On the first day of the top 10 matches, Zhao Ran witnessed all 15 games in the VIP seats of the stands, and after watching it, Li Dayin congratulated him with a smile: "Your senior brother won the first game, congratulations." ”

Zhao Ran smiled and nodded: "Thank you Lao Li." ”

In this first battle, it was obvious that Luo Zhiqing was not good at this, even if the conditions of the Dajun Cave Tianzhong Court were superior, but he had only practiced for two months, and he seemed very jerky in terms of skills.

The reason why he was able to win the game was completely relying on his brute strength, and he beat Xianyunmen Zongqi Heng, who was sixth in the qualifying tournament last year, to the embarrassment, and after a game, the cultivation ball alone was smashed by Luo Zhiqing's volley, which caused the audience to cheer warmly.

In other games, Yan Shifan won the first battle without accident, and among the lottery combinations that Zhao Ran bet on, there was this one of the four who guessed wrong.

In addition, Duanmu Xia Ling of the mage group also entered the top 10 competition, and lost to Lin Sanniang, who was third in the qualifying round last year. Zhao Ran was also very concerned about his competition, and had asked Rong Niang Feifu before, and Rong Niang's reply was that he came to sign up by himself and did not mention it to his family.

Zhao Ran asked her if she came to watch her second brother's game, Rong Niang said that she was really busy now, and the distribution of Four Seasons Qianzhuang at the level of the state capital of the two capitals and thirteen provinces had only been completed to ninety-six.

At the end of the competition, Li Dayin said to Zhao Ran: "The restrictive regulations proposed by Zhiran have been drafted, and according to Zhiran's intentions, we are ready to consult all parties from tomorrow, and the manuscript has been sent to major journals, and it is expected to be summarized and revised within a month." ”

Zhao Ran nodded, this matter is not difficult, Li Dayin can handle it completely, he just needs to make suggestions. What he was really thinking about was the lottery issue that he discussed with Li Dayin late last night.

The first issue of the latest statistics on the lottery ticket sales is too big,Big Li Dayin are a little scared!

Last year, the average sales volume of each issue was around 100,000 taels as Zhao Ran expected, and the exact figure was an average of more than 100,000 taels per game, and in the first issue of this year, it skyrocketed to 198,000 taels, almost doubled!

If this level is maintained in every period, the total plate will exceed 8 million taels!

According to the statistics of the household department, last year's total annual income was 22 million taels (including money, grain, silk, etc.), and the total annual income of the Taoist sects at all levels was 46 million taels (including spiritual materials, elixirs, talismans, and magic weapons, which were converted into silver), adding up to 68 million taels.

Among them, the household department folded away the envy, and put 16 million taels into the warehouse, and the total amount received in the hand was also about 16 million, but the silver money accounted for only half.

In other words, the money invested in the cultivation ball lottery every year is equivalent to the money obtained by the household department or the general view.

Zhao Ran saw that Li Dayin's face was not natural, and comforted: "I told you earlier, the wealth of the people is several times the country's income. ”

Li Dayin sighed: "But there are too many, and I'm worried that there will be problems." Do ordinary people have so much money in their hands?"

Zhao Ran approvingly: "Lao Li, you have this awareness, which means that your conscience is still there, haha." Let me tell you this, the wealth of the Ming Dynasty, its wealth is not in the whole people, but in the high-income people, that is, monks, clans, gentry, Taoists, wealthy merchants, landlords, Xu officials, so these lottery tickets, the vast majority of them are sold to them. For example, farmers, craftsmen, weavers, small traders and hawkers, etc., a penny of silver and a lottery ticket is equivalent to the expenses of a family of five for three or five days, so we often hear that a village, several neighborhoods together to buy a lottery ticket, this is the truth. ”

Li Dayin listened carefully to Zhao Ran's analysis of lottery ticket buyers, and sketched a picture of all classes of the Ming Dynasty in front of him, while thinking carefully, he kept nodding.

Zhao Ran continued: "The Ming Dynasty has been established for 600 years, and the country and the people are safe, far surpassing the previous generations, which is the result of the Daomen dominating and suppressing the luck of the world. But we must also be aware of the problem, after all, over time, wealth is slowly shifting towards the classes I just mentioned, and if this trend is not delayed, it will be a headache for me in the future. ”

Li Dayin pondered: "Therefore, in the total amount of our cultivation lottery, a part of each is handed over to the general view and the household department, in fact, the silver is collected from the hands of these rich households?"

Zhao Ran nodded and said: "It is this reason, the essence of our lottery ticket, in fact, is to use the money of these rich people to set up a redistributed cake and coax more silver." You just said that it can reach 8 million a year, and you are worried about drying up and fishing, I don't think it's necessary, on the surface it is 8 million, but half of it is returned through the jackpot pool. At the same time, we also paid 1.6 million of them to the General Administration and the Ministry of Households, asking them to use it for charity and people's livelihood, and another 400,000 yuan went into the charity fund we set up. Such a way of distribution,It is a disguised transfer payment,The ultimate meaning of our lottery,It is also reflected here. ”

Li Dayin suddenly said: "I see, we are actually robbing the rich and helping the poor." Hey, that's actually a good feeling. ”

Zhao Ran smiled: "It's not wrong if you want to say that, but we have only achieved the first half now, that is, robbing the rich, but whether we can help the poor is still unknown." ”

Li Dayin clenched his fists and said viciously: "I'll go to Gan Shutong when I turn around, if he dares not to use this silver for people's livelihood, I'm not done with him......! Well, I'd better let my teacher ask for it......"

Zhao Ran clenched his fists and bowed to Li Dayin: "If Lao Li can really let the general view and the household department use the money for the people's livelihood, the poor people will thank you on behalf of the world!"

Li Dayin hurriedly held Zhao Ran up: "What did you say, don't worry, I'll find a way." ”

After thinking about it, he said, "I still think that a piece of silver is a bit too high." ”

Zhi Ran said: "Two purposes, one is to raise the entry threshold of ordinary people, not to let them buy it with living expenses; the other is to save our own costs, if we let go, our total plate will inevitably rise, but the cost will also increase significantly, as for how much is appropriate, we need to calculate a marginal curve ......."

Li Dayin was a little confused: "What kind of curves are you talking about? I have only heard of women's curves, but I have never heard of anything on the side...... Curve. ”

Zhao Ran waved his hand: "Forget it, go back and think about it." If Lao Li thinks it's too high, you can try five cents of silver first. ”

Li Dayin scratched his head: "I'll think about it again...... If only Pei Daoyou were here, I'm really too busy now...... By the way, with the retention of last year's winter games, there are now more than 40,000 taels of charity funds, and 10,000 taels will be added every seven days, and this money has not been used yet, do you think how to get it? ”

Zhao Ran said with a smile: "I am grateful that Lao Li can have this heart, but this silver will wait for a few days first, and it will be divided so directly, not on the way." ”