Jiao Ming believes that things are far from being as bad as he thought, and the future development cannot be based on the situation of the earth, and the difference between the two places is quite huge. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The first is the ultra-low cost of maintaining order. A few old men and women of the eight rings who stayed behind in the crocodile collar suppressed thousands of low-level magic warriors to the death, if it was on the earth, behind the gorgeous surface of the casino, it was almost necessary to configure an army-level combat power to suppress the scene, and the cost of maintaining force was naturally drawn from the gamblers.

The second is that there is less 'spare money'. Most of the copper coins earned by everyone are waiting to buy houses and other commodities in the name of family public property, and only a small number of copper coins can be used at will in the hands of individuals, and the value of copper coins is not small, equivalent to about one-seventh of the monthly salary of three or four days' remuneration, and these people who have been poor and rich for a long time are not used to squandering in this way.

However, although the situation did not cause the expected consequences for the time being, it could not be let go, as soon as such a decision was made, Jiao Ming was patted on the shoulder. Turning his head, he saw a familiar person sneakily making his eyes, and Jiao Ming rummaged through his memory for a few seconds and remembered that this person was the original 'tax collector' Ssk, a second-ring magic warrior who did not seek progress.

"Sir, do you want to have a little more exciting?"

"Oh, let's hear it. Jiao Ming was first startled, and then sneered in his heart, sure enough, some 'smart people' had already sniffed out the oil and water and began to secretly do things.

When and where Sk said goodbye in the evening, he disappeared into the crowd. After bringing dinner, it was dark, Jiao Ming came to see him as promised, and Ssk saw that the bodyguard sister and brother behind Jiao Ming frowned slightly, and after a little entanglement, he didn't say anything after all, and took the three of them to a small forest outside Changteng Town.

Jiao Ming has been influenced by various modern film and television works and novels, and the moment he saw the grove, he remembered the words 'Fenglin Mo entered', but thinking about the two bodyguards behind him, he still had the courage to follow in. In the middle of the grove is a clearing lit up by the surrounding torches, and next to it is a large table with red and blue areas depicted.

Immediately afterwards, Jiao Ming was also relieved, because none of the more than 20 people in the forest exceeded the sixth ring, and after a cursory observation, among the more than 20 people, there were about seventeen or eighteen organizers who were busy running and guarding the surrounding areas, and the rest of the few people looked leisurely as if they were gamblers. A few people passing by greeted Ssk politely after seeing him, and at the same time cast complicated glances at Jiao Ming.

"It seems that your status here is not low?" Jiao Ming asked without words, pretending to be relaxed.

"Sir, I can barely count as an account here. At this time, Ssk had already brought Jiao Ming to the gambling table, said hello to a person at the table, and then took out a copper coin and handed it out, and the other party accepted the copper coin and took out a bunch of black cards for Ssk.

Jiao Ming was shocked that there was still a business of exchanging chips here, but he didn't say anything, just looked at Sk with a puzzled gaze and waited for an explanation.

"Needless to say, Mr. Fortune is the head, but it is a pity that some unlucky people lose all their copper coins after a few times, and they can't have fun. So we swapped the copper coins for small cards. With that, Sker graciously handed the card to Jiao Ming, pointing to the letters and Arabic numerals written on it. Then he explained the exchange rate of a copper coin for a 100-denomination card, and then boasted about the credit here and said that he could exchange the card for a copper coin at any time.

Jiao Ming has a lot of money, after all, the copper ore is dug up by Jiao Ming, so he directly took out ten copper coins and threw them to the person at the table. Sk glanced at the person at the table, as if he had exchanged some information in his eyes, and then Sk smiled even more, handed a handful of cards to Jiao Ming respectfully, and then took Jiao Ming to sit down next to him.

Between the flickering firelight, more gamblers came one after another, some gamblers Jiao Ming looked familiar, and some gamblers were also surprised after seeing Jiao Ming. When there were about fifty people, two magic warriors with headbands appeared in the clearing of the forest, one with three rings and one with four rings, and then a wooden sign with odds of one to two was hoisted.

Just when Jiao Ming sighed that there were so many smart people in the world, Sk came out of nowhere and began to explain to Jiao Ming. In addition to some obvious information, Jiao Ming only then knew that the magic warrior of the four rings was actually forbidden to use his left hand, as a condition to increase the uncertainty of breaking the ring number advantage.

Finally Ssk asked, "I wonder which side the gentleman is optimistic about?"

