Modern people often found it hard to resist the temptation of gambling, let alone people in ancient times, when entertainment was so scarce.
In no time, these spoiled young nobles, including Lu Xun, became addicted.
Moreover, they kept raising their bets, with even the smallest being over a hundred taels.
Seeing how "cooperative" they were, Jiang Siming revealed an imperceptible smile and secretly tampered with the dice in the cup.
They started another round, and Dian Wei opened the cup!
This time, they finally lost.
But they weren't upset in the slightest. Instead, they became even more excited, wanting to win back what they had just lost.
That was how gambling worked: after winning, you wanted to win more, and after losing, you wanted to win back everything you had lost.
With that mindset, it would have been strange if they hadn't become addicted.
From then on, they entered a streak of losses. Over a dozen rounds in a row, they lost far more often than they won.
Many of them quickly lost every bit of money they had brought.
"King Ming, lend me some money. I'll pay you back tomorrow." Someone wanted to borrow money from Jiang Siming.
"Borrowing money is no problem, but you'll have to write an IOU." Jiang Siming readily agreed and had his subordinates bring them paper, ink, brushes, and inkstones.
Naturally, these people were happy to write one. It was only an IOU, after all.
They were the richest second-generation heirs in Jiangdong. Their families had more money than they could spend.
Thus, more and more people began writing IOUs after losing.
At first, they borrowed a hundred taels, then five hundred, and eventually even over a thousand.
Lu Xun had already borrowed nearly three thousand taels.
After losing several thousand taels, his eyes