Chen Mingyu saw that Yao Min looked unwilling to say more, and didn't know that he was indifferent by nature, so he didn't have nothing to say, so as not to make him feel that he was too talkative, but disgusted with himself, which would outweigh the losses.

After entering the private room, they took a break in the reception area, and before the cup of tea was finished, the wine and food were served one after another, Luo Feng said: "Let's move, let's eat and chat." ”

Zong Yang stroked his glasses and said with a smile: "Xiao Feng, I know the amount of alcohol you drink very well now, the last time I drank with you, I didn't think much of it, and I PK with you, but I was lying there on the spot, but I made the foreign appearance bigger!" Today I have to say in advance, no matter how much you provoke me, I will not fight with you. ”

Luo Feng smiled and said, "Okay, let's not drink much today, let's mainly chat." After eating, let's move around and play mahjong. Director Zong and Director Yao are both masters of the Ma Tan, and they were defeated to you last time, and today I want to learn and learn again. ”

Zong Yang pointed at Luo Feng and said to Yao Min: "It seems that Xiao Feng's poverty alleviation director last time has not done enough, and today he will be the poverty alleviation director again." ”

Yao Min still smiled in return and didn't say anything.

Luo Feng looked competitive and said, "The last time I lost to you, it was because I was not in good shape that day. I'm here today to recharge my energy and come prepared! Who will be the captain of poverty alleviation, it is not yet known! ”

Zong Yang smiled: "Okay, then we'll see the real chapter on the mahjong table in a while." ”

Luo Feng seemed to know that Yao Min was a person who didn't like to talk, so during the whole meal, he spent most of his time communicating with Zong Yang, and occasionally chatting with Yao Min.

Since today's protagonist is Luo Feng, and Luo Feng controls the situation very well, and Chen Mingyu is not familiar with the two of them, so he is a little reserved.

During this period, when Chen Mingyu toasted the two directors of the department, both of them behaved very cheerfully, and even Yao Min took a drink.

Through this dinner, Chen Mingyu has deepened his understanding of Zong Yang and Yao Min, although Zong Yang has a kind appearance and is relatively enthusiastic about others, but he is a very arrogant person in his bones, and he likes others to praise him and pat him, while Yao Min is a very real person, but he is cold by nature and doesn't like to talk very much.

At the dinner, through their chat, Chen Mingyu learned that Yao Min's father turned out to be the previous chairman of the Huaihai Provincial Political Consultative Conference, a second-generation official, which also verified Chen Mingyu's previous speculation about Yao Min's identity.

Zong Yang's card addiction seems to be quite big, almost half of the topics in the chat are talking about mahjong, the main content is that he kills all sides when he plays cards with whom, or when he plays cards with a leader, or praises or damages a leader's card skills.

In short, what he meant between the lines was either to boast about his poker skills or to show off his deep network of contacts.

Because the game was arranged tonight, Chen Mingyu and Luo Feng were not prepared to drink more at the beginning, and prepared a total of two bottles of Moutai, thinking that it would be even more comfortable to play cards after they were slightly drunk.

However, Zong Yang's card addiction was too big, and the second bottle of Moutai was only poured two or three taels, so Zong Yang proposed not to drink and go directly to play cards, Yao Min had no opinion on this.

The main task of Chen Mingyu and Luo Feng tonight is to accompany these two directors, so naturally they are not allowed.

The luxurious private room they ordered not only has a dining area, a reception area, but also an entertainment area, and the mahjong and automatic mahjong tables are ready-made.

"Xiao Feng, you are also a senior mahjong person, so do you know the origin of mahjong? In red. Zong Yang threw out a card and said.

"As for the origin of mahjong, I have heard that this game originally belonged to royalty and princes, and its history can be traced back to three or four thousand years ago. In the long-term historical evolution process, mahjong gradually spread from the court to the people, and was basically finalized in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. It was also after the middle of the Qing Dynasty that mahjong began to become popular in our country. Luo Feng said while touching the cards.

"Xiao Feng, you said that this legend is too general! Less credible. Zong Yang shook his head.

"Hehe, it seems that Director Luo has a clear understanding of the origin of mahjong, so it's better to popularize knowledge for us." Luo Feng said with a smile.

