"No wonder this is Tianqi City's Thousand Gold Stage. The stakes really are high."
After visiting several cities in Bei Li, Shen Fei arrived at Tianqi City, the capital of Bei Li. As expected of the capital, it was extremely prosperous. Thousand Gold Stage in particular saw hordes of outsiders coming every day to throw away fortunes. To put it bluntly, for those of the martial world, a trip to Tianqi City without visiting Thousand Gold Stage was practically a wasted trip.
Of course, that only applied to people of the martial world. To those in court, Thousand Gold Stage was beneath contempt. Even as Bei Li's largest gambling house, it was no exception. Yet no one wanted to shut it down, no matter how displeased they were with it. The reason was simple: money.
As Bei Li's largest gambling house, Thousand Gold Stage brought enormous tax revenue to the state every day. Shutting it down would be easy, but who would bear the losses afterward?
Gambling was difficult to eradicate, not only in this era but even in modern society, where legal casinos still existed. He had no way to eliminate it completely, not even in Great Tang. It was a problem of the times. The only thing he could do was tighten regulation and increase penalties for rigged games, especially those involving ordinary people. As for so-called martial artists, they could do whatever they pleased as long as they did not disturb the public.
Another difficult issue related to gambling was brothels. This was equally hard to resolve. All he could do was manage them as he did gambling, though the punishments here had to be even harsher. For anyone who violated the rules, there was only one word: death.
"Five, five, six. Big." As the dice cup