Chapter 1443 Unparalleled Gambling
Chen Xu's secret arrangements were unwilling to inquire about the First Emperor, so the others could not find out. In addition, the two marquises wanted to fight for Lin Xian'er again, so everyone's vision and interest were all shifted to this extraordinary bet.
One million yuan of gambling money is enough to scare ordinary people to death.
Ten years ago, only the top merchants and wealthy people like Fan's Shui family had millions of dollars. Even Meng Yi and Feng Quji, who were the nobles, could not afford the huge sum of money. When Chen Xu first came to Xianyang, the Meng Yi family had a decent appearance, and even Chen Xu felt the food and wine at home. Meng Yun was forced to sign an IOU of 500,000. If he really wanted to pay, he was afraid that Meng's family would lose money to bankruptcy.
However, from the reform of the business law to the present, it has only been six or seven years in total. The family of princes, princes, ministers, and officials in Xianyang can be said to be extremely wealthy. Even ordinary low-ranking officials have a little economic and tricks, making thousands or tens of thousands of dollars a year is too easy. Compared with officials, the improvement of the people's property and wealth is more obvious. As long as they are willing to work and are not afraid of hardship, and work hard during the slack season or do some small business, they will have at least hundreds of dollars in income a year, which is more than ten times more than ten years ago.
But even in this golden age where wealth increases greatly and you can get money by bowing your head, one million yuan is still not a small amount. For ordinary people, it is still a huge wealth that is out of reach for the rest of their lives.
Three days passed by, and the weather became colder. After several days of gloom, a heavy snow finally fell, and the lively Xianyang suddenly fell into the vast snow.
During the Wu Dynasty, all the civil and military officials drove straight to Chunfangyuan. The princes, princes, princes, and nobles who were usually steady were all driven to speed up as if they were chased by dogs. So the people in the city saw hundreds of luxury cars racing in the cold winter and snow on the streets. They almost started fighting at the entrance of Chunfangyuan.
After this group of carriages, a luxurious four-bridle carriage familiar to everyone in Xianyang also quickly drove into Chunfang Garden amid the cheers of the crowd.
The chess and card room in Chunfangyuan is crowded with people and bustling. Anyone who can squeeze into the chess and card room is all officials of the fourth and fifth ranks or above, and the doctors of Qinghou, who have smaller positions or lower identities, dare not go in and join in the fun. They can only gather outside in groups to watch the fun, waiting for the ending after the stuttering end.
"Qinghe Marquis is here~"
With the cheers and commotion in the yard, Chen Xu wore a brocade robe and a snow leopard cloak. He strode with a group of guards escorted. While walking, he kept smiling with the civil and military officials on both sides, looking full of confidence.
"Haha, the Marquis of Qinghe is here, and the spring garden is full of bright colors. Hai is late to welcome him. Please forgive me for your crime!"
Zhao Hai also came out of the chess and card room in a brocade robe, laughing and walked forward, holding Chen Xu's hand, shaking constantly.
"Haha, why should Marquis Jiancheng be polite? Where is Miss Xian'er? Call me to see me!" Chen Xu laughed and looked around.
"Miss Xian'er is here~" The crowd burst into laughter. Lin Xian'er was wearing a simple long dress, wearing a snow fox cloak, her head was covered with a green silk hair, her eyes were combed into a flying fairy bun, her skin was as beautiful as a coarse cheeks, and her cheeks were covered with red faces. She came towards the flying snow lotus in the sky. She came to the world, which only caused the onlookers to admire her.
"Lin Xian'er pays homage to the Marquis of Qinghe!" A few steps away from Chen Xu, Lin Xian'er bowed down.
"Haha, okay, I am here today and will definitely win. I will follow me back later!" Chen Xu laughed and held Lin Xian'er in his arms for thousands of times, hugged her and went into the chess and card room.
Seeing Chen Xu's domineering performance, the onlookers couldn't help but burst into cheers. Zhao Hai followed behind him, his face couldn't help but turn a little black.
The chess and card room was ready, the stove was burning red, and only two chairs were prepared on the large gambling table, three brand new poker pictures were placed on the gambling table, and several beautiful dealers stood on both sides to welcome and wait.
