Chapter 36: Nayasuke Saemon
Out of politeness, Gao Xianda nodded and said, "Hello, Suzaemon." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoI'm Imagawa Clan of the Imagawa family. ”
Sukezaemon began to introduce himself: "I am a merchant in Sakai Town, and the manager of Naya's branch in the Suruga area. ”
The so-called branch manager is the person in charge of the merchant in other places. At that time, communication and transportation were inconvenient, so the influence of branch managers of large businesses was no less than that of local businesses.
Naya is the trade name of Imai Munehisa, a large merchant in Sakai Town. Imai Munehisa is not only a big businessman, but also a famous tea man, known as the tea saint. Together with Sensho Yi and Tsuda Zonghe, it is called the "Three Sects of Tea Ceremony". He had a certain amount of influence among the emperor, the princes, the shoguns, and the daimyo of the region, and was quite a powerful man. is equivalent to today's Wang Jianlin, this kind of national husband.
Sukezaemon, the manager of Suruga's branch, is equivalent to the general manager of Wanda's Shanghai branch, and although he is not the actual controller, he also has a strong influence in the local area.
Sukezaemon brought out Wanda, ah no, it was the name of Naya, Gao Xianda naturally didn't dare to underestimate him, and invited him to a round of wine.
As the branch manager, Sukezaemon has a lot of money every month, and he still has a certain amount of marketing expenses on hand, so he will not take advantage of Gao Xianda in vain. So he also invited two rounds of wine back, and also ordered some side dishes with wine.
Gao Xianda is a good drinker, and Sukezaemon seems to have a good amount of alcohol, and the two of them drink back and forth, both of them are a little superior, and the relationship is much closer.
It just so happened that there was a gambling place next to the izakaya, so the two of them went hand in hand to try their luck.
Casinos and izakaya are located in one place, which is the most popular way at this time. People who drink too much always like to have a good time, while people who are addicted to gambling can get something at any time without leaving their seats if they are thirsty or hungry.
At this time, the casino mainly played two games, one was to roll the dice, and the size of the three dice was compared. However, the rules are different from those in Los Santos Casino or Deer Ding Kee Casino.
The same place is that the banker rolls the dice first and then compares them to the player separately, but the algorithm is slightly different.
Of the three dice, two of the same ones are called "waist", and the remaining one is called "eye". In the case of the dealer and other people with a waist, compare the size of the purpose, regardless of the size of the waist, the person with the big eye wins.
If you don't have a waist, you have to re-throw. If you can't roll three times, then you don't have a point.
Of course, there are other rules, if you roll 456, you can win 2 times. And if you roll 123, you lose 2 times.
In addition, if you roll three of the same kind, it is called a "three-of-a-kind", and you can also get double the reward. Three 2 wins 2 times, three 3 wins 3 times, three 4 wins 4 times, three 5 wins 5 times, three 6 wins 6 times. As for the three 1s, it is amazing, and you can win 10 times.
The dealer rolls the dice first, and if he rolls a "six" or "456" or "three of a kind", it is a take-all. If a "one" or "123" is rolled or there are no points, the payout is paid.
The other is a card game similar to 21 points, except that after getting two cards, you can only add cards once, and only the size of the mantissa number.
Because the latter game uses a small piece of bamboo, rather than the paper card that is now uniformly printed, the pattern of each card is not the same. Coxhnder is new and may not be able to recognize the texture of the card, but it does not mean that there are no old fritters that have been mixed here all year round. So Goldenda didn't like the game too much.
The dice are rolled by both players in turn. Although it is not a cheat, Gao Xianda feels that at least this is a way to take his fate into his own hands.
So he and Sukezaemon joined the dice betting.
It's a small-scale casino, and the owner only takes a cut when he redeems chips, and doesn't enter the game himself. Everyone takes turns to sit in the bank. The people who gambled together were all residents of the surrounding area, men and women, employees of merchants, teachers of dojos, and even monks of monasteries.
So Gao Xianda and the two of them, a samurai and a merchant, did not seem abrupt at all after joining in. Gao Xianda exchanged 100 pieces of chips, and then sat down generously.
Sukezaemon waited for a while, but exchanged 1,000 koko, and then sat down.
"This kid is quite rich." Gao Xianda thought.
After all, he is a businessman, and it is normal to buy and sell every day. But there are no fathers and sons in the casino, and after changing so much money, it is not certain whose money is in the end. He's a little out of the realm of entertainment.
At the beginning, Gao Xianda was still more cautious, and bet 1 and 2 times. As soon as he put his hand in his hand, he found that they were just three ordinary bone dice, there was nothing greasy in them, and the workmanship was relatively fine, and the weight of each side was relatively even.
With Gao Xianda's approach, I can't feel the difference at all.
He just wants to have fun, so he throws it at random every time. Because of his stable mentality, although he wins and loses, he still focuses on winning. And he played a 3 of a kind and won 3 times.
It didn't take long for him to earn more than a dozen times.
As with most casinos, you can spend directly with chips and save on the difference in exchange price. So Coxianda used all the dozen or so wins to buy wine. Gao Xianda drank very happily while playing.
But the mentality of the assistant Saemon next to him was a little different, he gambled his money, his attention was concentrated, and his eyes were shining. When each dice is rolled, both eyes are staring at each other, as if they can predict the opponent's points. Even if he bets 1 or 2 times, he is very serious.
It's a pity that his luck is not very good, the more serious, the easier it is to lose, when the banker, but also threw "123", through the loss of everyone twice.
Gao Xianda felt that this was a small gambling situation, the money he won had already bought wine, and the money he lost was not hurtful, he felt that the time was a little late, and he drank too much, so he wanted to leave.
At this time, Sukezaemon said: "Since it's not early, I really should leave early, but I have so many chips in my hand, it's really a little itchy, so let's bet a few more big rounds!" ”
A male gambler next to him seemed to be lucky, and he was a good gambler, and he had already won a lot of money. He keenly discovered that Sukezaemon not only had a lot of money, but also bad luck. smiled and said, "What, do you have to lose all the money to be willing?" ”
Sukezaemon smiled: "That's natural, since you come to gamble money, if you want to win, you will win big, if you want to lose, you have to lose everything, exchange your chips for it, what does it look like?" ”