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Chapter 319 Lottery Draw

As the movie ended, the sky curtain went out instantly.

Upon seeing this, the common people from other dynasties slowly dispersed with a lingering feeling and went about their own business.

But the common people of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty began to become restless.

In particular, the common people who were watching the movie in the library square were extremely excited and the scene was bustling with noise.

The reason is very simple. According to the notice from the court, the sports lottery will be drawn soon.

Halfway through the movie, all ticket sales ended.

If everyone hadn't known that the grand prize wouldn't be announced for a while, they would have been agitated while watching the movie.

So even though the movie was exciting, their minds were not on the movie, but were always thinking about the upcoming prize draw.

Now that the movie has finally ended, it’s been a while since the ticket sales ended.

In their opinion, the imperial court would eventually send someone to draw the winning numbers.

Not only the common people in front of the Datang Library Square, but also the people of the entire Chang'an City came from all directions to witness this great moment of the lottery draw.

Before, everyone was watching movies at home and didn’t wait in front of the library square.

Now that the movie is over, people naturally rushed from their homes to the library square to witness the grand prize-giving ceremony.

Since the people of Chang'an City were very obsessed with lottery, almost every household bought lottery tickets.

Even some wealthy families participate in this lottery feast.

Because of this, men, women, young and old, all came to join in the fun.

At this moment, the entire library square was packed with people, and there was no place to stand.

If there hadn't been soldiers on the scene to maintain order, a stampede would have probably occurred due to the crowd.

Wang Erniu ran to the square with his family, fearing that he would miss out if he was a step slower.

But even so, Wang Erniu and his family were still late.

Looking at the noisy and bustling square in front of him with people jostling each other, Wang Erniu was secretly shocked. There were not so many people when he came here to buy lottery tickets just now.

Wang Erniu muttered to himself: "I'm afraid everyone in Chang'an City has come."

In fact, what Wang Erniu didn’t know was that not only the people of Chang’an City had come, but also the people from the surrounding areas of Chang’an City were here.

Ever since the news of selling sports lottery tickets in Chang'an City spread, people from surrounding areas of Chang'an City also flocked to the city.

They do it for no other reason than the chance to get rich overnight.

After all, with just two cents, you could have the chance to rise to the top and become a landlord.

This deal is a good deal no matter how you look at it, and it can be said to be the only chance for ordinary people like them to change their destiny.

Therefore, people from the surrounding areas of Chang'an City set out overnight and came to the library square to buy lottery tickets.

The whole scene was in an uproar. Wang Erniu had no choice but to watch from the side of the road, as he couldn't even squeeze to the front.

At this time, Wang Erniu, like other ordinary people present, held the lottery ticket tightly in his hand and waited for the prize draw.

"When will the prize be announced? I can't wait."

"With so many people buying lottery tickets, there must be someone lucky enough to win the first prize. I just don't know who will be so lucky."

"I bought a thousand lottery tickets, and the first prize is definitely mine."

"Your thousand tickets are nothing. I saw some people bought a box of lottery tickets. I'm afraid they spent at least ten taels of silver."

"The lottery business is booming. With so many people buying, the court is making a lot of money."

"That's right. Sports lottery is a business that can only make money and never lose money. It's just a pity that only the imperial court can do this business."

"I heard that the imperial court intends to promote sports lottery nationwide. I'm afraid that by then, there will be a craze among the people to buy lottery tickets."

"Look, Lord Wei is making some movement. I'm afraid he's about to announce the prize."

Some clever common people immediately noticed Wei Zheng's actions in the front, and it seemed that the most exciting moment was about to come.

Soon, more and more people noticed this situation and turned their attention to Wei Zheng.

After a while, the noisy sounds at the scene became much quieter.

Seeing that the yamen officials had cleaned up the scene, Wei Zheng nodded with satisfaction.

After the ticket sale ended, I have been busy until now to clean up the venue.

Wei Zheng: You guys wait here first, I will go and invite the emperor over.

After Wei Zheng gave instructions to the officials at the scene, he rushed to the palace with the sorted documents.

The emperor had previously instructed that he would come in person to draw the prizes.

