Cheng Liangru cannot kill him. After all, it was a living silver note and was also a moving silver treasury. After controlling the two Huaihe Rivers, he would confiscate all the homes of these merchants.

But Zhang Shuheng did not have any sympathy for those caravan guards and friends. He planned to kill all those people, and he would not feel merciful. After all, some of those people had seen them and could not stay.

Cheng Liangjin's crime should have been killed long ago. Not only did he collude with corrupt officials, but his personal guards also investigated that this person provided food to Shanxi merchants, and the food was sold outside the pass. In fact, Cheng Liangjin had long known that the food was sold to Jiannu, but he still wanted huge profits and sold the food to Jiannu in disguise. In real history, Cheng Liangjin later, after the Qing army entered the pass, he began to sell food directly to the Qing army, making great contributions to Duoduo's attack on Yangzhou and defeating Jinling.

But Li Guodong still doesn't want his life for the time being. He asked Zhang Shuheng to hand over a ransom to Xiang Chengliang's house and then put him back.

The rest of the ships also fell into the hands of the personal guards and the bandits, and even a single ship ran away.

"Bind all the people, keep their lives for the time being, let them go back to the Cheng family to report the news, and burn the fake cigarettes together with some of the ships! We will take the gold, silver and treasures away." Zhang Shuheng made a quick decision and gave the order.

The guards disguised as water bandits and the recruited water bandits Guo Zefu took the shipmen, men and caravan guards who were tied up in the bottom cabin of the ship, tied up everyone, covered the hatch cover, and untied the cables of the ships and let them go down the river. When someone discovered the ships, people would naturally come to rescue the shipmen and men. Zhang Shuheng took out the fake cigarettes from the box, spread them, threw them on the deck of the ship, and poured them on the deck of the ship.

Several water bandits threw the torch into the fake smoke pile with tinder oil, and ships immediately ignited a raging fire.

A total of 10,000 boxes of fake cigarettes, together with fifty-two ships, were burned mercilessly by Zhang Shuheng. The remaining forty-eight ships were untied, and the captives were imprisoned in the ships. While Zhang Shuheng released the captives, he also asked them to report the news and get a million ransom to save Cheng Min!

"Let's go!" Zhang Shuheng and Guo Zefu took the water bandits and the brothers of the personal guards to leave Chaohu in a small boat. On the north bank of the Yangtze River, the water network is crisscrossing, the river lines are complex, and the lakes are scattered. There are many islands on the Yangtze River and lakes. Those water bandits can find an island continent to serve as a clerk, and the officers and soldiers can do nothing to them.

Cheng Liangliu was taken to the Shengjin Lake area. The lake back then was much larger than later generations. There were many islands in this big lake, the largest of which was Centipede Mountain, and the island mountain in the middle of the lake was changed to a mountain village for water bandits and was also the activity location of Li Guodong's personal guards.

The lanterns were decorated in the mountain village, and the victorious water bandits gathered with the officers and soldiers of the guards, and the accused women also became concubines of the chiefs of the mountain village.

Zhang Shuheng didn't drink much wine. He drank a bowl and then found an excuse to walk out of Juyitang.

A soldier from the personal guards stepped forward, stood beside Zhang Shuheng, and said disappointedly: "Brother, these people are a group of water bandits after all, and they really can't help A Dou. With our help, these guys won a small victory and were complacent and didn't know who they were."

"Okay, Lao Liu, needless to say, we also need their help. Most of them do not know our true identities, only Guo Zefu knows, and even their second and third heads do not know." Zhang Shuheng said. The spy organization founded by Li Guodong must be the core secret of the Huai Army. Most of the people in his army do not know that Zhang Shuheng is actually a spy. They all think that Zhang Shuheng is an ordinary officer.

In Huai'an City, the Cheng Mansion was already in chaos, and Cheng Liangliu's wives and concubines hugged their heads and cried bitterly.

"Hey, the master was taken away, what should I do? The thief asked for a ransom of one million taels of silver. How can we afford so much silver?" The wife almost fainted when she cried. Although the Cheng family was rich, most of the silver was hidden by Cheng Liangzu in a place where his wives and concubines didn't know. How could they know how much money Cheng Liangzu had? After all, the thief offered a huge ransom of one million taels of silver, and they all knew that they could not afford the money.

"One million, where can we get one million taels of silver?" The concubine in the eighth room pretended to take out a handkerchief and wiped her tears. In fact, she had long wanted Cheng Liangjin to kick her legs quickly. As long as Cheng Liangjin kicked her legs, she could take Cheng Liangjin with a box of gold and silver treasures she gave her to leave the Cheng Mansion and find a young man to spend his whole life. Anyway, he is a concubine, or the concubine the master bought from Meixianglou. Such a woman can be a widow for the master and be a widow for the good years.

The concubines who did not have children were eager for Cheng Liangling to die early. They were still young and beautiful, and there was a private property given to them by the master, so they could live a good life after they went out.

Those concubines who have given birth have ideas and want to use their sons to help them make money. Even if they don’t have sons and only have daughters, they have to try their best to make money by raising dowry for their daughters. In short, except for the wife who cares about the life and death of the master, there are few other concubines who are worried that the master will not come back.

Even if you don’t want the master to come back alive, you have to squeeze out a few tears? These concubines all cried so hard that they were so sad.

"Save! You must save the master!" the wife suddenly shouted, "We can sell the land and the store. If it is not enough, sisters, I remember that the gold and silver jewelry that the master gave you can also be exchanged for a lot of silver? You give me all the gold and silver jewelry, and I will go and save the master in cash!"

When they heard that they wanted to attack their own private treasury, the concubines burst into tears. This time, they really cried from the bottom of their hearts, and they cried very sadly.

No matter what, the master in the family is not here, and the wife has absolute authority. She is the one who decides everything in this mansion. How dare those concubines say no? If they disobey the wife and the wife is forced to drag the crime and beat them to death, it will be a matter of one sentence.

Finally, Cheng Liangzhi took out one million taels of silver from his family, and the problem arose again. Li Guodong did not give Cheng Liangzhi's family an accurate trading address and trading time. He just asked them to prepare the money and sent someone to Chaohu to notify the local water bandits.

"Shuheng, are you sure they won't cheat? These days, the sons are eager to rob the robbers to tear up votes, let alone those concubines, none of them are sincere. If they cheat, we will suffer heavy losses." Li Guodong asked.

Zhang Shuheng bowed cautiously: "Lord, I have been checking them during this period. My wives and concubines in the Cheng Mansion are preparing silver. They sold gold, silver and treasures, land and shops, and finally got them together."

"Isn't this Cheng surname rich enough to rival a country? His family has tens of millions of taels of silver. How could he have to piece together even one million taels?" Li Guodong asked.

"The Cheng family is rich, but most of the money is outside. There is also a large amount of cash silver hidden by Cheng Liangjin. He doesn't know where he hides it, and his wives, concubines and children don't know, so it's hard for them to raise a million taels."

"Hahaha!" Li Guodong laughed, "Fortunately this time it was a coincidence and did not ask Cheng's mansion for more ransom, otherwise even if he was willing to give it to him, his mansion would not be able to take it out."

The people sent by the Cheng family came to Chaohu and found the Cheng family's banner. A ship immediately came up and asked, "Are you guys from the Cheng family?"

“That’s right.”

"Are the money ready?"

“It’s ready.”
Chapter completed!