Turbulent Times Chapter 692: Gujiaocheng

Wang Junlin got up and led the people out of the cabin, stood on the deck and looked as far as the eye can see, the outline of the city wall could be seen faintly, the number of houses among the trees on both sides increased greatly, not like before.

After watching for a while, several people went to the cabin to have breakfast together.

After chatting for a while, Luo Guishou glanced at Nie Xiaoyu, and talked about gambling again, this time he said Pai Gow: "There is a taboo in the casino, even if there is no number like 'eleven', it is not allowed." Said eleven, because in Pai Gow, the eleven points composed of two cards of 'Mo Wu' and 'Mo Six' are almost certain to lose. There is also 'Ten', because ten points are the smallest in Pai Gow, it is a curse The phrase 'Tie Ten' comes from this card. 'Second board six' is also a curse word, because the second board is four points, and when it is paired with Mo six, it is exactly ten points."

Wang Junlin smiled and said, "It's interesting."

Luo Guishou triumphantly said in an exaggerated tone: "The secret of Pai Gow lies in the four-character mantra of 'killing everything', which hurts the most feelings."

At this time, the hull trembled slightly, slowly slowed down, and moored to the left bank.

Luo Guishou praised: "The boat steering skills of the Fenhe gang are truly outstanding. No wonder there have been many shipwreck accidents in the Fenhe boats for many years, but it has never happened to them."

Not long after, the boat finally stopped at the pier.

The boss of the boat specially ran over and said: "Everyone, the boat will rest in Gujiao City for one night, and leave the boat tomorrow when the Buddha dawns. You can go to Gujiao City for a visit."

"Thank you, Boss Du." Wang Junlin got up and thanked.

After the boss of the boat left, Luo Guishou suddenly said: "Gujiao City is not small, and there is also a branch of Taiyuan Gambling Workshop. Why don't we go to win some capital first, so that we can prepare to gamble in Taiyuan City."

Wang Junlin glanced at Nie Xiaoyu and thought of something, he smiled and said, "That's fine."

The boss of the ship opened the joints of the city gate himself, and gave Wang Junlin and his party a temporary pass, allowing them to pay taxes and enter the city.

Wang Junlin felt as if he had returned to the mortal world when he stepped onto the road full of traffic. This journey in Fenhe was unforgettable for him.

Within less than ten steps, Wang Junlin suddenly felt an indescribable strange feeling, like pouring ice water on his head, and his whole body was soaked in coldness. I did not see it.

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The branch of Taiyuan Gambling Workshop in Gujiao City is called Gujiao Gambling Workshop. In fact, in Bingzhou, all gambling workshops named after the city name are branches of Taiyuan Gambling Workshop, belonging to the Taiyuan Wang family. industry.

Gujiao Gambling Square is located in the most prosperous commercial area in Gujiao City, with a large scale. The main building group is five wooden buildings on the central axis, which are connected by corridors. In addition, there are more than a dozen smaller houses and courtyard houses. The five main halls in the center are set off like stars arching the moon, surrounded by high walls.

At this time, the entire casino is as bright as a white painting, and the outer wall facing the main street is covered with colorful lights. There is a long queue of cars and horses at the entrance, slowly entering. The nearby streets were crowded with people, some of them just came to watch the excitement, while some were not allowed to enter because they did not have money to pay the entrance fee of the gambling club.

Wang Junlin was astounded when he saw the bustling scene outside the door from a distance, and the former said with emotion: "The casinos he has seen in Macau in later generations are nothing more than this."

Led by Luo Gui, who was familiar with the road, Wang Junlin led Nie Xiaoyu and Chunqiu Lao Nu to the entrance of Gujiao Gambling Workshop. Xiao Feng'er and Zheng Shengqiu stayed on board.

"I remember that there is no so-called entry fee in the gambling houses in the capital." Wang Junlin said with some surprise.

The entrance fee is actually a gambling tax levied on the local government. Obviously, Bingzhou is in need of property everywhere because of the imperial army's pressure.

The entrance tax of the Gujiao Casino is directly collected by the gamblers stationed by the government, and then allocated to the government treasury without going through the casino.

Since the Warring States period, because gambling has caused serious disasters, often causing people to go bankrupt, and causing various disadvantages that destroy social order and morals, there have been laws prohibiting gambling. The first emperor ruled the world, and Li Si enacted a law prohibiting gambling, ranging from "stabbing the face of a whale tattoo" to "slapping his butt" in the worst case. The Han Dynasty also continued to prohibit gambling.

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the gentry arose and the legal prohibition was relaxed. Although there were prohibitive laws, they existed in name only.

Now in the Sui Dynasty, officials and treacherous merchants joined forces to make a fortune in the gambling industry.

In the original history, after the fall of the Sui Dynasty, this trend intensified, and the governments in various regions were happy to increase their income, and it became a situation of government-business cooperation like an ancient gambler.

The group paid the admission tax and entered the casino.

Gujiao Casino is worthy of being the most prestigious casino in Gujiao.

At this moment, three to four hundred gamblers are gathered in each lobby, but they don't feel crowded and stuffy at all. Under the bright lights, most of them are male guests. Very beautiful, some gambled harder than men.

Especially springy are the waitresses who shuttle back and forth in the casino, all of them are young and beautiful beauties with half-exposed **** and colorful arms, **** and charming.

Wang Junlin is not very good at gambling. After a tour, the only ones he is most familiar with are domino solitaire, dice.bao, and fantan.

Wang Junlin and his party followed Luo Guishou to the fan stall in the second entrance hall where nearly a hundred people gambled around.

Fan Tan is also known as spreading money or covering money. The game is played by people from the casino as the banker. When gambling, the banker grabs a "stall" made of short bamboo chips and quickly covers it with a bowl. Know the number, wait for others to place a bet, and then set up a table to determine the winner or loser. The algorithm is to pick up the four stalls one by one, and make the remainder one, two, three, and four. Betting on one door pays three for one, called "Fan", and betting on one of the two doors pays one for one, called "Jiao".

When the four of them arrived, the stall was being opened three times in a row, and the second stall was full of anger and excitement. Many people who should be sanctimonious at ordinary times are now gnashing their teeth, clenching their fists and waving their palms, shouting at the stalls they bought. It seems that the louder they shout, the more it affects the number of stalls.

Luo Gui put his hand close to Wang Junlin's ear and said with a low smile, "This woman is a pickpocket, one of the four outstanding gambling masters in Gujiao City, and her skills are pretty good."

Wang Junlin was surprised and said: "Do you mean cheating? On the surface, this gambling method is very difficult to fool!"

Luo Guishou said: "Ten bets and nine deceptions, you can deceive people with anything. The most common Fantan scams are 'Luozhu' and 'Feizi'. Luozhu is doing tricks at the stall. It can be divided into two; Feizi is to fly away the stall. No matter which method, there are accomplices who will "pry the edge" by blowing smoke or other methods to attract the attention of the deceived, so that The host is old-fashioned. Big casinos like Gujiao Casino naturally don’t use low-level tricks, but most of the temporary stalls in the streets and alleys are such deceptive tricks.”