Chapter 944: High Gamble (seeking a monthly ticket)
Since the guests who came today were either rich or noble, the Hong family did not dare to neglect them. For this reason, they prepared a banquet for the guests to enjoy before the gambling game started. The reception was very good. When Li Qi and Zhao Jingyan came to the cabin, they saw
There was already a sea of people inside, and various fine wines and delicacies were placed on the long tables around it. It was obviously a buffet party. Gao Qiu, Li Bangyan and others were standing at the dining table near the inside, while Prince Zhao Huan was with a group of foreign guests.
Standing relatively outside, the camps are clearly divided.
"Li Qi, why are you here?" As soon as Li Qi came in, Zhao Huan came over, followed by a few foreign friends. As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed Zhao Jingyan hiding behind Li Qi.
Zhao Jingyan quietly stood back and distanced herself from Li Qi, as if she didn't want too many people to notice her. Seeing that Zhao Huan had noticed her, she secretly smiled slyly at Zhao Huan. Zhao Huan also knew that this cousin had a weird temperament, but she
He didn't argue with her, he just gave her two reproachful glances.
Li Qi used to say: "Sexy, slutty, there's a traffic jam on the road."
Traffic jam? Zhao Huan was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself that this excuse was too exaggerated. However, he didn't pay attention to it. He raised his hand to his side and said, "Come on, let me introduce some distinguished guests."
He first pointed to a strong man with dark skin and a black beard on the left and introduced: "This is the prince of Dashi, Saud Muhammad."
This great cannibal was the ancestor of the Arabs and Jews of later generations. His name should have been pronounced Mohammed Saudi, but people in the Song Dynasty were not used to putting their surnames at the end. Their clans and nobles were expelled, so
Princes are very common. They may not necessarily be the king's son.
Li Qi took a brief look at Muhammad, who was about thirty-six or seventeen years old. He looked relatively calm and cautious, and he cupped his hands and said: "I have admired you for a long time, I have admired you for a long time."
Zhao Huan then guided his hand to a man in his early thirties with blond hair, white skin, and a high nose, and said: "This is the third prince of Byzantium, Prince Yilt."
Since the Western Regions attach great importance to this envoy trip to the Song Dynasty this year, the envoys sent are all very heavyweight.
Li Qi saw that the third prince looked arrogant and looked askance at people, and secretly complained in his heart, this Byzantium must feed on shit. He sent such an arrogant prince to discuss business, isn't this embarrassing for me? But there is something wrong with his face.
He said hello with a smile.
Then he introduced several envoys and wealthy businessmen from the Western Regions: "This is the most outstanding hero of our Song Dynasty in recent years and the first economic envoy of our Song Dynasty, Li Qi.
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They had all asked about Li Qi, but they couldn't help but be very surprised to see Li Qi so young. At the same time, there was a hint of contempt in their eyes.
Most of the envoys from other countries knew Li Qi, and they all came up to salute and say hello.
Li Qi handed over his hands one by one and smiled at Muhammad and other envoys from the Western Regions: "You have come all the way from afar. As economic envoys, I should pay you a visit. It's a pity that I am busy with official duties. I was unable to go and neglected my noble Song Dynasty.
Guests, I'm really sorry. To show my appreciation, I will host a banquet at home tomorrow. I hope you can come and join us."
Ilte said in awkward Chinese with a hint of sting: "The economic envoy is very busy. We already know this, so how dare we care about it." Apparently he was still angry that Li Qi didn't meet them first.
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MD. I just said a polite word, but you still took it seriously. Li Qi said sarcastically: "Prince Yilt can have such a big heart, it really puts me to shame."
Yierte had learned Chinese not long ago, but he still didn't understand words like "belly" and "shame". After listening to the translation by the post officer next to him, he really thought that Li Qi was praising him. He laughed and imitated the way of speaking of Han people: "
Bonus, kudos."
Zhao Jingyan, who was hiding in the dark, laughed secretly when she heard this. This man really left no trace when he cursed, making it hard to detect.
Muhammad on the side suddenly said: "Economist, although I am thousands of miles away, I am very familiar with it. I have always hoped to meet with the Economist. It is an honor for us to be invited by the Economist. We will do it tomorrow."
Arrive on time for the appointment." His Chinese is many times better than that of Ilte, and he obviously comes to Song Dynasty often. Although he also has some opinions on Li Qi at this time, he has already found out clearly that Zhao Huan is nominally in charge of this negotiation.
, but the key issues still required Li Qi’s consent, so he did not refuse Li Qi.
