Chapter 1259 Being the God of Gamblers in Ancient Times
Many modern people cannot resist the temptation of gambling, let alone in ancient times when such entertainment activities were extremely scarce.
All of a sudden, these dandy boys including Lu Xun were all obsessed with it.
And the bets get bigger and bigger, with the lowest being over a hundred taels.
Seeing how cooperative they were, Jiang Siming showed an imperceptible smile and touched the dice in the cup without realizing it.
Another game, Dian Wei opens the cup!
This time, they finally lost.
But they were not upset at all. Instead, they worked harder to win back what they had just lost.
That's what gambling is like. When you win, you still want to win, and when you lose, you want to win back everything you lost.
With this kind of mentality, it would be strange not to become addicted.
Next, they began to lose continuously. They played more than ten games in a row, almost always losing more than winning.
Many people quickly lose all the money they bring.
"Prince Ming, lend me some money and I will pay you back tomorrow." Someone wanted to borrow money from Jiang Siming.
"It's okay to borrow money, but you have to create written evidence." Jiang Siming was quite happy and asked his subordinates to start sending them pen and ink.
Of course these people were happy to write it, it was just an IOU.
They are the richest second generation in Jiangdong, and their families have a lot of money.
So more and more people write IOUs after losing.
From borrowing one hundred taels at the beginning, I later borrowed five hundred taels or even thousands of taels.
Lu Xun has also borrowed almost three thousand.
Having lost several thousand taels, his eyes turned red.
But he is much better than those fools. He thinks there is something wrong with the dice.
"We won't play this anymore. Let's change to something else. Didn't you say there is Pai Gow? Teach us how to play Pai Gow!" Lu Xun said.
Jiang Siming was also very 'reasonable' and began to teach them how to play Pai Gow.
He used the [Object Controlling Technique] to change the dice before, but now Pai Gow cannot use the Object Controlling Technique.
But it doesn't matter, he has the [Gambling Proficiency] skill, is possessed by the God of Gamblers, and is still afraid of playing Pai Gow.
In this way, these people continue to suffer from the bad luck of losing.
Of course, Jiang Siming deliberately let a small group of people make money, which further aroused the dissatisfaction of a large number of people.
Why should they lose if they can win? If you don’t accept it, you must win it back!
One night passed, and dozens of dandy boys came out of Jiang Siming's mansion in a panic.
Everyone's eyes were red and bloodshot, and they had no energy at all.
Some people come out and count the money they have lost, and they even lose the courage to go home.
"It's over. I lost more than six thousand taels. My father will beat me to death when I go back..."
"I lost more than eight thousand taels, how can I explain it to my family?"
"Bo Yan, how much did you lose?"
Someone asked Lu Xun.
Lu Xun gritted his teeth and said with red eyes, "More than thirty thousand taels..."
"Then your father won't punish you?"
Lu Xun chuckled, pretending to be calm and said: "You underestimate me, Lu Xun. I, Lu Xun, have accumulated more than 50,000 taels of savings over the years. What should I be afraid of if I lose 30,000 yuan?"
"Then will you still play tomorrow? King Ming said that he will continue to play the game tomorrow."
"Of course I'll play! I'll definitely win the money back tomorrow."
"Let's go too! Today I will go back and secretly get my mother's money bag and use it to make money!"
"I'll steal the antique calligraphy and painting from my house. Prince Ming said that in addition to silver, the antique calligraphy and painting title deeds and even grain can be used as payment."
"Then I'll take out the title deed to the land in the western suburbs of my home."
"I'll take the title deed to my restaurant!"
"I'll take the food stamps!"
....
These people all began to plan to steal money from the family. Jiang Siming had been secretly observing in the house and couldn't help laughing after hearing this.
These guys are really smart~
"My lord, this thing you are thinking of is very profitable. We made a full 70,000 taels of silver in one night!"
Dian Wei looked at the table of banknotes, bags and a stack of IOUs and was amazed. This was the salary that he had not been able to collect in more than ten years.
Of course, it simply refers to the monthly salary. Dian Wei was in the Jiangsi Ming Army, with a monthly salary of five hundred taels and a salary of one thousand shi.
Excludes wartime rewards and meritorious service rewards.
In this way, Dianwei calculated that the 70,000 taels would be enough for him to make up for ten years.
These little kids from Jiangdong are really rich!
Jiang Siming said with a smile: "So you can't gamble in anything. This thing can only be spread in Jiangdong temporarily. No one is allowed to gamble in our territory."
Jiang Siming is well aware of the dangers of gambling. Every year, there are many people who lose their money because of gambling. He does not want the outstanding young people under his rule to become addicted to gambling.
He is using this thing to deal with Sun Quan. When Jiangdong is recovered, he will have his soldiers strictly investigate gambling incidents and must kill the gambling trend.
Now, let’s earn some pocket money first.
People outside are still discussing.
"By the way, King Ming also said that as long as we mobilize other people to participate, each time we activate one, we can get a reward of one hundred taels, but everyone must bring a capital of at least one thousand taels." A dandy remembered.
"One hundred taels is not bad, even if the money is a little small, but if we call more people, it will not be a small amount. Ten is one thousand, and twenty is two thousand."
"That's right, I called Yuan Kaiwu'an and them. Their family is in the cloth business and they are already rich."
"Then I'll call Guo Hao. His father is Wu Hou's money bag. He's very rich!"
"My names are Chen Xiaoyuan and Tan Fugui."
"My name is..."
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In this way, after everyone returned home, they stole money at home and called friends and called all their rich friends or relatives over.
On the third day, more than two hundred people gathered and went to Jiang Siming's mansion to gamble.
Everyone is addicted to gambling.
Another night passed, among the two hundred people, only a dozen of them were smiling happily and holding the hundreds of taels of silver they had won.
As for everyone else, they all lost and almost lost their money.
Lu Xun lost another fifty thousand taels. Not only did he lose all his savings, he also owed Jiang Siming more than thirty thousand.
He is not the worst off. The worst offender is Guo Hao. His father is Sun Quan's finance minister and the richest man in Jiangdong.
Guo Hao also gambled a lot, losing more than 200,000 taels in one night!
There are many people who even lost their family land, land and food to Jiang Siming.
Jiang Siming made a net profit of more than two million taels this night!
It makes Lao Jiang really want to open a casino in Jiangdong...
After losing completely this time, these dandies did not dare to come again, so Jiang Siming began to ask his men to go door to door with IOUs to ask for money.
At first, these families wanted to deny their debts, but their subordinates revealed their identities and declared them to be the personal guards of Prince Ming!
These people gave up instantly and had no choice but to endure the pain and pay back the money to those who paid back the money, and the land deeds to those who gave them.
In short, after they pay back the money, the playboy son will have to shed a layer of his skin.
This has nothing to do with Jiang Siming.
Lu Xun was also beaten half to death by his father. His buttocks were so bruised that he lay face down at home and was grounded for three months...
On the other hand, Guo Hao, the moneybags, was also beaten by his family until he only had half his life left.
In order to repay the money, Guo Hao's father reportedly repaid Sun Quan's treasury...
[Author's digression]: The third update~ (To be continued)