These four words are enough to show that although gambling is harmful, it is also the nature of many people who are difficult to completely refuse.

Come to think of it, during the New Year's holidays, relatives and friends get together, you have to play something, not to mention the ancient times where there is a lack of entertainment, even in modern times, there are countless people who are addicted to this.

Therefore, the Emperor Taishang did not suppress this nature, but personally opened a gambling house, using various rules to restrict people from gambling, and only let those who went in gamble.

Even the Emperor Taishang is conforming to people's nature, rather than blindly suppressing it, so he has come up with a little new tricks and only put it in the Taishanghuang's gambling house, which should not be lacking in virtue......

It's really not a lack of virtue, is it?

He has always had a vengeful temperament, and it is not his style for the British government to provoke him like this, and to endure it silently.

He couldn't make up his mind, so he said to Tao Zhu: "If this duck incident is really done by the British government, then should we fight back?" ”

"It should be shot back. But how to fight back? ”

Tao Zhu's eyebrows twisted, a little worried.

"Doesn't he run a gambling house? Let's grab business with him and bring all the people in his gambling house to the Emperor Taishang. ”

“…… How to grab this business? ”

Obviously, Tao Zhu couldn't understand his thinking.

"I just want to think of some novel ways to play, so as to attract guests for the emperor's gambling house."

"Is that so?" Tao Zhu's eyebrows gradually furrowed: "Although the Emperor's gambling house is a serious gambling house, if the novel method you come up with is too attractive, so many people are addicted to it, then isn't it creating evil?" ”

“…… You're right. ”

Looking at Tao Zhu's clear eyes, Li Qiao nodded, but he asked with a smile: "Are you so sure that I can come up with a novel way to play?" ”

"Of course, you're so smart."

Tao Zhu nodded as he should, but then said: "If he does this immoral business, then let the British Mansion do it himself, and we won't get involved." ”

"Isn't it a duck? It's not like we can't buy ducks from other sources. ”

"Okay, listen to you."

Looking at the seriousness on Tao Zhu's face, Li Qiao smiled and clenched his hand.

Since Brother Zhu said so, then he changed his means.

Find a way to destroy the British public.

At such an old age, isn't it okay to enjoy the blessings? What are you doing all day long, why do you have to get along with a young man like him?

Li Qiao listened to Tao Zhu's words and didn't plan to shake the pillar industry of the British government, but he never expected that on the second day when his duck shop hung out a sign for the purchase of duck wood, an empty shop suddenly appeared in the capital, and also put out a sign for the purchase of ducks, the price was two cents per catty higher than his family's.

Moreover, at the gate of Shengjing City, a stall for buying ducks also appeared.

This stall buys ducks from all the farmers outside the city, and the price is also two cents per catty higher than that of Li Qiao's family.

Generally speaking, the ducks raised by farmers weigh two or three catties, and one catty is two cents high, so a duck can be four to six cents higher.

This is not a small amount of money for farmers or ordinary people.

So, after five days, the duck store couldn't buy enough ducks.

At this time, Xin Zhi inquired about this bag and also found out who was buying the duck behind it.

I really didn't wronged the British government.

It was indeed the British government that did it.

The profit of the duck shop is too large, and the small shop, there are less than 30 people in it, but the profit in a month is more than 3,000 taels, which is really eye-catching.

It is more than 40,000 taels a year, which is almost enough to catch up with the annual income of Xin Zhi's family's fields.

Moreover, this is only the profit of Shengjing.

Li Qiao's duck workshop in Sanliu Village also makes tens of thousands of taels of profit a year.

If the British government had opened a similar duck shop in his hometown, the profit would have been so much in a year.

Add up the two places, and then 100,000 taels will face up.

The key is that it doesn't take much effort and effort, as long as you get the recipe out, and the rest is waiting to make money.

Who doesn't blush in this exchange?

"Brother Li, the speed at which your shop comes in is not much worse than that gambling house, no wonder the British government will be moved."

Xin Zhi couldn't help but sigh.

When Li Qiao heard this, he immediately retorted: "This is a serious business, which is different from the gambling house." ”

"I'm just giving an analogy." Xin Zhi sighed, and then asked, "Then what do you do now?" Although my family has ducks, even if I add my relatives and friends, it will not be able to provide for your shop. ”

Before the duck shop came out, they didn't like ducks much, so they didn't raise much.

Li Qiao sighed: "It's too much to deceive people. ”

"Actually, my family can help you raise ducks, and my family has no shortage of land. But now it's a little late, and it will definitely not be able to supply tomorrow's goods. Why don't you go to the Holy One to complain? This is a proper maliciously instigated dispute. ”

Xin Zhi can only suggest this.

"Let me think again."

Li Qiao still shook her head.

Although Sheng Hong is on his side, if he goes to find Sheng Hong for anything, it will definitely give Sheng Hong the impression of being incompetent and having a lot to do.

