Chastity Layman

The Supreme Emperor sent people to Pingkangfang and summoned Qin Lang to play mahjong. Ever since Qin Lang presented mahjong, the Supreme Emperor has been addicted to mahjong, rubbing it a few times a day, and calling veterans Pei Ji and Feng Deyi to go there from time to time.

These actions aroused the suspicion of the new emperor's confidantes, the eldest grandson Wuji Fang Xuanling and others reported to the emperor one after another, saying that the Supreme Emperor was taking the opportunity to communicate with his confidants, so be careful.

The Turkic army has just withdrawn, if there is any change in the court at this time, it will be troublesome.

Li Shimin then strengthened the guards of the Taiji Palace, and the only way to get in and out was through the Xuanwu Gate, and the Xuanwu Gate was heavily guarded. If Pei Ji and others wanted to easily enter and exit the Taiji Palace, even with the Supreme Emperor's warrant, they would not be able to do so easily.

Li Yuan couldn't find the old man to find a card, so he lost his temper. It was too boring to fight with the concubines. No one dared to win the money of the Supreme Emperor. Unlike Pei Ji and other veterans, even if they lost, they were skilled in losing, and Qin Lang He was the one who dared to openly win the Supreme Emperor's money.

The Supreme Emperor asked Qin Lang to play cards, and asked Qin Lang to bring Cheng Chumo with him by name, and asked Qin Lang to invite another partner.

Cheng Chumo is very active in playing cards with the Supreme Emperor. Every time he plays cards with Qin Lang, it is beneficial whether he wins or loses. If he loses, it belongs to the emperor or the Supreme Emperor. If he wins, it belongs to him. If he plays cards a few times, what he wins and rewards will be added. It seems that there are more than 1,000 pennies, which allowed him to successfully buy a farm in Weibei. Although it is only a small farm, it is his property under the private name of Cheng Chumo, and his personal small treasury. For Da Lang, with this little Zhuangzi's small treasury, he will be much more free in the future, and he doesn't have to be under the control of his family everywhere.

Cheng Chumo happened to be off duty today, and as soon as he heard that he was going to play cards, he rushed to Pingkang Square, "Thank you brother for remembering my brother. If you win money in a while, brother will share it with you."

Qin Lang despised Cheng Chumo very much, his poker skills were stinky, and it was estimated that the Taishang Huang called him because of his poker skills.

"Sanlang, you accept this."

Speaking of which, Cheng Dalang actually took out a piece of paper.

"What is this?"

Qin Lang looked it over and found that it was a piece of fine hemp paper, on which was written the words Xishi Street Dongshenpu, followed by a line of words, Cheng Dalang saved three hundred thousand and other small characters, and also stamped several seal.

"This is a deposit note. I have deposited three hundred coins at the Shen Family Gold and Silver Shop in Xishi. You can take this deposit paper and this seal to withdraw it, but it is best to withdraw it within ten days. When it comes out, I only pay the storage fee until ten days later, and another storage fee will be charged if it expires."

"I know you're a certificate of deposit from a gold and silver shop. I'm asking you what you mean by the three hundred coins?"

Cheng Chu laughed silently, "That's right, the mahjong tiles you invented are really interesting. Now Chang'an is very popular, and everyone thinks it's fashionable, so I found a few ivory merchants who come and go to Anzhou Jiaozhi, and a carver. Shop, make ivory mahjong tiles, and sell them."

Speaking of this, this guy said somewhat proudly, "You also know that brother, I have always had a wide network of contacts, and I am popular everywhere, so my ivory brand is well-known and very popular, although there are many follow-up brands in Chang'an now. Ivory brand, but none of them are as famous as my Cheng brand, and I use a lot of materials, all of which are high-quality materials, pure ivory brand, good hand feeling, high-end, and the supply is in short supply."

According to what Cheng Chumo said, since he and Qin Lang played mahjong with the Supreme Emperor for the first time, he went back and found someone to make a pair of mahjong. At first, he took it back to practice with his brothers, preparing to improve his skills so that he could improve his poker skills. Knowing that he was discovered by Cheng Yaojin, he was beaten up at first, and then he heard that he followed Qin Lang to play this card with the Supreme Emperor, although he lost 800 gold, but in a blink of an eye after the emperor rewarded him with a thousand pieces of gold, Old Cheng laughed The mahjong tiles were confiscated, and then he was asked to make another pair to continue practicing his tile skills.

Within two days, Lao Cheng came again and snatched away the card skills he just made, saying that he wanted to give them to the old guys. Cheng Chumo had no choice but to find someone to order a few more sets, because he was familiar with the brothers. They boasted a few words, so everyone also wanted to play this new chess and card, and then Chu Mo began to only charge the capital, and later found that there were many seekers, many of whom were not familiar with it, so they simply started a business.

He was just looking for materials to find a shop to process, but the reputation of Cheng Pai had already been established among the nobles in Chang'an, and the supply was in short supply, so it was quite profitable.

"It seems that you have earned a lot of money?"

Qin Lang looked at the 300-count certificate of deposit, and Cheng Chu said silently, "I didn't make much money, just some pocket money, but my brother thought that you invented this card, so I came here to honor you."

"Honestly, how much did you make?"

"Not much."

"How many?"

"Five hundred strings."

"Earn five hundred, you will share three hundred with me?"

"Six hundred."

"hehe."

"Actually, it's only eight hundred."

"uh-huh."

