Xirong Lane, Yuanqi General Number.

Hearing that the big shopkeeper Yi Zhishu was kidnapped on the way to Shunde, Kong Jian'an's mind was blank as if the sky had fallen, and after a while, he said in a deep voice: "Come on, go to the Guangzhou branch immediately and ask the shopkeeper Liang to come over!" ”

Liang Jiemin hurried over, and was speechless for a long time when he heard the news, and when he came back to his senses, his first thought was whether it was the Shunde silk merchant who did it? immediately sent someone to call He Shutai and Wang Chaoyi, and then he asked, "Shopkeeper Kong didn't report to the official, right?" ”

"Nope." Kong Jian'an shook his head and said: "The big shopkeeper was kidnapped, and most of the other party wanted to extort money and rashly reported to the official, I am afraid that it will endanger the life of the big shopkeeper." ”

"Shopkeeper Kong is worried about not rushing to report to the official first." Liang Jiemin said, groaning slightly, and continued: "Does the Thirteen Elements know about this?" ”

"You should already know." Kong Jian'an said: "Accompanying the big shopkeeper are the two Wu family's courtyard martial artists. ”

"Can Yi Fu send someone to report?"

"The big shopkeeper and the little servant Li Wang have rushed to Futai Bank to report."

Liang Jiemin nodded, and pondered for a moment before he said: "If the other party kidnaps the big shopkeeper for the purpose of extorting money, he will inevitably notify the Yuanqi General Number or the Yi Mansion to list the specific amount of silver and the method of delivery. ”

Qian Zhuang can be said to be easy to do on the silver ticket, no matter how stupid the thief will not be stupid enough to ask for the silver ticket, although Kong Jian'an said that it was the first time he encountered this kind of thing, but he still understood this, and immediately asked: "How much cash should you prepare?" ”

"I'm afraid the amount won't be small." Liang Jiemin said: "Prepare twenty first... 500,000, Yuan Qi is now famous, and the other party is afraid that the lion will open his mouth. After a pause, he continued: "Shopkeeper Kong doesn't need to panic, kidnappers also have kidnappers' rules, and generally won't tear up tickets at will, you are in the head office, I will go to the Thirteen Lines Business Office to see what the Thirteen Lines are, this ransom, we can't make our own claims." ”

"Shunde silk merchants..."

"When they come, tell them to wait at the main number." Liang Jiemin arched his hand as he said and walked away quickly.

Flower field, banyan garden.

A small boat quickly sailed into the backyard dock, as soon as the boat docked, Huang Dianyuan and Yao Qichang, who were alias Su Yunhai, jumped ashore, Su Mengdie, who had been waiting at the dock for a long time, hurriedly stepped forward, and before he could salute, Huang Dianyuan said in a deep voice: "What happened?" So anxious. ”

"Yi Zhicontent was kidnapped ......." Su Mengdie relayed Wan Li Anfu's report as she spoke.

After listening carefully, Huang Dianyuan frowned and said, "Who has such great ability in Guangzhou?" Triad? ”

"Probably not." Su Mengdie said: "The triad is based in Guangdong, it is impossible to act so unscrupulously, Yi Zhizhi is not only the treasurer of Yuanqi, but also the son of the Thirteen Elements, and even Wu Bingjian's weight, even if the Triad asks for money, it will not take the means of kidnapping, it should not be done by the Triad, and the local small gang will not dare to offend the Thirteen Elements and Yuan Qi so much, it should be done by the gang that came to forage for food in Chaoshan." ”

"We still have some friendship over there in Chaoshan." Huang Dianyuan said: "Don't worry, I will contact them immediately and notify you as soon as there is news." ”

Su Mengdie hurriedly squatted down and said, "Thank you, young master." ”

Yao Qichang only spoke at this time: "Is the silver okay?" ”

"What can silver do?" Su Mengdie glanced at him and said, "The silver was remitted to Shunde by ticket number, and it was not brought with me, so it will be fine." ”

The north exit of Tongwen Street, the thirteen lines of merchants.

