Chapter 4: The First Battle
When the enrollment is successful, Jing Yifan can finally take a good rest. After a night's rest, Jing Yifan was woken up by a knock on the door just after dawn the next day.
It seems that I just moved in yesterday, how could someone come to look for it? I opened the door with doubts, but the formation in front of the door startled Jing Yifan, for some reason there were a large number of people gathered in front of his door, Jing Yifan glanced at it casually, there were almost a dozen of them, all of them were wearing the clothes of the school, wearing the jade pendant of the school, and they knew that this group of people must be students of the school without asking.
Jing Yifan tidied up his clothes and walked out to salute and said, "Under Jing Yifan, I don't know what happened to a few brothers?"
A young man stepped forward to salute and replied: "It turned out to be Brother Jing, in Xia Li Ji, yesterday I heard that a new classmate was staying here, everyone came to pay a visit, took the liberty to visit, and asked Brother Jing not to be surprised." ”
"Don't dare, don't dare, Yifan has just arrived, please take care of me in the future!"
"Brother Jing is polite, everyone will be a family in the future, and it is also appropriate to help each other. I don't know if Brother Jing is free now, everyone wants to wash the dust for Brother Jing. ”
It was rare to meet such an enthusiastic classmate, Jing Yifan naturally agreed, and after washing up, he accompanied everyone out of the school.
As the main economic center in the south of the Hongtian Dynasty, Yue Rong was prosperous. Although Yuerong is a city, it is better than a province in the previous life. Along the way, after the introduction of several classmates, Jing Yifan realized how short-sighted he was before, although he had already fantasized about Yue Rong to a high degree, but when he actually understood, Jing Yifan was still surprised.
The classmate also talked about that Yue Rong was only the jurisdiction of the southern border, and there were larger cities in other parts of the Hongtian Dynasty. For example, Dongruan in the east, Luojun in the west, Lujiang in the north, and Bulu in the center are all jurisdictions comparable to Yue Rong, these are still local areas, and the capital of the Hongtian Dynasty is even wider, and Jing Yifan can't imagine how big the capital is. But the more this is the case, the stronger Jing Yifan's yearning for the capital becomes.
Walking on Yue Rong's street, Jing Yifan couldn't help but observe carefully. Yesterday he came in a hurry, and he didn't have a good appreciation of this city. At this time, I am in a hurry, and by the way, I also remember some buildings, and I can't say that I will live here for a long time in the future.
Li Ji walked and found that Jing Yifan was very interested in the surroundings, and couldn't help but quip: "Brother Jing is very attentive to these small stall vendors, I don't know why?"
Hearing this, Jing Yifan retracted his gaze, laughed at Li Ji's inquiry, and then said slowly: "It's just the first time I've come to Yue Rong, and it's inevitable that I'm curious about everything new, which makes Brother Li smile." ”
"Haha, why should Brother Jing be in a hurry, as long as he enters the academy, he will not be able to stay in Yuerong for a period of time in the future, if he wants to understand this, are he afraid that he will not have a chance?"
"Yes, yes, what Brother Li said is very true, but he is in a hurry. Jing Yifan looked like he had been taught, and hurriedly saluted and confessed.
In the hustle and bustle, Li Ji led everyone to a luxurious restaurant, Li Ji just arrived at the restaurant, and a guy came from inside, enthusiastically connected everyone inside, the guy also had a flattering face, Li Ji lightly instructed a few words, and the guy left happily, it can be seen that Li Ji often comes here.
After beckoning everyone to sit down, Li Jicai enthusiastically introduced Jing Yifan. It turns out that there is no independent place to eat in the school, and if you want to eat every day, you still need to pay for these restaurants to eat. Jing Yifan also found that there was no kitchen in the place where he lived, and he believed what Li Ji said. Seeing such a luxurious restaurant, Jing Yifan began to worry about eating again, in a restaurant like Fengye Town, Jing Yifan had been to it a few times before, although it was not him who went to eat, but he gave the money, and he had already known how much money he spent on a meal. Now it is no longer in Fengye Town, but more prosperous Yuerong, and the prices of these restaurants are bound to rise, and they are outrageously expensive. And listening to Li Ji's words, it seems that the students of the academy eat in these places, which instantly made Jing Yifan want to scold.
Li Ji also saw Jing Yifan's anxiety, smiled understandingly, and said: "Brother Jing, don't care about the cost of the restaurant, for us, money is already something outside the body, and it is actually very easy to want money, as long as you go to the chess club to play." Brother Jing can be recruited by the school, I'm afraid the level of chess skills will not be low, if you don't mind, after dinner, I will accompany Brother Jing to the chess club for a walk. ”
"Then there's Brother Lao Li. Jing Yifan settled down and gave a salute.
He was penniless at this time, and he was desperate to make money. If he can really get rich by playing games, it is indeed a good thing for him, in his previous life, he spent more time playing chess than sleeping, and he didn't take the small game to heart.
Soon the banquet was set up, during which Jing Yifan got to know each other with his classmates, and finally reluctantly integrated into the collective. After three rounds of drinking, everyone slowly left, and Jing Yifan was taken away by Li Ji.
