For Wanli, how many people sign up for Marseille, that's just second, in terms of the proportion of registration fees and bonuses, it is definitely a loss of money, what he values most is the situation of betting, if the betting situation is not good, it will be a loss.

However, to this day, there are many people who understand Guo Dan's trick, contracting the ranch is just a cover, the profit is very small, and the cost is very high, and the court can hardly afford it, not to mention that Guo Dan wants to raise 5,000 good horses, and the key to all this is to gamble on horses.

At the beginning, those ministers were only forced to support the contract to Guo Dan, in this kind of struggle, they are not a fair and honest gentleman, their own interests are the most important, so they are secretly boycotting Marseille, because they control public opinion and education, they privately smear Marseille, don't be fooled, charity is just an excuse, Guo Dan is to use this to collect money, just like the ancient liar is a virtue, which will destroy my Ming etiquette system and bring bad atmosphere, so boycotting Marseille is the responsibility of every Confucian disciple.

Guo Dan naturally knows, but he can't do anything about it, he doesn't have any right to speak, and he doesn't care at all, you boycott you, I promote mine, everyone is in the water and not in the river.

So far, both sides have been relatively smooth, and Shilin's opposition is getting louder and louder, because the DPRK and China are ostensibly supportive, and they can only speak through Shilin, but everyone's enthusiasm for discussing Marseille is also getting higher and higher, especially after the first three games are decided.

The outcome will depend on the day the prize hall is launched.

Because there is no computer now, there is not even a typewriter, it is impossible to do real-time betting, Guo Dan is to put the three Marseille near noon to afternoon, the day before the start of the game to start betting, before the start of a quarter of an hour before the hall closed, not only to give everyone time to bet, but also to prevent outsiders from trading.

In anticipation, the launch day of the prize pool hall was finally ushered in.

Before dawn, candles were lit in the prize pool hall, and dozens of people were seen busy in the prize pool hall.

This is the reason why there is no computer, originally a few people can do the work, now dozens of people have to do it, Guo Dan opened twenty windows, each window three account rooms and a reconciliation clerk, because the amount is required to change in real time, must be accurate, can not make mistakes, so three accounts to calculate an account, and then a reconciliation clerk, only when the data of the three accounts are consistent, only to play cards.

In addition, there are several household officials, who are responsible for checking the accounts after the hall is sealed to ensure that there are no falsehoods in them.

"Insider?"

Guo Dan, who was inspecting, suddenly found that there was a team of people outside holding torches to this side, and when he went out, he saw that it was Zhang Cheng, and couldn't help but hurry up to meet him, and said with tears in his eyes: "Prime minister, I didn't expect you to be so supportive, this day is not yet dawn, you rushed to bet." ”

Zhang Cheng said angrily: "Our family is not here to bet. He whispered again: "Our family came to see the situation on the orders of His Majesty. ”

Wanli was also very cautious, he didn't dare to send Li Gui here, after all, Li Gui was a eunuch who served him specially, if Li Gui came here, it would be too eye-catching, so he sent Zhang Cheng to come.

Dizzy! It's wrong! Guo Dan said: "Then it doesn't need to be so early." ”

Zhang Cheng said: "It's not all your fault, you came up with such an idea, the money hasn't been earned, and tens of thousands of taels have been spent, if no one bets, hmph, you can do it yourself." ”

Guo Dan smiled and said: "Prime minister, please rest assured, Guo Dan will not disappoint Your Majesty." ”

"We have faith in you. But....... Zhang Cheng said in a low voice: "But many people are secretly boycotting your Marseille, you should also know?" ”

Guo Dan nodded and said, "Of course I know this." ”

Zhang Cheng wondered: "But I saw that you didn't move at all!" ”

Guo Dan wrote lightly: "If the boycott is useful, there will be no gambling houses, which are all forbidden by law, and my Marseille is still authorized by the imperial court." ”

"You can't say that." Zhang Cheng said: "The people who go to the gambling house are all some three-minded and nine-rated, and your Marseille is only allowed to bet with silver, which ordinary people can't afford to play, if it is not ordinary people, then they are very influential." ”

Guo Danwu smiled to himself: "The prime minister can rest assured, this matter will not be unexpected." ”

Zhang Cheng saw that Guo Dan was confident, so he nodded and said: "Okay, okay, just assume that our family didn't say anything, and then something happened, don't say that our family didn't remind you." ”

Guo Dan just laughed stupidly, which made Zhang Cheng roll his eyes for a while.

