Chapter 201: Being treated as a loser
Now in the subconscious of the shopkeeper, he has ruled out Li Tai and others as Chang'an people. This made him underestimate Li Tai and others from the first step.
"The guest officer also grew up in a wealthy family, and I don't know the guest official's surname, what is the noble reason for coming to Bingzhou City." The shopkeeper asked Li Tai with a smile.
"My son's surname is Huang Qingque, and he lives in Youzhou. This time I passed through Bingzhou and rushed to Chang'an City. Li Tai said casually.
"Now that the Chinese New Year is coming soon, what are the guest officers doing all the way to Chang'an City." The shopkeeper asked Li Tai while taking out the wine and food from the food box.
"It's not that Ben Gongzi is showing off to you, Ben Gongzi has a cousin who is a lieutenant general in the Wei Wang's forbidden army. This time I went to Chang'an, I was going to go to him. It's useless to talk to you, it is estimated that you are a shopkeeper, and you don't know what the forbidden army of King Wei is. Li Tai said with a disdainful expression.
"It's really right to be objective, the kid really hasn't heard of King Wei's march. I have only heard of the sixteen guards of the Tang Dynasty. The shopkeeper said with a smile on his face.
"This is a reward for you, don't forget to come over later and accompany Ben Gongzi to your VIP gambling house to have a look." Li Tai casually took out dozens of dollars and threw it to the shopkeeper and said.
"Huang Ye, don't worry, when you are full of wine and food, the little one will come to show Huang Ye the way." After the shopkeeper put away the reward money, he said with a smile on his face.
As soon as the shopkeeper left the room, he heard Luo Song say to Li Tai: "Son, when I came out, the master specially explained, try not to mention this matter to others, so as not to cause trouble to the cousin." ”
"I know, I know, my cousin is a dignified lieutenant general, and there are a few people who dare to trouble him." Li Tai said with an impatient expression.
These two sentences happened to be heard by the shopkeeper who had just gone out. I believe even more that Li Tai is not from a famous family.
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The shopkeeper didn't know that he had fallen for someone else's plan, so he went to the shopkeeper to report excitedly.
"Since it has something to do with the forbidden army of King Wei, then this matter must be told to the housekeeper. Let the butler decide. After listening to the words of the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper pondered for a while and said.
"Then I'll go to the palace again and talk to the housekeeper about the situation." The shopkeeper said to the shopkeeper.
"Go and get back, I'll let the top prepare first. I can't let this fat sheep run away. The shopkeeper nodded and said to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper left the VIP building and ran quickly towards the Wang family. After meeting the king, he finished telling the news of his inquiry.
"I didn't expect that it would be related to the King of Wei's march, although he was only a lieutenant general. That must also be the object of my royal family's fighting. Go back and tell the shopkeeper about the arrangement, and let him keep everything he can keep. Wang Quan thought about it and said to the shopkeeper.
At this time, Wang Wei, the head of the Wang family, happened to pass by and saw Wang Quan talking to the shopkeeper. Then he walked over and asked, "Uncle Wang, is there any special person in the VIP building?" ”
"It's not a big deal, it's just that he has something to do with a lieutenant general in King Wei's forbidden army." Wang Quan said to the head of the family, Wang Wei.
"It seems that this person surnamed Huang doesn't know that the forbidden army of King Wei has been assigned to Zuo Wuwei. However, if you can take this opportunity, you can attract a Zhonglang general in the left military guard to come over. For the uncle in Chang'an City, there should be some help. After hearing this, Wang Wei said to Wang Quan.
"I think so too, so I decided to go to the VIP building tonight. The one surnamed Huang must be completely controlled. Wang Quan nodded and said to Wang Wei.
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"How about Master Huang, the little one didn't brag to you. Isn't this VIP casino very lively. The shopkeeper said while walking with Li Tai and the others.
Li Tai has never been in a casino since he was a human being, and he doesn't know anything about gambling. If you want to say what kind of gambling method Li Tai knows, at best, he will fight a landlord. It's a pity that this kind of gameplay doesn't exist in this era.
However, fortunately, there were not too many gambling equipment in the Tang Dynasty, and the common ones were to press the size and play the stalls. Of course, there are a few other ways to play.
In the end, Li Tai chose the simplest way to play, that is, Fan Tan. This stall is not only simple to play, but also the most beneficial to Li Tai.
The game of this stall is that the dealer uses a bowl to buckle on a pile of small chess pieces. Then the gambler buys one to four, four numbers respectively.
The dealer then uncovers the bowl and uses a small wooden stick to separate the pieces in groups of four. At the end, when the small equals four remains, the winner or loser appears.
As long as the number you buy is the same as the number left, then you have won.
However, Li Tai did not instinctively go to the fan table table, but sat in front of the big table. Then he took out five taels of silver very generously and slapped it directly on the big one.
A bet of five taels of silver can already be regarded as a big gamble. After all, it is equivalent to the current currency, which is more than 20,000 yuan. So everyone's eyes were focused on Li Tai.
I saw the dealer slowly open the color cup, and the three dice showed numbers, which were two, three, and two.
The three dice add up to only seven points, which means that the opening is small. It also means that Li Tai lost this game.
But Li Tai's face did not have the slightest unwillingness. It was as if the five taels of silver were nothing to him.
To say that on this VIP building, there are naturally countless gamblers. But there are few people like Li Tai who can lose five taels of silver at a time, and their faces can not change.
In this case, there are generally two possibilities, one is that the other party is confident and knows that he can definitely win the money back in the end.
The second type is those losers who don't know the depths, in their eyes, there is no concept of more money and less money. Because they have never been troubled by money.
And Li Tai is naturally classified as the second type. Because everything he shows, whether it is temperament or behavior, is completely consistent with the second one.
I saw the dealer pick up the color cup again, shake it a few times, and put it on the table again. Then he shouted loudly: "Buy big, buy small, buy and leave." ”
Li Tai took out five taels of silver very generously and put it on the big one. Maybe Li Tai was unlucky, maybe the other party was a ghost, in short, Li Tai lost this game again.
Lee Tae has been losing, although he has won once or twice. But there are definitely more losses than wins, and in the end, seventy or eighty taels of silver went into the hands of others.
"It's really unfortunate that I lost so much. It seems that Ben Gongzi should play two in another place. After Li Tai finished speaking, he stood up, looked around, and then walked towards the table.
After Li Tai sat down, he asked the dealer, "How much can you press here?" ”
The dealer smiled and said to Li Tai: "This guest officer, the rules of the VIP casino are that there is no limit to betting, as long as you can afford to bet, our VIP casino will accept all the orders." ”
(End of chapter)