On the wedding day, my wife was abnormal

Lin Zhen looked at Zhang Li's neat and efficient figure, and a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He slowly walked up to her, holding the heavy imperial edict tightly in his hand, and whispered to the servant waiting beside him, "Close the door and let everyone leave."

"Squeak." A long sound.

The heavy door of the casino slowly closed, isolating the outside noise. Zhang Li felt a sense of inexplicable nervousness and unconsciously took a few steps back, maintaining a subtle distance from Lin Zhen.

Could it be that he was being beastly and wanted to do something?!

"Prince, why are you closing the door in broad daylight?"

Lin Zhen smiled lightly, but the smile did not reach his eyes. He just tossed the imperial edict in his hand lightly and said, "See for yourself."

Zhang Li's eyes fell on the five-clawed golden dragon on the imperial edict, and she began to have some guesses in her mind.

It wasn't until I opened it and saw the words clearly that I felt dizzy.

It read: "By the Mandate of Heaven and the Will of the Emperor, I proclaim: A hero's character is not limited by birth; all things in the world should transcend distinctions of high and low. Now, I hereby decree that the unprecedented Gambling King Competition be held at the Hero Casino in Beijing on the auspicious ninth day of the eighth month. This competition is not merely for entertainment, but to select the world's most talented individuals. Those with both wisdom and courage will stand out from the crowd, showcasing the great power's style. The winner will be bestowed with the honorary title of Gambling King by the imperial court, a glory unparalleled."

"The second year of Fuyao, July 20th." Zhang Li read out the words softly, her brows furrowed, her eyes full of confusion and astonishment, and she slowly raised her head to look at the other person.

"Will His Majesty really give you such an imperial decree?!"

She felt completely unwell.

This is totally against all worldviews!

The emperor, the ruler of a country, openly supports gambling and holds some bullshit gambling king competition.

If this gets out, won’t other countries laugh their heads off?

Lin Zhen took a sip of the tea that Zhang Li had drunk, and before he could savor it, he suddenly spat it out!

Accompanied by a violent cough: "Puff, cough cough cough... What kind of medicine is this?"

"This is bitter tea." Zhang Li responded calmly.

Lin Zhen frowned, a look of disbelief on his face. "You usually use this to quench your thirst?"

"Although it tastes bitter, it can clear away heat and reduce internal heat, calm the mind and nourish the complexion. If the prince can drink it regularly, it will be of great benefit."

Come on.

How can this be considered drinkable tea?

The tea was mixed with the aroma of ginger and spices, and even a faint fragrance of sesame oil. The tea leaves seemed to be supported by the oil layer, floating on it and refusing to sink.

The first bite was filled with bitterness, like the diarrhea in a dry toilet on a hot day, making people roll their eyes.

If it weren't for someone with a strong will, they would probably think they were going to ascend to heaven.

Lin Zhen muttered to himself.

Don't ask him how he knows what feces smell like. That's all from his bloody experience when he was young.

Lin Zhen gently spat out the tea leaves from his mouth, and the residue drew an inelegant arc in the air. Then he looked at Zhang Li nonchalantly.

"Stop talking nonsense and tell me if I can make a hundred thousand in cash in three months."

"Sir, can you tell me how this was done?"

"No." Lin Zhen shook his head.

"Humph."

Zhang Li couldn't help but let out a coquettish sound when she heard that. There was both blame and a bit of coquettishness in her eyes, and she rolled her eyes at him lightly.

"With this imperial decree, the casino will be packed with people. It will be easy to collect 100,000 taels of silver within three months."

Zhang Li's eyes were sharp as she asked, "But this is clearly the Yuanda Casino, why did we change it to the Hero Casino?"

"Heroes emerge from a casino. Find someone to build a sign immediately and open the business as soon as possible. Also, you lost, so what secret are you going to tell me?"

This is what Lin Zhen cares about and is most curious about.

What secret is it that the Gu family would rather fight in the street and risk their lives to get it?

Zhang Li knew she had lost the bet, so she said directly without hesitation, "Underground bank."

"Qianzhuang?"

"Yes, this casino is the lifeblood of the Gu family and its largest source of income. However, what really makes the Gu family rich is not the casino itself, but the underground bank hidden in the dark."

