Liu Jun's first payment bonus was sold very popular. It was a little cold at the beginning, but suddenly it became popular. Ten thousand pieces were sold out quickly, which forced the Jiangnan Money House to print another 10,000 more, and then ten thousand pieces were gone. Finally, it was printed all 50,000 pieces, and all sold out. ●⌒,

On the last day of August, the lottery tickets that everyone is concerned about finally began to be drawn publicly.

The prize draw ceremony was placed in Yunyang, which should have been in Huangzhou. Because Liu Jun arrived in Yunyang and the sales of lottery tickets increased, Liu Jun finally put the prize draw ceremony in Yunyang.

As early as three days ago, Liu Jun asked someone to build a high platform at the riverside dock in Yunyang as a stage for lottery draw. He also sent many people to print and distribute a lot of publicity leaflets to be distributed in Yunyang, Xiangyang and other places.

Due to the increase in sales, the first prize prize in the first issue also increased, from 10,000 taels of silver to 50,000 taels of silver. Such a huge prize prize attracted the attention of merchants and people in the Jianghan area for a while. If you don’t know the bonus of salary, then you will be out of date.

"Fifty thousand taels, this fortune is really a big deal."

Early in the morning, countless people came to the Yunyang River, and many of them even came from Xiangyang, Nanyang, even Hankou, Wuchang, Jingzhou and other places, all wanting to see this new thing.

"The two prizes are all 15,000 taels!" A big-bellied Fujian businessman got off the boat, shook his fan and smacked his tongue.

"This donation of funds can actually make money by making money by lottery. Is it the first time I heard that, are there any tricks in it?" A wealthy Hakka businessman asked his companion, saying that all businessmen are not treacherous, and businessmen like to play gimmicks when doing business. He felt that this kind of lottery ticket is a gimmick, and there must be tricks in it.

"It is said that the prize tickets were sold for 50,000, each of which was 5 taels of silver, and a total of 250,000 taels of silver were sold. Judging from their bonuses, they had to give out 175,000 taels of silver as bonuses. This was a big sum of money they had obtained, which was hard to believe."

Although the prize of 250,000 taels is 175,000 yuan, and the remaining 75,000 yuan is still a considerable amount of silver. But the fat man has saved people and always feels that it is too hard to believe that he has taken the money in and sent it out.

"It is said that it is a public lottery, and the lottery will be drawn under everyone's public witness. There will be no tricks."

"Who believes it said so? It's too easy to play with Huatou." said the fat man, "For example, set the winning number in advance and get a winning prize. The money will be back after a round of money."

"This prize ticket was issued by Zhennanhou. Zhennanhou shouldn't do this, right?"

"Didn't it be issued by Jiangnan Money House?" asked the fat man.

"The Jiangnan Money House is from Zhennan Hou, but the front desk is his father-in-law Lu Weizhang standing. Think about it, if it weren't for Zhennan Hou, the now-red and purple-colored marquis, who could have made this happen, the government would ignore it, and everyone would not interfere?"

A group of Fujian businessmen got off the boat with one word and one word, boarded the dock, and came to the stage.

The five-mile long Yunyang Wharf has gathered countless people and people. There are both businessmen like fat men, many boatmen in short clothes, and even barefoot boatmen.

Many people want to witness the life of the 50,000 twelve prize.

The way to draw is simple, but it is also very open and transparent.

Since a total of 50,000 prize coupons were issued. When each prize coupon was sold, there would be a sub coupon. When the prize coupon was sold, the sub coupon would be torn off from it. There was a half-stitch seal left on the coupon, and there was a number like the main coupon.

Now the lottery draw is to check the 50,000 prize tickets in public in front of everyone, then put them in a large cage under the attention of everyone, and stir them continuously. Finally, by shaking, the winning number is shaken out like a shake sign.

But today is the first time to draw the lottery, so of course it will be more lively and grand.

When the dock was crowded, the first to step onto the stage was a performance team, but it was not ordinary music troupes, opera troupes, etc. But a group of nine-headed warriors, these soldiers were wearing real armor, helmets, and various weapons, and started performing under the performance of bands on both sides.

Amid the sound of drums, the soldiers danced a battle dance, with passionate drum beats and powerful dance steps. The battle dance performed a battle, a fierce battle.

The opening dance lasted for half an hour, and teams of soldiers took turns to the stage, and the corresponding background canvas were replaced from time to time.

The soldiers of the Nine-Headed Bird who happened to come to watch the lively Nine-Headed Bird were surprised to find that the battle dance of the comrades on the stage was the battle since the establishment of Nine-Headed Birds, the first battle of Nine-Headed Birds, the later battle of Tiger-Headed Castellation Defense, and later battles into Sichuan to suppress bandits, the Wushan Battle, the Lannigou Battle and so on.

Through this strange way, the team members were fascinated by the battles they had experienced.

