"Bah, bah, bah! What's the big deal? I'm opening my business today, and you say it's bad? What do you mean!"
Ergou quickly slapped himself twice and said: "Master Marquis, I know I'm wrong. You should hide quickly. Your Majesty is here!"
"Your Majesty is here so early?" Li Mu was surprised, frowned and glared at Ergou, and said: "Your Majesty is here to congratulate me, what am I hiding from? How can I reuse you if you have such no eyesight? Get away.
Don’t appear in front of me within an hour.”
"Yes..." Ergou responded obediently, but he was wondering in his heart, this is a gambling house, and the Marquis is not afraid of Your Majesty knowing about it? As expected of the Marquis, he has many ways!
When Li Mu arrived at the door, he almost had the words "harmony brings wealth" written on his face. At this moment, he seemed to have traveled back to his previous life, as if he were meeting Party A's father. He was so far away that his waist was bent.
He went down, stretched out his hand from far away, took Li Shimin's hand, held it cordially, and said: "Your Majesty can come, it really makes the Sihai Gambling House shine. Oh, the Queen is here too, this is really enough."
I lost my face, what should I do?"
"Okay, put away your face, I look disgusting." Li Shimin frowned, raised his head and glanced at the four characters "Sihai Gambling House", which were exactly the same as the four characters "Kaiyuan Tongbao", and he knew
Li Mu must be able to write it by himself, he couldn't help but snorted. What a good boy, after he became a master of calligraphy, he didn't ask me to write inscriptions anymore.
Without saying a word, he passed Li Mu and left him alone.
Li Mu was stunned for a moment, didn't care, and went to talk to Queen Changsun again with a smile on his face. Seeing Eunuch Gao, he gave him a look. Eunuch Gao agreed and nodded slightly. Li Mu also understood in his heart that he would be free later.
Eunuch Gao will come to look for him. Yesterday, his godson returned to the palace and sent a message for Li Mu. Eunuch Gao was also curious about what surprise gift Li Mu had prepared for him.
The various facilities of the gambling house can be explained to others by trained personnel, but Li Shimin must come in person. Li Mu took Li Shimin and Queen Changsun to visit the various facilities of the gambling house, and both of them were very interested. This is also
As expected by Li Mu, after all, they were all in their early thirties. In Li Mu's previous life, people of this age were the age they liked to play.
After passing the pai gow, mahjong, poker and other areas, we came to a three-foot-wide roulette wheel. There was a man standing next to the roulette wheel. When he saw Li Mu leading someone over, he hurried over to greet him.
Li Shimin was very curious about the roulette wheel. He walked to the roulette wheel and looked at it carefully for a while. He raised his hand to touch it. When the person in charge of the roulette wheel saw this, he subconsciously tried to stop it, but Li Mu glared at him and stood still.
Set aside.
Li Shimin touched the roulette wheel and suddenly found that it could rotate. He found it even more interesting. He turned around and asked Li Mu, "What is this?"
"Your Majesty, this thing is called the Lucky Wheel. The gameplay is very simple. You see, the numbers on this wheel are divided into thirty-six parts from one to thirty-six. They are written on it in disordered order, in black and white.
. Before playing, place your bet. There is a pointer here. Hold the roulette wheel and spin it around. The pointer will fall on a position. The person who hits this position wins."
"Interesting." Li Shimin said with a smile: "Wait a while, I will come and play this roulette."
"Wait a minute." Empress Changsun suddenly spoke. She frowned and looked at the roulette and said, "Li Mu, no matter how you play this roulette, you always win. Isn't this a scam?"
How could Li Mu accept this bad reputation? He quickly said: "Queen, please don't slander others. I am a fool in the gambling house, how can you say that I am cheating others?"
Queen Changsun pointed at the roulette wheel and said: "There are thirty-six grids on it, and the pointer can only point to one grid. In other words, the bettor has only one possibility of winning, and the banker has thirty-five possibilities of winning. The winner
The chance is very small, but the chance of losing is very high. Isn’t this called cheating?”
"Ouch..." Li Mu let out a long breath. He thought that Queen Changsun was extremely smart and saw through the probability problem of roulette. It turned out that the rules were just unclear, but he was shocked.
Li Mu quickly explained: "The queen's words are wrong. I don't make money on this lucky wheel. It's purely a game project, a way to participate for people who don't know how to gamble. Just listen to me.
You know how conscientious I am."
It was okay not to hear the word "conscience". After hearing these two words, Empress Changsun and Li Shimin had already concluded in their hearts that this lucky wheel must be a trick. But they couldn't see how it was tricked.
