Chapter 0023 After you sing, we take the stage (two chapters in one)
With Wu Xian's approval, the middle-aged man left the house. Being stingy, he acted generously for the first time. He hired a sliding pole and let two honest men carry him back to Donglai Pawn Shop.
He casually threw five copper coins to two honest men and hurriedly entered the pawn shop without looking at their ugly faces.
Liu Heng waited for half an hour in Donglai Pawn Shop, and he was already impatient. When he saw the middle-aged man appear, he immediately got up and walked over.
"What did your boss say?"
Liu Heng asked hurriedly.
The middle-aged man accompanied him with a smile, "Our boss said, we will collect the things."
"happy!"
Liu Heng clapped his hands and yelled, and said boldly: "Open the invoice and get the money!"
The middle-aged man nodded, walked up to the little boss of Ziqi Gambling House, and whispered: "Master Liu's painting costs 20,000 yuan. The pawn shop doesn't have enough money, so I have to get some from the gambling house."
When the little boss of Ziqi Gambling House heard this, he frowned and said, "There is no money left in the gambling house..."
The middle-aged man seemed to have read through the mind of the little boss of Ziqi Gambling House, and curled his lips and said: "This is the boss's order."
The little boss of Ziqi Gambling House opened his mouth with an ugly expression. He couldn't say any words of rejection and could only nod stiffly.
"Since it's my boss's order, I have to do it for you."
"The gambling house got twelve thousand coins..."
The middle-aged man smiled and gave a number.
The head of the Ziqi Gambling House widened his eyes and shouted in a low voice, "Twelve thousand guan? The gambling house's profit for half a year has been wiped out. What can we brothers eat?"
The middle-aged man looked at the little boss of Ziqi Gambling House with a half-smile.
"It's a major matter related to my employer's promotion, so you don't have to take it."
His tone was full of joking, and with Wu Xian backing him up, he had obviously taken over the little boss of Ziqi Gambling House.
The little boss of Ziqi Gambling House gritted his teeth and his face turned slightly red, obviously he was angry.
"I'll take it!"
The middle-aged man nodded with satisfaction, "Then go get it quickly. Judging from Mr. Liu's temper, he obviously doesn't want to wait any longer."
"snort!"
The little boss of Ziqi Gambling House snorted coldly, knocked away the middle-aged man, and walked out of the pawn shop.
There was obviously a large space for him to walk next to him, but he insisted on bumping into the middle-aged man to vent his dissatisfaction.
The middle-aged man knew about his little thoughts, but he didn't expose them.
He has already taken advantage and there is no need to pursue him fiercely.
We all work for the same employer, and we don’t look up when we look down.
There will always be a time when he seeks help from others, and he cannot offend them to death.
The middle-aged man and the little boss of Ziqi Gambling House didn't speak loudly, but Liu Heng, who had sharp ears, heard clearly.
He could tell that the middle-aged man and the little boss of Ziqi Gambling House were not getting along happily.
However, this was someone else's family matter, and he didn't bother to take care of it.
What he is most worried about now is the 20,000 yuan that is about to be delivered to him.
"You can collect the money slowly and open the pawn tickets first. If you regret it, wouldn't it be in vain for me to wait?"
Liu Heng urged with the tone of a prodigal who wanted to destroy his family as soon as possible.
"I'll do it now, little man."
The middle-aged man responded and returned to the counter behind the pawn shop.
I took a pen and paper and drafted a pawn ticket.
The pawn ticket stated that "Spring Play Picture" was worth 100,000 guan, and the price was 20,000 guan to be pawned to Donglai Pawn Shop, with a deadline of seven days.
If redeemed within seven days, the profit will be three points; if it is redeemed within seven days, the profit will be 10%.
In fact, this last sentence should have been in the possession of the pawn shop in Donglai more than seven days ago.
Middle-aged people know the stakes involved in "Spring Exploration", so they dare not write it like this.
Once the words are spoken, they can be taken back, but once the words are written down in black and white, they cannot be taken back.
Wu Xian said that Liu Heng could be exempted from paying the interest for painting.
However, the middle-aged man did not want to miss this opportunity to make money, so he still wrote the interest on it.
As long as Liu Heng doesn't bother about this matter and makes money later, Wu Xian will not scold him, but will actually reward him.
That's how it is in business. You can't miss the money you can make.
After the pawn ticket was written, the middle-aged man stamped it with the seal of Donglai Pawn Shop, a personal seal of Mrs. Wu Xian, and his own seal.
The Wu family's shops are all under the name of Mrs. Wu Xian.
Wu Xian did this to avoid being caught and impeached.
Three glowing red seals fell down, and a formal pawn ticket was drawn up.