After saying that, Zhang Li walked straight into the depths of the casino without stopping, and Lin Zhen followed closely behind.

As she walked, she said, "You know, Prince, the casino's biggest profit source is lending money. However, this casino simply doesn't have that much money on its books. So the Gu family built a warehouse underground to store the black money they've embezzled and accepted bribes over the years. The casino then lends the money out and then collects it back."

"With this back and forth, the money becomes clean, so this is also where the Gu family launders money."

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhen nodded slightly, already understanding what was going on in his mind.

He knew full well that the casino was not just a profit-making tool for the Gu family, but also a secret stage for them to launder evidence of their crimes. However, the operation behind all this was even more sophisticated and complex than he had expected.

Zhang Li gently led Lin Zhen to the door of the warehouse and touched the edge of an oil painting depicting a vigorous ancient pine tree with her fingers.

As the picture frame slowly detached from the wall, a square secret compartment appeared.

Zhang Li pushed lightly, and the entire wall slid silently to one side, revealing the deep dark space behind it.

Lin Zhen was secretly surprised.

Even with his future knowledge and experience, it was hard for him to imagine that such a huge underground project was hidden in this seemingly ordinary warehouse.

The corrupt officials in ancient times were really smart.

Lin Zhen's eyes were sharp as he asked softly, "Since you knew about the underground bank, why did the Gu family allow you to be kidnapped by me?"

Zhang Li looked back and smiled, as brilliant as a spring flower, with a hint of cunning in her tone: "Because they don't know at all."

After saying that, she took out a tinder and walked in, with Lin Zhen following closely behind.

"The Gu family's housekeeper came to the casino every night. At first, I thought he was checking the accounts, but it wasn't until I noticed that the amount of money used for lending in the warehouse was increasing that I became curious and followed him to discover this place."

"But he doesn't know that I already know their secret. Otherwise, do you think I would still be alive?"

As she spoke, Zhang Li lit the candles inside the warehouse.

The wisps of light emitted a faint residual heat, illuminating a small area. In this corner caressed by the light, Lin Zhen's eyes suddenly lit up.

Before my eyes, there was a glittering silver mountain!

Each silver coin is as bright as fresh snow, and is uniformly cast into the shape of a five-liang ingot. They are stacked layer upon layer, tightly attached to each other, until they are piled as high as the roof of the simple warehouse.

It is like a wall of dreams made of silver, which is both shocking and a bit unreal and dreamy.

How much does this cost?

Lin Zhen recalled the scenes in the anti-corruption documentaries when he was a selected student.

He'd discovered billions of dollars in assets and banknotes piled up like a wall in his home, but he hadn't seen it with his own eyes. Only then did he understand the true impact of money on a person!

Such a large amount of money is enough to make the Gu family rich enough to rival a country.

No wonder Gu Beichen was so successful in the later plot.

This money alone is enough to ensure that the entire Daqian army will have no worries about food and clothing for two years.

You have to know that there are hundreds of thousands of people!

In the original book, the author only explained how rich Gu Beichen's family's assets were, how much money they earned each year, and how awesome Gu Beichen was as a favored child of heaven, but he never mentioned that his father was so greedy!

I remember that in the original book, Gu Beichen always sent a lot of silver to Murong Yan, and he said it was seized when investigating and punishing corrupt officials of the Lin family faction.

As a result, Murong Yan likes Gu Beichen more and more, becomes obsessed with him, and thinks he is the most powerful man in the world.

That’s right, if he hadn’t traveled through time, Gu Beichen would definitely be the most powerful.

But now...all your luck belongs to me!

This windfall is just the beginning!

Zhang Li lit all the candles, and Lin Zhen finally saw the entire warehouse clearly.

Zhang Li said, "I roughly calculated that there are about 2.6 million taels of silver and 150,000 taels of gold. I don't know about the jade and jewelry, I haven't counted them."

Lin Zhen swallowed hard.

130 tons of silver and 7.5 tons of gold.

Now it's all mine.

It’s ridiculous that I actually pooled money with Fatty and the others to start a company!

Isn't this just slapping yourself in the face?

No, we have to find someone to move this money out quickly, otherwise it will belong to Gu Beichen tomorrow!

With so much money in his hands, wouldn't he hire ten thousand assassins to kill himself?