Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 42 Casino
More than a hundred years ago, Tianjin Wei was just a military fortress stationed by military households.

More than a hundred years later, this place has become a small town.

He Liu and Lao Hu had no other clues, so they simply wandered around the Tianjin Acropolis for a few days, trying their luck.

There is a clear order in the law of the Ming Dynasty: "Anyone who gambles with property will have a stick of eighty, and the money and property in the stall will enter the official."But after the founding of the country for a hundred years, the people of Ming Dynasty have already thrown this ban to Java.

Not to mention the acropolis in Tianjin, even the Shuntian Mansion under the foot of the emperor has many gambling stalls.Behind these gambling houses, there are often government backing.

The gambling house, one of the favorite places for Jin Yiwei to go.It's not because Jin Yiwei likes to gamble, it's just because there is a mixed bag of fish and dragons in the gambling house, there are all kinds of people of all kinds.

The more people there are, the more news there will be.Jin Yiwei's eyes and ears scout for news, and they like to go to three places: gambling houses, tea houses, and brothels.

He Liu and Lao Hu made some inquiries in the city, and came to the gate of Yonghe Casino, the biggest gambling house in Tianjin Acropolis.

This Yonghe Casino is really like a cloud of customers.There was a constant flow of people at the door.Those who have a face of ecstasy are also like those who are mourning their concubines.

Among the guests of Yonghe Casino, there are even many soldiers from military households wearing mandarin ducks and jackets.

He Liu and Lao Hu came in a hurry, they didn't have much money on them.

Old Hu asked He Liu, "How much money do you have?"

He Liu took out his cuffs: "Today I'm in a hurry to go out, the sleeves of my robe are cleaner than my face."

Lao Hu took out half a penny: "Just this little money is not enough to play dice twice."

Lao Hu had two hobbies when he was young.One is gambling, and the other is drinking.

Drinking is fun, gambling is prodigal.He Liu's father forced Lao Hu to quit gambling.

When I came to the door of the gambling house today, Lao Hu couldn't help feeling a little itchy.

He Liu looked around, and there was a Wanyong pawn shop next to the gambling house.He said with a smile: "The pawnshop business is next to the gambling house, and the owner of this pawnshop is quite good at borrowing chickens to lay eggs."

Ordinary people lose their eyes in gambling shops, so they will naturally take their valuables to pawnshops to pawn.People who are jealous of losing money don't care about the price, and the pawnshop can accept the pawn at the lowest price.

He Liu and Lao Hu walked into the pawn shop.

In front of them, Qiu Ba, who was wearing a mandarin duck battle jacket, directly threw his waist knife at the gate of the pawn shop.

He Liu thought that Qiu Ba had lost his eyes and blackmailed the pawnshop with a waist knife.

Unexpectedly, the stand cabinet of the pawn shop sang loudly: "A rusty waist knife and a rotten wood scabbard. Ten taels of silver!"

He Liu was stunned: According to the military regulations of the Daming Guards, whoever discards ordnance will get thirty sticks.Those who smuggle arms will be killed without mercy!

How did He Liu know that this Wanyong pawn shop was opened by Commander Tongzhi of Tianjin Wei.Soldiers pawn their knives in the pawnshop, and when the payment comes, the food and supply officer will directly deduct the money from the pawnshop.Then the soldier took back the waist knife again.

To put it bluntly, what Qiu Ba pawned at Wanyong's pawnshop was not his waist knife, but his own military salary for the next month.

He Liu suddenly became interested: "Old Hu, how much money do you think our Jinyiwei's badge can be worth?"

Old Hu laughed loudly: "You will know it once you know it!"

He Liu and Lao Hu walked to the gate of the pawn shop, untied their badges together, and handed them to the cabinet.

Mr. Zhangui is an old man in his 60s, well-informed.When he saw the badge, he returned it to He Liu and Lao Hu with both hands.

He Liu asked: "Why, your pawn shop accepts waist knives, but not waist cards?"

Mr. Zhancai shook his head: "You two are on the job, the younger one dares to accept the knife of Chou Qiuba, but dare not accept the badge of Jin Yiwei. You take the badge back. How much money do you want to pawn, say the number, we pawn shop I will give you money."

Mr. Zhangui works for the commander of the Tianjin Guard, and he is considered half of the official family, so he naturally knows the notoriety of the Jinyi Guard.

If he offends Jin Yiwei, let alone a grassroots person, even if he is his own master - Commander Tongzhi, he will still be unable to eat and walk around!
He Liu smiled and said: "Okay, old man, we won't make things difficult for you. We didn't come to blackmail your pawn shop. I was in a hurry to go out today, and I forgot to bring my money, and I wanted to take a stroll in Yonghe Casino How about this, you lend us 200 taels of silver. If we win, we can pay you back when we go out. If we lose, I will send someone to return the silver to you after I return to Beijing.”

Mr. Station Cabinet said to the clerk: "Open the silver box and give the two superiors 200 taels of silver."

He Liu and Lao Hu took the silver and went into Yonghe Casino.

I saw that in this gambling house, there are all kinds of gambling stalls: those who gamble on dice, those who gamble on Tianjiu, and those who gamble on mahjong. . . . .The gamblers gathered around the gambling booth, all of them had bloodshot eyes.

When Lao Hu was young, he was fond of playing mahjong.

There are more than a dozen tables in the Mahang booth, and more than 50 people fight around the table, and the voices of "paste" and "paste" are endless.

Lao Hu said to He Liu, "I'll play with the mahjong first."

A gambler came up to him and asked, "Master, is he playing mahjong? Two or one?"

Old Hu said: "It's just me, he is picking up money for me."

The guy said: "You come with me, there just happens to be a table with three missing one."

There are three other people at the card table, one is a son, the other is a businessman, and the third is wearing a seventh-rank general flag uniform.

Lao Hu cupped his hands towards the three of them: "Everyone, be polite."

The Qipin General Banner snorted coldly: "It doesn't matter if you are rude or rude, it is serious to bring enough money! Show your size!"

Lao Hu put the silver on the table.

Qipin General Banner said: "Just bring this little money? How much is it enough to fight? We are worth five taels of silver."

Brother Gongzi said: "Brother Zhao, anyway, there are three missing one. Wait until he loses all, and then change."

The general flag surnamed Zhao nodded: "Okay, the number card number card."

Lao Hu grabbed the cards and played together, his heart was full of joy.He has a good hand.

After drawing three rounds of cards, Lao Hu had already listened.

Zongqi Zhao shouted: "Three points!"

"Hey, it's messed up! It's right and wrong!" Lao Hu pushed down the cards and said with a smile.

Zhao Zongqi said: "Unlucky, the first one to come up is to fire the gun!"

After speaking, Zhao Zongqi threw ten taels of silver to Lao Hu.

Lao Hu hasn't been in a gambling house for many years, and today's luck is boundless.

"I'm sorry, I'm a chicken! Let's do it again."

"Haha, I am the top five, the sixteenth!"

. . . . . . .

Not long after, the silver on Lao Hu's desk changed from 200 taels to 500 taels.

Brother Gongzi and the man dressed as a businessman won and lost, and there was little difference.That Zongqi Zhao lost a total of 300 taels of silver.

Zhao Zongqi spat on his hand and shouted: "Old man, don't be complacent. The one who wins first is not called money, but the money! The money that wins later is the real money!"

Draw cards and fight again.Zhao Zongqi hesitated for a long time holding the cards in his hand: "Nine barrels!"

Lao Hu pushed down the cards in his hand: "I'm sorry, Thirteen Yao! 28 Fan! A total of 140 taels!"

(End of this chapter)