Eat the whole family? I emptied the storehouse of the Marquis' Mansion and married the crippled

As soon as Jiang Chenghai opened his mouth, Li An next to him secretly complained in his heart, "You old man, you react really quickly."

He immediately followed suit and also agreed that the gambling house should be under state management, and by the way, he praised Ye Jintang a lot.

There were more than one or two people in the court who had benefited from Ye Jintang, and they were all high-ranking officials. They all stood up to support the state management of the gambling houses, and other minor officials naturally did not dare to object.

There must be some powerful force behind the opening of a gambling house in the capital. However, no matter how powerful that force is, seeing that all the officials in the court overwhelmingly support Ye Jintang's reforms in the gambling house, they can only choose to remain silent. Losing a profitable business is better than having the entire family hated by the emperor.

Ye Jintang had no idea about the twists and turns involved. She was just curious. Logically speaking, the nationalization of the gambling house would affect the interests of many people. She was ready to fight to the death with these people, but she did not expect that the first time she brought up the matter in the imperial study, she would immediately get the approval of all officials.

She didn't believe that she had such great charm, and she didn't believe that the officials had such great awareness. Ye Jintang looked at Xiao Mo beside her with a puzzled look.

Seeing his smug smile, she immediately understood. This was something that Xiao Mo had already paved the way for her without her knowing. No wonder so many people supported the reform of the gambling house today.

"Since you all agree to this, I will also tell you the truth. Nationalizing the casino will help us solve the big problem of the empty treasury. From now on, you will no longer need to borrow money from the emperor."

"The Queen is wise, the Emperor is wise."

All the court officials present believed Ye Jintang's words without a doubt, and everyone knew what kind of life Xiao Mo had lived in the past.

Xiao Mo was extremely poor at that time. There were even rumors that the reason why he did not raise an army to seize the throne was because he had no money and could not afford to buy weapons or support private soldiers.

Everything has changed dramatically since he married Ye Jintang. It can be said that without Ye Jintang's support, there would definitely be no Xiao Mo today.

The court officials still remember clearly the scene when Xiao Mo led the cavalry into the capital. Every cavalryman, from head to toe equipment to war horses, would cost thousands of taels of silver.

At that time, Xiao Mo had more than 1 cavalrymen alone, and there were even more people in other types of troops.

They didn't dare to calculate carefully how much money Xiao Mo and Ye Jintang had spent to have such a dazzling army.

All the gambling houses in Tianqin Kingdom were sealed one after another, and this lasted for half a month.

At first, the common people thought that the government was just putting on a show and that it would not take long before gambling houses would open one after another.

However, I didn’t expect that half a month later, the gambling house not only did not open but also took down its sign.

If it is a rented shop, a wooden sign indicating lease will be hung in front of the door.

If it is private property, it will be disguised and used to make other business.

Just as the people were discussing this, a notice was posted all over the country. Only then did the people know that the gambling houses would be under state management in the future, and that after a while, the state-managed gambling houses would open one after another.

For a time, people all over the country were full of curiosity about the new gambling house. They wanted to know what a state-controlled gambling house would look like.

Ye Jintang in the palace was drawing a floor plan for a new gambling house.

Since the gambling house would be owned by the state in the future, it naturally could not be as shabby as before. Her initial idea was to build the gambling house to be five stories high. The first floor would be the lobby where some popular shows could be performed, and the second to fifth floors would all be private rooms.

There are a lot of things to do in the box.

In addition to various currently popular ways of playing, Ye Jintang also added some new ways of playing mahjong and cards.

She turned the gambling house into an entertainment venue.

It is impossible to ban gambling, so use magic to defeat magic.

From now on, no private individuals will be allowed to open gambling houses in the Tianqin country. If you want to gamble, you can only go to state-owned gambling houses. If anyone violates the rules, at the very least, all gambling money will be confiscated. At the worst, you may be imprisoned for several years and all your property will be confiscated.

Under such severe punishment, gamblers can only go to state-owned gambling houses.

In state-owned gambling houses, the amounts bet are very small, and all chips are used. Even if one gambles non-stop for a whole day and night, one would not lose more than a tael of silver.

If someone feels that playing like this is boring, they can apply to enter the high-end game, but if they want to enter the high-end game, they must first show proof of funds. If they don’t have a net worth of hundreds of thousands of silver, they should just play with special chips honestly and don’t think about the high-end game.

Through various means, the emergence of crazy gamblers can be effectively prevented, and at the same time, it also provides a place for ordinary people to have entertainment, and allows those who are idle to have a place to expend their energy and avoid causing trouble everywhere.

After Xiao Mo saw the first version of the gambling house floor plan and business plan drawn by Ye Jintang, he couldn't help but clap his hands in admiration.

"This is really a good way to make money. It's just a small private room. Half an hour costs 500 coins, and tea and snacks are extra. If you play mahjong for a whole day, you won't win or lose much, but the room fee alone is several taels. We can make all the money."

"We are not doing charity. Since we are opening a casino, we naturally want to make a lot of money. If the casino is not profitable, I will not go to so much trouble to nationalize it."

Xiao Mo nodded vigorously. He only knew that gambling houses made a lot of money by taking commissions and lending money at high interest rates. He didn't expect that they could still make money by changing the method.

"Jintang, I can't wait for all the gambling houses to open immediately."

"Don't worry, most of the gambling houses will be open before winter. In winter, the weather is cold and people have nowhere to go, so the gambling houses will definitely do well."

"Your Majesty, there is something else I need to discuss with you."

"What's the matter?"

"There are hundreds of gambling houses to be built across the country, and there must be someone to manage them. Do you have the right person?"

The amount of money involved in the gambling house is not a small amount. As long as the people in charge have the slightest evil intention, a large sum of money will go into his pocket. The temptation is too great, and she really doesn't want to test people's hearts.

"That's easy. Let my cousin Bai Ziyao take care of the gambling house. With his fierce and ferocious appearance, he can definitely calm anyone down."

"This? Is this possible?"

Ye Jintang also knew Bai Ziyao. He looked fierce on the surface, but he was actually a very nice person.

"No problem. The Bai family has a clean family background and has always been very strict. Besides, my cousin is the only one in the Bai family. It is useless for him to ask for money. Even if there are mountains of gold and silver in front of him, he will not be moved."

People have seven emotions and six desires. Some people are particularly eager for money, while others are relatively indifferent to money and material things. Bai Ziyao, who has experienced the rise and fall of his family and all kinds of ups and downs, does not belong to the latter.

He has seen through the world. Not only does he have no desire for money and power, he also doesn't care much about getting married and having children.

Now that Xiao Mo has become the emperor, people originally wanted to confer him the title of marquis, but he was not interested. When someone came to propose marriage to him, he said that he was too old and did not want to delay the girl's marriage.

Such a person who has no desires or demands is most suitable to manage a gambling house.