Beautiful mayor's wife

In the quaint house, two men were talking softly, they were Ma Xiaoyao and Xing Yajun.

"Mr. Ma." Xing Yajun said with a slight smile, "From your accent, you shouldn't be a local, right?"

Ma Xiaoyao shook his head: "No."

"If I'm not wrong, you came to the capital this time for the stone betting competition, right?" Xing Yajun continued to ask.

Ma Xiaoyao nodded: "The scale of the stone betting competition once every ten years is huge. Anyone who is interested in betting on stones will probably participate."

"I agree with Mr. Ma's words very much." Xing Yajun said with a smile: "The stone gambling competition is jointly held by many countries. The scale must be huge, and there are many precious stones in the competition. A peerless treasure, but..." At this point, Xing Yajun suddenly stopped.

"Just what?" Ma Xiaoyao couldn't help asking.

Xing Yajun smiled slightly: "The stones in the competition are very expensive, and people without certain financial resources cannot afford them."

"How expensive can it be?" Ma Xiaoyao pouted disapprovingly.

"As far as I know, the stone betting competition is divided into three parts, the front field, the middle field, and the back field. The front field has the most stones and is also the cheapest. It is mainly used to entertain ordinary people. The middle field has slightly fewer stones. It is mainly used to entertain people with status, as for the backcourt... only those who have received invitations can enter."

"Invitation? What invitation?" Ma Xiaoyao frowned.

"The invitation card sent by the organizer of the Stone Gambling Competition." Xing Yajun didn't play tricks: "Only people with special status and status can receive the invitation card. In other words, only those high-ranking officials are eligible to receive the invitation card. "

"Grade is really everywhere." Ma Xiaoyao shook his head disdainfully: "A stone betting competition also needs to be graded, I really don't know what it means."

"Since the birth of human beings, ranks have existed. After so many years of inheritance, ranks have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It is almost impossible to break the concept of ranks and make the world fair and fair." Xing Yajun deeply Said with emotion.

"Not necessarily." Ma Xiaoyao shook his head: "The world is progressing, and people are also progressing. Don't you notice? People now live much better than before, and the treatment they enjoy is much better than before, and I am very happy. Certainly, the life of human beings will get better and better in the future...Of course, it is impossible to achieve [-]% fairness."

"Well, you're right." Xing Yajun nodded.

"You just said that the stones in the stone gambling competition are very expensive. How expensive are they? Can you quote a price directly?" Ma Xiaoyao asked.

"Mr. Ma, don't worry, let me tell you slowly." Xing Yajun said unhurriedly: "As I said just now, the stone gambling competition is divided into three parts: the front court, the middle court and the back court. The stones are relatively cheaper, but each piece requires thousands of taels of silver."

"Thousands of taels of silver?" Ma Xiaoyao frowned: "This is too expensive."

"Compared with the midfield and backcourt, the stones in the frontcourt are already very cheap." Xing Yajun continued: "It costs thousands of taels of silver to pull out a stone in the midfield, or even tens of thousands of taels of silver. As for the backcourt The stones in the market are even more expensive. They are simply ridiculously expensive. A stone costs tens of thousands of taels of silver, or even tens of thousands of taels of silver. Some stones cost millions of taels of silver. Mr. Ma, you say it is expensive Not expensive?"

Ma Xiaoyao twisted his mouth: "Of course it's expensive! It's so expensive."

"Although it is expensive, there are still countless people participating in the competition every year."

"Are people crazy? Spending so much money to gamble on stones? It's okay to win the bet, but if you lose the bet, wouldn't it be bankrupt?"

"Everyone understands this truth, but everyone wants to try their luck. To put it bluntly, people are too greedy and always want to get rich overnight."

"It's just crazy!"

"The stones in the stone gambling contest are all carefully selected, and the probability of producing treasures is high, so the selling price is also higher."

"It's not just a little taller? It's so tall that it's boundless."

"Mr. Ma, after listening to what I told you, do you still want to participate in the stone gambling competition alone?" Xing Yajun asked with a smile.

"Well..." Ma Xiaoyao didn't rush to answer. If what Xing Yajun said is true, then the little money he has on him is really not enough to be squandered. It is simply nonsense that one stone can be fired for tens of thousands of taels of silver. , Some stones are sold for millions of taels of silver, which is even more nonsense.

Seeing Ma Xiaoyao's hesitant expression, Xing Yajun knew that Ma Xiaoyao was tempted, as long as he worked harder, things should be able to succeed: "Mr. Ma, why do you hesitate, our cooperation is a win-win thing, besides Now, without my recommendation, you would not be able to enter the midfield at all, at most you would gamble stones in the frontcourt.”

"Oh?" Ma Xiaoyao raised his head: "So, as long as I have your recommendation, I can enter the midfield to pick stones?"

"Yes." Xing Yajun nodded.

