hsntnovel Chapter 1644: You have to take a shower if you have nothing to do
Chapter 1644: You have to take a shower if you have nothing to do
The 40,000-seat football stadium is currently the largest venue in the Tang Dynasty.
There is no known arena that can hold 40,000 people at once.
Fang Yiai counted on his fingers, and finally muttered:
"Forty thousand people, if each person is charged ten coins, that is four hundred thousand coins. If each person is charged twenty coins, that is eight hundred thousand coins.
Eight hundred thousand coins is eight hundred strings of cash, one match a day, thirty matches a month, twenty-eight thousand strings of cash.
Three hundred and thirty-six thousand strings of cash a year.
Get rich. "
Three hundred and thirty thousand is not a small amount. This is just the entrance fee.
"Humph, look at how little you can do." Li Shen looked at the excitement of the crowd, snorted contemptuously and continued:
“Tickets are just a small part of the profit, the big part is still to come, betting on football is the most profitable.
We now have to consider how to take over all the gambling houses in Chang'an City.
If we can’t seize the market, we will lose a lot of money.”
"But Your Majesty, this is really difficult," said Tang Shanshi.
"Difficulties, why are there difficulties again? Don't tell me it's because they have a backer.
We also have a backstage, look at those old guys inside, who is as domineering as them?"
Li Shen pointed at a group of old men who were having a great time inside and said with disdain.
Who else can be as arrogant as this group of people?
“Your Highness, all the gambling houses in Chang’an City are underground gambling houses, and the people behind them hired a group of idle hooligans.
Many gambling houses have members from aristocratic families, as well as royal relatives and nobles." Tang Shanshi explained.
Li Shen frowned after hearing this:
"What? Are you scared? It doesn't matter. If you are scared, I will do it myself. Don't blame me for not bringing you to play together then."
"Your Highness, Your Highness, that's not what we meant." Cheng Chuliang explained quickly.
“What do you mean, you are just afraid.
Without all kinds of means, how can you be rich? "Li Shen suddenly stood up and shouted loudly to the playboys around him.
"Your Highness is right. If you want to make money, you have to use some tricks."
"That's right. If you follow the prince, you will get meat to eat."
Immediately, some people started to respond, and Li Shen felt that he should encourage them.
"Everyone, a wolf travels a thousand miles to eat meat, and a dog travels a thousand miles to eat shit. Do you want to eat meat or shit?"
"Eat meat, eat meat."
All the playboys cheered.
“You have to remember, if you want to succeed, you must first go crazy and rush for money regardless of everything. Try once and you will become rich for three generations. Only by working hard can you avoid failure.”
Li Shen raised his hands and shouted to everyone.
"Your Majesty is right."
"I tried my best, it's nothing big."
"Yes."
The whole audience was excited and passionate.
"Okay, shout along with me. If you want to succeed, you must first go crazy and charge forward regardless of the consequences."
“If you want to succeed, go crazy first and charge forward regardless of the consequences.”
The crowd was excited, their blood was boiling, and their enthusiasm was boiling.
Li Shen was very satisfied to see this scene. Money can make people crazy, especially these playboys who have been doing whatever they want since childhood.
You say they are evil, but they are well-educated and they all know etiquette.
But you say they are kind, but this group of people are arrogant and domineering.
They have been used to living in poverty and now they finally have a way to make money. How could they let it go?
Strike while the iron is hot, Li Shen began to instruct everyone:
"Very good! Whoever prevents us from making money is our enemy. We must eliminate all enemies."
“But Your Majesty, what should we do? There are people behind the underground gambling houses.
Should we send someone to cause trouble?"
Cheng Chusi was still relatively calm and asked the key question.
Although they have backers, their backers are not small.
It is not a solution to continue to resist like this, and His Majesty will not allow it.
Li Shen disagreed after hearing this:
"We are the righteous side. How can we do such a dirty thing as sending people to cause trouble?"
"Then what should we do?" Everyone was curious about King Ji's methods.
"Are you stupid?" Li Shen glanced around and cursed, making people even more confused.
Li Shen sighed in his heart. None of these people had a brain. He could only explain:
"Don't forget that the Miscellaneous Laws in the Tang Code specifically prohibit gambling.
The sentencing was based on the amount of money gambled. The lighter punishment was caning, while the more serious punishment was for theft, forced labor, or exile.
Anyone who provides gambling venues and gambling tools will be convicted, regardless of whether they receive gambling money.
We are legal citizens and must have the courage to report and expose any behavior that violates the laws of the Tang Dynasty.
Tang Songling, aren't you the Minister of Rites now? And Tang Shanshi, you are the Imperial Concubine's Commander.
And there is Fang Yiai. You are the Palace Attendant, but Fang Yiai is the Duke of Liang and you are supposed to participate in politics.
And you, Zhang Daxiang, and you, Yuchi Baolin, Cheng Chusi, Cheng Chuliang...
You all hold official positions.
These underground gambling houses persecute the people and make money through violence. They pose a great threat to the stability of Chang'an City. Shouldn't you submit a memorial to impeach them?"
Li Shen spoke righteously and passionately, as if he was trying to maintain world peace.
Everyone's eyes lit up after hearing this. Yes, gambling was prohibited by the Tang Dynasty law and there were comprehensive regulations.
It’s just that because the law is not fully implemented, many powerful people abuse their power and have local support.
This has led to the existence of some underground gambling houses.
Prince Ji is going to crack down on these underground gambling houses based on the righteousness of the law.
"But Your Majesty, don't we also want to open a gambling house?" Tang Songling was a civil servant and his mind worked quickly.
"We are not running a gambling house, we are betting on football, which is not included in the gambling prohibited by the Tang Dynasty Law.
Football is a fun sport that can keep you fit.
I just don’t believe that they can impeach and ban people from playing football?
We also host football matches. Anyone who places bets on football matches must give us a cut of the commission.
Otherwise, it would be an infringement on the interests of all of us, and we have reason to crack down on it and impose sanctions on it."
This is the control of the law. Football was invented by Li Shencai, and there is no football in the gambling items stipulated by the law.
So the law is not violated.
“But Your Majesty, if we offend those families, they will definitely impeach us for gambling in the court.
Under pressure, the court will improve the law and include football."
Someone else raised an objection.
Li Shen smiled slightly:
"Everyone, I have already thought about this. This time, I will only own 30% of the shares, and you will own 40%. The remaining 30% will be given to the court for free."
"Send it to the court?"
"Bribing the court?"
"What kind of bribe is this? This is called a gift."
When they heard that Prince Ji was going to give 30% of the shares to the court, everyone immediately started talking about it.
They didn't say they disagreed. They originally owned 50%. This was the old rule. King Ji provided everything, including money and plans, and they just followed suit and got to eat the spoils.
Now it's only 10% short, but Prince Ji has already given out 20%.
They were curious about how King Ji came up with this idea.
(Some people questioned earlier why they did not take action against the Communist Japan and the Communist Party.
Not to mention that he was a prince, even if the emperor was captured, he would generally not be killed, but would be provided with good food and drink.
If you are interested, you can check history, there are many examples of this kind of thing.
The head of Zhao Yun of the Southern Song Dynasty was chopped off by the Yuan Dynasty people. When Zhu Yuanzhang captured Dadu, he found it and buried it with imperial rites?6?8.