got Wu Xian's approval, the middle-aged man left the house, and he was stingy and generous once, hired a sliding rod, and let two honest men carry him all the way back to the Donglai pawnshop.

casually threw five copper coins to the two honest men, and didn't care to look at their ugly faces, and hurried into the pawn shop.

Liu Heng waited in the Donglai pawnshop for half an hour, he was impatient to wait, and after seeing the middle-aged man appear, he immediately got up and walked over.

"What do you owners say?"

Liu Heng hurriedly asked.

The middle-aged man accompanied the smiling face, "Our host said that we will accept the things." ”

"Happy!"

Liu Heng clapped his hands and shouted, and said heroically: "Open the ticket, take the money!" ”

The middle-aged man nodded, walked up to the little boss of the Purple Qi Gambling House, and said in a low voice: "Liu Ye's painting costs 20,000 yuan, and the pawn shop doesn't have enough money, so I have to take some from the gambling house." ”

When the little leader of the Purple Qi Gambling House heard this, he frowned, "There is no money left in the gambling house......

The middle-aged man seemed to see through the thoughts of the little leader of the Purple Qi Gambling House, and pouted: "This is what the owner ordered." ”

The little leader of the Purple Qi Gambling House opened his mouth with an ugly face, and he couldn't say anything if he refused, so he could only nod stiffly.

"Since it was ordered by the owner, I have to make it up for you."

"The gambling house draws 12,000 ......"

The middle-aged man smiled and gave a number.

The little leader of the Purple Qi Gambling House widened his eyes and roared in a low voice, "Twelve thousand? Half a year's profits of the gambling house have been hollowed out, so what do our brothers eat. ”

The middle-aged man looked at the little leader of the purple gas gambling house with a smile.

"It's a big matter related to the promotion of the owner, and you can not take it."

His tone was full of banter, and with Wu Xian behind his back, he was obviously the little boss of the Purple Qi Gambling House.

The little leader of the Purple Qi Gambling House gritted his teeth, his face was slightly red, obviously angry.

"I'll take it!"

The middle-aged man nodded with satisfaction, "Then go and get it, look at Liu Ye's temperament, he is obviously unwilling to wait any longer." ”

"Humph!"

The little boss of the Purple Gas Gambling House snorted coldly, bumped into the middle-aged man, and walked out of the pawn shop.

Obviously, there is still a big place next to him for him to walk, but he has to bump into the middle-aged man to vent his dissatisfaction.

The middle-aged man knew that he was careful, but he didn't debunk it.

He has already taken advantage of it, and he can't chase and fight.

Everyone is doing things for the same owner, and you can't look up and see you down.

There will always be times when he asks for someone's help, and he can't offend them to death.

The middle-aged man and the little leader of the Purple Qi Gambling House didn't speak loudly, but Liu Heng, who had sharp ears, heard it clearly.

He could hear that the middle-aged man and the little boss of the Purple Qi Gambling House did not get along happily.

However, this is someone else's family matter, so he doesn't bother to care.

What he was most worried about now was the 20,000 yuan that was about to be handed over to him.

"The money can be scraped up slowly, and the pawn ticket is opened first. In case you regret it, won't the master wait in vain? ”

Liu Heng urged with a ruined tone who was eager to lose his family as soon as possible.

"Villain, that's it."

The middle-aged man replied and returned to the counter behind the pawnshop.

I took a pen and paper and drafted a pawn ticket.

The pawn ticket indicates that the value of "Spring Hip Picture" is 100,000 yuan, and the price is 20,000 yuan to the Donglai pawn shop, and the deadline is seven days.

Redeem within seven days, the interest is three points, and more than seven days, the profit is one percent.

In fact, this last sentence should be more than seven days, and "Spring Hip" belongs to Donglai Pawnshop.

Middle-aged people know the stakes involved in "Spring Hip", so they don't dare to write like this.

If the words are spoken, they can be taken back, but if they are implemented in black and white, then they can't be taken back.

Wu Xian said that Liu Heng could be exempted from the profit of painting.

However, middle-aged people don't want to miss this opportunity to make money, so they still write the profit money on it.

As long as Liu Heng doesn't dwell on this matter and makes money back, Wu Xian not only won't scold him, but also reward him.

That's what happens in the business field, and the money you can make is definitely not to be missed.

After the ticket was written, the middle-aged man stamped the seal of the Donglai pawn shop, and a private seal of Mrs. Wu Xian, as well as his own seal.

The shops of the Wu family are all under the name of Mrs. Wu Xian.

Wu Xian did this to avoid being caught and impeached.

Three red seals fell, and an official pawn ticket was drafted.