Jiao Ming understood the meaning of this, took out a fifty-denomination card and stuffed it to Ssk, and said, "Red." ”

Soon the left arm of the four-ring magic warrior was put on an iron hoop, and the small arm was fixed against the big arm, as if it were a chicken wing, and it was obvious that the left arm could only do defensive movements or elbow strikes. Jiao Ming was speechless for a while, and he didn't know how this group of people got these iron materials, and then gradually became infected by the surrounding atmosphere, and became curious about the victory or defeat, and turned his head to ask the bodyguard sisters and brothers behind him: "Who do you think can win?"

"It's hard to say, it's probably a four-ring magic warrior. Zimang looked at the stage, already attracted by this scene.

Huang Xia frowned and said, "I guess it's the third ring." The arm limit may seem simple, but it will affect the balance of the body's habits, and the combat power will drop more than expected. ”

Jiao Ming had no love for hand-to-hand combat at all, and he didn't understand it, but he didn't ask any more questions, just looked at the two people who had already scuffled in the clearing, and waited boredly to divide the winner. The quality of the surrounding audience is good, although they are constantly whispering, they only burst into applause at critical times, and there is no continuous shouting.

After five rounds, although the four-ring magic warrior won with a physical advantage, he was beaten with a blue nose and swollen face, and his image was much worse than that of his opponent.

"Is there a fraud?" Jiao Ming turned his head to ask behind him, and at the same time found that the number of onlookers had increased, and there were nearly 100 people in the firelight.

Zimang was stunned for a moment, obviously not thinking about this at all, and after rolling his eyes and remembering for a while, he shook his head and said, "I didn't pay attention." "At least there is no obvious fraud. Huang Xia said for her younger brother.

Jiao Ming nodded, gambled a few more blindly, lost about three copper coins, scolded him for not being able to do a hook, and then asked how many games there were in Ssk before and after running. Sisk replied four times, Jiao Ming asked again if he could leave now, Ssk didn't think about this question at all, and was stunned for a moment and said, "Of course you can, how can you not let people go?"

Jiao Ming once again sighed in his heart that he was simple, but he didn't have any sense of precaution. However, thinking about it, the crocodile collar has not banned gambling, which is not illegal at all, and it is understandable that practitioners are unconscious.

Jiao Ming exchanged back six copper coins and asked, "What should I do with the rest of the change?"

"Naturally, I'd like to invite you to come back next time. Sk replied cautiously, staring at Jiao Ming's face, for fear that Jiao Ming would be unhappy.

Jiao Ming nodded, not feeling strange, and then asked: "If someone makes a fake card and exchanges the copper coins in your hand, what should I do?"

"Don't worry, sir, we have a way to tell. Sksk seemed quite confident about this, and replied with a smile: "It won't happen."

Circumstance. ”

Jiao Ming nodded with satisfaction, and left with the bodyguard sibling after a few polite words.

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The next day, Jiao Ming took advantage of the daylight to turn over and over the rest of the cards and looked at them for a long time, except for a thin and slippery substance, nothing else was found, so the so-called anti-counterfeiting means were this layer of oil?

"This is the result of your investigation?" Bing Lian also didn't see the doorway, but just asked Jiao Ming about the result of 'leaving early'.

"Sort of. Jiao Ming briefly talked about what he saw and heard in Shitai and Xiaolin yesterday, and finally said: "If we can figure out this anti-counterfeiting method, then not only will there be a way to solve the gambling incident, but even the currency will make great strides." ”

"Wait until I take it and ask Old Man Thoreau (Father Vera). Binglian listened to what Jiao Ming said so important, and she also paid attention to it. He got up and walked out.

Jiao Ming grabbed the ice lotus and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, has the matter of the light bulb been settled? Speaking of Vera's father, Jiao Ming remembered this. There is still some hope for the light bulb, but enchantment knowledge is a housekeeping skill, and Jiao Ming doesn't think that the old man will simply hand it over.

Things were as expected, according to Binglian's account, although the old man agreed to make filaments, he was secretive about enchantment knowledge and didn't talk about this topic at all.

Jiao Ming snorted coldly and said, "What about the employment contract that was signed at the beginning?"

