Chapter 579

Zhang Wu and Wang Si were driven out of the Heavenly Prison.

Immediately afterward, three rules were added to the Heavenly Prison code, and they were pinned to the top.

Early in the morning, the prison guards on the night shift preparing to get off work and the prison guards on the day shift preparing to go to work, one entering and one exiting, saw a large notice posted on the bulletin board.

It stated three new rules.

First: Those who owe usury due to gambling exceeding twenty taels will be driven out of the Heavenly Prison.

Second: Those who sell their children, daughters, or wives due to gambling will be driven out of the Heavenly Prison.

Third: Those who collude inside and outside due to gambling, double-dip, and accept money to harm people's lives will be driven out of the Heavenly Prison!

Medical Official Mu said that gambling could not be managed.

Chen Guanlou admitted that Medical Official Mu was right. He couldn't manage whether the prison guards below gambled; after getting off work, the prison guards ran to the gambling den to gamble, and this matter was not under his jurisdiction; his hands were not that long.

However, he could formulate rules and decide what kind of behavior must be driven out of the Heavenly Prison.

Gambling was the first to bear the brunt!

After Mu Qingshan's explanation, the prison guards thoroughly understood the meaning of the three rules and were immediately in an uproar. Everyone had something to say.

Some said it was managed well!

Some said it was meddling!

Some said it was too harsh!

Some said it should have been stipulated this way long ago.

Some said this move was to rectify the atmosphere.

Some said they were full and had nothing to do; whether they owed money or not had nothing to do with the Heavenly Prison, and nothing to do with Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen.

There were also those who remained neutral and did not express any opinion.

For a time, the prison guards on duty had no heart to do their work, and the prison guards off duty had no heart to go home. Everyone gathered in twos and threes to discuss, and there was much discussion.

Xu Fugui took the lead in taking action, "Everyone is here, come, come, come, all come to the meeting. Regarding the three new regulations, I will explain them to everyone properly, and must let everyone understand the painstaking efforts of Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen in making these regulations. Yesterday, Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen called us to a meeting and repeatedly emphasized the importance of this matter. Everyone give me some seriousness, don't take it as nothing."

Xu Fugui gathered all the prison guards under him and held a big meeting in the duty room.

"You must firmly remember these three regulations in your hearts, don't take them as nothing. I tell you, Zhang Wu and Wang Si of the Jia-sized prison are the lessons of the past. You all know what the situation is outside. It takes a month of hard work to earn two taels of silver. In the Heavenly Prison, let alone two taels of silver, three or five taels of silver can be earned easily.

If you really lose this job because of gambling, I ask you, where will you find such an easy job with so much money? I have always been too lazy to manage gambling. However, since Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen attaches importance to it, whoever gambles to the point of owing usury, being used by others, and being bribed by a little money... I tell you, no matter where you go, this is a taboo thing, and being driven out is deserved; I will not plead for you.

Think for yourselves, you are all illiterate, can't endure hardship, can't bear to put in effort, and without this job, how will you live? Cherish it! Don't lose your rice bowl for a little petty profit. In this day and age, it's not easy to have an iron rice bowl..."

Xu Fugui nagged and nagged, just like a mother-in-law, earnest and well-meaning.

He even specifically pointed out Lu Datou's name, "Especially you, Lu Datou, don't think that because you have Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen as a backer, you can stay out of it. Among these, you gamble the most fiercely..."

"Prison Clerk Xu, don't wrong me. Although I love gambling, I never owe usury, let alone sell my children or wife, or accept money to cause people's deaths. I, Lu Datou, am indeed a rotten person, a gambler, but I am a gambler with a bottom line. Otherwise, why would Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen recognize me as a brother?"

Lu Datou looked righteous and justified, not ashamed but proud.

Xu Fugui was angry to death, but it was not good to continue scolding.

Lu Datou was not a punching bag.

He gritted his teeth and said: "Everyone has seen it, Lu Datou has a bottom line in doing things, doesn't borrow usury, doesn't ruin his family, doesn't cause people's deaths, and that's why he gets Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen's special attention. You all have to learn a little; gamble if you want to gamble, don't lose your rice bowl."

"Prison Clerk Xu, is this for real this time? Could it be that if we owe usury, we will really be driven out of the Heavenly Prison?"

"Can this still be fake? When has Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen ever joked in doing things? If he were really joking, why would he post the three rules on the bulletin board? So many people enter and leave the Heavenly Prison, and anyone who enters can see those three rules. Being so solemn, how can it be fake? I tell you, don't hold any fluke mentality; Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen said at the meeting that there is no human sentiment to talk about in this matter. No matter who it is, no matter how big the backer behind them is, if they violate one of the three rules, they will all be driven out. The Heavenly Prison can have gamblers, but it cannot have gamblers who have no bottom line, don't know when to stop, and don't know how to restrain themselves in the Heavenly Prison."

Xu Fugui's speech work initially showed results.

At least the prison guards of the Bing-sized prison had a much more upright attitude than when they first saw the announcement. No one dared to take it as nothing.

Even Lu Datou felt a little empty in his heart.

If he violated the three regulations, his Brother Chen would likely "destroy his relatives for the sake of righteousness" and kill one to warn a hundred.

These three regulations not only spread throughout the Heavenly Prison, but every prison clerk was holding meetings to do ideological work for the prison guards under them. At the same time, after this announcement was copied, it was sent to all the gambling dens, big and small, in the capital.

Prison guards were the most stable and long-term source of customers for major gambling dens, bar none.

Although these prison guards didn't have big money, they had the advantage of being many, and it was a long-term business, coming year after year and month after month. They couldn't earn much money, but it was enough to set off the popularity.

What were gambling dens most afraid of?

They were most afraid of no one, afraid of no popularity. In a gambling den without popularity, guests were unwilling to step in.

Popularity equals wealth.

If there was only one table of people gambling, but dozens of people were watching, even if no one took out money, the gambling den was happy and would not drive anyone out. Were the onlookers people? That was popularity, that was wealth. Only with many people and strong popularity could they attract big customers, prodigal sons, second-generation ancestors, and nouveau riche; these were all fish in the gambling den.

Now, the Heavenly Prison suddenly issued new regulations and even specifically sent people to major gambling dens; the intention was self-evident.

Major gambling dens should watch and handle it themselves; whether they wanted a long-term business or a one-off deal, they should think clearly. For the little money of the prison guards, was a one-off deal worth it?

This was to remind major gambling dens to be polite to prison guards and not to be so ruthless. Without this bunch of old gamblers helping out, the popularity of the gambling den in the off-season would be reduced by half, and in the peak season, it would also be reduced by one-third.

For newly recruited prison guards to become old gamblers, it was not a matter of one day or one night.

Let's see who could afford to wait!

The shopkeepers of major gambling dens, looking at those three rules, truly had bitterness they couldn't speak of.

Many people asked prison guards to do things, usually by finding people through gambling dens.

All of a sudden, the gambling den was caught in the middle, neither left nor right.

"This new regulation of the Heavenly Prison, what does it mean? That so-called Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, deliberately targeting us, I'm not wrong, right."

"The one surnamed Chen is not on the path, do him!"

"Right, do him!"