Chapter 20: The Captured Salt Merchant
Lao Cheng was stunned for a moment and laughed: "That's great, isn't this exactly the talent I need?" You bring him to me in a moment! Sheng Yanshi smiled and nodded in agreement, and turned around to arrange for someone to take Hua Si. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Liang Shitai said: "Big brother, where can I make a big discovery!" When everyone heard this, they were all shocked and turned their heads to stare at him.
Liang Shitai continued: "Big brother, most of the prisoners I am interrogating today are hostages taken by robbers; But there's also a group of businessmen inside. I heard that they said that they were salt merchants who had just returned from selling salt in Guanzhong.
Before we banned the lake for a month, these robbers had already arranged for someone to go back and send a letter asking for a high ransom. Listen to what they mean, the ransom at home should be coming soon, let us not hurt them, they can redeem themselves with the ransom. ”
Cheng Yanjin said with a smile: "A salt merchant, what's the fuss, go back and return the money to them, let them go!" Our Liangshan is next to the Yellow River, and we can't wait for them to deal with each other in the future, but we can't do the matter of killing chickens and taking eggs! ”
Kan Ling and Sheng Yanshi nodded when they heard this, and Liang Shitai said: "I was also curious to ask them, how much can you earn by taking a trip to salt; You know what? The guy said that they had thousands of taels of silver for a trip, but this time their master had them all buy weapons and armor and transport them back to Yangxin, Shandong. In order to avoid trouble, I took the waterway, but I was picked up by the underwater snakes! ”
"Weapons, armor!" Cheng Biting Jin, their eyes all lit up; Their townsmen still use the weapons snatched by the bandits, and they have everything in a mess; As for the armor, let alone the soldiers; Not even a few of them are the generals of the unified army.
"Wait, where did they say they want to transport the weapons?" Cheng Yanjin suddenly asked, and Liang Shitai said: "Shandong Yangxin, where is a good place to boil salt." ”
"Huh, hum!" Cheng Yanjin snorted twice and glanced at Kan Ling and said, "It's Gao Kaidao!" If it were someone else, I would be embarrassed to do it, since you Gao Kaidao wanted to give it to me, then I'm sorry, these things are surnamed Cheng! ”
Kan Ling said: "Big brother, I'll take a look, maybe I still know them." Cheng Yanjin nodded and said, "Okay, let's go and have a look in a while!" ”
At this moment, someone brought in a tall and thin man dressed in cloth; This person was a little scared when he saw Cheng Yanjin and the others; He fell to his knees and stammered: "Villain, flower, flower four; Greetings, kings. ”
Cheng Yanjin looked him up and down for a while and said, "Are you Hua Si?" Master Yan recommended you to me, saying that your archery skills are very good, right? ”
Hua Siyi hurriedly said: "King Qiqi, the villain is a hunter in the mountains, and he has been serving with bows and arrows since he was a child, so he has some experience. ”
Cheng Yanjin nodded and said to Master Sheng Yan, "Master Yan, give him his bow and arrows." Hua Si: Do you see the leaves on the first branch of the tree in front of you? You shoot an arrow. ”
Hua Si took his bow and arrows, looked at the big tree, it was about seventy or eighty steps away, he turned his head to Cheng Biting Jin and said, "Okay, King, please take a look!" As he spoke, he took aim and took aim ahead.
Cheng Yanjin found that as soon as this guy got the bow and arrow, it was as if he had changed into a different person; There was a gleam in his eyes, as murderous as a sharp arrow that drew a bow and sent it out.
"Go!" Hua Si spoke, and a sharp mangs of "whoosh" flashed, and the leaves designated by Cheng Biting Jin shattered in response.
"Good!" Cheng Yanjin clapped his hands and said, "Okay!" Not bad! Spend four, your archery skills are very good; By the way, let me ask you, how many other people on Liangshan can shoot arrows? ”
Hua Si bowed and said: "Back to the king, there are still twelve people who shoot well, and there are about twenty-four people with average archery skills; There were thirty-six in all; It's all hunters from the surrounding villages! ”
Cheng Yanjin nodded and said, "Okay, I'll organize these people to set up a sharpshooter battalion and hand it over to you to lead." Can you bring him to me! ”
"Ahh Hua Si was stunned by the sudden happiness blow, and Master Sheng Yan kicked him and scolded with a smile: "Thank you, sir." ”
Hua Si came to his senses at this time, lying on the ground and kowtowing constantly: "Thank you, thank you, king; The villain will repay the great kindness of the adult if he is a cow or a horse! ”
Cheng Yanjin smiled: "Hua Si, this name is not good; So be it! I'll change your name, let's call it Hua Rong! Hope you live up to the name! ”
Hua Rong was overjoyed and said: "Yes, yes, thank you for the name, the villain must not be disgraced by this name." ”
Cheng Yanjin waved his hand and asked Zheng Po to take him down to form a sharpshooter battalion, and then he led Sheng Yanshi and Liang Shitai to the place where the prisoners were held.