As the day dawns and the prize pool hall is ready, the next step is to wait for everyone to place their bets.

The hour will pass.

Xu Mengxuan took a carriage and came here in a leisurely manner, as a back-pot man, he was able to endure coming today, which is already very good, in fact, he has been sending people to observe these days, and even extract some information from Xu Jirong's mouth.

"Huh? Why is there no one! ”

Coming to the prize pool hall, Xu Mengxi couldn't help but look surprised.

The empty hall, with only a few servants wiping tables and stools, was really scary.

"Ask him."

Only one angry voice to hear.

Xu Mengxi turned his head and saw Zhang Cheng lying on the chair, glaring angrily at Guo Dan, who was practicing catching flies empty-handed.

"Oops! Uncle is here. ”

Guo greeted him with a smile.

Xu Mengxuan said: "Why is there no one, is it the wrong day?" ”

Guo Dan said: "If Uncle said that it is the opening day of the prize pool hall, then it is right." ”

Xu Mengxi wondered: "Then why no one bets, or the old man is late." ”

"No, it's uncle, you're early." Guo Dan said: "Uncle definitely won't walk here." ”

Xu Mengxi said: "Of course, the old man came by carriage. ”

"That's it." Guo Dan said: "From the lifting of the curfew to now, it is just right to take a carriage, but if you walk, it will take some time." ”

"It's a fart."

Zhang Cheng jumped up directly, "If the horseback riders don't come, what money can you make here." ”

Xu Mengxuan nodded again and again, and said, "Yes!" The Prime Minister has a point. ”

Guo smiled lightly: "Don't worry, rest assured, it will come." ”

How reassuring is this!

Xu Mengxi's heart was in his throat, and when he came, he was still more relieved, because during this period, almost everyone was predicting the outcome of the game, including children playing on the street, they were able to call out the names of the contestants and their information, such a hot discussion, there must be many people betting, who knew that this would be the case.

But this is already an arrow from the string, and there is no way to turn back and start again, so you can only wait patiently.

Another half hour passed.

"It's coming! Here it comes! ”

Suddenly, I heard a shout of excitement.

Xu Mengxi and Zhang Cheng came to the door of the hall at a speed of 100 meters and looked up.

"Where? Where? ”

"Prime minister, look, aren't there two people over there?"

The little eunuch pointed to the southwest.

Zhang Cheng's face turned blue suddenly, and he glared at the little eunuch angrily, he had the urge to kill.

Guo Dan hurriedly walked over and whispered: "Prime minister, uncle, you better go to the inner room to sit, just sit here, people don't dare to bet!" ”

Zhang Cheng and Xu Mengxi glared angrily, the corners of their mouths twitched, and after a while, they still walked into the inner room angrily, and they must not give Guo Dan a chance to shake the pot.

After a while, I saw two men dressed in cloth walk in.

One of them had just stepped into the hall and said, "Are we in the wrong place?" ”

Another said: "Probably not." ”

The tone seemed hesitant.

....．

Guo Dan hurriedly greeted him and said, "The two of you are here to bet." ”

"Is this the prize pool hall?"

"Yes."

"But why isn't there any?"

"Oh, just opened, the two of you are the second batch of customers, don't you see the carriage parked at the door."

"It's strange, the horse newspaper said that the hour is right, isn't it the hour, but now the hour has passed!"

"It was originally set for the hour, but there were some temporary technical problems, so the door was delayed until this time."

....．

The two of them didn't seem to be easy to fool, raised their eyes to look at the prize pool hall, and one of them immediately said: "There is no one to bet on there!" ”

Guo Dan said in a low voice: "The people in the carriage are ordinary people, they are now sitting inside and discussing." ”

As he spoke, he gestured to the VIP room.

The two turned their heads and saw that there were really two subordinates standing at the door, and nodded in disbelief.

Guo Dan said: "The two of you are really lucky, if you can win the first bet, it is a good luck, which is the same as worshiping the Buddha and burning incense." ”

One asked the other, "Can't get down?" ”

"Come on, we're here on order."

"Okay."