Zong Yang was not polite, and immediately said: "Regarding the origin of mahjong, there are many versions in circulation, but there are about a few of them with relatively high credibility. The first one is related to Zheng He. It is said that when Zheng He went to the West, there was no entertainment equipment on the ship, and the soldiers on the ship could only throw dice and gamble as a pastime. But in the long voyage, the soldiers got tired of it, and there were often soldiers who were homesick, and even tried to rebel, Zheng He killed some traitors, but could not solve the problem fundamentally. In order to stabilize the morale of the army and let the soldiers have fun on the ship, Zheng He invented an entertainment tool. To put it simply, it is based on playing cards, tooth cards, pai gow, etc., with more than 100 small pieces of wood as the brand, with the fleet organization, respectively, engraved 1-9 'strips', and then carved 1-9 'barrels' (tubes) according to the number of fresh water barrels on the ship, and then according to the wind direction, engraved the four wind directions of 'east, west, north and south', and engraved 1-9 'thousand' with attractive money. And with the slogan of "Great China Yaobing Exotic", carved the red "in", according to the four seasons of the year carved four flower cards, and finally there is a card that does not know what to engrave, do not engrave anything, this is the "tabula rasa". When playing for the first time, Zheng He, the deputy marshal, the general, Zheng He's wife played together, and finally determined the rules of the game, the whole ship began to play this game, there was a general surnamed Ma on the ship, he played this game handy, so Zheng He named this game "Ma Da General Card", that is, the descendants' "Mahjong Card". ”

After Zong Yang finished saying this allusion, Luo Feng immediately laughed and praised: "Zong, you are really amazing, this allusion is so clear, admire!" Admire! ”

Yao Min, who has never been very talkative, became more active when he arrived at the mahjong table, and said: "Zongzhi, this allusion you said is a deduction, right?" ”

Zong Yang said with a smile: "There should be some elements of interpretation, but this legend is still recognized by many people." ”

Yao Min said with interest: "What other allusions, tell us about them." ”

Zong Yang threw away a card and said: "There is another allusion, it is said that there was a royal granary in Taicang County, Jiangsu, which hoarded rice all year round for the 'south-to-north grain transfer'. There is a lot of food, and naturally there are frequent finch infestation, and a lot of food is lost every year due to finch infestation. In order to reward the bird catchers and grain guards, the officials who manage the granary will record the number of birds caught with bamboo chips, and pay them according to this, which is Taicang's 'grain protection card'. These chips are engraved with a variety of symbols and numbers, which can be viewed, played, and used as a voucher for redeeming winnings. The gameplay, symbols, and nomenclature of this kind of food protection card are all related to bird hunting. ”

Yao Min said again: "Can the grain protection card still be played as a mahjong?" It's a bit of a, right? ”

Zong Yang said: "No? Then you listen to my explanation. For example, the pattern of 'barrel' is the cross-section of *, 'barrel' is the barrel of the gun, and the number of barrels represents several *. "Suo" is "bunch", is a bird strung with a thin rope, so the pattern of "a rope" is represented by a bird, a few ropes are several bunches of birds, and the bonus is calculated according to the number of birds. '10,000' is the unit of reward, and tens of thousands is the amount of reward. In addition, 'southeast, northwest' is the direction of the wind, so it is called 'wind', and * the wind direction should be considered when shooting birds. 'Medium, white, hair': 'Zhong' means shooting, so it is red; 'white' means whiteboard, empty cannons; 'fat' means issuing bounties and receiving rewards and making fortune. In addition, the terminology of mahjong gameplay is also related to catching birds and protecting food. For example, 'bump' is the gunfire of 'Peng'. For example, the card is called 'paste', and 'paste' is a homonym for the 'falcon' composed of a 'bone' on the left and a 'bird' on the right, and 'falcon' is a kind of eagle that catches birds. In addition to this, there are terms such as 'eat' and 'kong' that are also related to bird hunting. So why is it called 'mahjong'? Because in the local dialect of Taicang, 'sparrow' is called 'mahjong', and playing mahjong is naturally called playing mahjong. ”

Luo Feng high-fived and praised: "The explanation is well-founded!" Not bad! Not bad! ”

Yao Min also smiled and said, "It's a little interesting." ”

Zong Yang smiled and said: "In fact, there are many legends about the origin of mahjong, if any of you know other legends, please talk about them." ”

Luo Feng quipped: "You pearl and jade are in front, who dares to talk nonsense." ”

Zong Yang waved his hand and said, "It's just a joke, if any of you know other allusions, let's talk about it, I'm really interested in this thing." ”

Chen Mingyu had no intention of being in the limelight, but he saw that Zong Yang was indeed very interested in this topic, and he thought that although Luo Feng was in the formation tonight, he couldn't always rely on Luo Feng, and he should also properly get closer to Zong Yang and Yao Min, isn't this a good starting point?

