Chapter 44: Spreading Like a Virus
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"Bang!"
The gavel hit the table heavily, making a heavy sound, followed by an old voice, "If you want to know what happens next, please listen to the next breakdown!"
In a small tavern with the "Xue Ji Dining Store" hanging in Bianliang City, an old man with a white beard and wearing a blue jacket said with a solemn look on his face. Then he picked up the tea bowl on the table with a calm expression. He first blew up some ash on it, and then took a sip of water leisurely, moistening the dry throat slightly.
"Hey, Mr. Lao Wang, you'll talk for a while. Everyone hasn't heard enough of this! Didn't the three-ying beat Lu Bu later?" Seeing that Mr. Lao Wang had just talked about the wonderful place and itchy, everyone's hearts were aroused by the story he told. How could he end it like this? They all started to cheer down, begging the old man who was begging the storytelling to continue to do the previous paragraph.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has been spread in this Central Plains more than a hundred years ago and has gradually become a pastime for people after dinner. It is not just the Three Kingdoms. The two popular classic novels "Journey to the West" have also given birth to the development of countless storytellers. Many people are willing to spend a few pennies in teahouses and restaurants and listen to a few paragraphs.
"Hehe, these Three Kingdoms, let's talk about it later. Now, old man, I have found out about something rare. Let's talk to everyone here first!" Old man Wang smiled, put down the tea bowl in his hand, slowly arranged all the items on the table neatly, and then said to everyone who was drinking below with a mysterious look on his face.
"What a rare thing? It's so mysterious, Old Man Wang, can you stop keeping me?" Seeing the old Wang head's look of wanting to speak, everyone below was a little unhappy and said in a bustling manner to Old Man Wang.
"Okay, okay, I'll say it, but before that, I'll ask everyone to give me some wine to quench the old man's thirst!" Old Man Wang grinned, showing a bit of cunning expression.
"This old man, you really can take the opportunity to threaten people!" Everyone below smiled and cursed, but the old man had already mastered a shameless face. He naturally would not care about these gossips. He just smiled like a silly. Everyone was helpless. I don't know who lost a few copper coins. Old man Wang picked them up one by one, put them in his arms solemnly, clasped his fists at the winery who rewarded the money, then took a sip of water, and preached mysteriously with his face:
"Yesterday, I just heard something rare. I heard that the Eastern Army Qilin Guard and the Western Army Xiaoqi Battalion made something called "The Great Qi Army Fund Preparation Lottery". I can't remember the specific one, but I heard that yes, as long as you spend twenty cents, you will have the chance to win 20,000 yuan in silver!"
"What? Spend twenty-months to win 20,000 yuan? Is there such a good thing? Then are the Dan Tai family and the Di family crazy?" Old Man Wang's words suddenly seemed like a bomb throwing into a quiet pond. The scene instantly became boiling. Everyone who was originally drinking didn't care about the dishes on the table and started talking. For a moment, the wine shop was noisy.
"Old man Wang, is this news true? It's not that I am here to make us happy!" Someone couldn't help but question Lao Wang. Although lottery is common in later generations, in this simple and simple ancient times, this sensation caused by the concept of small profit and big profit is tantamount to a **.
"How is this possible? I saw it with my own eyes, and it was recognized by a servant in the Dantai Mansion. It is absolutely true!" Old Wang's character seemed to be questioned by someone, and he defended loudly with an anxious look on his face.
"Spend twenty cents is like throwing money, but maybe you can get 20,000 yuan. It's great. Lao Wang, where will you participate!" Seeing that Lao Wang's face was not like a fake, the people couldn't help but believe it and asked one after another.
"I heard that it was from the first day of next month. I don't know the specific ones. Let me tell you when I have news!" Lao Wang said to everyone, paused, and then said, "Okay, let's talk about this matter first. Let's continue to talk about the three heroes fighting Lu Bu. By the way, Liu, Guan and Zhang surrounded Lu Bu and fought like a lamp. The eighth horses were stunned. Lu Bu was blocking the barriers, looking at Xuande's face, and stabbed a halberd..."
Old Man Wang’s “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” is still exciting, but the drinkers below have long lost the intention of listening to books, and they are all discussing the upcoming lottery tickets...
At the same time.
A huge circle of people surrounded the wall at the door of a neighborhood shop in Pingkangfang, one by one, looked at the huge red notice in front of him that appeared on it overnight. Such notices not only appeared in this place, but also thousands of such notices were posted on neighbors of all sizes in Bianliang City.
