Qingzhou is also known as the Nine Heavens and Nine Lands.

Because of the steepness of the mountain and the great difference in the elevation of the terrain, part of the area was built on top of the high mountain, and part of it was built at the bottom of the mountain.

Got the name, nine heavens and nine earths.

Qingzhou locals have their own apt saying about such urban buildings, Shangcheng District, Lower City District.

Uptown, as the name suggests, is the main urban area that is connected by iron chains on top of a hill. The scenery is unique and the environment is leisurely, which is the most ideal place to settle down. The lower town, on the other hand, is the urban area at the foot of the mountain, under the top of the mountain connected by iron chains. These places are often foggy and hazy, warm and humid, and people can choose rivers to live in, rely on water conservancy, and feed people's livelihood.

Compared with the rich people in Shangcheng District, although the people in Xiacheng District are hard, they still rely on the rich crops of several nearby rivers and alluvial plains, which will still make the people of Qingzhou worry-free. Fortunately, Qingzhou is not affected by war all year round, so the people can be regarded as living a rich and happy life.

In the affluent life of the city, it is easy to see a phenomenon - drunkards.

After quinoa is satisfied, people will have further pursuits, wine and meat, women, cockfighting, dog fighting, cricket fighting......

In Qingzhou, the upper class has the upper class to play, and the lower class people also have their own ways to have fun, such as a new popular way to play, called betta fish.

As soon as the game of betta fish came out, it swept the whole Qingzhou, and even some dignitaries were impressed by it, and began to gradually become popular in Shangcheng District!

In fact, this game is very simple, very convenient, and more importantly, it does not cost a lot of money, and it can be done anytime, anywhere.

Remember the URL

How to call a betta fish?

Two fish fighting?

No

In Qingzhou, the most ferocious fish is just a dogfish, and a betta fish is naturally impossible for two fish to bite and kill each other.

But there is a saying that big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat dried shrimp.

If you throw two big fish in a pond and then put in a small fish, which fish will grab the first to eat the small fish?

Well......

That's a problem.

Compared with cockfighting, dog fighting, and crickets, the biggest advantage of this betta fish is that it is not bloody, looks elegant, and is suitable for all ages.

Moreover, the cost of betta fish is very low, and there is no need to specifically cultivate fish species for fighting. Generally speaking, the way for civilians to play is to catch a few fish by the river, and then they can start this betta amusement project.

A group of people gathered around to watch the big fish eat the small fish in the pond.

Of course, whether it is a fighting fish, a fighting dog, a fighting, or a fighting cricket, it is also a relative gamble, which must be a bet on something. The simplicity of civilians, because it is a freshly caught fish, is often a test of the fisherman's eyesight and skill. And what about betting? It is often a small amount, a penny can be started, except for the two betta owners after deducting a part of the due expenses, the rest of the money will be used for compensation, more investment, more wins, less wins, less wins.

Of course, this is also the fun of the lower class people to earn some money for drinking. And after playing, even if the fish wins, it will inevitably be cooked at home and made into a delicious fish soup.

Entertainment, playing is more about pleasure, and there is a lot of randomness.

Dog fighting and cockfighting, not to mention bloody, also need to spend a lot of money, manpower and material resources, and even feed the dogs and chickens with aphrodisiac drugs, aphrodisiac wine, and make it look like a drunk dog and drunk chicken playing drunken boxing, not only that, this chicken is also more powerful, and even has to tie something like a blade to improve the lethality. Once the fight starts, not to mention the fierce scene, it is also very bloody, which is not suitable for children.

Betta fish can be seen by all ages, it is a process of a big fish eating a small fish, but the fish eating the fish, isn't it just a mouth to enter?

In order to distinguish the belonging of two fish, it is common to use vermilion pigment to put red dots on the head and body of the fish to distinguish the two fish. It is then placed in a pre-fenced pond or in a special wooden box. In general, such ponds should not be too large, but they should not be too small either. Keep it at about five or six feet square, there are also large ones, which can be about one zhang, and small ones, which can be used by three or four feet.

