Chapter 177: The jade page is out, and the paper-making dream is shattered!
"Boss, you're finally here!" Cao Wangsun immediately greeted him, and when he walked to Chen Yuan's side, he whispered: "Boss, everything is done, you can just follow me in later." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Hearing this, Chen Yuan just nodded, took out a roll of bamboo slips from his arms, and stuffed them into Cao Wangsun's hands.
"There was an accident in the middle, but I didn't lose time, let's go, you just have to worry about other things. After Chen Yuan finished explaining, he patted Cao Wangsun on the shoulder and encouraged: "Relax, have confidence, this time it will definitely work." ”
The sunlight shone obliquely on Chen Yuan's face, giving Chen Yuan's slightly pale face a mysterious aura.
Cao Wangsun's heart couldn't help but throb, "Yes, it must work!"
In addition to Cao Wangsun, there were six people who participated in the opening ceremony, all of whom were nobles in the city, and there were even rumors that one of them had royal blood.
Three thousand taels of gold is not a small amount, you must know that ordinary residents in the city, a family of four, can only have a surplus of more than ten taels of gold in a year, excluding consumption, the real remaining is only four or five taels.
If you want to save 3,000 taels of gold, even if you don't eat or drink, it will take more than 200 years to save it.
In this incident, the Qin family was knocked out by Chen Yuan for a total of nearly 20,000 taels of gold, which, according to King Jingyang's personal guards, was only the income of the Qin family for four or five years.
The Qin clan has been established for more than 500 years, long before the construction of Jingyang County, and its profound heritage can be seen.
Chen Yuan took advantage of King Jingyang's momentum this time, coupled with the disunity within the Qin clan, to make the Qin clan take a step back, otherwise, if he really provoked the Qin clan's hidden old monsters, it would be happy.
Following behind Cao Wangsun and walking into the inner hall of the ink pavilion, Chen Yuan found that what is called wealth and wealth, not to mention the luxurious arrangement on the surrounding walls, the white jade slabs spread on the ground, and the feet on it, a trace of warmth that he could feel slowly spread to the whole body along the soles of his feet, Chen Yuan only felt that the whole body was as if he was soothed by soft little hands, and it was indescribably comfortable, and even the mental fatigue disappeared.
"What is this?" Chen Yuan took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, and secretly touched it with his hand, and it was warm, not like jade at all, but like the skin of a young girl, smooth and moist with a little warmth.
"It's a pity. Chen Yuan sighed lightly, if it weren't for the people around him staring, he would have wanted to knock a few pieces back.
The opening ceremony was held in a small square in the ink pavilion, and the presiding officer was the director himself.
The ceremony began quickly, and although only seven people attended, the procedures that should have been carried out were strictly enforced.
Although the principal is greedy for money, he has done a perfect job in his job.
"Hey," Chen Yuanzheng looked energetic, but he felt that there was someone behind him in his clothes, and when he looked back, he was a simple man with thick eyebrows and big eyes.
Chen Yuan's eyes condensed slightly, and he retreated imperceptibly under his feet, he had deliberately kept a distance from others just now, but this big man still intruded behind him unconsciously, and he didn't notice it, this discovery made Chen Yuan feel a little creepy. If the big man had a crossbow arrow or other deadly weapon in his hand just now, he would have been killed just now.
Ignoring Chen Yuan's vigilant expression, the honest man smiled, and said with a bit of bewilderment: "Little brother, it's boring to stay anyway, why don't I wait and have some fun, what do you think?"
Only those who have obtained wooden plaques are eligible to participate in the opening ceremony, and their "followers" are only allowed to watch from the side, which is a little interesting at first, but when the seven people who participated in the opening ceremony begin to pay tribute, it is a little boring for them.
"What kind of fun?" has already done what should be done, and the rest is not something that Chen Yuan can interfere with, so Chen Yuan really feels a little bored.
Seeing that Chen Yuan seemed to be interested, the honest-looking man and a few people behind him squeezed their eyebrows, squeezed to Chen Yuan's side, rubbed his hands and whispered: "Little brother, look, this is a good way, if it is successful, it will naturally be unsuccessful, little brother, how about it, are you interested in gambling." ”
Chen Yuan raised his eyebrows, and became interested, "What kind of gambling method? Who is the banker? How to calculate the odds?"
