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Chapter 595 0592 [The man surnamed Han gave us money]

In the past, when they were still princes, they would not easily fall out with each other over a matter of twenty or thirty strings of cash, even twenty or three hundred thousand strings of cash.

But things are different now. The Song Dynasty is gone, and these princes and kings have become ordinary people.

Everyone is working hard and it's really not easy to make money.

How could they accept that the money they had saved after working hard for a year or two was borrowed to buy lottery tickets?

Zhao Shu and Zhao Kai were both born to Concubine Wang, and were brothers from the same mother. At this time, they no longer cared about brotherhood and threatened to report to Kaifeng Prefecture.

"Be quiet!"

Zhao Kai shouted loudly.

After finally calming down the angry brothers, he continued, "Yes, that's right, I used this money to buy lottery tickets."

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Zhen and the others became anxious. Just as they were about to speak, they were interrupted by Zhao Kai, saying, "Don't worry, just listen to me finish my words."

Hearing this, everyone had to suppress their anger and looked at him coldly.

Zhao Kai said calmly: "Everyone should know about this Cuju Competition, so I won't say much. In my opinion, Mr. Han opening a Mengcai shop is simply giving us money!"

"how do I say this?"

Zhao Shu frowned.

Zhao Kai explained, "Thirty-two clubs participated in the competition. It may seem like a lot, but in fact, they are just a bunch of scumbags who are just making up the numbers. Others don't know the strength of Qiyun Club, but you don't know it? Qiyun Club is the world's number one Cuju club, with many masters, and it's easy for it to win the championship. And in the Mengcai shop, the odds of Qiyun Club winning the championship are 2.3. If you bet 100 strings of cash, you can get 230 strings of cash. After deducting the cost, you can earn 130 strings of cash for nothing. Isn't this just giving money away?"

For a moment, everyone fell into deep thought.

They knew the strength of Qiyun Society very well. Every New Year they would be invited by their father to perform in the palace and compete with them on the same stage.

And in the mountain competition held by Qiyun Society every year, it is unsurprising that Qiyun Society wins the championship.

Zhao Zhen retorted: "This...if Qiyun Society loses, won't everything be wasted?"

"Who can defeat Qiyun Society?"

Zhao Kai asked back.

This question stumped Zhao Zhen.

Who can defeat Qiyun Society? Not only him, but no one else can figure it out.

Seeing this, Zhao Kai smiled proudly and spread his hands, saying, "See, what my brother said is right, isn't it? The man surnamed Han opened the Mengcai shop to give us money. It's a waste not to make money from him. When the Cuju competition is over and Qiyun Society wins the championship, we will immediately get more than 400 strings of cash. By then, the money owed to you will be repaid with interest."

Zhao Shu hesitated and asked, "Will you really pay me back?"

"rest assured."

Zhao Kai consoled them and then said, "Don't say that I, as your brother, don't give you a warning. Listen to my advice. Those who still have money should go to Mengcai Store and bet on Qiyun Club to win the championship before the Cuju Competition is over. Han has taken over our Zhao family's territory. Getting some money from him can be considered revenge."

Zhao Zhen worriedly said, "There are probably a lot of people betting on Qiyun Society. What if the lottery shop refuses to pay the prize?"

"He dares!"

Zhao Kai snorted coldly: "At least a million people in the capital have bought Mengcai. How dare Han refuse to honor his promise? Do you still want the credibility of the court?"

Nowadays, even beggars in the capital know that the Mengcai shop was opened by the Imperial Trade Bureau.

Only with the imperial court as a guarantor would the common people buy lottery tickets without restraint.

If you dare not redeem the prize, I am afraid the drum outside Xuande Gate will be beeping for twelve hours a day.

Seeing that he had appeased the brothers, Zhao Kai assured them again: "Brothers, if you have nothing to do, you can go back. After a while, when the Cuju Competition is over, the money I borrowed will be returned in full, and a few strings of interest will be added as a token of my appreciation."

Having said that, everyone had no choice but to leave.

All the way out of Xishuimen Hutong, the two brothers Zhao Mo and Zhao Zhen huddled together and talked in low voices.

Zhao Zhen said excitedly, "Eleventh Brother, there is a way forward for this matter."

"Do you have any money left?"

Zhao Mo gave him a sidelong glance of contempt.

Zhao Zhen replied: "I have lost my money, but I still have my fields and oxen. If I sell them, I can get fifty or sixty strings of cash."

Zhao Mo scolded him, "You are crazy! How can you make a living if you sell your land and oxen?"

"Brother Eleven is confused."

