In the east garden of the Ye family mansion, Pang Yu stood on a high platform, followed by six captains. Three deserters were tied up and kneeling on the ground.
More than seventy strong men stood silently. When their names were called, they immediately came to the stage and received the labor and food money from Pang Yu.
"Yao Dongshan received ten taels of salary and two taels of silver.
In addition, when Yao Dongshan was ordered to capture the deserters, he was brave, resolute and tenacious, and was given a bonus of five taels of silver!"
There was a gasp in the queue, and the dozen or so newly arrived men turned their heads to look at Yao Dongshan. He had earned seven taels of silver in a month, which these farmers had never dared to think about before.
Yao Dongshan's face became thinner, but when he heard the reward, he grinned cheerfully. Then he remembered that he couldn't laugh, so he bit his lips again, strode up to the stage and took the silver from Pang Yu.
, knelt down and kowtowed again.
Pang Yu allowed them to kowtow and took the trouble to distribute the money one by one. He did not stop and face the queue until all the sixty-six people who should be distributed had received it.
"Five days ago, a warning came from Qianshan, saying that rogue bandits were approaching, so three young men from our strong class left all the colleagues present and sneaked back home. They were the three kneeling on the stage. They thought that this was the case.
I escaped the catastrophe of rogue bandits."
Pang Yu scanned the field, "Does anyone think they ran as well as they should?"
The place was quiet, and naturally no one dared to say yes, otherwise why would Pang Yu bother to capture them?
"Since no one thinks they should, it means they all think they made a mistake. The people I named, please tell me where you think they went wrong. Wang Zenglu, you go first!"
Wang Zenglu replied loudly, "Back to the squad, these three people ran away from the battle. It seemed that they were just trying to save their own lives, but in fact they were abandoning their colleagues and comrades. If everyone was like this and ran away like a pile of sand, the rogue bandits would definitely kill them all. They would not only harm themselves."
, and even harmed everyone in Zhuangban."
"Well said, this is an extremely selfish act, with no regard for the life or death of our colleagues in the Zhuang class."
Pang Yu gave Wang Zenglu an affirmative look. These words were what he had just taught Wang Zenglu to say, with the purpose of mobilizing the masses.
The strong squad members all stood still, but Pang Yu could feel the emotional fluctuations. The purpose of criticizing the deserters was to connect this behavior with everyone's interests. Otherwise, just because they felt sorry for the squad leader and the county magistrate, everyone actually didn't feel good about it.
I think it's such a big deal, even if the county magistrate will be killed by bandits because of this, it may not be able to move them.
But if they agree that desertion will kill these young men themselves, then it will have a completely different effect.
"Punding, please tell me too."
"Yes, I think that these deserters not only harmed the Zhuangban colleagues, but also harmed thousands of people in Tongcheng. Just imagine if the Zhuangban is destroyed, who can hold on to the city wall? Once the city wall is lost, the tens of thousands of people in the city...
Blood flowed like a river, everyone died, and then the rogue bandits came to all the villages. Your family members who are fleeing can't escape. We can't hold it in Tongcheng, we can't hold it in Anqing, and Luzhou is finished.
If the world is like this, who will save the capital in the end? This shows how many people in the world you three have harmed."
The three deserters looked at each other. The three of them ran home. They were slapped with such a big label, but they couldn't find the words to defend themselves.
Pang Yu nodded again. He had taught Pang Ding to say this, and he had set the tone first. The bigger the hat, the better, so that he could occupy the moral high ground.
Next, several captains were asked to speak. Naturally, these few people did not dare to say anything nice for the fugitive, and they cursed him one after another.
At this time, the momentum building was completed, and a few ordinary men were invited to speak. These farmers could not make any sense, but they were all in line with the views of the people in front of them. Those hats that were originally a bit exaggerated no longer seemed so outrageous.
Pang Yu loudly said to the queue, "You are all qualified young men of the Zhuang Class. The leader of this class would like to inform you that from today on, you are the official officers of the Zhuang Class. If there is a rogue bandit that day, the Zhuang Class will
Bring all your family members to the city and you won’t have to worry about food and accommodation.
If you do well in the strong class, you may not have to leave your family in the countryside. Your wages, salary and bonuses are enough to support your family."
It was quiet in the queue, but Pang Yu could feel that Zhuang Ban was slowly falling under his control. Pang Yu first occupied the moral high ground, and now he tied his interests to them. Even if some individuals did not surrender, they would be controlled by the collective consciousness.
He was holding back and didn't dare to show it, not to mention that Pang Yu had already taken control.
Pang Yu looked at the three fugitives on the ground, "Look in front of you, you are all comrades who eat, live and train together. If the bandits really came that day, we could have fought together to save Tongcheng and save thousands of people."
Life, save all the colleagues present, but because of your escape, Tongcheng may have been captured at this time, and all the Zhuangban colleagues in front of you are dead. How can the three of you survive in this world?"