After all, sports lottery first appeared in the Tang Dynasty, and now it seems to be a huge success.

Therefore, the emperor attached great importance to it and wanted to draw the winning numbers himself.

royal palace.

Li Shimin watched the princes running on the court with great interest, and the laughter and joy they heard made him feel very happy.

If his princes can live happily together, he can have less worries.

But it’s true that football is more exciting and interesting than Cuju. No wonder so many people in later generations like to play football.

After the movie ended, he watched the princes play football while waiting for news from Wei Zheng.

The game of Cuju was also quite popular in the Tang Dynasty, and several princes were masters of playing Cuju.

When they heard that football evolved from Cuju and that football was the number one sport in later generations, these princes developed a deep interest in football.

After buying the football last night, if it wasn't so late, the princes would have started playing with the football a long time ago.

Early this morning, the princes called the guards who were good at Cuju and started playing football.

Perhaps it was because football was so attractive that the princes also had a lot of fun while the movie was playing.

After a while, everyone was tired of playing and took a short break.

Crown Prince Li Chengqian and other princes ran towards Li Shimin excitedly, not caring at all even though they were out of breath.

Li Shimin: Chengqian, Zhinu, how was the game, is football fun?
Looking at everyone sweating profusely, he smiled slightly. It has been a long time since he saw children having so much fun.

Li Chengqian: Of course it is fun. Football is much more fun than Cuju.

Li Zhi: Although I feel tired after a game, I feel very refreshed. No wonder it became so popular in later generations.

After taking a breath, Li Chengqian explained his purpose.

Li Chengqian: Father, I want to form a football team and compete with other football teams.

Li Zhi: My elder brother and I want to form a royal football team. Only formal football matches are more fun and can also improve the strength of the football team through matches.

After realizing the joy of football, the two of them decided to follow the example of their descendants and set up a special football team.

They also have a dream, which is to defeat other football teams and win the championship in the future Tang Dynasty Games football competition.

They also hope to be treated like they will be in the future and win cheers from the audience after winning the championship.

Li Shimin: I have the same idea. I will leave the affairs of the royal football team to you. I hope you can achieve good results.

He agreed without giving it much thought. It would be best if the princes could focus on football, so as to avoid conflicts when they have nothing to do. Li Chengqian: Thank you, father. We will not disappoint you and will definitely win the championship.

After saying that, the happy group ran back to the court excitedly and started training again.

Not long after the princes left, Wei Zheng came hurriedly towards them.

Before Wei Zheng could speak, Li Shimin couldn't wait to ask.

Li Shimin: Xuancheng, how is the lottery situation?
When he visited the site before, he had already seen how much people loved lottery.

Although he already knew that this lottery was a huge success, he still wanted to hear the details from Xuan Cheng.

Wei Zheng took a deep breath, unable to hide the excitement and joy in his heart.

The sales of the lottery tickets were far beyond his expectations, so he rushed over as soon as he learned the news.

Wei Zheng: Your Majesty, not only people from Chang'an City buy lottery tickets, but people from the surrounding areas of Chang'an City also come to buy lottery tickets.

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard this, and then nodded thoughtfully.

He had not thought about the common people in the surrounding areas of Chang'an City before, but after thinking about it, he felt it was natural.

Wei Zheng: Your Majesty, the income from selling lottery tickets totaled 23,168 taels of silver.

When Li Shimin heard this, his face became excited. The number was obviously far beyond his expectations.

Although he already knew that lottery was very popular, he did not expect that ordinary people were so obsessed with it.

Twenty-three thousand one hundred and sixty-eight taels of silver, a lottery ticket was sold for only two cents, you can imagine how many lottery tickets were sold.

He silently estimated in his mind that the number of lottery tickets was far greater than the number of ordinary people in Chang'an City.

However, when he thought that every ordinary person bought more than one lottery ticket, and some even bought tens of thousands of tickets, he felt relieved.

It is no surprise that the sales volume is so high since people are so crazy about getting rich overnight.

Although these 23,168 taels of silver are not much, they represent extremely terrifying potential of the lottery.

You have to know that these were just the ordinary people in Chang'an City, and it only took half a day to achieve such a successful result.

