Lottery players line up for the draw one by one.

At the beginning, they were all ten cents per person, and everyone had the mentality of trying it out, and they refused to spend more money, for fear that they would be pitted.

Until the appearance of the second prize, the scene boiled again!

Zong Sheng looked down, with a smile on his face, and said loudly: "Congratulations to this lottery player for winning the second prize!" Reward 20 copper coins! ”

Although it is not a hundred, twenty is an astronomical number.

Ten dollars for two thousand dollars, one to two hundred odds, is there a higher odds than this?

Lottery players have bought with them, ten cents once, and some people even turned twenty times at once, and then two hundred cents in exchange for a push of blessing words.

But no one said anything.

Gambling is a matter of luck, who can blame you for your bad luck?

The crowd continued one after another, and after an hour, Zong Sheng's voice became hoarse, and then another official came to shout.

He quietly squeezed out of the crowd and came to Qin Wei's side, and said with a worried face: "My lord, most of what I see today are ordinary people, and they don't have any family background, if gambling becomes popular in the future, I'm afraid these people will ......."

A lot of people,

A lottery is as deep as the sea, and since then the work is a passerby......

They are delusional about making a fortune from gambling, so much so that they slowly become lazy and live in unrealistic fantasies every day.

This is the biggest harm of gambling!

Therefore, for thousands of years, all dynasties have written the four big words 'strictly forbidden gambling' in the law, and then it is to catch gambling and prohibit gambling year after year, day after day.

But looking at the history books, is it useful to ban gambling?

Even if it was a powerful empire as large as the Tang Dynasty, folk gambling could not be eradicated at all.

Those gamblers adhered to the eight-character policy of 'there is a policy at the top, and there are countermeasures at the bottom', hiding in the dark places to continue their plans to make a fortune, and if the state cracks down hard, the more crazy they will be.

So in Qin Wei's opinion, it's better to be blocked than sparse!

Since gambling cannot be eradicated, it is necessary to nationalize it openly and let it slowly become a good thing for the benefit of the people.

The original intention of social gambling is to take from the people and use it for the people.

Qin Wei had already made up his mind in his heart.

He patted Zong Sheng on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Do you know what the essence of gambling is? ”

Zong Sheng shook his head in confusion.

"Desire!"

Qin Wei gestured two fingers, and then said: "Everyone wants to get rich, but there are too many objective factors needed to get rich, and many people can't achieve it in a lifetime, so gambling has a ......"

"They are trying to use a shortcut to realize their dream of getting rich overnight!"

These Zongsheng knew that it was because of this that he was worried.

Qin Wei shook his head with a smile and said, "You are only worried that these people will become addicted to gambling, but you ignore their actual situation. They are poor......"

Ten cents may be just a drop in the ocean for Qin Wei and these officials, they don't care, and it doesn't matter if they even have more.

But for ordinary people, ten cents is their daily ration.

Some people may try their luck with the occasional penny, but they will never break the bank to do it.

Because it is clear to all of us that gambling is a matter of probability.

Zong Sheng understood the meaning of gambling, but he showed a little disappointed.

"According to the promise, the gambling industry may not last, and when these people find out that the odds of winning the lottery are low, they may not be as fanatical as they are now."

Regarding this, Qin Wei had already thought of it.

The original intention of the gambling he founded in the first place was not for those people.

His target is those businessmen and nobles, those who have a lot of money but suffer from namelessness, these people are the real new force of gambling.

At this time, the little official who guarded the door trotted over and said respectfully: "See Qin Chengzhi, there are a few stewards of powerful families outside who want to see you." ”

Qin Wei chuckled: "Which one?" ”

"The Qi family, the Cao family, the Wu family, the Shu County Wangfu ......"

These people are all descendants of the Wenchen generals who followed Taizu Zhao Kuangyin to fight the country, as well as the clan relatives of the old Zhao family.

can be described as the most powerful group of people in the Great Song Dynasty today.

Their pervasive power infiltrated the entire Great Song Dynasty.

Even Zaifu, even the emperor, don't dare to provoke these people easily, although they have no real power, but the power is too large, and there are many people.

And on the more important point - there is money!

How rich are they?

Let's put it this way, if you want to say who is the richest businessman in Bianliang today, then everyone must choose Qin Wei.

However, even a business predator like Hao Qin Wei, compared with these powerful people, it has become a gap between primary school students and adult men.

Land, Commerce, Foreign Trade, Farms, Agriculture, Industry!

They are all involved, and most of these industries related to the lifeblood of the Great Song Dynasty are in their hands.

This is also why the Qingli New Deal and the Xining Reform Law of that year all ended without a problem.

Fan Zhongyan and Wang Anshi, these two names that shone brightly in the Northern Song Dynasty, were still drowned in the sea of people by them after all.

Not only that, the magnates are also quite prestigious in Shilin, and the protégés in the palace are all over the government and the opposition, although the imperial court has deliberately suppressed them over the years, but they still can't stop their pervasive means.

Today they are coming!

This was Qin Wei's first head-to-head confrontation with the powerful.

After a middle-aged man who looked like a steward came in, he first politely saluted Qin Wei, but the proud look on his face did reveal his true nature.

"Xiao Ke Cao Heping has seen Lord Qin."

Qin Wei glanced at him lightly, and smiled back: "Why are you alone?" ”

"Xiao Ke, as a representative, came to talk to Lord Qin about a deal."

"It's easy to say...... Qin Wei nodded and said casually: "But before that, this official must first know who you represent." ”

Qin Wei's attitude was very easy-going, so easy-going that Cao Heping felt that he was not being taken seriously, so his face was gloomy.

"The owner of a certain family is surnamed Cao!"

The surname Cao is rare in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the only one who can get his hands on it is Cao Bin, the founder of the Northern Song Dynasty!

Qin Wei knew it in his heart, but his performance was very indifferent, and said: "The Cao family wants to meddle in the affairs bureau? ”

Xu didn't expect Qin Wei to suddenly say such a sentence, and Cao Heping was startled.

The reason why the magnates of the Great Song Dynasty were able to rival the country was largely because they were obedient enough!

In addition, the Song Emperors of the past dynasties were relatively weak.

In their opinion, as long as you don't do things for your brother, you will give it to Ronghua and wealth, anyway, Da Song is not bad if he has money.

But!

If someone dares to meddle in military politics, then don't blame Big Brother for being ruthless.

The kings of the Great Song Dynasty had a zero-tolerance attitude towards the magnates who dared to get involved in politics!

So when Qin Wei said the words 'meddling in government affairs', Cao Heping suddenly lost his momentum, and the domineering spirit just now was instantly extinguished.

The Cao family meddled in government politics?

Don't look at Liu E and the little emperor, the intrigue is now lively.

But if any powerful person dares to get involved in politics, the mother and son will definitely put aside their previous suspicions and join forces to let you know what cruelty is......