The gamblers were furious when they heard this, "How can this be extortion? It's clearly you, Hao Ke Fang, who can't afford to lose and can't deny it! If you pay right away, we can't extort you. But if you're playing dirty, how about we extort you today?"
The manager's words also aroused dissatisfaction and abuse from the people at the door.
There are always one or two gamblers in every family or clan. These prodigals throw the hard-earned money of their family members into the gambling house and never get it back.
Now it seems that this Hao Ke Fang is a shady shop. So the people are angry and criticize the Guo family for running a shady shop, making dirty money, winning but not losing, and bringing shame to Concubine Ye.
The steward was already terrified after losing his money. He had already reported the missing treasury silver to the master, and he didn't know how the master would punish him. Now that he was doing things according to the rules, these gamblers were shameless enough to demand compensation for lost work.
Do you really think that the Guo family is easy to bully?
However, faced with more and more people, the manager really didn't dare to speak carelessly.
"What's going on?"
A loud shout was heard, and everyone was depressed, thinking that the government officials had come and they could not get any money to blackmail them. But when they looked, they saw that it was the chief steward of the Guo family who came in.
The steward immediately told the chief steward about the strange incident that had just occurred. The chief steward asked quietly, "Have you reported it to the authorities?"
"I reported it a quarter of an hour ago."
The government office was only a quarter of an hour away. After their people reported the incident to the authorities, they would surely arrive immediately. So the chief steward clasped his fists and said to everyone:
"Everyone, my Guo family is a prominent family with a heritage of over two hundred years. We will definitely not default on our debt for a mere 410,000 taels of gold. Please be patient and wait for a quarter of an hour. If the government officials still don't arrive after a quarter of an hour, how about I give you ten taels of silver for every quarter of an hour you wait?"
"Why is there only ten taels of silver? We are going to do something big now, so if we say one hundred taels, then it's one hundred taels!" Xiao Xuanxuan took the lead and shouted dissatisfiedly.
"Yes! One hundred taels! Otherwise, pay immediately and we'll leave!" The gamblers and the people outside applauded.
"Little brother, you are blackmailing me!" The chief steward looked at Xiao Xuanxuan, knowing that everything was instigated by this seemingly harmless but actually extremely sinister person.
Hao Ke Fang would never lose money, and definitely not on such a large bet. Therefore, he was almost 100% certain that this jade-like man before him—no, more accurately, the boy—had a grudge against his Guo family. The winnings and the thefts were all his doing.
Although he didn't know how he did it.
In response to the chief steward's rebuke, Xiao Xuanxuan smiled brightly: "Big brother, you are making things difficult for me!"
"That's right! People won money, and you're refusing to pay. How can such a good thing happen? If you want us to stay, then pay us 100 taels for every quarter of an hour we stay. If not, then immediately pay us 400,000 taels and we'll leave!"
The chief steward was annoyed by these street hooligans and scoundrels. He thought that since so much time had passed, the government officials would surely be here soon, so he made up his mind and said, "Okay! One hundred taels is one hundred taels. But it won't count after the government officials come!"
"Of course, of course!"
Looking at the unhappy faces of the gamblers, Xiao Xuanxuan quickly responded with a smile.
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(Updated on April 21st)
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