Book 31 - Chapter 6 – Pleasure Quarters and Ga Establishments (1/2)
The four VIP halls of Ming Tang Wo were four stand-alone buildings, which were connected to the main hall by corridors On both sides of the corridors was the beautiful landscape scenery of pavilions, ponds, and gardens; an elegant a than the hubbub and the noise and excitement of the mail hall
Since fro , the casino had separate venues, which were naht (or public/open) small hall], and ‘Si Wo Zi’ [private small den/nest] The former was the casino that was open to public, the latter was a privateTang Wo ca Zi’ and the ‘Wo’ of the ‘Si Wo Zi’
Froe and influence in the Dulin [lit ga forest] It was also clear that in the midst of chaotic situation before the world was unified, the coemons of all parties was already very fierce
Because this business was extre establish and solid financial resources, oneith people fro support from either the authority or nobility or both
In Chang’an, the two largest public and legiti Wo and the Six-Happiness Casino The former had the support of Yin Zuwen, the father of Li Yuan’s doted imperial concubine Yin De Fei [‘fei’ means imperial concubine] The latter was under Li Yuanji’s protection Therefore, their standing was extre Even Li shi+, could not do anything against these two casinos
On the surface, the Six-Happiness Casino was under ement of a man with a nicknachun But according to Lei Jiuzhi, Chi Shengchun ought to be Xiang Shengchun, Xiang Gui’s eldest son, Xiang Yushan’s eldest brother
Lei Jiuzhi told all these things to Xu Ziling on their way to Ming Tang Wo, in order to strengthen his resolution to strive for the hege the ‘Great Ichun would they be able to lure Xiang Gui out and proceed with Lei Jiuzhi’s grand plan of destroying the Xiang Fa Tang Wo were given the na’ [Heaven/Sky E’ [Man/human E’ [tang = hall], which was not being setup for specific gaa’ was Pan Tan, the ‘Ren Huang Tang’ was Pai Jiu; all idely popular gahest holy land On the inside, it was divided into eighteen same they wanted to play The casino itself would be happy to accoainst each other; the casino only drew certain-percentage co and Lei Jiuzhi entered the ‘Tian Huang Tang’, specializing in dice This hall had about two-thirds the surface area of the main hall, but the number of people inside was only about one-quarter of the her-class; none did not wear gorgeous, fittingly-tailored clothes Although not as claa
Anificently-dressed wo the ladies frouests and the rich ah spirits; the heaven and the earth lost their light
Entering the casino, Lei Jiuzhi was like returning ho to sit on the chair at the corner The casino attendant on duty ca took a sip of the hot tea; he shook his head and said, “I really don’t understand why so o Don’t they know the ‘ten bets nine losses’ principle?”
Lei Jiuzhi replied quietly, “Although everybody knew that principle, by nature people are greedy, they always think that the God of fortune ht bless them; therefore, since ancient ti vultures Otherwise, the casinos would be out of business a long tiain before calmly said, “Casinos are really like miniature world; there are all kinds of people in existence here Some only whittle their ti leisurely to balance their life So away a thousand taels of gold without hesitation; the casino is just like a place where they could parade their wealth For so tables is soical detachment from the real world, to turn anxieties into aaaame of chance as a means to seek contact with certain people for their own benefit, to use it as a communication method, so much so that they would deliberately lose to the other party, which is akin to a disguised fora, they want to win some more This kind of addiction is difficult to cure; they would keep sinking and bring disgrace forever”
Greatly astonished, Xu Ziling said, “Your thought is very thorough Although I did think about this probleamblers as the recipients of the exciteeable situation, where victory and defeat will be decided in an instant, the psychological te on pure luck I have never thought about other situations”
Lei Jiuzhi s I want to see your, Laodi [ol’ younger brother] skill in listening to the dice; I wonder if it has disappeared due to lack of practice?”
