"Business?" Yang Xiaoshan raised his eyebrows, this is all cleared of people and money, how can there be business?

"That's right, in addition to this American Charles, there are also the French consul, Daotai Wu Jianzhang and a group of officials all packed for you, their total ransom is 20,000 taels of silver, I will give you a discount of 15,000 taels of silver, all for you." It turned out that Li Xianchi didn't want to do anything at the top here, he was anxious to get rid of these hostages, and wanted to take the money back to his hometown Fujian to buy land and become a big landlord. If he waited for the redemption of people one by one, he didn't know how long he would have to wait, he saw that Yang Xiaoshan was a rich man, and he was quite happy, so he hit him with his idea.

Yang Xiaoshan was stunned, and packed it all for himself? This Li Xianchi regards himself as the gold master, you can tie up people and knock bamboo poles, how can I knock these people if I want them? Isn't that a joke?

But when he looked back, he couldn't keep Ding Baozhen and Hu Xueyan inside, so let's take a look first.

"Gang Master Li has a good calculation, this Wu Daotai was originally borrowed money to buy this Daotai position, this official has not been in office for two years, and his own Ben has not been recovered, where did the ransom come from? Besides, the French consul, now I am afraid that it will be a hot potato for you, the French are very tough, if you do not hand over people, they are afraid that they will not maintain "neutrality", and the shells of the warships on the Huangpu River are not vegetarian. As for the other small officials, it is estimated that none of them are valuable, how can there be any big officials in this county? Gang Leader Li, am I right? Yang Xiaoshan had done his homework beforehand, and he immediately pointed out Li Xianchi's inner thoughts.

Li Xianchi was taken aback after hearing this, it seems that this Changshan is not young, the city government is still very deep and not easy to fool, so he hurriedly accompanied him and smiled: "I'll take you to see them, let them tell you, if you think it's worth it, bring it, if you don't think it's worth it, you can don't want it." Is this okay? ”

"Okay, Gang Master Li is so sincere, then I'll go and see. Please! Yang Xiaoshan said.

"Chang Gongzi, please." Gang Leader Li led the way in front, and Yang Xiaoshan followed behind, and came to a closed courtyard in the yamen of the state capital.

"I treated them well, there was no abuse, you see they all live in this courtyard, and they haven't lived in the prison for a day." Li Xianchi walked to the gate of the courtyard and said to Yang Xiaoshan.

Yang Xiaoshan took a look at this courtyard, it was in the style of a closed courtyard house, and it looked like it should have been a place to keep the file before. Although the conditions are not as good as their treatment as officials, they are still much better than the prison. This Li Xianchi regarded them as a cash cow, for fear that if they had an accident, not only would he not be able to get his ransom, but he might also cause a lot of trouble.

"Charles!" Yang Xiaoshan saw Charles talking to the French consul at a glance.

Charles turned his head to look at Yang Xiaoshan, but he didn't recognize it.

"Charles, I was commissioned by the U.S. Embassy to ransom you back." Yang Xiaoshan shouted at him.

Charles immediately smiled, and it was uncomfortable for anyone to be trapped here. Although I was not abused, the loss of my freedom was very unpleasant.

"That's the French consul." Li Xianchi pointed to the foreigner next to Charles.

This foreigner looked very arrogant, and he didn't look at Li Xianchi squarely, and sat there silently.

"I want this French consul." Yang Xiaoshan thought that after all, the knife would be a rebellion against the Qing court, and if the French intervened in this war because of this consul, it would be very unfavorable to the knife society, so it would be better to get the French consul away.

"This young master, take me away, I'll give you money when I leave here." Wu Daotai on the side saw that the clue was coming, this person was here to redeem people. He didn't care about the Taoist shelf, so he came over and pleaded with Yang Xiaoshan again and again.

"The French consul is five thousand taels, and this Wu Daotai is three thousand taels, how about it?" Li Xianchi said.

"The French, are you sure you want to put five thousand taels? Lord Daotai's money has already been spent, I don't want it. Yang Xiaoshan bargained on the spot.

"I have money, take me out, and I'll give you four thousand taels." Wu Daotai was afraid that he would miss this opportunity, and if he was held by these parties, his life would not be his own, and if they were unhappy one day, it would be miserable to take their own sacrifice flag.

In fact, on the day of the Knife Society's uprising, someone wanted to kill him. It was because Liu Lichuan and this Wu Jianzhang were fellow villagers in Xiangshan, Guangdong, that they spared his life, and they were a little unhappy with Chen Alin of the Fujian Gang for this matter.

"Did you hear it, this platform is still rich, so let's do it, the two of them add up to five thousand taels, and I have the lowest price." Li Xianchi was anxious to ask for silver, so he hoped that Yang Xiaoshan could buy it all.

"Don't worry, what about the others?" Yang Xiaoshan didn't see Ding Baozhen and Hu Xueyan.

"In the house to the west, I'll lead the way." Li Xianchi looked at Yang Xiaoshan silently, and he couldn't figure out what he was thinking. But what he really thought in his heart was to sell it if he gave money. This day cannot be delayed, and when the Qing army is organized and surrounded, it will be difficult for him to leave Shanghai.

"Help me!" Wu Daotai's voice behind him was very miserable, and he was unwilling to ask for help. The accompanying guards pulled him aside and prevented him from coming with him.

There were six people locked up in the house in the west, and Yang Xiaoshan saw Ding Baozhen and Hu Xueyan at a glance. The two of them were sighing, it was so unlucky, they came out on an errand and only met the knife here to revolt, and there would be no accident sooner or later.

The two also discovered Yang Xiaoshan at the same time, and their eyes lit up. Yang Xiaoshan shook his chin slightly, signaling them not to let people see that they knew each other.

Ding Baozhen and Hu Xueyan are both smart people, how could they not see what Yang Xiaoshan meant, and immediately lowered their heads and put on a posture of taking care of themselves.

"These are all officials from the county seat of Shanghai, and two of them are here to do business. How about they are cheap, five hundred taels of silver each? "Li Xianchi is really like a trafficker, he knows how to ask for money.

Yang Xiaoshan laughed at him, and he was not good at interrogation, just one Hu Xueyan was worth tens of millions. It's like a peasant who has no eyesight, even if he hits a lot of luck and digs up a pile of antiques in the ground, he can't tell the good from the bad, and he sells it all worthless, and he still can't make a fortune.

Hu Xueyan probably also heard Li Xianchi's offer to himself, which was only five hundred taels. There were some twitches in his lips, and if it weren't for so many people present, he almost burst out laughing, laughing at this Li Xianchi who really didn't know anything.

However, Yang Xiaoshan was thoughtful, if he only wanted Ding Baozhen and Hu Xueyan, he was afraid of arousing Li Xianchi's suspicion, and it would be troublesome if he was self-defeating. So he simply said: "Since everyone has seen it, redeeming one and not the others, I am uneasy, and I will have a reputation of not being saved in the future." In this way, I will do my good deeds to the end, and all the eight thousand silver will be redeemed, what is the idea of the Li Gang? ”

Li Xianchi's heart moved slightly, eight thousand silver is really a lot in this era. Even a few days ago, before the uprising, he took his brother to monopolize a section of the waterway, and a few dozen taels of silver could make them merge with other gangs, and the life of the gangsters was worthless, but now it was eight thousand taels of silver, and he had never seen so much money in his life.

"Cheng, eight thousand is eight thousand." Li Xianchi calculated that so much silver was enough for him to go back to his hometown incognito to enjoy life, and readily agreed.

Yang Xiaoshan does not trade at a loss, and the money spent cannot be redeemed, and the money has to be earned back. Now he's already thinking about it.