Chapter Seventy-Three: The Casino
"It's just seven days, how much money can I make. Yan Ming shrunk his neck, "Besides, if you are not familiar with life, you don't have that way." ”
"Of course we can't do it by normal means, we have to think of something else. Lin Yun was actually a little helpless, but he had to find a way, even if he couldn't make money, it was acceptable to find something precious to barter.
There are two kinds of making money, one is to make money normally with his own hands, so it is difficult to accumulate a large amount of wealth in a short period of time, and the other is to make ill-gotten gains, which is feasible, but it is difficult for Lin Yun to steal and rob it.
Lin Yun felt that even if he was not a good person, he still didn't want to do some things that violated his conscience and morality.
Just when the two of them were squatting on the side of the street and helpless, a fierce woman appeared on the side of the street, holding a bamboo broom in her hand and constantly chasing and beating a man who fled in embarrassment, and scolded while slapping her mouth: "The old lady has worked hard to save up a year's hard-earned money, and you will lose all your money overnight, a loser!"
Lin Yun's eyes lit up, yes, he can gamble, even if he wins, it is not considered ill-gotten gains. When he was in Anbei City, Lin Yun often went in and out of the casino, but his skills were not very good, and he lost all his money every time.
"There's a way, let's gamble. Lin Yun happily said to Yan Ming, who was squatting aside in a daze.
Yan Min scratched his head inexplicably, "But Childe, what if I lose?"
Lin Yun only then took this issue into account, his gambling skills are not very clever, don't lose all your money when the time comes, the two of them will even have a problem eating.
"The boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, first go to bet a few to try your luck, and then find a way. Lin Yun still gritted his teeth and said, there is not much time left for them, it is better to give it a go.
The rules for casinos also vary from country to country. For example, it is almost strictly forbidden to open casinos in the country of Qi Geng, and it is too simple for the Golden Vein Monk to do something when gambling, not to mention anything else, let's just say that the most commonly gambled dice are almost all made of copper or iron.
The attitude of the Snowbolt, Yanchi and Yiqi countries towards casinos is ambiguous, neither advocating nor prohibiting it.
As for Lin Yinguo, he is supporting almost all the casinos, which are the main source of income for Lin Yin's treasury, and also provide some monks with an additional place to entertain after tea and dinner.
There are a lot of businessmen coming and going in Chai Cangcheng, and most of them will choose to go to the casino to gamble a few after making money, so the casino in Chai Cangcheng is quite large, and there are even soldiers guarding the door of the casino.
Lin Yun pulled Yan Ming and was about to enter the casino, but was stopped by the soldiers on both sides with spears.
"Stop, you need to show your identity to enter the casino. One of the older soldiers snorted coldly.
"Our brothers are new to the city, and they don't know the rules, but they just want to go in and gamble on two hands, so please make it convenient for the two big brothers. Lin Yun smiled, and after speaking, he took out two hundred taels of silver and secretly stuffed it into the soldier's hand.
The soldiers immediately smiled, their ordinary soldiers' annual salaries were only a dozen taels of silver, and now this Lin Yun's shot was two hundred taels, which could be worth more than ten years of income.
Don't underestimate a dozen taels of silver, some ordinary people spend only a few taels of silver a year, and now that it is wartime, the treatment of soldiers is also extremely high.
"But I'm clumsy," the older soldier casually put the silver into his arms and whispered to Lin Yun: "Don't make trouble when you go in, otherwise you and I will lose our heads." ”
Lin Yun nodded, "Don't worry, my two brothers are just here to gamble." ”
Having money can make ghosts grind, Lin Yun shook his head, since he worshipped Mo Zixun as a teacher, he has rarely come into contact with the lives of these ordinary people. The monks are almost clothed and fed, and these people who live at the bottom have to work to and fro to support their families.
Chai Cang's casino is almost no different from the casino in Anbei City, as soon as you enter the door, there is a counter to exchange chips, and it is very noisy, and from time to time someone shouts five or six, as if shouting loudly can help you win.
When a servant saw Lin Yun enter the door, he hurriedly stepped forward and nodded, "Two sons, what do you want to gamble on?"
Lin Yun glanced at him and replied, "Let's take a look first." ”
The scale of this casino is not small, I am afraid that it can accommodate thousands of people, and there are all kinds of gambling methods, from the most basic dice, fighting crickets to Liubo, Shuanglu, and dominoes, whether Lin Yun has seen or not, they have all appeared here.
Lin Yun is not good at gambling, when he was in Anbei City, he often gambled on dice, and he didn't even know the rules of some other gambling methods.
"Just bet on the dice. Lin Yun came to the counter, took out all his money, and counted about three thousand six hundred taels, including not only silver taels, but also many flying coins (which was later called silver tickets). He slapped it all on the counter, "Give me all the chips." ”
"Yes...... The person in charge of the counter was a young girl, who was very respectful when she saw Lin Yun's wealth, counted the silver coins, and gave Lin Yun a stack of wooden chips.
