Chapter 347: Waiting
Now that Wu Yashi supports his idea, Zhao Shuo is much more relaxed now. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info After he drew poker, mahjong, dice, and pai gow, he handed it over to Wu Yashi and asked him to supervise the production. These things are produced, the first batch, Zhao Shuo plans to sell them at a very low price, and after occupying the market and having a foundation in the surrounding countries, he will consider raising the price.
Wu Yashi was making poker, mahjong, dice, and pai gow, and Zhao Shuo didn't let him be idle.
Zhao Shuo often played backgammon and chess with him, and as for Go, Zhao Shuo knew that he couldn't play Wu Yashi, so although Wu Yashi mentioned it several times, Zhao Shuo refused.
When playing chess, Zhao Shuo inadvertently mentioned that he wanted to hold a chess king competition.
The gambling tournament Wu Yashi agreed, and the chess king contest naturally did not object.
Wu Yashi did not object, Zhao Shuo was naturally happy to see it, so he also handed over this event to Wu Yashi.
Wu Yashi is miserable now, but Zhao Shuo did this as a sign of trust in him, so although he was tired to death, he was indeed in pain and happy.
Wu Yashi was tired, and Zhao Shuo naturally knew it, so a few days later, Zhao Shuo transferred Ling Yun and Lin Feng to Wu Yashi, and even the entire Luoyang City guard army, as long as Wu Yashi needed it, he could move it freely.
It can be said that Zhao Shuo gave Wu Yashi a lot of power this time.
When Wu Yashi produced the first batch of dice, pai gow, poker, and mahjong, Zhao Shuo began to buy and rectify the casino.
For those casinos that said that they would not sell anything, Zhao Shuo did not force them, but requisitioned land not far away to build a new casino.
The acquired casinos do not use silver taels to gamble, but chips. The chips were made of wood by Zhao Shuo, which can be described as inexpensive.
If you want to get chips, you have to exchange food, that is, you take the food into the casino, and after changing the chips, you can participate in gambling in Zhao Shuo's casino.
And the chips in Zhao Shuo's casino can not only be exchanged for the grain they take, but also can be directly exchanged for the elite of the same price as the grain.
Just imagine, carrying hundreds of catties, or carrying dozens of catties of grain into the casino, there is no way to lose, but if you win, who will carry more grain out? Many people have exchanged their chips for gold and silver. This is what Zhao Shuo wants to see.
Compared with the previous casino, Zhao Shuo's casino has a lot of new things, the dice is not a simple Yada bet, you can also take turns to sit in the bank, four, five or six kill, one, two, three lose money. Mahjong is also very popular as a new gambling tool. But the most popular is poker, Zhao Shuo's promotion of landlord fighting, upgrading, Zha Jinhua and other favorite activities, so that gamblers linger.
The most deserted is Pai Gow, which was available in the previous casinos, and Zhao Shuo knew very little about its gameplay, so the gameplay of Pai Gow was almost the same as before, so it became unpopular.
At the same time as the casino, there was also a chess room opened by Zhao Shuo, which mainly dealt with Go, Xiangqi and backgammon.
Those who play chess here also need to block some grain, and they also need chips, but there are strict rules, the first is to use grain as gambling money, but after winning, they can only get a relative amount of silver, and they cannot redeem the grain. The second is to watch the chess without saying anything......
As for the rest, they are all simple rules, what is not allowed to spit, litter and so on.
There were many literati and writers in this era, and they often used chess to meet friends, and Zhao Shuo's chess room was built in a picturesque place, with mountains and rivers, which was very pleasant. Therefore, as soon as it was launched, it was well received. There are many literati and ink writers, and in the end, the literati and ink writers who have not played chess in Zhao Shuo's chess room will be inferior and despised by others.
After the development of casinos and chess rooms, the promotion of the Zhao Shuo National Contest began.
After hearing the simplicity of Wu Yashi, Zhao Shuo implemented different policies in various places.
Fuzhou, Chang'an, and Yan'an Mansion, which were previously controlled and had a solid foundation of public opinion, Zhao Shuo implemented a comprehensive selection and competition at all levels, knowing that the overlords of the first session would be finally decided. But Qidi and the newly harvested Huai River, the land north of Dasanguan, implemented a different strategy.
These places are held every three days, and everyone can participate, and different awards are set according to the number of people. For example, if 1,000 people participate, 500 people who win the first game can get half a bucket of rice. If you win again, you will get a bucket of rice, and so on, until the final winner is determined.
Poker and mahjong are the main gambling tools in these places, especially poker, which is divided into many games, fighting landlords, zakin flowers, upgrades, and so on.
It can be said that as long as you are not too stupid, you can get a certain amount of food through these tools.
And these grains are what Zhao Shuo got from the rich people in other big casinos and chess rooms.
The rich are not short of food, and the poor are not starving to death, Zhao Shuo can be regarded as letting the rich help the poor in this way.
For this situation, many ministers came forward to oppose it, and the opposition was already piled up in Zhao Shuo.
The ministers basically said that the country should be mainly agricultural, and if the people wanted to get rich by gambling every day, the country would be in danger. Especially in Chang'an, Fuzhou, Yan'an, Longyou and other places where there are almost no refugees, the people used to rely on this farming to make a living, but now these people have given up farm work and are involved in gambling and fighting. What's more, he felt that he had done a good job in gambling, and he had left his homeland and ran to Qidi or the Huai River, the land north of Dasanguan, to 'fight'.
Zhao Shuo didn't think about it so much, but after seeing these twists and turns, he listened to the news from all over the world brought back by Zhang Chujiu.
After a few days of thinking, Zhao Shuo gave a new order. First of all, refugees from all localities should be registered with local officials, and the number of people in the family and what the situation should be. Then, for those who have conditions, such as people who have traveled around the country to pretend to be refugees, gambling can participate, but a certain appearance fee must be paid.
In other words, if you win, you don't lose or earn. But if you lose, it will be equivalent to doubling the punishment.
As soon as this policy came out, it greatly curbed the opportunistic behavior of lawbreakers.
Zhao Shuo's policy seems comical, but it has temporarily solved the problem of refugees in the areas controlled by Zhao Shuo.
Relying on the food of the rich, Zhao Shuo maintained this state. But how long it can last, Zhao Shuo has no bottom in his heart.
Ju Zheng and Zhao Cheng have already sent news that the port has been completely completed, Dengzhou has built 500 warships, and Laizhou has also built more than 200 ships, and they can sail at any time.
It can be said that everything is in place now, and only the east wind is owed.
As long as the people of the Li Dynasty come back, Zhao Shuo can let Juzheng and cause him to go to sea, and when the chaos of the Li Dynasty is pacified, the sweet potatoes will be transported back, and this somewhat comical 'gambling rescue operation' can no longer be used. At that time, Zhao Shuo can study how to rely on casinos to earn wealth from places such as Jinguo, Great Song, Western Xia, and Hamuhei Mongolia.