Chapter 160 The Gambling Trap

In this case, this bow and arrow workshop alone will almost bring the Stephen family a net profit of nearly 100,000 gold coins every year, which is also a piece of fat. And the most important thing is that this business is very stable and has been going on for hundreds of years, with almost no twists and turns.

Other families naturally drool in such a business. They have also followed suit, but unfortunately, the quality of the bows and arrows produced is always unsatisfactory. They can only occupy the low-end market that the Stephen family doesn't want, such as private mercenaries, noble private troops, etc. These guys are more stingy than the other, and their profits are of course far less abundant than those purchased by the state.

However, improving the quality of bows and arrows is not that simple. In addition to the craftsmanship of bows and arrows, the manufacturing of bows and arrows is the most important thing to pay attention to the quality of bows and glue glue. These two secrets have always been particularly valued by the Stephen family.

Outside the imperial capital, there are two places guarded by the Stephen family's manor, one specializes in producing glue and the other specializes in handling the bow. Each step of these two processes is responsible for special people, and these people can only know one process, and there are very few people who know all the processes, and they are strictly controlled by the Stephen family. The spies from other families and forces cannot be sure of it. Therefore, for about 200 years, the Stephen family has been in a leading position in this field. But now, the position of this leader has been broken, and the reason is obviously the internal thief!

The Duchess of course understood the seriousness of this matter. Once the recipe for making bows and arrows is leaked, the Stephen family will lose more than 100,000 gold coins per year. This secret involving the combat effectiveness of the army is leaked abroad, which is equivalent to a serious crime of affair with the enemy. Even if the Stephen family is not defeated, it will definitely be a lot of trouble if it is used by political enemies. Moreover, there is also the interests of the royal family. If His Majesty the Emperor earns hundreds of thousands of gold coins less every year due to this leak, he will definitely go crazy!

Thinking of this serious consequence, the Duchess did not dare to neglect and asked her son angrily: "You said, is this true?"

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

The Duchess looked at him in confusion, and the guy hurriedly said, "Mother, I'm not a fool, how could I do that?"

The Duchess frowned and finally chose to believe his words. She turned her face to the fat man and said, "Master, he is not that stupid? Have you wronged him?"

"I'm wronged him! I blame me for being a bastard. For the two vixen you gave you, he foolishly handed over the workshop to this bastard. In less than a month, he sold it to me!" The fat man cursed in anger.

The duchess's face turned red when the fat man said it. Lao Xie covered his mouth and laughed. He understood it. It turned out that the duchess specially prepared two beauties for the lustful fat man in order to make his son progress.

The fat man was not counting, and then cursed at the guy lying on the ground: "I still dare to talk back, I really don't know how to live or die. You don't admit it, right? Okay, I'll convince you!" After that, the fat man waved to the butler.

The butler immediately walked behind. It was not long, so he brought out a decent middle-aged man. The fat man continued: "This is one of the heads of the bow and arrow workshop. Now please tell everyone what he has seen!"

"Me, I saw the young master staying in the information room where the recipe is stored for quite some time!" the man said tremblingly.

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

"It's very late at night, so I don't know how much time there is, but I guess it will be at least two or three hours!" said the man.

"How did you find out?" the fat man asked.

"The villain is responsible for managing the information room. He knew that the things inside were of great importance and was afraid of problems, so he often patrolled at night, so he discovered this!" The man said in a little scared manner.

"Oh, don't be afraid. You have made 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 lowered his head and thanked him, then turned around and went out.

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

"I, I just want to see the information." The boy said stubbornly: "Since you handed over such a big family business to me, of course I have to be careful and not waste it, so I went inside and learned it secretly! I won't be deceived by the people below when I don't know anything!"

"Fart!" The fat man fainted when he heard this, and couldn't help but curse: "Why are you not learning so generously and insist on sneaking at night?"

"Aren't I afraid of being seen by others and thinking that I'm ignorant? That's why I chose such a quiet time!" said the young man pretending to be aggrieved.

"Ha!" The fat man couldn't help but laugh at him, "I must admit that you are a bastard, you are not good at anything else, but you are absolutely first-class in your mouth. But don't think you can deceive me by relying on your mouth!" After that, he waved his hand again.

The butler immediately understood and turned around and walked back again. It was not long before another middle-aged man was taken out.

"You don't know this one, right?" The fat man sneered: "Tell you that he is one of the heads of the August family's archery workshop, and he is also a nail I inserted into more than ten years ago! Now, tell this bastard, what do you know!"

"Yes!" The man was a little scared when facing so many big people for the first time, so he said tremblingly: "A few days ago, the person in charge of the August family's bow and arrow workshop suddenly asked us to hold a meeting. At the meeting, he took out a complete set of bow and arrow manufacturing techniques, which were much more sophisticated than the craftsmanship we mastered. The person in charge at that time told us proudly that as long as we understand the craftsmanship thoroughly, our bow and arrow will definitely not be worse than the ones made by the Stephen family's workshop! The villain felt that there were not too many, so he became more careful and secretly recorded the part I was responsible for. He originally wanted to report it early, but you also know that the workshop that I just got the recipe was very busy, and I didn't have the chance to come out. I didn't find a time to report to you until yesterday!"

"You did a good job!" The fat man then said, "Your identity has been exposed, you don't have to go back. Let's continue working in your own workshop in the future. I will also appreciate you a lot! You go down first!"

"Thank you, head of the family!" The man hurriedly bowed to thank him, and then turned around and left.

The fat man then gritted his teeth and cursed: "The recipe he had at that time was exactly the same as the recipe of the family. I knew it was leaked at that time! So I quickly investigated. First, I knew the fact that you kid had been quietly staying in the information room, and then found out that you, a mist, had lost 50,000 gold coins outside, but you could still spend a lot of money. Just at a banquet the day before yesterday, you paid 3,000 gold coins on the spot. Bastard, tell me now, where did your money come from?"

Hearing this, even the Duchess also directly affirmed his son's crime from his heart. After all, as a novice mother, no one knows the nature and financial situation of the novice's novice better than her. If he wants to ask this guy to drink and play with women, he will be fine for several nights, but if he wants to ask him to study, even if he is whipped, it will be hard to whip it. Just such a thing may be in the middle of the night to study those boring processes in the information room? Unless solar energy comes out from the north.

As for the financial situation, she knew even more. Her son wouldn't make a penny, but her mother paid for it. How could she not know her son's old fortune? Not to mention 50,000 yuan, he couldn't have 500 gold coins often, so he would definitely spend it soon. He would give it back hundreds or hundreds, just because he was afraid that he would spend it all. It would be impossible to say that he could take out 3,000 gold coins on the spot. There must be something tricky inside!

So the Duchess immediately pulled her face down and cursed hatefully: "Little bastard, don't you tell the truth yet. Do you want to implicate me and die with you? This matter is of great importance and may even cause harm to the safety of the country. If you say it, there may be some remedies, otherwise you will be dead!"

When he heard this, the little white-faced face was frightened and hurriedly cried: "Mother, I was wrong. To be honest, they forced me to do it!"

"Don't fucking nonsense, who are they? What's going on? Tell me clearly!" the fat man roared angrily.

"Yes, that's right!" The young man had no choice but to confess everything he did.

It turned out that a few months ago, the kid met several noble children from other places at a banquet. They were handsome, generous, and pleasing. They could always get all kinds of good things, which made the kid admire him. In the end, a few people with similar stinky tastes came together and gambled and played with women all day long.
Chapter completed!