Yalang shouted dryly, and before he knew it, half an hour had passed, and no one dared to fight. Ya Lang was deflated and stood aside rubbing his nose, and suddenly squeezed out of the crowd, looking only ten years old, white and clean, thin and thin, wearing a fine arrowroot cloth Yuanqing round neck straight jacket, because the head is a child, so it is slippery, so he brought a melon skin hat, the whole wearing temperament, quite a child pretending to be an adult.

I saw that he was carrying a two-inch-high Nan bamboo tube in his hand, with some pampas stuffed on the mouth of the tube, and he walked to the mahogany table unhurriedly and asked Yalang: "You said it was two hundred taels?" ”

"Yes, two hundred taels!" Although Yalang replied resolutely, a pair of mung bean eyes were eyeliding at the child. You must know that those who dare to come here to call for battle are all children of rich families in the capital. But the child in front of him, not to mention his poor and sour appearance, really couldn't see how high the family was, he couldn't help but ask, "This little brother, are you here to challenge our uncle?" ”

"Yes." The child's nostrils turned to the sky, he lifted the bamboo tube and shook it, and said, "You go and tell Uncle Wang, two hundred taels is too little." ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience suddenly fell silent, and all eyes were shot at this very loud boy, and everyone wondered: Where did this little kid come out, dare to come here to fight, there are many people in Beizhen Fusi who have a relationship with this Feitenglou.

Ya Lang also stood in place and did not move, staring at the little boy and said: "This little young master, the little one reminds you that there is no joke in the casino, the gambling money is equal, and you can get as much as Uncle Wang makes." ”

"Don't be trembling, go talk to Uncle Wang." The tone of the fighter is also very hard.

Yalang said "um", and just turned around, he saw the door of the east wing squeak open, and a person walked out of it. I saw that he was tall and thin, and in this newly warmed day, he shook a jade fracture fan in his hand, and walked over with a shake. This person is the famous "King of Weaving" Wang Dengbang, who walked out of the door after hearing the conversation between Yalang and the visitor.

As soon as Wang Dengbang went out, he immediately caused a commotion in the hall, and all the gamblers applauded to greet him, he waved to the gamblers with great ambition to return the courtesy, and then "snapped" a sound, took the folding fan with one hand, and arched his hand towards the visitors, seemingly humble and arrogantly asked: "Under the surname Wang, Wang Dengbang, may I ask the surname of the little prince?" ”

"Don't be surnamed Li, Muzi Li." The boy returned the salute.

"What do you call it?"

"You can call me Li Gongzi."

Wang Dengbang nodded, opened the folding fan with a "brush", and asked, "Your Excellency thinks the color head is too small?" ”

"That's right."

"How much do you want to add?"

"Add a hundred taels."

"Three hundred taels?" Wang Dengbang's eyes flashed, and an unconcealable excitement raised his eyebrows, he "snapped" and put away the folding fan again, and shouted, "Take the silver ticket." ”

"Okay."

I only heard that one of his servants agreed, and immediately handed over a silver ticket of three hundred taels to Yalang. Then Li Gongzi was willing to show weakness, and he also took out a silver ticket from his sleeve and gave it to Yalang.

Yalang packed up Wang Dengbang's silver ticket, but opened Li Gongzi's silver ticket, turned the front and back upside down and looked at it for a long time, Li Gongzi squinted at him, and asked dissatisfiedly: "What, fake?" ”

Yalang smiled and said, "No, no, you have to be careful when dealing with it for the first time...... However, you are Yangzhou tickets, and most of the tickets we pass in Beijing are Changlu tickets, this ......"

Here to interject a sentence: silver bills originated in the Song Dynasty, in the Yuan, but in the Ming Dynasty was replaced by the Ming Dynasty banknotes, but because Zhu Yuanzhang did not understand the laws of the economy, the Ming Dynasty banknotes were issued indiscriminately, but it was difficult to circulate for decades, and it had stopped issuing in the Zhengde Dynasty. At present, the "Yangzhou ticket" and "Changlu ticket" are actually just the private tickets of salt merchants, and the scope of circulation is actually very limited.