The family members of the fugitives behind heard that the situation was not good and just cried in low voices.
The three fugitives knelt on the stage and were so nervous that they were sweating profusely.
"Anyone who escapes from battle and harms the strong squad is the enemy of our strong squad, and is the most ferocious enemy. What should we do to the enemy?
"Who's here..." One of the three people kneeling on the ground suddenly burst into tears and kowtowed to Pang Yu, "Sir, please forgive me. It was Qi Qian who encouraged us to run. The villain didn't want to run at first, but he insisted on pulling me."
The villain ran away, sir, please spare my life. The villain is willing to work as a cow or a horse for the grown-up, I just ask you to spare my life."
Pang Yu continued coldly, "Qi Qian, Zhang Ge, and Luo Qi escaped from the battlefield, ignoring all the Zhuangban colleagues, and putting all the people of Tongcheng in danger. They cannot subdue the crowd without punishment, so each of them must be punished with a hundred sticks!"
Zhuang Chaozheng selected six people from the first team for execution."
There were several screams from the family members, and a woman stood up and wanted to go to the stage to save people, but was stopped by a few strong men.
The other two people were paralyzed on the ground, and the one in the middle was still pleading persistently, "Sir, please have mercy on me. I am the only son in the family, and I still have old parents to support me. My daughter is only three years old, and my son has not yet reached the age of 100. I am temporarily dead."
I am afraid that I have done something stupid, so I beg you to give me a way out! I am willing to continue to work hard for you."
A woman's voice outside also screamed, "Please bypass the head of the house. If you beat him to death, our family will collapse."
Pang Yu took a brief look and saw that the woman there was carrying a three or four-year-old child, and there was a white-haired woman next to her, who was probably that person's mother.
He turned around and glanced at the man in the middle. It was Luo Qi who Yao Dongshan finally captured. This man was the most cunning. After running away, he stayed at a relative's house for a few days. Yao Dongshan waited outside the village for five days before he was able to guard him.
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Zhuang Chaozheng, who was on stage, came over and asked in a low voice, "Squad leader, do you want a fire stick or a whistle stick?"
What Zhuang Chaozheng was asking was actually whether to kill those three people. The whistle stick was used by fast players to hit people. It has a hollow front end and is very light. Hitting people is very painful but will not cause serious injuries. The water and fire stick is only used for hitting boards. It is a solid heavy wood with great power.
It is so powerful that if you hit it with a hundred sticks, you will basically either die or be maimed. If you are maimed, it will probably have a heavier blow to the family than if you die.
Several family members outside knelt on the ground and cried loudly. Pang Yu listened to the miserable cries, his eyes turned back and forth between the water and fire sticks and the whistle sticks placed on the stage, and finally fell on the black and red water and fire sticks.
Constantly changing.
...A two-story building on South Street was bustling with people, and the upper floor was covered with new red paint, making it look very festive.
Pang Yu raised his head and looked at the word "Bai Shun" on the plaque hanging on the lintel.
This new gambling stall is located on South Street. It used to be a pawn shop run by a domestic slave of the Ye family. After the civil unrest, Pang Yu asked Liu Ruogu to buy it. He also bought two adjacent shops and renovated it for a month before opening it today.
Because Pang Yu happened to catch a deserter, he missed the opening, so when he came he could only see the firecracker crumbs all over the floor, but people kept coming in and out of the door, which seemed to be very popular.
"How nice to keep this gunpowder."
Pang Yu muttered, and then smiled at Liu Ruogu who was coming.
Because Liu Ruogu has a penis, he is now very respectful to Pang Yu and is very motivated to do things.
He bowed deeply and said, "I've seen Panda."
Pang Yu stopped and looked at Liu Ruogu, "Why are you calling me "sir" all of a sudden? I have to be a clerk to call you "sir" at least. Don't shout nonsense and let people hear and spread gossip."
"Yes, I just think that the squad leader is a very special person, and he will become a high official sooner or later."
Pang Yu smiled after hearing this and said, "Shopkeeper Liu is really eloquent and makes everyone feel like a breath of fresh air when he talks to him. I would like to thank Shopkeeper Liu for his kind words in advance."
Liu Ruogu led Pang Yu into the gate. Inside, there were several fast players from the Nancheng team maintaining order. When they saw Pang Yu, they all nodded and bowed.
Pang Yu smiled and nodded, then raised his eyes to look at the hall. It was quite spacious, with red paint everywhere, which was quite stimulating to the eyes.
The red color that can be seen everywhere in the hall can stimulate people's emotions, make them more excited, and make gambling more intense.
A waiter shouted at the door to the gamblers who came in, "Today the new store is opening and we are giving away chips. Anyone who buys more than one tael will get a white pigeon ticket, more than 10 taels will get a lunch, and if you buy more than 30 taels, you will get a banquet."
