The most powerful patriarch in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 53
When Mu Sheng was working hard to generate income, Lu Changle "helped" in Changle County to find out the news.

After the kidnapping incident of the Incense Sect, Changle County searched nervously for two days, and soon calmed down.

Pirates, robbers, life and death, etc. have been seen a lot, and the hearts of ordinary people have become stronger.
At most, he said that the thieves were lawless, and secretly rejoiced that he was not the one who was unlucky,
Those who were kidnapped were all tyrants with a bad reputation and many evil deeds.

Many ordinary people shouted in their hearts, "God open your eyes".

The common people didn't bother to pay attention to it. The kidnapped family was afraid of angering the people of the Incense Sect, so they kept a low profile as much as possible.

The Changle County Government, the Weisuo, and the Shuimen City Walled off each other's responsibilities.
The county government accused the Shuimen Walled City of not defending well, allowing pirates to go ashore,
Shuimen City Walled said that the Incense Sect had long been extinct, but in fact it was the work of thieves on land, and it was the guards who failed their duties.

Wei said that so many thieves sneaked into Changle City, the county government didn't notice it, the responsibility lies with the county government,

All the attention was put on evading responsibility, but how to get the hostage back was not enough.

Fan Sanbo was in a hurry, knowing that the government was unreliable, in order to save Mr. Hui Wen, he asked for connections everywhere, and even Lu Changle was entrusted by him,
Especially after paying the ransom, several people who were kidnapped together were released one after another, so Fan Sanbo was even more anxious.

After the Xu family paid the ransom, the day after Xu Qianmu was released, Fan Sanbo finally received a letter from Mr. Wen.

In the letter, Fan Sanbo was asked to prepare 10 taels of cash and exchange them at Yegouling in the north of the city.

You can't report to officials, and you can't bring more people, otherwise you will tear up the ticket.

When receiving the letter, Lu Changle happened to be at the Dayuchuan tea shop.

"It's too much, it's too much." Lu Changle said angrily, "Isn't this bullying? I heard that Zhang Laocai only paid 2000 taels of ransom. Why do you ask your cousin for 10 taels of ransom?"

With a slightly distorted face, sharp eyes and an angry tone, Lu Changle felt that the actor was possessed at this moment.

Fan Sanbo was a little bit pained, but still heaved a sigh of relief, and said mockingly: "Maybe my Fan's firm is famous, everyone is jealous."

10 taels, this is a huge sum of money, even if Jiexiu Fan's family has a big business, it will be heartbreaking for a long time,

Mr. Wen is much more important than 10 taels of silver.

Fan Sanpao read that letter several times. Judging from the handwriting and secret notes, it was Mr. Wen's personal letter.

The third word in the letter starts slightly thicker, and the penultimate third word ends with a slight trailing mark, which is a safe code.

In other words, this is an ordinary kidnapping, just raise money to redeem someone,
Even if he takes some action, he will wait until the person is rescued.

As long as people are safe.

Lu Changle said "generously": "Knowing that brother Qiongbiao might be in a hurry to use the money, I transferred all the money I could mobilize. It's not much, just 4000 taels."

The money is transferred from left hand to right hand, so if you sell it well, you will gain more trust from Fan Sanbo.

"Mr. Lu, Fan Gan has accepted this love." Fan Sanbo was really touched, and the eyes he looked at Lu Changle also changed.

Fan's business is doing a lot of business, 10 taels is not much, but they can take out 10 taels of cash all at once,
It is still a short time to take it out, Fan San dial is also under pressure,
Knowing that those people kidnapped tickets for money,
In the past few days, Fan Sanbo has been collecting the cash in his hands, and he has more than 7 taels of cash in his hand.
After finding out that the Xu family had paid 1 taels of redemption silver, they redeemed him. I thought it would be enough,
Unexpectedly, the robber would ask for 10 taels when he opened his mouth. Fan Sanbo was so angry that the flesh on his face trembled.
Robbers want money, but also divided into local and foreign?

I don't know what kind of news Mr. Wen leaked to the robbers.

Fan San asked someone to ask the families that were robbed at the same time, and wanted to find out the situation.
But Zhang Laocai, Chen Wanwan and Xu Qianmu were all tight-lipped and refused to say anything, probably because they were warned by the robbers not to talk nonsense.

Fan Sanba had no choice but to continue raising money.
Find a familiar peer to borrow, and if it is not enough, transfer the goods in the warehouse at a low price.

When necessary, interest money has to be borrowed.

Lu Changle sent four thousand cash all at once, which helped Fan San a lot.

"Brother Qiongbiao, you also know that this money is not mine, it belongs to the clan's public house." Lu Changle said a little embarrassedly: "It's better to give some mortgage, so I can give an explanation to those old guys when I go back."

"It's definitely not that you can't trust Brother Qiongbiao, it's just a formality," Lu Changle quickly added.

"Should, should"

Fan Sanbo wrote an IOU very quickly, and pledged to Lu Changle the land deed of the tea mountain he bought from Lu Changle, as well as the land deed of a grain and oil store in Changle County.

