Zhou An has always felt that in the long history of mankind, the invention of playing cards can be called great, not about gambling, but for entertainment, leisure and relaxation can be played, friends can be gathered, Chinese New Year energy-saving play, a set of cards in hand, can be played anytime and anywhere.

And in Dongqian, there is no such gambling equipment.

For some reasons, when Zhou An "invented" the playing cards, he made some localized changes to conform to the world.

He did not use the English alphabet.

It completely circumvents Arabic numerals.

The reason for not using the English alphabet is that it is very difficult to promote, and strange symbols give it an inexplicable meaning.

Arabic numerals are easy to generalize, because they are numbers, just another way to write them.

However, Zhou An had already used Arabic numerals in the Dongchang intelligence code book, so he didn't want people in this world to learn Arabic numerals.

There is also the circumvention of imperial power.

The king in Zhou An's previous life represents the emperor, and according to the different suits, they are Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and King David.

Q stands for Queen.

In this world, to make localized changes, it is absolutely impossible to imprint the image of the emperor and empress on the gambling game, even if it is symbolic.

In addition, Zhou An does not use English letters, so JQK has changed a lot, the scimitar guard is J, the lantern queen is Q, and the bow king is K.

There is no royal power involved, but there is a secondary royal power.

If this thing was invented by the people, it would be a big problem, but this was invented by Zhou An, and he himself was a first-class noble prince, even if he really drew a certain vassal king on the card, it would not be a big problem.

Compared with the imperial power, the issue of the king level is not very sensitive.

And A, Zhou An changed it to a big sword.

The pronunciation of the scimitar guard, the queen of the lanterns, and the king of the bow and arrow are respectively "knife", "lamp", and "bow", which correspond to JQK, while the great sword, which is the sound of "sword", is somewhat similar to the pronunciation of A itself.

There are also changes in the big and small kings.

Zhou An directly changed it to gods and evil ghosts, pronounced as "gods" and "ghosts", and the combination is the largest card "gods and ghosts".

Zhou An threw Ma San a pamphlet again.

This is Zhou An's "Detailed Explanation of the East Card" written today, which not only gives a detailed explanation of the East Card, but also lists five ways to play, namely fighting the landlord, Zakin Flower, Texas Hold'em, Stud, and bullfighting.

The booklet is thick.

Ma San looked at it, and his eyes gradually brightened.

Poker isn't a fancy thing, but it's something that can be simple or complex, and it's great that you can play it in a variety of ways without changing your gambling equipment.

What's even more remarkable is that this thing is designed directly, rather than being perfected little by little as it evolves.

It's scary.

"Go back and see, we still have something at home......" Zhou An saw that Ma San couldn't stop watching, so he spoke.

Ma San hurriedly closed the booklet and looked at Zhou An.

"Look at this!"

Zhou An pushed a wooden box towards Ma San, opened the wooden box, and inside was a small cuboid wooden block, each of which was carved with a pattern and colored.

Some are round, some are long, some are text and patterns, and there are depictions of south, south, west, and north, in addition, there are two common dice.

Zhou An took out another booklet, threw it on the wooden box, and said, "Go back and read it." ”

Ma San hurriedly put the things away, and at the moment he closed the box, he saw the four words on the booklet - mahjong explained in detail!

"Come over here!" Zhou An got up again and gestured to Ma San.

He was busy for most of the day, of course, not only invented poker and mahjong, that thing was so easy to invent, Zhou An set of swordsmanship, a piece of wood can be cut into mahjong, of course he also made other complicated things.

In the study, by the window, a large piece of silk covered an object, which looked like a table.

Zhou An walked over with Ma San, removed the silk, and threw it aside.

Under the silk, it is really a table, and it is a nearly fan-shaped table, the height is the same as that of a normal table, that is, some grids are carved on it, and there are different words in each grid, what banker player, and one, two, three, four, five......

There was also a booklet on the table.

There are four more words on the booklet, and the name is - Baccarat Explained!

