Gongxingji is a grade worse than Yan Laojiu's underground casino, not only the identity level of gamblers in and out is not as good as Yan Laojiu's underground casino, but even the casino decoration and layout are a lot worse than Yan Laojiu's underground casino, but there is a kind of gambling game that Yan Laojiu's underground casino does not have, this kind of gambling is - flower club.

The flower festival is one of the names of gambling, which came to the south of the Yangtze River from Guangdong, and is most popular near Shanghai Tang, mainly in the area of Jiangwan and Nanshi, which is full of basil, and has been popular on Shanghai Beach for hundreds of years.

The gambling method of the flower club is to list the names of thirty-six people first, and each person is attached to the animal Xiao genus, called the god of flowers. For example, Zhang San (Dragon), Li Si (Tiger), Wang Wu (Flower Dog), Jia Liu (Tian Ji), Zhao Qi (Black Dog), Liu Ba (Qu Eel), Chen Jiu (Tian Luo) and so on, there are many names, and so on.

The flower will open the gambling called the opening tube, and a table is placed on the casino, and a person sits in front of the table, with his back to the gambler. A cloth hung above his head, on which was written the name of the god of flowers that had bloomed in the past. In addition, there is another piece of cloth written with the name of the god of the opening tube, tightly wrapped, hanging high on the beam, this roll of cloth is called the color tube. The rich man can choose one of the thirty-six flower gods, write well, attach a bet, put it into a large wooden box, wait until everyone finishes betting on it, suddenly the firecrackers are noisy, deafening, the person sitting in front of the stage draws the color tube, and the cloth roll slowly spreads. The name of God written on the cloth appeared impressively, and if the bet was won, the bet would be paid twenty-eight times, which means that one tael of silver could get twenty-seven taels, and one hundred taels would win two thousand seven hundred taels. The rest of the bets that don't win are taken by the casino owner.

Some casinos will be open every day, some will open a few days, open twice a day, divided into "day tube" and "night tube", of which the day tube is at four o'clock in the afternoon, the night tube is at ten o'clock in the middle of the night, in addition to these two time points, generally will not be opened at other times, which is said and ruled.

With one game and twenty-seven, ** is not too much, such a lure of great profits, so good gamblers flock to it. In order to attract gamblers, casinos send a large number of fancy and eloquent panders, both men and women, collectively called "sailing boats". The male sailing ship specializes in large and small commercial shops, pù, hook. induction clerks and apprentices; The female ship passed through the door, entered the house, and lured. Confused by three aunts and six wives, young women and eldest daughters, they can make a profit of one-tenth for every vote they pull.

Du Yuesheng used to be a male sailor in the casino, at the beginning he was willing to do it honestly, and when he got the business, he sent it to the color tube, and then saw that the bets he sent into the color tube, the same was sinking into the sea, and he lost without a trace. He thought to himself that instead of letting the gamblers run around, it would be better for him, an old horse, to transfer flowers and trees and bet on his behalf. He actually took the money paid by the gambler, and simply overstepped it, and he was in charge of it. The first few times, the two ends fell short, to never show the horse's feet, but the hands and feet have been done for a long time, the so-called multi-line night road will definitely meet ghosts, he himself gambling on the flower will lose the bottom, but embezzlement the gambler's gambling book, obviously hit, but he was moved to the quota of the unified meal. This big thing is not good, Du Yuesheng can't lose money, and he is afraid that the gamblers will investigate it, and the secret will be made public, and he may suffer the loss of the casino thugs. From then on, he didn't dare to go to the flower venue again, for fear that gamblers would ask him for debts, so he had to hide in Tibet and spend a period of hunger and cold, until he was introduced to the Huang Mansion to do things.

There was a large group of people around the casino, there were one or two hundred, these people crowded the entire casino, Xiao Zhenlei couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw that this place was so lively, and asked: "Shijie, how can there be so many people in this casino?" ”

Song Shijie has also been in Shanghai for a long time, where does he not know this thing in the casino? He explained: "Sir, there is a gambling party here, and these people are waiting to open the tube!" One day a week, the flowers will be ......"

Next, Song Shijie introduced the gambling methods and rules of the flower club and the payment of gambling funds, Xiao Zhenlei smiled and wondered after listening to it: "It turns out that there is still this kind of gambling method?" Choose one out of thirty-six? Isn't the odds of a bet small? ”

Song Shijie said: "Yes, sir! But I can't stand the odds, ** more! ”

In fact, Xiao Zhenlei knows that the probability of winning this kind of gambling will be much greater than that of those lottery tickets in later generations, after all, the gambling flower will only choose one of thirty-six, and the future generations will basically choose five out of thirty-six, seven out of thirty-six.

One of the reasons why the gambling flower club has been popular in Shanghai Beach for a hundred years is because its odds are incomparable to other gambling games, and the other reason is that the casino is not easy to cheat, because the name of the flower god in the color tube is written in advance by the casino owner, after hanging on the hanging beam, gamblers began to choose to bet, during this period, the color tube has been in the line of sight of gamblers, only everyone has finished betting, The person who pulls the rope with his back to the gamblers will pull down the color tube and let the cloth roll spread out to reveal the name of the flower god.

"Let's squeeze in and see!" Xiao Zhenlei said and opened the crowd, which provoked the gamblers around him to look at him angrily, but when he saw that Xiao Zhenlei was tall and burly, he didn't dare to look for trouble, so he could only mutter a few words and endure it.

The two finally squeezed to the front, at this time, a middle-aged man in a robe and a horse coat walked out of the back hall, and a young man in a robe and a horse coat led the way in front, Song Shijie saw it and said beside Xiao Zhenlei: "The young man who walked in front is Du Yuesheng, one of the eight King Kongs under Huang Jingrong!" ”

"It turns out that he is Du Yuesheng!" Xiao Zhenlei looked over and said, "Sure enough, it's not an ordinary person!" ”

After coming out, Du Yuesheng raised his hand and said loudly: "Everyone be quiet! The flower will be opened soon, please be quiet, Boss Shao is here, now please Boss Shao announce the opening! ”

There was no applause, and the casino boss Shao didn't care, he walked up to everyone with a smile on his face and said loudly: "Okay, everyone, the flower party once a week is here again, and it is now four o'clock in the afternoon, and I announce that today's 'day tube' is open--tube-."

After the long procrastination fell, the man sitting with his back to the gamblers stretched out his hand, and the color tube on the right side of his head opened, and a roll of cloth was dropped with the words "Ma Changlin (Rooster)" written on it.

After everyone saw the name of the flower god written on the scroll, most of them sighed, looking like a dead father, these people were not gambling people, only one person was ecstatic and laughed wildly: "Hahaha, hit, hit, I hit", people who don't know still think that he is Fan Jin, hit the lifter, happy crazy.

After a while, the man finally didn't go crazy, and walked away happily with the money lost in the casino, and I don't know if anyone went out with him to beat him.

After the end of the flower party in the casino, Boss Shao said: "Everyone, the day tube has been opened during the day today, and then you can continue to play a few hands here, and we will open the night tube at ten o'clock in the middle of the night, Shao still has something to do, so let's go first!" ”

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