He glanced at it, pursed his lips and said nothing, waiting to hear how Li Mu would explain.
"You look at the two colors of black and white on the roulette wheel, half of which are black and half of which are white. When you bet, you can press the color, for example, if you press white, no matter how you spin, as long as white comes out, then you win.
Pay one for one, do you think this is fair or not? Half of it is black and half of it is white!"
There is really nothing wrong with this. Empress Changsun was speechless.
"Look at these numbers again. There are odd and even numbers. There are thirty-six numbers. Odd and even numbers also account for half each. It's also fair to pay one for one, isn't it fair?"
"You can also compare the big and small. One to eighteen is considered small, and nineteen to thirty-six is considered big. Each one will get half. If you press one, you will get one for one. Is it fair?"
"If you are brave, then this is coming! Didn't you just say that if you press a number, only one person may win, and thirty-five may lose? Well, if you press a number, and you win, you will pay thirty-five for each one.
, if you lose, you lose a share. You bet thirty-five times, and as long as you win once, you won’t lose anything. If you win twice, three times, or four times, then I will lose everything. Isn’t this conscience enough?”
"Well..." Empress Changsun couldn't answer, but a woman's intuition is very scary. She looked at this roulette and felt that there was something wrong with it. Li Shimin also looked at it for a long time and said: "That's all.
Wu Gu, if this kid is scheming, he won't let anyone see it, so don't bother with it, it's pointless."
Li Mu also hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, the two elders are not here to ruin my situation. The important thing is to participate and have fun!"
Empress Changsun also smiled and said: "I'm just curious. Let's go and see what's next."
Li Mu let out a long breath and quickly took the two of them away from this place of right and wrong.
After walking around and introducing all the projects, Li Mu found a trained waiter and led Li Shimin and Queen Changsun to the private rest room on the second floor. Before he could rest for a while, Changsun Wuji and Wang
When people came together, he hurried to receive them and was very busy. However, there was no need for him to personally explain to these people. He could just deal with it, collect the gifts, and hand them over to other waiters.
Today's Sihai Gambling House has such a threshold that ordinary wealthy households cannot enter. Although Li Mu has been advertising for several days, as long as he has money, he can get in. But generally, people with a few money will be shocked when they see the people who come to the door today to congratulate them with gifts.
They are Dukes of the third rank. If they consider their own status, they will be intimidated.
There is nothing that can be done about this. As long as there are people, there must be classes. Moreover, the gambling house is so big, and everyone comes in at once, and it is really difficult to cope with it. But for those who did not come, gifts have arrived. Especially those related to the internal affairs
The principals of the houses that have business dealings with the government all receive gifts of more than a thousand guan. No way, who dares not to give them? If you don’t give them to them, that’s it. At worst, we can just carry them together. I’m afraid that if you don’t give them, someone else will.
That would be very bad.
No one dared to bet on what others would do, so they had no choice but to honestly send congratulatory gifts.
After receiving Li Chengqian, Li Tai, Qin Huaidao, Li Siwen and others, as Unitary Time approached, Changsun Chong came with his classmates, each of whom prepared a congratulatory gift. Those who can enter the "Datang Technical School" have a net worth of
Wealthy, everyone's gifts were more than a hundred dollars, which made Li Mu smile from ear to ear.
"Master Marquis, I just counted it. The money for the gifts alone, not counting things, has already exceeded one hundred thousand." Ergou's voice was trembling. He was surprised by Li Mu's generosity yesterday, but today he found out that
The Marquis is indeed the Marquis. He can earn as much as he dares to spend. He has received one hundred thousand gu just for receiving gifts. Looking at the whole city of Chang'an, is there another person?
Thinking of this, Ergou also became excited. He thought that I, Ergou, was originally an errand boy in the West Market. What kind of virtue did my ancestors accumulate that allowed me to meet the Marquis? If I didn't do things for the Marquis well, I would still be a human being.
What?
Self-brainwashing is the most deadly. Li Mu saw Er Gou's eyes shining, and he was startled. He subconsciously stayed away from Er Gou and said: "It's only one hundred thousand yuan, isn't this normal? Money!
, Don’t take things outside of you so seriously. Take out the list I gave you at noon, compare it carefully, see which one is missing, and mark it for me.”
Ergou was stunned and said: "Master Hou, I'm not saying you shouldn't take it so seriously."
Li Mu suddenly became angry: "I just want to know who gave less gifts. Did I say what to do to them? Why are your ideas so complicated? I'm like the kind of person who gives me less gifts, and I will retaliate against him.