‘The long Wuxia [Gorge] of the Three Gorges [on the Yangtze River] in the eastern Ba [Sichuan], three cries of the apes brought tears staining the lower garrief, three cries of the apes brought tears , Xiao Xiushan, and Liu shi+wen, along with the nine beautiful courtesans accoht that this Mo Wei’s improvisation in poetry was as excellent as his swordsmanshi+p nobody did not clap their hands and cheered, and toasted each other with a cup
The beautiful courtesan acco Hou Xibai called Guizhi [lit cinna tenderly, “Mo Ye’s train of thought is very quick; it see’an! Let Nujia toast you one h, Hou Xibai felt a little regret Reciting poetry and co becaht be a proble to a brothel for hi to a casino; after two cups of ent down this belly and he had beautiful woot who he was, and was unable to control hiood wine that the beauty held against his lips and the croas cheering to boost his spirit, soe, “I hope Mo Xiong’s sword is like your skill in producing poetry, so that Dazhi can broaden his horizon”
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Raising his cup, Hou Xibai drained it in one gulp, and said with a long laugh, “Whenco Lin; fro wants to personally experience Xiaodi’s sword technique, it is indeed Xiaodi’s honor Only aren’t you afraid that saber light and sword shadoill greatly da Lin’s wind and moon [romance/beautiful scenery]?”
The door was opened wide, revealing Ke Dazhi’s ias they stared fixedly at Hou Xibai’s face Cal martial art topoetry and drinking wine to ht a life and death battle, what does it have to do with Shang Lin Yuan’s fine time, beautiful scenery?”
Confident and at ease, Hou Xibai laughed and said, “Well said! Let Xiaodi offer Ke Xiong a toast”
Hou Xibai’s leisurely and coreatly beyond Ke Dazhi’s expectation He would never have thought that the everyday Hou Xibai was just this kind of free, unconstrained, casual person Even if he was defeated or even killed, he would never change this distinctive character
Ke Dazhi was displaying aforward directly toward the table, he took the cup of good wine that Hou Xibai personally poured to the bri’s spirit is indeed out of the ordinary We will have a three-stroke li Lin Yuan’s beautiful scenery”
Hou Xibai was relieved It would be very bad if they were having a free hand combat and he was forced to reveal his unique school’s Fan of Beauty
Under Bu Jie and the others’ worried look, Hou Xibai rose to his full height He and Ke Dazhi saluted each other with a toast Before using martial art to make friends, they used the wine tooff the wild and dauntless character of Tujue warrior, Ke Dazhi casually hurled the wine cup onto the floor, creating sharp and clear noise as the cup shattered His eyes were flashi+ng with intense ly tranquil He said, “Taizi Dianxia’s roo, please!”
Turning around, he si, and the others not to worry and to wait for hi behind Ke Dazhi out of the roo at Xu Ziling collecting his win More anxiously, they aiting for which gate, a would put his bet next
Xu Ziling has been playing for seven hands and won five, netting hi chips, which was equivalent to nearly two hundred taels of Wu Zhu Coin[1]; a considerable ainally, when the Sui Dynasty unified the world, they also unified the currency byascended the throne, the expenditures of the ns over many years put a very heavy burden on the state treasury, which forced the House of Sui to e amount of Wu Zhu Coin As a result, its worth and market value pluoverne nu their ownwas established in Guanzhong, Li Yuan, following Li shi+bao[2], in which ten orth one tael The people under his rule may still use the old dynasty’s Wu Zhu Coin in place of the new currency, with the exchange rate of four taels of Wu Zhu Coin to one tael of Kaiyuan Tongbao Therefore, winning fifty taels in Chang’an was equal to winning two hundred taels of Wu Zhu Coin being used in the area outside the Pass This aold was converted directly into Tongbao, each tael of gold could be exchanged for ’s win of fifty taels of gah the ‘Tian Huang Tang’ specialized in dice, there were all kinds of gaates, and then there was sixteen-gate wager, or putting the bet according to the nu three dice: if one die matched the number of the bet, the payment would be one to one, if two dice matched, two to one, if all three matched, three to one
There was also Pan Tan style counting; the total number of dots on three dice divided by four, the reainst TheTian Jiu Pai style The three dice were ainst various tile co was deter to Tian Jiu rules
All shapes and styles, rich and diverse; it was difficult to enu/s skill was still not one hundred percent accurate, he could not always hear the dots that the three dice landed on Therefore, although the two-gate wager only paid one to one, he had a coher odds
Lei Jiuzhi intentionally did not stay near hi hi noise the covered boas shaken for one round and then stopped, the casino girl shaking the bowl called loudly in singsong voice, “Have treasure bet your treasure, no treasure leave the table”
Thearound the table had their eyes on Xu Ziling, to see which gate he would put his bet on, because they wanted to go with the tide and place their bet on the sa that they could obtain his luck and win so already received pointers from Lei Jiuzhi that under this kind of situation, it was not advisable to win ht attract the casino’s attention; therefore, he deliberately placed his bet on the losing gate, provoking loud complain from everybody Naturally the banker seized total victory