Compared with the pawn ticket issued to Kou Li by the Donglai pawn shop, this pawn ticket stamped with three seals can be regarded as a complete pawn ticket.

"Master Liu, your pawn ticket ......"

The middle-aged man nodded and sent the pawn ticket to Liu Heng.

Liu Heng was about to get it, but the middle-aged man withdrew his hand, and then said with a dry smile: "Master...... Draw ......"

"Huh! You really don't see a rabbit or an eagle. ”

Liu Heng muttered without curiosity, and easily stuffed all the paintings to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man also decisively handed the pawn ticket to Liu Heng.

Liu Heng pinched the pawn ticket, looked at the three red seals on it, and felt more excited.

It's done!

But he didn't show it on his face, but asked the middle-aged man for money indifferently.

"Where's the master's money?!"

The middle-aged man eagerly took out the "Spring Hip Picture" from the painting handed over by Liu Heng, and carefully put it into a box dedicated to the famous paintings.

I swept away the other paintings.

The middle-aged man replied to Liu Heng's words, "Master Liu, wait a minute......

As he spoke, the middle-aged man bent down and picked up a box inlaid with iron sheets from under the counter.

The copper lock on the chest was opened, and the box was full of gold bars and silver judgments.

The middle-aged man pushed the cash box in front of Liu Heng with a painful face, "Master Liu, the small yellow croaker and silver judgment priced at seven thousand yuan, you order." ”

Although Liu Heng's monthly profit is not much, as the son of Liu Mansion, he has also seen a big scene.

The authenticity of gold bars and silver judgments, he doesn't need to stuff them into his mouth to bite and discern them.

Liu Heng grabbed a gold bar casually, weighed it, touched it again, pursed his lips, and said in disgust: "Eighty percent gold, it's not a good gold." But I'm short on money, so I don't have time to ink with you, so I won't bother with you. ”

The middle-aged man accompanied the smiling face and said mournfully: "Eight yellow, nine purple, ten red, purple gold, red gold, that is only something in the palace." You are from a wealthy family, and your aunt is the current queen, so you have seen more things than villains.

To tell the truth, the villain took out this eighty percent of gold, which is already the best gold on the market. ”

Liu Heng was too lazy to worry about the quality of gold with middle-aged people, anyway, it was money for nothing.

He slapped the table and shouted, "There are still thirteen thousand!" ”

The middle-aged man hurriedly took out one box after another from under the counter, a full ten small boxes, each of which contained a hundred yuan of money.

Liu Heng greeted the dogs.

The doglegs leaned over and carried the money to Liu Heng's feet.

After another moment.

The little boss of the Purple Gas Gambling House walked into the Donglai pawn shop alone.

The middle-aged man saw that he didn't take anything, and was slightly stunned, "Where's the money?" ”

The little boss of the purple gas gambling house said angrily: "...... outside the door"

When the middle-aged man heard this, he had a bad premonition in his heart.

He speculated and invited Liu Heng uneasily, and went out of the pawnshop to the east.

As soon as they went out, they saw more than a dozen green-skinned gangsters surrounding a big cart, which was full of copper coins.

"This ......"

Liu Heng looked at so many copper coins and was a little stunned.

The middle-aged man gritted his teeth, turned around and glared fiercely at the little leader of the Purple Qi Gambling House, "Why don't you take the little yellow croaker and the silver judgment?" If you do this, it's easy to offend people. ”

The little leader of the Purple Qi Gambling House pouted and said, "The valuable things are all in your pawn shop, and our gambling house only has copper coins." ”

The middle-aged man glared at him again and wanted to step forward to apologize to Liu Heng.

Liu Heng had already turned around, he pointed to the middle-aged man and the little boss of the Purple Qi Gambling House, pursed his lips, and said in a deep voice: "You guys, master, I remember you." I won't bother with you today. ”

After saying this, Liu Heng didn't pay attention to them, and greeted the dogs.

"Take all the master's money, and we'll go home."

The doglegs roared and carried the copper coins from the Donglai pawn shop onto the car, and then replaced the green-skinned gangsters and guarded the car.

Liu Heng sat on the wheel of the car holding a box containing gold bars and silver judgments.

The doglegs shouted and drove the inferior horses, pulling the cart and moving slowly.

A cart full of copper coins is particularly eye-catching when walking on the streets.

But there was no panic, let alone a robbery.

Copper coins were the mainstream currency of this era, and they were the only currency recognized by the government.

Although gold and silver brocade can be used as money, they have never had a legal identity.

Therefore, whenever there is a large transaction, when trading, you will often see a cart of copper coins appearing.

The people have long been surprised.

And, those who dare to drive a car, carrying a cart of copper coins on the street to swagger through the market, are either rich or noble, not ordinary people can afford to offend, and if they don't do well, they have to lose their heads, so even in the face of the temptation of huge money, few people dare to have bad intentions.