Zhao Hai accompanied Chen Xu in, followed by a large group of kings, princes and ministers, Gaoyang Hou Zhao Bing, Changwu Hou Zhao Cheng, Wucheng Hou Wang Li, five doctors Yang Mu, five doctors Zhao Ying, Shaofu Order Zhao Wei, Fusu Hu Hai and other more than ten young masters came. Except for Meng Yi and Feng Quji, the other three provinces and six ministries, almost all of them were in the first, second and third ranks. Even the senior officials of newspapers and five university members came. Chen Pingqiu took Xu Fu and even Li Shun, who had just been named a marquis, came to join in the fun. In short, this gambling game that was unprecedented and unparalleled, has reached the point where everyone wants to watch it.
If there is still live TV, the entire Xianyang will definitely be empty.
Amid the noise, Chen Xu and Zhao Hai each sat down, and the princes, princes, ministers and ministers who came to watch the battle were soon divided into two groups, one of whom stood behind Zhao Hai and one of them stood behind Chen Xu, and one of them was excited and inexplicably prepared to witness this historic moment.
Lin Xian'er was already standing beside Zhao Hai, lowering her head and blushing her cheeks, waiting like a little lamb for the two most noble marquis of the Qin Dynasty in front of her to compete for their future belongings.
Chen Xu took out a stack of brand new tickets from his pocket and placed them in the betting area.
This is the latest version of the three-color overprinted hard voucher. It is specially developed by Qinghe Town Special Paper Factory. It uses fresh hemp and bamboo pulp as materials and uses three-step molding technology. There is also a thin layer of silk yarn in the middle. After drying, it is not only white and flat, but also has excellent toughness and is not easy to break. It is much better than the usual white paper before, and it is also more suitable in size. The color and anti-counterfeiting design are also more complicated, and almost no one can imitate it.
Each of the stack of redemption tickets was 100,000 yuan, a total of ten. Chen Xu gently wiped it into a fan shape with his hands, and everyone could see the numbers on it at a glance.
"Gudong" the onlookers made a sound of swallowing saliva.
Since ancient times, wealth has moved people's hearts.
If you talk about property, every household that can enter the chess and card room now has millions or even tens of millions of wealth, but if you want to talk about cash, almost few of them can afford such a huge sum of money.
Monetary reform not only enabled the rapid revitalization and development of commerce, but also completely defeated the physical currency basis of grain since the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The emergence of legal metal currencies such as gold and copper coins. In addition, the exchanges launched for convenience of transactions made people realize that it is indeed easy to make money at the moment. You can make money by investing as long as you invest, but in fact the speed of spending money has also been greatly accelerated. Driven by the rapid economic development, investment in any field is popular, step by step, slower and slower. It is true that kings, princes, princes, and ministers have money, but just like the Chen Xu family, although wealth is as rich as a country, there is actually not much spare money. If you have money, you can invest or buy houses and land slaves.
In recent years, the quality of life in the palaces of the royal and princes and ministers in Xianyang has changed with each passing day, but this also requires a lot of money to support it.
For example, Lu Xiao, one or two million yuan was spent on the new house, and a top nobleman had only 300,000 or 500,000 yuan in his family. He lost all his family and hundreds of people, and his servants could only drink the northwest wind.
Chen Xu and Meng Yi have had a few chats these days. Lu Xiao has indeed been borrowing money everywhere recently, and he has lost 60,000 to 70,000 yuan in Chunfangyuan. I am afraid he will be unable to hold on.
Pornography, gambling, drugs and poisoning kill people!
Chen Xu touched the stack of redemption tickets on the gambling table, looked at the luxuriously decorated chess and card room, and several charming young female dealers standing in the dealing area. While sighing, he decided to wait until Zhao Hai Group was destroyed, and then he implemented a gambling restriction bill across the country, restricting and cracking down on large-scale gambling.
Chen Xu smiled and turned to look at the lord Qing Hou and the officials who were swallowing, "Do you think this lord can win this time?"
"Hehe, if the Marquis of Qinghe comes, he will naturally win!" Several high-ranking officials who were swept by Chen Xu's eyes couldn't help but laugh dryly.
"Seeing how you said it is insincere, it's okay. This play has been left to fate since ancient times, and even more so. Jiancheng Hou, this Hou is ready!" Chen Xu said after stacking millions of redemption tickets again.