Sheng Hong's bias should be used on the blade.

However, the British government cut off his financial route, which is really excessive.

Although his financial path is not limited to this, he cannot get used to this kind of malicious competition.

And the people in Man Shengjing are all looking at it.

If he coaxed him this time, then maybe all kinds of cats and dogs will come to bully him in the future.

After returning home and having dinner, when Zheng Qianqian took Li Xiaorui back to the main courtyard, Li Qian talked to Tao Zhu about his plans.

"I know that gambling is very lacking in morality, but we can propose to the Emperor Taishang that the limit per game, according to the identity of those guests, if it is an ordinary person, then each game can only play five cents or ten cents, if it is a rich and noble, then each game can only bet five taels or ten taels of this kind."

"What do you think?"

Since the Emperor Taishang has added so many restrictions to his gambling house, he should be able to agree to his proposal, right?

After hearing Li Qiao's words, Tao Zhu blinked his eyes, thought for a while, and then said: "You can only attract some people who want to gamble, and those who really want to gamble must go to the gambling house of the British government." ”

"Yes, but at least it can steal some of his guests. We can't just do nothing. ”

Tao Zhu thought for a while and nodded: "I can't swallow this breath." ”

Once he decided to do it, he immediately began to urge Li Qiao: "You want to think of interesting new ways to play, it's a big deal that we will donate more silver in the future." ”

Li Qiao smiled when she heard this: "Okay." It depends on whether the British government has developed the recipe for duck goods quickly, or whether I want to play the new game quickly. ”

At present, the British government is only buying ducks, and has not really opened a shop, and the other party should still be in the stage of developing duck goods.

That being the case, let's compare it with speed.

Nowadays, there are not many ways to play in gambling houses, and the most common ones are rolling dice, pushing pai gow, and leaf cards.

Not to mention the roll of the dice, this is the simplest and most common.

Pushing Pai Gow, this gameplay is more complicated, but Li Qiao likes its appearance, which is similar to mahjong, so even if he makes mahjong, it will not arouse suspicion.

There are also leaf cards, at this time the leaf card is very simple, there are some birds and beasts painted on it, and the beast eats the small beast is the basic way to play.

Li Qiao's fancy is not its gameplay, but its appearance.

Leaf cards are solitaire cards.

So, even if he made a playing card, it wouldn't arouse suspicion.

After "thinking hard" for five days, Li Qiao made mahjong and playing cards.

He directly borrowed the wooden tiles used to push Pai Gow to make a complete set of mahjong, and named it the Sparrow Pai.

After the mahjong was made, he pulled Tao Zhu and Li Dashan Zheng Qianqian to play together.

In the first few games, Tao Zhu and Zheng Qianqian Li Dashan stumbled, and they had to play their cards while reading the rules written on the paper.

But the charm of mahjong is undoubted, after playing a few games, all three of them got started, and after one night of play, they have been conquered by mahjong.

Before the end, Zheng Qianqian shouted that he would play tomorrow and asked Li Qian to come back early after work.

Li Qiao smiled and nodded.

But after the next day, he took out his playing cards.

There are a lot of ways to play poker, but most of them he can't remember clearly, he was busy working in his last life, and he didn't have time to play after the end of the world, he only remembers the two ways to play the landlord and play upgrades.

But he didn't panic, a landlord is enough to show the charm of playing cards, he remembers that when he was in college, his three roommates also played a variety of mobile games, but the landlord has never put down.

Because the landlord has a variety of ways to play, and it is fast and convenient, you can start a game anytime and anywhere.

However, this time and space cannot be called fighting landlords, because all nobles actually belong to landlords, and every household has at least 10,000 acres of land.

Li Qiao changed the name of the landlord, changing the big king and Xiao Wang to the big beckoning cat, the little beckoning cat, and this game was changed to fighting bullies.

Compared with mahjong, the landlord is simpler to play, and only played three games, Tao Zhu Zheng got started.

Zheng Qianqian's game, even Li Xiaorui couldn't take care of it.

This bullying seems to be more fun than the sparrow cards, the game is over quickly, and three people can play, you don't have to make up four people.

Yesterday, he and Li Dashan were both playing sparrow cards, so they could only hand Li Xiaorui to Li Xia and Li Ershan to watch.

If you can play to fight bullies, he only needs to hand over Li Xiaorui to Li Dashan, and he and his uncle Uncle Zhu can play!

"Brother Qian, which of these two ways do you like the most?"

At the end, Li Qiao asked Zheng Qianqian.

Zheng Qianqian hesitated: "I like them all." But we can play bullies, and I prefer to fight bullies. ”

Li Qiao smiled immediately when she heard this: "That's right, anyway, each has its own good." ”

The charm of mahjong and fighting landlords, even if it changes time and space, can still sweep men, women and children.

At the beginning of November, Li Qiao handed Sheng Hong an excerpt.