The news that Liu Heng drove through the city with copper coins soon spread to the wine shops on the same street.

Kou Ji was drinking sweet wine in a liquor shop near the water, admiring the thousands of sails racing on the river, and when he heard the news, he smiled.

"Hurry up and eat, we still have business to do after eating."

Kou Ji urged and counted the two treasures that the broad beans ate one by one, and slowly got up.

Erbao was learning from the poor sour literati at the next table, counting the broad beans, stuffing them into his mouth one by one, chewing and tasting the taste of the broad beans slowly, and when he heard Kou Ji say that he was leaving, he was a little panicked.

"Young Master, you wait for me......"

Erbao shouted for Kou Ji to wait for him, picked up the broad bean plate on the table, poured all of them into his placket, tightened his belt, and made sure that they would not fall out, before running behind Kou Ji.

After Kou Ji left the liquor store, the governor of Kou took out a handful of copper coins from his coat, sprinkled them on the table, and followed.

You sing, we take the stage.

Liu Heng's task is completed, and it's up to Kou Ji next.

Kou Ji took Erbao and Kou Fu Chang with him, and the three of them walked along Zhouqiao Street to the front of the Purple Qi Gambling House.

"Oh, this master, are you going to play two?"

The green-skinned gangsters who were guarding the door of the Purple Qi Gambling House saw Kou Ji dressed extraordinarily and wanted to come to the Purple Qi Gambling House, so his eyes suddenly lit up and he hurried to meet him.

Kou Ji smiled and said, "I heard that there is a person named Wu Ming in your gambling house?" ”

The green-skinned thug was stunned for a moment, glanced at Kou Ji up and down, and said with a strange expression: "Do you know Second Master Wu?" ”

"If the second master of Wu in your mouth is Wu Ming, then we can be regarded as world friends."

Kou Ji still said with a smile.

The green-skinned gangster grinned and said: "It turns out that you are the benefactor of Second Master Wu, please come in, and the villain will let someone help you call Second Master Wu." ”

Kou Ji nodded, and under the guidance of the green-skinned gangsters, he entered the purple gas gambling house.

There are two blue curtains at the entrance of the gambling house, so you can't see the scene inside from the outside.

Lifting the curtain, as soon as he entered the gambling house, Kou Ji felt the urge to turn around and go out.

Before he could see the scene inside the gambling house, he couldn't open his eyes because of the pungent smell of sweat mixed with the smell of his feet.

Kou Ji's eyes widened with all his might, forcing himself to step into the Purple Qi Casino.

If it weren't for the fact that he had something important to do, he really didn't want to enter this place.

There was a lot of commotion in the gambling house.

There are all kinds of people, most of them are ordinary people in the market, or green-skinned gangsters on the streets.

There are almost no heads, faces, and richly dressed people.

The green-skinned thugs guarding the door took Kou Ji into the gambling house and walked directly to the private room in the gambling house.

The area of the purple gas gambling house is very large, in addition to the place where people gather to gamble, there are also many private rooms, which are specially prepared for large families with heads and faces.

The private room that the green-skinned gangster guarding the door led Kou Ji into was the largest private room in the Purple Qi Casino.

There are also many people in the private room, and judging by their clothes and the money they carry, they obviously have more status than those outside.

They were gathered around three tables, fighting hard.

Kou Ji took a general look, they were Pai Gow, dice, and Shuanglu, each with a table.

Backgammon is a chessboard-type game with a gambling board in which thirty chess pieces are placed, about fifteen inches high, with a base diameter of about one and a half inches, half white and half black.

It's a bit like Western chess, but it's different from Western chess.

To play backgammon, you need to shake the dice, and the number of dice points is used as the basis for the movement of the chess pieces, and whoever moves all the pieces off the board first wins.

It's a fun game.

It's a pity that it has been lost in later generations, so Kou Ji doesn't understand this thing.

The green-skinned thugs guarding the door led Kou Ji to the private room, and after reporting to the little leader in the private room, he left the private room.

Outside the private room, in a place where Kou Ji couldn't see, the green-skinned thug guarding the door pouted and muttered disdainfully, "Another fat sheep who was tricked into waiting to be slaughtered...... Rich man, what a stupid ......"

His tone had a taste of not being able to eat grapes and disliking the sourness of grapes.

Unbeknownst to Kou Ji in the private room, he had become a stupid, fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered in the eyes of others.

Kou Ji didn't stay long in the private room when a figure opened the curtain and walked in.

His gaze wandered around the private room before falling on Kou Ji, and then he heard his excited voice ringing out.

"Is it Kou Ji's nephew?"