Duke Cao's Mansion.
Su Shang Zhao Dayu, Liang Wenxing and others saluted respectfully. Zhao Dayu reported: "According to the Ministry of War, the total number of military personnel entering the capital this time is 369. At present, 280 people have been recorded in the capital." Eighteen people, these people are all being watched.”
Li Jinglong picked up the tea bowl with satisfaction and took a sip of tea: "You did a good job on this matter. How is the situation at the plate?"
Zhao Dayu frowned slightly, lowered his head slightly, and said: "There is no problem with the handicap for the time being. It has entered a thousand taels of silver for three consecutive days. However, Cao Guogong, the one who is now in control of the plate is not satisfied with this and seems to want to More places will open handicaps.”
Li Jinglong blew the tea and said calmly: "Listen to him."
Zhao Dayu, Liang Wenxing and others were a little helpless, but after all, Li Jinglong opened the handicap, and the person who managed the handicap was also arranged by Li Jinglong. They had no say in how they operated.
When it got dark, Li Jinglong walked to the pavilion in the backyard, looked at the figure hidden in the darkness, and asked: "This is the capital. If you move too much, it can easily alert the court. You don't want to fail, right?"
The golden-masked man walked to the edge of light and darkness, revealing only a vague shadow: "Since the court has acquiesced to the existence of the casino, there is nothing to worry about. If something goes wrong, the officials who received the money will be more anxious than you. .”
Li Jinglong picked up a stone, weighed it in his hand, and said, "Three hundred thousand taels is an astonishing amount. You haven't spent so much silver taels in the past few years, right? What is the reason why you need to do this?" With so much money, you would even change your old ways and start taking risks?"
The golden-masked man shook his fist and warned: "This matter has nothing to do with Duke Cao's government."
Li Jinglong shook his head and said seriously: "Of course it does matter. This handicap was opened by Cao Guogong's government. Do you think it's the businessmen who hold the hand steady? No, it's the weight of the Duke's title! Even if it's a million dollars this time, You can't take away 300,000 taels of silver! After excluding the court, merchants and those who were divided, there are 400,000 taels left. I want 300,000 taels, but you can only take away 100,000 taels."
The golden-masked man took a step forward, and the light of the torch illuminated the black clothes, the golden mask, and the cold words: "Gong Cao Guo, I advise you to be our friend, not our enemy."
Li Jinglong did not give in and said resolutely: "Friend, enemy? Ha, I, Li Jinglong, only have one principle in doing things, and that is that the biggest benefit is mine. If you want the benefit, you must be sincere, otherwise, I would rather close this bet. I won’t let you take away a penny!”
"you!"
"how?"
"Don't overestimate yourself!"
"Really? Then have you underestimated me? I am the Imperial Duke of the Ming Dynasty. As long as I don't rebel, no one in the world can kill me. If you want to continue to cooperate, manipulate the market, and master intelligence, I have no objection. But if you want to get more money, you need to give first and then receive.”
Li Jinglong walked towards the golden-masked man step by step.
The golden-masked man did not evade, but looked at Li Jinglong with a pair of cold eyes through the golden mask: "Do you want us to pay?"
Li Jinglong nodded and said: "You and I both know that there are risks in this matter. You want Cao Guogong's government to invest everything, but you are unwilling to give me the biggest benefits. Are your wishful thinking too big? Although I I don’t know what you are planning to do with such a huge sum of money, I think it is very important.”
"I thought about it and found that all you want is to use the majesty of Duke Cao's government to get businessmen to cooperate with you, and then take away huge sums of money through gambling. After that, you will disappear, right? Haha, no matter who is the top scholar in the end, Presumably none of you plan to cash in the money, right?"
The golden-masked man shook his head and denied, "We are loyal."
Li Jinglong waved his hand and said bluntly: "Xinyi has nothing to do with you or me. I just want to say one thing. I don't trust you who can disappear at any time. Once it collapses and you take the money and leave, the person who entered the market will take the money." I’m knocking on the door of Duke Cao’s mansion with the gambling slip!”
"What do you want?"
asked the gold-faced man.
Li Jinglong chuckled and said bluntly: "It's simple, you take over and I'll step away."
"You want to stay out of it?"
The golden-masked man was a little surprised.
Li Jinglong pointed to the north seriously and said: "This is also for your safety. You won't know that my brother was taken to the security bureau! In this case, as the Duke of the country, I want to open a casino, what will the court do? Think about it, what will the Security Bureau think? You don’t want to be targeted by the poisonous python of the Security Bureau, right?”
The golden-masked man pondered for a while and then said: "The Security Bureau is investigating the Yin soldiers and the bandit leaders of the White Lotus Cult. I'm afraid they don't have the heart to pay attention to the gambling house."
Li Jinglong sighed and said helplessly: "This is just your opinion. Go back and ask the people above you. All I can do to help you is to ask some businessmen to investigate the information for you. The gambling board is handed over to you. From then on, From now on, the affairs there have nothing to do with Duke Cao’s government. As for the 80,000 taels invested by Duke Cao’s government, it should be given to you."
The golden-masked man stared at Li Jinglong, took a step back, hid in the darkness, and said in a low voice: "How to decide is a matter between the master and the past and the present. I just want to remind Cao Guogong that we are in the same boat. If we get out of the way, Unexpectedly, Cao Guogong’s mansion will also be destroyed.”