Ordered Xiang Yong to bring up the businessmen, Kan Ling looked at it and said: "Big brother, you can't be wrong, this guy is Gao Changying, the smiling tiger of Gao Kaidao, and he is also a guy who doesn't do anything!" ”
"Kan Leng!" Gao Changying saw Kan Ling and hurriedly shouted: "Kan Ling, you know them so well, hurry up and let them release me and return Master Gao's goods; Otherwise, as soon as the master's army arrives, they will have no place to die. ”
Kan Ling smiled at Cheng Yanjin and said, "Big brother, this is the true face of this guy." used to coax Zhang Qing and Liang Shitai. He just wanted to stabilize everyone and wait for Gao Kaidao to send troops to save him!
Gao Kaidao is also a guy who eats people and doesn't spit out bones, where will he give others a ransom! I estimate that the army of Gao Kaidao is already on its way. ”
Lao Cheng nodded and said, "I understand, someone will put three more big ropes on these guys, put me in the innermost cell, and arrange a special person to guard them; Wait for Gao Kaidao to punish the crime together! ”
This Gao Changying was dumbfounded all of a sudden, and scolded Kan Ling and Cheng Biting Jin, and the villagers rushed up and tied them up, and their mouths were blocked by unknown things.
Lao Cheng smiled: "Let's go, let's go and see what treasures Gao Kaidao has brought to us!" Kan Ling laughed and followed him straight to the treasure cave.
The robber's treasure cave, said to be a treasure cave, is actually a relatively hidden cave, and then a few more large locks are added.
These iron locks were nothing but nothing for Lao Cheng, he picked up the big axe and clicked a few times, a spark burst out, and the three big locks had been cut open.
Cheng Yanjin kicked open the wooden door, and all of a sudden, a pile of things arrived in a large area, and they were like entering a pile of rags.
"Someone!" Lao Cheng called a few villagers and said: "You bring out all the things in here for me, weapons, armor, cloth, silver, etc., but I said to classify and place them!" In addition, you go and call Hu Lang over and ask him to make a rank book for me! ”
"Yes!" A few shouting people, moving things, are very busy; Lao Cheng and the others also followed to help classify and regulate things.
It took nearly half a day to complete the count, Hu Lang wiped the sweat on his head, held the account book and began to report.
"My lord, after statistics, we have harvested a total of 1,820 taels of silver and 140 taels of gold. 500 pieces of ordinary leather armor, 10 pieces of iron armor, and two pieces of fine iron armor.
100 knives, 100 guns, 50 swords; There are also 100 bows and arrows. 50 pieces of cloth and a few groceries, I have recorded them all in the book, please check them out! ”
Lao Cheng took over the account book and jokingly said to Sheng Yanshi: "Master Yan, everyone is a robber, why is the gap so big?" As soon as Liangshan fell, Lao Cheng was full! People are much wider than you Fuliang Mountain! ”
Sheng Yanshi blushed and said shyly: "Big brother, this is not comparable, people are water thieves, and the robbers are all merchants, and recently intercepted the salt merchants of Gao Kaidao." We bandits are different, we are fishing for oil and water on people who are bitter, and we have to worry about not being able to provoke you, a big worm! Of course, you can't compare with others. ”
Everyone laughed when they heard this, and Cheng Biting Jin said: "Just now you mentioned Gao Kaidao, I think his soldiers and horses are also about to arrive." Kan Ling, you send Zhen Qi out and inquire about their news; We're going to have to teach them a good lesson! ”
Kan Ling nodded, turned around and went to arrange; Liang Shitai said: "Big brother, this time I basically didn't get any battles, and I captured all the prisoners!" You give me a centaur and I'll smash Gao Kaidao's head flat! ”