The next morning, the palace hall of Duo'an Mansion. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The civil and military officials stood solemnly on both sides of the tall and spacious hall.

In the middle of the main hall is a large vermilion lacquer table, on which is a large map of Do'an City.

Kim Jong-lei stood at the top of the table, leaning over it, supporting it with one hand and pointing at something on the map with the other.

Song Qi and Mingyu stood on the east side of the table, their eyes slightly squinted, staring at the map. Ximen Liu, Ximen Yun stood on the west side of the table, also looking at the map.

Military advisor Cen Ying, Xiangguo You'an and Yin Yan of Duo'an Mansion stood on the west side of the table.

At the beginning of Yan, a man who looked exactly like his ancestor Yan Zi was short and capable, about forty-five years old. Yan Zhizhi held a stack of account books in his hand and respectfully handed one of them to Cen Ying. This book was probably made overnight yesterday.

Cen Ying opened the account book and quickly browsed it, and had a rough idea in his heart, then covered the account book and handed it back to Yan Zhizhi.

He looked upside down at the map and pointed at it with his hand, "Marshal, Do'an Province has jurisdiction over three districts. They are Gyeonggi-gu, Dumun-gu, and Teegyong-gu. As he spoke, his finger stopped on the block on the left side of the map, and he said, "This area, Gyeonggi District, has a registered population of 298,900, 43,500 merchants, and 28,700 shops." Last year, the transaction volume of this month was 19,075 taels of silver, and the tax payment was 3,800,140 taels. ”

Yan Zhichu listened and stuck out his tongue. He said in his heart, I haven't memorized these numbers clearly for a night, Cen Ying only glanced at them a few times, and wrote them all down, and there was no difference in an hour. That's amazing!

Jin Zhenglei snorted and motioned for Cen Ying to continue.

Cen Ying moved his finger to the block on the right, and said without thinking: "Dijing District, the registered population is 238,900, the number of business personnel is 37,600, and there are 17,600 shops. Last year, the transaction volume was 18,905 taels of silver, and the tax payment was 3,780,010 taels. Then he moved his finger to the upper part of the map, "Dumen District, with a registered population of 257,300, 46,900 merchants, and 23,300 shops. Last year, the transaction volume of this month was 17,809 taels of silver, and the tax paid was 3,560,018 taels. ”

Jin Zhenglei raised his head from the map, glanced at Cen Ying approvingly, and then glanced at the three parties participating in the gambling, and said happily: "The transaction volume of these three blocks is slightly different, but it is almost the same. For the sake of fairness, the three of you decide which block you are responsible for by drawing lots. You're comparing the percentage increase from last month to this month. Do you understand?

"Understood!" Ximen Yun was the first to answer. Their father and son went back to analyze the strength of both sides and felt that they had a good chance of winning.

Jin Zhenglei turned his eyes to Mingyu, smiled and asked, "What about you?" ”

"Understood." Mingyu said.

"Okay, let's start drawing lots now!" Kim Jong-lei said happily.

The four treasures of the study room were already placed on the table, and Kim Jong-lei personally took up a pen and wrote the names of the three districts on paper, crumpled them together, held them in his hand, and put them in a jade porcelain bowl.

"Which of you catches it first?" Kim Jong-lei asked, pointing to the bowl and scanning the three sides.

"I'll catch it first." Ximen Yun responded positively to Kim Jong-lei's words, reaching out and groping in the bowl for a while, and grabbed a lot.

"Mingyu, you can catch it." Kim Jong-lei said with a smile to Myeong-ok.

Mingyu stretched out a snow-white hand and grabbed a lot from the jade porcelain bowl.

"The remaining lot is from Do'an Mansion." Kim Zhenglei glanced at Yan Chuchu, who was flattered, and quickly bowed down to say "yes", and then took out the paper ball from the bowl with both hands.

Everyone unfolded the paper ball.

Ximen Yun showed a happy look on his face, because he caught Gyeonggi District, and the Ximen firm was in Gyeonggi District. Gyeonggi District has the largest transaction volume among the three blocks, and at the same time, it has its own business name to cooperate in it, which can be said to be a good chance of winning, and it is guaranteed to win without losing.

Mingyu caught Dumen District, which has the smallest transaction volume and tax amount among the three blocks.

The nature of Doan Province Yin is the Teegyong district.

Jin Zhenglei slapped his hand and smiled at Mingyu and Ximenyun: "Okay, you have all caught the block you are responsible for." Within a month, the two of you are the overall leaders of both blocks. Let's go down and get ready now. The game starts tomorrow morning. ”

"Yes!" Everyone said yes and withdrew from the court.

After leaving the main hall, Ximen Yun approached Mingyu and said proudly: "Mingyu, you better admit defeat." Your Dumun district is far from my Gyeonggi district. You will lose. ”

"Then we'll see!" Mingyu didn't look at Ximen Yun either, said angrily, and then ignored the latter.

Ximen Yun scratched his head in embarrassment and sneered.

"I tell you, you will lose!" Song Qi threw a sentence from the side, and his tone was categorical.

Ximen Yun glared at Song Qi and muttered, "Then let's see!" ”

Song Qi strode up to Mingyu and walked towards the gate of the palace. As soon as I walked out of the palace gate, I saw Ming Zhu'an, Mao Yong and others waiting by the Jinshui Bridge at the gate of the palace from a distance. Several people converged, got on their horses, and galloped briskly towards the Dumen district.

The Dumen district is an area to the east and north of the palace.

Several people galloped along Duo'an Avenue in the direction of the east gate, looking at both sides of the street. But seeing that most of the shops are closed, even if they open the door, there are many people, and there are few pedestrians on the street, even if there are a few pedestrians occasionally, they are all in a hurry, and they are afraid to avoid when they hear the sound of horses' hooves. The entire Do'an Avenue is full of desolation and the market is depressed.

A few people turned from the street to the alley, from the traffic artery to the market center lined with shops, and the depression was more or less the same.

Mingyu rode on horseback, pointed to the closed shops on both sides of the street, and said to Song Qi with a solemn expression: "After the army entered the city, there were many incidents of burning, killing and looting, which had a considerable impact on the market. Many shops closed their doors and fled from Doan province, and farmers in the suburbs were afraid to go into the city to buy and sell. It will be quite difficult to get business back up and running in a short period of time. It is even more difficult to surpass the transaction volume of last month, because last month was a period of peace and stability, and now it is a war affair. ”

Song Qi nodded and said worriedly, "Yes." The army entered the city only yesterday. The people lack a sense of security and still have a wait-and-see attitude towards our army, and I am afraid it will take some time for them to restore their confidence. Song Qi understood at this moment that the reason why Marshal Jin asked them to gamble in this way was to maximize everyone's ingenuity, think of ways to stabilize the market and prosper business as soon as possible, and put them into action.

Mao Yong said thoughtfully: "Although it seems that the transaction volume of the three blocks last year and this month is not much different from the tax amount. However, the Dumen district, which we are responsible for, is the main entrance for the army to enter the city, and this time it was the hardest hit. I'm afraid that it will be much more difficult to recover in a short period of time than other blocks. ”

"That said, we don't have to be too discouraged." Song Qi said, his eyes looked ahead, as if he saw hope and dawn, "Although our Dumen District has been hit harder, the other two districts have also been affected to varying degrees, and everyone's situation is actually similar." Besides, we still have a month to go. During these 10 days and half a month, as long as there is no more chaos, the people's confidence in our army will be restored. At that point, the market will gradually prosper. (To be continued.) )