Li Qi laughed and said: "I don't dare to take it. I don't dare to take it. If you can come, it will be a huge honor for Li Qi."
Ilte added: "We knew that the economic envoy was very busy, so we did not invite the economic envoy. We did not expect that the economic envoy would be so interested in gambling. This was our mistake."
Li Qi smiled slightly and said: "It's okay, it's okay. In fact, I just wanted to come and take a look, but I heard that you were still missing a few, so I came to make up the number. I can't neglect a few distinguished guests."
Ilte snorted and said arrogantly: "From what the economic envoy said, it seems that he is not very interested in gambling. Could it be that the money is too little?"
Zhao Huan's expression changed when he heard this, and he seemed to think that Yierte had gone too far.
At this time, Gao Qiu, Li Bangyan and others also came over, their expressions not very good.
Li Qi also frowned secretly, but kept a smile on his face, thinking to himself, I have already tolerated it in every possible way, you are too aggressive, you are too ignorant. Suddenly laughed, and changed the topic: "I didn't expect Mr. Ilte and Mr.
It's my first time meeting you, and it's amazing that I understand you so well."
After hearing what the translator conveyed, Ilte raised his lips and said, "How big does the economic envoy want to be?"
Li Qi stretched out a finger in front of Ilte.
It's the middle finger.
Ilte didn't understand the gesture and felt it was a little awkward. He frowned slightly and said, "One hundred thousand strings?"
Li Qi shook his head and said: "One hundred thousand strings, I don't even bother to reach out and touch the card. It's one million strings."
As soon as these words came out, the envoys from the Western Regions looked horrified. How much money would one million dollars cost?
Ilte didn't believe it: "Although the business of the Economic Envoy is very big, it's not like he can just gamble a million dollars, right?"
Li Qi wrote lightly: "If Mr. Ilter is interested, we can increase the bet to one million dollars."
Yilt frowned deeply. He could come up with one million yuan, but that didn't mean he dared to touch the money. Because the money was used to buy goods from Da Song Dynasty. If he lost, he would have to go
Jump into the Pacific Ocean, but he did not believe that Li Qi could come up with a million dollars, so he hesitated for a moment. The entourage behind him was afraid that the young prince would be impulsive and agreed, so they whispered beside him.
Gao Qiu and others looked at Ilte with smiles on their faces, thinking in their hearts: This is the capital of our Song Dynasty, and you are really humiliating yourself by showing off your power here.
Muhammad knew the Song Dynasty very well, and he also knew that the capital was bottomless. God knows how much money there was! Although he did not believe that Li Qi could come up with so much money by himself, he had the richest court in the world behind him.
, seeing that the atmosphere was a little awkward. He quickly came out to smooth things over and said with a smile: "We are just idle and bored, and we want to come and have fun. You two don't have to do anything, so as not to hurt the harmony. By the way, the economic envoy. I heard that this poker player is you.
Invented.”
Youdao didn't want to hit the smiling person, and Li Qi didn't intend to be aggressive. He nodded and said with a smile: "It's just a small talk, I dare not go to the elegant hall. It's rare that a few people are very fond of poker. Li Qi is really flattered."
Muhammad chuckled and said: "The economist is too humble. This poker is really fun and tight. I remember that when I first saw it in China, I couldn't put it down. In the words of you Central Plains people, I forgot all about food and sleep. Nowadays poker
It’s very popular in our restaurant.”
"Really? I really didn't expect this."
Ilte suddenly interjected: "Since poker was invented by the Economist, he must be a master of poker."
Li Qi shook his head and smiled: "I really don't dare to take this seriously. To be honest, I have no interest in studying this. The person who invented the writing brush may not be the best at writing. Even if he is wearing a long gown, he may be a woman. No.
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Zhao Jingyan heard him mocking her and cursed secretly, this guy is so hateful.
Everyone burst out laughing, and the atmosphere immediately relaxed a lot.
Since there was still a while before the gambling game started, Li Qi exchanged a few words with them and prepared to find some food and replenish his strength. It would be a tough battle later. Fifty thousand guan was enough to save a village. He also
You can’t afford to lose easily!
Li Qi came to the dining table and put some pastries on the plate. When he glanced out of the corner of his eye, he found four bitter-faced people sitting on the sofa inside. All of them had expressionless faces. They were definitely the most miserable ones here.
These four people are exactly the four young masters.
