Chapter 38: Don’t lend it? Then I’ll rob it!
When everyone heard that Yang Lin was asking them to borrow money, their faces immediately turned ugly.
It is true that they are wealthy, but their money did not come from the wind.
On the contrary, the richer a person is, the more he values money.
"Hehehe, Captain Yang just won a battle, how could he be short of money? Don't joke with me."
Yang Lin's face darkened: "Do you think I'm kidding you?"
Although most of the evil gentry were afraid of Yang Lin, there were some who were not.
"Yang Lin, don't refuse my toast and drink the wine for punishment!"
"Let me tell you, my brother is the colonel commander of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. In fact, he is at the same level as your commander Chu Yunfei."
" You are so tired of living that you are blackmailing me!"
"Zhu Wanqi, the rich man Zhu, right?"
Yang Lin looked at the other person with a smile on his face. He had already found out the details of this group of landlords from Wen Peng, so he knew the other person's name.
Zhu Wanqi raised his head and said with a fearless look: "Since you know me, you should know that my brother is Zhu Wanyou, the commander of the 773rd Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army."
"If you know what's best for you, you should immediately apologize to me, and then this matter will be over."
"Apologize?"
Yang Lin sneered twice, raised his hand and slapped him in the face.
"Ugh!"
Zhu Wanqi screamed, turned around twice, and then fell to the ground. Looking at his left face, it had already swollen like a pig's head, and five bright red fingerprints were clearly visible.
"Yang Lin, you are looking for death. My brother will not let you go..."
Before he could finish his words, Yang Lin kicked him.
Zhu Wanqi let out a cry and immediately curled up into a ball, holding his stomach.
"I'm telling you, I'm here today to rid the people of harm! You old thing, you bully men and women all the time and bring disaster to the area, don't think I don't know!"
"Are you using Zhu Wanyou to scare me?"
"I can beat up Sakata Nobutsu whenever I want, and I can whip him whenever I want. Why are you afraid of him?"
Hearing this, Zhu Wanqi remembered Yang Lin’s impressive combat record.
It is true that his younger brother is the commander of the 773rd Regiment, but he is nothing compared to Nobutsu Sakata.
Yang Lin even dared to beat and slap Sakata Nobutsu, so he might not be afraid of his younger brother.
A good man never suffers a loss in front of him. At that moment, Zhu Wanqi pretended to be submissive and said, "Captain Yang, I was wrong, I was wrong. Let's talk it over."
"You want to borrow money, don't you? Isn't it enough for me to promise you?"
Finally, the guy added, "But you have to write an IOU. Isn't that too much to ask?"
Yang Lin was almost amused by Zhu Wanqi. He was indeed a money-grubber who was still thinking about getting the money back in the future.
However, it is not impossible to write an IOU. You will not pay it back anyway, and it can make the other party willingly pay, so why not do it?
Thinking of this, Yang Lin grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, and said, "Since it's a loan, of course I should write an IOU."
"Come to think of it, I didn't borrow money for myself, but to fight the Japanese."
"When my independent brigade fights the Japanese again in the future, won't you also have a share of the credit, Master Zhu?"
Zhu Wanqi got up from the ground, holding his stomach, and said, "Okay, in that case, I'll go back and get the money now."
"Go back?" Yang Lin said with a smile, "No need to bother. I can just send someone to get it myself."
Zhu Wanqi's face suddenly turned ugly, as if he had eaten a few pounds of feces. He thought to himself, are you borrowing money? Or is it extortion?
Yang Lin didn't care about Zhu Wanqi's ugly expression at all. He turned his head and looked at the others, and said with a smile: "Master Zhu has agreed to lend me money. I wonder if you guys are?"
"Since Captain Yang has spoken, we should contribute generously."
"With Captain Yang's character and reputation, is it possible that he would refuse to pay such a small sum of money?"
"Hehehe, that's it, that's it."
Even Zhu Wanqi, the most powerful one, had given in. How could they dare to say a single "no"?
Finally, he did not forget to compliment Yang Lin.
Yang Lin was amused. How could he talk about character with a bunch of you guys who are causing trouble in the village?
Although he thought so in his heart, he said: "Of course, what I, Yang Lin, hate most in my life is people who betray their trust."
"As the saying goes, if you borrow, you must pay it back. It is not difficult to borrow again. So, when my independent brigade has enough money, I will repay you as soon as possible."
The landlords were shocked. What the hell? From the tone of this, will you borrow money again?
You wish!
Yang Lin pretended to get some ink and brush to pull Wen Peng aside, and asked in a low voice, "Old Wen, you should know the family background of these guys, right?"
Wen Peng chuckled and said, "Captain, I have had many interactions with these guys, so I know their financial situation very well. They are all wealthy people."
Yang Lin nodded and said, "Very good. When you write the IOU later, you can decide the amount based on their financial situation."
"Yes!" Wen Peng thought for a moment and said, "However, if I just show up with an IOU, I'm afraid the other party's family may not be willing to pay, right?"
"Stupid! Did I ask you to bring the IOU to my house to get the money? When I write the IOU, I will ask these landlords to write a letter to their families.
Just say they have been kidnapped and ask their families to raise money to redeem them!
The deadline is one night. If you don’t see the money before 8 o’clock tomorrow morning, I will tear up the ticket!”
Wen Peng was stunned by Yang Lin's shamelessness: "Captain, are you borrowing money or blackmailing me?"
"Does it matter whether I'm borrowing money or blackmailing?"
Wen Peng added: "Um... well, what if these landlords don't cooperate in writing letters?"
"Not cooperating?" Yang Lin sneered: "Do they dare?"
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Soon, Wen Peng wrote IOUs to each of these landlords based on their wealth, and according to the instructions of team leader Yang Lin, he asked them to write letters to their families, saying that they had been kidnapped and asked them to raise money quickly.
At the beginning, Wen Peng was worried that these landlords would not cooperate.
Obviously, his worry was unnecessary.
Although these landlords value money as their life, they are more afraid of death.
With the previous experience of Zhu Wanqi being beaten, how could they dare to say a word of "no"?
What's more, even if you don't write the letter, you still have to pay the money.
Just consider it as losing money to avoid disaster.
