After the banquet was over, Zhao Gongzi did not meet with other salt merchants to drink tea, but instructed the sedan chair class to carry the sedan chair directly to the Red Sleeve Workshop. As soon as Zhao Gongzi came to Hutou Fort, he chartered Chu Chu, one hundred taels of silver a day, not counting the money for tea and wine. As soon as he returned to the building, Chu Chu rushed over.

"I still have some things to talk about, Miss Chu Chu will go outside to listen to the play first." Zhao Gongzi said.

There were only two people left in the house, Zhao Gongzi and his steward, and Steward Wang poured a cup of tea for each of them, and then asked, "Why did Gongzi give Liu Jun 20,000 taels of silver today, just give him 1,800 taels, it's enough." ”

Zhao Gongzi picked up the tea and blew it, took a sip, then smiled and replied, "Do you think I am afraid of Liu Jun when I invest this silver?" Big mistake, although Liu Jun is the head town of Hou Yunyang in Zhennan, I am not afraid of him. This time, I came, firstly, I didn't want to tear up face with Liu Jun, and secondly, I also wanted to meet this newly red and purple Hou Ye. ”

Zhao Gongzi is also the nephew of King Zhou, the Zhao family is still a Nanyang family, and in front of a new marquis like Liu Jun, it is not that he can be kneaded casually.

"That son also invested 20,000 taels of silver in Liu Jun." Steward Wang said with some distress.

"I'm willing to invest so much, naturally because it's worth investing so much." Zhao Gongzi said with a smile, "It is said that it is better to be famous than to meet, as soon as I saw this Liu Jun today, I immediately felt that this person was not simple, no wonder it was not luck to be able to seal the marquis." I'm very optimistic about him making this salt farm. ”

"Is there really any money to be made in the salt works?"

"Of course there is, why not? Huguang has never produced salt, relying on Huai salt, and even sometimes relying on Sichuan salt and Shanxi pond salt. Now that there is salt in Huguang, it can produce one million quintals of salt a year, think about how big the business opportunities are. ”

"Can you really produce so much salt?"

"Almost." Zhao Gongzi smiled all over his face, "This time, I have gained a lot." ”

"Childe. When are we going back? ”

"What's the hurry, since you're here, stay longer. This Liu Jun is very interesting, I want to get closer to him. ”

"It's just a martial artist, is it necessary?"

Zhao Gongzi shook his head and said, "Martial arts? Then you also have to look at when the martial artist is, if it is a hundred years earlier, or even fifty years earlier, of course a martial artist like Liu Jun is not enough, but when is it now. When the world is in turmoil, the status of these martial artists is very different, especially a martial artist like Liu Jun who can fight with soldiers and horses. ”

"Aren't the thieves all going to be pacified?"

"Pacify? Let's talk about dreams, look at these years, have there been fewer thieves captured and beheaded by the imperial court? There are hundreds of large and small such as Wang Ziyong and Gao Yingxiang, but in fact, the bandits are getting bigger and bigger, why? All because many people have nothing to eat. Father and son cannibalism, easy son and food, it has come to this point, is it not unusual for them to rebel? The imperial court could not provide a full stomach for the people in a day. Then the bandits will not be able to be pacified for a day. ”

Zhao Gongzi has a very accurate view of the situation in the world.

"Not only will it not be calm in a short time, but I am afraid that it will become more and more fierce, Liu Jun is a feudal town, and he has a good relationship. It's always good for us. And I look at this Liu Jun, his ambition is not small, and he is also bold. We can cooperate more with him in the future and make money together. ”

"Steward Wang, I heard that Liu Jun got hundreds of thousands of various property and booty from Sichuan when he suppressed bandits, and he hasn't made a move yet, you go to visit the people who went down the nine-headed bird tomorrow and mention our plans to cooperate. Let's just say that we are willing to help them sell these belongings for only 10% of the fee, and I am willing to give him 30% of the cash in advance. ”

"But I also have one condition, that is, I hope to purchase a batch of flying dragon guns and tiger squat cannons from Liu Jun."

"What do we do when we buy firearms?"

"Of course, it's the township group, and this year, you still have to rely on yourself to be reliable." Zhao Gongzi said, "Let's purchase a thousand flying dragon guns, and another twenty tiger squat cannons, the price is not a problem, the important thing is that I hope the nine-headed bird can help us train this township regiment." ”

"Help us train?"

"Well, it can be the Nine-Headed Bird sending the head of the sect to help us train, or we can send someone to the Nine-Headed Bird for training, whatever you want."

After talking for a while, Steward Wang said goodbye and left, and then Chu Chu came upstairs.

"Bring me a bowl of porridge and a few more cakes, I'm hungry." Zhao Gongzi said, and the requirements are very simple.

Chu Chu called a maid at the moment and said, "You go to the kitchen to inform you, boil a pot of eight-treasure porridge, cook a few green onion cakes, and send them directly upstairs." ”

At this time, it was not early, Chu Chu walked to Zhao Gongzi's side and began to help him knead his shoulders. While rubbing Chu Chu, he said, "Zhao Gongzi, there is a rare thing recently, do you want to hear it." ”

"Tell me about it." Zhao Gongzi leaned back in the chair, closed his eyes slightly, and enjoyed the kneading of the beauty.

Chu Chu said with a smile, "It's just that there is a kind of subsidy lottery ticket recently, and buying a lottery ticket is a boost, but there is still a chance to win the lottery, and the jackpot is full of 10,000 taels of silver." ”

"Lottery tickets?" Zhao Gongzi still listened to it for the first time, especially when he heard the jackpot of 10,000 taels of silver, he felt more and more strange, and felt that this was only a scam.

