Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 437. Spending a Lot of Money

"Hey, Du Xi, I met an annoying guy today. He asked me to go to Lord Grim tomorrow to compete with him. Hurry up and give me some money. Don't let these stinky outsiders look down on our Du family."

That afternoon, Du Chun found his second brother who was in charge of the accounts. Du Chun's eldest brother was responsible for managing the tenants and the fields, and his second brother was responsible for managing the money and treasury of the Du family. It can be said that the key to the family was taken care of by these two half-brothers, while Du Chun was only responsible for being carefree and happy.

"How much?"

Du Xi was sitting at a table with a pile of densely packed bamboo slips and some papers on it, which were obviously the recent income and expenditure of the mansion. There were two small tables behind him, and in front of two accountants were account books piled twice as high as the one in front of Du Xi.

"Let's start with three or five hundred taels. Today, that man offered a gold ingot. I'm afraid he's not a good person. I'm afraid that what I brought won't be enough."

Du Chun thought about it and reported a number that he thought was about right, without noticing that his illegitimate second brother in front of him had a frown on his face.

"How much? Three or five hundred taels? Du Chun, are you crazy? Do you know what three or five hundred taels means? Three or five hundred taels is enough for the people in our Du Mansion to eat and drink normally for more than half a year. Now you want me to give you three or five hundred taels at a time?"

Du Xi's eyes widened, with shock, disbelief, and a hint of barely perceptible disgust in his eyes. His legitimate younger brother was completely incompetent, only causing trouble every day, and always requiring the Du family's accountant to clean up his mess.

Today he beat up a few people, tomorrow he broke into a few houses, and Du Chun paid a lot of money to settle the matter. Even so, Du Chun would only pay two or three taels of silver at most for each time he injured someone. Now he asked for three or five hundred taels of silver. How could Du Chun not feel angry?
"Du Xi, what are you yelling about? Do you think I don't know? My Du family is a big family in Jianye, with abundant food and abundant treasury. Even if I am given three or five hundred taels, what will happen? Are you happy if that stinky outsider from Yizhou humiliates our Du family? What is your intention, Du Xi?"

Du Chun has no other skills, but he is very good at throwing tantrums and making a big fuss. He made Du Xi speechless with just a few words.

Du Xi thought about it carefully. His father has been partial to Du Chun for more than a day or two. If he doesn't give in and tell his father about it, he will get nothing but a scolding. Why bother?

"Well, come with me, but Du Chun, I want to tell you that I will tell my father about this in person later, without missing a word."

Du Xi sighed, as a warning to Du Chun, but Du Chun didn't care what Du Xi said. He nodded impatiently, signaling Du Xi to lead the way quickly and stop talking nonsense.

Du Xi shook his head and took out a bunch of keys from the drawer. The Du family naturally followed the trend and replaced the full set of tables and chairs shipped from Jingzhou. The drawer was designed to be very convenient, and many people loved it.

Du Xi picked out one of them and led Du Chun to the warehouse at the back.

The Du family was really as Du Chun said, with abundant supplies. At least the warehouse for storing valuables was full. Small wooden boxes were neatly stacked together. Du Chun opened one at random, and it was full of white silver, which brightened up the warehouse, which was originally dimly lit.

"This wooden box is one hundred taels. Take four boxes for yourself."

Du Xi pointed casually and said that the Du family kept most of their silver in boxes with 100 taels, and the remaining small change was used for daily expenses.

"What are you standing there for? Get to work!" Du Chun yelled, and his lackeys quickly got to work, carrying out four boxes and heading straight to Du Chun's small building.

However, Du Chun was cautious. He took a quick glance and found that there were at least dozens of similar small boxes in the warehouse. Their Du family was really rich. No wonder his father never reacted no matter how Du Chun acted.

Du Chun got the money and was too lazy to talk nonsense with his brother. He just left. Du Xi was also unwilling to have anything to do with his younger brother. He locked the door, took the key into his arms, and went to find his father, the head of the Du family, to report the matter.

After all, several hundred taels of silver were involved in a serious matter, and Du Xi had no choice but to act carefully.

However, the result was as Du Xi expected. After his father found out about this, he didn't care much. Instead, he thought that what Du Chun said made sense, which made Du Xi speechless. But on second thought, even if Du Chun went to drink with Jun Moxiao, he would only drink a few dozen taels of silver at most. Even if they drank every day, these four hundred taels would be enough for a month.

Thinking of this, Du Xi shook his head. He had a lot of things to do and had no time to take care of his younger brother. Let him do whatever he wants.

Du Chun was very happy to get the silver. It happened that a new casino had just opened in the city, and only people of noble status were allowed to enter. The minimum bet was ten taels. There were many other ways to play besides shaking the dice, so many people went to play, and Du Chun naturally went as well.

But unfortunately, Du Chun seemed to be unlucky, or for some other reason, he lost all his pocket money in just one afternoon. Otherwise, Du Chun would not have had to eat and drink in an ordinary restaurant.

Without saying a word, Du Chun took three or five of his followers to the "Mengdiefang". This casino had a lot of new things. In addition to the traditional comparison of size, there were also new dice, and combinations such as "leopard, crossbow ten". There were also some wooden pieces with numbers written on them, called "wooden cards". There were also many ways to play. Anyway, these idle guys felt it was very fresh.

"Mr. Du, you are here?"

The casino clerks naturally knew these regular customers. After all, to enter, one had to prove that he had at least ten taels of silver. This threshold was enough to drive away many ordinary people who were looking for trouble.

Ten taels of silver was enough for an average family to eat and use for several years. In those days, the price of rice in Jiangnan was not expensive, a bushel of rice cost only a dozen coins, and one tael of silver was enough to fill a warehouse if it was used to buy rice.

There is no other way. After Feng Xi's promotion, the grain output is now extremely high, and the yield per mu has basically increased by dozens of times. In addition, there is also a granary like Jiaozhou to supply it. It can be said that even if there is an unexpected change in the four states of the Han Dynasty, even if there is a poor harvest for a year, it will not be affected. This is the current stability.

"Yeah. Let's continue playing roulette today."

Du Chun nodded and walked to a huge roulette wheel, which was divided into sixty areas. Each area was numbered and there were six colors, four large areas and two half areas. The rules of roulette were very simple. You just had to bet on where the pointer would go.

Guessing a specific number naturally has the highest odds, but it is almost impossible to guess the number accurately. The only reliable options are guessing the color and the four areas of southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest and the two major areas of up and down.

(End of this chapter)