readx; As soon as Zhu Youzhen and the others entered the Golden Grotto, they were recognized by Lin Youkun. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoBecause there are outsiders such as Li's father and son, Lin Youkun did not show up, but asked his subordinates to let Zhu Youzhen and Yan Ling to a private room on the second floor. The Li father and son took out five hundred taels of silver tickets to buy chips and played mahjong with great interest.

"Commander Lin, business is good!" Zhu Youzhen saw that Lin Youkun was dressed in gorgeous casual clothes, like a casino owner, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly, "You are really neat, and you built the casino in less than half a month."

Lin Youkun also said with a somewhat smug smile: "The last general has His Highness's 50,000 taels of silver, of course, it is convenient to do anything." According to His Royal Highness's instructions, the last general first rented a restaurant in the best location in the center of the city, and then seized the time to decorate it, and it was ready in seven or eight days. At the same time, the last general hired more than 100 craftsmen to carve mahjong dominoes day and night, and sent people to demonstrate how to play in the downtown area. After the card is engraved, the signboard is hung and opened, and the market is immediately opened. You can see that the venue is full again, but today is only the sixth day of opening. ”

"How's the earnings?" This is the issue that Zhu Youzhen is most concerned about.

Lin Youkun hurriedly took out an account book, and introduced it while pointing out to Zhu Youzhen: "Your Highness really has a unique vision, and no business is as profitable as this business. You see, there are fifty tables in the downstairs hall, thirty of which are mahjong. To play at these thirty tables, each person receives five taels of silver during the day and ten taels of silver at night. Mahjong is played by four people, this day and night is sixty taels, and thirty tables are one thousand eight hundred taels! In the end, I will rent this restaurant, and the annual rent is only 8,000 taels of silver, and according to this calculation, the capital can be recovered in five days. ”

Zhu Youzhen was also taken aback by such a high profiteering, thinking that these gamblers are really uncomfortable, what to do with so much silver, but to gamble! This is called self-inflicted iniquity, and it is just the time to squeeze out their money and put it where it is really needed.

However, he thought about it and said worriedly: "Commander Lin, now you rely on the freshness of mahjong to attract so many gamblers." But after more people play, other casinos will also add mahjong, and I'm afraid that there won't be so much income at that time. ”

Lin Youkun said confidently: "Your Highness, don't worry. Casinos are all about style, and the more people there are, the more people there are, the more people they can attract. Xi'an's big and small casinos are well known, like our gold cave location is so good, the decoration is so luxurious, at most there are only two or three. And in addition to mahjong, there are also dice rolls, push pai gow and other games on the first floor, these games are not only tapped, the casino also sits in the bank, and gamblers bet. This one earns more than a tap! ”

"Oh?" Zhu Youzhen said with interest, "Let's talk about it, how to make money?" ”

Lin Youkun lowered his voice and said with a wicked smile: "In the past, the last general often went to the casino to roll the dice, and he always lost nine out of ten bets, and he thought he was unlucky. This time, he opened a casino by himself, and finally spent a lot of money to poach a few bookmakers from Beijing. This time, I realized that they all did their hands and feet on the dice, and they usually had several pairs of dice hidden on their bodies. After the gamblers buy and leave, he then shakes the dice according to the bet, of course, winning more and losing less. At the end of the night, when there are many dice at a table, you can earn thousands of taels of silver. Of course, the last general also told them not to play too much, and occasionally let the gamblers win some, so as to attract them. ”

"That's right, the so-called 'ten bets and nine cheats' is not false at all." Zhu Youzhen and Yan Ling looked at each other and smiled, "But the money of these gambling sticks is not deceived or deceived by white, which makes the wisher take the bait." ”

Lin Youkun continued: "The second floor is a private room, and it is one hundred and twenty taels of silver a day. The main players who play here are officials at all levels of the yamen, who do not want to be seen by others. There are special people in the casino to serve them tea and food, and if you are really tired, you can go to the guest room on the third floor to take a rest. There is a big gambling addiction, and I still refuse to leave after playing for three days and three nights! All things are counted, and the casino can earn three or five thousand taels of silver a day. After deducting rent and labor costs, the net income is 3,000 taels, which is 90,000 taels a month! ”

Zhu Youzhen listened and smiled: "How about it, Commander Lin, this business that this king gave you is not bad, right?" Let's come as agreed, at the end of the month, fifty-fifty split, you just send the silver ticket to the Qin Palace. By the way, have you investigated the identities of the gamblers? ”

Lin Youkun hurriedly said: "According to His Highness's orders, the last general has been secretly investigating. Judging from the current situation, the vast majority of them are eunuchs and businessmen in Xi'an. Among them, there are several Dongchang Fanzi and Jinyi Wei 100 households, which must come every day. ”

Zhu Youzhen said in his heart: "These people, we must try our best to let them win, and find a suitable opportunity to make friends with them." It doesn't matter if you make less money, if only you could get some useful information from them. No matter what the news is, it will be reported to the palace as soon as possible. ”

The two discussed for a while, and Zhu Youzhen was very satisfied with the operation of the casino. Now that the Qin Wangfu is short of silver, if it can receive an extra 50,000 taels of silver every month, of course it will be a good thing. In particular, these silver are squeezed out of the hands of people like stolen officials and profiteers, and although the tricks are damaged, the meaning is extraordinary.

The situation was almost touched, and Zhu Youzhen was just about to leave, when he suddenly heard a big mess on the first floor. Yan Ling suddenly became nervous, but Lin Youkun smiled and said: "Brother Yan, this is the official's one-third of an acre, you and His Highness sit with peace of mind, I'll go out and see what's going on." ”

Zhu Youzhen thought about it, anyway, there are still dozens of special combat personnel outside, so there won't be much of a mess. So he stayed in the private room with Yan Ling and looked at the first floor through the window.

It turned out that there were about 20 people suddenly outside the building, and they wanted to break into the casino without saying anything. Of course, the gatekeeper is not allowed, and it is clear that there are rules for selling the gold cave, and one hundred taels of silver must be mortgaged before entering.

The leader was a balding man, shirtless and with thick heart hairs on his chest. He scolded and said, "What the fucking bullshit rules, why don't other casinos have this rule?" Lao Tzu is going to go in today, I think who dares to stop him? ”

His men also shouted, and the gamblers in the casino changed their color when they saw it. At this time, Lin Youkun stepped forward with a disdainful smile and said, "Who should I be, it turned out to be the second son of Yuanbao Tower." How can there be Yaxing to sell the gold cave today? ”

"Which onion are you?" The big man was extremely arrogant.

The muscles on Lin Youkun's face twitched imperceptibly, and he still said with a smile on his face: "My person is the owner of the Golden Cave." ”

"Oh, it's Boss Lin, you're looking for you today!" The big man's eyes showed a fierce light.

"In that case, let's talk in the private room upstairs." Lin Youkun said quietly.

Zhu Youzhen had already understood at this time that this group of people must be from another casino, and they saw that the business of the Golden Cave was booming, and they came here to make trouble and kick the scene. Originally, there was a lot of fish and dragons here, and he didn't plan to stay longer, but now he is not in a hurry to leave. He knew that with Lin Youkun's temper, these people would definitely not be able to please good fruits to eat, and a good show was about to be staged.