"Slave go and get one and show it to Childe."

Chu Chu turned around and walked to the dresser, and took a piece of paper from the drawer, which was somewhat similar in size to a banker's ticket.

"That's it, Feed Ticket."

Zhao Gongzi took it, looked at it carefully, and saw that there were a lot of numbers and seals on it, and this ticket was ten connected, and there were riding seals at the connection.

"This lottery ticket costs five taels and can be divided into ten, you can buy one at a time, or you can buy only one at a time."

"Where did you get this ticket?"

"It's a subsidy lottery ticket issued by the nine-headed bird, and it has a credit guarantee." Chu Chu introduced hard. This kind of lottery ticket is issued for the first time, and many of them are sold on behalf of those green houses, taverns, tea shops and other places in various cities, and for each one that is sold, the agent can get a commission.

"How to buy it, and how to win the lottery?" When Zhao Gongzi heard that this thing was made by Liu Jun, he immediately came to his senses. What Liu Jun made out is not a scam. He could almost see that this thing was similar to a kind of gambling.

"This is the first time that the lottery tickets have been issued, so only 10,000 tickets have been printed, each with a different number, and each can be cut into 10 pieces. One sells for five taels of silver, and one sells for five cents of silver. At the end of the month, there will be a public lottery where 10,000 tickets sold will be pooled together and one to five prizes will be drawn in public.

Zhao Gongzi quickly calculated in his heart, a piece of five taels sold for 10,000 pieces, that is, 50,000 taels of silver.

"There are a total of five prizes, the first prize is 10,000 taels, the second prize is 1,000 taels for the third prize, the third prize is 100 taels each, the fourth prize is 50 taels for each of the 100 prizes, and the fifth prize is 10 taels for the 1,000 winners."

Zhao Gongzi nodded, the sum of the five prizes is thirty-five thousand, the bonus is nearly seventy percent, and the income is more than thirty percent, if part of the capital is deducted, it is estimated that there will be about thirty percent of the income. Thirty percent of the income is a lot. Although on the surface, 50,000 taels of silver were raised, and in the end, more than 30,000 taels had to be taken out, and only about 10,000 taels were recorded.

But Zhao Gongzi immediately thought that if it was just an ordinary fundraiser, I believe everyone would not have any enthusiasm at all. But if you change to this kind of award-winning donation, it's completely different. Imagine how attractive the jackpot is 10,000 taels of silver.

Although the jackpot winning rate is one in 10,000, there are many other prizes, especially the five prizes, although it is only ten taels of silver, but there are enough thousand, which is equivalent to one out of ten people to win the lottery. Together with the previous four prizes, a total of 1,114 people can win the lottery.

If you don't win the lottery, you can also get a good name, and while raising donations, there is a great chance of winning the lottery, which is really attractive enough.

There are not many lottery tickets for five taels of silver, and the fundraising of the nine-headed bird is very distinctive, and it does not force you to donate as much as you want, donate more or less, five taels or even five coins. This is equivalent to turning a kind of reluctant fundraising into a kind of prize fundraising, no longer just donating, there is still a chance to win the lottery, win the jackpot, and the chance is not small.

"Interesting." Zhao Gongzi smiled, this Liu Jun is really surprising. used to open a salt farm, and now it is a lottery.

"Childe, since you think it's interesting, how much do you buy?" Chu Chu worked hard to sell it.

Zhao Gongzi didn't really want to win the jackpot, he knew that the jackpot rate was not high. However, he is very impressed by this form, it should be said that this kind of lottery ticket is not too new, there were similar lottery tickets in the Song Dynasty, but it has always been officially banned in the name of gambling-Bo, but now Liu Jun has come up with this lottery ticket, but it is in the name of helping, the court must not ban it, this edge ball played beautifully.

"Give me a hundred!" Zhao Gongzi said casually, causing a burst of coquettish exclamations, she helped to recommend this kind of lottery ticket to those rich high-rollers who came to the Red Sleeve Fang, but there was a commission, every recommended sale of one, you can get a penny of silver, Zhao Gongzi bought a hundred at once, and she had a commission of ten taels of silver.

Just move your mouth, you can get ten taels of silver, which is not a small benefit.

"I wish Childe the high school jackpot!"

Chu Chu congratulated while walking downstairs and called a small servant to ask him to find someone. Soon, a prize seller arrived, and Zhao Gongzi took out five hundred taels of silver in exchange for one hundred lottery tickets.

"Zhao Gongzi, remember to collect the lottery tickets, and remember to pay attention to the lottery at the end of the month, if you win the lottery, even the roots, take the lottery tickets to the tiger head fort to receive the prize, remember not to damage and deface the lottery tickets, otherwise you can't receive the prize, everything is only based on the lottery tickets."

Zhao Gongzi nodded and put away the lottery ticket casually.

"I'll send you." Chu Chu smiled and said to the prize seller, the two walked downstairs, and the prize seller immediately took out ten taels of silver and handed it to Chu Chu, "This is your commission." ”

Chu Chu smiled and went to get it.

"Write me a receipt first."

Chu Chu took a pen and paper to write down the receipt and drew it, and the seller checked it and accepted it, and handed over the ten taels of silver to Chu Chu. Holding two silver ingots of five taels, Chu Chu didn't expect the money to come so easily. It seems that I will recommend this lottery ticket to my guests in the future. (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you for the support of the ink fragrance, the ghost husband, and the scale of all things, I have a cold today, I lay down for a day, and the update was late, sorry!