The British officer sat down slowly, but his expression was very serious: "It's okay." After saying that, he looked at Zaifeng next to him, London's instructions were very clear, let the Chinese and the Chinese talk about the negotiations, and the only condition for Britain in this incident is that no one can be harmed in any way!

Zaifeng straightened his waist: "Say, how can you release people?" ”

Yang Xiaolin said: "It's simple, give money and let people go." ”

Zaifeng then asked, "How much do you want?" ”

"Except for the ministers, the other foreigners were two thousand taels of silver each. Lord, I have already calculated for you, one hundred and sixty-five people, three hundred and thirty thousand taels of silver. ”

This really scared Zaifeng! The Qing Dynasty is now empty in the government treasury, where did he get so much money for Yang Xiaolin? There is also a matter of just 330,000 taels, gritting his teeth and giving it, but the problem is that this price is only the price of those ordinary foreigners, and those ministers Yang Xiaolin have not yet made a price! Apparently reserved for the big head.

The sweat on his forehead had already come out, and Zaifeng wiped it: "No, your price is too high, and now the court doesn't have so much money!" ”

The British officer next to him suddenly wanted to get angry again, the British don't care whether your court has money or not, they just want the people inside to live! He thought that Zaifeng would be angry when he said this, and he might leave with his sleeves away, or he might kill hostages again to vent his anger, and when he was about to reprimand Zaifeng again, he didn't expect Yang Xiaolin's head to stretch out to Zaifeng: "Lord, what price do you give?" ”

Zaifeng thought for a moment: "A total of 30,000 taels, I don't have any more money!" ”

Yang Xiaolin said very resolutely: "This is not good, you have also seen it, I did not do this business alone, and besides, this price is very fair, isn't this the price you gave to the Russians in Gongzitun?" How is it that what is there in them is not there when it comes to me? Lord Wang, you don't want to bully me, are you? ”

Zaifeng said angrily: "We can sell the railway rights with the money of the Russians!" Why don't you build a railroad in the mountains of Yuluo, wherever you go, it will be yours forever? ”

Yang Xiaolin was speechless, and slowly retracted his head: "Okay, then I'll be less, a whole number of 300,000 taels, and I don't want the remaining 30,000, I should be filial to you." ”

Zaifeng refused to add a penny: "Thirty thousand taels, there is no more eldest son!" ”

Yang Xiaolin said: "Lord Wang, can you really do business, 30,000 taels, isn't a foreigner even worth 300 taels?" Then I might as well tie up a prefect in Liaoxi! I'm telling you, I'm full of genuine foreigners! ”

The foreigners next to them heard that the more they heard it now, the more they tasted it, and they all had an illusion that Yang Xiaolin was like a vegetable seller in the vegetable market, and he was putting these foreigners up for sale, and Zaifeng was the buyer, and the two of them were bargaining.

An American's eyes widened, and his chest rose and fell sharply, and it was obvious that it took a lot of perseverance to control his imminent outburst.

Zaifeng still didn't realize it: "Okay, I'll add more, 40,000 taels!" ”

Yang Xiaolin shook his head: "I said, Lord Wang, can you be happy?" When you negotiate with foreigners, you don't blink an eye for hundreds of millions of taels, don't come to me and change your appearance? Are you still a prince? ”

Zaifeng said: "We owe hundreds of millions of taels, are you willing to give you an IOU?" ”

"Bang!"

It wasn't Yang Xiaolin who shot, it was the American who smashed his fist on the table, he really couldn't listen to it anymore, and he wanted to say something, but Zuihou didn't say anything, straightened his military hat, and then strode away angrily.

Zaifeng ignored him, turned his head to Yang Xiaolin and said, "Just 40,000 taels, I'll give you real money, not the money bank ticket number." ”…,

Yang Xiaolin shook his head: "No, at least 280,000!" ”

The Germans also left, and he apparently understood that the Americans weishenme left. After more than two hours of lengthy negotiations, the two sides finalized that the Manchu Qing would trade the lives of one hundred and sixty-five foreigners at the price of 165,000 taels of silver, which was exactly one thousand taels per person.

Yang Xiaolin really thinks that if Zaifeng is not a prince, it is absolutely appropriate to be a representative of business negotiations. He is so good at grinding that half of the price he offered was worn out by him! Zaifeng obviously worked very hard to bargain, and after negotiating, he took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his forehead: "What is the price of those ministers?" ”

The British officer insisted on accompanying them for more than two hours, and he couldn't listen to this sentence anymore, so he also stood up and left, leaving only Yang Xiaolin and Zaifeng still sitting on the table.

