Since Princess Kunxing nodded and agreed, she accepted Xu Cheng as her son, so she made a decision.

Fang Yuan continued to keep Xu Cheng in Jinyiwei as a hundred households, and this position was also the position Fang Yuan held when he first started. What level Xu Cheng can get into is determined by his own ability. Of course, Fang Yuan would also ask Hu Qi to take care of Xu Cheng and keep an eye on his movements at all times.

The matter of receiving Yizi is now over,Fang Yuan took people to the Xu family again,This time it was to discuss with the Xu family about the issuance of lottery tickets。 Taking advantage of the fact that he had free time and no military and political affairs to deal with, he had to implement this business of accumulating money.

If it weren't for the Xu family's real backlash, Fang Yuan would still want to give the Xu family this opportunity to support the Xu family as the biggest official and businessman under his original name, whether it was from the ease of use or the compensation to Xu Hua. Of course, he went to the Xu family in person, and he had a little thought, which was to take a look at Chen Yuan, a great beauty. The so-called beauty is picturesque, beautiful and delicious, seeing a beauty, and talking to a beauty is also a pleasing pastime.

The nominal host of the Xu family is Mrs. Xu, but Mrs. Xu is not good at communicating, and the actual controller of the Xu family is actually the eldest son Xu Jing, who is in charge of the silk and porcelain industries, and Chen Yuan, the righteous daughter who is in charge of the Qinglou industry.

Xu Jing is responsible for the trading of chemical fiber, silk and porcelain, and has been running around the harbor all the year round, and the only person in the Xu Mansion who can talk to Fang Yuan is Chen Yuan. Fang Yuan had just summoned Chen Yuan a few days ago, and a few days later, he personally descended to the Xu family.

Fang Yuan's identity is the same as that of the emperor in Jiangnan, the emperor meets a single woman so frequently, and he is still a great beauty, if he doesn't put a little effort into it, no one will believe it. Fang Yuan's behavior, in Mrs. Xu's opinion, was ambiguous.

No matter what Fang Yuan was thinking, Mrs. Xu also chose to avoid it with knowledge and interest, and Chen Yuan dealt with Fang Yuan alone. She also told Chen Yuan in advance, no matter what Fang Yuan's thoughts were, even if he spoiled Chen Yuan in the Xu family today, Chen Yuan couldn't show the slightest dissatisfaction, and everything must be based on the future of the Xu family.

Chen Yuan is already familiar with men, and women who are too easy to get will definitely not be cherished by men. Therefore, in order to avoid suspicion and maintain a reserved demeanor, she still decided not to contact Fang Yuan alone, and ordered the maids in the house to serve on the side with good water and tea.

She talked to Fang Yuan about the details of the lottery with a glance.

Lottery tickets are anonymous, because there was no live TV in the Ming Dynasty, no online sales, and no statistics. Fang Yuan in order to prevent the following government from cheating,Lottery sales rights must not be delegated to the state and county governments. Therefore, the scope of selling lottery tickets can only be limited to the peach garden in Suzhou Prefecture.

The denomination of the lottery ticket: 10 taels of silver / piece.

Fang Yuan set the noodle at 10 taels of silver, which raised the threshold for gambling. The target of his looting is the rich businessmen, and the rich above the middle class who have a little spare money, not the poor. The poor are still honest and industrious, and they cannot use the livelihood of the whole family to gamble, and the family is ruined, causing social instability.

Lottery gambling equipment: The bet is on the Arabic numeral code on the banknote counting paper.

The code of the banknote paper simulates the code of the renminbi, which is generally composed of ten digits. The last six digits are the code, and the first four digits are the box number. This printed code could not be forged in the Ming Dynasty. Before each lottery, let Taoyuan send all the unsold lottery tickets back to the Governor's Palace, according to the settlement silver that has been sold, you can put an end to Taoyuan private lottery tickets, fill the private pocket.

The last three digits of the lottery code, which are used as the number for claiming the prize; The middle four digits are used as sales volume, and the four digits can be sold for at least 100,000 taels of silver; The first four digits are used as the issue number of the lottery, and the four-digit issue number can be used for more than fifty years.

Lottery play: Fang Yuan borrowed from the lottery before the crossing, mainly using two ways to play.

One is to bet on the single-digit tail number of the lottery, buy it, 1 to 50. Fifty denominations of banknote paper are used to distinguish them.

