Imperial County Magistrate

Chapter 196 Officials are also crazy

From day to night, the queue in front of Cake Xixi's shop shows no sign of decreasing. The queue for lottery draws stretches from the street to the end of the street.

The brothers under Zhao Kang and others didn't even have time to eat.

In the end, there was no other way. After Liu Laowu asked Zhao Kang for instructions, he announced the end of today's event in the eyes of the people's resentment.

When everyone heard this, they immediately became angry!
"Why! We haven't smoked yet!"

"That's right, maybe I can win the big prize when it's my turn!"

"Come on, the grand prize is mine. Why don't you pee and look after yourself? Isn't that what you're doing!"

The crowd shouted and pushed, and even almost started fighting.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Xuance quickly picked up the loudspeaker and shouted: "Quiet, everyone! Quiet, everyone! Listen to me! Although today's event is over! But the lottery will last for three days! It will last for three days!"

"If you don't get a prize, come back tomorrow. From now on, we will launch a lottery every seven days! There will be more big prizes by then. Now everyone, please come back!"

After hearing what he said, the people stopped their anger, geared up one by one, and discussed with their friends to come back tomorrow.

in the backyard.

Qin Yufeng had arranged for the cooks to cook more than ten tables of dishes early to reward the employees of Cake Xixi.

Today is a very tiring day for these gangsters. They have to introduce goods, maintain order, and occasionally have to work as babysitters to win prizes.

Although it does feel good to hold money, it is not your own money after all!

inner hall.

Zhao Kang, Xiao Xuance, Liu Quan and other gang leaders sat at the same table.

After Wei Liang calculated all the accounts, he reported: "Second Master, Boss, our shop distributed 230 six taels of red envelopes this day, and received 480 seven taels!"

Liu Quan, Liu Laowu, and Zhou Laoliu were so excited that they couldn't express themselves in words!
Xiao Xuance was also surprised. Although he was a prince, he had no idea about money, but this was the money he personally earned this day!
Only Zhao Kang seemed very calm: "Yes, keep a good record of the accounts and tell which household sold the goods, and wait until the end of the month to send them to them."

As he spoke, Zhao Kang glanced at everyone, "I'll say the ugly things first. This money is not ours. If anyone gets greedy and dares to touch it! Then we brothers have nothing to do."

The others nodded quickly.

"Second Master, don't worry, we are on the right track!"

"Yes, Second Master, we have been together for so many years, and we still understand the rules."

Zhao Kang smiled, "As long as you know the rules, this is just a drop in the bucket! Work hard, and there will be a lot of money in your pockets in the future. Come on, pick up a cup first."

Liu Quan and others drank the wine in their glasses with some flatterment, and were immediately full of energy.

the next day.

The lottery is still going on. Because the response yesterday was so enthusiastic, today, Zhao Kang and the others have opened a total of three lottery channels.

Because of the enthusiastic response, this incident not only caused a sensation in the outer city, but also triggered a lottery craze among the people.

It spread even in the inner city.

The residence of the Minister of War.

Today is a holiday for hundreds of officials. Li Yuan, the minister, is studying military literature, and the housekeeper is announcing outside the door.

"Sir, Mr. Zhang Mingyuan, the Minister of Household Affairs, is here to visit."

Li Yuan put down the book of war and smiled: "Why did this stingy guy come to my place today? Prepare tea and invite him in."

The butler responded.

Among the six ministries, the two departments with the worst relationship are definitely the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War.

The Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the country's financial power, and its status is usually only under the Ministry of Personnel.

But if money is needed for a war, the Ministry of War will not care about you so much.

The soldiers are charging at the front. If you are such a bastard and your logistics are not in place, you will see if I scold you or not.
Therefore, when the Qian Kingdom was at war in the past few years, we could often see very dramatic scenes.An officer from the Ministry of War slapped the table on the table at the Minister of Household Affairs and cursed.

No matter the rank or rank.

As soon as Zhang Mingyuan entered the door, he smiled and said: "Old Li, let's go! Don't stay at home and watch your ghostly drawings of soldiers and formations. Come with us to the outer city to join in the fun."

"What's the excitement?" Li Yuan was busy reading military books these days, so he didn't care much about the outside world.

Zhang Mingyuan said with a smile: "Our master, the Imperial Master, has opened a shop called Cake Xixi in the outer city. We are conducting a lottery. I heard that many people have won big prizes."

"How big can it be?" Li Yuan smiled, not really caring.

Zhang Mingyuan shouted: "I'll scare you to death if I tell you. I heard that one person can win up to 400 taels!"

"What are you talking about? 400 taels!" Li Yuan was shocked.

How much food and grass can 400 taels buy?

"What do you think! Come on, let's try our luck!"

Asking Li Yuan to quickly change into casual clothes, Zhang Mingyuan took him and a dozen ministers to the outer city in a hurry.

As soon as I arrived, I was shocked by the number of people participating in the lottery!

A group of officials looked at His Royal Highness with wide eyes, holding loudspeakers and cursing like shrews on the street, making people line up so dumbfounded.

One person said cautiously: "Master Imperial Master, it's not good to do this. That's His Royal Highness the Prince!"

"Yeah, how can you open your mouth and tell me what the fuck you are? What a shame!" An official from the Ministry of Etiquette frowned.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, you even kicked someone! Your Highness has changed a lot during this time!"

"Don't let this matter spread. If the common people find out, the royal majesty will be lost!"

A group of people whispered to each other and lined up with the crowd. Soon Xiao Xuance also discovered them.

He immediately rolled his eyes and said, "What are you old men doing here to join in the fun!"

Zhang Mingyuan stroked his beard: "Ahem, we are here to support you, young master!"

"Follow me? I think you are taking advantage. Sister has said before that you are the most sensitive to money, you can smell money!"

Zhang Mingyuan smiled awkwardly, and Xiao Xuance asked them to draw a lottery. The old guy took out his hand and got 490 nine taels of prize tickets!

Immediately after the big carousel, Li Yuan and others watched with interest.

I don’t know if Zhang Mingyuan’s ancestral graves were smoking today. The boy holding the magnet shook his hand and directly moved the pointer to withdraw cash.

Xiao Xuance was so stupid: "Damn you!"

"I won!" Zhang Mingyuan was stunned for a moment and then roared excitedly.

"I won! Hahaha 500 taels!"

The laughter immediately attracted everyone's attention, and the eyes of the officials he brought behind him turned red.

"Lottery! I want a lottery!"

"Fuck you, I'll whip you first!"

"Why did you do it first?"

A group of colleagues who usually had a good relationship almost got into a fight, and soon the news that Zhang Mingyuan had won 500 taels in a lottery from the outer city spread like wildfire.

Many officials in the inner city came to watch the fun and draw the lottery.

Immediately they went crazy, and immediately arranged for their servants, wives, children, and concubines to come and buy things quickly to increase the number of draws.

Officials can’t escape Pie Xixi’s tricks!
(End of this chapter)