The Trap of Gambling

In this case, this bow and arrow workshop alone will almost bring nearly 100,000 gold coins of pure profit to the Stephen family every year, which can be regarded as a piece of fat. And the most important thing is that this business is very stable, has lasted for hundreds of years, and there are almost no twists and turns.

For such a business, other families are naturally salivating. They have also followed suit, but unfortunately, the quality of the bows and arrows produced is always unsatisfactory. Can only occupy the low-end market that the Stephen family does not want, such as civil mercenaries, noble private armies, etc., these guys are more than one pick, and the profits are of course far less generous than the state procurement.

However, improving the quality of bows and arrows is not such a simple matter, and the manufacture of bows and arrows, in addition to the craftsmanship, is the most important thing for the quality of the treatment of the bow body and the glue used for bonding. And these two secrets have always been particularly valued by the Stephen family.

Outside the imperial capital, in the estate of the Stephen family, there are two heavily guarded places, one specializing in the production of adhesive glue and the other specializing in the treatment of bow bodies. Each step of these two processes has a special person in charge, and these people can only know one process, and few people know all the processes, all of which are strictly controlled by the Stephen family. The spies of other families and forces could not know for sure. So, for about 200 years, the Stephens family has been a leader in this field. But now, the position of this bellwether has been broken, and the reason is obviously the thief!

Of course, the Duchess also understood the seriousness of this matter, once all the formulas for making bows and arrows were leaked, then the Stephen family would lose more than 100,000 gold coins per year. Once this kind of secret, which involves the combat effectiveness of the army, is leaked abroad, it is equivalent to the great crime of fornicating with the enemy's country. Even if the Stephen family is not defeated because of this, if it is used by political enemies, there will definitely be a lot of trouble. Moreover, there are also royal interests in this. If His Majesty the Emperor lost his income of hundreds of thousands of gold coins every year because of this leak, he would definitely go crazy!

Thinking of this serious consequence, the Duchess did not dare to slacken, and hurriedly asked her son angrily: "You said." Is this true or not? "

"No, definitely not, I don't!" Xiaobaiface obviously also knew that the problem was serious, and would rather die than admit it.

The Duchess looked at him suspiciously, and the guy hurriedly said: "Mother, I'm not a fool, how can I do such a thing?" "

The Duchess frowned, finally choosing to believe his words. Twisted his face to the fat man and said, "Sir, isn't he so stupid?" Have you wronged him? "

"I wronged him for being a fart! Also blame me bastard, for the two vixen you sent, just fucking stupidly handed over the workshop to this bastard, this is less than a month there. He sold it to me! The fat man cursed angrily.

The Duchess blushed at the old man who said it. The old evil covered his mouth and laughed on the side. He kind of understood, it turned out that it was the Duchess who specially prepared two beauties for the lecherous fat man in order to make her son motivated.

And the fat man was not finished, and then he scolded the guy lying on the ground: "I still dare to talk back, I really don't know whether I am dead or alive." You don't admit it, do you? Well, I told you to take it orally! After that, the fat man waved his hand to the big butler.

The big butler immediately walked to the back. Not much time. Bring out a middle-aged man dressed decently. The fat man continued: "This is one of the people in charge of the bow and arrow workshop, now ask him to tell everyone." What did he see! "

"I, I saw that the young master once spent a short time in the data room where the formula was stored!" The man trembled.

"When was that, and how much time did you spend in it?" The fat man continued to ask.

"It's late at night, I don't know exactly how much time, but I guess it's at least two or three hours!" That's humane.

"How did you find out?" The fat man then asked.

"The villain is in charge of managing the data room, and he knows that the things inside are very important, and he is afraid of problems, so he often patrols at night, so, he found out about this!" The man said with some fear.

"Alas, don't be afraid, you have made meritorious contributions and are responsible for your work, I will not punish you!" The fat man waved his hand helplessly and said, "Give him a reward of ten gold coins, go down!" "

"Yes!" The man hurriedly bowed his head to thank him, then turned and went out.