Hearing the news, a group of businessmen have put down the matter at hand and rushed to the public chamber, these years the Qing Dynasty is not peaceful, but Guangzhou is still peaceful, very rarely heard of kidnappers kidnapping rich businessmen for extortion, I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen to Yi Zhicontent, a group of businessmen are more suspicious in their hearts, it is very likely that it is because of Yuanqi's monopoly on Guangzhou money and manipulation of the tea market, but this is a suspicion of schadenfreude, no one dares to say, they are all the owners of Yuanqi, and then the tea market collapsed, and the thirteen lines of merchants also benefited the most, All of this is a blessing of contentment.

Yi Yunchang was not in the public office, but went to Wu's garden, and when he heard Li Wang's report, he calmed down and thought of Wu Bingjian first, who really has the ability to save Yi Zhi, I am afraid that only Wu Bingjian and Pan Zhengwei are among the thirteen elements.

Liang Jiemin hurried to the meeting hall of the merchant office, and after entering the door to greet him, he was not polite, and said directly: "All the proprietors are here, that's the best, the big shopkeeper was kidnapped, and the thieves just asked for money, and asked the proprietors to show me, is the ransom paid directly by Yuan Qi?" How much can I pay? ”

Yan Qichang was the first to stand up and said: "No matter how much the other party wants, they will give it to them, but there is one thing, we must ensure the safety of Yi Xian's nephew's life, otherwise, we will not hesitate to hang a huge bounty to arrest the murderer all over the world!" ”

"What is said is that silver is a small matter, but human life is a big matter." Wu Tianyuan hurriedly echoed: "The most important thing at the moment is to ensure the safety of Yi Xian's nephew. ”

The two of them said this, a group of businessmen have opened their mouths to echo, no one is far behind, the voice of the people to be waited for is quieter, the chief businessman Pan Zhengwei slowly said: "Liang shopkeeper, Yuan Qi and the thirteen lines are a family, in the rescue of Yi Da shopkeeper, the thirteen lines will definitely spare no effort, if the bandits are blackmailed, they will inevitably notify Yuan Qi, with the news, I hope that the Liang shopkeeper will spread it in time." ”

"That's how it should be." Liang Jiemin hurriedly responded, paused slightly, and then asked: "Do you need to report to the official about the abduction of the big shopkeeper?" ”

"There's no urgency." Pan Zhengwei said: "The Thirteen Lines have already sent people to investigate and rescue through various channels, and it is not appropriate to report to the official at this time." ”

Shunde, Xingtan Town.

The sky is dark, when the black is not dark, the two big ships slowly approached a wharf at the entrance of the town, it is now the spring cocoon market season, there are many ships moored back and forth, no one pays attention to it at all, the people on the wharf seem to be acquaintances, and greet warmly.

Yi Zhizu stood on the boat and looked around, the sky was dark, he couldn't see clearly from dozens of steps away, and he didn't know what place this was, he didn't bother to ask more, at the end of the day, no one paid attention to him at all, and it was boring to ask.

"Be honest and don't ask for trouble." A man viciously admonished him, and then urged: "Get off the boat, what do you see?" ”

"You're welcome!" The man at the head walked out slowly and scolded: "Yi Da shopkeeper is also something you can shout about?" ”

Yi Zhishu glanced back at him, didn't say anything, the other party didn't say anything about the scene, he was indeed very polite to him, at least he was not tied, he was not gagged, he didn't care if he was locked in a cabin, he didn't eat or drink at the end of the day, he was now hungry and thirsty, and he didn't have the spirit to talk nonsense, so he took his burden and went ashore along the gangplank.

Went ashore and walked not far, turned a corner and entered a compound, the yard is not small, but there are not a few figures, Yi Zhicontent was taken directly to the main room in the backyard, and then the men retreated, both came and went, to this point, there is nothing to fear, and the other party is quite polite, lit a cigar, he looked at the furnishings in this room while smoking, wondering what kind of place this is?