Zhao Zhen looked disappointed and retorted, "How much money can you make from farming and selling goods? After working hard for a month, you can only earn two or three strings of cash. If we sell the land and oxen and put them all in Qiyun Society, we can get more than a hundred strings of cash after waiting for more than half a month. Add the money that Third Brother paid back, and we can get about three hundred strings of cash. Then we can open an inn outside the city. Wouldn't that be great?"

If you open an inn in the capital, you will never lose money, it’s just a matter of how much you earn.

The population of Tokyo is too large, and there are many outsiders who cannot afford to live in the city.

Zhao Mo was somewhat tempted, but still a little worried: "If Qiyun Society loses, we will be completely finished."

Relying on the relationship with the fourteenth sister's brother, Han Zhen showed extra favor and allocated twenty acres of land and a working ox to each of them.

After working hard for a year and a half, he finally saved some money and his life was getting better and better, so he didn't want to take any risks.

Seeing this, Zhao Zhen advised: "Eleventh brother, this opportunity is rare. If we follow the plan, how many years of farming and selling New Year goods will we have to save enough money to open a store? With the inn, we won't have to work so hard in the future."

"This……"

Zhao Mo looked struggling.

Zhao Zhen struck while the iron was hot: "Third brother is unreliable, but he is right in saying that this time Mengcai is just giving away money. Qiyun Society will lose unless the sow flies to the sky!"

Being bewitched by his own brother, Zhao Mo gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's do it!"

"Let's go to the dental clinic now."

Zhao Zhen's face was filled with joy, and he ran towards Dongshizi in a hurry.

……

The National Cuju Competition is in full swing.

A month of group matches came to an end, and eight teams emerged.

Strong teams like Qiyun Society and Qingcheng Society advanced to the quarterfinals without any surprise.

Surprisingly, a martial arts club formed by a group of playboys also made it into the top eight.

Apart from Zhao Gou's outstanding performance, the martial arts club was also quite lucky. There was only one strong team in the group they were assigned to, and the rest were weak teams. In the end, they qualified as the second in the group.

The third day of December.

The quarterfinals have officially begun.

At the T-junction, on the left side, stands a big sign.

【Living in Wang Yuanwai’s House for a Long Time】

As I said before, you will never lose money if you open an inn in the capital, it's just a matter of making more or less profit.

Therefore, there are many inns in the capital.

But even so, it is still unable to satisfy the huge influx of foreign population.

Think about it, every spring examination, two or three hundred thousand candidates flocked to the capital. How could they be satisfied with just a few hundred inns?
So many people opened homestays.

Living in Wang Yuanwai's house for a long time is a homestay in the city. Because of its elegant environment and reasonable price, it is well-known in the capital and is the first choice for people who come to Beijing to take exams or do business.

Qiao Shanxin got up early, bought two fried dough cakes from a street stall, and hurried towards the Cuju field.

He was from Sichuan, and his family owned thousands of acres of mulberry fields and employed more than a hundred workers.

The mulberry fields are taken care of by mulberry farmers, who work hard on weekdays. Their only hobby is playing Cuju.

It's a pity that his Cuju skills are mediocre, but that doesn't stop him from enjoying the game.

After learning that the imperial court was going to hold a national Cuju competition, he set off immediately.

As a result, after arriving in Beijing, I didn't watch many games. The scalper tickets were just too damn expensive!

The ticket costs 20 guan each, and if you watch the group matches for a month, you will have to spend 600 guan.

Six hundred strings of cash was not a small sum even for him. It really hurt to spend it just to watch a football game.

In desperation, he had to watch selectively, and would only spend money to buy tickets to watch when there was a competition between the two Shuzhong clubs.

Today is the quarterfinals, which is far more exciting than the group stage. Moreover, it is a match of Qingcheng Society, so he naturally will not miss it.

Along the way, there were a lot of cars and horses, and the closer to the Cuju field, the more congested the streets became.

Seeing this scene, Qiao Shanxin was somewhat glad that he did not take the car.

When we arrived at the Cuju field, we had just finished eating two oil cakes.

At this time, the outside of the Cuju field was crowded with people. Qiao Shanxin looked around and quickly locked onto a figure.

Not far away, I saw a young man dressed in coarse linen and wearing a rabbit-skin felt hat, standing there leisurely and calmly.

Qiao Shanxin pushed his way through the crowd, walked over quickly, and asked, "Do you have any tickets?"

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"Of course."

The young man smiled and said, "It's a sincere offer of fifty-eight strings of cash, just the green money!"

"How many?"

