about this, including Wang San and the rest of the brothers, who wanted to remind Shi Bin of this matter in two days, but he didn't expect him to mention it himself.

"Big brother, with her sister-in-law's temperament, she must be unwilling to be just an official's wife, she must have gone into the mountains to negotiate terms with those bandits when she saw you struggling so much, probably to help you reduce your burden. Don't worry too much, she doesn't let her eyebrows go, and she shouldn't have an accident. In order not to let Shi Bin worry too much, Wang San had to comfort.

Thinking of his unrestrained wife, Shi Bin felt helpless. had to ask: "Of course she is a woman who doesn't let her eyebrows, but it's not okay to let her mess around like this, what if someone who doesn't open her eyes hurts her?" Although I definitely won't let that guy go, I don't want your sister-in-law to get hurt. ”

Knowing Shi Bin's worries, Wang San smiled confidently: "Don't worry, eldest brother, sister-in-law will be fine." ”

Wang San's confident words, Shi Bin was naturally happy to hear it, but he still asked him to say the reason as soon as possible so that he could feel at ease.

"Dealing with those bandits is nothing more than two things: recruiting security and money. Do you remember the battalion of bandit guards we recruited? The cottages that my sister-in-law went to were all there. Wang San laughed.

"That's a good word, so it is estimated that there will be no major events, but there is no guarantee that no one will come to harm without restraint. No, I'm going to make sure she's not harmed in the slightest, not even harassment! Shi Bin said firmly.

Knowing his resolute attitude from Shi Bin's words, Wang San continued: "Big brother, I have already informed those bandits that they must protect the safety of their wife, and if they do it, they can continue to participate in our grain robbery, and if they are more sensible, they can do business or simply participate in our tiger and wolf army." According to the eldest brother's opinion, we still have to add insurance to our wife and lock up those guys. ”

Shi Bin nodded in agreement, although he had already informed them, the bandit leader promised to ensure Jia Ling's safety.

But this is a rabble, without any organizational discipline, and generally runs away immediately when a mistake is made.

Therefore, strictly speaking, the promise of the bandit leader is not very safe, at most it is to ensure that most of the bandits who are still bound by him will not have bad intentions.

"In my opinion, let's just recruit them." Seeing that Shi Bin was still full of sadness, obviously not at ease, Wang San said with a smile.

Zhao'an? Shi Bin remembered watching this Zhao An from the TV to ask for a holy decree, what kind of An is recruited by a mere commander? Even Meng Heng had to go to the imperial court to obtain the holy decree in order to recruit bandits. Take a closer look at the smile on Wang San's face.

It turned out that when Wang San informed the gang of bandits, he was worried about how to be a good bandit leader, as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw, and immediately told Jia Ling that he wanted to collect "protection money".

The matter was quickly figured out, and Shi Bin immediately sent Wang San to lead two battalions of firearms soldiers to negotiate with various cottages, and he found various reasons to drag Jia Ling at home all the time.

Wang San has only two requirements for each cottage: if you still want to go together to rob grain and not be exterminated, you must promise to pay Shi Bin a "protection fee" per capita every month. If Jia Ling still went to talk about protection money, she couldn't say that she had negotiated with Wang San, as long as she agreed, the purpose was to make Jia Ling happy and ensure her absolute safety.

If you don't have to pay the protection fee for the first month, you will have to wait to be eradicated if you can't do it at the same time.

Sure enough, Jia Ling's debt collection operation was completely "successful", which made her so happy that she even hummed a little song when she walked.

However, half a month later, when I passed by Shi Bin's study, I heard the small talk between him and Wang San when he was reconciling accounts before I knew the true situation of the matter.

I was going to go into the house to make noise, but Blame Shibin fooled her and ruined her good deeds. After thinking about it, just like last time, this time it was to protect her and make her happy, so naturally I couldn't get angry.

Although he was not angry, he was very depressed, and he returned to the room dejectedly, thinking that the daughter of his dignified Huguang leader could not do something for her husband was really humiliating. Her arrogant eldest lady naturally became more and more angry the more she thought about it, and after thinking for a long time, she began to write a letter to Jia Nidao again.

People say that "girls are extroverted", and the more a woman loves her husband, the more extroverted she becomes. Jia Ling is a typical example, she, a debt collector, actually asked Jia for 80,000 catties of pig iron, a battalion of elite soldiers, and a thousand stones of grain and grass, and she would continue to provide food and grass support to Shi Bin's eighth battalion every month in the future.

Once Jia Rudao agreed, then Shi Bin would have ten battalions of soldiers and horses, and only two battalions would be responsible for supplying themselves.

What a shrewd person Jia Rudao is, although he can't do anything with his own daughter, he can bargain with Shi Bin. After several negotiations, he insisted on providing only 30,000 catties of pig iron, 800 stone of grain and grass, and seven battalions of grain and grass support every month.

Although Shi Bin is also shrewd, he is not as shrewd as Jia Yidao, and he thinks that he can't be too harsh on his father-in-law, so he has to compromise.

He is already a person who is easy to satisfy and is not very greedy, not to mention that he has already asked for supplies from the five battalions last time, and thinks that it is too much to knock on the bamboo pole like Jia Dao, so he is also ready to finish the matter at hand and go to thank him in person.

When Shi Bin was about to tell Jia Ling the good news, she rushed in with a gloomy face, looking at the letter written by Jia Yidao in his hand, and there seemed to be fire in her eyes. First, her father actually bypassed her to negotiate with her husband, who couldn't settle accounts, and second, Qi Shibin actually dared to talk to his father without knowing it, and the two of them completely treated her as if she didn't exist, so she was naturally angry.

Shi Bin was also surprised how Jia Ling came to the study so quickly, and later noticed that the family letters of the big families were specially transmitted by house slaves, and Jia Ling must have seen Jia Yidao's house slaves enter Shi Bin's study.

snatched the letter from his hand and glanced at it by the way, Jia Ling seemed to have expected this result a long time ago, and said with a smile while tearing up the letter: "Are you still happy that your father-in-law is so generous?" ”

"Isn't it?" In his concept, so much pig iron was enough to refine 2,000 new muskets, and then he would have five battalions, that is, an all-firearms army.

Thinking that when the Eight-Nation Coalition entered Beijing, 4,000 British musketeers beat tens of thousands of Qing soldiers to the point of losing their armor, and now that this new type of musketeers has appeared hundreds of years in advance, can it sweep the world?

Seeing that Shi Bin didn't seem to realize that he had suffered a loss, Jia Ling pointed at his head and scolded: "Do you know how valuable ten Yuan Soldier Heads are? You've already given 100 to my dad, and if you give 50 more, he'll definitely go up another level, do you think it's too much? ”

As soon as she finished speaking, Jia Ling turned around and ran out of the house, apparently asking Jia Rudao Xingshi for his guilt.

Seeing this extroverted daughter, I knew that the matter was exposed, but Jia seemed to have no way to do it. Jia Ling only made a fuss for a long time, and Jia Rudao agreed to all her requests, and even was asked for an extra 20,000 catties of pig iron, which made him regret giving birth to this debt collector.