customs clearance base

Chapter 1326 Gambling War
"Map, we need a map of the steppe."

Dio answered for Zhao Hu, and Weitang immediately put on a flattering smile with a red face, a golden light flashed in his eyes, and he swallowed his saliva.

"We sell maps from grades one to five. I don't know which one you want?"

"What's the difference?"

"The fifth-class map records the gathering places and main water sources of herding banners within a thousand miles, while the fourth-class map adds important small gathering places and important water sources, and the third-class map is a rough map of the entire prairie. The nomadic scope of the banner and the main water sources, the second class is the same as the fifth class, but it is extended to the entire grassland, and the first class is also extended to the entire grassland like the fourth class, which one do you prefer?"

"What's the price?"

Dio asked, he would not directly say that he wants a third-class map, if the price is right, it would be good to get a first-class map, Wei Tang didn't say the price immediately, but said first, "First-class and second-class maps. Waiting for the map, only the shepherd flag owner can buy it in person, from the looks of you, it should be a business group, I am very sorry."

"Why do you want to limit the purchasing status of first-class and second-class?"

Diou asked this question. In fact, Zhao Hu and others knew that this was a preventive facility for horse thieves to prevent the spread of precision maps to foreign countries. Otherwise, the empire would send a business group to buy the highest-level maps and go back. Wouldn’t the grassland be like its own backyard?
As for the banner owners who can be purchased, it is hard to imagine that the rulers of these grasslands will give the lifeblood of the grassland to the enemy.

It stands to reason that if you have perseverance, you can buy fourth-class maps from various horse robber markets, and after collecting them, you may be able to form a first-class map.

But if you think about it, since the horse thief restricts the takeaway of first-class and second-class maps, you will definitely notice this. There should be a way to solve this problem, such as drawing the edge of the fourth-class map wrongly or leaving a piece of space, then you can let People are lost.

Weitang laughed, "I'm sorry, but this first-class and second-class map is the lifeblood of our grassland, and it is impossible to hand it over to outsiders.

"Let me quote a price to your lord. The price of the fifth-class map is [-] horses, the fourth-class map is [-] horses, and the third-class map is [-] horses."

Zhao Hu and the others, who were still following Weitang at a slow pace, were stunned when they heard the price, and almost fell off their horses. Dio stammered, "The third-class map needs [-] horses?"

But Zhao Hu and the others stared at Wei Tang stupidly, and Wei Tang pretended not to see Zhao Hu and the others' stupidity, and still smiled.

"Yes, one hundred thousand horses are absolutely priceless. Of course, a business group like your lord can use gold coins instead."

Dio hesitated, but asked anyway.

"How many gold coins do you need?"

A playful look flashed in Weitang's eyes, and then he said, "The 1000 million gold coins can be from any country, as long as they are circulating gold coins."

Everyone was stunned again.

1000 million gold coins!You can definitely crush the people in your brigade to death!
Zhao Hu shook his head with a wry smile, not to mention third-class maps, even fifth-class maps he couldn’t afford. Thinking of this, he pulled his horse’s head and was about to leave, Wei Tang immediately stopped him.

"Don't worry, my lord. If you really need a map urgently, there is another way to get it."

Zhao Hu and the others recovered immediately, and Dio asked anxiously, "What method?"

Weitang thief smiled: "Gambling."

"bet?"

Everyone was stunned, and Dio asked hesitantly: "The map is a bet? What is the bet?"

Wei Tang explained.

"The map is not a bet. The chips in our casino are unified and can be used as currency in all horse robber markets. A chip is a horse. You can exchange the horse for chips.

"That is to say, when you have [-] chips, you can directly use the chips to buy third-class maps. Of course, don't forget to add the lower cost at that time."

Speaking of this, Weitang laughed. People from the Imperial Army were immediately in high spirits when they heard this, clamoring to win the map.

Zhao Hu hesitated.

Ten bets and nine loses, but the map is extremely important, and it is even the key to whether people like yourself can return to the empire safely...

Seeing Zhao Hu's pensive look, Geralt immediately stepped forward and said, "My lord, there are none of us brothers who know how to gamble, and of course there are many masters. Since we don't have enough horses, we might as well pick out a few masters to fight. I dare not think about it, but it is absolutely no problem to get a fifth-class and fourth-class map.”

Dozens of imperial soldiers who thought they were masters responded immediately. It is no wonder that they are full of confidence. These people spend more than half of their monthly salaries in the casino. Xunka, where are your opponents from the empire?

In this case, why not win thousands of horses to increase your wealth while enjoying your gambling addiction and earning maps?
Zhao Hu thought for a while, nodded and said, "Go and pull two thousand horses."

