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"Hey, just bet on your other courtyard in Da'anfang. If the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs win, I will offer a thousand taels of gold with both hands. If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the King of Yue win, I don't want anything else. Just give me the house. How about it? Li Langzhong, do you dare to bet?"
"Haha, since Mr. Huxian wants to send me money, how can there be any reason to refuse." Li Ru's pupils dilated when he heard Jin Qianliang.Fearing that Li Wangyou would go back on his word, he immediately laughed and nodded in response.
The reason why Li Wangyou made this bet was because he was afraid that if he didn't find anything tricky in the account books later, he wouldn't be too busy.
Originally, it was just a try, and the bet was proposed, but Li Ru agreed without thinking, which surprised Li Wangyou.
If I knew this product was so easy to handle, why would I spend so much time on it?
While complaining in his heart, Li Wangyou picked up the account book and prepared to start the competition, but he heard another voice from among the officials.
"Huxianzi wait a minute, I'm also interested in betting with you, would you like to?"
Li Wangyou looked at it in astonishment, but it was Zhang Liang, Duke of Changping County.
"Oh? The Duke is also interested? I wonder what you want to bet on?"
"Bet on that Zhaoyebai horse! If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Yue win, I will give you 100 taels of gold, otherwise Huxian Zi will lose that Zhaoyebai horse to me, how about it?"
Zhang Liang was really reluctant to part with Zhao Yebai, ever since he lost to Li Wangyou in front of Wude Hall and lost his own horse, Zhao Yebai, he was very worried about it.Today, when he saw Li Wangyou boasting boldly, saying that two eight or nine-year-old children could calculate faster than the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and it was two to ten, he felt that the opportunity had come.
So after Li Wangyou made a bet with his brother-in-law Li Ru, he immediately got up, and also wanted to bet with Li Wangyou to win back his beloved mount.
Hearing this, Li Wangyou couldn't help grinning.
He has only one BMW at home, and after being "ruthlessly taken over" by his beautiful boss, he is still wondering where to buy another one.
But he knew that Zhang Liang's mansion also had a BMW similar to Zhao Yebai, named Yuhuacong.
Cong is a horse with blue and white fur.
Zhao Yebai and Yuhua Cong are two BMWs that Zhang Liang bought from the Western Regions at a huge price.
"Young Lord, hehe, you can gamble, but I don't want gold. If the Duke loses, just lose your jade flower horse to me. I don't know what the Duke thinks?"
Li Wangyou's condition made Zhang Liang feel a little toothache.
Losing Zhao Yebai has already made him tasteless, if he also loses Yuhuacong, it will be more uncomfortable than killing him.
However, Zhang Liang hesitated for a long time when he looked at the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs with angry faces, and at Li Chengqian and Li Tai who were still acting coquettishly and cutely towards Empress Changsun.Still gritted his teeth and agreed.
"Okay, Yihu County, I'll bet you with Yuhuacong!"
Li Wangyou almost didn't laugh out loud, this is really someone rushing to give him a favor.This luck has come, I really can't stop it, it's a surprise to do whatever I want.
He hurried forward to high-five Zhang Liang and make a bet.He was about to announce the start of the competition, but several people stood up among the hundred officials.
"Huxianzi, this old man also wants to bet with you, I wonder if you would like to?"
Li Wangyou was stunned for a moment, but before he could speak, he heard Cheng Yaojin fiercely shouting: "Wang, what do you guys mean? Are you bullying Lao Tzu's nephew? How do you want to bet? I will pay you to bet! "
Those who came out to bet with Li Wangyou were none other than Wang Renyou, Patriarch of the Wang Clan in Taiyuan, Zheng Yuanshou of the Zheng Clan in Xingyang, and others.
The aristocrats of the aristocratic family have targeted Li Wangyou several times, and they have been defeated repeatedly. The grievances between the two parties have long been irreconcilable.Wang Renyou, Zheng Yuanshou and others naturally did not believe what Li Wangyou said today.
Seeing Li Ru and Zhang Liang coming out to bet with Li Wangyou, they looked at each other, thinking that this was a good opportunity to make trouble, so they also stood up, but they didn't expect Cheng Yaojin to get in the way.
