Chapter 72 Opening
Early in the morning, in front of a street shop east of Yong'an Outer City, many people gathered with gongs and drums, and the horizontal plaques of this shop were covered with red silk.
Li Bin stood at the door of the shop with a smile on his face, and welcomed all guests from all walks of life who came to congratulate him.
More than a month has passed since returning to the capital from Tianxing Pavilion. In this more than a month, Li Bin bought this shop that was originally a restaurant and transformed it into a gambling hall.
This shop is a three-story wooden building with an area of about 500 square meters on each floor. There is also a two-in-a-large courtyard behind the shop. In addition, it is located in a downtown area. Li Bin spent 8,000 taels of silver to buy this shop, which made Li Bin sigh that the housing price in the capital is just one word - expensive!
In fact, it is almost impossible for ordinary people to open a gambling hall in the capital, and it is a large-scale gambling hall. After all, there are already many gambling halls in the capital, and behind these gambling halls, there are powerful backers.
The opening of a large-scale new gambling hall is equivalent to grabbing the original gambling hall business, and of course the forces behind the gambling halls will not agree.
However, Li Bin opened this gambling hall smoothly, and no one came out to find fault, and no one dared to come to find fault.
Although Li Bin did not agree to the recruitment of the Ma family, the crown prince, the king of Jin and the king of Qin, after returning to the capital, the Ma family, the crown prince, the king of Jin and the king of Qin were still trying to win over Li Bin.
It was the shop that Li Bin bought, or the King of Qin Zhao Jian, who learned that Li Bin wanted to find a big shop on the street to open a gambling house and help him build a line. Otherwise, it would be difficult for Li Bin to buy a shop with such a good location and such a large area even if he had money.
In fact, it is not just the Ma family, the prince, the King of Jin and the King of Qin who came to win over Li Bin, the King of Song Zhao Zhi and the King of Yue Zhao Jing, as well as the other eight generals in the capital, who have more or less all meant to win over Li Bin. After all, Li Bin alone almost represents at least ten powerful generals of the master level, and among the master warriors, they are all super powerful generals of the highest level.
Li Bin's gambling hall opened today. The nine generals and five princes in the capital all sent people to send gifts. Some young children from the nine generals also came to the gambling hall to support Li Bin, and even the Qin King Zhao Jian came to the gambling hall in person.
After seeing King Zhao Jian of Qin, Li Bin first thanked him, and then said with a wry smile: "Your Highness, no matter how I say it is, it is a gambling hall. Is it a bit inappropriate for you to come to the gambling hall?"
King Zhao Jian of Qin smiled with a hearty smile: "I have never entered the gambling hall yet when I am so old. This time, I just took advantage of the opportunity of your gambling hall opening to experience it. You can continue to welcome guests here. I will bring people in first. Can you play two games now?"
"You can play, Shubao, please accompany Your Highness in." Li Bin turned his head and ordered Qin Qiong.
After Qin King Zhao Jian walked into the gambling hall, Li Zhao, who was standing beside Li Bin, suddenly lowered his voice and said to Li Bin: "Binzi, stay away from the princes as much as possible. The fight between them is not something that small families like ours can mix up."
Li Bin nodded and whispered: "Dad, I understand that as long as I am not sure which prince I surrender to, I will not be able to get into that vortex."
Li Zhao sighed at this time and said, "Binzi, Dad, why don't you think about the Ma family anymore. With the Ma family as your backer, you don't need to bother with these princes."
Li Bin rolled his eyes when he heard this and said, "Dad, you don't want to sell your son to the Ma family just because the Ma family gave a sixth-rank captain, right?"
After returning from Tianxing Pavilion, the Ma family did not make any comments on Shi Su's recognition of Li Bin as the main person. Instead, they also sent Li Bin 10,000 taels of silver notes, expressing their gratitude to Li Bin for helping the Ma family recruit a master warrior.
In addition, through operation, the Ma family made Li Zhao and Li Lie the deputy commander of the Left Imperial Guard, which was the sixth-rank chief lieutenant of the imperial guards, and immediately got drunk with excitement.
Li Zhao and Li Lie's lord Ma Huaizhong was removed from the position of commander of Jingyuan Guard by the court due to the loss of Jingyuan City and the severe damage suffered by Jingyuan Guard, and was transferred to the left imperial guard as deputy commander.
The head coach of the Jingyuan Guard was replaced by Ma Rentong, the eldest son of Ma Huairen, the head of the Ma family. Ma Rentong was originally one of the deputy commanders of the left imperial guards. It was equivalent to the change of positions between the uncle and nephew, and Jingyuan Guard was still firmly in the hands of the Ma family.
Although Li Zhao and Li Lie had military positions, they still followed Ma Huaizhong. Ma Huaizhong did not let the two go and actually led the troops.
Li Zhao glared at her eyes, "You little bastard, why are you talking to your father! Don't think that you are becoming more powerful now, so I won't dare to slap you!"
Li Bin hurriedly smiled and said, "Dad, I just said casually, don't take it to your heart, but I'm living a good life now, and I really don't want to surrender to anyone."
Li Zhao sighed and said, "It would be fine if you are a little bastard without great ambitions, but Shubao, Jingde, Zhongkang and others, who are not tiger generals who can win the heads of the enemy generals from Wanjun? Don't you consider the future of your brothers?"
Li Bin smiled and said, "Dad, Shubao, Jingde, Zhongkang and others are all like your son, and regard wealth as a passing cloud. If they are worried that following me will delay their future, they will not recognize me as their lord!"
Li Zhao said helplessly: "It's really a rotten wood that cannot be carved. It seems that I have to hurry up and tell you a marriage."
Li Zhao's words made Li Bin stunned. Why did he get involved in the marriage? "Dad, I'm not as good as the champion yet! Don't worry about getting married, right?"
"Why don't you worry? Since you little bastard don't want to join the army, someone will inherit the official position that your father finally got in the future! If you don't want to, I can only count on my grandson. Now our family is not short of money. In addition to marrying you, we have to take several concubines for you, and give birth to a few fat boys in the future."
When Li Bin heard this, he immediately said with a smile: "Dad, you are thinking too long. In fact, I think you are less than forty years old this year, and you are the age of a young and strong person. Why not hurry up and find me a stepmother and have another younger brother so as to inherit your official position."
"You little bastard, I have to beat you today!" Li Zhao said, then raised his foot and kicked Li Bin's butt.
"No! No! Dad, I'll just joke with you." Li Bin avoided Li Zhao's kick and said in a hurry.
Li Zhao was about to kick Li Bin again, but a shout suddenly came from a distance, "Eight hundred miles to hurry up! Eight hundred miles to hurry up!"
Li Zhao and Li Bin and his son looked in the sound and saw a cavalry with a small red flag behind him in the distance was speeding down the street. Pedestrians on the street avoided them and made way for the cavalry.
When Li Zhao and Li Bin saw the cavalry with a red flag on their back, their faces became solemn.
The official documents of the Great Yan Empire rely on post stations, and there is usually a station every thirty miles.
Each post station is equipped with war horses. If there are official documents that need to be delivered urgently, such as the emergency report from the border, it can reach a teleportation speed of 400 miles, 600 miles per day, or even as fast as 800 miles, and it is not necessary to be responsible for hitting and killing people on the way.
After using the 800-mile rush, it is basically a matter of emergency reports from the border, and things may not be small.
Chapter completed!