Because of the golden finger of the infinite arsenal, Yang Zheng didn't sleep all night when he was excited.

Early the next morning, he instructed his servants to summon his second brother Yang Qian.

Yang Qian's face was haggard, his eyes were bloodshot, presumably because he was worried about the safety of his third brother Yang Meng, he didn't sleep all night.

Seeing his appearance, Yang Zheng could understand his mood, and naturally felt uncomfortable in his heart, so he said with concern on the spot: "Second brother, although the third brother was taken away by the gang of thieves in Black Tiger Village, you also have to pay attention to your body, otherwise if you collapse, how about calling the eldest brother." ”

Hearing this, Yang Qian's heart warmed, nodded and smiled: "It's not in the way, I counted the warehouse with Mr. Liu, who is in charge of the account room, last night, because of the large number of scattered ones, so I stayed up until the early morning." ”

"Have you counted it, how much silver is there in our Zhuangzi's treasury now?" In any case, Yang Zheng is still more concerned about the ransom.

Yang Qian lowered his head and thought for a while, and said: "According to last night's inventory, in our Zhuangzi's treasury, there are still 8,340 taels of silver, 320 taels of gold, and more than 1,100 copper coins, which are converted into less than 14,000 taels of silver. ”

"It's only fourteen thousand taels!"

Yang Zheng frowned and sighed: "This amount is more than double the ransom of 30,000 taels demanded by Black Tiger Village, it seems that we will not be able to raise it all in a short period of time." ”

If you can't raise 30,000 taels of silver, you can't redeem the third brother Yang Meng from the Black Tiger Village, which makes the two brothers of the Yang family very entangled.

After a moment of silence, Yang Qian suddenly spoke: "Big brother, why don't we go to visit several other big families in Qingping Town and see if we can borrow some money to come over for emergency relief?" ”

Yang Zheng waved his hand, shook his head and said: "Forget it, those big outdoor strong cadres, even our Yangjiazhuang only has more than 10,000 taels of silver, how many can they have?" Besides, if you ask someone to borrow three or five hundred taels of silver, they may agree to let someone take out three or five thousand taels at once, and they can't take it out at all, and even if they have it, they may not dare to lend it to us. ”

Hearing this, Yang Qian nodded, and said gloomily: "What the eldest brother said makes sense, rashly borrowing such a large amount of money from outsiders, people will definitely be suspicious, thinking that something big has happened to our Yang family." But now there are only nine days left before the deadline for Black Tiger Village to ask for ransom, what should we do! ”

After saying that, Yang Qian stared at Yang Zheng's eyes, hoping that he would be able to come up with a solution.

In the past, whenever there was a major crisis in the family, it was the eldest brother, the backbone, who came up with the attention to help the family tide over the difficulties at a critical time.

At this moment, Yang Zheng closed his eyes tightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Suddenly, Yang Zheng opened his eyes suddenly, and his gaze was full of fierceness, "Since we can't make up the ransom of 30,000 taels, let's just take risks and win by surprise!" ”

Yang Qian saw that the eldest brother's expression was abnormal, and his heart immediately sank, and he hurriedly said: "The soldiers are dangerous, and they win by surprise?" Big brother, why do you say this? ”

Yang Zheng sneered: "The gang of thieves in the Black Tiger Village are clearly lions, and they want to take away 320,000 silver from my Yang family, it's just a pipe dream!" This time, I'm going to let them lose their wives and soldiers, and they won't get a penny! ”

Yang Qian's heart tightened, "But the third brother is still in the hands of the thief, if this is the case, I am afraid that the life of the third brother is worried." ”

Seeing that he was so worried about the safety of the third brother, Yang Zheng looked at him with blazing eyes, and said lightly: "Don't worry, second brother, I already have a plan in my heart to rescue the third brother, which can not only ensure that the third brother can return safely, but also let the gang of thieves in Black Tiger Village return with a feather." ”

The eldest brother behaved so well, but Yang Qian's heart was full of doubts.

"Big brother, what exactly is your plan?"

"My plan is ......"

Because of the golden finger of the Infinite Arsenal, Yang Zheng no longer planned to take the ransom to the thieves in Black Tiger Village, and he couldn't get together 30,000 taels of silver anyway, so he simply planned for the worst.