Yangzhou salt merchants and Changlu salt merchants have their own interests of the alliance, usually referred to by the chamber of commerce, the chamber of commerce issued this internal credit certificate, in the outside is called the silver ticket, or salt ticket, and later in the middle and late Qing Dynasty ticket number silver ticket is different.

"Changlu tickets and Yangzhou tickets can be exchanged with each other, and they are both redeemed at sight, do you not accept them here or what?" Although Li Gongzi is young and his clothes are not magnanimous, he has a lot of momentum between his words and demeanors, and then he turned around and asked Wang Dengbang, "Ask Uncle Wang, what kind of game are you playing here?" ”

"According to the rules, the winner is determined in three games."

"Is it a three-headed worm or a worm?"

"Three heads or one can be done, it's up to us to agree."

"Then please ask Uncle Wang to decide."

"How can there be such a reason, Your Excellency, you come to fight, it should be up to you. If not, these gentlemen who are watching the game are not allowed to laugh at bullying foreign guests? At this time, Wang Dengbang had already concluded from his standard Fengyang accent and the Yangzhou ticket in his hand that he was not a native of Beijing.

Wang Dengbang is determined to win, so he seems magnanimous. Li Gongzi didn't mind, smiled, looked at the crowded lobby, and said, "Since Uncle Wang is so elegant, it is better to be respectful than obey...... How about winning or losing a game? ”

Wang Dengbang is in the right place, because his golden-winged eagle is invincible, and since the weather warmed up a few days ago, he has won six games in a row, earning him thousands of taels of silver. Now that I've been resting for two days, it's time to fight hard. So he said "yes" and asked people to carry the delicate straw cage to him. The two of them sat down at either end of the mahogany table.

Just as there are dealers in the casino, the weaving promotion is presided over by Yalang, and Wang Dengbang and Li Gongzi exchange bamboo straw cages with the help of Yalang to observe each other's generals.

Promoting weaving is an insect play, and since it can be called a play, of course, there is a lot of knowledge here. Speaking of the types of weaving alone, from the color to divide, there are red and purple heads, jute heads, green and yellow heads, white hemp heads, light jute heads, red hemp heads, green gold hemp heads, purple hemp heads, chestnut hemp heads, cypress leaf hemp heads, black hemp heads, semi-red hemp heads, black hemp heads and so on dozens of kinds. Generally speaking, green is the top, yellow is second, red is second, black is second, and white is the bottom.

Li Gongzi took the straw cage handed by Yalang to Wang Dengbang, and looked through the grass gap, there was a war insect squatting on the fine sand at the bottom of the cylinder, with a body like a crab shell, a round head and big teeth, long legs and wide necks, red tongs and red claws, and dry hair with golden wings. I saw it trapped inside, restless, tossing and turning, and wishing to break through the cage wall. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: "If it's really a king, it's not unreasonable to call it a golden-winged eagle, doesn't this look reminiscent of the golden-winged Dapeng eagle!" ”

Besides, Wang Dengbang took Li Gongzi's bamboo tube and looked at it, one of them was as black as ink, lying on his legs, buried like an old fox, and the only thing that could talk about his appearance was its generous head as if it had been drenched with oil.

Wang Dengbang thought in his heart: "This insect is just a medium grade, and it is still lazy and out of state, if it goes up to the battle, it will be torn apart by the golden-winged eagle." With the bottom in his heart, he was relieved, and even decided to sell his favor and tease the little guy in front of him who appeared out of nowhere.

When he returned the bamboo tube, his eyes flashed with mockery, and he asked, "What is your worm called?" ”

That Li Gongzi blinked and said, "Xuanyi Buddha Mother." ”

Wang Dengbang muttered in his heart: How can anyone give such a name to the weaving general, it is big and inappropriate, can the Buddha mother be a good person to kill? This little guy is simply evil.