Zhi Zhao had already become accustomed to the new words that popped out of Cui Wenqing's mouth from time to time, and said in a slightly reproachful voice: "Husband, at the moment of the big event, you don't want to sell Guanzi, what is the welfare lottery?" ”

This remark faintly has a bit of coquettishness, which makes Cui Wenqing's bones up and down can't help but be crispy, and quickly smiled and explained: "You can understand the welfare lottery as a kind of lottery for the purpose of relief and disaster relief, it is mainly to draw lots to raise funds for all the people, the money raised in addition to the reward funds, the rest of the money can be used for welfare relief, if it can be implemented, the imperial court can not use a penny, through the way of private fundraising, it is easy to solve the flood in the south of the Yangtze River."

Fu Bi thought for a long time, but he couldn't understand the meaning of Cui Wenqing's words, and asked suspiciously: "President Cui, I don't know if I can ask you to be more specific." ”

Cui Wenqing thought for a while, and chuckled: "Let me explain it this way, that is, in the name of the imperial court, for all the people in the world to issue a lottery ticket that can redeem the prize, the lottery adopts a combination of play, from one to thirty a total of thirty numbers to choose seven numbers to combine for a betting number, and the imperial court will draw seven numbers from the thirty numbers at will, as long as the order of the numbers is consistent, it is the winner, can be exchanged for the corresponding grand prize."

Tong Zhou groaned for a while, and then suddenly said: "This welfare lottery seems to be about the same size as buying in the gambling house." ”

Cui Wenqing shook his head and smiled: "Although the two have similarities, the gambling house is for profit, while the imperial court is for disaster relief, and the starting point is different, so naturally they can't be compared." ”

Fu Bi thought for a long time, and asked puzzledly: "According to Governor Cui's method, how can the imperial court make money in the welfare lottery?" ”

Cui Wenqing said in his chest: "Fu Shangshu, let me give you an example, suppose the imperial court sells a welfare lottery every three days, each lottery ticket costs 100 Wen, if the country can sell 10 million, that is 1 million taels, then the imperial court will take out 200,000 taels of silver to redeem the prize, the order of the number points purchased by the people is generally the same as the number of points issued by the imperial court, even if the winner wins, if the winner is the only person, then the only one will be divided into 200,000 taels, if the winner is two, then half of the 200,000 taels, the winner is three people, three people will receive it, So by analogy, no matter what, the imperial court will get a balance of 800,000 taels. ”

Hearing this, Fu Bi was stunned for a moment, and secretly marveled at the novelty and boldness of this person's idea.

In this way, wouldn't Cui Wenqing want to use the world as the gambling table, the court as the owner, and the people as gamblers, to have an unprecedented betting? It's shocking.

However, after careful calculation, Fu Bi discovered the windfall profits implied in this.

If you can really do this as Cui Wenqing said, wouldn't you be able to earn 800,000 taels in three days? If you count it in a year, it will be nearly 100 million silver, and you will get 100 million for no reason!

Thinking of this, Fu Bi's heartbeat couldn't help but speed up a little, his breathing couldn't help but be short, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably.

At this time, Zhi Zhao raised his own question: "Husband, the total population of the dynasty is only about 80 million, and many of them are poor people, how can you sell 10 million lottery tickets worth 100 wen each every three days?" ”

Cui Wenqing said with a chuckle: "The lady thinks too simply, many people are precisely because they are poor, they will fantasize about being able to get rich overnight and become a person, a hundred copper coins is not too much or too little, but it can give the poor people a hope, although this hope is very small, but they will also try their best to catch it, don't you know that many of the regulars in the gambling house are poor people?" ”

Zhi Zhao was silent for a while, obviously agreeing with Cui Wenqing's words.

Cui Wenqing continued: "Speaking of the number of lottery tickets, it is not that everyone can only buy one lottery ticket, but you can buy more, and the number selection is also different, so the odds of winning the lottery will be much greater." I believe that many big businessmen will buy dozens or even hundreds of lottery tickets at one time. ”

Cui Wenqing's words are also grounded,After all, the world before he crossed,The successful operation of the welfare lottery is obvious to all,Although it will face some new problems when it is transferred to Daqi,But the general direction should be the same。

Tong Zhou also thought of a question, and said: "Wen Qingxian's nephew, this official has another problem, if a lottery is issued in three days, even if the imperial court is a lottery, it will not be able to spread the lottery number all over the world within three days, how to solve it?" ”

Cui Wenqing also understands that this problem is not easy to do, and said solemnly: "In between, you can use the way of flying pigeons to send messages so that the lottery winning numbers can be transmitted all over the world in a timely manner, if there is a delay during this period, resulting in the winner is not timely, the court will also recognize the winning number, in short, as long as it is a win, the court will recognize it." ”

Fu Bi was thrilled when he heard it, that was a big deal of 100 million a year, how could he not be tempted by the book of the household? I believe that even the official family will be overjoyed when they learn about it

Thinking of this, Fu Bi understood that this matter could not be delayed, and hurriedly said: "Fold the Metropolitan Governor, Tong Jing is a slight envoy, in the opinion of this official, the three of us might as well draft a fold together, and report the welfare lottery to the imperial court, so that the officials and the ministers can decide, I don't know what you think?" ”

Hearing this, Zhi Zhao was slightly unhappy in his heart.

This method was obviously thought of by Cui Wenqing, why did Fu Bi come to intervene sideways to share the credit? This is also too unfair to Cui Wenqing.

As if seeing Zhe Zhao's displeasure, Fu Bi Zheng said solemnly: "The governor of Zhedu, not because the official is brazen and fights for merit, but because the welfare lottery mentioned by Governor Cui is too important, and it can even bring a lot of money and income to the dynasty. ”

Cui Wenqing said with his head bowed: "Lady Dudu, I think Fu Shangshu's words are good, it is better to play in the name of the three of you." ”

Seeing Cui Wenqing say this, Zhi Zhao couldn't say anything more, so he had to nod sullenly and say yes.

After the discussion, Fu Bi took Tong Zhou to draft the recital, and Zhi Zhao and Cui Wenqing got into the carriage and returned to the post house.

As soon as the carriage left the Jingluo Mansion, Zhi Zhao frowned and said with a dissatisfied face: "Husband, Fu Bi is clearly here to steal the credit, why did you choose to tolerate and agree at that time?" As long as you raise objections at that time, Tongzhou and I will support you and dispel the idea of the old fox Fubi. ”

(End of chapter)