Compared with the pawn ticket issued to Kou Li by Donglai Pawn Shop, this pawn ticket stamped with three seals can be regarded as a complete pawn ticket.
"Master Liu, your pawn ticket..."
The middle-aged man nodded and bowed before sending the pawn ticket to Liu Heng.
Liu Heng went to get it, but the middle-aged man shrank his hand, and then said with a dry smile: "Master...paint..."
"Ha! You really don't let go of the rabbit before you see it."
Liu Heng muttered without curiosity and handed all the paintings to the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man also decisively handed the pawn ticket to Liu Heng.
Liu Heng held the pawn ticket and looked at the three red seals on it, feeling extremely excited.
It’s done!
But he didn't show it on his face. Instead, he asked the middle-aged man for money with a nonchalant expression.
"Where's my money?!"
The middle-aged man eagerly took out the "Spring Play" from the painting handed over by Liu Heng, and carefully put it into a box specially designed for famous paintings.
I swept away the other paintings casually.
The middle-aged man replied to Liu Heng's words, "Master Liu, please wait a moment..."
While talking, the middle-aged man bent down and picked up a box covered with iron sheets from under the counter.
After opening the copper lock on the box, the box was filled with gold bars and silver bars.
The middle-aged man pushed the cash box in front of Liu Heng with a look of pain on his face, "Master Liu, please order the small yellow croaker and the silver coin that are priced at 7,000 guan."
Although Liu Heng's monthly profit is not much, as the son of the Liu family, he has also seen big events.
He doesn't need to put it in his mouth and bite it to identify the authenticity of gold bars and silver.
Liu Heng casually grabbed a gold bar, weighed it, and felt the quality. He curled his lips and said disgustedly: "Eighty percent gold is not good gold. But I am tight on money and don't have time to write ink with you, so I won't
I don’t care about this anymore with you.”
The middle-aged man accompanied the smiling face and said sadly: "Eight yellows, nine purples, ten reds, purple gold, red gold, those are things only found in the palace. You are from a wealthy family, and your aunt is the current queen. You have seen these things.
There are naturally more than villains.
To be honest, if I take out this 80% gold, it is already considered the best gold on the market."
Liu Heng was too lazy to argue with the middle-aged man about the fineness of the gold. Anyway, it was just free money.
He slapped the table and shouted: "Thirteen thousand more!"
The middle-aged man hurriedly moved out one box after another from under the counter, a total of ten small boxes, each containing one hundred coins.
Liu Heng greeted the henchmen.
The losers came over and put the money at Liu Heng's feet.
After a while.
The little boss of Ziqi Gambling House walked into Donglai Pawn Shop alone.
Seeing that he didn't take anything, the middle-aged man was slightly stunned, "Where's the money?"
The little boss of Ziqi Gambling House said angrily: "Outside the door..."
When the middle-aged man heard this, he had a bad feeling in his heart.
He uneasily invited Liu Heng and left the Donglai Pawn Shop.
As soon as they went out, they saw a dozen green-skinned gangsters surrounding a large cart filled with tons of copper coins.
"this……"
Liu Heng was a little stunned when he saw so many copper coins.
The middle-aged man gritted his teeth and turned around to glare at the little boss of Ziqi Gambling House fiercely, "Why don't you take the small yellow croaker and the silver sentence? If you do this, it is easy to offend people."
The little boss of Ziqi Gambling House curled his lips and said: "All valuable things are in your pawn shop. In our gambling house, we only have copper coins."
The middle-aged man glared at him again and wanted to step forward to apologize to Liu Heng.
Liu Heng, however, had already turned around. He pointed at the middle-aged man and the little boss of Ziqi Gambling House, pursed his lips, and said in a deep voice: "You can do it, I will remember you. I won't argue with you today."
After saying this, Liu Heng stopped paying attention to them and greeted the henchmen.
"Take all the money from me and let's go back home."
The gangsters howled and carried the copper coins from Donglai's pawn shop into the car, and then replaced the green-skinned gangsters and guarded the car.
Liu Heng sat on the shaft of the carriage holding a box containing gold bars and silver coins.
The scoundrels shouted and yelled, driving the bad horses and pulling the cart forward slowly.
A cart full of copper coins is particularly eye-catching when walking on the street.
But there was no panic, let alone looting.
Copper coins were the mainstream currency of this era and the only currency recognized by the government.
Although gold, silver and brocade can all be used as money, they have never had a legal identity.
Therefore, whenever there is a large-scale transaction, you will often see cartloads of copper coins appearing during the transaction.
The people have long been accustomed to it.