"Okay, okay, let me tell the truth, I only made a little over a thousand guan in total, brother, I'm still running around all day, it's a bit of hard money, otherwise, I'll give you another 200 guan, but it's worth it After a while, I have already taken my share of 800 guan to buy Zhuangzi in Baiqu, Weibei."

Qin Lang laughed and returned the certificate of deposit to him, "You can think of using this to make money, and you can even make thousands of coins. This is your skill. Although it is more of a coincidence, it is also your luck. You earned the money Just accept it, I really want to thank you, just invite my brother to have a drink someday, how can I share your money, there is no name."

Cheng Chumo was a little ashamed, he had thought carefully just now, and was reluctant to tell the truth about the profit, who would have expected Qin Sanlang to despise such a small amount of money at all.

"Sanlang, this business is a joint business between us brothers, two ones add up to five, and I will send you all your share later."

"It's really unnecessary. There's no need to be so polite between brothers. You're just earning some pocket money. Take it." Qin Lang stuffed the deposit slip into Mo Mo's hand again.

"You deposit the three hundred coins in Shen's shop, how much is the safekeeping fee?"

"Fifty Wen for a thousand dollars."

"What?"

Qin Lang almost called robbery. Cheng Chumo's money was only deposited in the Shen family's gold and silver shop for ten days, but not only did they not pay interest, but they also charged a 5% storage fee. This is not stealing money, what is it?

If you save 300 coins for ten days, you can actually get 15,000 coins, which is faster than minting coins.

But Cheng Chumo still spoke for the Shen's shop, "The West Market Gold Bank has more than a hundred gold and silver shops, and the Shen's shop on the west side of the street has a great reputation and good credit, so it is the most worry-free to deposit money at his house Yes." According to what Lao Cheng said, Shen's shop is like many gold and silver shops. The stamp of Shen's shop on it is deeply trusted, no matter it is fineness or weight, it will never be wrong.

In addition, they will also operate some businesses such as the exchange, storage, and even lending of gold, silver, copper and silk.

However, there is no deposit interest for safekeeping, but there is also a safekeeping fee.

Well-known shops have higher storage fees, but they are safer. Many merchants are willing to keep their money in them, which is both safe and convenient.

But Qin Lang thought it was robbery.

"Shen's shop is very famous. They also have a branch in Luoyang. The money deposited in the two places can be withdrawn in the other place together with the sticker and voucher, but the fee is much higher. Thousands of cash are charged. One hundred cash."

Unexpectedly, the Shen family already has the business of exchanging money from other places, but the business fee is really high, 10%, awesome.

"Hurry up and get the money out, the storage fee is too high."

"Actually, I don't want to save it either, but now that I'm doing this small business, I have a lot of money and silk, and I don't feel safe putting it at home, and it's not safe to put it outside, so I have to put it in the gold and silver shop, and collect it everywhere. The money, silk, gold, silver, etc. that come are exchanged there."

When Qin Lang heard him say that it was not safe to leave the house, he immediately thought of the scene of Cheng Yaojin robbing his son's money, so he couldn't help laughing until his stomach hurts, this old Cheng's family is really interesting.

"Hearing what you said, my brother also wants to do a business."

"Saburo also wants to play mahjong?"

Qin Lang disdains it, he is not interested in ordering three melons and two dates, what he likes is the ability of the gold and silver shop business to attract money.

He thought that he could really try to open one, but if he didn’t open a gold and silver shop, there was no need to make gold and silver jewelry. If he wanted to do it, he would only do finance, absorb deposits and lend money, and run some gold at the same time. The collection of money and silk, etc., when it becomes bigger in the future, it can also develop some semicolons in Luoyang, Yangzhou, Youzhou, Taiyuan, Jiangling and other places, engage in flying money business, and play cash in different places.

These days, there is a storage fee for saving money. If he dares to pay interest, he is afraid that he will not be able to absorb the deposit. Then he will use other people's money to lend and earn the difference in interest. This is simply a white wolf with empty hands.

Lao Cheng wanted to take Yuchi Baoqi, the silly son of Yuchi Gong's family, to play cards together, but Qin Lang didn't agree. Yuchi Baoqi has a well-developed brain, and his limbs are simpler than Cheng Chumo. If you take him there, can Li Yuan have fun?

Qin Lang went to the East Palace first, begged to see Li Shimin, and reported that the Supreme Emperor sent a warrant to let him enter the palace to play mahjong with him. Li Shimin was very satisfied with Qin Lang's request, and approved it, and said that he should try his best to be happy with the Supreme Emperor.

"Don't always think about winning money. You can lose as much as I can," Li Shimin said.

"Your Majesty, it's no fun just losing money, and the Supreme Emperor can't enjoy himself to his heart's content. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the minister will grasp the scale and make the Supreme Emperor happy."

Li Shimin then brought up the Chongxian Pavilion instead, "Your oil tea and stuffing bags are really unpalatable."

Qin Lang immediately understood and said, "I plan to adjust it. From now on, I will only eat camellia oleifera and soup dumplings in the morning every five days and ten days, and it is an improved nutritional version. It only contains flour, millet, soybeans and sheep oil, and appropriate amount. Add some fine salt and fennel, without bran, etc. As for this simple version, it is only eaten on the first and fifteenth day of each month to remind students not to forget the root."

"Okay, what do you usually eat?"

"I usually eat millet porridge, steamed cakes, boiled chicken, mutton soup, etc. for breakfast, and try to be as comprehensive and balanced as possible."

Li Shimin is quite satisfied with this, "In the future, pay more attention to methods and methods, Qing Que is also a beautiful brother."

"Remember, sir!"