The Number One Catcher In The Capital, You Call This A Dog Leg?

Chapter 349: 1 Proposition

Just when the group of gamblers had divided the money in proportion and planned to secure the winning ticket, a voice from the side came again.

"One thousand taels of Bo Sheng in Anding County! Kuangzhou, a guy who ran away, how can he fight against Bo Sheng in Anding County? Ya Kuangzhou is an idiot!"

When the gamblers heard this voice, their originally firm hearts hesitated again.

At this time, there was another voice: "I also bet on the county uncle of Anding, one thousand taels! What kind of gambling? I call it investment!"

When the man surnamed Li was about to put the money on the gambling table, the man surnamed Zhang grabbed his arm and stopped him: "Brother Li, do you remember what you said just now that you will never gamble again?"

The man surnamed Li broke away from his hand: "Everyone has said that this is called investment! What kind of bet is there to bet? I'll bet on Uncle Anding, one thousand taels!"

The man surnamed Zhang had no choice but to let out a helpless sigh in the end, put away the money that was supposed to bet on the county uncle of Anding, and walked out of the gambling house without looking back.

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Andingbo Mansion

bedroom

Xu Qing lay in Su Qian's arms with her eyes closed, and Su Qian gently massaged Xu Qing's temples.

While helping Xu Qing massage, Su Qian asked, "I'm afraid that my husband's actions will make those gamblers lose their way of life. Is it a bit too heartless? Moreover, if there are extreme gamblers, they may even be desperate because they have no way out." Take the risk and become a bandit in the green forest, causing harm to the common people, and if things go on like this, there will be endless troubles."

Xu Qing closed his eyes, rubbed his head lightly and said: "Gamblers, some gamblers sell their wives and children in order to earn gambling money, even if they can't eat enough, they still have to spend the last bit of money to bet on the gambling table , Such a person will sooner or later lose his family because of gambling, or take a desperate risk, or take a leap, and being a husband is just advancing this time."

"Of course, there is another important reason for the lord and his husband to collect money so much. Do you want to know, my lady?"

Su Qian smiled and said: "If the concubine can know, the husband will tell the concubine to listen to it."

Xu Qing said: "Young lady is not an outsider, of course you can know, because the current state treasury is really short of money. Last year, the natural disaster, His Majesty reduced and exempted taxes in many places to stabilize people's hearts and resume production. Except for the imperial government's expenditure, now the national treasury Yinjia is afraid that it will be reluctant to fight a war with the enemy country, while Chu State will most likely face the coalition forces of Zhao State and Zhou State, and it is far from a war that can be won."

"Today's Great Chu can't bear the price of defeat at all. The prince and His Majesty have never thought of cede land for peace, but they can't afford to pay, so this battle can only be won, not lost."

"The prince has already told me that if he does not have enough money before the war, he will directly mobilize shadow guards to the capital to suppress the court. At that time, all the property of corrupt officials in the court will be confiscated to use as military funds. Once the prince does this, it will be a real chaos in the world."

"Now, the lord is just collecting silver taels from gamblers in Beijing and charging them into the national treasury. This method is already very gentle, and the price is much lower than the chaos in the world."

Yes, if this battle is defeated, the enemy army will surely drive straight in. The Emperor Chu and the Xian Wang both have the kind of character that would rather be broken than broken, so it is strange that they can put down their dignity and give up the land for compensation.

If this victory is won, the Xiao family will continue to extend the country for at least a hundred years. If they lose, it will be a change of dynasty, or the state of Chu will directly become a local separatist warlord of the Xiao family.

"I didn't expect Dachu to be so difficult at this time!" Su Qian pondered for a moment and said, "Why did my husband still insist on 30% of the profit? Dachu is already so difficult, and the Uncle Anding's mansion is not short of money, so my husband is not as good as that." Donating 30% of the silver from this gambling game to the national treasury can be regarded as your husband's contribution to Da Chu."

Xu Qing shook his head and said: "No, a husband must be greedy for money. The first reason is that those are the legal income of our family. The second reason is that only if I always remember to take money, the prince and His Majesty will trust me. If there is a person who is extremely talented but has no desires, what do you think will happen?"

"People are ambitious, they don't love money, and they don't love beauties, so what would he like? When the time comes, what greets us is not such calm trust, but endless vigilance."

When Su Qian heard this, she nodded her head half-understood. It turned out that her husband thought so deeply.

At this time, Su Qian asked again: "Does your husband love beauties?"

This is obviously a sending proposition.

Xu Qing shrank her head into Su Qian's arms again: "I love my wife."

When Su Qian heard this, the corners of her mouth involuntarily drew a perfect arc.

Originally, Xu Qing wanted to stay in Su Qian's arms for a while, so she underestimated the sisterhood between Xiao Ruxue and her own wife.

Xu Qing looked at his wife who was dragged away by Xiao Ruxue to play backgammon and sighed, went to fill a cup of cold white water, and poured some ice cubes to make a cup of cold drink that tasted like white water.

Then Xu Qing went to the courtyard and lay on the deck chair under the parasol, saying that the parasol is actually a huge version of oil-paper umbrella, but it is more than enough to shade the sun, and put a bottle of toilet water beside it , this day, comfortable!

Xu Qing has always suspected that Xiao Ruxue came to look for her wife every day because she was greedy for the mosquito repellent magic weapon of her wife?

In fact, Xu Qing wanted to tell Xiao Ruxue that if it was really annoyed by mosquitoes, it would be the same to find her father. The effect of finding your own wife is good.

Just when Xu Qing was lying under the parasol and stealing half a day's leisure.

Xiao Ruxue jumped over and said, "Xu Qing Xu Qing, I want to eat yesterday's mung bean smoothie, can you make it again?"

Xu Qing looked at Xiao Ruxue: "Did you play chess with your sister Su today?"

Xiao Ruxue sighed: "Sister Su is amazing, I lost three rounds..."

Xu Qing shook his head and said, "Let's help make a bowl of lotus seed soup later, you can't eat cold these days."

Ever since her own wife became famous in painting, Xiao Ruxue and her wife spent the rest of their time flying around the martial arts arena except for seven days of playing chess.

Don't want to drink more hot water when you are inconvenient, but also want to eat smoothies?

"Lotus seed soup?" Xiao Ruxue shook her head quickly: "It's too hot, I don't want to eat lotus seed soup, I want to eat smoothie."

Xu Qing: "Be obedient."

Xiao Ruxue: "I don't!"

Xu Qing said: "If you are not obedient, I will not help you."

Xiao Ruxue immediately gave in: "Okay, okay, I'm not good enough to be obedient, you can help me."

Xu Qing nodded in satisfaction and said, "Then listen to me and eat lotus seed soup."