It would be strange if they were not present in such an occasion. Li Qi chuckled, walked over, and sat down next to Hong Tianjiu. Seeing that his arrival did not arouse any reaction, he was curious and said: "Hey, you guys
How about a few? Isn’t it because you’re tired of acting recently?”
Gao Yanei glanced sideways, curled his lips and said: "What's so remarkable, that he even comes to show off his power in front of us!"
Li Qi was stunned and said: "What do you mean?"
Gao Ya was a man who couldn't hide things in his heart, so he said: "Li Qi, you might as well tell the truth, who is our fourth young master's opponent in the world when it comes to play?"
Li Qi was stunned for a while, then shook his head and said: "This really doesn't exist." He thought to himself, who has so much time and so much money to play with you.
Gao Yanei snorted: "Isn't that right? There is no reason for you to go gambling and I won't be allowed to go."
It turns out that these guys are here for this! Li Qi smiled and said: "Who said no, you can participate!"
Gao Yanei said angrily: "My father."
Hong Tianjiu also tried to win over this head and said, "My father won't let me participate either."
Brother Qiu is the only one in the world who can stop him. This brother is really wise. Li Qi shrugged and said, "Then I can't help you."
Gao Yanei rolled his eyes and said: "Li Qi, you haven't gambled for a long time, your hands are a bit rusty, and you were humiliated when you went up. Otherwise, let me appear on your behalf. Don't worry, I will definitely kill them all."
Keep."
Your mother was humiliated. Li Qi gritted his teeth and shook his head with a smile: "This is not okay."
"If anything doesn't work, you just have to pay."
"Uh...this money isn't mine!"
"Whose is that?"
"It belongs to the Lieutenant."
"My dad---ah---why is this so angry to me?"
Gao Yanei's eyes went dark when he heard this, his body was shaky and he was about to faint.
Seeing his appearance, Li Qi secretly chuckled and ate happily.
After a while, the gambling game was finally about to begin. A group of guests went upstairs and saw a round table in the middle with many armchairs beside it.
After the guests took their seats, Zhao Huan, Yilt, Li Qi, and Mohammed also sat down around the round table. There were some chips in front of everyone, piled high. The smallest denomination was ten coins, and the largest one was.
It's one hundred strings.
Compared with such a large gambling capital, the denomination of this chip is a bit small, but Hong Bajin did not expect that someone would gamble with tens of thousands of coins, so he could only make do with it.
Since poker had just emerged at this time, and technology was just like that, there was not much inspection work in advance. The dealer just asked four participants to check the poker. You must know that this is not just a gambling game between private individuals, but more
It's a political relationship. How dare Hong Bajin play tricks in it? If anything happens, Brother Qiu won't be able to protect him.
After the inspection is completed, the gambling game officially begins.
After two rounds of dealing, Zhao Huan's card was the King of Hearts, Ilte's card was the Jack of Diamonds, Muhammad's card was the Ace of Spades, and Li Qi's card was the smallest, and it was not an ordinary small one, it was a 2 of Diamonds.
No way, what a bad luck? When Li Qi saw this card, he didn't even feel like looking at the hole cards.
"Ace of spades speak!"
Muhammad did not look at the hole cards, but glanced at the table. He immediately took out a hundred coins and threw them into the middle. He said with a smile: "This is the first one. I hope I can get a good fortune."
Although Zhao Huan knew how to play, he rarely played. After all, he was really not interested in it. He looked at the cards, a smile appeared on his face, and he quickly threw a hundred strings at them.
Ilte didn't look at his hole cards, threw a chip up and said: "Follow."
Yilt and Saudi looked at each other and smiled playfully.
It's over, it's over. This prince seems to be a really good man. He doesn't even know how to gamble. You smile so honestly. Why don't you just tell others that your trump card is Lao K? Li Qi looked at the trump card and saw that it was...
Zhang Meihua 7, thought to herself, if I fold, then the prince will have to fight one against two, let's take a look first and then talk, the money being bet is not much anyway. He said quietly: "Follow."
Gao Yanei was very angry when he saw it, and said: "I have told you that Li Qi has been in the battlefield for a long time and is a lot unfamiliar. If you follow him at such a young age, isn't it a gift?"
Fan Shaobai whispered: "I don't dare to talk about other aspects of the yamen, but in terms of money, Li Qi will never waste a penny."
After the third round of cards, Mohammad had a jack of clubs, Zhao Huan had a queen of spades, Ilte had a nine of diamonds, and Li Qi was lucky enough to get an eight of hearts.
It’s simply unbearable to look at!
Li Qi was so depressed that he almost cried. He was so bullying.