Liu Xiu knew that the eldest brother was for his own good, but he didn't want to live under the wings of the eldest brother for the rest of his life. He muttered in a low voice: "When I have made war achievements, even if you don't promote me, the county lieutenant will promote me!" ”

"What did you say?" Liu Xiu didn't hear Liu Xiu's muttering too clearly.

"It's nothing, big brother, I'll go shopping around with Uncle Zhong." After speaking, Liu Xiu ran away.

Looking at Liu Xiu's back, Liu Xiu shook his head helplessly, when he was at home, the third brother listened to his own words, how could he become an idea as soon as he got outside.

Liu Xiu still doesn't know his younger brother too much, Liu Xiu has always been a very thoughtful and assertive person.

Liu Xiu had never been to Xiangyang before, and it was rare to come to Xiangyang this time, so he naturally wanted to have a good look. He and Long Yuan didn't dare to go too far, so they walked around the registration office.

Xiangyang is a big city, and the city is prosperous and lively.

The registration office is located in the prefectural office, and there are many shops nearby. Taverns and inns are lined up on both sides of the street, and the buildings are luxurious and magnificent, and the fragrance wafting from them is mouth-watering.

Liu Xiu walked all the way from Caiyang to Xiangyang, and only ate two pieces of dry food on the way, and now he smells the fragrance in the air, and his stomach growls non-stop. But touching my pocket, I was shy in my pocket.

Long Yuan didn't have any money on him, he raised his eyes and looked around, and saw a casino not far away, his eyes lit up, he pulled Liu Xiu's clothes, and whispered: "Lord, let's go to the casino to play two." ”

Liu Xiu looked at Long Yuan helplessly, took out the money bag from his belt, opened it, and poured out five copper coins.

During the Han Dynasty, silver was not yet a universal currency, but could only be regarded as a precious metal and could be sold for money.

The currency in circulation is either gold or coins.

There are many kinds of coins, such as copper coins, platinum coins and leather coins.

There are three types of platinum coins, which are called the three platinum coins, which are dragon coins, ringgits, and turtle coins.

The white gold that the ancients said was different from the modern white gold, which belonged to silver tin alloy. The dragon coin, which is worth 3,000 yuan, the ringgit, is worth 500, and the turtle coin, which is worth 300.

The leather coin is more special, it is made of the white deer skin raised by the royal family, and the largest face value can reach 400,000 yuan, which is very rare.

The five copper plates in Liu Xiu's pocket, at the current price, can't buy anything, let alone go to the casino to gamble.

Long Yuan smiled at Liu Xiu and said, "Lord, my gambling skills are not bad. ”

Liu Xiu blinked, then smiled, raised his head and said, "Let's go, let's try our luck at the casino!" ”

has been in contact with Long Yuan for so long, and Liu Xiu also knows something about him. Long Yuan is a person who never exaggerates, especially when talking about himself, two will also be one.

If he can say that his gambling skills are good, it must be very powerful.

Liu Xiu and Long Yuan came to the casino. The casino is not very big, but there are a lot of people inside, as far as the eye can see, the crowd is surging, the black pressure is a piece, the noise is deafening, and the sound of shouting is one after another.

The two of them walked over to a gaming table and peered inside. There were several people sitting at the table, each with a mountain of coins in front of them.

Liu Xiu and Long Yuan watched for a while, and both of them noticed a young man at the same time.

This young man is about the same age as Liu Xiu, he is about twenty years old, wearing ordinary, white cloth clothes, but he has clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and his face is like a crown of jade.

What surprised Liu Xiu the most was that the young man didn't have much money to bet on each time, but he could win seven or eight times out of ten. After only a few rounds, the pile of coins in front of him was larger again.

After observation, Long Yuan whispered in Liu Xiu's ear: "This person is a master, and the lord can follow him to bet on the treasure." ”

Liu Xiuzheng had this intention, squeezed from the crowd to the gambling table, and slapped the five copper plates in his hand on the gambling table.

There were only five copper plates, and the gamblers around him didn't look at Liu Xiu, but the young man with clear eyebrows raised his head and looked at Liu Xiu. The two looked at each other for a moment, then smiled and withdrew their gaze.

The crop lifted the big bowl that covered the dice, and the three dice were one, one, two, and four points smaller.

After seeing the results, there were cheers and angry curses around the table. Even Liu Xiu had a smile on his face, and he took back his ten copper plates with interest.

Liu Xiu followed the young man in white to bet three times in a row, and each time he bet, his five copper plates also became eighty.

When the young man in white bet again, and Liu Xiu was about to continue to follow, someone behind him gently pulled down the back of his shirt.

With a move in his mind, he changed all the copper plates that were originally going to be staked to small ones to large ones.

Seeing this, a flash of surprise flashed in the eyes of the young man in white, and he couldn't help but look up at Liu Xiu.

When the dealer opens the big bowl, the three dice in it are four, four, five, big.

The person who originally bet with the young man in white lost all his money, and the sound of cursing was endless, and the two of them lost all their gambling money, got up and left indignantly, and before leaving, they didn't forget to glare at the young man in white.

Liu Xiu looked at the one hundred and sixty copper plates he had won, and the smile in his eyes was even stronger.

