Chapter 84: Who's in It
Mo Xiaofei was not the first to arrive, nor was he the latest, and it took half an hour before he took his seat one after another.
I have to say that Wang Youcai also took great pains to do today, and a lot of stools were also placed in the lobby of the gambling house outside the secret room, reminding gamblers not to stand and shout, and several well-dressed women with good facial features stood nearby, which showed the elegant atmosphere in the gambling house.
There are also four women standing near the four corners of the secret room, and they can serve them as soon as they need them.
"Mo Shao, I'm still satisfied with today's arrangement." In the secret room, Wang Youcai also changed his name to Mo Xiaofei.
Mo Xiaofei said, "Well, yes, call the girl on the right to accompany me and bring her a stool." ”
If you come to it, you will be safe, Mo Xiaofei is still easy to get into the state, before attacking the Wang Casino, you have to play enough, how boring it is to gamble without beautiful women around you.
Wang Youcai saw that Mo Xiaofei looked very obscene, and said in his ear, "My lord, I found these women temporarily, and I can't touch them, of course, it's another thing for you to discuss the silver in private." ”
Wang Youcai said secretly, when he became an official, sure enough, all the tricks came out, I was afraid that he was not greedy, as long as he had a weakness, he could use Mo Xiaofei to earn more silver.
Therefore, Wang Youcai begged Mo Xiaofei to lose, and the worse he lost, the better, so that he could send charcoal in the snow.
The woman received the words and sat beside Mo Xiaofei tremblingly, Mo Xiaofei looked at this woman, who was only about sixteen years old, and looked petite and delicate.
The woman looked very uncomfortable, and Tingting Yuli couldn't see the woman's shyness when she stood nearby just now.
In these years, there are too many innocent people, but in this dark era, the general environment is not good, and you have to be often oppressed by powerful people, and live a life that is worse than death.
Dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and the children of mice can only burrow in the ground for the rest of their lives.
Mo Xiaofei asked, "The first time you went out to make money?" ”
The woman nodded, "Well, I help my father farm at home, and I heard that I can earn a tael of silver by working in the gambling house for a day, so I came to try it." ”
Mo Xiaofei thought that ordinary people only have an income of seven or eight taels of silver a month, and they can have one or two taels of silver for a day working here, which is indeed very exciting.
Mo Xiaofei casually threw ten taels of silver to the woman, "Accept the silver, and you can help me look at the cards in a while." ”
"This ......" The woman was very nervous, because the silver tickets on the gambling table had been piled up at this time, and she might not see so many silver tickets for the second time when she died, each of which was a denomination of one hundred taels, and there were hundreds!
No, maybe a thousand!
That's why the woman is so frightened, how dare she flop, if she loses, what will she pay for, and if she provokes this young master to lose money, what will he do with himself.
Mo Xiaofei pulled up the woman's slender fingers, put them on the table and said, "Don't be afraid, if you lose, it's mine, how about I share it with you if I win." ”
"Young master, the little girl doesn't dare, the little woman will beat the young master's shoulder on the side." The woman lowered her head and quietly glanced at Mo Xiaofei's face, her fingers were touched by Mo Xiaofei just now, and her heartbeat continued to increase.
The cards had been issued to Mo Xiaofei, and Mo Xiaofei pointed, "Look at the cards." ”
The woman didn't know how to refuse, so she slowly turned over the cards, and only let Mo Xiaofei see it.
Mo Xiaofei said, "Throw five hundred taels of silver out of the city!" ”
The woman's hand was shaking, five hundred taels, enough for a family to live for ten years, just throw it away, the woman hesitated a little, and confirmed, "Young master, do you really throw five hundred taels?" ”
Mo Xiaofei nodded, "Throw it away, young master, what I have is silver." ”
Mo Xiaofei's cards are not good, this game has been with, after the most Lu each person pressed 1,500 taels, eight people played, the probability of winning is too low, Mo Xiaofei lost this game is naturally normal.
The woman looked frightened, "Young Master, I lost them all, and I lost all the 1,500 taels of silver tickets......"
Mo Xiaofei smiled, his right hand passed through the woman's hair, and rested his chin on the woman's crisp shoulder, "Don't make a fuss, the first game is naturally a refreshment, I will win it back, you continue to help me look at the cards." ”
After ten rounds, Mo Xiaofei didn't win or lose, and the woman also understood some of the rules of the game, and entered the role, as if she was gambling, throwing out one hundred and two hundred taels of silver, and she didn't worry too much, anyway, it wasn't her own.
The woman picked up the card, her eyes lit up, "Young master, you can press more in this game." ”
Mo Xiaofei's hand pinched the woman's shoulder bone, "Hey, if the cards are good, you have to disguise, how can you tell them, as soon as you expose them, who will follow the cards, right, throw a thousand taels." ”
The woman's lips were closed tightly and she nodded, "Well, I know it, we will press one thousand taels in this game." ”
The woman's learning ability is too strong, and she can quickly draw inferences, and the person who has been doing it for half an hour has actually helped Mo Xiaofei win eight thousand taels of silver.
