Chapter XXVII: Kidnapping
Treasure? There seems to be nothing more tempting than this, Qiao Yu has also heard that it seems that Shi Dakai hid a lot of treasures before he died, but he didn't expect this to be true?
"My father found a broken temple not far from the Dadu River, who knew that there was a basement under the broken temple, but it was already empty, my father surnamed Suo took the gold and silver treasures around him, and some valuable calligraphy and paintings were hidden in it, which added up to about hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, but it was a little far away from Yucheng, if the son was short of money, he might as well find out this treasure!"
Qiao Yu heard that there were only hundreds of thousands of taels, and there were mostly some calligraphy and paintings, and he was not very interested, although there was a lot of money, but it was not difficult for him, and the treasure location was too far away from Yucheng, so it was better to stay there, and then take Sichuan down, and then take it out, maybe it would become a tourist attraction after that, and the cultural relics value of these things is far greater than the economic value, after all, it is a verification of a piece of Chinese history.
Qiao Yu asked with a smile: "The value of this treasure in Shishuban is not small, this is your family's wealth, why do you want to give it to me?" ”
"It's all something outside the body, my father was a hero, didn't he also die tragically at the hands of the Qing court, now that I'm at this age, I can see everything clearly, and being alive is the greatest blessing!"
"In my opinion, keep it, and take out the treasure later, maybe you can build a museum of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, record that period of history, and let future generations remember history!"
Shi Dingzhong still cares about his father very much, when he heard that he could establish a museum, he was also overjoyed in his heart, and dealt with Shi Dingzhong's matter, Qiao Yu had another helper by his side, Shi Dingzhong has been in the officialdom for a long time, although he is only a small official, but he is very clear about various rules and regulations, he is also very alert, he is old and reliable, and he assists Qiao Yu in handling miscellaneous matters, and suddenly Qiao Yu's burden is a lot lighter.
Moreover, Niu Chuanshan sent Shi Dingzhong to assist Qiao Yu, in fact, he planned to let him spy on Qiao Yu, but these people became a family, and Niu Chuanshan was still kept in the dark and knew nothing.
With the completion of the second phase of the textile mill project, the output of the textile mill quadrupled, and soon the products of the Limin textile factory occupied most of the market in Dongchuan, and the sales were very prosperous.
In addition, Wang Dongcheng, Wang Gui, Xue Shan and others either built factories alone, or cooperated with Sichuan Investment Company, successively built flour mills, ash factories, brick and tile factories, furniture factories, and Xu Hua also established a noodle factory with ingenuity.
The history of Sichuan Zhongjiang noodles has a history of more than 1,000 years, the noodles are as thin as a hair, white and hollow, smooth and flexible, the flavor is unique, and the pot is as good as new, it is very popular, but it is all produced by handicrafts, of course, manual production is beneficial, but the output is limited and the price is high.
Businessman Xu Hua through cooperation with Sichuan Investment Company, ordered a batch of machines in Germany, relying on machine production, the output is very large, now with the industrial development of Yucheng, there has been a large number of workers, people's pace of life has also accelerated a lot, so many people are accustomed to buying this convenient and cheap food, really let Xu Hua make a lot of money soon to return to the capital, and is preparing to expand the scale.
Time flies, it's already April, Qiao Yu has recruited another 1,000 patrol police, the first batch of 1,000 patrol police have been able to read the power to carry out the task, firmly control the ground in Chongqing, the revolutionary party can only retreat to the concession, but recently these party members have also made small moves, Qiao Yu knows very well in his heart that this is the Huanghuagang uprising is imminent, and the revolutionary party in Sichuan is also ready to respond, but the strength is limited, and it has not been launched for a long time.
Thinking of the Huanghuagang uprising, Qiao Yu unconsciously remembered Yu Peilun and others, this is the first person he has met since he was reborn, in a trance Qiao Yu seemed to see Yu Peilun, Qin Bing and they were covered in blood, and they died in Huangquan, when Qiao Yu's mind was in turmoil, he suddenly heard the door being slammed open, and a person stumbled in.
Qiao Yu suddenly opened his eyes and saw that it was his eldest brother Qiao Cheng, who was not in a hurry, steady, and had never been so out of shape, but now Qiao Cheng's face was purple and blue, and a look of grief and indignation shrouded his brows.