After the grand opening dance, several famous opera troupes came on stage, as well as some famous geniuses and musicians. Even Dong Xiaowan, Li Xiangjun, Li Zhenli, Shen Man and other beautiful people joined forces to go on stage and cooperated with Chen Yuanyuan to perform a guest appearance in the West Chamber. Chen Yuanyuan's matchmaker who became famous in Wu Song in the south of the Yangtze River won the cheers of countless onlookers.

"Next, we will draw this salary award. Now, please invite Liu, the Marquis of Zhennan, to the stage."

Liu Jun stepped onto the stage, and countless people below were applauding and cheering.

Standing on the stage, Liu Jun waved his hand and more than a dozen soldiers came on the stage. They held a large scroll that was one person tall. Liu Jun personally untied the red rope on the scroll, and the soldiers slowly unzipped the scroll, with rows of names on it.

"On this, there is a record of every good man who has purchased the lottery ticket and paid the funds. Liu Jun is here to express his gratitude to you. To remember forever, we will build a memorial monument, remember the names of every good man on it, so that future generations will always remember your good deeds."

Liu Jun's words caused surprise and praise again.

It is undoubtedly a very happy thing to be able to be famous and carved steles and stones forever. What's more, the name of the steles and stones does not matter how much donated money is. And maybe you can still win the prize today.

"Now, start the lottery."

The time for attention was coming, and countless people stared at the stage with wide eyes.

A large box was brought to the stage, and the box was covered with fine fishnet cables on all sides, so that people outside could see that the box had no hidden boxes.

Dozens of people on site were also invited to come forward to watch the prize box. After confirming that there was no secret box, boxes of prize tickets were carried up, and all of these sub-coupons were locked in the box. Then boxes were opened under the witness of countless people, and then checked one by one.

This process took a lot of time. Finally, after checking all the sub-coupons, check them again and again, fold them up, and pour them into a large box.

Although this lottery method is quite primitive and backward, it can be more open, fair and fair after all.

The first one to draw is the first prize.

Under the attention of everyone, the prize box was finally won after swaying countless times.

In order to prevent cheating, after the final jackpot was shaken, the person who came forward to pick up the draw was a naked little boy. The stubborn little boy stepped forward, picked up the ball of paper, then opened it, and raised it towards everyone.

"The first prize is open!"

"Zero 37984,Zero 37984,Zero 37984!"

The people in the front row had sharp eyes. They saw the numbers on the sub-coupon clearly and shouted excitedly, as if they had won the prize. Some people who bought the prize money quickly looked down and looked at the six numbers on the prize money they had in their hands.

However, the winning rate of the first prize is one in 50,000, which is not that easy to win.

After a long time, I didn't hear anyone say that I was beaten.

The number of the first prize was drawn and recorded quickly. A dedicated person wrote the first prize number on a large whiteboard arranged on the stage. Countless people witnessed it, and the first prize number would not change again. The winner could redeem the prize sales offices of many cities such as Huangzhou, Wuchang, Hankou, Xiangyang, Yunyang and other cities with the prize tickets.

After the first prize, the second prize will be drawn, and three of them will be drawn, each with 15,000 taels of silver.

When the second second prize was drawn, a huge roar sounded from the audience, "I won, I won!"

Then countless people next to him shouted, "I won the second prize, I won the second prize here. 15,000 taels!"

This lucky guy was immediately invited to the stage, and then checked his winning ticket, and he won the second prize, 15,000 taels of silver.

In this unexpected situation, Liu Jun immediately instructed him to carry the silver to the stage immediately and give the lucky guy the silver prize on the spot.

This lucky guy is from Xiangyang. He has a boat on the Han River for a long time and has his own wooden boat. He is considered a small boss. When he went to Yunyang to ship goods last time, he saw Yunyang promoting such a reward ticket for money. He was moved and bought one. He spent five taels of silver. After returning to the boat, he regretted it and felt that he had spent money indiscriminately.

Later, he talked to his crew members, and then he persuaded the six crew members to buy six from him, and he left four in the end.

Now, the ticket was actually won. The owner of the ship was only half of the ticket. Soon, he told the truth. Six crew members divided the other six of the tickets. Then Liu Jun immediately sent someone to his boat to pick up the six boatmen who were left by the river.

The six boatmen didn't understand what was going on. When they walked to the stage where thousands of people were watching, they thought they had committed something and their legs were trembling in fear.

"Are your lottery tickets still there?" someone asked them.

It took a while for the six of them to understand that they were asking about the several fortune coupons they bought from the ship owner many days ago. They all brought them with them and took them out to check them one by one. There was no problem with riding seals, etc. The number was also correct, and finally announced that they were valid.

"Congratulations, you have won the second prize of 1,500 taels of salary bonus!"

When the silver was placed in front of them, the barefoot boatmen were stunned.

