She Song

Chapter 63
There are many relatively concentrated entertainment venues in Tokyo, among which Shuqiao, Daxiangguoji Temple, and Maxing Street are the most famous.

Han Xiaoyao did not go to Maxing Street to do business, but went to Zhouqiao first. Yuan Shisi thought that Han Xiaoyao had a young mind after all.

After all, there are dense crowds near Shuqiao Pier, and various shops, food, and tiles are open until midnight. Tokyo people call it a night market because of its extremely prosperous scene.

As a leader, it’s understandable to relax before work.

So, everyone went straight to Zhouqiao.

The Zhouqiao bridge spans the north and south, with the Bian River surging below it, buildings on both sides of the bank, and pedestrians in all directions.

Jiang Queer was so happy that she was almost drunk!
"Uncle Fourteen, there's a tiger cage over there... Wow, look, there's someone breathing fire... Huh? There's a woman upstairs smiling at us and waving. Do you know who she is..."

Yuan Shishi quickly interrupted this chattering country bumpkin.

"They may not know us, but if they know the money in our purse, that's where men sell their money, and if they don't have money, they won't welcome them!"

Han Xiaoyao has already found a location, a large Wazi.

Wazi can be regarded as an ancient version of an amusement park, with various juggling, magic, storytelling and singing, and gladiatorial competitions. Han Xiaoyao turned a blind eye to all these dazzling performances and stepped into a gambling house.

The spacious lobby was splendid and bustling with people. Han Xiaoyao walked around and found that the simple dice, guessing, off and buy games were the most lively.

So, Jiang Que'er was asked to exchange a thousand copper coins and start betting on the size of the dice.

Simply bet a penny on "big".

A group of gamblers suddenly booed when they saw that he was well-dressed yet so stingy in his actions.

Han Xiaoyao remained unmoved.

If you win, your bet will be doubled to two cents, but you still bet on "big".

Win again, four articles.

Another win, eight articles.

After opening "big" five times in a row, Han Xiaoyao's gambling capital has accumulated to 32 Wen.

Everyone was amazed, and some even started to place bets with this young man in brocade clothes.

Just when Han Ji and the others were in high spirits, in the sixth episode, something that everyone had been waiting for happened.

"Small!"

Xiao Langjun missed it!

Everyone laughed happily in twos and threes. The gamblers who followed the bet and lost could only blame their own bad luck. They had known that they would not follow the bet!

But it’s all within everyone’s expectation, we can’t keep going “big” all the time!

Han Xiaoyao continued to bet 64 words on "big", but the bet was still "small!".

In this way, until the last hand of 510 and [-] coins, it still opened "small", and Han Xiaoyao lost all his copper coins.

Just when everyone thought that the handsome young man would continue to double his bets, Han Xiaoyao left and arrived at Guan Pu's stall.

The stall owner is a handsome young man who can place bets ranging from ten to a thousand coins.

The rules of the Guan Pu game are not complicated either. Three copper coins are thrown up high, and if the bet is successful, the banker will pay the bet.

The options are three uprights, three backs, two ups and one back, two backs and one up, and the probability of hitting is [-]/[-].

However, many of these Guan Po are experienced dealers. They win three for one, and the banker is guaranteed to make a profit without losing any money. The reason why gambling houses have become a hugely profitable industry must have means to guarantee profits.

Throwing a lot of copper in vain and then going to buy it is similar to the "betting on jade" or "blind bidding" in later generations.

The host brings large and small boxes, and then explains the "starting price." Then the participants bid, and the one with the highest price wins.

The vast majority of poker players are at a loss, spending hundreds or even thousands of coins, and maybe they don't want even ten coins for an ordinary miscellaneous item.

Of course, there are a very few lucky people who can actually take pictures of famous people's calligraphy and paintings for tens of pennies, and earn hundreds of times instantly, which makes people very envious.Looking at the broken metal in Jiang Queer's hands, Han Xiaoyao realized that he did not have the ability to control good luck like the "evil god".

So he left the gambling house and found a fruit drink shop. While praising the warm and sweet red bean soup, Han Xiaoyao asked the shopkeeper about the rent of nearby shops.

The shopkeeper looked at his appearance and answered truthfully. The rent depends on the size of the market and the amount of profit. There are several, dozens or hundreds of coins. He also suggested that Han Xiaoyao find a dental professional who can do some good things so that he can spend less money. .

Han Xiaoyao gained a lot. When paying the bill, he gave him a hundred cash, which was almost twice the bill. The storekeeper bowed repeatedly and almost kowtowed.

Arriving in the south of Qiao, the style gradually became more elegant, with printing shops, pen and ink shops, gardens of exotic animals, calligraphy, painting and antique shops, and teahouses and restaurants everywhere.

