Chapter 172: Gambling Boat
readx;? After knowing what happened, Zhu Lin didn't want to study, but he had to study with peace of mind. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoIt's hard to explain what is going on in the court. The water is too deep. Zhu Lin thought to himself: When this matter is finished, hurry back to his nest and stay. When the time comes, he will have money, food, soldiers, and status. There should be no one who dares to mess with it! Be a rich man and earn your own small money with peace of mind. It has nothing to do with me about any major national affairs.
Time flies quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it is March, "the wind of early spring is blowing gently, and you look at the gentle wind like a mother's hand caressing us." King Yi stood on the Yuejiang Tower, looked at the Yangtze River, and said to Zhu Lin. Zhu Lin glanced at the righteous king who sighed there. said: "The spring breeze is like this, what if it is the northwest wind in winter." Shouldn't I say that the wind is like a mother's big ear shaving slamming into the face!"
"You!hey, you're also a scholar, can you talk about something elegant" King Yi was really speechless at Zhu Lin. Such words can be said.
"But I'm a vassal of elegance, hehe, okay! Now are we qualified to be vassals of elegance? Look at the ministers in the court, they are all elegant people, and they use elegant things. Why don't you talk to them about elegance? Tomorrow the temple test will begin. I don't have any time to be elegant! You bring me here today, and tell me what you want!"
King Yi smiled wryly and said, "It's nothing, I've asked the imperial brother." The blueprints of the treasure ship are hidden in the arsenal of the military headquarters. ”
Zhu Lin let out an 'oh'. There are no words. "Zhu Lin, why don't you speak?"
"What am I talking about? Don't you just want to tell me that if you want the drawings, you can exchange the silver for it?" said Zhu Lin with his eyes fixed on King Yi.
King Yi looked at Zhu Lin's eyes and said a little embarrassed, "I told you a few days ago, we are short of silver. Brother Huang means to let you take a million taels of silver, and we have all covered those drawings and craftsmen. Of course, you'll have to find the shipyard yourself. We can't help you with that. ”
Zhu Lin nodded and said, "The price is not expensive." Yes, but the money will be given in batches. Let's wait a minute, and then talk about it! ”
The two chatted upstairs for a while. King Yi suddenly told Zhu Lin mysteriously: "Zhu Lin, go, I'll take you to a place." Great place. Where you can make money. Zhu Lin paused for a moment and didn't react. It was the righteous king who pulled Zhu Lin away. The two rented a carriage and took the carriage to a place, and Zhu Lin got out of the car and took a look, isn't this the Painting Boat Street? The Painting Boat Street is on the bank of the Qinhuai River, which was originally a wharf, and later the flower boats on the Qinhuai River often came to stop here to buy things. Over time, it became a street. It was originally called Flower Boat Street. Later, some literati thought the name was ugly, so they changed it to Huafang Street. During the day, it's quiet, and there aren't many pedestrians on the streets. But at night, it's bustling. This is the place where the wealthy people of the capital come to spend the night. It is also a famous gold cave in the capital. Zhu Lin said: "How to make money here. Don't talk nonsense. I can tell you, you are also a man with a wife. It's not good to come to this place. ”
King Yi ignored Zhu Lin and pulled Zhu Lin through the streets. Come to a building ship. got on the boat and was pulled by two strong men to check it. When he got on the boat, Zhu Lin heard a sound of "open, big, big, small!" I suddenly understood. It's a gambling ship. I lifted the cotton curtain and went into the cabin, which was very warm inside, nonsense, can it not be warm? The windows of the cabin were covered with black cloth. A lot of candles were lit. Groups of gamblers shouted loudly around the table with red eyes. Zhu Lin took a look, there were at least hundreds of people here, and there were twenty gambling cases alone. The dealer of the casino, wearing a green coat and a small hat, was shaking the dice cup vigorously. While shaking, he shouted loudly: "Bet big to win big, bet small to win small." Seeing Zhu Lin shook his head. This is the casino of this era. There is no technical content at all.
King Yi pulled Zhu Lin to a gambling case with few people. He took out a piece of silver and threw it to the place where the word 'big' was written. A piece of green cloth was spread on the gambling case, and the green cloth was written in large characters on one side and small characters on the other. At the top of the two characters there is also a row of small squares, which are marked from three points to points. It's a guess of the points. There are very few people who press money on points. It's all about the size. The dealer was shaking the dice cup, but his eyes were fixed on the big letter. Because there was a big silver ingot in the pile of copper coins on it. The dealer places the dice cup on the table. said: "There is no one else who is charged." Without me, it's open. ”
King Yi looked at Zhu Lin, and Zhu Lin smiled bitterly. I knew that I had brought Zheng Jiu here. I don't know much about this! I haven't played it! If I want to say that I can play a landlord with cards or something. But this dice really haven't been played. Seeing the pleading eyes of King Yi, Zhu Lin had no choice but to take out some broken silver and put it on the small one. Let you bet big, and I'll bet small. "I bought it and left it, I opened it, I opened it. "The dealer opened the dice cup, one by one, two by three. Seven points in total and is small. King Yi's face changed suddenly. stared at the dice, eager to eat it. After the dealer paid the big money to the small one, he still had to make money. Zhu Lin asked the righteous king who was there, and said, "Why are the odds different?"
