Under the demonstration of Ice Lotus, Jiao Ming saw the true face of the so-called 'fire-based big fireball spell' in this world: two kicks, and the only feeling was that he was disappointed. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Ice Lotus placed the newly made iron sleeve on a wooden battle, then added toner as a primer and toner packet as ammunition, and then swung her staff to aim at the target, first using a fire-based magic medium to ignite the toner foundation, and then ignited again when the medicine pack reached the target location.

Although the medicine bag was just a simple toner, the sound and light effects were unambiguous under the blessing of magical power, and the thigh-thick tree target was blown up on the spot, and countless birds and birds were startled in the grove. Ice Lotus fired three shots, blowing up two big trees, and the one that missed the target blew up a shallow crater.

"How?"

"Sixty-six percent hits. ”

"I'm asking about Power!" said Ice Lotus.

Seeing Binglian's cute appearance, Jiao Ming smiled, then shook his head and said, "Actually, we have seen high-power weapons, and it is difficult to make comparisons. Seeing Binglian's dissatisfied, she had no choice but to say again: "Regardless of the data, if you look at the effect, it is similar to 'grenade'." ”

Binglian naturally asked what the grenade was. Jiao Ming drew the shape and general internal structure of a melon grenade, and finally asked, "Anyway, you magic warriors are charging against this kind of thing?"

"Of course not. Binglian smiled. Jiao Ming's expression was relieved when he heard this, but he didn't want the actual situation to be more violent, "This is just the lowest level of fireball technique released by me, a half-five-ring magician. In fact, fire magicians have unique formulas for medicine packs, and the power of the fireballs released varies greatly. ”

"What should I do if I encounter a space barrier?"

"Fry it directly, and it will break after a few blows. ”

Jiao Ming thought about it for a moment and nodded involuntarily. Space barriers need to be functionally maintained with a stable structure, and anything with a structure cannot withstand the impact of non-design loads.

"Try it. Jiao Ming said as he built a spatial barrier not far away, and pointed out to the ice lotus who couldn't see the barrier.

"Be careful, you might have a little headache. Binglian reminded as she charged the medicine, and then shot a large fireball in the direction that Jiao Ming pointed, and detonated it the moment she noticed that the medicine bag was abnormal.

According to Jiao Ming's understanding, the space barrier is like an overpass, and people standing under the overpass will naturally not be hit by high-speed cars. But the big fireball in the control of the fire mage is different, it is basically a self-explosion once it finds that the car is climbing, and directly blows up the entrance to the overpass.

Jiao Ming rubbed his swollen and aching temples and said, "I can barely resist one more shot, it's really powerful." ”

"In terms of combat, you and I are half-, and it is of little reference value to be able to resist a few times. Binglian said unceremoniously.

Jiao Ming was reminded, turned around and beckoned to the bodyguard siblings who were hiding in the shade not far away, "What do you think of the power of this fireball?"

The two siblings looked at each other with strange expressions.

"Let's be honest, I know my own level. Binglian dispelled the two of them's concerns.

"The explosive power is about the same as that of a three-ring fire mage with a good master. Zimang was pushed by her sister, so she had to speak.

"Good master?" Jiao Ming repeated suspiciously.

"It's just that there is a good recipe for medicinal powder. Binglian explained.

"Is there anything other than explosive power?" Jiao Ming asked again.

"Such a big fireball can't hit us. Zimang replied, drawing a simple parabolic trajectory as she spoke.

Jiao Ming became interested and asked, "What kind of ballistic trajectory is the most difficult to dodge?"

"You're stupid, you don't have a ballistic. Binglian patted Jiao Ming's shoulder and said, "Have you forgotten your own housekeeping skills?"

After this reminder, Jiao Ming suddenly thought that he could teleport a bomb to the enemy and detonate it, and excitedly asked Binglian to cooperate. However, although the idea was perfect, the cooperation between the two was very bad, first because of the Ice Lotus's interference in the spatial channel to offset the target, and then the medicine bag rushed out of the spatial channel for a long time before it was detonated by the Ice Lotus.

"This is a skill that can only be played by people with dual talents of qi and fire, if you need two people to cooperate, it is better to specialize in your own damage skills than to waste time cooperating. Seeing this not optimistic effect, Binglian shook her head and said.

Jiao Ming was also disappointed, sensing the drawbacks, except for the coordination problem, as long as the enemy also had a qi mage present, it was very simple to disrupt and destroy the spatial passage. This skill may be very powerful on the non-magical earth, but here it is not enough, and it can only bully the single member of the crocodile leader magic warrior.