The second is to play with three rows, bet on the last three digits of the code, buy it, 1 pays 5000 taels. Use a hundred denominations of banknote counting paper.

The odds of betting on a single digit of the tail number is 1 in 10, the odds of betting on the tail number of 3 digits are 1 in 1,000, and the odds of Fang Yuan's five times and 500 times the payout are the same as the odds of the size of the casino bet.

Lottery ticket sales: Initially sold in the peach garden, later if traffic conditions permit, can be sold in the state capitals.

Lottery draw: Lottery is drawn every five days, hosted by Taoyuan, and Wang Chengen's internal affairs department is responsible for sending a little eunuch to supervise the lottery. Due to the inconvenient traffic conditions in the Ming Dynasty, there may be a delay in claiming the prize, and it is stipulated that the prize must be claimed within half a year.

Lottery prizes: Prizes are claimed at the Peach Garden, and then settled by the Peach Garden and the Governor's Palace.

Of course, selling lottery tickets, the biggest difficulty is that few people in the Ming Dynasty know the Arabic numerals on the code. Arabic numerals were introduced to China during the Song Dynasty, but they were not popularized and recognized.

But you can never underestimate the heart of a gambler, in the Ming Dynasty gambling, there are various fish and chicken images instead of dice betting. Therefore, as long as there is a bet, the gambling method is fair and reasonable, and these gamblers will not care whether they gamble with dice or images.

The promotion of Arabic numerals, which can not only spread the gambling method of betting, but also introduce modern mathematics into China, is simply a multiplicity, and it can be regarded as a great contribution to the gambling industry to lay the foundation of mathematics for the Ming Dynasty.

In order to spread Arabic numerals more vividly, Fang Yuan also received a children's rhyme about children learning numbers from the Internet, "1 is like a brush to write, 2 is like a duckling floating on water, 3 is like ears to listen to sounds, 4 is like a flag fluttering in the wind, 5 is like a hook to weigh, 6 is like a whistle blowing, 7 is like a sickle can mow grass, 8 is like a gourd can open a scoop, 9 is like a spoon to serve rice, 10 is like a brush and eggs." ”

This kind of children's rhyme is easy to understand, which is conducive to the spread of the Ming Dynasty, if the prostitutes who sing the minor key can sing it in the Qinglou, the speed of storage and transmission will greatly exceed Fang Yuan's expectations.

Chen Yuan listened to Fang Yuan's gambling knowledge in a daze, as well as humming the little children's song, only thinking that Fang Yuan could come up with this method to promote the gambling career, which was too incredible.

She saw that Fang Yuan was already sweating slightly on his forehead, so she took out her close-fitting silk scarf and stepped forward to gently wipe the sweat beads for Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan smelled her body, and the fragrance on the silk scarf was also heartbroken, but he still asked with a faceless face, "Chen Yuan, didn't you want to marry and go to Maofu as a concubine, why did you suddenly go back to Peach Garden?" ”

Fang Yuan suddenly asked about the woman's privacy, Chen Yuan was stunned, but still lowered his gaze and said, "I want to be like Liu Ruyi, above board, entering the Mao Mansion during the day." Mao Bijiang was worried that he would provoke criticism like Qian Qianyi, and he would not be able to maintain his reputation, as well as his status as a cabinet member, so he had to sneak into Mao Mansion at night. There was an unpleasant quarrel between us, and then he chose Dong Xiaowan, who was willing to sneak into the mansion late at night. ”

Fang Yuan sighed lightly, and then realized that Qian Qianyi could brave the world's disapproval and marry into the Qian Mansion with Liu Ru is ostentatious in the market, which required huge social pressure and criticism, at least he would not be able to be so free and easy with Chen Yuanyuan.

Although Qian Qianyi has a big loss, he has no loss to Liu Ru, and even has a great favor. Liu Ru didn't come to intercede with him these days, obviously experiencing inner torment.

Chen Yuan saw that the topic between the two of them was becoming more and more dull, and the atmosphere present was becoming more and more embarrassing, so he changed the topic knowingly, "Governor Fang, if you want to rely on gambling to make money, you only need to follow the methods of other casinos, why bother with these complicated methods?!" Gambling, gambling, gamblers are just trying to win, and the simpler and more popular the gambling method should be, isn't it? ”

Fang Yuan looked at her with a smile, to say that this Chen Yuan does have some vision, and he is not a vase that everyone is like. But her knowledge was still superficial, so she patiently explained to her why she wanted to formulate such a complicated gambling method.