Not long after arriving in the south, Jiang Queer, who just thought Han Ji was rich and powerful, was quickly shocked.

In calligraphy and painting shops, the price of any calligraphy and painting is not less than ten guan, and some works are even as high as five or six hundred guan.

This frightened Jiang Queer, and as soon as she left the calligraphy and painting shop, she muttered: "The money we have together is not enough to buy a calligraphy and painting, and we can't eat it, so who will buy it?"

Han Xiaoyao smiled and said nothing.

Yuan Shisi had good eyesight. He glanced at the pet stall and pointed it out to Jiang Queer: "Here, there are hundreds of cats and dogs there."

Everyone came forward to watch, and sure enough, pugs, Persian cats, parrots, and sea greens all cost less than a hundred guan, and the treasure of the store was a koi carp that was red but shimmering with gold, priced at [-] guan!

Jiang Queer's chin almost hit the ground.

My grandpa Tian, ​​​​has a thousand guan, just buy this palm-sized fish?
Maybe he was used to seeing the surprised expressions of the bumpkins, and the shop owner was arrogantly talking arrogantly.

"As the old saying goes: rare things are valuable! I'm not bragging here. Everyone, please take a look. This fish scale has golden light, which is clearly a sign before it transforms into a dragon. I don't need to tell you how noble it is, right?"

Although Jiang Que'er thought it looked good, she still thought it was too exaggerated and couldn't help but said: "A thousand guan is too expensive..."

The store owner was not angry but overjoyed. He immediately clapped his hands and said with a smile: "This young man said it well. Golden carps are indeed not cheap, but I am definitely not making random prices. That's all. I swear to God: If anyone can get it, For the second end, our store is willing to pay [-] yuan to buy it!"

The store owner was so arrogant, but everyone had nothing to say, psychologically recognizing the extremely noble value of the "Golden Carp".

However, although the "Golden Carp Transforms into a Dragon" is a good word, it is suspected of being illegal, and almost no one dares to buy it. The shop owner obviously understands this truth, and it is nothing more than a gimmick to attract customers to patronize other products.

However, Han Xiaoyao knew that by feeding ordinary white carp with red worms since childhood, he could obtain red carp in less than half a year, and it was not uncommon for the gene to mutate into gold.

If the time is quiet and you have nothing to do to make a bet, earning him two thousand coins is also a fun thing. Now that the time is not waiting for me, there is no need to make extra troubles.

I found a tea house, listened to the scriptures of Gongzi Jiaren once, watched two string performances, and the guests beside me told some anecdotes on the street, before I knew it, it was dusk.

After having a simple dinner at one of the liveliest restaurants, we went to the brothel across the street and paid ten taels of silver to enter the inner room.

Not long after, a beautiful young girl came out and greeted everyone with a smile. The smart maid was busy serving tea and dried fruits, showing her enthusiasm to welcome the new uncle.

I have to explain here that when Erlang was learning swords, guns, boxing, and archery from Yuan Shili, Han Xiaoyao was not free either.

The caravan purchased a large amount of coal and iron ore, and then Li Dao and his group built a blacksmith shop. On the surface, they made farm tools and sold them, but in fact, they melted iron and steel, and secretly made swords, shields, and firearms.

Even under the guidance of Orion Zhong Fu and Yuan Shishi, Li Daoyi cast an iron tire bow mold, fixed fish skin and fish glue with multi-layer bamboo strips to form a bow, and then matched it with a bowstring made of sheep tendon and silk , It took only ten days to make a simple hunting bow!
Although it is slightly inferior to the "Loach Bow" that Sun Zhi stole before, it is more than enough as a training tool for beginners of the security team.

From then on, Han Xiaoyao got up early every morning for a morning jog, resumed his archery skills at noon, and practiced the breathing and nourishing qi technique taught by Yuan Shishi in the evening.

As for the efficacy of Qi-nourishing technique, according to Yuan Shishi: Practice is definitely better than not practicing. After three to five years, the endurance will increase significantly. At least the resistance to beating index is much higher than that of ordinary people. If you are gifted, it is normal to climb over the walls. .

So, Han Xiaoyao decided to give it a try with the idea that he had heard it all.

After all, when you were young and frivolous, who didn’t have the dream of traveling around the world to save the common people?

Yuan Shishi was quite curious when he saw Han Xiaoyao chatting and laughing with the girl and showing affection.

Now Han Ji's diet is getting richer, and the originally skinny young man's complexion has gradually become moister.

However, he has just recovered a little bit, and he is so unscrupulous visiting a brothel and drinking wine?

You have to take it easy on your little body!

(End of this chapter)