Datang: Li Er, are you teaching me how to do things?

Chapter 195 Welfare Lottery
Regarding how the court makes money, the most convenient way is to open a bank.

Opening a bank is the most profitable, but opening a bank is not an easy task, and there are many things involved.

And even if money houses gradually became popular in the Song Dynasty, it was after decades of foreshadowing.

Even if Li Yun speaks out now, it will be difficult to achieve results in a short period of time.

More importantly, opening a bank is a lot of trouble, and if you are not careful, you will leave a bad mouth.

So Li Yun directly abandoned the bank business.

Apart from the money bank, the rest is undoubtedly gambling.

Not to mention those gambling cities and various gambling websites in later generations.

Take Italy, a major European country, as an example. Their annual tax revenue is about 7000 billion euros, but Italy's own gaming industry has an annual profit of 700 billion euros.

That is to say, the money spent by ordinary people in Italy on gambling is at least one-tenth of the government's annual tax revenue.

That's enough money.

In fact, all European countries are similar. This is a big business, so the governments of various countries have nothing to do, and they will not ban gambling.

However, there is a law in the Tang Dynasty that strictly prohibits gambling, so Li Yun can't talk about the legalization of gambling, let alone strictly control gambling houses in various places in the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, there is another big head in the gaming industry, and that is the welfare lottery for later generations.

This point is what Li Yun can mention. With the mentality of ordinary people at this time, it should be no problem to sell each lottery lottery for 200 million yuan.

If there is a period of three days, there will be 2000 million yuan in that month. After deducting the cost, it is also very good to earn 1000 million yuan a month.

Thinking of this, Li Yun slowly said under the expectant eyes of everyone: "Father, I have an immature idea, please refer to it."

He then said the welfare lottery again.

Li Er frowned slightly, "This benefit... a lottery ticket... isn't that..."

He didn't say what he said completely, and he said it was to cheat the common people out of money.

Wei Zheng and the others also stared at Li Yun, they felt that this method was a little unreasonable.

Li Yun smiled, "There are so many gambling houses in the market, and there are no restrictions. You should know it."

Everyone knows this. Although the court has a law prohibiting gambling, it basically doesn't manage gambling houses. Officials don't take it seriously, and ordinary people don't care.

Just like a brothel, gambling houses have existed in China for thousands of years.

Almost all dynasties have laws prohibiting, but never seriously enforced.

Don't talk about it, even in the military camp, gambling is a must. It can be said that there is no military camp that does not have gambling.

"The common people have a gambling mentality, which is actually easy to understand. After all, many people will have a fluke mentality."

"Of course we can't set up a gambling game like those people. That would encourage the common people to gamble. No one will be engaged in production, which will be detrimental to the country."

"But so much money from the people flows into the hands of those casino owners, we can take advantage of this."

"The welfare lottery I'm talking about naturally has benefits. The money will go to the national treasury and be used to improve people's livelihood."

"Even after each welfare lottery, we can build a school, or build a new bridge, which really puts gamblers' money in the right place."

"And we don't advocate gambling. Do you think this is the truth?"

Even in later generations of China, the welfare lottery has not been banned, because the welfare lottery is actually a very guiding activity. It gives ordinary people who hope to get rich overnight a window, and at the same time it will not make people addicted to it.

One issue a week is not addictive.

So the welfare lottery is actually a very smart way.

Li Er was deep in thought, and the others also frowned and thought about it. They didn't react so quickly, and Li Yun's ideas were too trendy, so the big guys couldn't understand it for a while.

However, the "reputation" issue that everyone is most concerned about has been resolved. Just like what Li Yun said, the money from the welfare lottery is collected into the national treasury, which is beneficial to the country and the people.

And this "welfare" is not a joke, but can really be fulfilled.

How meaningful is it to spend some of the money earned in each period to build a school and a bridge, isn't it?

Wei Zheng is not a flexible person, this time even Wei Zheng didn't say much.

After a long time, Li Er said slowly: "The prince, tell me how the welfare lottery works?"

"After the lottery shop is established, numbers can be sold. There are 49 numbers in total. There are 33 numbers for red balls and [-] numbers for blue balls. People can choose six numbers for red balls and one number for blue balls."

"If all seven numbers are correct, that's the grand prize."

"Six numbers are correct, that is the first prize, five numbers are the second prize, four numbers are the third prize, three numbers are the fourth prize."

"There is no reward for two numbers or one number. Note that these numbers are in sequence, and they must be in the same order to be considered correct."

"One bet is worth one penny, and the special prize for one bet can be awarded [-] coins. There is no limit to the purchase, and you can buy as many bets as you want."

Everyone thought about it, and Wei Zheng asked first: "Then if many people win the lottery, wouldn't the court lose money?"

"Master Wei, don't worry, you will never lose money. What's more, the [-] yuan I mentioned is just a general concept. If there are more winners, we can reduce the bonus and change the special prize to [-] yuan."

When everyone heard this, they looked at Li Yun in surprise.

This Li Yun usually looks harmless to humans and animals, but he didn't expect to be so insidious at this time.

But this is indeed a good way, and it can also harvest the money of those gamblers.

These gamblers have money to send to the gambling house, why not give it to the court?

Li Er thought for a while, and then asked: "Yun'er, how many days does your lottery draw?"

"Well, one issue every three days, how about one issue every [-]?"

"Then how much profit do you think you can make in the first phase?"

"One place in Chang'an, one million yuan."

Because there is no such convenient transportation as later generations, this welfare lottery can only be played in one place, and Chang'an's welfare lottery can only radiate to several nearby counties.

Li Yun paused, and then said: "If Chang'an's welfare lottery is successful, it can be promoted to big cities like Luoyang, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, and Xiangzhou."

Hearing this, Li Er couldn't help but feel a little moved, because this welfare lottery is not only in Chang'an, but also in other places.

If there is 100 million yuan in the first phase of Chang'an, 50 yuan in the first phase of other places, and a total of 300 million yuan in several big cities, it will not be nearly 3000 million yuan in a month.

Xiao Yu is the Minister of the Household Department, and he was very moved when he heard it. He immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, I think I can give it a try."

Li Er nodded, and then said with a smile: "Then the household department will be in charge, and the prince will instruct the household department to run the welfare lottery."

(End of this chapter)