Sheng Hong summoned him anyway.
After listening to his introduction, Sheng Hong pulled Qian San in doubt and played a few games of Landlord with him and Qian San.
Still with silver.
Ten cents per game.
After playing five games, Li Qiao was the bully in four games and won four games. Sheng Hong was the bully in one game and lost.
Sheng Hong looked at the small pile of copper plates in front of Li Qiao, rolled up his sleeves, and told Qian San to invite the Emperor.
Soon, Sheng Jun came over.
This was Li Qiao's first time meeting Sheng Jun.
He rarely saw Sheng Hong alone on weekdays, let alone Sheng Jun.
Sheng Hong fell ill later this year. When Sheng Jun presided over the government, his official position was too low and he could only hold a court meeting every ten days. He still stood outside the Tai Chi Hall and had no chance to see Sheng Jun.
Meeting Sheng Jun for the first time was in line with Li Qiao's imagination.
Although Sheng Jun is over seventy years old, he is still tall and burly. Unlike the approachable Sheng Hong, Sheng Jun carries an air of nobility and majesty that cannot be violated by God, and has a pair of sharp eyes.
Li Qiao looked at each other and felt a sudden shock in his heart.
This aura was more oppressive than the ninth-level superpower he had seen in his previous life.
He is worthy of being the founding emperor.
He saluted respectfully: "I pay my respects to the Supreme Emperor."
"Get up." Sheng Jun casually waved to Li Qiao to get up. He walked straight towards Sheng Hong: "I heard from Qian San that Li Qiao has made something new this time?"
"Yes, it's called Bully Fighting and Sparrow Cards."
Sheng Hong explained with a smile, asked Sheng Jun to sit down, and then explained the specific methods of playing Landlord and Mahjong.
As the owner of a gambling house, Sheng Jun was very familiar with various gambling techniques. After listening to Sheng Hong's introduction, a light flashed in his eyes.
After inviting Li Qiao and Qian San to the table, after playing a few games, he looked at Li Qiao with very kind eyes, as if looking at a gold ingot, and every eyelash showed satisfaction.
"Xiao Li." As soon as he spoke, the title became friendly.
"Are you planning to hand over these sparrow cards and playing cards to me?"
"As far as the Emperor is concerned, yes. However, I have a request." Li Qiao said immediately.
"tell me the story."
Sheng Jun's tone was gentle.
"Weichen hopes to put some restrictions on the guests who can play these two kinds of cards. It's a small gambling pleasure. These two kinds of cards can only be regarded as a means of entertainment and can amuse the guests. So Weichen's purpose of making these two kinds of cards is It’s achieved.”
"Weichen doesn't want guests to invest a lot of money in it. After all, it's just two things. Pleasure is the most important, and money is insignificant."
Li Qiao said respectfully.
As soon as these words came out, Sheng Jun immediately laughed, pointed at Li Qiao and said to Sheng Hong: "Emperor, listen, this is because I am afraid that I will destroy people's lives."
Without waiting for Sheng Hong's answer, he asked Li Qiao: "If you are so afraid that I will destroy people's lives, why did you make these two kinds of cards?"
"Back to the Supreme Emperor, Weichen once almost had a leg cut off because of gambling, so Weichen is well aware of the dangers of gambling. But it is human nature to play casually, so Weichen thought of two new ways to play, okay Providing a new way to spend time for people who want to play casually.”
"Tsk, that's full of nonsense."
Sheng Jun shook his head and looked at Sheng Hong: "Emperor, do you think so?"
Sheng Hong smiled and nodded: "Father is right."
Li Qiao: "..."
He lowered his eyes and made no excuse.
But he couldn't help but murmur in his heart, the father and son must have known about the British Duke's little tricks, weren't they asking questions knowingly.
The next second, Sheng Jun said again: "Although it is nonsense, it still makes sense. A small gamble is indeed human nature and cannot be prohibited by law."
"Since you proposed it, I promise you to put restrictions on these two types of cards."
"But in this case, the profit will be very small, and the money you will receive will also be very small."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness, but I don't want this money."
Li Qiao quickly refused.
Hearing this, Sheng Jun looked at Sheng Hong.
Young people are quite particular.
The moral bottom line is high enough.
"Since Li Aiqing doesn't want it, forget it." Sheng Hong said.
"Okay, don't take it if you don't want it." Sheng Jun said and pushed the mahjong on the table again: "Come on, come on, let's play a few more games."
Now that the serious business is over, we can continue playing.
