Some people didn't believe that Liu Yishou would win, so they all switched to the other side and bought small. Gong Changyu twisted his neck a few times, and wanted to buy a big one with a bunch of money, but he was afraid of fraud, so he held back and did not bet.

This time, the dice rolled on the table for a while before they "clanged" a few times and stopped. The person who opened the bet closed his eyes and slowly opened the bowl, and everyone looked at it, wow, three six, big! Liu won again.

The person who opened the bet immediately laughed: "Eat a lot, lose a small pile, you don't believe in evil, Liu Yishou is the reincarnation of the God of Gamblers, he buys big, you prefer to buy small ......"

Seeing that Liu won three handfuls in a row, and the money tripled in a blink of an eye, Gong Changyu couldn't help it, and he didn't feel that his hand was a little itchy, he touched the money bag, and finally made a move. Sure enough, as Liu Yishou expected, Gong Changyu bet three hundred Wen in a row, and all of them won.

Liu Yishou saw that Gong Changyu had been hooked, so he took the opportunity to encourage Gong Changyu and said: "Nephew, good luck, increase the stakes." ”

"Okay!" Gong Changyu pressed a hanger once, but he still won, but he didn't feel fluttering, forgetting who his surname was, and thought: "I also went to Wuyou City to do a fart business, today I want to turn twenty hangs into two hundred hangs, how happy I am to go back to my aunt and uncle." ”

So Gong Changyu was bold and began to bet on one and two hangs. In less than twenty minutes, all the twenty copper coins on his body were lost.

Gong Changyu was so anxious that his head was sweating, like ants on a hot pot. I wanted to ask Nursery Liu to borrow two copper coins with one hand, but Nursery saw that he had no money, so he ignored him and went to smoke his big cigarette.

Gong Changyu looked at it stupidly for a long time, very unwilling, and suddenly he took off his new clothes and threw them on the table: "The last one, twenty hangings!" ”

The person who opened the bet knew that Gong Changyu couldn't win back, so he nagged a few words, and agreed: "Okay, if you lose, you have to take off your pants!" ”

Gong Changdao didn't blink his eyes, gritted his teeth, and took a deep breath: "Okay, a word is a certainty." This time I buy big, I'll win! ”

When the person who opened the note opened the bowl and saw it, it was small, and at three o'clock, Gong Changyu was dumbfounded.

"Hey, I lost again-" Gong Changyu slapped his head, his heart completely collapsed at the moment, and his desperate turn turned into nothing.

There was no way, he was willing to lose the gamble, Gong Changyu had no choice but to take off his underwear and use it to pay off his debts, leaving only a sweat towel tied around his waist. He took off his sweat towel, wrapped it in his shame, and bare his stomach, but still didn't want to leave. Watching others happily bet, Gong Changyu, who was red-eyed, couldn't wait to chop off his hand.

It wasn't until it was almost dark that the platform for guessing the size was scattered. Gong Changyu walked nervously and returned to the compound of the Chongzhu family in Tangwei.

He hugged his body, squatted under the eaves of the trough door, trembling, he was most afraid of his aunt's curse, and he didn't dare to knock on the door. Half an hour passed, and Gong Changyu, who was so hungry, finally mustered up the courage to knock on the door, and it was his aunt Lan Ping who came out to open the door.

"Old learner, how much did you make in business today?" Lan Ping asked with a blushing face.

"Money is ...... by me ...... by me Guess the size...... It's ...... lost," Gong Changyu replied in a low voice.

"What? Guess the size lost? When Lan Ping heard that Gong Changyu had lost all his life, he scolded: "Gong Laoxue, you are a retribution!" Zhu Qimu, come and see your nephew, come back from doing business and making a fortune-"

Zhu Qiwu ran out when he heard the sound, and saw Gong Changyu almost naked, looking embarrassed, funny and angry, so he had to wave his hand and say to Gong Changyu: "Hungry, old learner." Come into the house, it's not good for others to see it. ”

Zhu Qiwu asked Lan Ping to get food for his nephew, and Lan Ping said angrily: "Short-lived ghost, loser, give him a fart, let him drink urine, and starve him to death!" The old lady's twenty dollars are gone! Lan Ping scolded as he went into the kitchen to heat up the meal......

Gong Changyu also felt bored, so he quickly hid in his room and went to look for clothes. Zhu Qimu looked at Gong Changyu's back blankly, a little crying and laughing, and shook his head helplessly: "How can this guy make me good?" May there be a miracle. ”

Gong Changyu got dressed and stood stupidly in the hall, without saying a word. Since you have done something wrong, just wait to admit punishment.

"Chop your brain, eat!" Lan Ping angrily held a big bowl of egg fried rice, and with a "bang" sound, the big bowl fell on the table, which scared Gong Changyu and shivered.

"I was so bold when I gambled, but now I know I'm afraid?" Lanping chopsticks patted it.

Gong Chang trembled and held his chopsticks, not daring to speak, and only cared about eating.

"Next time, you give me a roll shop and leave, and go back to Gong's house immediately, I don't have a shameful nephew like you......" Lan Ping didn't give up, and babbled for a long time.

"That's enough, Lan Ping." Zhu Qishu pushed Lan Ping, "Lao Xue is still a child." ”

"He's eighteen!" Lan Ping became even more angry, "It's all your fault, let him do any business." ”

"Auntie, I was wrong, I won't dare next time." Gong Changyu chewed rice in his mouth and muttered.

