Chapter 577: Playthings Lose Their Minds
With Zhao Yin's push of the card, the hearts of the three princes suddenly sank.
"Don't worry, this is just a little butt, three times per person is enough!"
Zhao Yin smiled and stretched out his hand.
"It's not because the eldest brother saw the wrong card to blow up the Hu, this was won by the horse, otherwise, maybe it's me Hu!"
Li Ke frowned, slightly dissatisfied.
"Then this is the palace, come! Let's move on! ”
Li Chengqian scratched his head and said generously.
Time passed quickly, and in an afternoon's effort, Zhao Yin won two hundred yuan, and went to dinner happily, completely ignoring the three people who were depressed because of the loss.
On the way back to the palace, the three princes were all silent, and all they thought about was how to win!
"Go, ask where I can buy mahjong!"
After returning to the palace, Li Chengqian never gave up and sent the little eunuchs around him out.
It wasn't until the next morning that the little eunuch happily came back with mahjong.
"Do you need a night to buy a mahjong?"
Li Chengqian reprimanded him dissatisfiedly, and opened the box impatiently.
"Back to the prince, yesterday the villain inquired about many places, and then I heard that the Treasure Pavilion sells mahjong, but it will not be sold in limited quantities until today, so the villain has been queuing outside the Treasure Pavilion, and only then did he buy a pair!"
The little eunuch explained with a little grievance.
When Zhao Yin instructed Lin Wu to sell mahjong in the Treasure Pavilion, he had already ordered someone to start publicity.
There are a lot of rich nobles in Chang'an City, and when they heard that the Treasure Pavilion was going to have a new entertainment project, and it was still sold in limited quantities, they sent people to line up overnight.
The limited amount of things in the Treasure Pavilion is not something that can be bought with money!
This is also the hunger marketing method that Zhao Yin came up with.
I have to say that this method is very easy to use, and it can sell out high-priced goods every time, and it is still in short supply!
"It's so sought-after?"
Li Chengqian was slightly stunned, and then understood.
Now the whole Datang is very boring, and now there is a new entertainment activity, and not everyone is rushing to buy it!
Especially those nobles, they are not bad for money at all!
However, when he heard that this deck of cards cost two hundred, he also felt pain for a long time.
Although he is a prince, there is a limit to the amount of money he uses every month, and it is not as the world thinks!
I heard the little eunuch say that the best pair of mahjong is inlaid with gold and silver, and the material is also made of jade, which costs 5,000 taels, and was bought by a rich merchant on the spot!
He couldn't even think of a deck of cards like that!
Not to mention him, it is estimated that even his father is reluctant to buy a pair of 5,000 mahjong!
After getting mahjong, Li Chengqian immediately ordered someone to call his subordinates, put together a table of mahjong, and played happily!
A few days later, when Wei Zheng passed by the East Palace, he heard the crackling mahjong sound inside, and immediately frowned.
"Alas......! Playthings are demoralized! ”
……
In the imperial study, Wei Zheng was doing something.
"Aiqing came over at this time, but what's the matter?"
Li Er put down the wolf in his hand and asked suspiciously.
"Your Majesty, do you know that there is something called mahjong that has been popular in Chang'an City recently?"
Wei Zheng said tactfully.
"Mahjong? No one has ever mentioned this to me, ......! ”
Li Er had a small question mark on his head, "What is that?" ”
"It's a kind of entertainment, and many nobles have been playing it recently, including the prince!"
Wei Zheng arched his hand and said with a worried expression.
The prince is the future son of heaven, if the plaything loses his mind, the future of Datang will be worried.
Therefore, Wei Zheng hurriedly came to report the matter, hoping that Li Er could dissuade him in time!
"If I'm not mistaken, this thing called mahjong was made by Zhao Yin's kid, right?"
Li Er thought about it for a while, and felt that this kind of novel thing should come from his good son-in-law.
Only in his head can he hold these strange things!
Wei Zheng nodded.
"This kid, if you have something fun, you don't know how to give me a pair!"
Li Er muttered dissatisfiedly.
"Your Majesty, what did you say?"
Because his voice was too quiet, Wei Zheng didn't hear it clearly.
If he hears it, he will definitely dissuade it!
"Oh, nothing ......!"
Li Er immediately came back to his senses, "I'm wondering, where did all these people buy mahjong?" ”
Since Wei Zheng said that this thing is now popular in Chang'an, it means that Zhao Yin, this kid, is selling this thing to the outside world, he can't help but be a little moved, and he also wants to see how this mahjong is played.
"It is said that the Treasure Pavilion is for sale, and it is also divided into high, medium and low grades, even if it resists, the price is not expensive!"
Wei Zheng is an honest official, and two hundred guan is already a lot of money for him.
Although he made a lot of money in Zhao Yin's business, he would never do it if he asked him to take out two hundred yuan just to buy a plaything!
"Okay, I know about this matter, I'll deal with it when I'm free!"
Li Er waved his hand and perfunctory the matter.
"The old minister retires!"
Wei Zheng gave up.
As long as His Majesty knows about this, he will definitely not let the prince's plaything lose his mind!
……
At noon, Li Er sent someone to call Zhao Yin to the imperial garden for lunch.
"Your Majesty called your son-in-law, shouldn't it be as simple as eating boiled fish?"
Zhao Yin walked up the steps in high spirits and came to the pavilion.
And Li Er had been waiting for him at the stone table for a long time.
He really couldn't figure out how a big man could be so abrasive when he went out!
"I haven't seen you for a few days, and I miss you a little!"
Li Er looked at him with a smile.
"Your Majesty, son-in-law...... My son-in-law doesn't seem to have done anything wrong lately, right? ”
Zhao Yin was very vigilant and hid back, and looked around to see if there was any ambush?
"Look at what you said, I didn't say anything about you!"
Li Er smiled and waved his hand at Wang De behind him.
Wang De nodded slightly, then picked up the wine jug on the stone table and filled the wine glasses in front of the two of them!
"Your Majesty was not so polite in the past!"
When things go wrong, there must be demons.
Li Er usually doesn't take advantage of himself, so how can he be so polite to invite himself to lunch alone?
If there was no other purpose, he would have dared to eat this stone table in public!
"I just want to ask, the mahjong of the prince, King Yue and others, was it given by you?"
Li Er picked up the wine glass and took a sip, then said with a smile.
Sure enough, Zhao Yin guessed that this old man invited himself to dinner, it must be no good thing!
"The son-in-law only played a game of mahjong with the three princes, and did not sell mahjong to the three princes!"
If Zhao Yin guessed correctly, this old man wanted to ask him for mahjong, so he quickly waved his hand.
And so it is!
"But I heard that the three princes have been playing mahjong all day recently!"
Li Er's meaning was already obvious, but this kid still didn't say anything, but fortunately, he turned his face and said sharply.
"Your Majesty thinks that mahjong has delayed the three princes?"
Zhao Yin asked with a smile.
"It's not all, it's just that the prince is addicted to mahjong all day long, I'm afraid he will be impeached by the imperial history!"
Li Er tapped the stone table with one hand while raising his eyebrows and looking at Zhao Yin.
"Then Your Majesty doesn't have to worry at all, this mahjong will not only not lose its mind, but also improve its calculations!"
"How is that possible?"
Li Er immediately expressed disbelief.
Wei Zheng just came to report, mahjong is just a kind of entertainment!