This Xiao Li looked gentle and harmless, like a little white rabbit, but he turned out to be full of ruthless moves. The last time he cursed the British public in the street, this time he accurately grabbed the British government's money bag.
With this kind of temper, if he were allowed to conquer the world, his achievements would probably be as good as those of the British Duke.
Li Qiao entered the palace in the afternoon, but did not leave the palace until nine o'clock in the night. Sheng Jun took him to play mahjong and Landlords. He was lucky today. He didn't bring a penny with him when he entered the palace, but when he left the palace, At that time, I had three taels of silver ingots in my arms.
This is definitely a good sign, indicating that his counterattack is effective.
Facts have proved that Li Qiao's superstitious idea is correct.
Sheng Jun acted vigorously and resolutely, and three days later he launched Mahjong and Landlord Fighting in his and the eldest prince's gambling house.
And, as he suggested, different restrictions were given based on the identity of the gambler.
Ordinary people can only participate in the civilian game. In each game, a person bets at least five cents and a maximum of twelve cents. However, no matter how much he bets, the gambling house will take two cents as profit.
In other words, if four civilians play a game, the gambling house will take eight cents, and the money for melon seeds, tea, etc. will be calculated separately.
The rich and noble people have separate private rooms, and each game can only bet five taels of silver at most and one tael of silver at least.
But no matter how much each person bets, the gambling house will take one tael as profit.
In other words, the rich and noble people can earn four taels of silver in a gambling house.
Sheng Jun's idea is the same as Sheng Hong's, specializing in earning money from the rich and noble.
However, one, two or five taels, for many rich and noble people, this is nothing at all, and they are willing to pay this money.
Whether it's mahjong or Landlords, its charm can be fully demonstrated in just half a day. Few people who enter the casino to play can resist it.
Therefore, within five days, during lunch, Xin Zhi told Li Qiao that the Supreme Emperor and the First Prince had launched a new game.
"I heard from my cousin that it's very interesting, and it's not too big. How about it? Do you want to play a few games with me?"
Li Qiao laughed after hearing this.
good.
The intensity of this spread was far beyond his imagination.
He thought it would take at least half a month for Xin Zhi, the little speaker, to mention this matter to him.
There was so little entertainment in ancient times!
"I won't play anymore. You can go and play. However, please help pay attention to the British government's gambling shop and see how their business is doing."
This is Li Qiao's purpose.
Xin Zhi was so smart. After hearing what Li Qiao said, he was stunned and immediately asked Li Qiao about his relationship with Mahjong and Landlords.
After Li Qiao admitted it, he pounded the table excitedly.
Brother Li is awesome!
He patted his heart and assured Li Qiao that tomorrow he would send someone to watch the entrance of the British Government Gambling House to see if the passenger flow had decreased.
The passenger flow of British public gambling houses has naturally decreased.
Anyone who likes to go to British public gambling houses is a good gambler. I heard that the other two companies have come up with a new way of playing. Although each game is not big, the new way of playing is enough to attract these people. Let’s help people see it.
This insight makes it difficult to escape.
Although each game is small, with only a few pennies or a few taels of silver, these two methods of playing are so charming that once you sit down, you can't live without them.
Moreover, although each game is small, if you play for a whole day, the amount is actually not small. The time of each game is short, and you can play another game quickly. After the whole day, if you are not lucky enough, You can lose a few taels or even hundreds of taels.
For ordinary people, a few taels of silver is not a small amount.
For the rich and noble, unless they are millionaires like Li Qiao, a few hundred taels cannot be considered a small amount.
Because of this, the two gambling houses soon changed their rules.
If each person loses a certain amount of money, they will not be allowed to play again within half a month.
As soon as this rule came out, everyone immediately became dissatisfied. I was already very unlucky, but in the end, I was not allowed to continue playing?
You are not allowed to play before you have enough fun. This is too much!
However, the people behind these two gambling houses are really powerful. No matter who makes trouble, they will be thrown out.
After throwing a few people away, no one dared to cause trouble.
Even if you are dissatisfied, you can only accept it.
Moreover, after experiencing the joy of mahjong and Landlords, before they are not satisfied, the old ways of throwing dice and pushing Pai Gow no longer arouse their interest.
Boring.
Under such circumstances, the business of the British government's gambling houses naturally plummeted.
Who wants to play that kind of cliché? It’s boring.
Although these two casinos do not allow those who have lost badly to continue playing, they are not prohibited from standing aside and watching. Standing aside and watching others play is more interesting than playing the same old games.
After understanding this, the British father-in-law was so angry that she wanted to recruit someone to attack the Li family.
This is too much!
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