"You dare to threaten me?"
Li Jinglong stepped forward and walked into the darkness. In the blink of an eye, no one could be seen.
Not long after, the grass that was only three steps away from Li Jinglong moved slightly, and a head appeared. In the darkness, a pair of eyes were as deep as wild wolves. After hearing the cry of a wild cat, he took a deep breath and looked at Li Jinglong not far away. Jing Longdao said: "Is this the scholar you are talking about - Jin Zhong?"
Li Jinglong was not surprised at all by this person's appearance, and only replied calmly: "That's right."
Guo Gang stood up, hid in the dark, plucked the grass on his head, and said with some worry: "It seems that he has some ability, he doesn't look like a weak scholar, and there is someone to support him."
Li Jinglong didn't answer, turned around and said: "According to the plan, they will take over the gambling market. Although I don't know what you are planning, I hope you know that this group of people can hide for many years and continue to grow. The people behind it are by no means reckless. Husband. If you underestimate them, you will easily suffer."
A calm smile appeared on Guo Gang's face, with some expectation: "If they are mediocre people, why do they need the Security Bureau to take action? No matter what the outcome of this confrontation, they will help the Security Bureau transform."
The Security Bureau is not a royal guard. From the day it was born, it has not been allowed to make false claims, wantonly climb into trouble, spread the trend, and not allow suspicion without a chain of evidence. And these are precisely Jin Yiwei's sharpest methods.
In the eyes of many people, the Security Bureau is not as good as the Jinyiwei, because they seem to have never handled any major cases, have not captured a few chief envoys, ministers, ministers, or beheaded many heads.
But nothing could be further from the truth.
Jinyiwei is an unsheathed embroidered spring knife, extremely sharp and capable of drinking countless blood.
The Security Bureau is like a sheathed embroidered spring knife, its edge restrained and waiting for opportunities to move.
The Security Bureau will borrow the heads of this group of people to prove to the world that there is no knife that will never be unsheathed in this world!
Wuying Palace.
Gu Sanshen kept opening and closing his mouth, and after talking for a long time, he stepped aside.
Zhu Yunwen held the document in his hand and asked, "What do you think of what Yang Youwen explained?"
Gu Sanshen replied respectfully: "Yang Youwen has delivered a lot of benefits to Gu Jin and Young Master over the years, but this money is far from enough to support its operations. There must be other people behind this. The Duke Cao's government has also investigated clearly , they only took out 20,000 yuan this year, and before that, Duke Cao’s government did not intervene.”
"Judging from this information, there must be a force behind Gu Jin and the young master, and there must be other ways to obtain funds. And now the other party does not hesitate to threaten Cao Guogong's government, but also wants to open the gambling market, and also wants to use this to get huge sums of money. It can be seen that The other party is planning something bigger."
"The former commander's history has been confirmed in Mengcheng. On the day of the martial arts competition, the Shandong White Lotus Sect Buddhist Mother will hold a meeting with the White Lotus Sect bandit leaders from all over the city in Fengyang City, trying to integrate the scattered White Lotus Sect forces to form a force. This deal The huge sum of money is probably prepared to bribe and integrate the forces of the White Lotus Sect."
Zhu Yunwen walked in the palace, pondering Gu Sanshen's analysis, and said for a long time: "Not necessarily. Ancient and modern times are ancient and modern, and the White Lotus Sect is the White Lotus Sect. This time the White Lotus Sect chose the martial arts test time as the meeting time, which shows that they He wanted to use this to avoid the court's view and attention. But looking at the capital, it was the people of Gu and Jin who were ready to make a move and reached out to the martial arts test. This money should not be what the White Lotus Sect wants, but what Gu and Jin want. "
Gu Sanshen was a little surprised and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
Zhu Yunwen continued: "Furthermore, the bandit leaders of the White Lotus Sect are people with some beliefs. Using faith to integrate them is far more effective than money. Once these bandit leaders go back with money, if they cannot share wealth with the followers, then Bailian How can the believers believe in them? With the collapse, the White Lotus Sect will have no way out."
The smart bandit leader of the White Lotus Sect would not fail to know this basic truth.
In other words, whether it is religious hypnosis or extreme personal worship and belief, there is a basic condition:
Mass poverty.
Without this prerequisite, personality worship cannot be established, nor can religious hypnosis be established.
We agreed to be poor buddies together. You already have money and a good life, but now you don't want to help us, and you still want us to continue to work hard for you. Who would do that?
No one is stupid, and they have a basic balance in their bones: they worry not about scarcity but about inequality.
Therefore, it takes an equal amount of poverty, an equal amount of agitation, and an equal amount of struggle to maintain the existence of a religious and worship-like organization.
If non-group poverty occurs, this type of religion and worship will disappear.
This is a flaw in the White Lotus teachings.
After some thought and analysis, Zhu Yunwen ordered Gu Sanshen: "Instruct Liu Changge to lay out Fengyang, ensuring that no one is left behind - regardless of life or death!"
Gu Sanshen solemnly agreed that it would be much easier to deal with it regardless of life or death than to capture him alive.
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