travel through the past to be emperor

Chapter 164
To Zhao Fei's surprise, Chen San said that Zhao Yu hadn't changed anything.

This kind of statement made Zhao Fei wonder if Jin Yiwei was just taking money and not working. Frightened, Chen San quickly explained the relevant deployment of Jin Yiwei to Zhao Fei carefully, and Zhao Fei then gave up.

Although Jin Yiwei didn't find it, Zhao Fei still felt something was wrong.

"Chen San, listen, Prince Luo Zhao Xi has already arrived in Chang'an. According to the reports from the spies, he can arrive in Chang'an as soon as tomorrow." Zhao Fei pondered for a moment, then continued: "Now you send two groups of people to go all the way to Chang'an." Zhao Xi is monitoring, I want to know the exact time when Zhao Xi entered Chang'an, and I will go to Zhao Yu's place on the other way to find out about his movements."

Although it was strange that Zhao Fei spent so much time monitoring the two royal family members, Chen San was very self-aware and knew what he should ask and what he should not ask, so he nodded in response and left in a hurry.

Not long after Chen San left, Anping brought Zhao Yu to see him.

Although Zhao Yu is the same generation as Zhao Fei, he is more than one round older than Zhao Fei, and he is almost 40 years old now.

In the very early days, through Zhao Xi's report, he inherited the position of Luo County King, and he is considered to be the younger one among the princes of the major palaces of the Song Dynasty royal family.

"I see my emperor, long live my emperor." Zhao Yu kowtowed to Zhao Fei as soon as he entered the room.

Zhao Fei raised his eyes to look at Zhao Yu, and found that this man had thick eyebrows and a majestic appearance. Although he had seen Zhao Yu's appearance in portraits long ago, it was different when he saw it with his own eyes.

While waving Zhao Yu to get up, Zhao Fei secretly wondered how he got the title of Chang'an Gambler just because of his appearance.

"They're all brothers from my own family. The Duke of Luo doesn't need to be polite." Zhao Fei said with a smile, "I came to see you today, but I want to hear your opinion on something."

"Your Majesty, please tell me. But if you have something to gain, you will know everything." Zhao Yu nodded.

Hearing that Zhao Fei had something to ask him, Zhao Yu was also a little strange. Speaking of which, he came here today with trepidation, not as calm and calm as he appeared on the surface.

After all, he did some bad things with Zhao Yong for the business of the gambling shop. Now Zhao Yong is dead, and although he is alive and well, the crime has been hanging on his body.

So Zhao Yu has always been a little worried about meeting Zhao Fei.

Zhao Fei looked at Zhao Yu's complexion, thought for a while, and said, "I don't know, Duke Luo, but I heard that the court is going to find out about the lottery ticket."

It is no secret that the court issued lottery tickets at this time. After all, if you want to sell lottery tickets, you have to let people know.

They are all casinos. It is easy to tell whether the casino opened by a random person in Chang'an City is trustworthy, or the casino opened by the imperial court is trustworthy.

Therefore, although the imperial court has just decided to sell lottery tickets, many well-informed people have already known about it, and even the imperial court's personal handling of the game during the Cuju competition has been officially spread in Chang'an City this afternoon. .

As a well-known gambler in Chang'an City, Zhao Yu, known as Chang'an Gambler, naturally knows what a lottery is.

You are ready to sell this, why come to me to ask?
Zhao Yu was puzzled and couldn't figure out what Zhao Fei meant, but he still said lightly on his face: "I have heard about the lottery ticket."

"En." Zhao Fei nodded, and then introduced the relevant stories of the lottery to Zhao Yu, focusing on the introduction that although the lottery is somewhat similar to gambling, it is definitely not gambling.

Although Zhao Yu wondered why Zhao Fei said this to himself, he still listened carefully.

Although Zhao Yu heard that the imperial court was going to open a casino and buy something called a lottery ticket, but because he was a little dismissive of the imperial court opening a casino, Zhao Yu did not have a deep understanding of what a lottery ticket is.

Now after Zhao Fei's introduction, he was immediately taken aback.

As the saying goes, if you do what you do, you know what you do. As a person who knows how to gamble, Zhao Yu admires the lottery to be issued by the imperial court to the extreme.

According to the imperial court's method, the imperial court is absolutely sure that it will make a profit without losing money.

This made Zhao Yu secretly admire the person who came up with this idea, and he was also envious of the lottery business.

But envy is envy, Zhao Yu also knows that even if he has a front and back vision and thought of this business in advance, he can't do it with his strength.

After all, lottery tickets must either have strong financial backing, or have a court background, otherwise, no matter who you are, you will never want to make such a big business through your personal credit.

"Lord King Luo, what do you think about lottery tickets?" After Zhao Fei finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Yu with an inquiring expression.

Zhao Yu froze for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't have any opinion, but I am a little curious, who came up with this genius idea, and I don't know if your majesty can recommend it for me."

Although Zhao Fei was a little proud of being praised for his genius in person, Zhao Fei still shook his head and smiled lightly: "It was jointly researched by me and several ministers."

Although Zhao Fei made it clear that he and several ministers jointly researched it, Zhao Yu didn't think so. Zhao Yu felt that Zhao Fei was just putting money on his face. Be aware of gambling activities.