Li Ji said that the chess club is very concerned about Jing Yifan, which is related to his livelihood in the future, where does Jing Yifan dare to be sloppy. After the breeze blows, the originally confused brain is also much clearer, although the alcohol content in this world is not very high, but drinking too much will be intoxicating. Fortunately, Jing Yifan's alcohol consumption was not bad, and after being toasted by all his classmates, he was able to walk out upright. Li Ji beside him had a ruddy face, and he burped a few times from time to time, and Jing Yifan saw that he was walking crookedly, and he was worried that he would admit the wrong way. couldn't help but say, "Brother Li, why don't you go back and rest first, and come back another day." ”
"Uh......" Jing Yifan's sudden stop made Li Ji lose support in an instant and almost fell to the ground. He staggered to his feet, opened his teeth and claws, and said with a mouthful of wine: "No, if I say I'll take you there, I will definitely send you there, and I will never ...... Never break your word......"
"But, Brother Li......"
"Don't ...... Don't say more, the front ...... It's not far away......"
Unable to resist Li Ji's insistence, Jing Yifan could only continue to support Li Ji and walk forward, and after walking for about a few hundred meters, Jing Yifan finally saw the so-called chess club in Li Ji's mouth.
"Yue Rong Chess Club, it seems that this is it. Let's make arrangements for Li Ji first and then come. Before he arrived, Li Ji fell asleep completely, Jing Yifan helped Li Ji to a clean place, put him on the ground, found someone to help send him to the school, and walked towards Yue Rong Chess Club.
"Please stay, those who join the chess club need to pay five taels of silver. "Blocked in the doorway," he said.
Jing Yifan was stunned for a moment, and his heart was entangled. I didn't say that I needed to pay money to enter the chess club, I was penniless, and I couldn't even enter the door. Jing Yifan still didn't give up, and couldn't help asking, "Why do you need to pay money to enter the chess club?"
"It's a rule, if you want to go in without paying money, unless you are a student at any university, you have to pay money. ”
"Students don't have to pay?" Jing Yifan said in surprise, his disappointment swept away, and he became excited. "Do you think I can go in if I have this?" Jing Yifan took out the jade pendant, and when he left suddenly in the morning, Jing Yifan only took the jade pendant out casually.
The little guy at the door saw that the jade pendant was not fake, so he could only let Jing Yifan in. Jing Yifan looked at the little guy's good-looking face, walked in with a smile, and there was a little guy's indignant complaint behind him, "I haven't seen such a student, obviously his identity is not ordinary, and he pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger and pretends to be an idiot, hmph, I really don't know what these people think, will they just look for us to have fun?"
There are many chessboards, tables and chairs in the chess club, and not far from the door, many people are watching two people play against each other. After a slight glance, Jing Yifan found that there were many people playing here, and the only thing worthy of praise was that although there were many people, they were surprisingly quiet. Except for the occasional sound of a chess piece falling, no one spoke. After a few steps, a plaque on one of the walls of the chess club caught his attention.
"The rules of the chess club
Anyone who joins the chess club is not allowed to make a loud noise, and the offender will be fined fifty taels of silver!
Those who join the chess club need to pay five taels of silver, and those who have a school will be exempted!
Fair and free game, the loser needs to pay the winner ten taels of silver, of which 20% of the income belongs to the chess club!
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Soon Jing Yifan finished reading the words on the plaque, and now Jing Yifan finally knew why Li Ji said that he was not afraid of running out of money, thinking that as long as he could enter the school, his status was already much higher, as long as he went to any chess club, he would have such treatment, no wonder the little guy at the door just now would have such a wonderful face after seeing the jade pendant. With the chess skills of the students of the academy, it should not be difficult to defeat the folk chess players. Jing Yifan's eyes lit up at this time, this chess club is simply timely rain, he is almost a channel to make money quickly now, but he didn't expect it to be delivered in front of him. As long as you play a game, you can win money, as for the two percent that were siphoned off by the chess club, Jing Yifan had already been left behind, and he couldn't resist the urge to make money urgently, Jing Yifan walked directly to the counter and interacted with the manager of the chess club.
"What do I need to do to play?"
"Childe wants to play?"
"yes, I don't know what I need to do?"
The manager was an old man in his fifties, and after confirming that Jing Yifan was not wrong, the old man stopped talking, and directly took out a wooden card and put it in front of Jing Yifan, and said casually: "Write your name on it, sit next to it and wait for a while, and you will arrange someone to play against your son." ”
"Could it be that the person playing against is designated by the chess club?" said Jing Yifan, who still wrote his name on the wooden card.
"No, as for who is playing against Childe, it depends on whose wooden card is drawn, and everything is subject to the name on the wooden card. ”
Jing Yifan nodded, the old man's meaning can be roughly guessed, there are so many people in the chess club, there should be many people who come to play, otherwise who will pay money to come in and watch, unless they are full. And those watching from the sidelines may be the ones who haven't matched up with their opponents yet. Jing Yifan found an empty seat and sat down, waiting for the arrival of his opponent.
Just when Jing Yifan couldn't sit still, the old man finally walked over with a middle-aged man. Without the old man to speak, Jing Yifan also knew that this middle-aged man must be his opponent, Jing Yifan didn't say much, stood up and saluted the middle-aged man slightly, and after greeting each other, they began the first game since rebirth.