Lin Yun counted, frowned and asked, "Why is it less than three thousand six hundred taels?"
The young girl smiled and said: "It seems that Childe is here for the first time, and our rule here is to draw half of the chips when exchanging chips, I hope Childe understands." ”
Lin Yun suddenly realized, no wonder Lin Yinguo was able to rely on the casino to enrich the treasury, just this half of the interest is not a small amount, and all gamblers will exchange for chips before betting.
After changing chips, Lin Yun forcibly squeezed a place out of the crowd and came to the table where the dice were betting.
"Buy big and buy small, buy and leave!" The dealer skillfully shook the dice and pressed the dice cup on the table.
This kind of dice is very simple to play, there are three dice in the cup, and the sum of the three dice is greater than or equal to 12 points, and the number of points less than or equal to 11 points is considered small. The table is also evenly divided into two parts, the small one on the left and the large one on the right, for gamblers to place bets.
Lin Yun pondered for a while, and he decided to take a look first. But anyone who opens a casino has mastered a few clever gambling skills, otherwise they would have been picked by someone a long time ago, and they would lose nine out of ten bets, and if they blindly pressed all the money into it, they would lose so much that they didn't even have a penny left.
"Big, big, big!"
"Small, small, small!"
"Six o'clock!"
"A little!"
The surrounding gamblers shouted, waiting for the dealer to open the cup and reveal the answer. The dealer smiled confidently, raised his hand to pick up the dice, the points of the three dice were one and two, adding up to a total of four points, the final result was small, those small gamblers cheered, and the gamblers who bought were paused and sighed.
Lin Yun frowned, this kind of gambling method is indeed simple, but there are too many ways to cheat. Not to mention some monks with exquisite techniques, even some ordinary people can roughly control the number of points they want to shake after practice.
The primordial spirit poured out from the center of his eyebrows, and Lin Yun controlled the primordial spirit to wrap the dice cup firmly, so that the changes within the dice cup could be seen at a glance.
But how could the person who opened the casino not think that this layer, the dice cup didn't know what kind of material it was, and it could completely isolate the Yuan Shen, and no matter how hard Lin Yun tried, he couldn't detect it.
"It's kind of interesting. Lin Yun muttered to himself, this time he didn't look at the excitement anymore, raised his hand and threw out a chip representing one hundred taels of silver, pressing it on the big side.
"Buy big and buy small, buy and leave. The dealer sang again.
"Big big ......" and "little little ......" Lin Yun was also a little excited, and his emotions were indeed easily affected in this atmosphere.
As the dice cup opened, the points of the dice also appeared in his eyes, three, four, four, adding up to a total of eleven points, almost a big one!
"Hey......" Lin Yun also sighed, this thing is indeed difficult to guess, his cultivation is not enough, the environment here is noisy, and it is impossible to distinguish the points in the dice by ear.
After a few rounds, Lin Yun calculated and still lost two hundred taels, and he couldn't help but retreat in his heart, it was indeed unreliable to make money by gambling.
Just as Lin Yun was hesitating whether to stop and leave, a hand suddenly pulled his left arm.
"Who?" Lin Yun turned his head vigilantly and asked, Yan Ming was on his right, it was impossible to touch his left arm, so he immediately knew that it was someone else.
"Childe, there's a master over there who asks you to talk about it. "It's still the same guy from before, but his facial expression is very serious now, and it seems that he has to invite Lin Yun.
"Master?" Lin Yun wondered, he didn't know anyone in this Chai Cang City, could it be Fang He?
"Alright, let's go. Lin Yun didn't want to embarrass this little guy, after all, he was just helping to spread the word, so he pulled Yan Ming away immediately.
"I'm sorry, Childe, the old man said that he only saw you alone, and no one else could go with him. ”
"Then you can wait for me here. Lin Yun instructed Yan Ming, and then handed the latter a thousand taels of chips, "You can also play two handfuls if your hands are itchy." ”
The little guy took Lin Yun upstairs one by one, until he reached the top floor, before he stopped, he stretched out a hand, bent down and said, "Childe, that master is here." ”
The entire top floor was not divided into separate areas, but there was a long wooden table in the middle, and at the other end of the wooden table sat a person with his back to Lin Yun. There is no longer the noise of gamblers, but it is very quiet.
"I don't know who Your Excellency is?" Lin Yun asked politely, but his body tensed, if the other party wanted to be unfavorable to him, he could react immediately and go downstairs to meet Yan Ming.
"I feel it...... I felt ......" The man didn't answer Lin Yun's question, just muttered to himself like a dream.
"If you don't speak, you can leave. Lin Yun cursed secretly in his heart, how can this Lin Yinguo be these inexplicable people, just hide his head and show his tail, people still seem to be demented.
"You can't go...... You can't walk......" The man straightened up and turned.
"Huh, you ......" Lin Yun couldn't help but exclaim, as if he had seen something incredible.