In the next game, the young man in white still bet on the small, and many people still followed him to bet on the small, and when Liu Xiu also wanted to bet on the small, Long Yuan pulled his placket again.

In his heart, Liu Xiu wanted to bet the copper coin on the big one, but Long Yuan still dragged his clothes.

Liu Xiu showed a look of surprise, her mind turned, and she decided to give up, which was not a bet.

As the dealer opened the bowl, people looked at it, and suddenly scolded everywhere, and the original dealer shook out three sixes, all of them.

After two handfuls, the person who followed the young man in white to bet on the treasure was about to lose his bottoms. On the contrary, there is only Liu Xiu, and there is no loss at all.

The young man in white looked at Liu Xiu meaningfully, and his eyes unconsciously showed surprise.

He thought that his gambling skills were superb, but he didn't expect to meet a person who was on the same level as himself in Xiangyang, and he was similar to himself in terms of age.

In the next few games, the young man in white and Liu Xiu won several times in a row, and the gambling funds in front of Liu Xiu were also accumulating more and more, and when people began to bet with them again, Long Yuan whispered beside Liu Xiu: "The lord can stop in moderation." ”

Hearing Long Yuan's reminder, Liu Xiu, who was on the rise, immediately calmed down, he stopped continuing to deposit money, put away all the copper coins on the table, pocketed them with his clothes, and turned to leave.

Seeing that Liu Xiu was gone, the young man in white stopped gambling, gathered up his coins, and left with Liu Xiu.

The dealer looked at the backs of the two of them leaving, squinted his eyes, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes. He glanced to the side, and the guy who was standing not far away immediately understood, and ran away with a brisk pace.

In a casino, if you lose money, no one will care about you, but if you win, and you win a lot of money, it's not so easy to leave.

Liu Xiu walked to the counter where the shopkeeper was, put all the copper coins he won on the counter, and exchanged them for turtle coins that were easy to carry. A turtle coin is worth 300 coins, and it is much more convenient to carry it on your body than a copper coin.

After counting, Liu Xiu didn't expect that in just this moment's work, he would win thousands of coins, exchange for three turtle coins, and have more than 200 copper coins left.

As soon as he finished exchanging it, the young man in white also walked over, he won much more copper coins than Liu Xiu, wrapped it in a large piece of cloth, and put it on the counter, all of which made a muffled sound.

Open the package, there are copper coins and turtle coins in it, the shopkeeper can't help but show surprise, he was about to ask the young man to count, the young man in white waved his hand nonchalantly and said: "No need to order, these for a dragon coin, it should be more than enough, right?" ”

The shopkeeper's face was ugly, but there were so many people watching nearby, and he didn't want to play tricks, so he gave the young man in white a hard exchange. The shopkeeper slowly reached into his arms, and escaped from a delicate bag, opened it, and took out a dragon coin inside.

The dragon coin, weighing eight taels, is round, and its text dragon, named 'white writing', is worth three thousand. --"Hanshu Food and Goods"

After Wang Mang came to power, although he did a series of monetary reforms and introduced a lot of new currencies, in fact, the value of the new currency itself has been greatly discounted, and the old currency of the Western Han Dynasty is still in circulation in large quantities, including copper coins (five baht coins) and platinum coins in the Western Han Dynasty.

Seeing the shopkeeper take out the dragon coin from the bag, even Liu Xiu, who was not far away, couldn't help but look at it twice, it was the first time he had seen what the dragon coin looked like.

The young man in white weighed the weight of the dragon coin in his hand, and looked at the color and texture, it was indeed true, Fang nodded, casually put it in his arms, and said, "Thank you." ”

As he spoke, he turned and walked out. When passing by Liu Xiu's side, he asked with a smile: "Isn't Brother Tai leaving?" ”

Liu Xiu smiled and walked out of the casino with the young man in white. When he got outside, the young man in white looked at Liu Xiu with a smile and said, "Brother Tai's gambling skills are very clever!" I don't know my brother's surname? ”

"Under Liu Xiu."

"My name is Li Tong." Liu Xiu and the young man in white reported their names, and then bowed to each other.

Li Tong, a young man in white, turned his eyes, looked at Long Yuan beside Liu Xiu, and asked with a smile, "Who is this?" ”

"In Xialong Zhongbo!" Long Yuan arched his hand nonchalantly.

Although Long Yuan's attitude was a little arrogant, Li Tong still bowed back to him, and then, he said with a smile: "The surname Long is rare, if I remember correctly, a key criminal wanted by the imperial court a while ago is surnamed Long, coincidentally, the wanted criminal is the same as Brother Long, and he has a scar on his forehead, but the shape of the scar is not the same." ”

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. Liu Xiu and Long Yuan's hearts were shocked, and a strange look flashed in their eyes when they looked at Li Tong.

The portrait is not a photo, it can only be drawn as a rough idea, and now Long Yuan still has a beard, which is very different from the portrait, but Li Tong still connects him with Long Yuan.

Seeing that the expressions of the two of them were a little unnatural, Li Tong waved his hand with a smile and said, "I just said it casually, Brother Liu and Brother Long won't blame me, right?" ”