On the first three days of the first month of the first lunar month, Kaifeng Mansion issued a notice not to be banned. In other words, gambling was allowed along the streets, and the court was not allowed to do so.
Vendors filled the streets. They set up stalls with food, combs, collars, satin, fruits and vegetables, charcoal, etc., and shouted "Guan Pu" along the street.
Zhang Yue picked up one day and paid a brief visit to Chen Xiang's house. When he came back, he walked to Panlou Street and saw that the street was full of colorful sheds set up by vendors.
These colorful sheds made of colored paper, colored silk, and pine and cypress branches really fit in with the festive atmosphere of this festival.
Zhang Yue saw that not only ordinary people on the street were there, but also women from noble families came here to enjoy the feast.
Looking at the atmosphere where everyone in Bianjing City was closed to gambling, Zhang Yue also lamented that Song people loved gambling, and even Song Renzong himself took the lead.
That's right, Song Renzong often had fights with the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace. One time, Song Renzong lost more than a thousand money and became jealous, so he borrowed money from the winning palace attendant to recoup his losses.
The palace servants are unwilling to repay the loan, so you are the king of a country and still need more than a thousand money.
Song Renzong said, No, the money I lost belongs to the common people, so for the sake of the common people, you must lend me money to repay the loss.
However, Zhang Yue did not have a good impression of Guan Pu. The clerk in his shop had lost money to Guan Pu, so he colluded with outsiders to burn down his shop. His eldest brother was also involved in gambling and almost broke his family.
Hence, Zhang Yue thought it was okay, but he was determined not to gamble.
When Zhang Yue walked to Pan Tower, it was even more lively. There were many things to watch, including finely painted silk fans, fine-colored paper fans, new kiln blueware, mother-of-pearl playthings, horse playing chess, mother-of-pearl chairs, and contemporary lacquerware.
The thin willow box was also brought and placed.
Several richly dressed young men from aristocratic families just walked to the door and were enthusiastically pulled in by a dozen gamblers who were inviting people to close their doors.
Zhang Yue only took a few glances, and several gamblers invited Zhang Yue to try his luck.
Zhang Yue declined, and one of them smiled and said: "Xiucai might as well go in and have a look. There are some scattered copper coins here for you to gamble at will. Even if you don't gamble, it doesn't matter. It's good to have a look."
Such tactics have become commonplace in later generations. Zhang Yue was about to leave when he saw an acquaintance in Pan Lou. He immediately ignored the few copper coins and went in alone.
Panlou Hotel is very large, and all the powerful and wealthy businessmen stay here.
Why is this place so prosperous? Because Panlou Street is connected to Nantong Alley.
This Nantong Alley, also known as Jieshen, is the place where gold, silver, color and silk are traded in Bianjing.
Merchants who came to Bianjing to do business had to come to Jie to exchange gold and silver colored silk for copper coins, or exchange copper coins for gold, silver and colored silk. Each transaction involved tens of millions, which was really shocking.
Hence Panlou Street is similar to Wall Street today. Most of the people who come in and out of Panlou Restaurant are wealthy people.
Zhang Yue walked around inside and happened to see a man staring at a place selling jade.
Zhang Yue walked up to him and patted him. The other person turned around to see Zhang Yue and said in surprise: "My boss."
That’s right, this person is You Tan, the tenant who rents Zhangyue’s house.
“Let’s go, you and I didn’t come here.”
Zhang Yue knew that it was useless for a gambler to say nothing, but he still couldn't stand it, so he still wanted to give some advice out of conscience.
You Tan pointed to the sign and said to Zhang Yue: "My boss, this jade is worth thirty wat. The store owner said that one wat can be worth thirty wat. I just have the first coin of one wat in my hand."
Zhang Yue shook his head and said: "In the past, someone lost tens of thousands of money, but one gan can't win the mouth. How do you know that one wat can beat thirty wats? As far as I know, there is only one sure way to win the battle in the world. You
Are you willing to listen to it?"
You Tan was overjoyed and said, "Please ask my boss to teach me."