This magic display that slightly occupied the off-duty time was over, and Jiao Ming returned to Changteng Town with an unfinished mood, only to find that a large number of people were watching on the other side of the stone platform, the scene was extremely lively, and the noise came from afar. Jiao Ming didn't care about it either, until after dinner, when Binglian's mother and daughter came to inquire about it together, and Jiao Ming realized that the problem was big, and this group of magical warriors actually gathered to gamble.

Jiao Ming was shocked and asked about the specific method of the gambling fight and the length of time this incident occurred.

"Everyone uses copper coins to bet on the victory or defeat of the warriors' battles. Before Binglian returned, he started a small-scale gambling fight, and now the scale has gradually expanded, and the number of participants and the amount of money involved has surged. Lady Purple Feather frowned and recounted the situation. "At first, I didn't pay attention to it, I thought it was a lot of fun and played a few games, but now it doesn't seem right. ”

Binglian has naturally seen this form of entertainment in the south, and originally like her mother, she just thought it was not good, but she didn't pay much attention to it. But seeing Jiao Ming's fierce reaction, with his understanding of Jiao Ming, he realized that the problem might be more serious than he imagined. said some things about gambling in the south and added some details to Jiao Ming as a reference.

After listening to the overview, Jiao Ming said, "So what do you two want to ask me?"

"Sir, there is a way to manage this activity, and it would be better if he could get some work back. "Lady Purple Feather is seeking a way to maximize the benefits of this matter as a ruler, and this is the last thing Jiao Ming wants to hear.

"Let me think about it. Jiao Ming's face was bitter. Everyone knows the harm of gambling, and there may be a very small number of lucky ones, but if we add all gamblers together with statistical and calm analysis, we can find the harm of this kind of thing to the whole society. And the huge interests involved are unimaginable,Even in the name of 'welfare' lottery under a variety of strict supervision still can not be accounted for,Lottery number scandals continue,Even the tail is not falling gradually there are signs of breaking free from control。

The so-called generalized gambling is to ignore the probability of objective facts, and simply believe that there will be a favorable outcome for oneself. And this kind of gambling is deeply rooted in human nature, just like eating and drinking, there is no way to quit at all. After all, this line of thinking has helped humanity survive in the primeval jungle full of dangers for millions of years, but it has become less and less applicable in hundreds of years of civilization.

The only way to ban gambling is to use powerful violent means to forcibly suppress it, and Jiao Ming does not have this power now, and even no country on the earth has achieved an absolute ban on gambling. If Ms. Zi Yu objected to this, she could still use her power to suppress it, but now that Ms. Zi Yu wanted to turn it into an open source channel, then Jiao Ming really had no choice.

"Then please sir as soon as possible, those fools are getting more and more unpleasant. With that, Lady Purple Feather left with the Ice Lotus.

The next day, when she was exercising her muscles with Xia Feng, Binglian, who had been holding back for a night, finally wondered in her heart: "You don't seem to like ...... very much" It seems that this word is inaccurate, and changed her words: "No, it's because you're afraid of gambling, why?"

"Homeschooling. Jiao Ming's voice was dull, and he only barely had an idea after thinking about it for a long time, of course, he was in a bad mood and exhausted.

Bing Lian was not satisfied with this answer, stared at Jiao Ming's face and asked, "If you were only taught to prohibit gambling, you wouldn't have that expression last night." ”

Jiao Ming smiled bitterly: "You understand me like this, I am really happy and unhappy." ”

Hearing the different meanings in this remark, Binglian narrowed her eyes and raised her tone to hum.

"Ahem...... Let's get down to business, what do you think of the gamble?"

"It's interesting. Watching the people on the stage fight will be more excited than usual. ”

"Drop - wrong answer. Jiao Ming simulated the sound effect of the wrong answer in the TV show, and then pointed out the implicit message in the question: "You are a lord, not an ordinary participant." ”

Binglian is not stupid, she can understand it at all, and after pondering for a while, she replied again: "It would be better if everyone could spend all this energy on improving the ring number or building a house and planting the land." After a pause, he continued: "So gambling should be banned?"

It seemed that she was very confused and uncertain about such an inference, and Binglian even sought Jiao Ming's confirmation in a rhetorical tone.