But this matter must have been thought up by several ministers of the court, but Zhao Yu couldn't figure out which one it was.

After all, none of the elders who stand in the court and call the wind and rain, from the outside, like gambling, or are engaged in the gambling industry.

Which one?

Zhao Yu racked his brains thinking.

Zhao Yu's expression was clearly seen by Zhao Fei who was sitting on the chair. Zhao Fei smiled secretly in his heart and said, "I know you have opened many casinos outside..."

"Your Majesty, I assure you that since the last time, I have changed my mind and shut down all the casinos under my name." Zhao Yu immediately shouted, "I definitely did not open a casino outside."

Since he was arrested for the casino last time, after Zhao Yu went out, he kept an eye out and transferred all the casinos under his name.

Of course, everyone after the transfer is basically his confidant, and the casino is still controlled by him, but the casino has nothing to do with him on the surface.

Hearing what Zhao Fei said at this moment, Zhao Yu was shocked, thinking that Zhao Fei wanted to use the casino under his name in order to make the casino bigger.

So at the moment, he didn't care about whether the king was rude, and interrupted Zhao Fei's words loudly.

Zhao Fei felt a little displeased in his heart, but there was no trace of expression on his face.

Smiling, Zhao Fei said: "Lord Duke Luo may be wrong, I said so, there is something I need your help with."

"Ah?" Zhao Yu was taken aback for a moment, and looked at Zhao Fei blankly.

Zhao Fei shook his head and said: "Although the imperial court wants to issue lottery tickets, the lottery tickets are not issued at will, just like a businessman who wants to sell something, does not sell it at will, but needs a storefront."

Zhao Fei glanced at Zhao Yu, and continued: "The king of the county knows that the issue of lottery tickets by the imperial court is actually just an attempt, and the matter was rushed, and the imperial court did not make much preparations, so although the household department has already prepared Relevant preparations, places where lottery tickets can be sold have not yet been selected.”

When Zhao Fei said this, he paused for a moment. Zhao Fei felt that anyone with a brain should understand what he was going to say at this moment.

Zhao Yu thought he was still a creature with brains, so he made a look of sudden realization and said, "Your Majesty wants to sell lottery tickets through the casino?"

"That's right." Zhao Fei nodded and said, "That's why I asked you if you have many casinos under your name."

Zhao Yu frowned slightly, he understood Zhao Fei's meaning very well, if it was other matters, he was really responsive, but he couldn't decide on the casino matter alone.

The lottery is an aboveboard gambling activity. Since gambling is an invisible competitor to the casino, it is a matter of grabbing business.

If according to the general understanding, your imperial court sells lottery tickets in the casino, you will not gamble with Zhao Yu in your own gambler, but go to your competitor’s gambler to gamble, or say that Zhang San’s pork is placed in Li’s house. Selling it in Si's butcher shop, what kind of arrogant behavior is this?

If other people tell Zhao Yu that I'm going to grab business from your gambling shop, Zhao Yu will be ashamed of his status as the King of Luo County if he doesn't find someone to beat him up.

But if this other person were Zhao Fei, Zhao Yu immediately didn't know how to deal with this matter.

Zhao Fei is the emperor, all over the world, there are all kings' lands, and all the people in the world are all kings and ministers.

As the emperor, what Zhao Fei said was the imperial decree of going all over the world, so it must not be violated.

But from a certain point of view, Zhao Fei's behavior of grabbing food from other people's bowls is an absolute violation of the rules.

Even if Zhao Yuben cared about it, what would other casino owners in Chang'an City who opened casinos like him think?
To open a casino, the most important thing to talk about is credit and rules. If there is no credit, the casino can go bankrupt directly. If there are no rules, the entire industry will oppose you.

From the point of view of the rules, Zhao Yu should of course reject Zhao Fei with righteous words, but from the point of view of a minister, if he does not obey the emperor's order, then he will be in great trouble.

Sitting on the chair, Zhao Fei looked at Zhao Yu whose expression was changing, and understood Zhao Yu's concerns in his heart.

Although I have never seen a pig butcher, I have eaten pork anyway. Regarding Zhao Yu's thoughts, Zhao Fei has gained a lot from film and television dramas and various literary works before, so he can roughly guess Zhao Yu's thoughts .

After contemplating for a long time, Zhao Yu seemed to have made up his mind. He looked up at Zhao Fei and said bravely, "Your Majesty, I don't have a casino under my name, so I really can't help you."

After pondering for a long time, Zhao Yu felt that as a gambler himself, he should abide by the rules of the industry first. As for the emperor's anger, let's wait until the anger burns.

Originally, Zhao Yu thought that after he said this, he would face the angry Zhao Fei immediately.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Fei was neither happy nor sad. He just looked at himself playfully. After a long time, he heard Zhao Fei laughing and saying: "Since you don't have a casino under your name, I won't force you. By the way, I listen to you." It is said that Prince Luo will arrive in Chang'an as soon as tomorrow, so I have to congratulate you on being able to share the family happiness with the prince."

After Zhao Fei said this, Zhao Yu's complexion changed drastically.

(End of this chapter)