The bait fish will also be a carp that is slightly smaller than the two big fish, so as to avoid being too easy and let the big fish eat the fish in one bite without any suspense.

At first, when the fish is put in, the two big fish will be very nervous, constantly swimming and rolling in the water, but after soon regaining calm, they will divide their respective areas and separate, which is the best state, indicating that the fish are aggressive, and they will take the initiative to attack once they see food in the stage of feeding.

More often than not, it's two big fish swimming together, squeezing their heads and brains, and holding each other. At this time, the fish does not have much fighting nature, and is not hungry, and has no desire to take the initiative to attack when it sees its prey. Often, small fish swim to their mouths and may not open their mouths to swallow them.

Therefore, the experience of this fisherman is also very important, to pinch the belly of the fish, look at the mouth of the fish, the gills, and confirm first, this is not a hungry and panicked fish!

When the small fish is put in, the hungry big fish will naturally chase after the small fish and devour, this is the best state!

Today, I saw a strange scene.

Lao Zhangtou and Lao Li Tou are both experts in this betta fish, and today they have a betta fish that is very suitable for taking out. They are all swimming around with wide eyes, eager to eat fresh of the same kind to fill their stomachs!

The two fish kept swimming in the water, and even slapped their tails against each other, opening their mouths wide to eat the other person who was the same size as themselves!

Seeing this, everyone had the fighting spirit, and they all took out a penny and threw it into the iron plate and shouted: "Come, come, come"

At the same time, on the opposite turtle boat that they didn't know, a group of people of different sizes were also gambling there with pots, and they also watched the betta fish on the riverside.

"I said that old Zhang Tou can win! Look at his fish, how big his mouth is! When he comes down, he wants to eat it, and he almost eats the old Li Tou's one!"

The old man who looked like a fisher shook his head and said: "I can't see it, don't look at it fiercely, the old Li Tou's line is very slippery, and the thief who runs is fast, and he will definitely win in a while!"

"I'll bet five taels too!"

I bet, I bet!

Hahaha......

Laughter, and even a few women were interested, and they came over to throw some silver to participate in this game!

For them, it's not just a hairpin of money!

When.

A gold ingot fell into the basin.

Everyone looked over and hurriedly got up to greet him: "Mr. Zhao!"

"Lao Liu's vision is accurate, I also see, that fish is slippery, the more slippery, the more greedy it is, it can't be said, big and small!

"Hahaha......"

The crowd laughed, and then hugged his fists: "Mr. Zhao also wants to play?" Okay, then everyone will look at it, will it be okay for a while?"

"Okay! hahaha!"

It is rare for the people of Qianjimen to have this leisure time, and now they have found a backer, with Zhao Decheng to feed, they can have a good return by doing only some small things in Qingzhou, which is very comfortable, and they are naturally grateful to Zhao Decheng.

"Door master, you don't bet on one?"

Everyone coaxed again, watching Zhao Decheng's little fat man walking with her, but he wanted to say something about a talented woman, but he was afraid of touching the sensitive nerves of the golden phoenix, so he only expressed it implicitly with his eyes.

The golden phoenix glared, ignored it, and turned his head into the cabin.

Zhao Decheng shook his head, also felt that they were a little unreasonable, sighed, and then followed in.

"Hahahaha,"

A few people were still hahaha, and they saw Yu Fanghua, the woman behind Zhao Decheng, looking at them with cold eyes!

"Uh, haha"

Suddenly embarrassed, they all smiled reluctantly, and then greeted: "Look at the fish, look at the fish!"

......

The turtle boat is the kind of boat with three teeth exposed, some strange shapes, like an old turtle lying quietly in the river water, but the appearance of the boat is still there. The so-called three teeth are three-story pavilions, which are like an old turtle with a high tombstone on its back.

