This is a gambling house opened by the fourth son of King Jin, who is also a man who likes to eat, drink and have fun.
Seeing so many people betting huge sums on Shi Qingluo to win, and the odds being so high, he felt the pain of having to pay out millions of taels.
He had the urge to default on his debt.
But before he could put it into practice, he heard from his personal attendant that King Yi and Princess Fubao had arrived.
Liang Mingwen had no choice but to go downstairs to greet him.
Seeing the handsome and elegant King Yi, he thought that this image was hardly similar to the image of a man his father had described as being cruel, ruthless and shameless.
However, their father repeatedly stressed to them how shameless and difficult King Yi was, and told them not to provoke him if they met him. . .
So he became alert and walked up with a smile.
He first bowed to King Yi and said, "Hello, uncle!"
Liang Yulin smiled and nodded, "No need to be polite."
Liang Mingwen then greeted the Fifth Prince and the others one after another, and finally his eyes fell on Shi Qingluo, "Hello, Princess Fubao!"
He had heard a lot about Shi Qingluo, but this was the first time he had seen him in person.
As expected, just as the rumors said, Shi Qingluo didn't look like a village woman in terms of appearance, temperament or feeling. Instead, she looked more like a noble lady.
Under normal circumstances, he would probably appreciate such a magical woman.
But now he really had no mood to appreciate it, because he was feeling very heartbroken.
This gambling house was not the property of the palace, but his own.
So because of Shi Qingluo, he had to pay one million taels of silver out of his own pocket.
At the same time, he also scolded the Tu family, saying that they were useless and caused him to have to pay money as well.
Shi Qingluo smiled at him, "Hello, Fourth Young Master!"
Liang Yulin walked in with a few people and looked around. "Your place looks pretty good."
Liang Mingwen forced a smile and said, "It's just a small gambling house, not worthy of praise from the emperor's uncle."
Seeing his expression, Liang Yulin knew that he was worried about the money.
However, the more distressed Prince Jin's son was, the better he felt.
Seeing that there were separate areas for playing mahjong and cards, he smiled and said, "Business is so good, you have to thank my daughter-in-law."
Liang Mingwen: "..." You haven't even gotten married yet, where did your daughter-in-law come from? He asked knowingly: "Your daughter-in-law?"
Liang Yulin smiled openly and said, "Princess Fubao!"
His marriage to Yuelan was arranged by an imperial decree, and the marriage was a done deal, so there was nothing wrong in announcing to the public that Shi Qingluo was his daughter-in-law.
Liang Mingwen: "..."
Sure enough, just as my father said, this uncle is too shameless.
He asked doubtfully, "Does the success or failure of my gambling business have anything to do with Princess Fubao?"
He really wanted to say that he was going to pay a million taels of silver, and it was good enough that Princess Fubao didn't scold him, and he was even grateful.
Liang Yulin said as a matter of course: "The mahjong and cards here are made by my daughter-in-law. Shouldn't you be grateful?"
Liang Mingwen: "..."
If that's the case, it seems that Princess Fubao did have some credit for it. After all, the mahjong and card business in his gambling house is better than betting on dice.
In the entire North City, only the few gambling houses he opened had mahjong and playing cards, which he sent people to learn from the capital.
Other gambling houses wanted to follow suit, but they were all dealt with by him in the name of Prince Jin's Palace.
So he owes Shi Qingluo, which is why he has to pay so much?
But he still felt bad! But since King Yi had said so, he couldn't help but express his feelings.
Shi Qingluo smiled and said, "If you want to thank someone, you can't just say it."
Her future father-in-law has already set up the stage, so of course she has to follow him to trick Prince Jin's son.
Liang Mingwen: “…” This is the first time I’ve seen someone who just climbs up the pole.
No wonder they can become a family with the emperor's uncle, they are so shameless.
If someone else dared to set a trap for him like this, he would have turned his face away and told the other person to get lost.
But his target was the Emperor's uncle, whom even his own father feared, and Princess Fubao, who he wanted to win over, so he couldn't do that.
He asked: "How does Princess Fubao want me to thank her?"
Shi Qingluo smiled and said, "My husband is planning to establish a craftsman school in North City, but he is in need of a larger place."
"I heard that the Fourth Young Master likes to buy and enclose land, so why don't you do a good deed and give up a piece of land?"
"When the time comes, we will also announce to the public that the land for building the academy was donated by you. Everyone will thank you then, and it will be good for your reputation and that of the Jin Palace."
Many craftsmen believe that teaching their apprentices will starve them to death, so they rarely teach their skills to outsiders.
This has resulted in a real shortage of craftsmen nowadays.
Shi Qingluo felt that if he wanted to develop and improve the current level of productivity, he had to let a hundred flowers bloom.
Establish a special craftsman college to recruit students for selective training, and then send them into special industries after graduation.
It can not only solve the shortage of talents in this area in Daliang, but also continuously tap technical talents.
The ancients were so smart. She believed that after systematic study, they could invent things like the steam engine.
She did not want to use everything that was already available, such as using steam engines and gunpowder in weapons. What she wanted to do was to guide people of this era to explore new knowledge and then create on their own.
It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. She strongly agrees with this.
There may be many unexpected gains. If we can pass it on like this, our technology may be ahead of the world a hundred years later.
This feels more interesting and meaningful.
However, the government office in the northern city does not have that much money now, and there is no land to build a college.
They didn't want to go directly to King Jin and ask him to build it.
In this case, the academy might be controlled by Prince Jin in the future, and become the back garden of Prince Jin's mansion.
King Yi knew their plan.
So today I brought her here to collect the debt and to trick King Jin's son at the same time.
After all, in this way, they would not have to owe favors to Prince Jin, nor would they be controlled by Prince Jin's Mansion.
She also understood why King Jin was so afraid of King Yi. It was because this king was too good at deceiving people.
She was still wondering how King Yi would reasonably trick Liang Mingwen.
Now when he told Liang Mingwen to thank her for making mahjong and playing cards, he understood.
No wonder King Yi emphasized as soon as he arrived that she was his daughter-in-law.
This entry point was perfect. Due to identity restrictions, Liang Mingwen had to follow King Yi and was not far from falling into the trap.
After hearing Shi Qingluo's words, Liang Mingwen suddenly didn't know what to say.
He had already realized that the two men had teamed up to set a trap for him to fall into.
He smiled awkwardly and found an excuse to decline, "I'm afraid this is not a good idea. I don't want to steal the achievements of Prefect Xiao."
(End of this chapter)
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