As long as someone pays back the money!
The man in the lead was the manager of the casino, and he specialized in borrowing gambling funds to collect profits. With Li Sanzhu in charge, he didn't want to make the matter a big deal.
The leader waved his hands to the seven or eight thugs, "Stop it! Since people want to pay back the money, we can't open a gambling hall in the county for a day or two. When we open our doors for business, we have always been honest and pay attention to the integrity of children and elders. We can't do anything about it." Things are going great!”
Seven or eight thugs had long been afraid to take action. After listening to the steward's words, someone suddenly became emboldened and shouted with bluff: "Our Changshun Gambling House has taken root in the county town, and it has not been a year or two. Now I will let you go." Ma, quickly hand over the money in full."
Show your reputation, this is a naked threat!
Regarding gambling, the court's attitude has always been to supplement laws and regulations and give priority to education. After all, there are thousands of forms of gambling. Except for the laws that clearly stipulate which forms of gambling officials are not allowed to participate in, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to other gambling-related behaviors.
Gambling houses like this one opened in the county town, firstly, took advantage of the fact that the mountains were high and the emperor was far away, and secondly, they took advantage of the loopholes in the court's laws. What's more, you have to be protected by someone on the surface, and there are various interests entangled behind the scenes. In other words, if you don't have any ability, you don't want to open a gambling den. In other words, those who open gambling dens are not ordinary people.
There were still villagers watching here. Li Sanzhu didn't want to argue with these people at the moment, and wanted to send people away quickly, "... take out the receipt and let me take a look!"
The leading man glanced at the villagers who were watching. He had seen many such scenes. He had some money at home, so what could he do to them?
When you come to find trouble, you always have to investigate clearly in advance. The leader handed over a note with a smile, "You are the third master of the Li family, right?"
Although the tone was questioning, it was very firm. He wasn't afraid that Li Sanzhu would destroy the document. This one didn't have a fingerprint, so it didn't count.
Li Sanzhu took the note and took a deep look at the leader. When he saw the handwriting on the note clearly, even though he was prepared, he was still shocked by the amount of money on it...
Li Qiu Sui understood what her father was doing. Lending money for gambling would have a very bad impact no matter where it was. In front of so many people, it was not a good time to solve the problem. She sent them away first and waited until the matter was clarified. The whole story, it’s not too late to take a long-term approach.
Li Qiu Sui quietly stood behind Li Sanzhu, and she naturally saw the handwriting on the note clearly.
I actually owe more than five hundred taels!
To be precise, Li Sizhu borrowed twelve liang at first, and the amount increased more than fifty times in three days.
Li Sanzhu's hands were trembling, as if the silver was blown by the strong wind! More than five hundred taels! An ordinary family with more than ten people would spend only five or six taels of silver for a whole year.
How dare they open their mouths...
Li Qiu Sui pulled Li Sanzhu's sleeve, lowered his voice and said, "Dad, there must be something else going on here, let's leave it to them first."
It is not unusual for gambling loan interest to double in one day and triple in two days, but it is unusual for ten taels of silver to double more than fifty times in three days.
And Li Sizhu, why would you want to gamble when you are so good?
The more I think about the things here, the weirder they become.
Li Sanzhu also thought of this, glared at Li Sizhu who was curled up in a ball, took a deep breath, and waved to Zhou Ping.
He didn't say any unnecessary words, and whispered: "Go home and get five hundred taels of silver notes."
This money must be paid in advance by Li Sanzhu. Not to mention Li Sizhu, who is idle, even if Li Erzhu and Li Dazhu, plus the wallets of Li Guangmao and his wife, are collected together, they may not be able to save a small change.
Li Sanzhu was also afraid of making the old man angry again.
"What five hundred taels?"
Li Guangmao kept stroking his chest, and Li Sanzhu's voice was kept low. He had been paying attention to the movements here. People who are usually a little deaf could hear the words clearly now.
Li Sanzhu hurriedly turned around to comfort the old man, "Dad, money is a trivial matter. From now on, if I ask the fourth child to sell himself to my family to pay for the money, I think he still dares to go out and fool around?"
Li Sanzhu's words were to appease the old man, but Li Guangmao lowered his head and thought seriously, and nodded in agreement, "Look at his cowardice, even if he sells it, it won't be worth your five hundred taels of silver. From now on, I will make the decision. If all the four brothers are to help your family pay off their debts, they will never recognize me as their father for the rest of their lives!"
Why does the old man still take it seriously? Li Sanzhu scratched his head, "Dad, we can discuss this later. The ground is cold, so you go sit on the bench for a while."
The old man was helped by Li Erzhu and Li Sanzhu to sit on the bench.
Seeing that the money was promising, the man in the lead raised his eyebrows in surprise, rolled his eyes, and came over and said, "The old man is really lucky. He has many sons, and they are all filial! I see you, good days are yet to come!"
Li Guangmao felt proud and knew who the speaker was, so he snorted angrily.
The man was naughty and gave a thumbs up to Li Sanzhu again, "The third master of the Li family is still very generous, but our people were reckless before! In this way, from now on, I, Wang Mao, will recognize you as my friend!"
Li Sanzhu helped the old man straighten his somewhat messy clothes and said without raising his head: "I am a commoner with a flat head, but I don't dare to make friends like Mr. Wang!"
Li Qiusui rolled his eyes and took over the conversation: "Uncle Wang, right? If you really think highly of our family, tell us how these ten taels of silver became more than five hundred in just three days." two?"
Wang Mao had an impression of Li Qiu Sui. Just now, this girl danced like a tiger with a big stick. She was really good at it. He thought he had two senses. He didn't want to underestimate the girl's tricks. If he had the ability, he would be qualified. Talk!
He chuckled and refused to answer, "Look what the girl said, since you called me uncle, I will tell you everything today, and I will be in charge of collecting the accounts from these people. As for how to calculate it?" We don’t even know a few words, so we just do whatever the superiors tell us!”
It’s all deserved!
Li Qiusui nodded very understandingly.
After chatting for a while and figuring out the specific location of the gambling den in the county seat, Li Qiusui said, "Well, Uncle Wang, when I go to the county seat, I will go to your house to visit my aunt. Then you can't pretend You don’t know me, so you’re hiding behind closed doors!”
The little girl really dares to climb up the pole!
Wang Mao naturally agreed, "... Just go, just go! I have a little sister who is older than you. When the time comes, let her take you to a jewelry shop in the county to buy flowers."
Li Qiusui naturally agreed wholeheartedly.
The two were chatting lively here, but Zhou Ping ran back panting.
"master!"
Zhou Ping respectfully handed over a stack of banknotes.
Li Sanzhu counted five 100 taels and took out another 10 taels from his purse. Zhou Ping took them all and handed them to Wang Mao.
Wang hurriedly took it and counted it decently, "Oh, there are still three more taels..."
Li Sanzhu waved his hand, "Just think of it as tea money for the brothers."
After saying this, Wang Mao happily put it away and handed over the note with Li Sizhu's handprint.
Before leaving, he didn't forget to call Li Sanzhu to the side and give him a separate reminder, "Third Master, did your family offend anyone in the county? We brothers came over, but someone specifically hinted that we were making a big fuss!"
Li Sanzhu frowned, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you!"
Wang Mao left with satisfaction. The backers behind him were stiff. Just a reminder, it was just for the sake of the family's sense of humor.
