Chapter 1375: Gambling Battle
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Dior answered for Zhao Hu, Wei Tang immediately piled up a flattering smile with red light, and a burst of golden light appeared in his eyes, and he swallowed his saliva.
"We sell maps from the first to the fifth grade, I don't know which one you want?"
"What's the difference?"
"The fifth-class map records the gathering place of the main herding banner and the main water source within a radius of thousands of miles, while the fourth-class adds important small gathering places and important water sources, and the third-class is a brief map of the entire prairie, with only the approximate nomadic range of the herding banner and the main water source on it, the second-class is the same as the fifth-class, but it is expanded to the entire grassland, and the first-class is also expanded to the entire grassland like the fourth-class, I don't know which one you fancie?"
"How much does it cost?"
Dio asked, he wouldn't directly say that he wanted a third-class map, if the price is right, it would be good to get a first-class map, Wei Tang didn't immediately say the price, but said first, "The first-class and second-class maps can only be purchased if the shepherd owner personally goes out on the horse, looking at your appearance, it should be a business group, I'm very sorry." ”
"Why limit the status of second-class and second-class purchasers?"
Dio asked, in fact, Zhao Hu and the others knew that this was a prevention facility for horse thieves to prevent the spread of precision maps to foreign countries, otherwise the empire would send a merchant group to buy the highest-level maps and go back, wouldn't the grassland be like their own backyard?
As for the shepherds who can be purchased, it is hard to imagine that the rulers of these steppes would hand over the lifeblood of the steppe to the enemy.
It stands to reason that if you have perseverance, you can buy a fourth-class map from various horse pirate bazaars and collect it, and you may be able to form a first-class map.
However, since the horse thieves have restricted the takeout of first- and second-class maps, they will definitely notice this, and there should be a way to solve this problem, such as drawing the edge of the fourth-class map wrong or leaving a piece empty, then people can get lost.
Wei Tang smiled, "I'm sorry, this second-class map, but the lifeblood of our grassland, can't be handed over to outsiders."
"Let me quote the price of the fifth-class map is 10,000 horses, the fourth-class map is 20,000 horses, and the third-class map is 100,000 horses."
Zhao Hu and the others, who were still slowly riding their horses with Wei Tang, heard this price, their heads were dizzy, and they almost fell off their horses, Dio stammered, "The third-class map needs 100,000 horses?" ”
And Zhao Hu and the others all stared at Wei Tang with stupid eyes, and Wei Tang didn't see the stupid appearance of Zhao Hu and the others, and still smiled.
"Yes, 100,000 horses are absolutely priceless, of course, a merchant group like an adult can be replaced with gold coins."
Dio hesitated, but asked.
"How much gold do you need?"
A hint of banter flashed in Wei Tang's eyes, and then he spoke: "Ten million gold coins, any country can do it, as long as it is a circulating gold coin." ”
The crowd was stunned again.
10 million coins! You can definitely crush your own brigade of people to death!
Zhao Hu shook his head with a wry smile, not to mention the third-class map, even the fifth-class himself couldn't afford it, thinking of this, he was about to leave as soon as he pulled the horse's head, and Wei Tang immediately stopped him.
"Don't be anxious, if you really need a map urgently, there's another way to get it."
Zhao Hu and the others immediately recovered their spirits, and Diou anxiously asked, "What method?" ”
Wei Tang thief smiled: "Bet." ”
"Bet?"
Everyone was stunned, and Dio asked hesitantly: "The map is a bet?" What to bet on? ”
Wei Tang explained.
"Maps are not bets, we have a uniform casino of chips here, which can be used as currency in all horse pirate markets, and a chip is a horse, and you can exchange a horse for chips.
This means that when you have 100,000 chips, you can buy third-class maps directly with your chips. Of course, don't forget to add the following fees. ”
Speaking of this, Wei Tang laughed, and when the people from the Imperial Army heard this, they immediately burst into flames and clamored to win the map.
Zhao Hu hesitated.
Nine out of ten bets are lost, but the map is extremely important, and even the key to whether their people can return to the empire safely......
Seeing Zhao Hu's groaning appearance, Geralt immediately stepped forward and said, "My lord, none of our brothers can't gamble, of course, there is no shortage of masters. Since we don't have enough horses, let's just pick out a few masters to fight, I don't dare to think about the third-class map, but it's absolutely no problem to get the fifth-class and fourth-class map. ”
Dozens of imperial soldiers who thought they were masters immediately responded, and it was no wonder that they were full of confidence, most of these people's monthly salaries were thrown in casinos, which can be described as time-tested, and they thought that the nomads were all inferior in gambling, where were the opponents of their own imperial people?
In this case, why not win a few thousand horses to increase your wealth while gambling and earning maps, which is both meritorious and profitable?
