Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

Chapter 184 The Marquis's Business

The autumn wind is cool and the autumn atmosphere is getting deeper.

In just ten days, the building purchased by the Marquisate was already open for business. Luo Yu and Qin Bingrui had to go there in person to join in the fun. As a result, they saw that the Marquisate's Prince Mo had actually used such a fine building to open a gambling house.

What a waste of a good building...

People who can't even afford to eat and don't have a proper job naturally just want to make money as quickly as possible...

So behind this gambling house, there's also a loan sharking shop where you can borrow money, so it's a one-stop service...

From ancient times to the present, there have always been people who cannot escape these temptations.

Luo Yu took the opportunity to intervene, but Qin Bingrui held her back and chuckled evilly.

"Sister, I recently discovered that I have a special ability that can make me fall asleep in seconds."

Luo Yu complained: "For people like us who are exhausted every day and can only sleep for two hours, it would be strange if we didn't fall asleep in seconds."

Qin Bingrui nodded: "That makes sense!"

Then I found a place where there were not many people, sat down, closed my eyes, and fell asleep in seconds.

Luo Yu: ...

The young man from the Imperial City Division, who was following them from a distance, said:...

This is a bit exaggerated.

Is she being too cruel to Qin Bingrui, the laborer, on a daily basis?

Unfortunately, Luo Yu herself has an even harder life. Not only does she have to think about how to expand the business every day, she also has to draw the drafts for "The Legend of Wu Tian" and serialize "The Legend of Wen Bo" when she has time. She even has to worry about the affairs of the furniture store. The furniture that the carpenters can think of is really too plain and simple, and she has to add some creative touches to it.

Tired, really tired...

Half a minute later, Qin Bingrui woke up.

"Sister, let's go and earn some pocket money today to buy some nice clothes for Xiaomei and her brother."

"You can even dream about this?" Luo Yu was shocked. It seemed pretty good, the ability to control it freely.

Qin Bingrui grinned: "It's not particularly comfortable. Most of the time, I sleep through the night. Otherwise, I would be dreaming every day and die suddenly from overwork.

But I can still control this kind of fragmented sleep and dreaming!"

"It's okay. It's much more powerful than your sister's."

"Sis, your abilities are useless unless it's a life-or-death situation. That's the most amazing thing!"

The two of them walked into the gambling house while chatting and laughing.

The gambling house is packed with men!

Seeing the two beautiful girls coming in, some wretched men showed their ugly faces.

"Oh, a pretty girl is gambling too. I wonder if she'll use herself as collateral if she loses..."

"It's so beautiful, it must be worth a lot of money, haha."

Qin Bingrui frowned. Most people couldn't even get enough to eat, so how could there still be a group of shameless people who were dreaming of such evil things...

There was a sleazy guy who looked at Qin Bingrui with a sidelong glance, looking like he was not someone he could easily mess with. Plus, he had a scar on his face, which made him look a bit menacing. But the girl next to him was gentle and kind, and she looked well-behaved, so he began to feel uneasy.

He squeezed directly next to Luo Yu, wanting to take the opportunity to touch the girl's little hand.

In this era, if a woman is touched, she dare not speak out loudly, because only the woman herself will be ruined.

Luo Yu noticed something was wrong and gently pulled Qin Bingrui, who secretly reached out his hand...

His ancestors, let this wretched man touch the hands of the most beautiful courtesan in the capital, he would have made a fortune...

After a while, the wretched man let out the howling sound of a pig waiting to be slaughtered.

“Ahhhhhhh, oh…”

Terrifying...

Those fingers of his must have been completely broken. Qin Bingrui directly bent his three middle fingers in the opposite direction. Presumably, those fingers could not return to their original position...

Listening to the crisp "crunching" sounds, Luo Yu felt it was a bit irritating!

It must be very painful!

"Listen up, everyone. This is the price of groping. If anyone is dissatisfied, come and ask for justice. Let's go to the government office and see what the prefect has to say."