Just like what Geralt said, since you even bought the fifth-class map, you might as well fight it out. Anyway, if you lose, you will only get [-] horses, and the remaining nearly [-] horses will be enough.

Hearing that Zhao Hu had made a decision, the imperial soldiers immediately showed off their gambling skills to Zhao Hu exaggeratedly, hoping to send themselves to the game.It looked as if they were going to fight desperately on the battlefield. They were so lively that they didn't notice Wei Tang's sinister smile at all.

Hey, although you keep half the horses, how much can you keep once the bet is up?

The surrounding guards also looked at Zhao Hu and others with playful expressions.

Under the leadership of Wei Tang, they came to the chip exchange outside the market, which was a tent guarded by dozens of cavalry.

After the people at the exchange office counted the number of horses and checked their health, the two thousand horses were taken to the grassland not far away to graze.

Zhao Hu and others believed that the horse thief would not turn his face and swallow the horse because it was related to the reputation of the horse thief.

Doing anything requires credibility, without credibility it is almost impossible to move an inch.Moreover, the casino does not know how many horses it earns in a day, so the horse thief will not be so stupid as to destroy this fish pond.

After the horse inspection, Zhao Hu got [-] pieces of black and red metal plates, the same size and thickness as imperial gold coins.

A galloping horse is engraved on the front of the chip. The engraving is very fine, and the expression and shape of the horse are clearly visible. On the back of the chip, two words, Liberty Alliance and Augustus Empire, are engraved.

The material is neither iron nor copper, and is completely smelted from an unknown metal.

As soon as Zhao Hu saw the chip, he was amazed at the strength of the horse thief, because the exquisite pattern on the chip was completely comparable to the imperial gold coins, and each piece was the same, that is to say, the horse thief had machines and workers that could mint coins, and There are also workshops for smelting metals.

It was at this time that Zhao Hu suddenly remembered that not everyone can make a refined map. Without professional knowledge, the drawn map is useless. So, the horse bandit still has these professionals?

No wonder it can run across the entire grassland.

Weitang led Zhao Hu forward, and the most powerful masters among the imperial soldiers eagerly followed behind. Among them, Geralt was among them, while others crowded around to help. Horse thief market.

Although the place is very lively and people come and go, except for Locke and Luo Fei who are looking around for food stalls, and the shepherd soldiers looking around, the other imperial soldiers completely ignore the surrounding environment and directly focus on the center of the market .

A huge shepherd's flag, with a flag with three dice painted on the top of the bag, you don't have to think about it, you know it's a casino at a glance.

Wei Tang introduced with a smile: "My lord, that's the inner casino."

"Inside the casino? What do you mean?"

Geralt immediately asked impatiently, and the eyes of the gamblers also focused on Weitang, and he was startled by these red eyes.

These people can't wait to jump into the casino immediately and kill everyone. Although they know this, Wei Tang still has to explain clearly: "That is to say, only bet on the popular dice on the mainland."

Before others could hear what was going on, Geralt said in surprise: "You won't tell me, you can only play dice there?"

Wei Tang was a little embarrassed: "Yes, the only gambling tools in the inner casino are dice. Adults can bet on big or small or bet on points, but the maximum bet there is ten chips, and the highest odds are only six times."

"Ten chips?"

The gamblers like Geralt immediately lost their faces, and a gambler shouted out their hearts.

"Such a low gamble, how long do we have to gamble!"

"Hey, in fact, it's played by ordinary people. They're all poor ghosts anyway, so we can simply limit the maximum bet, but we can go to an outside casino, where there is no limit, and you can bet as much as you want."

"Hmph, I think it's because you don't have any gambling masters, and you are afraid of losing too much, so you come up with such a low limit?" Geralt muttered halfway, and his eyes lit up when he heard the latter sentence.

"Where is it? What are you playing?"

"Please follow me." Wei Tang led the way: "We have two kinds of horse racing and life-and-death fighting. These are both gambling that you can bet on the winner, or you can participate in the game by yourself..."

Hearing this, everyone became excited, and Geralt immediately asked, "We know about horse racing, what's the matter with life and death?"

Wei Tang smiled: "We have different betting methods, so let's talk about it...The horse racing rules are the same as those in mainland China. It is to see which horse runs the fastest within a certain distance, but the beginning is a little different."

"How is it different?"

Sun Jie, who was following Zhao Hu, was full of interest, while Geralt shouted impatiently, "Don't be tricky, tell me!"

Wei Tang looked at Zhao Hu who had been silent all this time, and then at Geralt, and couldn't help muttering in his heart.

(End of this chapter)