Zhang Yuedao: "It's within the numbers that I can't watch."
You Tan couldn't help but struggle when he heard this, but his feet refused to move. Zhang Yue shook his head and said, "That's all."
Zhang Yue walked a few steps, but saw You Tan catching up and saying, "My boss, my boss."
Zhang Yue turned his head and You Tan said, "I've decided not to gamble anymore. Let's have a bowl of red and white sheep kidneys with my boss."
Red kidney is the understood kidney, as for white kidney...
When Zhang Yue heard this, he felt that this was a great supplement. He didn’t know where the fire would go.
The two of them chatted and went outside to eat a bowl of steaming kidneys at a street stall. Zhang Yue was so satisfied that he suddenly saw Wu Anzhi, the second husband of the Wu family, on the way and couldn't help but think of a coincidence.
Zhang Yue was about to get up and check the money, but he remembered that he had gone out in a hurry today and didn't bring much money with him, so he said to You Tan, "Brother You, please come with me. This bowl of sheep kidney money is included in the crazy money."
“Okay, my master, please excuse me.” You Tan watched Zhang Yue leave.
After saying that, Zhang Yue hurriedly followed. The streets of Panlou were crowded with people, and there was a huge flow of people.
Zhang Yue wanted to squeeze through the crowd to follow Wu Anchi but found that it was extremely difficult.
This official is grace, and the night of the people in Tokyo was closed for three days. Therefore, where would the people of Jingjing not give the heavenly sons, so almost everyone went out to go away.
Zhang Yue searched the crowd for a while, then he saw Wu Anchi's back.
He was about to step forward to greet Wu Anzhi, but saw several female family members nearby.
Zhang Yue thought to himself that it turned out that Wu Anzhi came with his family, so he would not disturb him.
Zhang Yue felt a little disappointed for some reason, so he went back the way he came, only to see a familiar voice from the stall next to him saying: "Shopkeeper, how can I get a mother-of-pearl box like this?"
Chapter Yue looked around and saw Qi Niang standing in front of the stall with her maid. She took a fancy to this mother-of-pearl box. Qi Niang smiled at her maid and said, "This thing is quite exquisite."
Under the darkness of night, I saw Seventeen Niang wearing a goose-yellow jacket and a plain undershirt. Even though she didn’t wear any makeup, her appearance was still so bright and charming.
Zhang Yue raised his eyes and saw the pair of peony hairpins in the Seventeenth Mother's hair.
Zhang Yue once thought about how these pair of peony hairpins would look like on a beautiful woman’s temples, but now she finally saw them!
Seventeen Niang didn’t know that Zhang Yue was nearby, so she repeatedly looked at the mother-of-pearl box and discussed it with the maid on the side.
The store owner immediately said: "If you like it, little lady, you can win in one wat."
The Seventeenth Mother was about to agree when she saw several people passing by and squeezing towards her. Zhang Yue couldn't help but said: "Be careful!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the Seventeenth Mother and the maidservant both looked at Zhang Yue.
“Zhang Jun.”
“Zhang Jialangjun.”
The joy of unexpected encounter filled his face.
Passers on the side were walking in a hurry, and someone pushed him towards the stall.
The maid hurriedly protected the Seventeenth Niang, but the Seventeenth Niang was still implicated and was knocked unconscious. Zhang Yue quickly stepped forward to help her and took the Seventeenth Niang's arm.
Seventeen Niang stood still and quickly raised her hands to hold a pair of hostas on her temples. She breathed a sigh of relief when she felt that the hostas were still intact.
Zhang Yue saw Shiqi Niang raising her head and looking at him, Xunyou's eyes were wandering and her cheeks were slightly red, she lowered her head.
At this moment, the maid shouted: "Mr. Zhang, please don't squeeze me!"
Being interrupted by the maid, Zhang Yue quickly backed away and let go of Qi Niang.
Zhang Yue has never been looked at by a woman like this in his life. With those sparkling eyes when staring at him, one look at them will tell you that this life will not be wasted.
However, those sparkling eyes gradually dimmed due to how many men she encountered in the years to come.