Song Qi raised his eyes and saw that it was Mao Yong who came in.

"Brother Song, Miss!" Mao Yong saluted Song Qi and Mingyu respectively, and then took a breath and said, "The person you asked me to check yesterday has already been found." ”

"My name is Cha's man?" Song Qi frowned, looking clueless.

Mao Yong reminded: "Brother Song didn't ask me to check the gambling, I have already found out who is gambling." ”

"Oh. I almost forgot. Song Qi patted his head and said with a smile.

Ming Yu asked Mao Yong with great interest: "Who set up the gambling game, and who are the people involved?" ”

Mao Yong spread his hands and said, "There are too many people involved, at least 10,000 people." The gambling game was set up by a man named Zhuang Zhifu, who was originally a centurion in charge of transporting grain and grass at Tiema Pass. ”

Song Qi laughed and said, "Zhuang Zhifu? It's a funny name, as if he was born to get rich by sitting in the bank. ”

Mingyu listened to Song Qi's explanation, and also laughed: "This person's name is quite funny!" ”

"Go and call him!" Song Qi instructed Mao Yong.

"Yes!" Mao Yong agreed, turned around and left.

Mao Yong went not long ago, and walked in with a person.

"Brother Song, someone brought it to you!" Mao Yong arched his hand to Song Qi and stood aside.

Song Qi looked away from the shelf of the catapult and landed on the person who came. I saw that this man was in his forties, fat, red-faced, and looked very well nourished. He has a pair of triangular eyes, covered with a pair of inverted figure-eight eyebrows, thick lips and thin bottoms, double chins, and does not show teeth when he smiles.

"My subordinates have seen General Song and General Mingyu!" Zhuang Zhifu bowed deeply to the two.

"You're Zhuang Zhifu?" Song Qi asked coldly.

Zhuang Zhifu said respectfully: "The subordinate is Zhuang Zhifu." I wonder what General Song is looking for me? ”

"Zhuang Zhifu, are you guilty?" Song Qi snorted.

Zhuang Zhifu was frightened, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "My subordinates don't know what crime they have committed, please make it clear to General Song." ”

Song Qi squinted at Zhuang Zhifu, and said in a cold tone: "Zhuang Zhifu, do you know that one of the twenty-one military regulations is that gambling is not allowed in the army. ”

Zhuang Zhifu hung his head and said, "My subordinates know." ”

"If you know, why did you knowingly?" Song Qi slapped the shelf of the stone-throwing cart with his hand and reprimanded sharply.

Zhuang Zhifu replied with an innocent face: "The subordinates did not gamble. ”

Song Qi was angry and said, "Everyone sees that you are gambling, do you dare to deny it?" ”

"General Song is angry!" Zhuang Zhifu said unhurriedly, "There are indeed people in the army who are gambling, but their subordinates are not gambling, and their subordinates are not gambling with half of the silver." ”

Song Qi became even more angry, and asked sternly: "You didn't gamble, so tell me, what are you doing there with a group of people?" ”

Zhuang Zhifu said: "Back to General Song, everyone wants to bet between each other who will win or lose, please be a Chinese person." The subordinates are just the ones who make the middle of their gambling. The subordinates themselves did not gamble. ”

Song Qi was a little speechless, and he glanced at Mingyu.

Mingyu stepped forward and asked with a pleasant face: "Why do others ask you to be a middleman when they gamble?" ”

Zhuang Zhifu bowed to Mingyu and said, "General Hui Mingyu, everyone thinks that I am a reliable person, so they asked me to be a middleman." ”

Mingyu asked in a calm tone, "How much is the tap of your Zhongren?" ”

Zhuang Zhifu hesitated for a moment, "Don't hide it from General Mingyu, the first draw is one out of ten winners." ”

Mingyu's eyebrows raised slightly, and he said, "How many people bet on Solo to win, and how many people bet on Solo to lose?" ”

Zhuang Zhifu pinched his beard in his hand, and his eyebrows danced: "There are 8,100 people who win in Solo, and 2,200 people who lose in Solo." ”

Song Qi said unceremoniously: "Since you are a middleman, then the number of people who bet on winning and those who bet on losing should be equal." Now there are almost four times as many people who bet to win as there are bets to lose, how do you explain this? ”

"Although the number of people on both sides is different, the amount is equal." Zhuang Zhifu stretched out a few fingers, shook his head and explained: "There is a factor of odds in this. The odds of winning the bet on Solo are one to one, and the total bet on Solo winning is 240,000 taels of silver. The odds of losing a single bet on Solo are 1 to 1, and the bet is 30,000 taels of silver. Bet on someone else to win at different odds. For example, the odds of betting on Cha Neng Gui to win are one to three, a total of 20,000 taels of silver, if Cha Neng Gui wins, you need to lose 60,000. The odds of betting on Lao Chu to win are 10 to 10, and a total of 3,000 taels of silver is bet, and 30,000 needs to be lost. The odds of betting on winning the war year are twenty to one, and a total of two thousand taels of silver are bet, and forty thousand are needed. The odds of winning when betting on the cover are 30 to 1, a total of 1,000 taels of silver, and 30,000 is required. The odds of winning the bet on Longduo are fifty to one, and a total of 1,000 taels of silver is bet, and 50,000 is required. The total bet was 57,000 taels of silver, and if Solo lost, he would need to pay 240,000. Therefore, the amount of money that needs to be lost on both sides is equal. ”

Song Qi thought about it for a while, roughly knew what was going on, and hit the nail on the head: "The amount of money on both sides of the winning and losing sides is equal?" You can only fool other people with what you say, don't try to fool General Ben. First of all, the amount of money you say is equal on the loss of Solo. And even if Solo loses, you don't have to pay all of them according to the odds, because Solo won't lose to all five, only to one of them. Now that Solo has only lost to Zhan Nian alone, you only need to lose 70,000 taels of silver, and you will earn 170,000 taels of bets in addition to 7,000 taels of money. So you're not just a middleman, you're opening a casino. ”

Zhuang Zhifu's forehead began to sweat, and he muttered in his mouth: "General Song is clear." ”

Song Qi frowned, stared at Zhuang Zhifu with sharp eyes, and said sternly: "Opening a casino in the army is a crime!" ”

Zhuang Zhifu pounced, knelt on the ground, kowtowed and begged: "General Song spares his life." That's when I opened the casino. ”

Song Qi and Mingyu glanced at each other, then looked down at Zhuang Zhifu and asked, "What I don't understand is how do you calculate everyone's odds?" And how can you be sure that Solo will lose? ”

Zhuang Zhifu raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and replied tremblingly: "The odds are calculated based on everyone's position and their performance in the previous rounds of elimination. As for whether Solo will lose or win, it's all probability, and I'm not sure that Solo will lose. ”

"Probability?" Song Qi circled around Zhuang Zhifu, couldn't stop sneering, and said in a majestic tone: "You don't give me sloppy eyes." If Solo wins, you'll need to pay two hundred and twenty-one taels of silver. Would you make such a loss-making trade? You certainly won't! So, you're sure that Solo will lose in the end, so you set up this bet. How are you sure that Solo will lose? (To be continued.) )