Yu Qian finally went home, not to the capital, but to Nanjing first.

Bai Minghe had enough fun at the beach, and even taught Sun Yuanjun and others to swim, which is really amazing. But after living by the sea for a long time, there is no good home, Yu Qian heard that Bai Minghe ran back to Nanjing, and he also planned to return to Nanjing first and then return to the capital.

Takaya, who was heading back from Kumamoto Port, met Yu Qian's fleet at sea, and the two were naturally a combined fleet.

"You don't repair for the old!" As soon as he saw Gao Gu, Yu Qian scolded with a smile.

Gao Gu was also a little embarrassed: "This hospitality is difficult to refuse, so I have to accept it." But what else can I, an old man who is about to go to the ground, do? After returning home, it is natural to report long live. If they give it back, the children and nephews in the family will not treat them badly. Takayachi explained awkwardly.

Yu Qian waved his hand and motioned for the girls of the nobles of the Japanese Kingdom to retreat first.

These are all the families of the defeated daimyos, or the exterminated daimyos, who know Chinese.

Takaya didn't shy away from what they said, and he also took pity on these people. Yu Qian also understood, so he made a joke and didn't say anything.

The two sat down, and Yu Qian spoke first: "The hospitality of the Japanese people is because of our high position, but they don't dare to say this to Bai Minghe, because Bai Minghe doesn't eat this, Bai Minghe dares to pull down his face and say no, but we are in the way of face." I mentioned the number of words this time, and I don't know if it will be bad. ”

"It's nothing more than that the Japanese people want to let their goods be more available for acquisition, and the high-quality products of Arida Yakiniku can still be seen, and the pricing is not our decision, and there are few people under the cold-faced people of Bai Minghe who are good to talk to. They recognize only the money, but not the man. ”

Yu Qian mentioned a lot of characters, including the porcelain of Mino-yaki and the Japanese paper called washi.

Yu Qian took out another pen: "This is the pen they made zuò." It is called Toyohashi pen and is improved from the Song Dynasty technique. It is enough to compete with the first-class pen of the Ming Dynasty, and they hope to get the price of fifty pens and one stone meter, and the process is complex and consumes a long time. ”

"It's worth it, the old man estimates that this money can be worth a penny of silver in Daming, or even higher." Takatani commented.

Yu Qian also said: "The people on my ship are valued higher than yours. It's just foxhair. Rabbit fur is about a penny. ”

At that moment, Takaya used this money and Wakoku Washi to write a pair of characters. After it is written. Praise repeatedly: "Strong ink absorption, smooth stroke, is a good pen." With the temperament of a white crane, he will purchase a large number of products to stimulate the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty. Pursue higher and better paper and pen. If they are compared to the Japanese people, the papermakers and pensmiths of the Ming Dynasty are afraid that they will lose face! ”

Takaya's words are not wrong, the brush was transmitted from China to the Wa Kingdom.

Let the pen and paper making of the Japanese people surpass Huaxia, and the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty still have face.

When he arrived at the Nanjing wharf, Gao Gu said to Qian: "Lord Yu, you are from Hangzhou, and you have been used to being by the water since you were a child. The old man is also used to taking a boat these days, and there is a different scenery overseas. ”

Yu Qian responded with a smile: "Life at sea is slowly getting used to it, but I don't know if it will go further." ”

Disembarked. Yu Qian asked the officer on duty on the dock: "Where is the white crane now?" ”

"Back to your words, Lord Bai is now in Xuanwu Lake. This afternoon is the opening day of Xuanwu Lake Cuizhou. When the officer said this, he hesitated, but he continued: "There is an important guest in Xuanwu Lake today, it is Yan Shenggong!" ”

"This ......" Takaya was a little surprised, this was invited by the white crane, or did he come by himself.

In fact, it was the white crane who invited the people.

Bai Minghe also moved some thoughts.,The reason given is that the Japanese people are also some studious people.,I hope to build a Confucian temple on the Japanese island.,And then set up a school garden.。 Silver is not a problem, but it needs a lecturer with high morality, so Yan Shenggong was invited, and there are many pits in this world that cannot be avoided.

Even if Hu Hu told Yan Shenggong that this must be some kind of conspiracy of Bai Minghe.

Yan Shenggong couldn't refuse Bai Minghe's request, and even decided to go to Wajima for a year to train in person. With his age, even if he can't support the return to the Ming Dynasty, he will not hesitate to bury the bones of Wajima and think that this is the will of God.

The iron-hearted Yan Shenggong couldn't persuade anyone, so Hu Hu scolded Bai Minghe and completely lost his former demeanor.

On this day, the white crane held a feast for Yan Shenggong and announced the official opening of Xuanwu Lake.

Around the island, Green Island, Sakura Island, the three islands have set up a total of nine wharves, each wharf has a famous handwriting, heaven and earth four big characters. Nine piers and nine gates, each named after Jiude.

The four corners of Sakurajima are named after the four virtues of filial piety, loyalty, faithfulness and piety.

The super tall building in the middle is called Tingyue Tower.

The white crane and Yan Shenggong sat on the highest platform in this building. "If the royal ceremony is held today, why don't the Holy Fathers ring the bell?"

"The old man won't push it!" Yan Shenggong is not the kind of person who dies to read, and he can see more thoroughly than others when he lives to this age. He knows what is going to be done there around the island, he doesn't need anyone to explain it, and he knows what is in this place, but some things are boring when they are explained.