The literate person stood there, watching the words on it pronounced loudly, and the more he read, the more excited he looked: "Twenty-month-month-full of family property, I will be scheduled to fulfill the dream of a million yuan in family property at Yunqi Bridge on the first day of December. The Eastern Army Qilin Guard and the Western Army Xiaoqi Battalion jointly issued the 'Daqi Army Fund Preparation Lottery', with a total of seven prizes, including 20,000 yuan in prizes! 1,000 yuan in prizes! 200 yuan in prizes in prizes! 200 yuan in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes in prizes
"Really or not?"
"Didn't you see what was written on it? It was done by the Eastern Army and the Western Army. It shouldn't be a lie!"
"If there is such a good thing, you must buy some!"
"You have to tell your second sister, third brother and child's mother quickly. You can't miss this kind of good thing!"
"Can you cheat...be a scam!"
"Dad! Dad! What a great thing! Our family doesn't have to suffer poverty anymore!"
"A bunch of poor people who love to dream, these 20,000 yuan can also be obtained by you. Humph, it must be mine!"
There were all kinds of surprises and noises, and people were like a blowout. Some people kept pushing forward and some people kept pushing out from it and running out. Other places with the same notice also had the same scene.
West Market near Baihu Bridge.
"Twenty cents to fulfill the dream of a million-dollar family fortune, only twenty cents to change your life and leave wealth for future generations! We're here to see!" Dozens of little children shouted loudly, while pulling out a piece of paper from the stack of paper held in their hands and handing it to pedestrians or vendors around them.
Hearing their shouts, many people stopped, and even many good people heard the words "twenty thousand coins" and took the initiative to go forward to ask the children for the flyers in their hands, while the people who received the flyers gathered in groups of three or five to discuss the contents of the flyers in their hands.
Such a scene was spreading in various places in Bianliang City almost all day long. People who knew the news also told their relatives and friends that one by one, ten, ten, and ten were spreading. It quickly spread like a virus. It took almost three or four days to make almost three or four days to make almost everyone in Bianliang City know that the Eastern Army and the Western Army were going to join hands to issue lottery tickets, and spend twenty cents to win a maximum bonus of 20,000 yuan. Even many villages around Bianliang City knew about this and were ready to wait for the arrival of lottery sales time.
In this era of lack of news, such an explosive news undoubtedly caused a stir in this huge imperial capital. Whether it is a dignitary, a nobleman, or a commoner, or even those underclassmen, they all knew that there was such an opportunity that they could get rich overnight by spending a small amount of twenty cents. It can be said that as soon as such news came out, people in the whole city went crazy.
The poor people want to rely on this mentality of making a fortune overnight by making a fortune by making a fortune overnight and change their current poor life. For them, even if they don’t win the prize, they will only lose dozens of cents, which is irrelevant. But if they win the prize, it will undoubtedly bring wealth from heaven, which will give them hope. The rich people also want to bring wealth from heaven and make their wealth to a higher level. Who would think that they have too much money? These dozens of cents are more
They didn't take it seriously. What they thought was how to exchange the number of lottery purchases for this huge bonus. Even many servants were counting their savings in secret, calculating in their hearts how many bets they could afford, whether they could win a lot of money, redeem their own sales contract from the owner, and escape from the sea of suffering. Even the girls and servants in the brothel secretly hoped to win the grand prize and let themselves leave the tile house.
The preparation of lottery for the Great Qi military funds almost overnight became the absolute protagonist of the topic of people's dinner. When people meet, they often talk about the lottery in just three sentences. Various discussions, ideas and aspirations for winning the lottery are always staged. A large number of people imagine the most in their minds every day, which is how to spend it, how many land to buy, how many wives to marry, how many servants to hire, and what kind of carriage to buy after winning the 20,000 yuan. In short, the lottery firmly occupies the headlines of the topic of talks in Bianliang City.
The seemingly calm city of Bianliang is secretly brewing a crazy force, and this force will gather to explode on the first day of December.
Perhaps Bai Qing himself did not realize what kind of crazy scenes such a dream-like pie he drew for the residents of Daqi.
In a private room in the Alum Building.
"Brother Tong, I heard that Mr. Bai is quite troublesome recently. I have heard about the bets between you two. Are you sure?" A handsome young man hugged the charming woman next to him with thick makeup, and a gloomy smile appeared on his face.
Sitting opposite him, facing the window, was Tong Yu, who still shaking the fan from time to time. On his backlighted face, he couldn't tell what his expression was...
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