"Lanping, he knows that he admits his mistakes, and tomorrow we will give him another chance to mend his ways." Zhu Qi's room made a color to Gong Changyu.

"I'm not going to give him a chance, it's not once or twice that I've learned to gamble! We can't remember how many times we paid his gambling debts......" Lan Ping wiped the table with a rag, then turned and left.

That night, Gong Changyu was lying on the bed, tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, his mind was always thinking about guessing the size, how to win back the lost copper tomorrow......

After that, Zhu Qi's room secretly gave Gong Changyu five or six times the capital to do business, but Gong Changyu did not repent, and as soon as he arrived near the Niushi Bridge, he lost everything.

There is no impermeable wall, and Gong Changyu secretly used the business capital for gambling to let Lan Ping know. was so angry that her aunt was about to vomit blood, and she complained vigorously that Zhu Qiwu connived at her nephew, fueled his arrogant and lascivious habits, and accommodated him again and again, which actually hurt him.

Zhu Qi's room had no choice for a while, he was forced by his wife to have no way out, he knew in his heart that no matter how big the family business was, Gong Chang would be defeated, and Wu Youcheng couldn't go anyway.

He had no choice but to discuss with the second young grandmother Lan Ping, and let Gong Changyu go to Yuexi County with the porter of the village to pick salt and sell it, so as to cultivate his ability to support himself, so that he could suffer a little bit, and only then did he know that firewood, rice, oil and salt were expensive.

In order to help Gong Changyu quit gambling completely, Zhu Qishu led the horse to personally send him to the foot of the maple realm every time, until Gong Changyu, who was carrying a flat pole and a hook rope, turned into a small black spot in the vast mountain, and he returned to Tangwei Chong with confidence.

Fengmujie is located at the junction of Suiyuan County and Rulin County, the mountain road is rugged and steep, the forest is deep and the grass is lush, and bandits are entrenched along the way, and the road is blocked and robbed. Therefore, merchants and salt-carrying porters generally passed through the area in groups.

Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the imperial court has firmly controlled the distribution of salt, which has artificially caused an imbalance between the supply and demand of salt, and the price has risen, and the salt industry, which could have been balanced by the imperial court, has become unbalanced due to the control of the imperial court.

The salt workshops of western Guangdong County and eastern Guangdong County have changed the frying salt to dry salt, the cost of work has been reduced, the output has increased greatly, and the salt production area has expanded, which was originally very beneficial to the people, but the salt tax is one of the important sources of fiscal revenue of the Qing and the country, and the tax on salt (200 catties for small quotations, 300 kilograms for large quotations) is 20-30 taels of silver.

The official salt is not only of high price and quality, but also artificially demarcates the sales boundary, resulting in no salt to eat in remote areas, and residents have to participate in the sale of illegal salt. There is both demand and supply, so that private salt has the possibility of its existence. Salt beyond the control of the government enters the market through smuggling channels.

Although the imperial court severely cracked down on illegal salt, illegal salt was still repeatedly banned. Even in areas where there is official salt, private salt can still be entered by virtue of the price advantage. The stricter the imperial court's control of the ban on illicit salt, the more active the sale of illicit salt became.

At that time, the people of Rulin County were in short supply of salt, and the porters of the county walked to the shoulders of Yuexi County to pick it up, and went back and forth for eight or nine hundred miles, so after the salt was picked back, the price was very expensive, and a pound of salt could be exchanged for a load of grain.

Gong Changyu participated in the sale of illicit salt, and Zhu Qi's room also had some thoughtful consideration, first, to let Gong Chang meet the difficulties of doing business, and second, to secretly understand the trend of the "Emperor Worship Sect" in western Guangdong.

As soon as he entered the maple world, Gong Changyu, who was strong in blood, would always walk at the front of the salt picking team, not only did he not feel a sense of loss, but also regarded salt picking as a very happy thing. In his opinion, a small amount of cost can be used to achieve high returns.

When you arrive at Fengmen Ridge, there is a pavilion for pedestrians to rest, and there is a well where you can get water directly from the well for cooking. Gong Changyu is very diligent, and is responsible for picking up firewood from around the pavilion every time. After the fire is lit, everyone cooks the rice, washes the vegetables, and soon makes the meal, and then each person has one portion, squats on the ground and eats it. If someone brings water and wine, they will see that they have a share.

After eating, continue on your way. The bandits in the mountains saw that the porters were poor people, and did not want to intercept them. It's just that when he comes back, he will charge a symbolic toll, and as long as each porter leaves a pound of salt, he will be allowed to pass.

After doing this a few times, the porters still happily said that the bandits were righteous. Gong Changyu didn't understand this, not to mention the blood blisters on the soles of his feet, why should he give some of the salt he had worked so hard to pick up to the bandits and let them enjoy it.

"Old learner, you pick one hundred and seventy or eighty pounds at a time, and it's not a big deal to give them one pound." An elderly footman named Yu Qian comforted Gong Changyu.

"Brother, one pound at a time, ten pounds at ten times, how many pounds do we have to give them in a year?" Gong Changyu erected the flat pole.

"Yes, one tael of silver at a time, ten times is ten taels of silver." Yu Qian responded, "If we don't give it, we won't be able to return to Sidu smoothly from the maple realm." ”

"Don't these bandits just have knives in their hands? What's so scary! Gong Changyu danced and whirred in the wind, "I will beat them all down." ”