Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 3
The elevator descended slowly, and there were people in front, back, left, and right, sandwiching Shangluo in the middle.

"Since they call themselves the 'British Empire'... do they speak English?" Shang Luo was curious.

About a minute later, the elevator stopped and the inner door was opened, but the outer door was still closed, only a small window was opened.A face leaned out of the window and shouted:

“nice to meet you.”

“nice to meet you too.”

Shang Luo silently listened behind him and felt that something was wrong.It is true that they are speaking English, but the two of them speak very slowly and their words and sentences are very stiff.Not at all like a native English speaker, or even worse than him.

The stumbling conversation lasted for 2 minutes before it ended.Judging from the English proficiency of Shangluo, these two people who claim to revive the "British Empire" have their English proficiency not out of the category of entry-level English conversation textbooks.

As for the high-level vocabulary such as "Yangzhou Daying" and "Jinyiwei" used in the exchange of information, they can only be transliterated, and Shangluo can understand it even if they don't know English.

"Mr. Shang, I was a little abrupt before, I'm really sorry. Let me introduce myself, my name is Franklin. Please go here, Mr. Senator is waiting for you." After finishing the conversation with the person at the window, Franklin switched to the standard Shang Luo felt that this accent was more than his standard.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm in no hurry." He glanced down at his watch.He is not interested in helping these people restore the "British Empire" at all, and he doesn't believe that there are any miracles to be witnessed below.He just wanted to figure out whether these people wanted money or their lives.

The iron gate opened, and the two of them turned a few turns in the corridor behind the iron gate.The walls here are wet and still maintain the walls of the cave.The water flowed down against the wall and along the sink at the foot of the wall.There was a damp musty smell in the air, and the varnish of newly renovated wood.

The two stopped in front of a wooden door.The smell of lacquer is coming from the wooden door, which is obviously not dry yet.

Before they could knock, the door opened from the inside out.

A gentleman in a tuxedo appeared behind the door.As soon as they met, he enthusiastically held Shangluo's hand:
"Hello, hello. Are you Mr. Shang?" He couldn't hide his excitement, and the mustache on his lips trembled with the shape of his mouth.Similarly, he also has a standard Jinling Yayin, which is also much better than Shangluo's standard.

Pulling Shang Luo into the door, there is a large desk facing the door.But as if to appear more enthusiastic, he dragged Shang Luo into the sofa in the corner, and pressed Shang Luo to sit down by pressing his shoulders.He himself sat opposite.

"Let me introduce myself first. I am Senator Jefferson of California. What do you drink? I heard that coffee is popular in Yujing now?"

"Tea will do. Thank you."

"Then while waiting for tea, let me explain today's business to you." Jefferson smiled. "Everything is based on you. You are the one chosen by the angels and our most honored guest. After everything is over, you You can make your own choice.”

Shang Luo thought for a while and asked, "Then what exactly is it? How did your angels practice? And why did they find me?"

"It's a long story. The person we were looking for was your father, because he was a famous clock maker. But after investigation, we found that you are the real treasure. There is a Persian proverb : In terms of craftsmanship, only the Ming people have bright eyes, the Romans are blind in one eye, and everyone else is blind. Do you know why?"

"why?"

"Because some of you have mastered the flow of 'Qi'. Obviously, Mr. Shangluo, you are one of them. You are the inheritor of those ancient skills. You are born with extraordinary vision, and you can see us mortals. A hidden thing that no one can see. I don’t know how you did it, but I think you can definitely help us.”

"But why should I help you?"

"I knew it would." Jefferson looked him in the eye. "So, allow me to show you a little miracle."

He pointed to the table.In fact, there has always been an inconspicuous copper box, which looks like a card box.

Jefferson opened the box—and it turned out to be cards.Like a magician, he showed the cards in front of Shangluo.

It was a set of exquisite playing cards printed on coated paper.There are numbers and suits in the upper left corner, including spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs.But the pattern on the playing cards is not just an arrangement of symbols, but a specific picture.A sword is drawn on the ace of spades, two swords are drawn on the 2 of spades, and there are 10 swords in turn until the 10 of spades. JQK also corresponds to the knight holding the sword, the queen and the king respectively.