Zhao Hu thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Go and pull two thousand horses." ”
Just like Geralt said, since he even bought the fifth-class map, it is better to fight, anyway, if he loses, it will be two thousand, and the remaining nearly three thousand horses are enough.
Hearing that Zhao Hu had decided, the imperial soldiers immediately exaggerated to show off their gambling skills to Zhao Hu, hoping to send themselves to the game. It was as if they were going to go to the battlefield desperately, and they were so lively that they didn't notice Wei Tang's wicked smile at all.
Hey, even though you keep half of the horses, once the bet is up, see how much you can keep?
And the guards around them also looked at Zhao Hu and the others with a playful expression.
Led by Wei Tang, they made their way to the chip exchange outside the bazaar, a tent guarded by dozens of cavalry.
After counting the number of horses and checking their health, the two thousand horses were taken to the grasslands not far away to graze.
Zhao Hu and others believe that the horse thief will not turn his face and swallow the horse without recognizing people, because this is related to the credibility of the horse thief.
Credibility is needed to do anything, and it is almost impossible to move an inch without credibility. And the casino doesn't know how many horses it has in a day, so the horse thieves wouldn't be so stupid as to destroy the fish pond.
After the horse was inspected, Zhao Hu obtained two thousand pieces of metal with a black color and a red color, the same size and thickness as the imperial gold coins.
The front of the chip is engraved with a galloping horse, which is very finely carved, and the expression of the horse is clearly visible, while on the back of the chip is engraved with the words "Freedom Alliance" and "Augustus Empire".
The material is neither iron nor copper, and is completely unknown for metal smelting.
As soon as Zhao Hu saw this chip, he was surprised by the strength of the horse thief, because the exquisite patterns on the chips could be compared with the imperial gold coins, and each piece was the same, that is, the horse thieves had machines and workers that could mint coins, and they also had workshops for smelting metal.
At this time, Zhao Hu suddenly remembered that refined maps are not something that anyone can make, and without professional knowledge, the maps drawn are useless.
No wonder it can run rampant across the grasslands.
Wei Tang led Zhao Hu forward, and several of the most powerful masters of the Imperial Soldiers followed behind him, among which Geralt was among them, while the others crowded around to help, and a vote of people entered the horse thieves market in a hurry.
Although it was very lively and crowded with people, except for Locke and Luo Fei looking around for food stalls, and the flag soldiers looking left and right, the other imperial soldiers completely ignored the surrounding environment and directly focused their eyes on the center of the market.
A huge shepherd flag, with a flag painted with three dice on the top of the bag, you don't have to think about it, you can tell that it is a casino.
Wei Tang smiled and introduced: "My lord, there is an inner casino. ”
"Within the casino? What do you mean? ”
Geralt asked impatiently, and the eyes of the gamblers were also focused on Wei Tang, and he was startled by these red gazes.
These people were eager to immediately rush into the casino and kill all sides, although they knew this, Wei Tang still had to explain clearly: "That is, only bet on the popular dice on the mainland." ”
Before anyone else could hear what was going on, Geralt was already surprised and said, "You're not going to tell me that you can only bet on dice, are you?" ”
Wei Tang was a little embarrassed: "Yes, the gambling equipment in the casino is only dice, and adults can bet on the size or pressure points, but the maximum bet there is ten chips, and the maximum odds are only six times." ”
"Ten chips?"
Geralt's gamblers immediately collapsed, and one of the gamblers shouted out their hearts.
"With such a low gambling, how long do you want us to gamble!"
"Hehe, in fact, it's all played by ordinary people, anyway, it's all poor ghosts, just limit the maximum bet, but we can go to the outside casino, there is no limit, you can press as much as you want."
"Hmph, I think you don't have a gambling master, and you're afraid of losing big, so you came up with such a low limit, right?" Geralt muttered halfway through when he heard the latter sentence, and his eyes lit up.
"Where? What is it playing? ”
"Please follow me." Wei Tang led the way: "We have two kinds of horse racing and life and death fighting. These are all gambling that can be bet on the winner, or you can participate in the game yourself......"
Hearing this, everyone was excited, and Geralt immediately asked, "We know horse racing, what's going on with the fight to the death?" ”
Wei Tang smiled: "Our gambling methods are different, let's talk about it...... The rules of horse racing, as in the mainland, are to see which horse will run the fastest over a distance, but the beginning is a little different. ”
"How is it different?"
Sun Jie, who was following Zhao Hu, was full of interest, while Geralt shouted impatiently, "Don't sell Guanzi, say it quickly!" ”
Wei Tang looked at Zhao Hu, who had been silent, and then looked at Geralt, and couldn't help muttering in his heart.