"What if I want to enter the backcourt?" Ma Xiaoyao asked, "Can you take me in?"

"Uh... this..." Xing Yajun smiled unnaturally: "Don't think about the backcourt. People with our identity can at most enter the midfield."

Ma Xiaoyao frowned: "Can't you think of a way? You said just now that the stones in the backcourt are very good, and the chances of producing peerless treasures are high. How about this? As long as you can take me into the backcourt, I will agree to follow you You cooperate."

"Really not." Xing Yajun said with a wry smile: "As I said just now, if you want to enter the backcourt to gamble on stones, you must have the invitation card sent by the organizer. Without the invitation card, you can't enter the backcourt at all."

"Then you can get an invitation card. If it doesn't work, just buy one at a high price."

"How can it be so easy? Those who get invitations are either rich or expensive. The most important thing they need is money. It is impossible to buy invitations from them."

"Then you go and steal one, if you can't do it, go grab it."

"I still want to live a few more years. People who can receive invitations are not ordinary people. If I steal invitations, I will definitely be beaten to death on the spot. Besides, the invitations are marked with names, even if I Even if you can steal the invitation, you can’t use it.”

"So, it is impossible for us to enter the backcourt?"

"It's very difficult." Xing Yajun shook his head: "Unless we are invited by the organizer, or the person who holds the invitation card is willing to guarantee us..."

"You've been here for so long, you should know some well-known people, right? Go to them for help. It's really impossible to bribe them with more money." Ma Xiaoyao began to make suggestions.

"I tried it a long time ago, but it doesn't work." Xing Yajun said.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work either, you are so useless." Ma Xiaoyao snorted.

"In fact, it's not bad to be able to enter the midfield to gamble on stones. There are also many good stones in the midfield." Xing Yajun said: "Mr. Ma, what do you think? Do you want to cooperate with me?"

"You contribute money, I contribute? The final benefits are shared equally?"

"Correct."

"What if I lose the bet? After all, I'm a human being, not a god, and I'm sure I'll miss it sometimes."

"If you lose...it's all mine. I will never let Mr. Ma lose a penny."

"There is no proof in words, let's make a written proof, it will be safer for you and me, don't you think?"

"So, you agreed to cooperate with me?" Xing Yajun's eyes lit up.

Ma Xiaoyao nodded: "After much deliberation, I really can't think of a reason to refuse you. You don't have to pay for it yourself, you can enjoy the fun of gambling stones, and you can get half of the profits in the end. Of course, I will not refuse such a good thing." gone."

"Okay, let's make a written statement now." Xing Yajun wrote down two documents as quickly as possible, and then both parties signed their names on it and pressed their fingerprints, and then each person kept one copy next to him.

Once the document was established, the cooperation between the two officially began.

"Mr. Ma, I bought a batch of stones a while ago and spent a lot of money. Now they are stored in the warehouse. If you are not busy, please go and appraise them for me. I want to know if I have misjudged my eyes." Xing Yajun issued an invitation.

How shrewd is Ma Xiaoyao?After listening to Xing Yajun's words, he understood in his heart that Xing Yajun was still not at ease with him, and wanted to test his stone gambling ability again.

"Okay, anyway, I'm fine now, so I'll help you take a look." Ma Xiaoyao readily agreed, and he also wanted to establish his prestige in front of Xing Yajun.

"Go, I'll take you there." Xing Yajun stood up, impatiently leading Ma Xiaoyao towards the warehouse.

The warehouse is located behind the shop. It is a large closed house with no windows. There is only one big iron door with more than a dozen locks on it. There are more than a dozen guards around the house. Petty thieves will definitely not be able to break in. As for those powerful thieves...it's hard to say.

"Mr. Ma, please wait for a moment." Xing Yajun took out a bunch of keys from his arms, and then opened the door lock skillfully, "Ka Ka Ka..." The heavy iron door slowly opened, revealing a pile of keys of different sizes. one stone.

"Oh, there is still a lot of stock." Ma Xiaoyao walked in with square steps, glanced roughly, and saw the situation in the warehouse clearly. The warehouse area is very large, with a full thousand square meters. There is one kind of thing stored, that is, stones, roughly counted, there can be thousands of pieces.

"The stones near the gate have just been bought. As for the stones inside...it's been a few years." Xing Yajun introduced from the side.

"Well, this stone is not bad."

"And this one."

"These few pieces are fine."

"There should be something good in this rock."

……

Ma Xiaoyao marked all the stones he liked, went around the warehouse, and finally picked out more than 100 stones.

"Cut open all the stones that Mr. Ma selected!" Xing Yajun is also a man of courage, since he has chosen Ma Xiaoyao, he will do his best to believe in it.

A few guys walked out behind them, and started cutting stones with knives. They have been working with stones for many years, and they have practiced a set of skilled knife skills. No matter what kind of stone is in their hands, they will cut it in the shortest time. And it won't hurt what's inside.