At this time, it was the meal, the small restaurant was overcrowded and noisy, and a few people sitting at the adjacent table seemed to have made a small fortune, discussing how to spend it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Some people say to go to the Qinglou, some people propose to gamble for money, and some people propose to gamble on stones.

Yang Li pulled the last few noodles in the bowl into his mouth, and asked Dongfang Jun, who had already finished eating, while chewing. "What is a gambling stone?"

Dongfang Jun picked up a chopstick and mixed vegetables, teased the little beast who was eating noodles, and saw that the little beast didn't buy it, so he had to put it in his mouth, and explained vaguely: "It's a bet on the ore dug out of the ground, these ores are different from the ore in the belly of the gold-swallowing beast, as long as you don't cut it, no one knows what's going on inside, it may also be an ore with a very high content, or it may be a waste rock with a low content that is about the same as ordinary stones." ”

"Isn't there someone who domesticates the Gold Devouring Beast?" couldn't you smell it?" Yang Li asked puzzled.

Dongfang Jun shook his head. "The Gold Eater is too sensitive to the breath of metal to tell the level of content, these ores were all found by the Gold Eater before they were dug up, and they all contain metals to a greater or lesser extent, and the bet is only on the level of metal content. ”

Yang Li nodded suddenly, he remembered that it was recorded in the book that there seemed to be gambling stones in ancient times, but people at that time gambled on jade.

The slowest eater is the little beast, and it's hard for its little mouth, so it can only eat one by one.

The little beast lies on the table to eat noodles, and the fur on its body naturally turns into the earthy yellow of the table, which looks like a small earth dog or a small earth cat, so it does not attract people's attention, and there are still many people who have pets.

When the little beast had finished eating, the three of them came out into the street, and it was only noon, and the three of them had done all their work, and there was nothing left or right to do, so they slipped up and ate on the street.

Wandering aimlessly, the three of them followed the flow of people on the street to the city wall, and glanced at the street in front of them, which suddenly became crowded, Dongfang Jun proposed: "Go back, there is a place to gamble stones in front." ”

"Since you're here, let's go check it out. "Yang Li hadn't seen the gambling stone, so he was a little curious.

The three of them came to the street, Dongfang Jun and Jiang Luoyan have lived here since they were children, and they have long been tired of seeing it, so they try to pick up places with fewer people to go. Yang Li came for the first time, and he went to a place with a lot of people, and the three of them slowly separated.

Although there are shops on both sides of the street, most of these shops are refining shops, specializing in refining the metal in the ore, and the person who buys the ore usually walks into these shops with the stone in his hand, depending on whether he wins or loses. The real ore sellers are open-air stalls with all kinds of stones on the ground. The crowd on the street is divided into two parts, one part gathers in front of these stalls to pick stones, and the other part will follow the person who bought the stones to the refining shop to watch the results.

These stones are not too much in size, the big ones are two or three hundred catties, and the small ones are not less than one hundred catties, and the price is marked on each stone, ranging from fifty taels to thousands of taels. On the one hand, the price depends on the size of the stone, and on the other hand, it also depends on the color of the stone.

After looking at a few stalls, Yang Li shifted his attention to the refining shop, and he also followed a few people who bought ore to the refining shop to watch the excitement. The refining shop here only carries out the most basic refining, so the process is not difficult, first cut the larger stones and throw them into a glass jar filled with transparent liquid, the originally calm liquid boils immediately after the stones are thrown in, as a large number of bubbles rise, the water begins to become turbid, and the stones inside also begin to become smaller, when the bubbles disappear and the water becomes clear again, the larger and more 'stones' remain, the louder the crowd will scream, and the brighter the smile on the face of the person who bought the stone.

However, after looking at a few people, Yang Li found that there were really few exclamations, and no one who showed a really bright smile had met a single one.

After watching the refinement a few times, Yang Li lost interest and was about to leave after finding Dongfang Jun and Jiang Luoyan, but just as he passed a stall, the little beast that had been sleeping on his shoulder suddenly stood upright, scratching Yang Li's clothes with his claws, his eyes passed through the crowd, staring intently at a stone on the ground.

Yang Li followed the little beast's gaze and saw a black stone the size of a human head through the gap in the crowd.

Yang Li knew that the little beast ate ore, and Yang Li probably understood the meaning of scratching his clothes with his claws, only when the little beast was hungry or wanted to eat something, he would have this kind of action. Seeing that the little beast was staring at the moment, his heart moved, and he comforted the little beast a few times with his hand, and quietly squeezed into the crowd.

The black stone was placed on the edge very inconspicuously, and the price marked on it was only fifty taels, but no one was interested in him, because the stone was not only small, but the black whirring looked more like some kind of animal dung than ore.

Yang Li glanced at the little beast on his shoulder, and after confirming that it was staring at this stone, he took it into his arms so as not to arouse suspicion, and pointed to the stone and asked the boss. "Boss, can this stone be cheaper? I don't know how to gamble on stones, I want to buy one and try it." ”

The boss is a lean man in his thirties, with a pair of eyes that are rolling around, if it is not a problem with the eyes, then it proves that the person is a thief, or rather shrewd.

Taking the opportunity of a glance, the thin man had already looked Yang Li's whole body up and down, with a puzzled expression: "Friend, it's not that I can't bargain, it's just that fifty taels is the lowest price here, if I make an exception, my peers will have opinions." ”

After hesitating for a moment, Yang Li pretended to nod helplessly. "Okay, then I'll even do it!"

"Good luck!" the lean man secretly smiled smugly, picked up the stone from the ground and handed it to Yang Li.

Yang Li took out fifty taels of silver from his arms and handed it to the boss, no longer staying and walking directly towards the refining shop not far away, he had already thought about it, since the little beast wanted it, he should spend fifty taels of silver to buy snacks for the little beast to eat.

As soon as the stone was placed in its arms, the little beast could not wait to pounce on it, spread its four little short legs as much as possible, and snoring with its slightly squinted eyes holding the stone, it seemed that it really liked this stone.

Seeing that someone was carrying stones into the refining shop, more than a dozen people immediately followed, and there were two squads of soldiers on duty at both ends of the street, and no one dared to rob here, these people followed just to see the excitement.

Walking into the refining shop, it was not easy to separate the little beast from the stone, Yang Li handed the stone to the apprentice in the shop, and the apprentice lost interest after glancing at the price engraved on the stone, and said lazily: "Five taels of silver." ”

After handing over the money, the apprentice didn't even need to cut the procedure, and walked directly to the glass jar containing the solution with the stone, and after throwing it in, he walked to the door and sat down on a chair, according to his experience, this stone is very likely to have nothing left, and there is no need to wait at all.