If sports lottery were promoted throughout the country and sold every seven days, one can imagine the sales volume of each issue.

The prize money for each lottery draw was less than 20,000 taels, which meant that the imperial court would make a huge profit from lottery sales.

It took him a long time to calm down his excitement.

Li Shimin: Let’s go, I’ll go draw the lottery now.

With excitement, he led Wei Zheng towards the Tang Dynasty Library Square.

In just a moment, Li Shimin and his entourage arrived at the square.

The common people, who had been waiting for a long time, were quite excited and some felt flattered when they saw that it was the emperor who came to draw the lottery.

However, with the arrival of the emperor, the entire scene became quiet, and everyone was waiting for the emperor to draw the lottery.

Wei Zheng: Your Majesty, the preparations for the lottery are ready and can begin at any time.

Wei Zheng pointed to two cardboard boxes on the table, one was a red box for drawing five numbers, and the other was a blue box for drawing two numbers.

Li Shimin nodded slightly, walked to the red box, stretched out his hand and started drawing the lottery.

At this moment, all the people present held their breath, they were so nervous that they dared not make a sound.

Everyone knows very well that whether or not you will win the grand prize will be revealed soon.

Li Shimin quickly pulled out a ball of paper from the red box, then gently unfolded it, and saw a number written on it.

Li Shimin: The first number is 06.

As soon as the first number came out, people immediately took out their lottery tickets to compare to see if there was the number 06.

Li Shimin did not waste everyone's time and quickly took out another paper ball.

Li Shimin: The second number is 07.

In a moment, all five numbers came out.

Li Shimin: The third number is 11.

Li Shimin: The fourth number is 15.

Li Shimin: The fifth number is 30.

As the five numbers in the red part came out, someone soon screamed, saying that the previous five numbers were all correct.

The people around looked at him with envy. If he got two more numbers right, he would win the first prize.

Even if the last two numbers are wrong, you can still win the third prize with these five numbers.

Amid the great anticipation of the people in the audience, Li Shimin pulled out two paper balls from the blue paper box.

Li Shimin: The sixth number is 03.

Li Shimin: The seventh number is 09.

Li Shimin: Seven numbers came out, and the final winning numbers are 06, 07, 11, 15, 30, 03, 09.

After announcing the winning numbers, Li Shimin looked around to see if anyone had won the first prize.

Although a large number of lottery tickets are sold, the probability of winning the first prize is still extremely small.

Just when Li Shimin thought that no one was lucky enough to win the first prize, suddenly a loud shout came from the audience.

Wang Erniu: Yes, I won. All the numbers were correct. I won the first prize.

Wang Erniu's face was flushed, he was shouting wildly, and he was extremely excited.

If he hadn't confirmed it again and again, he really wouldn't have believed that he would have such a lucky day.

To be honest, when he bought the lottery ticket, he was just giving it a try and didn't dare to hope that he would have such incredible luck.

He never expected that he would be blessed by God and actually win the first prize.

Wang Erniu's family members were also excited, and their joy was beyond words.

The people around looked at Wang Erniu with envy and jealousy. That was a bonus of 12,000 taels of silver!

If the soldiers had not come to escort Wang Erniu, I am afraid that many desperate civilians would have tried to snatch the things.

As the officers and soldiers led Wang Erniu to the front to receive the award, Wang Erniu was still in a state of extreme excitement.

Wang Erniu was so immersed in ecstasy that he forgot to kneel when he saw the emperor. However, Li Shimin did not care and could understand the rudeness of the winner in front of him.

The official at the side took the lottery ticket from Wang Erniu and compared it with the information in the booklet.

The information on the lottery ticket and the records are accurate, and Wang Erniu is indeed the winner.

The soldiers carried over a box and when they opened it, inside was the first prize of 12,000 taels of silver.

Wang Erniu couldn't wait to grab the silver with both hands, grinning foolishly as if he was dreaming.

Seeing that Wang Erniu had indeed received 12,000 taels of silver, the people at the scene burst into deafening cheers.

Facts on the scene told them that buying lottery tickets can indeed make them rich overnight.

As long as they have this opportunity, they believe that they will be so lucky one day.

(End of this chapter)