"Since that's the case, let's start. I hope that the Marquis of Qinghe will come today and return with satisfaction!" Zhao Hai nodded with a gentle smile.
"Haha, then Hou Ben is thankful to Jiancheng Hou Jiyan. This time, the winner will decide the outcome. The loser will lose, and the winner will take all. How about it?"
"Hai has no objection, please check the poker cards!" Zhao Hai nodded, and then signaled the dealer to push all three pokers to Chen Xu.
These are three new pokers that have not been opened yet. Chen Xu picked up a box, tore open the wax seal on the outside with his own hands, opened the wooden box, took out all the poker cards from the inside, and gently turned back and forth a few times. A pair of poker slowly turned into a fan shape.
"Wow, the Marquis's trick is eye-opening!"
The onlookers instantly exclaimed and praised Chen Xu's fancy skills that he had never seen before.
Chen Xu remained silent. It was really dazzling to play poker players in later generations. If he were a magician, he would be afraid that he would show off one or two ordinary techniques, and these people would be regarded as fairy tactics and worship them.
Children and old men who sell melons on the roadside can do this with simple skills, but they have no technical content at all.
"There is no problem with the cards..." Chen Xu chose the big and big kings and threw them beside him, closed the poker and handed it to Zhao Hai.
Zhao Hai waved his hand and smiled and said, "Since the Marquis of Qinghe has seen it correctly, I will not read it!"
"That's great, let the dealer open the card!" Chen Xuyan followed the plan and pushed the card to the dealer's position.
Zhao Hai was actually very nervous and nervous at this time, and he was not in the mood to read the cards. His eyes kept looking at the stack of millions of tickets in front of Chen Xu. A villain in his mind had already been salivating and wishing to grab it.
To rebel, to usurp the throne, to win over civil and military officials, to secretly prepare weapons and prepare various items for rebellion and ascend the throne, you have to spend a lot of money. Many things are just vague promises of being a marquis in the future, and the temptation of being a marquis can only be targeted at those who are highly powerful and have tried to act intentionally. When they meet, they say that I want to rebel and support Prince Hu Hai as the emperor. As long as you follow me, you will definitely be a marquis in the future. The monarch's jade seal has been prepared for you...
If he acted like this, he would be afraid that the plan to usurp the throne would be reported before he could figure it out, and then his head would be chopped off in a daze.
Zhao Hai, Hu Hai and others are now the only core circles of Zhao Hai, Hu Hai, Zhao Bing, Zhao Cheng, Yang Mu, Zhao Ying, etc. Wang Li, Shen Gongyan, Qi Dang, Lu Xiao, etc. are all outside, and are all under the name of Xu Guohou. Among them, Lu Xiao is still in a semi-swing state. As for many other noble princes and princes and officials, it is more because of close interest relations such as money. After usurping the throne in the future, these people will soon turn to their camp and become a force to support the stability of the court and the regime.
After all, interests are the only reason why countless people take risks. Whether it is personal interests or family interests, or even national interests that have to be done in order to maintain imperial power without being undermined by relatives and ministers like Chen Xu, Zhao Hai finally won over a large group of people with his identity and status.
But in terms of how they promote it, in Chen Xu's opinion, it was still far from success. At least later generations, Hu Hai made a proclamation of imperial edicts and became emperor. With the support of Li Si, the powerful prime minister of the Qin Dynasty, most of the court officials surrendered to the new emperor, which made Hu Hai's soldiers successfully ascend the throne without bloodshed. However, at present, it is almost impossible for the three nobles in the court to surrender to Hu Hai, and Chen Xu, a historical messenger who had long known their motives, obstructed it. Therefore, not only Chen Xu was not optimistic, but Zhao Hai and others also knew that the accumulated strength was far from enough. Whether it was military power or court power, they did not have enough strength and courage to invade.
The lack of money and the lack of money to buy all the civil and military officials of the court and important officials is the most difficult situation in the Zhao Hai group at present.
Seeing Chen Xu easily spending millions of gambling money for a good actor, Zhao Hai, Zhao Cheng, Zhao Bing, Hu Hai and others who were watching behind him were all jealous and gritted their teeth.
Chapter completed!