On the four corner floors, many dignitaries and nobles sat on the upper two floors, ordinary wealthy merchants sat on the middle two floors, and ordinary people sat on the lowest floor.

The direction of the roundabout is all one-foot-square flat glass, and this luxury alone is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people. In many ordinary tea shops and restaurants around the island, many ordinary people are holding one or several pieces of paper in their hands, staring nervously at the gaps in the runway around the island.

After a bell, a musket rang out from the northernmost part of the roundabout.

Eighteen horses, under the control of the knights, galloped out. Someone on the corner tower stood up on the spot and screamed.

At this time, Yu Qian and Takaya's boat had already arrived at the dock on the northeast side of Sakura Island, and they heard the sound of gunfire, the cheers of thousands of people, and even faintly looked at the horses galloping on the runway on the inner side of the roundabout.

"The first scene, ninety-eight-one-four." The white crane on the island worked hard to make zuò, and the most primitive relied on human legs to generate electricity, and it was barely able to get up and amplify the sound of the huge copper horn.

"What nine-eight-four?" Yu Qian got off the boat and immediately asked.

"It's a game of horse farms. There is a horse race every ten days, nine races each time. The first four players in each guess will get a return of 100 yuan for betting 1 penny, and the top 3 guesses will be 50 times. Twenty times the number one guess is correct. Depending on the foot strength of each horse, the rider's riding skills, there are odds corrections. The odds for the top four in two games in a row are 300 times, and the top four in three games are 700 times ....... ”

A calculation table that was so complicated that Yu Qian's scalp tingled.

Bai Minghe played the gambling of horse racing out of tricks, and the first four places in the most powerful nine races were all successful, and one penny got one hundred taels of silver, which is 100,000 times the odds. And there are also set tickets, large and small tickets, and even tickets. Pass, full ticket, compound ticket and other betting methods, buy a bet to win multiple lotteries.

"Go meet the white crane!" Yu Qian didn't comment on this either. Because he can't count it in his head.

Enter the Moon Tower. There is a human-powered elevator here. A person of Yu Qian's status would definitely not walk up the stairs, a very refined, made of stainless steel, surrounded by glass cabins, Yu Qian and Gao Gu stood here. A human-powered elevator pulled by eight mules pulling the winch took them to the thirteenth floor.

The top floor still needs manpower to go up.

When he arrived on the thirteenth floor, Yu Qian saw dozens of generals led by Xu Chengzong, as well as members of the six departments. Dozens of people were constantly calculating something with an abacus.

"Guogong?" Yu Qian was purely curious.

"Ah, Lord Yu." Xu Chengzong just raised his head. Then he took the monocular and looked downstairs. The mouth is still asking: "Have you calculated it, how to vote in the next three games is the most cost-effective?" ”

Xiao Yan pushed the abacus in his hand and let out a long sigh: "You can't count the white crane, let's rely on your feelings." In the next three games, one set of solo hits, and then a small amount of money in the first three consecutive hits, plus one hundred taels each of the top four in the sub-cast, and then a few taels of silver for the two horses that are not popular, it is estimated that the income may be the highest. ”

Soon, the ticket was written, someone took it and gave it away, and then the betting list was also stamped into the house.

Xu Chengzong said to Qian at this time: "Lord Yu, Lao Xiao has been taking people for almost half a day, and Bai Minghe's game of play can definitely play people to death." Except that if you're lucky enough to really hit nine games in a row, the odds are one in 100 million. But horses can be studied, and there is still a chance to win, so choose the top four, which is one in 10,000. ”

"Bai Minghe's gambling method, I really don't know how he calculates it, let the old man have hundreds of people, it is estimated that it will take a few months to calculate it, but in fact, the old man verified his algorithm, no matter how clever you are, you can't count him."

Xiao Rong is not scolding Bai Minghe, but lamenting the cleverness of Bai Minghe's complex set of ticket system bets.

And everyone has a limit on what you can bet, depending on your status and the amount of tax you can pay. The limit of ordinary people's betting is a single bet of ten cents, and the limit of compound tickets, package tickets, etc. is one or two silver.

Gambling is such a thing, and Bai Minghe doesn't want to see someone go bankrupt in the horse farm.

Eighteen horses, on the other hand, came from the capitals, and when they won, they received not silver, but points. What can be done with this point, Bai Minghe did not elaborate, only said that it can be exchanged for some very special qualifications. And what qualifications are, but no one knows.

In the middle of the roundabout, the building on the green island was full of female guests, and the gambling was in full swing.

The opening of this Xuanwu Lake is just the day of the Double Ninth Festival in September, and there are trips to enjoy the scenery, climb high and overlook, watch chrysanthemums, plant dogwoods all over the place, eat Chongyang cakes, and drink chrysanthemum wine. The white crane this Xuanwu Lake opened, five days in a row, it can be said that people from several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River have heard the news.

Wan Xueer was sitting in a cubicle, also holding a small monocular, looking at the track, and a delicate little abacus in her hand was also calculating how to bet on the most cost-effective and profitable.

Someone knocked on the door, and the white fox went to open the door, but it was Sun Yuanjun who came here, and Wan Xue'er hurriedly got up to greet him.

In terms of identity, Sun Yuanjun is the princess. If you want to see her, you should pass Wan Xue'er over, not in person.

"Sister Xue sits, it's just that your house is quiet, and it's too noisy over there." After Sun Yuanjun said politely, he sat on the chair next to him, and the white fox hurriedly brought the tea. Before the door could close, a loud scream could be heard in the hall over there, and it was Angela, the lucky runner of the second game. (To be continued......)