We'll have you impersonate the Crown Prince and create a prosperous era for the Great Qian Dyna

The appearance of the second brother is both a signal sent by the eldest brother to Zhou Tiancheng and a bridge between the eldest brother and Zhou Tiancheng.

When Little Eleven angrily accused Second Brother, Second Brother understood that it was impossible for Little Ten and the others to return to the Fengcheng Ten Ghosts' team.

It's like the saying goes, "If it's going to rain, it'll rain; if a mother wants to remarry, she'll remarry." The die is cast, and although the remaining seven people haven't expressed their opinions, their hearts are gradually leaning towards the Crown Prince.

Several more days passed, and the end of the month had arrived.

The training in the military camp has been completely handed over to the second brother by Zhou Tiancheng, and he only goes there occasionally to show his face.

But he simply didn't have time on that day at the end of the month.

The day to collect the silver has arrived!

He and Steward Liu arrived at Zui Chunfeng.

Zui Chunfeng had three accounting offices, and the clattering of abacuses echoed throughout the room until noon when the manager finally took the summarized account books to Zhou Tiancheng.

"Your Highness, the total profit for this month is 32,000 taels of silver."

Thirty-two thousand?

It only amounted to 380,000 taels of silver in a year.

But Zhou Rui said that the annual profit is around 500,000 taels, right?

Zhou Tiancheng sighed and looked at the shopkeeper to ask.

"But because of my reputation, even Zui Chun Feng's business has been affected?"

The shopkeeper nodded slightly, his expression somewhat embarrassed.

"Most of the guests we serve at Zui Chun Feng are from relatively wealthy families, and a large portion of their income is related to government officials."

"Since Your Highness took over Zui Chunfeng, court officials have rarely come to host banquets or purchase food, so the profits have decreased significantly."

"If it weren't for the fact that our Drunken Spring Breeze is close to the East Market, where many merchants from the surrounding area conduct business, we probably wouldn't have earned even 30,000 taels of silver."

Zhou Tiancheng was at a loss.

He couldn't blame the shopkeeper.

The Crown Prince is such a fool. He left behind a mess that even Zhou Tiancheng himself couldn't clean up, let alone the shopkeeper in front of him.

He stood up, turned around, and began to give instructions to Steward Liu.

"Old Liu, take the 30,000 taels of silver and go. The remaining 2,000 taels can be given to everyone at Zui Chunfeng as compensation."

"Remember, with me, no one should take more or less; everyone gets an equal share."

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper's eyes widened suddenly.

Not only him, but all the waiters, maids, and even the cleaning staff all pricked up their ears and stared at the prince with shining eyes.

Two thousand taels of silver!

If divided equally, wouldn't each of these dozens of people receive several dozen taels of silver?

The Crown Prince is so magnanimous!

The shopkeeper felt a little guilty.

Their profits have decreased, but wages have increased. Is that right?

"Your Highness, isn't this too much?"

Zhou Tiancheng didn't even turn his head.

"You just need to focus on making the restaurant a success. I'm not good at managing these things. Please put in the effort to help make the restaurant business thrive."

"The more you earn, the more money you'll receive in the future."

After he finished speaking, he gestured for Steward Liu to leave with him.

Now is the time to start saving money.

Of course, the interest rate is currently unknown.

Once inside the gambling den, the two headed straight for the betting table for the training competition.

There are only a few days left in the competition, and the odds of the crown prince winning are not as low as one to three or one to four as one might imagine.

This ratio has reached 1 to 7!

Zhou Tiancheng was stunned.

If you put in 30,000 taels of silver and win, you can take away 210,000 taels of silver!

In just a few days, you can make 180,000 taels out of thin air. What are you waiting for? Place your bet!

Manager Liu immediately threw the silver to the casino in exchange for a gambling ticket.

At the same time, Steward Liu also learned a lot of information.

Such large-scale events are rare in the Great Qian Dynasty, so this military training competition has attracted much attention.

Among them, the most noteworthy are military generals such as Shi Cheng, who all came from the northern frontier and were exceptionally skilled at training troops.

In order to analyze the winning probability, some people even studied this group of people. Based on their battle records, they kept filtering and filtering. In the end, Shi Cheng's odds were fixed at 1 to 1.05 because of his best record.

The other people were also very stubborn, mostly offering odds of 1 to 1.1 or less.

As for the few novices, such as the Third Prince, his odds have dropped to 1.5, making him a leader in the second stage.

Zhou Tiancheng was different; he was at the bottom of the pack, so he bet most of his money on the front, which made his odds particularly outrageous.

It's worth noting that many casinos also like to bet on unconventional outcomes, and even so, his odds were still 7 to 1.

But Zhou Tiancheng still felt it was unscientific and asked Steward Liu to go up and ask.

"Shouldn't my odds be at least 1 to 10? 1 to 7 seems a bit too low."

At first, Zhou Tiancheng thought that a 1 to 3 payout was enough.

But things are different now. After reading the casino analysis manual, he was completely ignored, as if he were invisible.

Although the word "idiot" was not mentioned, the manual repeatedly mentioned a sentence.

That is His Highness the Crown Prince of the Great Qian Dynasty, who is very good at messing up anything, whether it is a big deal or a small deal.

The pamphlet even included a line that essentially said to be cautious when betting, especially on the Crown Prince.

With this booklet, Zhou Tiancheng's odds can't possibly be only 1 to 7, right?

Manager Liu returned quickly, looking at Zhou Tiancheng with a somewhat complicated expression.

"Your Highness, when you first started betting, the odds were 1 to 15, which was already the maximum odds."

Zhou Tiancheng narrowed his eyes.

One to fifteen?

How did it become a 1 to 7 odds?

The answer is simple.

"The Duke of Protectorate had 200,000 taels of silver brought over for you to place bets."

"Your Highness, as you know, gambling dens don't operate at a loss. They're here to make money. When someone places a bet on you, they recalculate the odds, which lowers the odds."

"The odds were as low as 1 to 2 at the time, then they gradually rose to 1 to 3, until recently, when Shi Cheng and others led troops out to suppress bandits, and the people paid attention to this matter, which brought up the odds."

Zhou Tiancheng understood.

It's estimated that when the gambling den opened, no one placed bets, and the Duke of Huguo single-handedly took on all the individual bettors.

The odds he won were 1 to 15!

As more people participated, the amount of silver in the prize pool increased, and the proportion of the Duke of Huguo's 200,000 taels of silver in the prize pool decreased, which caused the odds to rise again.

This infuriated Zhou Tiancheng.

Was he unwilling to place a bet?

He has no money!

All the money has disappeared!

"My father-in-law, he really wants to take advantage of everything!"

Zhou Tiancheng was both angry and anxious. If it weren't for the Duke of Huguo's interference, his 30,000 taels of silver could have turned into 450,000 taels of silver!

Zhou Tiancheng's heart was bleeding because his father-in-law had taken all the money!

"Never mind, when I see the Duke in the future, I'll make him cough up some silver."

"No wonder this guy came to the military camp so kindly to lend me money; it turns out he was using my money to lend to me!"

Zhou Tiancheng shook his head and left the gambling den with Steward Liu. It was already noon, so the two decided to find a tavern to have lunch.

unexpectedly.

Right now, the topic of conversation in the distillery is this training competition!