So, Chen Mingyu said: "I have also heard of a source allusion to mahjong, but there is no sect that says that these two sources are classics." ”

Zong Yang immediately urged with interest: "Really? Let's hear it. ”

Chen Mingyu briefly recalled in his mind, and then said: "As far as I know, the earliest record of mahjong in our country is the 'Mahjong Sutra' written by Yang Danian in the Song Dynasty. The content is similar to that of today's mahjong. Mahjong developed to the Qing Dynasty, there was no bird, that is, a rope, and the seven characters are Gong, Hou, General, Xiang, Wen, Wu, and Bai. The Qing court suspected that these seven characters were related to the anti-Qing restoration of the Ming Dynasty, so they ordered a ban. In the Daoguang period, Xiucai Chen Shimen traveled around on his brother's boat, and the crew on the ship was bored to gamble, and Chen Shimen watched it every day, so he had the idea of improving the gambling equipment. The wind direction often changed when the ship was sailing, so he changed the prince's general to the southeast and northwest winds. At that time, the monetary system in which ships were traded everywhere was: ten cylinders were equivalent to one rope, and ten ropes were equivalent to ten thousand. Among them, the 'cylinder' is a copper coin with a hole in the middle, and the rope is a string of copper coins. So he used these in mahjong. But it is very easy to confuse the first rope and the second rope, and one day he saw a bird raised on the boat, and he had the idea to change the first rope to 'bird'. Mahjong has been roughly formed so far, but what should the three words of Wenwu Bai be changed to? Chen Shimen was very troubled by this. Once, the crew used a cannon to warn each other while playing chess, saying, 'My cannon is a hundred shots and a hundred hits.' When Chen Shimen heard this, he changed the 'Zhongfa Bai' of the civil and military hundred to 'Zhongfa Bai' and replaced it. This is our mahjong today. ”

After listening to Chen Mingyu's words, Zong Yang laughed and praised repeatedly: "Interesting! Interesting! This is one of the most interesting versions I've heard. Brother Chen seems to be a person who is also interested in Matan! We are also among the same people! Haha......"

Although Zong Yang has been very warm on the surface tonight, Chen Mingyu can keenly feel that Zong Yang is actually lukewarm to himself in his bones, and he can even be said to be a little contemptuous of himself.

In fact, this is also understandable, Zong Yang, as a hot director of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, I don't know how many people want to buy his account, I'm afraid that the general municipal party secretary and mayor have to be polite to him, and even pat him on the back, Chen Mingyu is just a cold yamen director, Zong Yang doesn't take him in his eyes It's really normal.

If it weren't for Luo Feng's face, Chen Mingyu would definitely not be able to invite him to dinner.

But after Chen Mingyu said this allusion, he obviously felt that Zong Yang's attitude was a lot hotter, not the original perfunctory heat, but the real heat, and even the title changed from "Director Chen" to "Brother Chen".

A lot of things, in fact, are shown in the details.

Luo Feng also smiled: "Okay, Mingyu, your knowledge is really miscellaneous, and you even know this." ”

Even Yao Min smiled at Chen Mingyu and said, "This version is also very interesting. ”

Chen Mingyu said with a smile: "I'm the class with an axe, which is much worse than the two versions that Director Zong just said." ”

After speaking, Chen Mingyu threw out a card: "Dongfeng." ”

"Eat!"

As soon as Chen Mingyu's words fell, Zong Yang immediately shouted, stretched out his hand and took the Dongfeng over, laughed excitedly, pushed the card down, and shouted: "Big four!" 88! Hahaha......"

Luo Feng stretched out his head to look at it, and exclaimed depressedly: "Really? Can such a big card be pasted? Zong, your luck is too strong tonight! It's only been two rounds, and you've already gotten three or four big cards! ”

Zong Yang was excited like a little child, and laughed: "I said that I would let you be the captain of poverty alleviation tonight, how about it, do you accept it?" ”

Luo Feng smiled: "What am I serving, you are not a cannon that can catch me, I think that the position of the poverty alleviation captain tonight will be robbed by Mingyu." ”

While speaking, Luo Feng also winked at Chen Mingyu.

Zong Yang quipped: "Brother Chen, there is still a gap between theory and practice......

Chen Mingyu smiled bitterly: "Today I just learned from a few old brothers. ”

Zong Yang quipped again: "Oh, it turns out that you are not poverty alleviation, but you are here to pay tuition, haha......"

The others laughed too.

That night, they had a total of three cards for more than three hours, Chen Mingyu lost 13,000, Luo Feng lost more than 8,000, Zong Yang became the big winner, a total of more than 16,000, Yao Min also won more than 5,000, the whole script is similar to Luo Feng and their two plans.

In the process of playing cards, their relationship has obviously become much closer, not only Zong Yang always jokes with Chen Mingyu, but even Yao Min also calls Chen Mingyu a brother.

Originally, if you only look at the position and level, Zong Yang and Yao Min naturally don't take Chen Mingyu in their eyes, but now that they have a common hobby and have become friends in Matan, they are naturally incompatible.

Tonight's dinner, plus playing mahjong, from beginning to end, Chen Mingyu did not mention anything about the Cultural Grand Theater project, but he knew that Zong Yang and Yao Min were both smart people, and there was no need to say some things at all, for example, Chen Mingyu frequently fired guns tonight and lost more than 10,000 yuan, Zong Yang and Yao Min would never think that Chen Mingyu was really unlucky and stinky playing cards.

In short, as long as the two of them are happy, then the purpose of this time will be achieved.