"I'm really hungry for this money?"

"Yes!" He received a clear reply.

The ship owner owned four of the second prize tickets, so he finally got 6,000 taels of silver. Although it was a large sum of silver, even more than his entire net worth, he regretted it even though he had not felt that he had spent more money at the beginning, he would not have tried to persuade his crew to buy six from him, otherwise he would not have taken 6,000 taels now, but 15,000 taels.

The tens of thousands of businessmen watching were all excited to see the seven living winners. They could really win the prize, and they could really win the prize.

The lottery is still going on. Several winners fill out the procedures and sign the documents and seal the money. Their silver prize has to pay a tax, which is very heavy, 20%. In addition, the remaining 80% can be taken away.

The ship owner paid 1,200 taels of tax silver for 6,000 taels of silver. He got a tax payment form, indicating in detail the tax he paid, the name of the tax collector, etc. In the end, the silver he received was 4,800 taels!

At this time, the third prize was already open. The third prize was originally 1,000 taels. There were ten places, but this time, because the sales increased five times, the prize for the last third prize still became 1,000 taels, but there were fifty places to win.

Someone won the prize again on the spot, but this time, no more awards were presented directly. Instead, someone helped them with the procedures for receiving the prize and paying taxes.

There are fifty third prizes, one thousand taels per person, and five hundred fourth prizes, one hundred taels per person, five thousand fifth prizes, ten taels per person.

The prize draw ceremony was finally finished in the morning and in the afternoon. All the winning numbers were copied publicly on the big whiteboard. Finally, they were handed over to the printing workshop to print thousands of tabloids, and all the winning numbers were recorded on it, and then sent to the cities where the prize tickets were issued. Everyone was notified.

On this day, the entire Yunyang City was talking about the prize tickets and the lucky winners.

Then, many people were scrambling to buy the new lottery tickets. At the end of the lottery ceremony, Liu Jun personally announced that the new lottery tickets will be issued. There are lottery ticket sales points in many large cities in Huguang and even around several provinces, which can be purchased.

The new issue will be sold for 100,000 prize tickets, but each one is still 5 taels. One prize ticket can be divided into ten items to purchase. You can buy the whole item or purchase it separately.

The sales volume of the new phase has increased again, so the first prize of the new phase will reach a huge amount of 100,000 taels, and the second prize will also be as high as 30,000 taels. Although the fifth prize is still ten taels, there are enough 10,000 spots.

"Master, this prize is really magical. After the lottery is added, there are quite a few people who help with the money." Fu Shan was shocked at the results of the first prize. The first prize was sold for 50,000 yuan. The sales amount was 250,000 taels of silver, and the final prize was 175,000 taels, and the income from 75,000 taels of nine-headed bird feathers was 75,000 taels.

Some of the 75,000 taels were invested, but not much. In the 175,000 bonus, the Nine-Headed Bird finally recovered another 35,000 taels of tax.

This is equivalent to selling 250,000 yuan of lottery tickets. In the end, the income and tax revenue of Jiutou Bird reached 110,000 taels. Excluding the cost of lottery ticket printing and sales, Jiutou Bird earned a net income of 100,000 taels in less than half a month.

"This is simply a gold mine." Fu Shan sighed. The new issue has been issued again. According to Liu Jun's plan, the monthly issue will be held every month, even if it will only maintain the sales of 100,000 tickets per month in the future, and the revenue will be 100,000 or 200,000 per issue.

Liu Jun is not as optimistic as Fu Shan and the others. "The lottery ticket will definitely be imitated by merchants, which will definitely divide some of our sales, and even if we have the money for profit, we still have to take out a lot of them to deal with."

It is basically impossible to monopolize the lottery business. After Liu Jun ate his first crab, countless people will definitely be competing for each other. Among these imitators, there must be many powerful people who are behind, so it is impossible to eliminate them.

"We must hand over those taxes to the emperor with a lot of money."

If the sales of about 50,000 yuan per period can be maintained, then the tax amount for each period will be 30,000 to 40,000 taels of silver. Liu Jun plans to hand over the silver to the emperor. In addition, he has to take out another 10,000 or 20,000 taels of silver from the income of 70,000 to 80,000 taels to make some payments and share the benefits of this prize ticket together, so as to ensure that the prize ticket can operate for a long time.

"We don't care about those who have too strong backgrounds that cannot move, but those ordinary businessmen with no backgrounds who want to imitate and issue prize tickets, we must fight against them, especially within our jurisdiction, and strictly prohibit the prize tickets." Liu Jun planned to only allow the state officials to set fire and not allow the people to light the lamp. He issued prize tickets to help the money. If others dare to issue them, it would be gambling, and it would be a blow. Unless it was too big and could not move.

"Brother Fu, I plan to let you go to the capital."

"Go to the capital?" Master Fu Qing was a little surprised.
To be continued...