On the spot, Yang Zheng told Yang Qian about the opportunity to rescue his third brother Yang Meng.

His plan is like this, first in Yangjiazhuang, select fifty quick-witted, athletic strong men, and then spend seven days to train them to use crossbows, and when these fifty strong men are all proficient in controlling crossbows, then Yang Zheng will lead them, escorting fifty carts of grain and grass to Songfeng Valley to pretend to trade with the gang of thieves in Black Tiger Village.

Before the transaction, Yang Zheng deliberately made a request to the gang of thieves in Black Tiger Village, saying that he wanted to see the third brother Yang Meng with his own eyes to see if he was still safe and sound.

As long as the moment he saw Yang Meng, Yang Zheng would issue a secret signal to the people, and at that time, the fifty trained strong men would quickly take out the crossbows hidden in the grain and grass carts with lightning speed, and launch an attack on those unprepared thieves with the momentum of thunder.

In the case that those thieves were unguarded, they would definitely suffer heavy casualties and flee and disperse, and when the time came, they would be able to rescue Yang Meng.

After listening to Yang Zheng's entire plan, Yang Qian was stunned.

After being stunned for a long time, Yang Qian stammered, "Big ...... Big brother, I'm afraid that your plan is inappropriate, let's not mention anything else, just the strong crossbows you mentioned, these are all forbidden weapons in the imperial court, except for the elite regular army of Daliao, there are no other places at all, even if you spend money, you can't buy it, because no one dares to make it, let alone sell it, and the strong crossbow that can equip fifty people, where do we get it? ”

"You don't have to worry about this, I have my own way!" Yang Zheng smiled mysteriously, and then took out the little yellow crossbow hidden at the head of the bed as if he were doing a trick. "You see, what others can't buy with money, big brother has a way to get!"

After saying that, he raised his crossbow very proudly and shook it in front of Yang Qian.

Seeing this scene, Yang Qian, who had always been steady, was startled, and his face turned pale on the spot, and he trembled and hissed: "Big ...... Big brother, you're going to rebel! ”

After speaking, Yang Qian hurriedly looked back at the window and the door, and after finding that there was no one, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, only to see that he quickly closed all the doors and windows, and then ran to Yang Zheng with a short breath, and said urgently: "Big brother, this crossbow is a forbidden weapon of Da Liao, once it is known by the imperial court, it is a felony to kill the head all over the house, no, no, you have to destroy this crossbow quickly, otherwise, once we spread this matter, our Yang Jiazhuang will definitely die." ”

Yang Zheng never expected that his second brother would be so nervous after seeing the crossbow, which was surprising.

On the spot, Yang Zheng frowned and said, "Second brother, I see that you have read too much, and you don't even have the courage to read!" Now the entire Yangjiazhuang, inside and out, is in our family, if you don't say it, I don't say it, who will know? ”

"No, no, this crossbow must be destroyed!" Yang Qian shook his head again and again.

Yang Zheng's face sank, and he said unhappily: "Okay, if the eldest brother listens to you and destroys the crossbow, then do you have a better plan to rescue the third brother?" ”

"I ...... I ......"

As soon as these words came out, Yang Qian was speechless on the spot, lowered his head, and his expression became extremely gloomy.

Seeing this scene, Yang Zheng sighed softly, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Second brother, I know that you have always been cautious and thoughtful, but have you ever thought that if we can't get the ransom, the thieves in the Black Tiger Village will definitely take the life of the third brother, as the elder brother of the Yang family, if we can't even save our own brother, then what's the point of us living?" In the future, what face will there be to face the double dignity of parents under Jiuquan. ”

"Second brother, do you remember that before my father died, he took our brother's hand and said that we brothers should work together, take care of the family business, and take care of the third brother and younger sister, especially the third brother who likes to cause trouble, which makes my father and his old man feel at ease, so no matter what, our brothers must live peacefully, and no one can be less."

Seeing the eldest brother mention his father's deathbed confession, unconsciously, Yang Qian's eyes were already red, and he was silent for a while before he gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay, big brother, I'll listen to you." ”