The righteous king said: "Bet on the big one to lose two, bet on the small one to lose one." If the guess is correct, the multiple of the points will be paid. Like you guess. That is, if you bet one tael of silver, you will lose eighteen taels, and you will make it clear to the dealer. You can double it! That's thirty-six taels. But that's not easy to guess. I've lost tens of thousands of taels of silver on this. By the way, how do you win money as soon as you come. ”
Zhu Lin smiled and said nothing. The dealer started shaking the dice cup again. Continue to shout out what he just said. Zhu Lin did not bet. nor did he let the righteous king charge. Just there with bated breath listening to the dice with my ears. The dealer slapped the dice cup on the gambling case with a "snap". "Bet quickly, bet away. Zhu Lin smiled, took out a silver ticket of five thousand taels and put it on the twelve-point grid. When King Yi saw that Zhu Lin had pressed so much above twelve o'clock, he also took out a silver ticket of five hundred taels and put it on top of the big one. The dealer was flustered. Looking at two large silver tickets. My heart blossomed. Take the dice cup, 6, 4, eleven. The gambler next to him let out a burst of exclamation. Just a little bit. But the righteous king won a thousand taels. The dealer took Zhu Lin's five thousand taels of silver tickets and handed them to a small guy next to him. After losing money. The dice cup began to shake again. But Zhu Lin's eyes kept staring at him. Both eyes were fixed on him. I saw that the dealer was sweating. There was a hint of playfulness in his eyes, a hint of sarcasm. The dealer was disturbed and thought to himself, could he have been out of a thousand by this seemingly young man. It's impossible! There have been so many thousands, and no one has shown up yet?
The dealer slapped the dice cup hard. There he shouted again. Zhu Lin took out two silver tickets of 10,000 taels each, both of which were pressed on the small one. And he slapped it heavily and said, "That's all for the master." Let's go!"
The dealer was overjoyed and quickly opened the dice cup. Seeing the dice, the originally ruddy face instantly turned white, and the sweat on the face dripped down at once. The three dice all shattered in half. Strangely, mercury was still dripping from one of the dice. Zhu Lin smiled and said, "Let's lose money! Even if there were, it was two points. That's the two points of mercury. Let's pay a small one. One-to-one pay. ”
A gambler next to him shouted, "This guy is out of a thousand." No wonder there are so few people here, we still lose. "There weren't a few people before this gambling case. Even the righteous king, that is, seven or eight people gambled here. It's not a big bet. Most of them are copper coins. In fact, it's not too much trouble, the key is the voice of the gambler. Surrounded the gamblers next to him. The dealer was really quick to respond. glanced at Zhu Lin ruthlessly. I want to put away the exposed dice. But Zhu Lin grabbed him. You still want to run. When the righteous king saw it, he also shouted loudly there. There was chaos for a while. King Yi took advantage of Zhu Lin's opportunity to seize the dealer and took back the silver ticket on the table. Even Zhu Lin was surprised. Several gamblers also took advantage of the chaos to grab money at the table. The dealer was caught by Zhu Lin. couldn't break free, and looked at Zhu Lin with annoyance. "This son, abolish him! Thousands of dollars in the casino, one of his hands. A gambler next to him said. At this time, several big men rushed in from outside, without saying a word, picked up the short stick in their hands and smashed it down according to the gambler's head and face. Zhu Lin looked at it and pulled King Yi behind him. Pinch the dealer's wrist and let go of the hand after using one hand. The dealer let out a scream and rolled on the ground with his hands in his hands. Several strong men rushed straight in the direction of Zhu Lin. Zhu Lin has already put on a posture and is ready to make a move at any time. At this moment, a voice came from the stairs of the cabin, it was a female voice. said very majestically: "You all stand down, the little four sins deserve it, how many times have you told him." Don't go out of thousands. But he just wouldn't listen. This time it is planted in the hands of this son, let's admit it. Those who play here today will be compensated fifty taels of silver for one person. If you are injured, we will pay for others to heal. Everyone is satisfied with this condition, and if they are satisfied, everyone will disperse!"
Zhu Lin turned his back to the stairs, and only heard a woman's voice. Because he had to guard against those strong men, he didn't turn his face to look. Several strong men heard the voice, saw the woman standing on the stairs, and said in unison: "Obey Miss's orders." ”