Chapter 521 A Refined Young Lady from the Republican Era Gets the Male and Female Protagonists Killed (23)
Jiang Beilou and Zhang Jisheng stared at Jin Shu, both with shock and confusion in their eyes.
Why set off a firecracker at this time?
After all, even if Zhang Jisheng were beaten to death, he wouldn't believe that someone like Jin Shu could release a signal flare at a crucial moment.
"What are you doing?"
Jiang Beilou could roughly guess what it was, but he wasn't sure. After all, he couldn't understand why Jin Shu would pull out something that could only be used in the military from her bag for no reason.
"Help!"
After firing the new signal flare, Jin Shu looked at Zhang Jisheng.
"Please have Major General Zhang go out and hold out for five minutes. Reinforcements will be here soon."
Zhang Jisheng's face was full of disbelief, but he couldn't resist Jiang Beilou's direct order.
"Focus on defense for now and hold out for a while."
"President, do you really believe what she said about reinforcements coming?"
"I can only trust her."
At this point, if we don't trust Jin Shu, who else can we trust?
After cursing under his breath, Zhang Jisheng resigned himself to his fate and turned to leave.
Intense fighting soon broke out outside, with bullets occasionally whizzing through the overhead carriages. The car in which Jiang Beilou was sitting became a prime target.
Five minutes passed exceptionally slowly.
Jiang Beilou waited with his eyes closed and expressionless. When exactly five minutes had passed, he looked down and opened his pocket watch to check.
"Five minutes are up."
"Yes, the reinforcements should have arrived by now."
After saying that, Jin Shu pulled open the curtain of the car window and looked out. At this moment, the situation outside the car had turned around.
Zhang Jisheng, who was on the verge of surrendering, looked up and saw two large squads of armed men charging towards him from a distance.
Then they quickly joined the battle, directly attacking him from both sides, trapping the team that had attacked them earlier in a fiercely armed encirclement.
The battle situation changed drastically in an instant.
The caravan, which had been demoralized, saw a glimmer of hope and began to fight again.
About half an hour later, it finally quieted down outside.
Jiang Beilou sat upright in the car the whole time, quietly watching the outside world.
When Zhang Jisheng finally brought everyone under control, Jiang Beilou didn't rush to get out of the car. Instead, he turned his gaze to Jin Shu across the street.
"These are the people you arranged to be here beforehand? Are all these people yours?"
Jin Shu shook her head.
"It was indeed my arrangement, but I don't have the ability to make so many people follow my orders."
Chairman Jiang, as I've mentioned before, I'm the only son in the Jin family, which is why I cherish my life so much.
When you asked me to accompany you on the delivery, I had someone scout out the route beforehand.
I was a little worried when I saw the mountain road ahead, so I spent a lot of money to hire an army to guard the area temporarily.
"In just one day, so many people spent a whopping five thousand yuan of my money."
Hiring a professional army is a brilliant idea, especially considering Jin Shu's resourcefulness.
Although it sounds a bit outrageous, on second thought it's not impossible.
Nowadays, BH City has no shortage of troops. So many warlords have moved in one after another, but BH City is not like other places where they can loot and plunder. So many soldiers are idle in the city waiting for money to support them.
It's one thing for a warlord like Liu Dashuai to be complacent, after all, he had a solid foundation and plenty of wealth accumulated over time, enough to support his troops.
As for those minor warlords with average strength, it was normal for their soldiers to go hungry for three days out of ten.
Jin Shu gave so much; it's enough for everyone, from top to bottom, to hold on for a few more months.
After figuring this out, a low chuckle escaped from deep within Jiang Beilou's throat.
His smile became brighter, making him look more like a young man in his early twenties than someone in his thirties.
"I've been in business for so many years, traveling all over the country for more than a decade, and in the end, I'm not even as good as a little girl like you."
Jin Shu, how old are you this year?
Jin Shu thought for a moment.
Twenty-one.
She herself couldn't remember clearly, but she could roughly estimate that it should be like this.
She arrived at the Zhang family at the age of sixteen and lived there as a dependent for five years. During that time, no one cared about her birthday, and no one celebrated it for her. As the days passed by in a dull and boring way, she even forgot her own age.
"Twenty-one... Fifteen years younger than me, yet so calm and thoughtful."
I'll have to learn more about business from you in the future.
It's not something an ordinary person can do to plan ahead like this.
By this time, all the people outside had been brought under control.
The group of people Jin Shu hired clearly knew Zhang Jisheng. The captain took the initiative to greet Zhang Jisheng. When asked why they were there, the captain looked at Jin Shu and then gave a respectful military salute.
"This boss hired us for a day, and I was prepared to fight tooth and nail, but I didn't expect to complete the task so easily."
The main reason was that the reinforcements arrived suddenly, catching the enemy off guard. In addition, Zhang Jisheng did have some ability to lead troops into battle. With the protagonist's halo on full display, the enemy was no match for him.
Zhang Jisheng was still in shock and hadn't recovered for a long time.
It wasn't until Jin Shu paid the remaining balance and the caravan prepared to turn back that he finally accepted the reality that he had been saved by Jin Shu.
On the way back, Jiang Beilou received news that the goods had been safely delivered to the port, and the tension that had been building up around him finally eased.
It was only then that Zhang Jisheng realized that the goods he was escorting were actually just a pile of worthless stones, while Jiang Beilou and Jin Shu had successfully delivered the goods to the designated location by using this trick that made it difficult to distinguish between the real and fake.
Along the way, Zhang Jisheng had too many questions he wanted to ask Jin Shu, but Jin Shu kept chatting with Jiang Beilou in the car and didn't give him a chance to speak alone.
Behind the caravan followed a large group of captured soldiers. Zhang Jisheng walked at the very front. As he entered the city gate of BH, countless eyes were cast upon him, filled with admiration and praise.
Zhang Jisheng's favorite time was after winning a battle; at those times, it felt as if he could roam freely between heaven and earth.
But this time, he lacked the pride and joy that comes with a complete victory.
Those watching didn't know, but everyone in the caravan knew that this victory wasn't his doing at all.
He wouldn't be so depressed under normal circumstances.
But this time it was Jin Shu.
It not only saved the lives of the entire caravan, but also his own.
The two of them had clearly severed all ties and were prepared to become strangers from now on.
Now, it seems like he and she are completely entangled.
"Do you even know what Chairman Jiang is transporting this time? Not only did he have to personally take charge, but he even sent out two separate groups of people! So many vehicles and people, how much money must this have cost?"
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