"Big brother, what's wrong? If you are in a hurry, we will find a way to solve it together. ”
"Third child, look at this!"
Qiao Yu took the telegram from his eldest brother in confusion, and after glancing at it, his head suddenly became a little big, no wonder Qiao Cheng would be so out of shape, it turned out that Qiao Cheng's wife and daughter were all robbed by a group of robbers, and these robbers asked for 300,000 taels of silver to ransom people, I am afraid that whoever has this kind of thing will lose his temper, Qiao Yu's brain was spinning rapidly, and he grabbed his eldest brother.
"Big brother, don't worry, your sister-in-law and niece will be safe, let's calm down first, think about what the other party kidnapped my sister-in-law for, let's prescribe the right medicine!"
Qiao Cheng also recovered a little, and his face looked a little better: "Third child, your sister-in-law has been with me for more than ten years, filial piety to my father and mother, and giving birth to children for me, she is not easy, but now she has fallen into the den of thieves, I am afraid that she will not be able to stand it!" ”
Qiao Yu nodded again and again, knowing the eldest brother's worries in his heart, and comforted him: "Since the eldest brother wants the silver, in my opinion, the sister-in-law and niece must have nothing to do, so it is better to find the big guys, let's discuss it together and think of a countermeasure!" ”
Qiao Cheng nodded in agreement, and after a while, Bai Kuan, Han Yong, Wang Tianhe, Qian Tai, Shi Dingzhong, Wang Huai, Liu Yunhong, etc. all arrived at Qiao Yu's office, Qiao Yu handed over the telegram draft to everyone, and everyone was angry at first glance, isn't this Tai Sui's head breaking ground?
Han Yong is deeply taken care of by the Qiao family, and his impression of Qiao Cheng's wife is also very good, she is an extremely virtuous woman, how can she not be annoyed by this misfortune: "Eldest son, you don't have to worry, our subordinates have soldiers and soldiers, money and money, and we can definitely rescue the eldest grandmother!" ”
"Brother Han, people must be rescued, but now we have to discuss the countermeasures, do you know anything about this Tiangang Village that robbed your sister-in-law? Is there any collusion between them and the Brotherhood? Qiao Yu has calmed down now, and his thoughts are extremely clear.
"The general office is worried that this time it is the elders who are in revenge to contact the bandits to rob the grandmother, I don't think there is such a worry, I still have some understanding of Tiangang Village, at first a few Jiangyang thieves plus some troublesome soldiers got together, a total of thirty-six people, it was called Tiangang Village, in the area of Xudu, relying on robbing merchants to make a living, the government has also cleared several times, but due to the special terrain, these thieves are too fierce, all failed, I think these thieves are probably poor and crazy to want to blackmail us, but you must rescue the big grandmother quickly, otherwise it is difficult to guarantee that the well-informed elder brother will not take any action! ”
Shi Dingzhong is worthy of being an old man in the world, and he quickly made things clear, and most of the big stones in Qiao Yu's heart also fell, and it was much easier to do it simply by robbing, whether it was hard or soft.
"Third Young Master, if you see if you want to agree to this gang of thieves, we still have more than 100,000 taels of silver on our books, and if we raise some more, 300,000 taels is not very difficult!" This time it was Qian Tai who spoke, he was the old man of the Qiao family, and now he was in control of the accounts, don't look at Qiao Yu's current scene, but the real liquid funds are not very sufficient, after all, a large number of factories have just started production, and they have not yet returned to their capital.
"It must not be like this, if we draw out 300,000 taels of silver now, most of our plans will be shelved, I will never agree!" Of course, Qiao Cheng felt sorry for his wife and daughter, but he also knew how difficult it was to build the foundation of Yucheng, and if it was delayed, the loss would be too great, so he was in a dilemma!
At this time, Wang Huai suddenly stood up: "Young master, I have heard of Tiangang Village, they have lost their conscience, and once bloodied the rich family of our village, it was five years ago, Chen Heihu, the owner of Tiangang Village, kidnapped the daughter of the rich man Wang, and extorted 30,000 silver, the rich man Wang poured all his property and collected the silver, who expected that Chen Heihu had ravaged his daughter to death, and killed all of their family and looted it, and my family also fled to Wanxian after that!" This gang of thieves is the most vicious! ”