Mo Xiaofei said, "I don't know what your name is and where you live?" ”
The woman had no fear of Mo Xiaofei, and replied with wide eyes, "My name is Qiu Min, my home is not far from the city gate, there are two acres of land outside the city, the family makes a living from farming, my mother died early, and my father and I are the only two people at home." ”
Mo Xiaofei didn't say anything more, and motioned for Qiu Min to continue the gambling game.
Mo Xiaofei didn't care about the game at all, and called Wang Youcai to talk, "Master Wang, how much income can your gambling house bring you in a month?" ”
Wang Youcai replied on the side, "It's not much, if there is no big family like Young Master Mo, it will be more than 1,000 taels of silver a month, and if there are many large households, you may be able to earn 2,000 taels of silver." ”
Wang Youcai obviously depressed his income, how many people risked the destruction of their families to gamble here, I have heard of the casino coming out to commit suicide, but I have never heard of suicide from Fuxin Pavilion.
The casino is darker than the yamen, and the people here do not spit out bones, and they lose nine out of ten bets, and the winner is definitely the casino.
Casinos are like vampires, and the more they open, the more people will be displaced, families will be discordant, and they may turn into many robbers.
Mo Xiaofei said, "Okay, Master Wang, the business is so big, by the way, I have read the "Laws of the Qing Dynasty", this gambling is illegal, is it possible that you are not afraid." ”
Wang Youcai smiled and replied, "Where is there no casino in the Qing Dynasty, there is a market if there is a need, and there is no end to the killing, rather than others making this windfall, it is better to take it over yourself, and there are people like you to help, I am worried that it is redundant." ”
Mo Xiaofei said, "Don't, Master Wang can't say that, what can I do to help, I also came with courage today, if I am caught and confiscated the silver, I can only swallow it in my stomach." ”
Give Wang Youcai a preventive shot first, this is the so-called Son of Heaven who is guilty of the same crime as the common people, Mo Xiaofei first put his position right, he was caught by sweeping gambling, and the silver will not come back.
Wang Youcai naturally thought that Mo Xiaofei was joking, and said, "Who dares to take Mo Shao's silver, and he doesn't weigh his own weight, hehe." ”
"It's hard to say, I can't say."
After Mo Xiaofei finished speaking, he looked at the cards in Qiu Min's hand, "Throw 10,000 taels!" ”
This game of cards is about to end, and the cards in Qiu Min's hand are not good, but when he heard Mo Xiaofei speak, he looked very excited, and calmly counted out a hundred silver tickets and threw them into the center of the table.
"Ten thousand taels!"
The rich people shook their heads one after another, there were already more than five thousand taels in the center of the table, and they could have opened cards to compare who was bigger and who was smaller, but they didn't expect Mo Xiaofei to make such a move, and the woman's expression was also very strange, and her calm eyes flashed with excitement.
"Not anymore."
"Throw the cards."
"Ten thousand taels, I think about it, forget it, Mo Shao's luck is really good."
In fact, Qiu Min doesn't have any good cards in her hand, and Mo Xiaofei also shouted indiscriminately with her temperament, but Qiu Min's acting skills are excellent, no one follows the cards anymore, and anyone who looks at her expression will think that there are good cards in her hand.
Mo Xiaofei shaved more than 15,000 taels of silver tickets in front of him, and slowly counted them, as if he was tasting some fine wine.
Wang Youcai didn't think much about it, Mo Xiaofei could lose or win, he could give charcoal in the snow if he lost, and if he won, he would take credit for himself, and he could save a lot of silver.
At this time, there was a commotion outside, in addition to shouting, there was also the sound of tables and chairs being knocked down, and it felt like chickens and dogs jumping.
Several people in the secret room were shocked, what was going on outside.
Wang Youcai's face was angry, no one dared to make trouble in his field, and the movement outside was obviously too abnormal.
"Everybody continue, I'll go out and take a look, it should be a trivial matter, don't disturb your Yaxing."
Wang Youcai is full of anger, can he not get angry, the rich businessmen from the nearby counties are gathered here, and the magistrates are also here, and a few people are having such a good time, who dares to make trouble without a long eye.
Walking into the lobby of the gambling house, the fiery scene just now was long gone, except for a few bodyguards standing in a row in a row, the remaining dozen or so people were all servants.
It's Tetsuji!
Wang Youcai also said who is so bold, it turned out to be a person from the Inspection Department, who is sitting in it, don't they know the way, their county magistrate is having fun inside!
Seeing that the officials were cleaning up the silver tickets and broken silver on the gambling table, Wang Youcai was extremely angry, most of this money had to be put into his own pocket.
"Iron Patrol! What do you mean! Wang Youcai shouted at Tie Er.
For this day, Tie Er had been preparing for a long time, and the county yali bank was tight, and he had to clean up the gambling house for his own food money.
Tetsuji also replied loudly, "What do you mean?" Master Wang, what do you mean by you violating the "Laws of the Qing Dynasty"? We're here to shut down the casino! ”
Wang Youcai smiled coldly, "Okay, okay, use the "Qing Dynasty Statutes" to bluff people, others are afraid, my Wang Youcai will not eat this set, Iron Inspection, Lord Tie, dare to seize my gambling house, do you know who is in it!" ”