.....．

Zhang Cheng, who was hiding in the VIP room and eavesdropping, was in a hurry, and said, "Xing'anbo, can you hear it, that kid is simply cheating!" But how much can this deceive? ”

Xu Mengxi was even more anxious, and hung his head and said, "Oops! How good is that? ”

Zhang Cheng snorted: "How do we know? ”

Xu Mengxi was like an ant on a hot pot, and suddenly said: "Prime minister, otherwise, we will put some money, in this case, Guo Dan is not a deceit, I will help the prime minister give this money, and we will bet fifty taels on Rong'er alone." ”

Zhang Cheng listened to how it seemed to cover his ears and steal the bell, but he thought about it, anyway, he didn't have to pay for it himself, and nodded: "Okay, just according to Xing Anbo's meaning." ”

Xu Mengxi hurriedly instructed his subordinates to place bets, and he was clever and whispered a few words in his ears.

When the man heard this, he immediately rushed out and said, "Wait, wait, what are you doing, but we came first." ”

"But there's no rule on who comes down first and who bets first."

"Yes! Who made you not bet. ”

....．

The two were busy betting, well, one bet five taels.

But Xu Mengxi and Zhang Cheng in the door had a bitter face, spent tens of thousands of taels, and had to use one hundred taels to seduce each other to bet ten taels, which Nima .......

But people always like to think on the good side, Guo Dan is not wrong in the end, now he is here.

However, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

Noon has passed, but there are still only scattered people to bet, there are dozens of people, the amount of the two prize pools is ninety-eight taels and one hundred and fifty taels respectively, of which one hundred taels is still under Xu Mengxi, deducting this one hundred taels, it is basically normal, the top three bets should be more, and the bet over there is three times the name of the first bet.

There are a few kittens like this, not to mention making money, and the account office at the window is thinking about whether their wages can be paid.

By the afternoon, the other prize pool had finally broken through one hundred taels.

What a gratifying congratulations!

But Zhang Cheng's heart was already cold, and he walked out of the VIP room, his face was iron and blue, as if he was going to be buried in the next moment.

Guo Dan hurriedly explained: "Prime minister, this is expected, the first day is just a warm-up, familiarize yourself with the process, and ...... tomorrow." ”

Before Guo Dan finished speaking, Zhang Cheng roared: "You go and explain to Your Majesty yourself." ”

Fooling someone, someone has to come to warm up!

After that, he left angrily.

The emperor is still waiting, he has to go back early.

"Inner Minister, Inner Minister."

Guo Dan stood in place and shouted twice, and then said to Xu Mengxi: "Uncle, you should believe in my ......" ”

"How do you tell the old man to believe you, the game will start tomorrow, and now the money bet has not reached three hundred taels, if you want to deduct the bonus, ah... We're still losing money. Finished! Finished! Xu Mengxi cried while walking out of this sad place, and if he stayed any longer, he would die.

"Why don't you believe me?" Guo Dan sighed helplessly.

At this time, Liu Xinmou walked in and said, "The prime minister and the uncle are gone?" ”

Guo Dan nodded and asked again, "How is the situation?" ”

Liu Xinmou was stunned for a moment, and said: "I just sent someone to investigate, as you expected, on the way from the city here, there are many servants wandering around, it is estimated that they are all inquiring about the news here." ”

Guo Dan sighed: "It can be seen that this human nature is all bound. As he spoke, he looked at Liu Xinmou again and said, "It's only you, and you've never been restrained." ”

Liu Xinmou lamented: "Who said no, I have always been bound by money." ”

Guo Dan smiled and said, "Don't worry, you are about to break free from this last bondage." ”

Liu Xinmou looked around and said, "Unless you give me the reward first." ”

"That's what you're thinking about." Guo Dan said with a smile.

.....

Qianqing Palace.

Click.

The piece in Wanli's hand fell to the ground, and he stood up tremblingly.

"Your Majesty."

Li Gui hurriedly walked over.

"Go away."

Wanli waved his hand, his eyes kept staring at Zhang Cheng, "You... What do you say, no... Less than three hundred taels. ”

Zhang Cheng looked at Wanli's state, for fear that something would go wrong, so he didn't dare to nod and say "yes", but said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, Guo Dan said, today is just a warm-up, tomorrow is the highlight, and many people will bet tomorrow." ”

"It's going to start tomorrow."

Wanli roared, and his body shook.

Zhang Cheng and Li Gui hurriedly ran over and hugged Wanli.

Wanli covered his chest tightly with one hand, tears glistened in the corners of his eyes, and muttered to himself: "Thirty thousand taels, more than thirty thousand taels, it's gone." ”

He really couldn't accept it, because he had always been doing businessless business, making money from the treasury, making money from the Taifu Temple, often copying his house or something, and he had never tried it, and tens of thousands of taels disappeared in an instant.

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