The fat man then said to the little white face: "Hear? You tell me, I don't sleep in the middle of the night, what are you doing in the reference room? "

"I, I just want to see the information." The kid still said with a hard mouth: "Since you handed over such a big family business to me, of course I have to pay attention to it, and I can't waste it, so I will go inside to study secretly!" So as not to understand anything when you get it, and be deceived by the people below! "

"Fart!" The fat man fainted when he heard this, and couldn't help but scold: "Why don't you study openly, you have to sneak around at night?" "

"Am I not afraid of being seen by others and thinking that I am not learning? That's why I chose such a quiet time! Little White Face said aggrievedly.

"Hah!" The fat man couldn't help but say funny when he heard this: "I must admit, you bastard can't do anything else, but the oily mouth and slippery tongue are absolutely first-class." But don't think you can lie to me with your mouth alone! After that, he waved his hand again.

The big butler immediately noticed, and immediately turned around and walked back again, and in a short time, another middle-aged man was brought out.

"You don't know this one, do you?" The fat man sneered: "Tell you, he is one of the heads of the Augustus family's bow and arrow workshop, and at the same time a nail that I inserted more than ten years ago!" Now, tell this mongrel what you know! "

"Yes!" It was the first time that the man faced so many big people, and he was a little scared in his heart, so he said tremblingly: "A few days ago, the head of the Augustus family's bow and arrow workshop suddenly called us to a meeting, and at the meeting, he came up with a complete set of bow and arrow manufacturing processes, which are much more clever than the ones we mastered. At that time, the person in charge proudly told us that as long as we eat the craftsmanship thoroughly, then our bow and arrow will definitely not be worse than the workshop of the Stephen family! The villain felt that there were not too many at that time, so he had more eyes and secretly noted down the part I was responsible for, and originally wanted to report earlier, but you also know that the workshop that just got the formula is very busy, and I didn't have a chance to come out at all, until yesterday I found a time to report to you! "

"You're doing a great job!" The fat man then said: "Your identity has been exposed, you don't have to go back, continue to work in your own workshop in the future, I will reward you again!" You go down first! "

"Thank you, master!" The man hurriedly bowed in thanks, then turned and left.

The fat man then gritted his teeth and scolded: "His formula is exactly the same as the family's formula, I knew about the leak at that time!" So I hurriedly investigated, first knowing the fact that your kid had quietly stayed in the data room, and then finding out that you lost 50,000 gold coins outside, but you could still throw thousands of gold, just a banquet the day before yesterday, you took out 3,000 gold coins on the spot. Wang Baegg, tell me now, where did your money come from? "

Hearing this, the Duchess also directly affirmed her son's crime from her heart. After all, as the mother of Little White Face, no one knows Little White Face's disposition and financial situation better than her. If you want to ask this guy to drink and play with women, he has no problem staying all night in a row, but if you want to ask him to study, even if he takes the whip and smokes it hard, just such a thing may be in the middle of the night, in the data room to study those boring processes? That's unless solar energy comes out of the north.

As for the financial situation, then she knows the bottom of the matter, her son usually does not earn a penny, it is her mother who pays for it, can she not know her son's old bottom? Don't say 50,000, even 500 gold coins he can't always have in his hand, absolutely spend it quickly, he will give hundreds of them back, just afraid that he will spend it all, to say that he can take out 3,000 gold coins on the spot, it is simply impossible, there must be cats in it!

So the duchess immediately pulled her face down and cursed hatefully: "Little bastard, don't tell the truth yet, do you want to drag me to die with you?" This matter is very important, and it may even endanger the security of the country, and now it may be remedied, otherwise you will die! "

Upon hearing this, Xiaobai's face was also frightened, and he hurriedly cried: "Mother, I was wrong, I told the truth, they forced me to do it!" "

"Don't **** nonsense, who the hell are they? What's going on here? Say it all to me! The fat man roared.

"Yes, yes!" Xiaobaiface had no choice, so he had to confess everything he did.

It turned out that a few months ago, this kid met several noble children from other places at a banquet, they behaved dashingly, made generous moves, and would greet each other, and they could always get all kinds of good things, which made this kid admire Dawei. Eventually, several like-smelling people came together and gambled and played with women all day.

Under these people, this kid's gambling desire was completely stimulated. It doesn't matter if he loses everything, they let this kid play white stripes to a large extent, and under the stimulation of the desire to turn over the book, he was out of control, and he lost tens of thousands in one breath. When the last few people came to him to ask for the account, this kid was stupid on the spot.