Chapter 182: Gambling

Since Alfonso came back from the throne to fight the civil war, he and Nasi have not seen each other again, and it has been more than a year since calculating the time.

Nasi, who will be 16 years old in 1 month, has long lost his youth and pride.

As a nobleman who has experienced the battlefield but has not fought on the front line, if I really want to say it, Nasi now looks a bit like a Sven lawyer.

Thinking back to the beginning, he also swore that France would defeat Prussia without much effort, but he didn't expect to be beaten like this.

This caused him to have a palpable look of shame on his face when he met Alfonso.

Alfonso couldn't do anything about it, so he could only comfort him not to think too much, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers.

What's more, Nasan has not yet failed, and it is not known whether France can be pacified in the end, and the counterattack on Prussia is unknown.

After a day's welcome, in order to show his closeness, Alfonso called Adolf, and the three of them played the landlord together.

During his stay in Paris, Alfonso had been playing Napoleon cards out of local considerations, and when he returned to Madrid, he didn't want to play it anymore, so he ordered a modern poker game to be created and equipped with a corresponding game.

Nowadays, the phenomenon of fighting landlords in Madrid is not uncommon.

Unfortunately, Alfonso usually couldn't find many people to play with, and Adolf was usually busy, and other ministers would take the opportunity to give gifts to the king.

Alfonso was not very reluctant to give them gifts, after all, it was a way of communication between nobles, but he lost the fun of gambling if he knew that he could win.

So he had to call Isabella to join the maid at the table.

And Isabella was reluctant to play with him more, because although Catholicism was not against gambling, it was against gambling, and playing cards for hours on end would make the queen feel a strong sense of guilt.

"It's fun, what's the name of this game...... To 8. Na Si nodded repeatedly, and even the loss of being uprooted from his homeland dissipated a little.

As Alfonso said, Nasan was neither captured nor deposed, but was an ordinary defeat.

It was normal for the country to have turmoil after the defeat in those years, but France was slightly larger.

"Of course it's fun...... Right a. Adolf smiled and said, "This is what His Majesty Alfonso came up with from the current playing cards himself, expanded to 54 cards."

The game, called Spanish Bridge, almost immediately replaced the current card game in Madrid, and is now spreading to the east coast. ”

He knew a little better than Alfonso, as the Progressive Guard occasionally saw it during surveillance and investigations, and he could even estimate the approximate number of players, with an error of less than 100,000.

"There are already so many people playing." Nasi was a little surprised: "Why have I never seen it in a casino in Paris?" ”

At the mention of Paris, Nasi's gloomy look flashed, apparently thinking of the sad past.

"Most aristocrats don't like to play." Alfonso said casually, patiently pondering whether it was time to force a wave of strings with three single cards.

Adolf took over and explained: "Most of them are played by commoners, the aristocracy likes the excitement and the feeling of spending a lot of money, the process of Spanish bridge is too long, and the viewing is not enough, and it can't even gather too many spectators, so it is naturally not liked by the aristocracy." ”

Alfonso nodded slightly, when he first created the game of fighting landlords, he was still a little hopeful to see if he could develop the gambling industry in Spain.

But when he found that the nobles would only play in private, and usually most of the commoners were playing, he gave up this thought.

Such gambling is not beneficial, it will only further cut the money in the hands of ordinary people, cause social unrest, and lead to a series of problems such as reduced productivity.

The common people in these days do not need much entertainment, and the real proletariat can eat enough, and it is good to have less work.

Although he has other games in his hand, such as Texas Hold'em, blackjack, mahjong, etc., he may be able to attract the attention of the aristocracy.

But at that time, the civil war had just ended, and he was newly enthroned, so it was really difficult to show his gambling side.

Today, when the old things are brought up again, he has more ideas.

It's a pity to hear the words:

"Really? It's a shame, when I return to Paris in the future, I will definitely bring this game back. ”

"Maybe not later." Alfonso said suddenly: "Eugène, how much money did you bring here this time?" ”

Both of them were stunned, not knowing why Alfonso asked that.

However, Nasi still said honestly: "I didn't bring much, 1.9 million francs in cash, and other things are probably worth about 8.8 million." ”

"£410,000...... It's not much, and the initial start should be enough. Alfonso thought to himself.

The Bonaparte family's wealth is definitely more than that, but Nasan is still sitting on the throne well, and he needs money in all aspects, so it is naturally impossible to let Nasa take away the big head.

Having made up his mind, Alfonso asked directly: "Eugène, are you interested in casinos?" ”

"Huh?" Nasi also understood what Alfonso wanted him to do, but his first reaction was to refuse:

"I play a lot, but it's just playing, and I don't know how it works."

"If you like to play, you can just play it, and there are professionals in charge of how it works." Alfonso laughed.

He also knew that this was the coffin of the Bonaparte family, even if Nasi didn't think that Bonaparte would fail, he would still have some scruples about using the money.

And the prince didn't want to return to the country after he went into exile, so he ran to open a casino, which is not an inspirational thing no matter how you look at it, and maybe it will damage the prestige of the royal family.

In order to dispel the other party's scruples, Alfonso directly promised: "Ou Ren, you don't have to come forward, you just pay for it."

I'm responsible for providing policy and gameplay support, and I don't need to be given points if I win, but I'm counted if I lose. ”

Nasi was even more confused, and he lost his ...... This......

"Don't worry, I promise that I won't lose, I still have several ways to play, plus the policy is tilted, there is no possibility of losing money." Alfonso was relieved to see this:

"The main thing is that France doesn't know how long it will be to fight, find something for you to do, and making money is secondary."

Infected by Alfonso's self-confidence, Nasi was not so resistant, and after thinking about it, he really needed to do something to distract himself, so as not to always recall the horror of this time.

Not to mention the success of the royalists, the 400,000 pounds are nothing even if they are all lost.

And if Nasan is defeated, he will have a place to stay, so as not to keep sending people under the fence.

After figuring out this link, Nasi nodded in agreement, but he firmly disagreed with Alfonso's generous plan like a charity, and instead said: "You don't have to pay for the loss, and the game also counts as a share." ”

Alfonso immediately shook his head, he really didn't have any idea about this, it was purely to repay the kindness of the Bonaparte family.

The royal family has no money in their hands, and if they want to build a casino city in the future, they will always have to introduce private forces, and it is better to give it to Bonaparte than to earn it.

The future of the province also took four days to find him and shouted for the return of the country.

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