Chapter 308: Crispy Rice Cake (5)
"It's a soft armor for self-defense, worn outside of a close-fitting underwear," Lin Fei said and tipped his finger on the name of the person who took the soft armor, and said, "This person is also a businessman who does business, but this thing is really interesting." ”
Because of the special Yamen of Dali Temple, the relationship between eucalyptus and eucalyptus, so that the officials of Dali Temple have dealt with high-ranking officials in the court, relatives of the emperor, down to the common people, and even homeless people, beggars and the like have dealt with each other.
But after looking at the business that Lin Fei specially wrote after this person's name, Rao is Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu were also a little stunned when they saw it.
For no other reason, there are only two words for the business done by this person written after his name: gambling stones.
The so-called gambling stone is that the merchant puts a pile of rough stones together, and the price is clearly marked for people to choose and buy. There are pure stones in this rough stone, and there are also some stones that have priceless jade.
These stones are often difficult to discern from the outside, even the most experienced connoisseurs, let alone ordinary people.
Therefore, the gambling stone business "gambling" the word accounted for a considerable proportion, although it is known that the vast majority of the stone is an ordinary stone, the possibility of buying an ordinary stone at a sky-high price is very great, it can be small and broad, the beauty of the pie in the sky still makes many people addicted to it, that is, ordinary people, as long as they see the gambling stone merchants in the bazaar come out to set up stalls, they will not help but stop, come forward to have a good time.
"This person's name is Liu Sanqing, and the ancestors of the family have been doing this kind of 'gambling stone' for several generations, and they have collected the hard-earned business of transporting stones, until this 'gambling stone' business reaches his father," Lin Fei said, "Liu's father carried the stones, and watched the rough stones bought by others in his stone stall to produce beautiful jade, and he became rich overnight, and finally couldn't bear to end up with himself." ”
It's like the owner of a gambling house who opens a gambling house is the first thing to control is his own hands, and once he is out of the game, the boss is not far from the gambler.
"After Liu's father left the field by himself, the rough stone transported from the mine was cut by himself, most of the stones in this stone were scraps, even if there was jade, there were mostly materials that could not be sold at any price," Lin Fei said, "It was not easy to cut it with a knife, and the exposed material was good, and some people wanted to buy it at a high price to bet on this half-opened, but Liu's father refused, and chose to open it himself, but after the full opening, only a thin layer of jade skin was broken, which was considered to be cut down, and this knife can be said to have lost most of his ancestors and most of his own net worth." ”
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The gambler's mentality is like this, Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu were not surprised when they heard this, after hearing Lin Fei say that he had lost most of his net worth, the two knew that the matter was not over. After all, for people like Father Liu, who gamble on red eyes, most of their net worth has been lost, isn't there still a small half of their net worth? As long as you have money on hand and a way to get it, you won't stop.
Sure enough, not long after, Liu's father, who repeatedly swore with his family that he would never gamble, gambled again without accident.
This time, a batch of stones was cut open again, revealing the jade mouth. The water of the jade incision is good, and someone bids to buy this half-open to gamble. Because of the fact that he lost most of his net worth last time, Liu's father was hesitating, and his wife rushed to hear the inquiry, and saw that Liu's father was gambling again, and immediately had a dispute with him, threatening to leave and return to his parents' home.
Liu's father, who was already hesitant, simply sold the cut material to someone else because of a dispute, and as a result, the man opened all the jade on the spot, except for a layer of stone on the surface, which was full of beautiful jade, and the gamble went up. In this situation, thinking that what was his own a moment ago was not his own in a blink of an eye, and then thinking that he had lost most of his net worth in gambling, Liu's father was furious, and he poured his anger on Mrs. Liu, who was arguing with him, and moved in anger.
“…… That father Liu first beat Mrs. Liu, who made him 'unable to get rich', half to death, and then beat him half to death, and Mrs. Liu, who still wanted to stop him, pushed him and went out to drink to relieve his anger, and when he returned home, he found that Mrs. Liu was lying on her back on the ground motionless, and the blood under the back of her head had long dried up," Lin Fei said this, and couldn't help but shake his head, "Mrs. Liu is dead." ”
"Before I wanted to enter the gambling journey, Father Liu and Mrs. Liu were also a couple who were in love, and the relationship between the two was also good, if it weren't for this, Mrs. Liu would not have given up after Father Liu's gambling lost most of his wealth, but he didn't want to be affectionate, but in exchange for such an ending," Lin Fei said, "Mrs. Liu's mother's family naturally did not follow, especially when she saw Mrs. Liu who was beaten and injured, she was even more angry, and the two families became bitter because of this, and they hated people and things related to each other......
When listening to Lin Fei talk about "people and things related to the other party", Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu immediately felt a spirit, and thought of a person: "So...... Then Liu Sanqing must have become the existence of two families corresponding to each other. ”
Lin Fei nodded and said, "The evidence of Father Liu's murder is conclusive, and he paid for Mrs. Liu's life with his own life. Liu Sanqing was blamed by the two families because of the blood of the 'enemy', and he grew up by relying on the villagers to take care of him. Later, I don't know how he caught up with Liu Jiazu's people in the ore pit and started the gambling stone business again. It's just that because of Liu's father's experience, I heard that although he is in the gambling stone business, he has never touched gambling. ”
If he is living a good life, why should he, a businessman, wear soft armor on his body?
In this regard, Liu Sanqing, who had just bought a batch of stones from other places at this time and returned to Chang'an in recent days, had his own explanation.
"Adults don't know, it's not easy to do any business these days," Liu Sanqing, who was inspecting the stone with his subordinates, said, "The business of gambling stones began from the mine, and I always have to be in charge of buying wool materials. Good wool is to be grabbed, the peers who buy wool, the miners in the mine and the local people are not good at stubble, quarrels and fights are commonplace. If you don't believe it, you can go and check if there are frequent stabbing incidents in the ore pit. I'm used to wearing soft armor on my body just for self-defense! ”
Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu looked at the black and thin middle-aged man in front of him, he had to go to other places every few months to buy stones, and he often ran around outside, and it was common for him to be exposed to the wind and rain, and the sun and rain were also commonplace. Although he is a wealthy businessman, this Liu Sanqingguang is also a body of tendon meat, looking at the way he moves wool effortlessly, this strength must be not small.
There is a special stone-cutting tool in the rough stones in the yard, and the stone can be easily cut with a knife...... Presumably not difficult.
Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu looked at Liu Sanqing in front of him, waiting for him to explain how the soft armor worn inside was left on the cruise ship.