"Why did Lord Lu make such a statement? Could it be that the Duke of Changping won the gamble, so I can't gamble?"
"Straight mother thief, you can bet if you want, I will bet with you!"
Cheng Yaojin's words made Li Wangyou both moved and annoyed.Didn't this old rascal block his chance to make a fortune?
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On the throne, Li Er's face turned dark.
Originally, Li Ru and Zhang Liang wanted to bet with Li Wangyou, and he was already a little dissatisfied, but now that the family members also jumped out, Li Er felt even more dissatisfied.
You must know that although these people are betting with Li Wangyou, they are betting on his eldest son and second son.
Although Li Er didn't really believe what Li Wangyou said, but he didn't believe it or not, but he couldn't help others to look down on his son.
People in the Tang Dynasty like to gamble, and they don't believe that Prince Li Chengqian and Yue King Li Tai are two childish people. Seeing Wang Renyou, Zheng Yuanshou and others propose to participate in the gambling contract, many officials in the hall are ready to move.
But Li Er's black face made everyone change their minds.
There were no idiots present, and they soon realized that something was wrong, and everyone who wanted to get up fell silent again, and An Xin watched as a melon-eating crowd.
Li Ru and Zhang Liang naturally saw Li Er's stinky face, and they couldn't help feeling a little regretful in their hearts, but now that the bet was made, it was too late to say anything.
However, Wang Renyou, Zheng Yuanshou and others are not afraid of Li Er's face. They have five surnames and seven surnames, and they dare to force Li Er to commit crimes against themselves. Now they bet on Li Er's two sons. What?
Facing Cheng Yaojin's scolding, Wang Renyou just nodded indifferently: "Guogong Lu is willing to bet, of course he can. Then bet on gold ten thousand taels, how about it? Is Duke Lu willing?"
With the financial resources of the aristocratic family, ten thousand taels of gold is nothing but sixty thousand taels of money.During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, when corn, silk and copper coins were added together, the central fiscal revenue was about 2000 million yuan.
However, the family income headed by the five surnames Qiwang may not be much less than this figure.
The thousand-year-old family, the top family of the Tang Dynasty, is like a huge iceberg, and the huge ice hidden under the sea is terrifying.
This is also the reason why Li Er and other great Tang kings have been working hard to weaken the family.No matter who is the emperor, he doesn't want to have such terrifying ministers under his rule.
As the saying goes, the side of the couch cannot allow others to snore.
It is also due to this reason that the Li and Tang Dynasty and the aristocratic families supported each other from the end of the Sui Dynasty to the open and secret struggles after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty.
The Great Tang opened the imperial examinations to wipe out the influence and control of the family in the court, but even at the end of the Tang Dynasty, although the power of the family was under control, they still stubbornly restricted each other with the imperial power.
Until the Huang Chao uprising at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty fell into the abyss.And the aristocratic family also declined rapidly, and with the decline of the Tang Dynasty, it went to decline and disappeared on the stage of history.
The imperial power of the Tang Dynasty and the aristocratic family can be described as a model of love and killing each other.
And above the main hall at this time is the epitome of the centuries-old history of the Tang Dynasty, the struggle between the imperial power and the family.
Cheng Yaojin nodded and agreed to Wang Renyou's words without frowning.
"Wahhahaha, Wang Renyou, although I'm not as rich as your Taiyuan Wang family, I can still afford to gamble ten thousand taels of gold. Since you want to gamble, I will naturally accompany you!"
"Okay, since Duke Lu is so happy, it's a deal."
They are all the top dignitaries of the Tang Dynasty, and there is no need to high-five as an oath.If you say it in front of all the officials, you will nail it with your saliva, and no one will regret it.
Seeing that the two parties had made a bet, Li Wangyou unconsciously twitched his mouth.Nima, this old man is simply grabbing his own gold.
If Cheng Yaojin didn't interfere, wouldn't the ten thousand taels of gold bet belong to him?Although Li Wangyou was very grateful to Cheng Yaojin, an old rascal, for his protection of him, but he wished he could cover the old rascal's mouth and replace him himself.
Whether Li Chengqian and Li Tai will lose, Li Wangyou didn't even think about this kind of thing.
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