Hearts, diamonds and clubs also correspond to the Holy Grail, pentacle and scepter respectively.

"The Holy Grail, the Sword, the Pentacle, and the Wand. This is the predecessor of the modern game of cards, the Minor Arcana Tarot. Of course, the deck in front of you is indeed a deck, because there are no squires in it. It just uses tarot cards. Elements."

"You brought me here just to do magic tricks for me?"

"It's not magic, it's divine power. When you experience the divine power of angels, you will join us. Please take out a coin first."

Shangluo happened to have a coin in his pocket.

The denomination of the silver dollar is one tael, which was minted in the first year of Shaoping, that is, a new coin minted two years ago.There is one or two on the front, and the words "Shaoping Tongbao" are engraved on the back.

The silver dollar is the largest denomination coin, and it is equivalent to one tael of silver.

The denomination of one tael is actually quite large, because it is equivalent to 1000 Wen.And it only costs 2 cents to take the bus, 5 cents for the subway, 3 cents for a bottle of Coke; two steamed buns cost 5 cents each.

Because the denomination is too large, a tael of silver is only used on important occasions.For example, salary, red envelopes, and lucky money.

"Beautiful silver dollar. Use it then. Toss it once, please."

Shang Luo didn't say anything.He tossed it in the air and caught it with both palms.One side up and one side down.When the toss was over, he looked into Jefferson's eyes to see what else he could do next.

"Are you sure which side is up, don't tell me, I'll guess." After speaking, he began to fiddle with the poker cards in his hand.

A few cards will be drawn from here for a while, and a few cards will be drawn from there for a while.It will be spread out in a row for a while, and will be washed back again for a while.

"Front." Jefferson stopped suddenly.He raised his head and looked at Shangluo: "Your coin is heads."

He let go of his hand, and it turned out to be face up, with a denomination of one tael written on it.

"But what about after that? I will do this too. It's only half of it."

"Then please do it again." Jefferson made a "please" gesture.

Shangluo followed suit.I threw it once, and this time it felt the same as before, and it was also positive.

"Heads." Jefferson put down the poker in his hand, and he gave the answer much faster than before.

"." Shang Luo was silent for a while.

He did have some doubts.It's not because of probability, guessing twice in a row is not a small probability event.Where he wondered, this Mr. Jefferson seemed certain that he would get it right every time.And without any hesitation.

He asked Jefferson: "Did you see it? Is there any mark on the back of this card?"

"It wasn't me, but the angel saw it."

"How do you prove it?"

Jefferson smiled: "It's easy to prove—do you want to learn?"

"Huh?" Shang Luo froze for a moment.

If it made him feel a little confused before, what surprised him the most was that he could "learn".

He carefully looked at the playing cards in front of him: he thought that this might also be affected by some kind of "Qi".But he didn't see anything, the playing cards didn't look any different.There is no Qi flowing, let alone a complex machine that can produce some kind of "emotion".

The sense of breath is obviously impossible to learn.And this can be learned?Could this really be some kind of magic?It's hard to say if it's magic, but it's definitely not as simple as magic.The magic answer may surprise, but the answer cannot be mysterious.Unless this answer leads to another unsolved mystery.

"It seems that you are already starting to be amazed. You may think at first that this is just some kind of magician's trick? But of course it is not, it is a miracle. Miracles are like the sun, which shines unconditionally on all who are under the sun. I can do it Yes, you can do it too.”

This time, the playing cards were in Shangluo's hands.Jefferson didn't teach him anything other than to try to "read" the cards.

"Then, let's start guessing." Jefferson took his coin, eager to try, and waited for Shangluo to guess.

Shang Luo had no idea what to do.With the cards in front of him, he thought about shuffling the cards first?

He took the cards in his hand.

[Third-rate magician, why does he like flipping coins so much.New here, you say yes. 】The girl's weary voice came from the void, as if she was used to these tricks.She didn't seem to expect the "new guy" to hear her either, and just said it offhand.

(End of this chapter)