Chapter 746 Pulling to the gambling table

Yizhou, Xishui Village

It was morning, the sun was getting hotter, and there were still countless farmers in shorts working in the fields.

What a rural scene of ‘roads and paths connected, chickens and dogs heard’.

But at this moment, a voice broke such a scene.

“Auntie Lin, are you still cutting branches?”

“Yes, these branches are dry, just tie them back to burn, what’s wrong?”

“I just saw Xiao Linzi carrying a bag and walking hurriedly towards the village entrance. It looks like food. Go and chase him.”

“What? This damn thing!” Auntie Lin dropped her work, grabbed the sickle and chased him towards the village entrance while cursing.

Others couldn’t help shaking their heads when they saw this scene.

"That kid probably exchanged grain for gambling money again, so pitiful."

"It's not just Aunt Lin who is pitiful, are there not many families like this in our village?"

"Yes, these gamblers gamble every day, every day, and their families will soon be gambled away!"

"This horse racing is harmful to people, and the government also condones it. It's hard for us ordinary people."

"Hey, what kind of monsters are in power now!"

The same scene happened in Dali and Xianbei.

There are too many people gambling, and almost every family has someone gambling on this. Those who don't gamble now have gambled before, and they don't gamble because they are desperate.

Anyway, basically the entire family's floating wealth has been looted, and there are even many families who owe debts. As soon as the grain comes down, it is used to pay off the debts. What's worse, there are even children who sell their children.

In short, since the underground gambling became popular and the dealers were everywhere, the people's already miserable life has become even more bitter.

As the saying goes, the rich have wine and meat, and there are frozen bones on the road.

The common people were in such a difficult situation. When the news of the two-month polo match to be held in the Qing, Yan and Xu free trade zones spread, it still attracted the attention of countless wealthy people from the three powerful classes.

At the same time, the three parties jointly proposed a gambling system, which made these middle and upper classes very interested.

The three parties selected cavalrymen with excellent horse and ball skills, and each formed three teams to participate in this game.

The nine teams of Dali, Pingzhou and Xianbei, most of the team members came from the army, and each of them was the best in the army.

The odds of each of the nine polo teams are different.

Compared with the simple and crude horse racing in Qingzhou District, the gameplay is more diverse, more complex, more exciting, and more suitable for middle and upper class intellectuals to play.

This game involves the ownership of Qingzhou, Xuzhou and Shengle, and the three parties attach great importance to it.

As soon as the news spread, countless people rushed to the Sanzhou Free Trade Zone. There are powerful people and poor people.

For the rich and powerful, polo is a thrilling sport. This time, it was jointly organized by three parties, and the participating teams were still three teams from Dali, Pingzhou and Xianbei. Although it was called a competition, it also clearly revealed the competitive relationship between the three parties.

As the people of the three parties, they must support the team of their own forces.

They are no longer just gambling.

For the common people, trees that are moved die, and people who move live.

There are many opportunities for wealth in places with many people.

So some people who feel that they can no longer survive in their hometowns sell their thin fields at home, carry their luggage and run north with their families.

As a result, the Sanzhou Free Trade Zone is very lively throughout the summer, and countless people spend a lot of money here, which is quite a sense of luxury.

It is completely unimaginable that people's livelihood in many places in Dali is in decline.

Regarding this phenomenon, Xie Zhan murmured, "If the upper and lower levels are extravagant, they will plunder the people, and if there is a civil unrest, they will plunder the merchants."

Fan Yang sat aside, also with a solemn face. The current development of the situation was just as the head of the family expected.

"Head of the family, now unless the emperor personally orders a ban on gambling and cleans up the secret village of Dali, it is possible..." But the news from the palace said that the emperor had been in a coma and had never woken up again, relying on secret medicine to survive.

If he was forcibly awakened, there would be only one result, and that result was not what the head of the family wanted to see, at least not what he wanted to see at the moment.

"It's too late. Forget it, let's put this matter aside."

Fan Yang also felt that the current situation was unsolvable.

"What do you think of the news from Zuo Anmin?"

Fan Yang hesitated, "Can Zuo Anmin really get the formula for explosives? I'm not questioning his ability, but Lu Songli is as cunning as a fox. Could this be a trap in Pingzhou?"

"Your speculation is also my speculation. The question now is, do we want to take such a gamble?"

After Xie Zhan said this, he stood up and paced back and forth in the military tent.

Fan Yang was also thinking deeply, should they gamble?

At this time in Pingzhou, Xue Xu was also asking Lv Songli this question, "Governor, do you think Xie Zhan will be fooled?"

"Yes." Lv Songli replied calmly.

Xie Zhan had been dragged to the gambling table by her without knowing it, and had to gamble.

No, it should be said that Dali had been dragged to the gambling table by her without knowing it, and Xie Zhan was just one of the few smart people in Dali, and he just noticed it.

At this moment, it was like she and Xie Zhan had already sat at the five-card poker table.

She had a pile of chips in her hand, and Xie Zhan had fewer chips in his hand than her.

The game of cards had already begun, and both sides had passively placed their bottom bets in it.

Now, she asked for a card, and it depended on whether he would follow.

If he didn't follow, the bottom bet belonged to her.

If he followed, Xie Zhan might still win.

In other words, now, if you don't gamble, Dali is still losing blood. If you gamble, there may be a chance to turn the tables.

Southland

At this time, Xie Zhan has sat back down, and he has made up his mind.

Although the people he organized to study explosives have been telling him that it will be soon, and there are already some clues, it is estimated that it will not take long to develop it.

But Xie Zhan has heard this too many times, and he doesn't really believe it in his heart.

If there is no chance, then he will wait.

Now that Pingzhou has a loophole, he must seize it. As the saying goes, an opportunity is hard to miss, and it will never come back.

"I decided to gamble like this." Xie Zhan said.

"But the price that Zuo Anmin said is too high." Fan Yang thought of that number and felt it was too high.

Xie Zhan was silent.

Before the Xie family was exiled, he gritted his teeth and didn't spit out the hidden wealth. He used up part of it when he followed Pingzhou to start an uprising. This time, he probably had to empty out the last bit of his family.

But Xie Zhan knew very well that he had to pay the money because the situation was pressing.

Not to mention that this was the key to defeating the enemy, at least if he got the formula of the explosives, Dali would no longer be suppressed by Pingzhou's weapons.

For example, Dali, Pingzhou and Xianbei were currently trading freely in the three states and holding gambling matches, with such a big bet.

Smart people can see that when the game is over and it is time to fulfill the promise, it is estimated that military deterrence will be needed. The three parties are very likely to start a war again.

In terms of the current situation, Pingzhou has the advantage, so he has to go to the gambling table.

If he doesn't gamble, he has no chance at all, but if he gambles, there is still a glimmer of chance.