Of course, the three-storey pavilion was a very small part of it, and the purpose was to install the mechanism and raise the lookout. And the area occupied by these three-story pavilions is only more than a zhang.

The most important part of the turtle ship is still below the lower deck, that is, in the belly of the old man.

This is the place where some people live, and it is also the place where the important classic drawings left by the Thousand Machine Gate are stored.

The woman in red couldn't help frowning when she saw Zhao Decheng coming down, but she didn't say much, and let the golden phoenix take him in.

The lower deck of the turtle ship is divided into two floors, the bottom floor is inhabited, and the upper floor is the residence of the Golden Phoenix and the woman in red, and going inside, is the study of the Golden Phoenix, which is also the storage place of the important classics of the Thousand Machine Gate.

Before entering, the golden phoenix signaled that Yu Fanghua couldn't go in, so Zhao Decheng left her to wait outside.

The woman was obedient to Zhao Decheng, and naturally she had nothing to refute, standing at the door like a guard, guarding.

There were a large number of books that had been read in the study, and they were stacked in such a disorderly manner, which made Zhao Decheng frown.

A beautiful woman's room is often inversely proportional to her beauty.

As if he could see Zhao Decheng's thoughts, Golden Phoenix's slightly red cheeks were slightly hot, and then kicked the book next to him into the cabinet: "Heh, it's a bit messy, I studied too late yesterday, I forgot to clean it! Please forgive Mr. Zhao!"

"Hahaha, where," as he spoke, Zhao Decheng took out a drawing from his arms and handed it to Jin Phoenix: "Master Jin, this is the drawing you want, take a look! What materials do you need, just say! Also, expand this terminal three times! Is there a way?"

As if seeing a good baby, the golden phoenix took the drawings and studied them carefully, and kept nodding: "It's really exquisite, this look is the design of Uncle Shi!"

"Uncle?"

"Well," Jin Phoenix explained while looking at the drawings intently: "The split of the Thousand Machine Gate back then was caused by the fact that Shi Shuzu took refuge in Da Jian! Shi Shu Zu was proficient in mechanical techniques, especially the arrow crossbow, and he also belonged to the top craftsmen in the Thousand Machine Gate, but later he came to see the glory and wealth of Da Jian, and brought his disciples to take refuge in Da Jian, which led to the split of Qian Ji Gate!" Later, many of our Qianjimen people died on the crossbow he made, so my father decided to get rid of him as a scourge, but I didn't expect to offend Dajian because of this, although my uncle died, but there were still many people in the Jin family who survived! But at that time, Qianjimen had already decayed. I don't have the ability to hunt them down, so I can only avoid Dajian's pursuit and beg for a living at the same time!"

"It's a pity. Zhao Decheng sighed

"Well, but it's all the Jin family, and the uncle's branch is no better, and because they took refuge in King Cheng, after the palace change, King Cheng's status also plummeted, and their Jin family has no future, which can be regarded as retribution. ”

"Oh, I see!"

After carefully inspecting, Jin Phoenix shook his head and said: "The amount of refined iron used is very large, I am afraid it is impossible to expand it three times, such a project is too big, it requires a lot of manpower and material resources, not to mention the thousand machine gates, even if you use the ability of your Qingzhou Jiang family, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve!"

The golden phoenix looked at Zhao Decheng and asked, "Besides, the power of the final machine is already very big now, and it is meaningless to expand it three times, three times, and at most it is to break the city gate!"

Zhao Decheng smiled slightly: "You can do it, if you can't do it here, you can make drawings!"

couldn't help but look at Zhao Decheng with strange eyes, and Jin Phoenix felt that he was incredible: "This is not a toy, and this thing needs to be constantly debugged to know if it can be used!"

"Okay, let's make a general big finalizer first, what do you need, just say!" Although hesitating, Zhao Decheng still insisted on building a finalizer!

The golden phoenix naturally thought about it, so he nodded and agreed.