"When you women come to places like this, isn't it obvious that you are being taken advantage of?"

"That's right, this is not a place for women."

Qin Bingrui glared at them with disdain, pointed at their faces and shouted, "Humph, since when did it say women are not allowed inside the gambling house? Even if the gambling house is full of men, are we two women going to be bullied to death by you? Is there any law in this world?"

So, if I bring your mother, your wife, and your daughter to a place like this someday, do they also deserve to be bullied to death by these wretched men?"

"This……"

Illogical words can only be defeated by even more illogical words.

"No more nonsense. Everyone is equal in front of silver. I will kill you all without a single piece of armor left."

"..."

Within a quarter of an hour, Qin Bingrui and Luo Yu put a hundred or so taels of silver into their purses, including a gold ingot worth about fifty taels of silver.

Qin Bingrui pretended he wasn't having fun and muttered, "Oh, I had a dream last night. In the dream, an old man with a white beard told me that I would make a fortune today, over a thousand taels of silver. Haha, now it seems that the dream is really true."

Luo Yu feigned surprise and said, "You said this so early in the morning. I thought you were dreaming and talking nonsense. I didn't expect that dreams could be so accurate. It seems that we are blessed by the God of Wealth today..."

As a result, as they expected, no one wanted to play with them anymore...

Earning thousands of taels of silver a day, wow, how can you earn so much in a day without draining the people around you?

"Oh, sister, no one is playing with us anymore, so let's just leave and go to other places to have a look. We have to earn these thousands of taels of silver."

"Yeah, okay! Let's go."

So, he walked out of the gambling house with a pile of silver in his pocket...

The young man from Huangchengsi who was waiting outside secretly broke into a cold sweat. If he provoked a group of people from the gambling house, he would not be able to handle it alone.

Qin Bingrui and Luo Yu went to a clothing store that sold fabrics and clothing. They selected fabrics of various colors and asked the female workers in the store to make several sets of clothing for boys and girls of different age groups according to the different heights of their children each year.

There is no way to spend all the money...

On the way back, Qin Bingrui asked Luo Yu: "Sister, Lord Ye and Master Murong should be arriving in the capital soon, right?"

"Well, if it's quick, it'll take about three or four days."

"Are you nervous? I wonder if the men in black sent by the Queen have discovered you in Wangzhou?"

"What's there to be nervous about? Don't you still have me?"

"Sister, what exactly did you write in your letter that made you so sure the Queen would help you?"

"A secret. I'll tell you when it's done. I'm afraid there might be ears..."

By the way, several secret guards sent by King Ning quietly followed them.

"You mean Feiying and the others? They helped us transport food last time. We're good brothers, but now they're targeting us. Is there any need to hide like thieves?"

"..."

Xiaosong from the Imperial City Division was different. He directly helped them. He was holding a bunch of items in his hands and could hardly see the road.

With nothing to do, the two of them went to the library again.

Boss Zhao went to the Rui Palace with Qin Bingrui's letter. When the Rui Palace heard about the opening of the Wangzhou City chain library, it was very exciting. This was going to make the Rui Palace famous throughout the country, so it had to be supported...

Boss Zhao himself was shocked. He alone led a group of people from the Rui Palace to transport back tens of thousands of books.

Although the workload was heavy, it made Boss Zhao feel a sense of satisfaction and honor that he had never experienced since the bankruptcy of the escort agency. A man should have a real career, especially a big career like this that benefits the people...

Boss Zhao, whose face was so wrinkled from his busy work that it became even more wrinkled, hurried out when he saw the two girls.

"Miss Bai, Miss Qin, Zhao Laoer's renovations are almost done. You two have arrived at the perfect time. Go in and see if this renovation suits your tastes."

Luo Yu and Qin Bingrui walked into the new library building together. It was only three stories high, but covered an area of nearly 500 square meters...