Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 1027 Opening Banquet

Seeing that the four members were having a good time, member Mo was also accompanying them with a smile. Gradually, the four of them gradually understood the rules of mahjong and became more and more interested in playing. This kind of game is like this. When you first learn it, you are most addicted and can't get rid of it.

After playing for more than an hour, Mr. Mo went outside to take a look. After Lin Shengyuan left, all the members enthusiastically participated in various gambling games. The most popular ones are around dice and roulette.

Roulette was already very common in the Song Dynasty, but it was often used to lock goods.

Gambling was strictly controlled in the Northern Song Dynasty. Only during the three major festivals of Spring Festival, Cold Food and Winter Solstice, the capital Bianliang was allowed to be closed for three days. Guanpu is the buying and selling of goods in the form of gambling, and it was most popular in the Song Dynasty. However, although the government's control is strict, it does not mean that it is prohibited among the people. There are many people who openly gather to gamble among the people.

In a gambling city, not only can people gather openly to gamble, but the government doesn't care about it. This is attractive enough. Fellow members of the Communist Party of China, you have participated in various gambling games when you were in Luoyang. Whether you have a big or small gambling addiction, when you suddenly encounter this kind of relaxed environment, you all want to start gambling.

Only a few people gathered around the poker table, looking at the cards in their hands from time to time and staring at the dealer's cards with great interest.

Nowadays, the only way to play poker is to play Golden Flower, because the rules of the game are simple and easy to understand. Moreover, surrounding players can place bets on the six players on the field, making it easy to attract more people to participate. Because there are so few people playing, only one table is open now. But the players shouted loudly and it was quite eye-catching.

After reading it over, Yuan Mo was generally satisfied with the current situation. You can't imagine that there will be a sea of ​​people as soon as you open. It needs a process, a process of word of mouth, so that everyone knows what this place is about.

Returning to the mahjong gambling hall, I saw Yang Yuanwai retreating, and Zhou Yuanwai joined in. Zhang Yuanwai, Wu Yuanwai, and Zhou Yuanwai all looked solemn and stared at mahjong with their eyes. Lin Shengyuan was a little impatient and beat him carelessly.

Seeing Yuan Wai Mo come in, Lin Shengyuan casually took out a north wind and said: "Yu Yuan Wai, when are you going to eat? I'm a little hungry."

Member Mo said hurriedly: "You can eat at any time. It's almost time to eat, why don't you guys stop and eat first?"

Zhang Yuanwai said: "We are not hungry. Bring some soup cakes to pad your stomach. Yuanwai Sun, you can go out for Yuan Lin. After losing a few coins, we stopped playing. Why can Yuanwai Lin not be able to afford it?" .”

Lin Shengyuan stood up, stretched, and said, "A few grown men are here to play dominoes. Don't you have anything else to do?"

Mo Yuanwai watched with cold eyes, knowing that among the people today, Lin Shengyuan and Yang Yuanwai did not seem to be addicted to gambling, but the other four might not.

There is no guarantee of gambling addiction. Most people want to gamble when they see it, but they have to refuse due to moral, legal and other reasons. If there are no other factors to prevent it, most people will retreat if they play both hands. Among the remaining people, some quit after playing too much. As time goes by, more and more people will quit. In the end, there is a kind of person left, who will never quit no matter how much they play, even if their family is afraid of death, even if they are doomed.

Of course, in reality, most people cannot make it to the last step due to limited property, other people’s persuasion, or moral and legal constraints. Those who have reached the last step under normal social conditions are real gamblers, completely ignoring moral and legal constraints.

When Wang Xiaolie opens a casino, how he uses the law to restrict gamblers depends on Wang Xiaolie's ideas. The current idea is that the casino attracts customers who occasionally play two hands, and through gameplay settings, try to isolate customers who are slightly addicted. The real gamblers attract them to the casino, where they fend for themselves.

In human society, for governance, it is meaningless to study one person alone. Whether you are studying this person's humanity or studying this person's morality, a thousand people have a thousand looks. One has to make trade-offs and find what many people have in common. It would be better to use the entire human race as a sample, or a civilized area as a sample, or a country as a sample, or even a region, a unit, or a family as a sample.

Human society conforms to statistical laws. The composed individuals seem to be free, or free under certain rules. A society composed of free individuals that conforms to statistical laws is the object of governance. This is similar to nature, where seemingly free particles form atoms, molecules, and everything else. Just studying particles one by one actually doesn't have much effect. Studying particles is to study the complex world. The particles studied conform to quantum laws, but the reasons behind them are still unclear. It is just considered that particles conform to probability distribution. Mo Yuanwai smiled and said to Zhang Yuanwai: "Today is a great day for the opening of the business. How can we let Zhang Yuanwai eat soup cakes here? The inn has prepared a big meal and asked Zhang Yuanwai to move. Wait until you are full and drink enough, then come back It’s never too late to play.”

Seeing the other three people getting up, Zhang Yuanwai stood up and said bitterly: "I don't believe it, I'm so unlucky! I'll do it again after dinner!"

The six of them followed Mr. Mo downstairs, and gambling was still in full swing in the hall.

Zhang Yuanwai was startled and said: "The gambling down there is so lively! Yuan Wai Mo, congratulations on your great wealth!"

Member Mo held his hands in his hands and said, "Greedy, greedy for money!"

After saying that, Yuan Mo said loudly: "Today is the day for the opening of the store. Please go to the back garden and have lunch. After eating, come back to gamble and play. In the evening, from Shen Shi to Xu Shi, every day Send a carriage to Luoyang every other stick of incense, and I promise to send everyone back!"

As soon as these words came out, the hall burst into cheers and cheers.

When we were playing just now, some people were worried that they would be late going back and how to get there. Hearing about the carriage, my heart dropped.

Go out from the hall to the back and you will see a large courtyard. The ground is flat and the place is open. Now, tables and tables of banquets were laid out, and seats were set up, waiting for everyone to take their seats. The banquet was complete with chicken, duck, fish and meat, and it looked like a treat for a wealthy family.

Everyone was overjoyed to see it. I didn’t expect that there would be a banquet when I came here.

The guests Zui Qingfeng invited today were all prominent figures in Luoyang City, but there were also many ordinary people who followed. It doesn't matter to a wealthy family, but for ordinary people, it is not a bad idea to have this banquet.

Member Mo asked Lin Shengyuan to take the seat. He said: "Thank you very much, Mr. Lin, for visiting me today and bringing honor to the shop. I will stay here for another hour in the afternoon and I will give you a small gift from the shop."

Lin Shengyuan smiled and said: "It will cost your store a lot of money."

It can be seen from today's reception that since Mr. Mo has spoken out, there will definitely be no shortage of small gifts.

The food at the main table is more sumptuous than that at other tables. The chicken is braised chicken with chestnuts, salted duck with duck sauce, the fish is braised Yellow River carp, the meat is braised pork cheeks, and the rest are like Sixi meatballs, tofu boxes, pork slices with soup, crispy pork elbows, fried belly shreds, stir-fried kidneys, etc. Stir-fried liver tips, fattened intestines, vegetarian dishes such as tofu mixed with green onions, eggs turned into ginger juice, cold crispy lotus roots, mixed with silver bars, and the soup is Song Sao fish soup from Luoyang. All kinds of dishes are available.

Member Mo and other members came to the table and left happily.

(End of this chapter)