"This is the gambling table, we invented a game called baccarat, after a while you ask someone to carry this away, and then according to the appearance of this gambling table, ask someone to make at least fifty for our family...... The drawings of the gambling table are at the back of the manual, the structure is very simple, remember to make it look good, and ...... luxury"

Ma San was stunned.

There is even a sense of fear.

Because his intuition told him that the gambling game or gambling method invented by Zhou An would inevitably be welcomed by people all over the world, whether it was Jianghu people or ordinary people, they would like it.

But again, it's very difficult to do, almost impossible.

Because gambling is slowly evolving.

There are more gamblers with smart brains, and I don't know how many people invent new gambling equipment and new gambling methods every year, but soon no one will play.

It's not hard to invent gambling equipment.

Inventing a playable gambling game is more difficult than climbing to the sky.

You must know that the current popular gambling methods in Dongqian are not much different from those more than 300 years ago, and the dice are still king! And now it seems that Zhou An's invention of the "East Card" is likely to change this status quo.

"Come here, and!" Zhou An took Ma Sanxiang to the side for a few more steps.

He tore open an object covered with silk.

It is a large turntable, like a large bowl with a very shallow bottom, and in the middle of the bowl is a column, with this column as the center, and the surrounding area is divided into diffuse grids, in addition to writing numbers such as one, two, three, etc., there is also color differentiation.

"Roulette! You will ask someone to move out in a while......" Zhou An gestured.

There was also a booklet in the roulette wheel that read: Roulette in detail!

After Zhou An finished speaking, he walked away, and when he came to the table on the side, he picked up a small box from it, and inside the small box were some small wooden discs.

"Chips!" Zhou An handed the small box to Ma San, who came over, "In order to facilitate the calculation and make it convenient for gamblers to place bets, you have to let gamblers exchange chips when they enter the casino, and when they leave the casino, exchange them for the same amount and ......"

Ma San looked at a few small round pieces, some of them were oblique with a silver, some were written with a hundred gold, and he even saw a chip with 10,000 gold diagonally!

"You need to work the chips to prevent counterfeiting, if necessary, you can use gold and silver to directly mint chips, and forward gems, we can let the silver game work with you......"

The silver bureau is one of the 24 yamen of the inner court, responsible for creating gold and silver ornaments, and the extremely complex phoenix crown often worn on the top of the empress's head is the pinnacle of the silver bureau.

"This way...... In fact, we still have a lot of ideas, but we can't use them for a while, so we haven't done too much. Zhou An took Ma San to the corner.

Ma San pouted when he heard it.

That's not much?

You are humble!

"This is the last and most important one!" Zhou An said, tearing off the silk cloth.

Underneath the silk cloth is a large wooden shelf, and on the wooden shelf, there is a round ball...... An empty ball, woven with rattan, and then covered with an ultra-thin veil, which is a tribute, ultra-thin and translucent, allowing people to see the inside of the ball.

Inside the big ball, there are small balls, and on each ball are diagonally numbered one, two, three, four...... There are dozens of balls, and it is impossible to determine how many there are at a glance.

And on the side of the large hollow ball, there is also a crank.

"This thing, it's a lottery machine...... Our house is a little rough, you can study and improve, if necessary, you can use glass to make ......"

Ma San couldn't understand it.

What's the most important thing? Because Ma San saw the characteristics of the gambling equipment, he knew that this thing could definitely be used for gambling, but ...... It seems too complicated, and it's easy to cheat.

"This is just for the lottery, it doesn't matter what style it is, what matters is this ......" This time, Zhou An spoke, took out a small notebook from his arms, and handed it to Ma San

This is a long book, open the book, and find that each page of the small book is divided into the main page and the subpage, that is, a piece of paper, the left third is written on the subpage, and the right two-thirds is written on the home page.

The main and secondary pages are numbered, identical, and stamped, just in the middle of the main and secondary pages.

"It's called a lottery!" Zhou An said three times to the horse.