Chapter 40 Sky-high ransom

A Cheng's words "It's not Yingyang, they want US dollars" immediately made the audience stunned.

The reason why the US dollar was called US dollar in this era is enough to show the US dollar's status in international currencies. In the early 20th century, the daily cash flow of the largest bank in New York was no more than 200,000. The legendary Western cowboys were very lucky to get thousands of dollars every time they robbed a bank. In the late Qing Dynasty, the exchange rate of the US dollar and silver dollars was almost one to four, but the value preservation of the US dollar was definitely greater than that of the silver dollars.

Now the robbers have kidnapped Zhang Xiaoya with the intention of extorting Mr. Zhang 500,000 US dollars, and the deadline is until noon tomorrow. Even if Mr. Zhang is the comprador of Citibank, I am afraid that the total amount of US dollars in Guangzhou will definitely not reach 500,000. The kidnappers have made such a request that they are comparable to the sky, either the other party is deliberately making things difficult or a group of foreign exchange fools.

Wu Shaoting took a deep breath and asserted: "I'm afraid this time it's not as simple as blackmail."

Wang Lifa swallowed a mouthful, hesitated for a while, and said, "Mr. Wu, this matter is not up to us. Let's send someone to inform the Zhang family as soon as possible. If it is too late, I'm afraid that the Zhang family will blame us for being procrastinated."

Wu Shaoting ignored Wang Lifa for the time being and asked Acheng: "Do you still remember the location of the incident?"

Acheng shook his head, then nodded hesitantly, and said, "The bandits only robbed people, and the car is still parked there. There are not many people who can drive in Guangzhou. As long as you walk along the road to Gaozhuang, you will definitely see the car. Where the car is, the place where the car is robbed."

Wang Lifa looked at Wu Shaoting and couldn't help but feel scared. Could this Lord Wu be going out of the city to save Miss Zhang? He quickly emphasized: "Mr. Wu, let's just guard the city gate, and this matter is not ours. If the kidnapping case is under the control of the patrol camp, if it is to suppress the bandits, it is a matter of the defense camp, and we can't do it."

As a special forces soldier in the 21st century, Wu Shaoting has not participated in a real anti-terrorism operation, but has had many practical exercises. He knew that the earlier the kidnapping case was launched, the greater the chance of hostages being rescued. However, he is not a entrusted person. With the current situation of the back post, the lack of guns and weapons, the soldiers are all timid and afraid of things, and it is impossible to carry out the rescue operation.

After a calm analysis for a while, he immediately said: "Wang Lifa, take your two brothers to the patrol battalion and defense battalion to report the case. Chentang and Zhang Fengnian, you two escort Acheng back to the Zhang family. Wang Yun and Chen Qun gather all the brothers with guns."

Wang Li was stunned and asked, "Mr. Wu, are you really going to leave the city?"

Wu Shaoting said: "I just went to the scene to see the situation. Do you remember to ask the patrol battalion and defense battalion to send people to support me quickly. Do you understand?"

Wang Li was so anxious that he patted his thighs repeatedly and said, "Oh, Lord Wu, you just came back from overseas and don't know the situation of our Guangzhou garrison. Who dares to leave the city after dark? In the past, when it was quite stable near Guangzhou City, no unit dared to leave the city at night. Now the bandits are coming to the door. The patrol battalion is fucked, so there must be no hope. Although the defense battalion has many people and guns, they have to arrange it before they can take action."

Wang Yun and Chen Qun nodded repeatedly, they knew they were going out of the city with Lord Wu, and they were very worried and afraid. Wang Yun said, "It's almost dark this day, and even if we go to the scene, we can't find anything."

Wu Shaoting sneered and said, "Do you think the patrol battalion and defense battalion will wait until dawn as usual before acting?"

The three team officials were stunned and they murmured in their hearts: Isn’t it?

Wu Shaoting continued: "The person who was kidnapped this time is the eldest lady of the Zhang family. You know better than me who is the Zhang family. He will bear to wait until tomorrow morning to take action? As long as the Zhang family master puts pressure on the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, the Governor will put pressure on the patrol battalion and defense battalion, they will definitely not be able to sleep tonight."

Wang Lifa, Wang Yun and Chen Qun looked at each other, and then they figured out the problem.

Yes, Zhang Zhi is a person who calls the wind and rain in Guangzhou. If he comes forward to the patrol battalion and defense battalion, he will definitely not dare to neglect it.

