"The profits from this lottery camp are so huge?" the emperor asked, pointing to the words "huge profits that can be obtained every day" in the recital. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Yes. Wu Dan nodded heavily, and said in a deep voice: "In fact, the number of tens of thousands of guans this day is only the benefit of the 'treasure fang' run by Qi Tai, if all the sellers in the entire Chang'an City are summed up, I am afraid that there may not be no 100,000 guan." ”

10,000 per day, or even 100,000 per day......

Although Wu Dan's words were convincing, the emperor still didn't believe it: "Really?"

"Really. Wu Dan replied.

Oh my God, it's really shocking to hear that His Majesty the Emperor, who has ten thousand squares in Kyushu, was shocked, he never thought that just a few small pieces of paper could give birth to such a huge profit!

Compared with this industry, what is the output of salt and minerals?

If it can really be classified as written in Wudan Song Shu and classified as owned by the imperial court, then the emperor can do everything he has always wanted to do but can't do, such as conquering the Khitan, pacifying the Turks, and conquering Tufan......

As for what Wudan wrote above, in the name of charity, the money raised will be used to repair bridges and pave roads, run schools, run medical treatments, and help orphans, widows, poor and sick...... These things also have to be done, but the meal has to be eaten bite by bite, and things have to be done little by little...... There's no need to be in a hurry.

It's just that after the joy, the emperor's face showed a trace of embarrassment, and he said hesitantly: "However, the court is the court after all, and it competes with the people for profit...... I'm afraid it will attract criticism. ”

"The father doesn't have to worry, the prince can share the worries of his father. Li Chengxiu said with a smile.

"Oh, how do you share my worries?" the emperor looked at Li Chengxiu with interest.

Wu Dan said sadly: "Yesterday Qi Tai came to the palace, and Erchen heard him say one thing, a family of eleven in Yonghefang in the west of the city was burned alive at home. ”

"What?" the emperor was furious when he heard this: "Who is so bold?"

Of course, at this moment, I want to ask, what does this have to do with the lottery?

"Father, calm your anger, please wait for the prince to finish speaking. Li Chengxiu winked at the emperor and said.

You go on. The emperor pointed to Wudan.

Wu Dan connected and said: "According to Qi Tai, the family has a son who owes a huge amount of gambling debts outside, and the people in the gambling house chased him to the house to force the debt, and the mistake caused a fire, which caused the family of eleven to die in the fire. ”

The emperor recovered from the shock and suddenly said: "Do you mean that the imperial court wants to take this opportunity to strictly investigate and crack down on the gambling industry, and then the lottery can be collected by the imperial court?"

Li Chengxiu said: "Yes and no. ”

"What's the explanation?" the emperor asked.

Wu Dan said: "Anyone who is involved in gambling is mostly ruined and ruined, even if it is a good person, as long as he gets involved in it, he will become a corrupt person with despicable conduct." However, the reason for this is not just their own character. The courtiers believe that in addition to the gamblers' own problems, casinos also have a heavy responsibility. Gambling, also known as gambling, playing, and having fun. It is understandable that it is a pastime for fun, and most people will not regard it as a way to make a fortune, they just have the mentality of having fun, however, they can't help it when they walk into the casino, and nine and a half out of ten casinos in the world will do everything possible to lure him, frame him, let him fall deep on the gambling table, and can't stop until he wins all his family property, and let him sell all his children and daughters, and force him to death! Just like Qi Tai said, the family in the west of the city is caused by the head of the family forcing debts! Death is only light, and even more so it is reduced to banditry. Anyone who is caught in gambling, the more they gamble, the more they lose, the more they lose, the more they have to gamble, they lose all their property, their children are sold out, and they really have nothing to sell, so they start thieves and thieves, and thieves get together and become bandits, which is a big trouble for one party! ”

After that, Wu Dan took out a stack of paper from his sleeve, raised his hands above his head, and handed it to the emperor: "Yes, Erchen also wrote a letter "Asking the Imperial Court to Strictly Restrain Gambling". ”

The emperor hurriedly put down the song in his hand, quickly picked up the letter "Asking the Imperial Court to Strictly Restrain Gambling", and quickly read it, only to feel that the words were like knives, and the sentences were like cones, which was shocking.

"Are all these things you have written?" the Emperor asked solemnly, pointing to a passage on the note.

"Back to my father's words, it's all true. Wu Dan said: "It was Erchen who asked Mu Xuan and Qi Tai to verify." ”

"Good, good, good!" The emperor was overjoyed, handed the two notes to the queen, and said with a smile: "Look at the two notes written by the sixth child, they have the charm of the boss." ”

The queen didn't twist it, she generously took it and read it, and said with a smile: "The tone is really a bit like the boss, but it's different from what the boss wrote." ”

"Exactly. The emperor said: "The eldest son's recital is brilliant and powerful, while the sixth son's recital is more important." One is a majestic king, and the other is a down-to-earth and hard-working lord of the city. ”

The retainers were terrified. Wu Dan was excited, but he didn't dare to show it at all, and said: "How dare Erchen compare with the eldest brother?

"Alas!" the emperor waved his hand and said, "Good is good, you must not be too humble." You were brought up by your eldest brother since childhood, and it would be better if you were stronger than him! Your eldest brother, your mother, and my father will be even happier! Queen, don't you say?"

"Exactly. The queen replied with a gentle smile.

"Erchen will continue to work hard. Wu Dan said with a reserved smile.

"Good. The emperor took the song in the wooden box next to the pillow, and wanted to say something, but he opened and closed it, glanced at Li Chengxiu, and said dissatisfiedly: "What an eyeless daughter-in-law, I have been talking dry for my father for a long time, and I don't know how to pour a glass of water for my father." ”

It's a godsend!

Li Chengxiu froze for a moment, his face turned red, and he hurriedly crawled from the ground and ran to the side, grabbed the teapot on it and picked it up, it was not empty, but it was cold.

"Erchen will cook it for you now. Li Chengxiu smiled embarrassedly, hugged the teapot and walked out.

"I'll take a look, I'm afraid she won't be able to find the direction of the teahouse for the first time!" said the queen with a smile, Li Chengxiu hurriedly stopped, waiting for the queen to go out of the east hall together.

After leaving the temple gate, I went down the steps, turned left, and went south along the porch until I came to a room at the end of the east hall.

There were already palace people running in front of the ward, and when Li Chengxiu and the queen arrived outside the teahouse, the steward eunuch of the teahouse had been waiting for a long time.