Yang Xiaolin took a sip of tea: "I haven't thought about it yet, let's discuss it when the first sum is all ready." ”

Zaifeng said: "It may take some days, and in this day you must ensure the safety of every foreigner!" ”

Yang Xiaolin nodded: "I will guarantee safety, but I will make it clear on two points, the first money can't be delayed for too long, at most half a month." Also, I don't want real money, I don't want copper money, you exchange this silver into banknotes for me, yen, dollars, rubles, pounds, francs, as long as it is not a serial number, according to the current market price, I want it, but I don't want the bills of the Qing Dynasty bank. ”

Yang Xiaolin weishenme don't want silver? The hard currency of silver should be the first choice. But Yang Xiaolin knew that if he wanted silver, then the money would definitely come from the Manchu court, and the people in Beijing would suffer again. He asked for these foreign currencies, although Zuihou must be counted as a foreigner borrowed by the Manchu government, but the Manchus can owe it, and it will not have much impact on the common people in the capital. Anyway, the Manchus have a lot of debts, and they don't have to worry about owing more than hundreds of thousands of taels.

Zaifeng obviously couldn't make up his mind with this request, so he immediately went back and called back all the foreigners who had left, and discussed it with a grunt, and the foreigner agreed.

There is a little money in the legations of various countries, how can there be no cash to expand the embassies? In the afternoon of the same day, Zaifeng sent Yang Xiaolin 8,000 US dollars, 10,000 pounds, and 200,000 yen. With rubles, pesofrancs or something, the total amount is more than 20,000 taels of silver.

Yang Xiaolin was very trustworthy, and immediately released twenty foreigners after receiving the money, which made those foreigners even more firm in their attitude of using money to redeem people, and also let the people inside see a glimmer of hope, and their emotions began to stabilize slowly, and those uncooperative behaviors immediately decreased a lot.

The money on the first day was very miscellaneous, all kinds of currencies were available, and the next day was gone, it was estimated that the embassy's money had been used up, and Zaifeng wanted to use the silver to offset the account, Yang Xiaolin resolutely did not want to. Of course, if it is not recorded, no one will be released.

On the third day, it was different, and the British East India Company urgently transferred 300,000 pounds sterling from the Shanghai branch, and at that time the pound sterling, like the current dollar, was a hard currency, comparable to silver.

Yang Xiaolin was even happier today, made a count of the foreigners inside, made a list out, and after making it clear how many people were released today, let the people outside choose which ones to put on their own, which made those foreigners very satisfied, and the cooperation seemed to be getting more and more pleasant.

Then came the yen, the ruble, and as various countries began to act to save the hostages, the money came faster and faster. It didn't take half a month, and by the tenth day, more than a hundred ordinary foreigners in the mansion had left, and only a few dozen were still in custody.

Yang Xiaolin felt that it was time to sell the most valuable items in his hands. It's also time to think about how to deal with the aftermath. …,

Several distinguished ministers sat in front of him, Yang Xiaolin's eyes swept around, zuihou fell on the body of the Japanese minister Yasuya Uchida, looked at it for a while, and then waved his hand and said to Biaozi: "Please Mr. Uchida, we are friends with the Japanese, Mr. Uchida, don't worry, I won't hurt you." ”

If he said something at other times, Yasuya Uchida might have been happier, but now, the hateful gazes around him immediately shot over, and Yue Raysar was even more furious: "You have seen it! This is the Japanese, we have long said that they have a connection with Chinese bandits, now you believe it! ”

The Russians suffered a big loss in Liaoxi, and there was a shadow of the Japanese behind this matter, which the ministers of various countries knew very well, and they did not say that it was because they felt that it was none of their business, and they were also quite disgusted by the Russians not leaving Liaoxi.

But now it is different, now this Yang beating ghost has threatened their lives, and at this time they are all on the side of the Russians. Sa Daoyi stared at Yasuya Uchida and whispered: "I think that after we go back, Mr. Uchida should ask your Japanese government to give us a reasonable explanation." ”

Yang Xiaolin looked at Sa Daoyi: "Minister Sa Daoyi, what explanation do you want?" I can tell you right now that I have never met Mr. Uchida, do you believe me when I say that? ”

Sa Daoyi stopped talking, but his expression clearly showed his suspicion. Yang Xiaolin smiled: "Actually, Mr. Uchida can enjoy the treatment that everyone can enjoy, as long as I can get the ransom, I will treat you as if you were a guest, I don't want to hurt any of you, provided that there will be no more misunderstandings between us." ”

Sa Daoyi forced himself to calm down, he knew that he had to calm down now, it was not a wise move to provoke this bandit, and the people outside had already begun to figure out how to rescue him. Only if you live can you get out of here.

"Yang beats ghosts, I don't think what happened between us was a misunderstanding."

Yang Xiaolin stared at his eyes: "Then what do you think?" ”

Sa Daoyi said: "It's actually very simple, you killed our guards, and put a gun against our heads, it's nothing more than asking for some money, okay now that you win, everyone is happy, you name a number, I believe we will definitely satisfy you." ”