"Brother Qiongbiao, do you want me to accompany you to redeem people? Or I will lead people to ambush, save people and then take them down." After getting the title deed, Lu Changle smiled more sincerely.

He took the initiative to ask for a job, sold it to Fan Sanpao, and asked him if he had any backup.

"Young Master Lu is kind enough." Fan Sanbo shook his head and said, "I have to take my cousin's safety into consideration, let's discuss after bringing him back."

The Incense Sect always collects money before releasing people. If they notice something abnormal, Mr. Wen's life will be lost.

If something happened to Mr. Wen, not to mention Hou Jin's anger, even my own father would not be able to forgive himself.

With his network resources in Fujian, there are plenty of opportunities for revenge.

Lu Changle sneered in his heart, but said with admiration on the surface: "Shopkeeper Fan is kind and righteous, I admire you."

Fan San borrowed money from various parties, and finally raised [-] cash in cash. He sent his confidant Fan Zaixing, the shopkeeper of the Dayuchuan Tea Shop, to pay the ransom with three carriages.

Among them, 500 taels of gold and 5000 taels of silver.

One tael of silver in the Ming Dynasty is equivalent to about 41.6 grams in later generations, and 5000 taels of silver alone is equivalent to more than [-] catties.

There is also gold, which cannot be transported without three carriages.

However, Fan Zaixing left with a full load and returned empty-handed.

It turned out that after the ransom was paid, the people from the Incense Sect said it was not enough, so they took out a large stack of owed bills again.

"Too much deceit!" In the back hall of the Dayuchuan tea shop, Fan Sanbo, who became angry from embarrassment, grabbed the teapot on the table and slammed it down.
With a bang, the exquisite teapot produced by Longquan folk kiln shattered.

Lu Changle quickly asked: "Brother Qiongbiao, why are you so angry? Could it be that the people of Xianghuo Sect are not trustworthy?"

Fan Sanbo shook his head and said, took out a thick stack of paper and said, "Young Master Lu, look, how can there be such a shameless person in the world, it makes me mad."

Take someone to send money, go to Wild Dog Ridge, the incense sect sent people to deliver a letter, saying that the location has changed, to Huangjiawan,
After finally arriving at Huangjiawan, I changed to Shengniuping,

In order to save Mr. Wen, Fan Zaixing had no choice but to switch places again and again.

After changing four places in a row, I might feel safe. Finally, a few masked men came out to collect the ransom.

After checking everything was correct, Fan Zaixing was about to make an appointment with them on the time and place to release him.
The other party dumped a large stack of owed bills, all written in Mr. Wen's handwriting,

The other party said that Mr. Wen asked too much when he was detained, so he took the initiative to sign a long-term order,
The number is not much, adding up to more than 5000 taels.

From the robbery to the payment of the ransom, it took only five days to pay the ransom, that is to say, more than 1000 taels a day.
Even if you go to the top brothel and spend as much as you like, you don't spend that much in a day.

Obviously, those people saw that Fan's firm was rich and tried every means to get money.

Lu Changle almost didn't laugh out loud, that kid Mu Sheng just dialed, but he didn't expect his performance to be so good.

Fan Sanbo has always regarded himself as a Confucian businessman, always saying that harmony makes money, nourishing energy and self-cultivation,
Just like that, I was going crazy.

Nice job.

"Brother Qiongbiao, what should we do now?" Lu Changle asked anxiously.

"Give it to him." Fan Sanpao gritted his teeth and said, "See if he has the life flower."

Lu Changle volunteered and said: "Brother Qiongbiao, if there is anything I need to do, just ask."

"It's just to redeem one person, don't use it for now, if you need to use Mr. Lu, Fan will definitely speak up."

The Fuzhou Lu family can be regarded as a trump card in Fujian, and it is easy not to reveal it.
Besides, the Fuzhou Lu family has only just joined the group, and there are many things that he still cannot know.
You have to increase your entrainment efforts.

Lu Changle said a few words of comfort, then turned to leave.

Fan Sanbo didn't dare to take risks, he didn't need himself, and he wanted to raise money, but he didn't have the money himself.

Seeing that Fan Sanbo seemed to be busy with something, he didn't keep his own meaning, so he said goodbye.

"Patriarch, it's getting dark and the city gate is closed, where are we going?" Chang Sheng, who accompanied Lu Changle, asked.

It was only then that Lu Changle realized that the lanterns had just come on and it was almost dark.

After thinking about it, he quickly said: "Go to Qingquanju for dinner, and then open the second room to rest, and make plans tomorrow."

"Patriarch, just open a room, I'll make the floor." Changsheng said honestly.

"I said two rooms are two rooms, let's go." Lu Changle said domineeringly.

Changsheng is used to living a hard life, and he can't wait to spend a penny in half.

But that was before, and now a few big fat sheep have been caught,
The money he got from Fan Sanbo alone exceeded 10 taels.
Rich and willful.

(End of this chapter)