As long as Chen Yuan had time before the crossing, he was at home fiddling with the computer, novels, comics, movies and nothing else, for a while, he was obsessed with the brand god series movies starring Zhou Daji, and he was holding a piece of chocolate cos Zhou Da Bang all day long, so he was no stranger to this set of Chen Yuan, or he was very familiar with it.
The honest-looking man gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Okay, I can't see that the little brother is also an expert, so it's okay to save time to explain." ”
"This time, the dealer is a steward of Moge, and when we place a good bet here, he will come over to collect the money, with his identity, he will naturally not pit us for this little money, right?"
Chen Yuan just smiled and didn't answer.
Seeing this, the honest-looking man muttered twice, and then continued, "The gambling method is also very simple, you can press the total number of successful opening strokes, and you can also press a single person to open the front successfully, there is no upper and lower limit for the gambling money, and it is just for fun." The odds are here, do you want to give it a try, little brother?" After speaking, a leather roll appeared in his hand, and the degree of wear and tear of the animal skin roll was obviously not just made.
Chen Yuan took the animal skin scroll, only to see that seven names were written on it in red ink, and there was a sentence or two of introduction after the names, which seemed to be really like that.
Cao Wangsun was in the last row, and there was only a short sentence in the introduction, Cao's concubine, who participated in two opening ceremonies, but failed. Odds, the opening is successful, one to five.
This is to say that Cao Wangsun has participated in two opening ceremonies, and generally after three opening ceremonies can not successfully open the front of the pen, he will be recognized by the ink pavilion as not having the qualifications to open the front of the pen, although it is not forbidden to participate in the opening ceremony again, but each time he participates, he will have to pay twice the price.
According to common sense, the first two times can not be successful, the third time is very low, but it cannot be said that you must not be able to open the pen, so the bookmaker gives a slightly higher odds of five to one.
Chen Yuan was silent, and returned to the first line, only to see that the name of the first line was not only slightly larger than the others', but even had more introductions.
Wu Gao, the son of Wu Shengyan, the third elder of the Wu family of the Seven Great Families, has been personally taught by the Wu ancestor since he was a child, and his talent is amazing, and he is suspected of having started his own writing. The odds are one hundred to one hundred and one.
After reading it, Chen Yuan couldn't help but gasp, it seems that the dealer believes that he will definitely be able to open the front at this opening ceremony, otherwise he would not give such a low accompaniment rate.
After glancing at Wu Gao's introduction again, his eyes stayed for a moment on the section of "It is suspected that he has opened the Dao pen on his own", and a flame lit up in Chen Yuan's eyes.
"Interesting!" The corners of his mouth curled slightly, Chen Yuan skimmed Wu Gao, and then looked at it.
Except for Cao Wangsun and Wu Gao, the other five are very "average", not much better, not much worse, all participated in a opening ceremony but did not succeed, the odds given by the dealer are basically about 10 to 15.
As for the total number of successful bets, it starts directly with one person, that is, the dealer directly determines that at least one person will succeed in this opening ceremony.
Then one succeeded, and the two succeeded...... All the way up to the odds of a six-player success range from two to seven to one.
In the end, the odds of all seven people succeeding in the column reached an astonishing 21 to 1, and I don't know how the dealer calculated it.
According to this odds, although Wu Gao is stable, there is basically no profit, although Cao Wangsun has high odds, but the probability of his success is too low.
Only the five people in the middle, the odds are okay, and if they don't succeed or not, bet on the five of them, which is a bit of a game.
As for the total number of bettors, there are too many unexpected circumstances, and there will not be many people who want to bet.
Seeing that Chen Yuan was silent, Dahan urged, "How about the little brother, if you are optimistic, if you are not optimistic, you have to hurry up, or the result will come out." ”
Chen Yuan chuckled, "It's okay, since it's a gamble, then make a big bet, I succeeded in pressing Cao Wang Sun Kaifeng, bet," he paused, and then said indifferently: "It's just one hundred taels of gold!"
Hiss, the honest man gasped, looking at Chen Yuan's eyes like a fool, and then he persuaded bitterly, "Little brother, you don't have to think about it anymore." ”
At this time, Chen Yuan had a little more affection for this big man in his heart, so he explained two sentences, "Cao Wangsun is my close friend, and I bet on him to please him, besides, if he succeeds, won't I make a lot of money." ”
The honest man was about to persuade a few more words, but an old man in the uniform of the ink pavilion squeezed in next to him, "Third son, you go aside," and as he spoke, he squeezed the honest man aside.