, the kind of person who won’t give him an order?”
Li Mu's voice was "slightly" louder, and many people nearby heard it. Ergou was sweating on his forehead, and thought to himself, Lord Marquis, you really look like that kind of person.
"Get away, I'm annoyed by you."
Li Mu waved his hand, and Ergou quickly ran away. Suddenly he found that many people were looking over, and he quickly put on a smile and said: "Everyone, let's have fun. The Sihai Gambling House is opening today. I am happy, and everyone will be given a gift."
One hundred chips, if I lose, it’s mine, if I win, I can take it away!”
Everyone became happy when they heard that they still had money to pay back, and all kinds of congratulatory words were thrown at them. Li Mu laughed loudly, waved his hands and climbed up to the second floor, and came to the terrace in the middle. The huge lanterns on both sides were lit up, lighting up the gambling room.
The light in front of the door is as bright as day.
At this time, the crowd in front of the gambling house was full of people. They all read the newspaper and learned that there would be three "money rains" today, so they came to join in the fun. This was the Youshi period, the first "money rain"
At that time, when everyone saw the lanterns being lit and saw Li Mu, they knew that the "Qian Rain" was coming, and all eyes instantly focused on Li Mu.
"Everyone, everyone knows who I am, right?"
"Master Hou!"/"Hou Zhulu!"/"We all recognize it. When will Master Hou make money rain!"
When there are many people, the fear is reduced a lot. These people who are shouting may not dare to speak in front of Li Mu if they are picked out alone, but they are not afraid when they are among the crowd.
Li Mu didn't mind either. He raised his homemade "loudspeaker" made of bamboo and said: "The Sihai Gambling House opened today. Everyone must have read the newspaper. I won't beat around the bush. This Sihai Gambling House is the industry opened by me.
Today, I have a total of three businesses, Ba Shang Winery, Feng Qiuhuang in Jingdong Collection, and the Sihai Gambling House. There will definitely be more in the future, and everyone’s support is indispensable. In order to thank you all, I
Let’s stop talking nonsense. Give everyone something real, come on, bring it here!”
Li Mu shouted, and four big men carried up a huge box. Then the big men went down, and four beauties came up. These four beauties were all very famous musicians in the Jiaofang Division. Some of them were recognized by the crowd.
They shouted one after another.
Li Mu opened the box, took a handful from inside, and showed it to everyone.
"This box is full of money! I don't know how much it is. I guess it must be at least a few thousand. There are broken silver, copper coins, and gold bars. It depends on your luck. Today's number is
When it rains money, let these four sisters come to help. It’s going to rain, how about a thunder?”
The drums sounded like thunder. Before anyone could react, there was a sudden sound of a gong. Each of the four beauties reached into the box, grabbed a handful and threw it down.
No one expected that it was so simple and straightforward. When they saw the money being thrown at their heads, they all reacted and stopped looking at the beauty. They all started to grab the money.
I didn't pick up what fell on the ground, and it was hit on the head again. The unlucky guy was hit with a gold ingot, and his head was hit by a big bag, and it bounced away. He screamed in anger.
Li Mu also grabbed the money and threw it on the ground, shouting: "Has anyone got the gold bars? It's now to get rich. There is a gold ingot over there. Oh, yes, yes, yes, grab it quickly, don't let others grab it.
ah!"
There was bound to be a commotion.
In about a quarter of an hour, a large box of money was scattered out. Li Mu laughed loudly and said: "There are still a lot of copper coins on the ground. Please pick them up slowly. There will be two more tonight. Thank you for your support!"
"Thank you, Lord Marquis, for your reward!"/"My Lord Marquis is unparalleled in his benevolence and righteousness!"/"My Lord Marquis, you are generous in your kindness and wealth!"
Those who got the money naturally felt as if they had touched honey, and kept shouting.
Li Mu led the people away from the terrace, and the two lanterns were blown out. Everyone knew that when the lanterns were lit again, it would be the time to distribute money next time.
Some people were counting how much money they had robbed, and some were red-eyed in annoyance because they didn't get it. More people took advantage of this hour's free time to go back to hang out with their friends. It was obvious that the more people there were, the more they robbed.
It's better to split it equally and get it all for free than to stare at it without being able to grab it.
The newspaper seller Wang San'er was among them. He was lucky. A gold ingot fell directly into the gutter in front of him. When he saw it, he rolled in and pressed it down. He got ten taels of silver. He squatted in the gutter and touched the gold ingot.
Wang San'er couldn't believe it. Is this true? He bit the ingot hard and smiled silly. It's true! He made a fortune!