Qiao Shanxin exclaimed, his face full of disbelief.

Wow, fifty-eight strings of coins, that’s three times the price of the group stage ticket.

These people in the capital are really evil!

Hearing this, the young man was not annoyed, but said with a smile: "Sir, the ticket prices for the top eight are all like this. If you think it's expensive, you can go to other places and have a look."

Qiao Shanxin turned around and left, he still didn't believe it.

Then he walked around again and found three other scalpers.

After asking around, I found that the price offered by the young man just now was more reliable.

Qiao Shanxin had no choice but to turn around and find the young man: "Fifty-eight strings of cash is fifty-eight strings of cash. Give me one."

The young man said apologetically, "I'm sorry, sir, you're a step late. Someone has already bought it."

"what?"

Qiao Shanxin was stunned.

The young man reminded, "The competition will start in half an hour, so hurry up and buy a ticket."

"I can spare it."

Qiao Shanxin smiled bitterly and turned to look for other scalpers.

In the end, he spent sixty-six strings of cash to buy a ticket.

Looking at the ticket in his hand, Qiao Shanxin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. If he had known this would happen, he should have bought it for 58 strings of coins. In the end, he spent 8 strings of coins more.

"Ah, it's worthy of being the capital. There are countless people with strong financial resources."

Qiao Shanxin sighed, bought some roasted chestnuts, and walked towards the venue.

As soon as he entered, he was instantly surrounded by a warm atmosphere, and the depression of buying scalped tickets disappeared instantly.

After waiting for a while, players from both teams entered the field.

"Qingcheng Society, rise up!"

Qiao Shanxin cheered loudly for his hometown team.

There are many wealthy businessmen in Shu, and many of them came this time.

The Qingcheng Society's rivals were societies in Liangzhe. Liangzhe was no less prosperous than Shu, and many merchants also came there.

For a moment, the cheers and encouragement from both sides were equally loud.

"Shh!"

With a loud and shrill whistle, the game officially began.

As soon as the game started, the Liangzhe team, which had seized the ball, launched a swift offensive.

The overwhelming attack made Qiao Shanxin sweat in his palms.

Qiao Shanxin muttered to himself, "As expected of the quarterfinals, it's really intense."

The Qingcheng Society is also a team that is good at attacking. The two sides fought back and forth, and the audience was watching it with great excitement.

After half an hour of fierce fighting, Qingcheng Society finally won the knockout match in a thrilling way.

Qiao Shanxin picked up a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead, feeling a little scared.

If Qingcheng Society’s header hadn’t scored a goal at the last minute, it would have been hard to say who would have won.

The money was really well spent, it was worth it!

……

Four days passed in a flash.

After a fierce elimination round, four clubs stood out.

They are Qiyun Society, Qingcheng Society, Taishan Society and Changkong Society.

The first three societies are all quite famous, but the Changkong Society is relatively unknown. Even in Luzhou, not many people know about it.

They suffered three consecutive defeats at the beginning of the competition and were thought to be a weak team. However, they became stronger and stronger, entering the knockout stage with a slight advantage in points, and defeated the martial arts society led by Zhao Gou, advancing to the semi-finals.

But everyone knows that this dark horse that suddenly emerged is about to come to an end.

Because when the draw for the semi-finals took place, unfortunately, we drew Qiyun Society.

……

……

"what?"

"Qiyun Society lost?"

Inside the Chuigong Hall, Han Zhen was slightly stunned when listening to Gu Song's report.

Qiyun Club is the biggest favorite to win the Cuju Competition. At least hundreds of thousands of people in the capital have bet on Qiyun Club to win the championship.

However, the odds of the lottery are the result of multiple calculations by mathematicians from banks and the Institute of Trade.

Even if 80% of the people in the capital bet on Qiyun Society to win the championship, according to the odds, the court would not lose money, it would just earn less.

Thinking of this, Han Zhen raised his eyebrows and said with a slightly strange look: "Did you do anything?"

"How could I do such a thing?"

Gu Song was startled and waved his hands quickly.

Han Zhen asked curiously, "How did Qiyun Society lose?"

Even if Gu Song did something secretly, there is no reason to hide it.

Hearing this, Gu Song explained, "Qiyun Club underestimated the enemy. Although Changkong Club's skills are not as good as Meng Xuan and others, their cooperation is more tacit, and they advance and retreat in moderation, like using one's arm to move one's fingers. In the second half, the players of Qiyun Club were all impatient, so how could they not lose?"

"I see."

Han Zhen's face showed a look of sudden realization.

(End of this chapter)