The old man rubbed his hands and said to Chen Yuan with a smile: "Little brother, just now you said that you want to bet on Cao Wangsun for one hundred taels of gold, did you hear it right?"
Chen Yuan looked at the old man for a moment, and when the smile on the old man's face was almost unmaintainable, he said: "That's right, Cao Wangsun is my friend, and the odds are okay, so I will bet on him." ”
Hearing this, the smile on the old man's face became more and more cordial, "Okay! Okay! Okay! Little brother, the old man is the deacon of the Mo Pavilion, and I won't tell you that this gamble was initiated by the old man, I don't know if the little brother is betting now?"
"Oh, it turns out that the old man, you turned out to be the deacon of the Mo Pavilion, disrespectful and disrespectful," Chen Yuan arched his hand insincerely, which was regarded as a salute, and then took out a gold coupon representing one hundred taels of gold from his arms, shook it in front of the old man, and said: "This is a hundred taels of gold coupons issued by Jinyu Qianzhuang, whether it is true or false, the old man should be able to see it," Avoiding the old man's outstretched hand, Chen Yuan smiled and asked: "One hundred taels of gold is not a small amount, the old man just wants to go over empty-handed, it is not in accordance with the rules!"
Of course, the old man understood the meaning of Chen Yuan's words, but he gritted his teeth, took out a three-inch square piece of white paper from his arms, wrote a few lines on it with a brush, and then handed it to Chen Yuan with a reluctant face.
Chen Yuan was surprised, after crossing into this world, whether it was in the ink pavilion in Qingqi Town or the bookstore in Jingyang County, there were bamboo slips, wood chips, copper books, and animal skins used to record words, but the paper could not be found.
Who would have thought that just when he thought that the world had not yet invented paper-making technology, as if he had joked, paper appeared in front of him.
What does Chen Yuanzuo, who wants to make a fortune by papermaking, think?
"What is?" Taking the white paper from the old man's hand, Chen Yuan found that the white paper was made of unknown materials, and it was very delicate to the touch, just like fine jade, and on the white paper, countless fine lines could be faintly seen, forming a complex imprint.
Coupled with the faint smell of yuan ink emanating from the paper, Chen Yuanming was even more impressed, this paper was not ordinary.
The old man looked at the white paper in Chen Yuan's hand with reluctance, and said very painfully, "Boy, be careful, this jade page is very valuable, and after so many years of decay, you can get such a one, and this jade page alone costs at least twenty taels of gold." ”
As long as the name of the person who made the agreement is written at the end of the agreement, if the person who participated in the agreement repents and does not abide by the agreement, he will be counterattacked, and he will be seriously injured or killed. ”
"Boy, like this, the old man even took out such a treasure, you should believe it, right?"
After carefully reading the contents of the paper, Chen Yuan nodded, took the brush from the old man's hand, and left his name on the paper.
Then, Chen Yuan threw the gold coupon in his hand to the old man.
Chen Yuan had just made a deal with the old man on this side, and among the people who participated in the opening ceremony on the other side, one of them was the first to trigger the vision.
I saw a man in blue kneeling in front of him, and an illusory creature was faintly visible standing tall in front of him, with a sharp single horn on his head, wings on his back, four claws, and a body covered in scale armor, with an extraordinary momentum.
Someone exclaimed: "Oh my God, it's Wu Gao Wu Gongzi, I said that Wu Gongzi must be the first to start the pen, you see, I'm right." ”
The other continued, "What do you think that vision represents, can Wu Gongzi summon such a terrifying monster?"
Everyone talked about it, only Chen Yuan still had a calm expression, from the time the vision appeared, Chen Yuan lost interest in what Wu Gao, in Chen Yuan's induction, Wu Gao did not get the Taoist pen before the opening ceremony, that is to say, even after he opened the front, he was just an ordinary student.
Wu Gao took the lead, and then two more people succeeded in the attack, which are the two smaller in the odds, from this point of view, the old man's eyesight is indeed good.
It's a pity that the next three people woke up one after another, that is to say, at this opening ceremony, they have lost the opportunity to open the front.
Those who were in charge were naturally elated, but they were only a minority, and most of them were lost.
At this time, only Cao Wangsun was left who was still insisting in front of the altar.
The old man's gaze fell directly on Cao Wangsun's back, and the tension in his eyes was undisguised.
Chen Yuan was also a little worried in his heart, Cao Wangsun, can he succeed in the end? )