"But... Lord Wu, since that's the case, let's leave it to the patrol battalion and defense battalion to take over. This matter is really nothing to do with us. We are just guarding the city gate..." Wang Lifa stammered, still a little reluctant.

"Wang Lifa, you follow my order. Do you understand the order?" Wu Shaoting didn't want to talk nonsense with his subordinates. He has made a decision now.

Wang Lifa had no choice but to go out of the city, so he had to respond and called two soldiers to hurry. The two soldiers named Chen Tang and Zhang Fengnian immediately took Acheng to report the news to the Zhang family.

Wang Yun and Chen Qun each sighed, hurriedly ran to the city tower, and called down all the soldiers holding guns.

There were only eleven rifles in the back whistle, and each of the four team officials was one, but sometimes the team officials were lazy to hold the guns and handed them over to their subordinates. Now that Li Wenqi went to buy Canadian meals, he had not come back yet, and Wang Lifa had another task, so the rifles of the two of them were temporarily given to the other two soldiers.

After some preparation, Wu Shaoting ordered the city gate to be opened and took Wang Yun, Chen Qun and nine other soldiers out of the city.

Although Wu Shaoting did not know the way to Gaozhuang, some of his soldiers recognized it as about thirteen miles away from Taiping Gate. What's more, the sky was not completely dark at this time, and the incident happened near Huma Village on the way to Gaozhuang, so he would not be worried about getting lost. He led the soldiers to run forward, and at this time he fully utilized the training effect of the first three months, and it only took an hour to reach the scene of the incident.

Half an hour later, four luxurious carriages galloped on the streets of Guangzhou City under the oppression of night.

It was dinner time, and every household in the city lit the lights, and the smoke from the cooking stove was curling, making it look peaceful and peaceful.

But for those who were on the carriage, they should have sat comfortably at the dining table at home for a sumptuous dinner, but the whole atmosphere was broken by a bad news falling from the sky.

Since the villa manor in Baiyun Mountain, the carriage headed straight to the Governor's Office on Dexuan Street. The Governor's Office was originally established in Zhaoqing, but moved into Guangzhou City after 1746. It was originally located in Xincheng. However, during the Second Opium War, the Governor's Office in Xincheng was captured by the British and French forces and was converted into the current Stone Room Sacred Heart Cathedral. Later, the Governor's Office had to renovate the former site of the Nanyang Trade Office and became the new Governor's Office.

The Nanyang Tongshang Yamen is an ancient Chinese-style building, and from Xuande Street to the south, the streets are lined with Western arcades. Such a huge yamen is located alone between a group of Western buildings, which always gives people the feeling of imperialism being strongly watching the Governor's Yamen.

The four carriages slowed down and slowly stopped in front of the gate of the Governor's Office of Guangdong and Guangxi.

The guards in front of the gate of the Governor's Office saw that the carriage was very noble and thought that it must be a noble person, so they hurried forward to greet them.

Two young men in suits quickly jumped off the first carriage, carried a saddle-horse stool to the second carriage and the third carriage, waiting for the owner in the car to get off. As for the fourth carriage, two burly men were wearing black satin gowns, and each of them had a Mauser pistol gun box hanging around their waists. Standing opposite the street to guard, it was obvious that they were guarding.

The third carriage first walked down a young man about twenty-five years old. The young man was also wearing a suit, but the material could be recognized at a glance. When the young man got off the car, there was no braid on the back of his head, and he had a gentleman's hairstyle of 30,700 cents. However, after getting off the car, a servant immediately sent a fake braid.

The young man took the braid in disgust, put it on his head casually, then quickly walked to the door of the second carriage, and helped an old man in his fifties in his car down.

"Zhicheng, your braid is tilted again. This is the Governor's Mansion. Do you think it's still at home?" After the old man got off the car, he glared at the young man fiercely and scolded him sternly.

The young man had no choice but to put the fake braids on his head neatly. While tidying up his braids, he said impatiently: "Dad, now you care about what my braids do. My sister's safety is important."

The old man snorted, then sighed heavily, and his vicissitudes of life gradually covered with sorrow.

This person is Zhang Xiaoya's father, a comprador of Citibank and an assistant manager of Guangzhou, Nanyang Trade Office. He was originally worried about why Zhang Xiaoya had not returned so late. Later, the guard of Taiping Gate sent the driver of the Zhang family Acheng back and told him about the kidnapping in its entirety, and was shocked.
Chapter completed!