Seeing Ma Xiaoquan's sad face, Princess Ye smiled and said: "In the Wang family, a prominent noble family, there are several young masters who love gambling and gambling. Shanhe, I heard that you are very lucky. Why don't you go to a gambling house?"
Try your luck? Well, if that's the case, Yubo and Tianyang can also go and have a look..."
Ma Xiaoquan was stunned and looked at Princess Ye. Her expression was very calm, but Ma Xiaoquan had already guessed what his aunt meant.
"Uh~~ Since my aunt and uncle don't want to borrow money, I can only do this. But I don't have much capital. If I lose it all, I really have no choice..." Ma Xiaoquan said deliberately.
Mrs. Jin said: "This is all up to you~"
Ma Xiaoquan stood up, saluted the two elders, then turned and left.
Looking at Ma Xiaoquan's retreating figure, Mrs. Jin said: "Tianyang, Yubo~"
Wan Tianyang and Wan Yubo stood up together and said in unison: "The child is here~"
"Bring some money and start a game with some gambling bosses from the Wang family and the royal family... You two brothers can discuss how to do it. You need to be quick, do you understand?"
Wan Tianyang and Wan Yubo nodded in unison: "I understand~"
"Go down~" Mrs. Jin waved her hand.
After Wan Yubo and Wan Tianyang left, Princess Ye laughed, picked up the teacup and took a sip, saying: "Sister Jin, I don't know if Shanhe can win. Those young masters from the Wang family are also good at gambling.
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Mrs. Jin smiled and said: "Shanhe has never shown his gambling skills in front of you before?"
Princess Night shook her head.
Mrs. Jin thought about it for a moment and said: "One time Tianyang asked Shanhe to play dice. Shanhe could get whatever numbers he wanted. As you know, my Jin family has a gambling house, and I didn't marry into the Wan family.
, I also helped the family manage the business of the gambling house. I have seen too many people who come to the gambling house to gamble. Most people can’t learn Shanhe’s gambling skills. This kid has been wandering around outside before.
I'm afraid I learned my gambling skills outside."
Princess Ye said: "It's good that Shanhe didn't learn bad things. He didn't have a mother when he was a child, and he basically grew up wild. It is said that among the young masters of the Wan family, the one who is the best at eating, drinking, whoring, gambling and smoking is Wan Shanhe and Sister Jin.
Now that I say that, it is indeed true, but Shanhe will also restrain himself~ By the way, Sister Jin, according to you, will Shanhe win a lot this time?"
Mrs. Jin nodded: "As long as he wants, he can keep winning, but with Shanhe's temperament, he will probably only win half of the money needed for armaments. The other half, Xiaoyezi, do you know who he asked for it?"
Princess Ye smiled and said: "The other half, I'm afraid my royal brother is going to show up~"
"Haha..." Mrs. Jin picked up the tea cup and drank it with a smile...
...
Ma Xiaoquan walked out of Wanjia, pretending to be sad along the way, but he was actually very excited.
He already understood the meaning of what his aunt said before. After a while, he went to the largest gambling house in Blackwater City to "try his luck". To put it bluntly, Wan Tianyang and Wan Yubo wanted to lose money to him.
On the way, Ma Xiaoquan met many colleagues who worked in the imperial court. When they asked about preparations for unification, Ma Xiaoquan said that they had no military equipment and lack of money.
The news soon reached the ears of Yang Jie, the king of Heiqing.
In the King's bedroom in the Blackwater Palace, Concubine Hong held Yang Jie's arm and murmured: "Your Majesty, if you don't have money in these mountains and rivers, I'm afraid you'll have to try your luck in a gambling house, right?"
Yang Jie nodded and smiled slightly: "This kid is very clever. He won't do anything that he is not sure about. I heard that he went to Wanjia before, so I was afraid he went to borrow money but didn't get it."
Concubine Hong said worriedly: "Your Majesty, Shanhe is half of the royal family. Do we, the royal family, also have to allocate some money to him?"
Yang Jie nodded: "It will definitely happen, but we have to see the results of that kid coming out of the gambling house~"
Concubine Hong nodded: "Your Majesty is wise~"
...
When they got home, Yue'er had prepared the meal. Seeing Ma Xiaoquan's frown, Yue'er asked: "Sir, what's wrong with you?"
Ma Xiaoquan sighed and said: "Forget it, go to unite and unify. We don't have any military supplies."
"Can I buy it with money?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly and said: "Two thousand people, plus the horses along the way, will cost a lot of money. How can I support so many people with such a small salary?"
"Ah, what should I do? Will the king not allocate money to you?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "The king has not expressed his position. Anyway, I am in love, but if it doesn't work out, I will rely on the king to allocate money. But before that, I want to try my luck. I don't have the largest gambling house in Blackwater City."
Been there~"
"Ah? Do you want to gamble, sir? What if you lose?"
Ma Xiaoquan pretended to be bitter and said: "Lost? Even if you lose, you have to bite the bullet, otherwise what should you do?"