"Theoretically, that's true. ”

"It's impossible!!!You saw the atmosphere yesterday, even the lord's order can't stop this kind of thing. If further heavy-handed measures are adopted, first, supervision will not be possible, and second, there is a fear that people will die. Binglian immediately exploded, and the cannon-stop talking, obviously trying to dispel Jiao Ming's unrealistic thoughts.

That's why I'm scared, so I'm depressed and insomnia. A kind of thing that you know is harmful but can't ban it......" Jiao Ming turned the topic back and went around in circles to answer Binglian's initial question.

"Tell me about your hometown's understanding and attitude towards gambling fights?"

Jiao Ming is not an expert in this area, and he can't explain too much about the big truth, so he talked about it for a while according to his own experience, and finally put forward a thought model.

"Suppose you have ten subordinates, the first plan is to give them 100 copper coins to play with money for a year, and the result is 100 copper coins and minus 100 catties of grain. The second plan is to let them work for a year, farm and build houses, and so on, and the final result is a hundred copper coins and a number of grains, commodities and even weapons. ”

Binglian understood a little and said: "Thinking about it this way, for the whole, gambling money is just a left-handed hand-to-right-handed, and it doesn't make much sense. ”

Jiao Ming sneered and said: "This is not over yet, after a period of time, the people of plan 1 and plan 2 will have a fight, and the winner will live and the loser will die!"

Binglian suddenly gasped and felt the chill in this model. The atmosphere fell silent, and Bing Lian threw away her indifferent attitude and thought about a solution with Jiao Ming.

Next, Jiao Ming completed the work half-heartedly in the ironworks, and accidentally burned his little finger by the arc, and finally decided to leave early in the afternoon and pulled the ice lotus with him.

"What are you going to do?"

"I am reminded of the saying that without investigation, there is no voice. So we forgot the most important thing: to investigate, to find out the real situation, and it's never too late to figure out what happened. Jiao Ming said, and secretly drove the bull to accelerate.

When the group came to the stone platform, they heard a sudden noise from a distance, and when they got closer, they found that the number seemed to be more than yesterday.

Walking through the crowd of people on the periphery who were purely lively, Jiao Ming quickly discovered the handicap of the gambling fight, a large table placed on the side of the table. Sitting in the seat is a somewhat familiar old magic warrior with a two-handed sword on his back.

Jiao Ming stepped forward to say hello, and the latter asked with a smile, "Yo! Mr. is also here to play a few hands?"

"Exactly, I don't know how to play?" Jiao Ming's gaze fell on the empty table, writing red on one side and blue on the other, three copper coins on the word 'red' and four copper coins on the word 'blue'.

The old man pointed to the magic warrior with red and blue cloth strips on the table, and said, "Look at which side can win, press whichever side, if the bet is right, bet as much as you want." ”

Jiao Ming was stunned: "The odds are all one to one?"

The old man was also stunned: "What are the odds?"

"Ahem...... Don't mind your hometown. Jiao Ming didn't want to teach a bad child, so he stopped in time, then took out two copper plates from his pocket and threw them on the red at will. "The game just started?"

"It's almost over. As soon as the old man finished speaking, the magic warrior with the blue headband was thrown off the stage. "It's two to one. ”

After resting for a few minutes, the two sides scuffled again, and soon the red-clothed magic warrior won the best-of-five match 3-1.

"Sir was lucky to have guessed right. The old man smiled and said to Jiao Ming, obviously seeing that Jiao Ming was betting at will.

"There don't seem to be many people involved in gambling fights?" Jiao Ming smiled, not in a hurry to get the money, trying to get information.

"Work is so precious, how can you play casually. ”

Jiao Ming nodded, satisfied with this answer. At this time, the three men squeezed out of the crowd, took the gambling money from the table and left.

Jiao Ming asked again: "Why aren't you afraid of remembering the wrong person?"

"There are only these individuals in the territory, how can they be mistaken. ”

"What should I do if this copper coin is not enough to accompany me?" At this time, there were only three copper coins on the table, and Jiao Ming should get four after betting two victories.

"Of course it's the old man, I'll be with you. The old man took one out of his arms and stuffed it into Jiao Ming's hand.

Jiao Ming took the copper coin that still had a residual temperature, was completely stunned, blinked his eyes, and calculated repeatedly in his heart to make sure that this 'dealer' did not make money in vain. Then I was completely surprised by this simple folk customs, and suddenly felt that it was too much of a fuss to not sleep all night last night.