"I've seen it, and there's nothing about it. Vera, that woman, has also seen the world, and she is not stupid at all. According to the conditions, the old man helped us to make things, but he was not obliged to impart knowledge and skills. Bing Lian also looked a little frustrated, and said, "I can only contact them and try to gather this knowledge." ”

This is the end of the chat, Binglian took the cards out of the house, and then quickly returned: "Old man Thoreau said that this is earth magic. ”

After this reminder, Jiao Ming instantly remembered the big ship of the Blue Python Kingdom transporting students, and the grease-like substance covering the hull of the ship was very similar to what was on the cards. The group immediately left the 'Veterans Rehabilitation Center' and went to the adjacent elementary school to find Xiao Shi playing with Toniche and showed her the cards.

"Can you make it?" Jiao Ming asked.

Xiao Shi nodded, took a piece of paper, and then wiped the surface with her little hand, and a colorless translucent film-like substance covered the paper.

"Can this color be adjusted?" Compared with the two, the difference in color could not be more obvious, Jiao Ming touched it again, and found that there was also a slight difference in the touch.

Xiao Shi shook her head, and then lowered her head with a look of grievance that she had done something wrong, as if she was uneasy because she couldn't meet Jiao Ming's request. Jiao Ming was heartbroken when he saw this, hugged Xiaoshi and comforted him with a smile: "I just asked casually, I don't mean to blame you." You've done a great job. ”

"So, there's a second self-taught earth magician in our territory?" Seeing Xiao Shi's magic demonstration process, Bing Lian naturally guessed the cause and effect.

"There's also a 'smart guy' who can come up with a way to make money by gambling. Jiao Ming added.

"So when are you going to catch them out?" asked Binglian, looking like an old cat who had seen a mouse.

"I'll have to ask my mother about this. Jiao Ming reminded, but his expression was also full of confidence.

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The two found Ms. Ziyu, and first said a bunch of big truths, and tried to show the harms of gambling. Although Lady Ziyu understood these truths, she frowned and remained silent, obviously more aware of the difficulty of abstaining from gambling, which was simply an impossible task. Two people can gamble with a few cards, how can this be managed.

"So it's better to be blocked!" Jiao Ming took this as the central idea and once again talked about it.

"Let's start with the participants. After my observation, in fact, among the people who watched the gambling fight on the stone platform, the vast majority of them watched the excitement, and there were few participants. Then it can be speculated that in fact, everyone is just idle and bored to have some fun, and it does not have to be gambling. So as long as they find interesting things to do, it's not our target at all. Among those who pay to participate in gambling battles, those who simply gamble for the sake of gambling are still a minority, and only this very small number is the target of our main attack. ”

"Let's talk about the future of the industry. On the basis of not being able to ban it, if you let others meddle in this matter for the sake of profit, you will inevitably expand this market by unscrupulous means for the sake of profit, and many evils will be derived. And we manage this matter for the healthy development of the territory, and open an entertainment center, we can compress the market to the greatest extent, reduce the waste of recognition, and avoid some unnecessary tragedies. ”

Binglian was still able to beat the side drum when she was breaking the gambling harm just now, but at this time, she listened to the advice of her subordinates as a young lord, and her eyes were focused with three points of affection. Jiao Ming almost lost his mind in these beautiful eyes, said a few wrong words one after another, and gritted his teeth to settle his mind.

Ms. Ziyu has so much experience, she doesn't have to look back at her daughter at all, she guesses from Jiao Ming's gaffe alone, but she doesn't say anything, she just can't see it. When Jiao Ming paused, Lady Zi Yu asked, "What about the specific method?"

Jiao Ming took out the anti-counterfeiting cards and said: "Diversified entertainment and periodic chip depreciation. ”

"Will this work?" asked the Ice Lotus hesitantly after pondering for a moment, not trying to clear the level.

"I just said the purpose of people participating in gambling fights. Most of them are for the sake of watching the excitement, and it has no effect on whether it is depreciated or not. A very small number of people are addicted to gambling, which needs to be violently suppressed and is not considered. The middle layer is to make two small bucks. If we periodically invest a lot of card chips, we can make the card chips continue to depreciate, so that they don't make money at all, and they will lose interest after a few more visits. ”

"This can't stop people from gambling at home behind closed doors, right?" asked Binglian.

"After issuing a ban and making a few arrests, it will not be able to gather people, and at the same time publicize the harm of gambling, and over time it will disperse on its own. After all, there is a place where you can play safely, and there is no need to play with fear. ”

Such an idealized design persuaded Binglian, but not Binglian's mother, but Ms. Ziyu still agreed. And adhering to the usual crisp and neat style, he decided to start tonight and wipe out a group of people who may be the backbone of the future entertainment center.