Yue'er lowered her head, narrowed her eyes slightly, and thought to herself: What the hell is Yang Jie doing? Why don't he just allocate money to Wanshanhe? Now this kid goes to the gambling house, where he will lose nine out of ten bets. Besides,
There is also a master in the gambling house who has never lost. Traveling across thousands of mountains and rivers is like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth. Alas~
Yue'er raised her head and pretended to be bitter: "Sir, you won't sell me for gambling, will you?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head while grabbing the food and said: "How is it possible? Your cooking is very delicious. For this reason, it is impossible to sell you. Besides, if I sell you, how will your brother go to Lianyi Tong to find you?
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"Oh~"
"Okay, bring me another bowl of rice. I'll go after eating. I have something else to do tonight~ I might be late when I come back, so why don't you go to bed first~"
Yue'er was really worried, so she decided to go to Tianji Hall while Ma Xiaoquan was at the gambling shop, and then go to the Black and Green King Yang Jie to ask the reason.
"Oh, I'm sorry, my brother also needs to eat today, so I made some more and sent them to him. I won't come back to sleep at night~"
Ma Xiaoquan didn't doubt Yue'er at all. He nodded: "That's fine, I'm about to say goodbye to your brother. You two, brother and sister, have a good chat. We won't see each other for a long time in the future~"
"Well~Thank you, sir~"
...
After dinner, Ma Xiaoquan came to the door of the largest gambling house in Blackwater City.
The Heiqing Kingdom allows officials to gamble, but only with their own salaries and property. If money of unknown origin is used for gambling, they will be punished if found out.
Ma Xiaoquan touched his pocket and saw half a bag of gambling money. If he knew how to play, he could play for a long time.
However, Ma Xiaoquan did not intend to play for too long. He wanted to make a quick decision and collect the necessary money as soon as possible.
A waiter came out of the gambling house and greeted Ma Xiaoquan. He was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said politely: "Hey, isn't this the prince of Shanhe? What brought you to the gambling house?"
Ma Xiaoquan sighed and said: "Hey, don't mention it. I don't want to be the prince-in-law of a unified country, but the king gave me an army of two thousand people, but he didn't give me military supplies. I had no choice but to take it.
I use my salary and the money I have saved to gamble and try my luck."
"Oh, that's it. Prince Shanhe, you have to register as soon as you enter. You know the laws of our Heiqing Kingdom. You can't play with money of unknown origin."
"Of course~" Ma Xiaoquan smiled and walked into the gambling house. He took out half a bag of his gambling money at the door, counted it to the person in charge of registration at the door and explained the source of the money before he could enter the gambling house.
The gambling house was very big, with all kinds of games. Ma Xiaoquan looked around and finally saw Wan Tianyang and Wan Yubo in front of a table where they were playing Pai Gow.
The two people were placing bets while yelling. They each held a few bamboo sticks in their hands, both of which were red in color. Ma Xiaoquan knew that these were "counting sticks" temporarily issued by gambling houses to facilitate gambling settlements. Counting sticks
There are three colors, green, blue and red, one green represents ten iron beads, one blue represents ten silver beads, and one red represents one gold bead.
Ma Xiaoquan lowered his head and looked at the bamboo sticks in his hand. There were thirteen red sticks, two blue sticks and five green sticks. Although this amount of gambling money was more than Wan Yubo and Wan Tianyang combined, it was actually more.
Still very shabby.
Wan Yubo and Wan Tianyang also saw Ma Xiaoquan, but they did not go up to meet Ma Xiaoquan immediately, but continued to shout and place bets.
Several people standing close to Wan Yubo and Wan Tianyang noticed Ma Xiaoquan and saw the twenty or so bamboo sticks in his hands. These people narrowed their eyes slightly, and then looked at each other, seeming to have reached some kind of agreement.
tacit agreement.
A disciple of the Wang family said: "Isn't that the Prince of Shanhe? Seeing that he still has some bamboo sticks in his hand, why not call him over and play together?"
The person standing side by side with this young man from the Wang family happened to be Zhao Zijin's nephew, named Zhang Jian. Hearing what the young man from the Wang family said, he smiled and said, "Ah, why do you want to bet with Prince Shanhe?"
The disciple of the Wang family said: "I heard that he was about to join the United Nations to become the prince-in-law, but he didn't have the money for military supplies, so I thought about winning over the rest and making him look embarrassed~"
Among the prominent nobles in Blackwater City, the Wan family has the best relationship with the Jin family, while the relationship with the Wang family is the worst. The reason is also a conflict of interests. However, over time, neither family can tolerate the other.
Zhang Jian was secretly happy because his uncle (Zhao Zijin) guessed really accurately. As expected, Wan Shanhe came to the gambling house. Haha, he lost nine out of ten bets. Wan Shanhe seemed to be hungry.
"How about counting me in?" Zhang Jian chuckled.
The children of the Wang family glanced at Zhang Jian and asked, "How much gambling capital do you have?"
Zhang Jian raised his eyebrows, stretched out his hand, and dozens of red bamboo sticks fell out of his sleeves.
The children of the Wang family were stunned and asked: "Where did you get so much money?"
Naturally, Zhang Jian would not say that I used the name of my uncle to obtain the money from the recent bridge construction project in Heishui City. He lied and said: "I went to Hongzhou to get some treasures and sold them back.