However, those who dare to drive a car and carry carts of copper coins through the streets are all rich or noble people, and they are not something ordinary people can afford to offend, and they may lose their heads, so even if they are faced with
Even with the temptation of huge amounts of money, few people dared to harbor any ill intentions.
The news that Liu Heng was driving through the market carrying copper coins soon spread to the wine shops on the same street.
Kou Ji was drinking sweet wine in a wine shop near the river and admiring the thousands of sail boats racing on the river. When he heard the news, he smiled knowingly.
"Eat quickly, we still have business to do after eating."
Kou Ji urged, counting the broad beans he had eaten one by one, and stood up slowly.
Erbao was imitating the poor scholar at the next table, counting the broad beans, stuffing them into his mouth one by one, chewing slowly and savoring the taste of the broad beans. When he heard Kou Ji say that he was leaving, he was a little panicked.
"Master, please wait for me..."
While Erbao shouted to Kou Ji to wait for him, he picked up the plate of broad beans on the table and poured them all into his front. He tightened his belt and made sure that they would not fall out.
He ran behind Kou Ji and followed him.
After Kou Ji left the wine shop, Governor Kou took out a handful of copper coins from his bag, sprinkled them on the table, and followed him.
After you sing, I will take the stage.
Liu Heng's mission is completed, now it's up to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji took Erbao with him, and the three of them walked along Zhouqiao Street and arrived in front of Ziqi Gambling House.
"Hey, sir, do you want to play two games?"
The green-skinned gangster who was guarding the door of Ziqi Gambling House saw Kou Ji dressed in extraordinary clothes and thought that Ziqi Gambling House was coming towards him. His eyes suddenly lit up and he hurried forward to greet him.
Kou Ji smiled and said, "I heard that there is a man named Wu Ming in your gambling house?"
The green-skinned gangster was stunned, looked at Kou Ji up and down, and said with a strange expression: "Do you know Mr. Wu?"
"If the Second Master Wu you are talking about is Wu Ming, then we are family friends."
Kou Ji still said with a smile.
The green-skinned gangster grinned and said: "It turns out that you are a patron of Master Wu. Please come in and I will ask someone to call Master Wu for you."
Kou Ji nodded, and led by the green-skinned gangster, he entered the Purple Qi Gambling House.
The entrance to the casino is blocked by two blue curtains, so the scene inside cannot be seen from the outside.
After opening the curtain and entering the casino, Kou Ji had the urge to turn around and leave.
Before he could even look at the scene inside the casino, he was overcome by the pungent smell of sweat and foot odor that made him unable to open his eyes.
Kou Ji opened his eyes hard and forced himself to step into the Ziqi Gambling House.
If he didn't have something important to do, he really didn't want to enter this place.
The gambling house was noisy.
There are all kinds of people, most of them are ordinary people in the city, or green-skinned gangsters on the streets.
There was almost no one who was respectable and well-dressed.
The green-skinned gangster guarding the gate took Kou Ji into the gambling house and walked directly to the private room in the gambling house.
The Ziqi Gambling House has a large area. In addition to the place where people gather to gamble, it also has many private rooms, which are specially prepared for the wealthy and famous people.
The private room that the green-skinned gangster guarding the door led Kou Ji into was the largest private room in Ziqi Gambling House.
There are also many people in the private room. Judging from their clothes and the money they bring, they are obviously more prestigious than those outside.
They gathered around three gambling tables and were fighting hard.
Kou Ji took a general look and saw that there were tables for Pai Gow, Dice, and Shuanglu.
Shuanglu is a chess board game. There is a gambling board with thirty chess pieces placed on it. It is about fifteen inches high and one and a half inches in diameter. Half of it is white and half of it is black.
It's a bit like Western chess, but the gameplay and layout are different from Western chess.
To play Shuanglu, you need to roll the dice and use the dice points as the basis for the movement of the chess pieces. Whoever moves all the chess pieces off the board first wins.
It's a very interesting game.
Unfortunately, it has been lost in later generations, so Kou Ji didn't understand it.
The green-skinned gangster guarding the door led Kou Ji to the private room, reported to the little leader inside, and then left the private room.
Outside the private room, in a place where Kou Ji couldn't see it, the green-skinned gangster guarding the door curled his lips and muttered disdainfully, "Another fat sheep who was tricked into being slaughtered... Rich people, so stupid..."
His tone sounded like he couldn't eat the grapes and disliked the sour grapes.
Kou Ji in the private room didn't know that in the eyes of others, he had become a stupid fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.
Not long after Kou Ji stayed in the private room, a figure opened the door curtain and walked in.
After looking around the private room, his eyes fell on Kou Ji, and then he heard his excited voice.