Half a day ago, Wu Ji moved around and borrowed money, and finally collected 100,000 taels of silver.

This is just in Hushu Pass. If you change it somewhere else, you can't imagine that you can get so much money in such a short time.

Time was tight, so Zhao Hao left Secretary Ma and his two men at Hushu Pass, and escorted three silver ships with Manager Mi to enter the Xijing Bay of Taihu Lake along the Hudong Canal.

Not far ahead, a fast ship came up.

The guys escorted on the silver ship all nervously held the weapons.

"It's a helper." Zhao Hao waved his hand and signaled everyone to relax.

When the clutch came over, Jin Ke took a few black men with a long face and boarded the silver ship.

At this time, Gao Wu said, "It's all old guys..."

Zhao Hao nodded, and in front of Manager Mi, it was not the time to get close. He asked Jin Ke in a deep voice, "When did it arrive?"

"I received the order from my master and set off. I made a big circle and arrived in Xijing Bay this morning." Jin Ke also replied in a deep voice:

"The youngest people are resting in the north of the Bay, and their subordinates are here to welcome the young master."

"How many people have come?" Zhao Hao asked softly.

"Thirty old brothers from the Qi family army, eighty guards in Caijiaxiang, four hundred gunmen in the gunman battalion, and a hundred men who were carrying boats." Jin Ke reported:

"There are ten boats in total, all of which are hung with the flag of the Dongting Chamber of Commerce, and no one dares to investigate along the way."

"Okay, very good!" Mr. Zhao was immediately energetic. This was his confidence in shaking his majesty. "Let your brothers follow you far away and don't get too close!"

"I understand." Jin Ke waved his hand, and several subordinates who were staying on the Clippers adjusted their sails and rowed quickly to send the order.

It was raining and the lake was misty. Before the boat could go a hundred feet away, it was gone.

"Let's go, let's go with Manager Mi to send money." Zhao Hao smiled and greeted Jin Ke and went into the cabin.

In the cabin, boxes of silver were piled up. Zhao Hao found a box to sit down and expanded the water map from the Hua family.

He pointed to a small dot marked "Little Bamboo Island" above and introduced to Jin Ke: "This is the place to pay the money. The water bandits dug a big hole on the island, and asked us to bury the silver and leave."

Jin Ke nodded and asked, "What are the plans of the young master?"

"It was originally there, but now it's gone." Zhao Hao spread his hands and said, "Brother Jin is here, of course I've followed your arrangements."

It is always a taboo for lay people to lead professionals, and it is wise to let professionals do professional things.

Otherwise, why would you spend a lot of money to support them?

"Yes." Jin Ke also breathed a sigh of relief. Who is not afraid of being a leader who is blindly commanding?

"But please give a clear combat goal."

"It's very simple. First, we must ensure the safety of the hostages, and at the same time we must kill all the water bandits."

Jin Ke nodded and asked in a deep voice: "Can you understand this way by subordinates - if the water bandits get the ransom, we will wait until we confirm the safety of the hostages before killing them. If the water bandits dare to play tricks after getting the money, kill them directly!"

Manager Mi couldn't help but remind: "If you attack for a strong attack, what should I do if my lady is safe?"

"Don't worry." Jin Ke glanced at him and said, "As long as we're fast enough, they won't have time to hurt your lady."

"Uh..." Manager Mi's lips moved a few times, wanting to ask where he got such strong confidence?

"Don't worry, Uncle Mi, Brother Jin said ok, that's it, that's definitely fine!" Zhao Hao smiled and patted Manager Mi on the shoulder, asking him to stay calm.

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Jinke did not make a plan immediately, but instead studied it silently on the map.

Zhao Hao didn't bother him, and lay on the silver box for two people, wondering what he was thinking.

About an hour later, Jin Ke suddenly raised his head. "It's almost here."

Sure enough, just a cup of tea, Manager Mi came in to report: "Young Master, Xiaozhu Island has arrived."

Zhao Hao gave Jin Ke a thumbs up, and he deserves to be the number one in the water battle in the Qi family's army.

The two followed Manager Mi to the bow of the boat and saw a small island three or five feet a square foot on the water ahead.

It was bare and there was not a single tree.

"I really know how to choose a place..." Zhao Hao's mouth twitched twice.

His original plan was to send people to ambush the island, and to capture them when the water bandits come to withdraw money, and then force them to lead the way and directly attack the bandits' nest to save people...

Fortunately, it was embarrassing not to say it.

Jin Ke looked around and saw that the water was vast and there was no boat board, and there was no place to hide.

"Let's do it first."

"Oh." The rice manager nodded and ordered people to move the boat as close as possible to the island, and then transport it up one by one with three small boats.

Thirty boxes of 100,000 taels of silver were packed, and it would not be transported for a while. Zhao Hao and Jin Ke also went to the island, and indeed saw a pit more than two feet deep and four or five feet in diameter.

Such a small pit, half of the money can't be enough to hold.

"It's very careless to dig." Mr. Zhao teased and smiled, "Do you think I can't pay so much money?"

Jin Ke looked at him silently, thinking that ordinary people really couldn't imagine...

"It seems that the water bandits are very cautious."

"It's a pity that they know nothing about the power of science." Mr. Zhao chuckled.

"What the young master said." Jin Ke nodded calmly, everything was under control.

After about half an hour, all thirty silver boxes were buried as required. For this reason, the guys even dug the pit deeper and doubled the size.

Then everyone returned to the big ship and pulled the anchor away.

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Waiting for the ripples passing by the boat to dissipate, the lively island returned to peace.

Most of the hour later, a small boat with a tail rudder like a wooden gun sailed into the waters of Xiaozhu Island.

But the gun ship did not sail to the island immediately, but walked around the island a mile away.

After confirming that there were no ships nearby, the gun ship sailed to the island.

The two water bandits who stretched their necks immediately discovered that the pit they dug had been filled.

There were many messy footprints on the side.

"My God!" The water bandits were about to jump out of their chests and rushed to the island to check.

When they skipped the floating soil and pried open the locked silver box, everyone was stunned by the white silver light.

I pried open another box, but it was still white!

The water bandits suddenly burst into cheers like wolf howls, and then rushed forward, desperately stuffing silver into their arms.

Little did they know that their every move fell into the eyes of Zhao Hao and Jin Ke, two miles away.

The two were lying on a sampan, each holding a binoculars.

It was raining and the water mist was confused. The naked eye could only distinguish objects from around a hundred feet away, but could see two miles with a telescope.

So the water bandits could not find them in that circle.

"They won't run away after taking the money, right?" Mr. Zhao was a little confused.

"Don't worry, young master, if anyone sent to do this, his family will be hostages in the hands of the bandit leader." Jin Ke shook his head and chuckled, and couldn't help but sigh that with this telescope, everyone became a clairvoy.

Isn’t this purely bullying?

As Jin Ke said, the water bandits each took a piece of silver, then they closed the silver box and buried it in soil, got on the boat and reported it.

"Follow up." Jin Ke pointed the direction to Cao Zhou's subordinates.

Two strong men rowed their oars desperately, and stood behind each other's boat from afar.

In fact, the two men could not see the bandit's gun ship, but it was enough as long as Jin Ke could see it.

Zhao Hao and Jinke had a clear division of labor, one was responsible for tracking and the other was responsible for alerting the enemy situation around him. In this way, the gods were hanging far behind without realizing it.

When Jin Ke saw the gun ship start to circle again, he said to Zhao Hao: "I have found the bandit's nest."
Chapter completed!