One hundred taels will be sent to the brothel to spend the night..." The white pigeon ticket is to use the first twenty sentences of the Thousand-Character Prose to select characters, a total of eight characters. Every day, twenty characters are chosen as the answer to the riddle. The gambler chooses the cross. If he wins all, he will get a hundred times. The following decreases.
, there will be no prizes until there are four words or less.
This is similar to the predecessor of lottery, which also existed in Chinese history. Pang Yu had some understanding of it. He asked Liu Ruogu to start this business, but he did not expect that Liu Ruogu would use it as a bargaining chip to attract gamblers.
"It's interesting that you gave me the white pigeon ticket. It's not worth much money, but it seems to be worth a lot of money, and it can also help gamblers understand this new way of playing."
Liu Ruogu smiled and said, "Young people all learned a little bit from the class leader."
He followed Pang Yu respectfully, pointed in the direction of the backyard door and said, "The backyard leads to Ruhua Building. According to what you said, both winners and losers will want to go.
The pawn shop and loan shop are behind the small door on the first floor, so gamblers don't have to go out to borrow money."
Pang Yu nodded and joined the noisy crowd in front. This is a place where dice is played. The dice game was called Sic Bo in the Ming Dynasty. It can be divided into bets on size and points. There is a Sic Bo at the gate of Pang Yu's new gambling stall.
, the three tables at the main gate are only for big and small bets, they must be simple and lively to attract gamblers.
Pang Yu originally wanted to play two hands, but today because of the discount on buying chips, there were a lot of gamblers from all around Tongcheng, and the three tables were all crowded. Pang Yu couldn't squeeze in for a while, so he had to withdraw and walk into the hall.
Liu Ruogu pointed to the two groups of people in front of him, "The roulette you designed is like the way you shoot candy from a spinning wheel on the street, but it's a little more fun. I didn't think it was great when I tried it by myself a few days ago. Today
When there are many people around, it’s really attractive when they gather around it.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people in front of him on the left cheered in unison, and one person shouted "thirty-two times", which even attracted people playing Sic Bo.
Liu Ruogu leaned over and looked at it for a while, then came out and said, "Someone made a successful single bet and got thirty-two times. I think this roulette bet may not make much money. Maybe Pai Gow can make more money. As long as we are the banker ourselves.
, they are all experienced players, and the gamblers are always inferior to them."
Pang Yu waved his hand and said, "Thirty-eight numbers on the roulette wheel, the maximum odds are thirty-two times. If you buy two numbers at the same time, it becomes sixteen to one. The total guess ratio is still thirty-two, which is always better than thirty-eight."
If it's less, we may lose money one day, but in the long run we will definitely make money. This is mathematics, not luck."
Liu Ruogu could also understand that he didn't dare to go against Pang Yu's words now, so he quickly led Pang Yu towards the Pai Gow at the back.
There are also a lot of people playing Pai Gow, but it is much smaller than that of roulette.
Pang Yu has no interest in Pai Gow, but there are indeed a lot of people playing at this time, so he can only follow the market rules and allocate the projects according to the projects that have the most people playing.
Pang Yu looked at Pai Gow for a moment, then walked upstairs. As he walked, he said to Liu Ruogu, "The main customers we face are people in the market. Gambling must be simple and direct to be exciting enough."
This layout is very good, the lively and direct activities are on the first floor, and some high-end guests can have a quiet game on the second floor."
When you get to the second floor, you can see the lobby on the first floor from the porch. The porch is connected to private rooms, which are full of gambling that requires you to use your brain.
Liu Ruogu whispered, "Tianjiu Pai, Mohe Pai, and Penghe Pai are all arranged on the second floor. Even Ye Zixi and Shuanglu are prepared, but there probably won't be many people playing."
"Just to be prepared, has anyone tried the hand-drawn cards I changed?"
"Today we went to see all the fun stuff. There weren't many people on the second floor. In the past, those who played silent cards, horse tags, and bump cards had to get together to play."
Pang Yu snorted. He had also played Mohe tiles at this time. It was very similar to mahjong in later generations. Mohe tiles were cards that emerged during the Tianqi period. They were divided into three gates: Wenqian, Suozi and Wanguan. Each gate has one to
There are nine total of twenty-seven colors, plus the first three cards, for a total of thirty cards. When four people play, the four cards are combined into one, for a total of one hundred and twenty cards. A maximum of five cards can be combined, for a total of one hundred.
There are fifty tiles, three of the same color can be touched, so there are also tiles of the same color. The gameplay is similar to the tiles of the silent tiles, except that the tiles are dominoes, so they are more like mahjong.
Pang Yu took Mahjong as a reference and directly removed the mahjong, retaining Wen Qian, Suo Zi, and Wan Guan Sanmen to simplify the gameplay. On the basis of the "Peng" of Peng He tiles, he added two kinds of hurdles and eats to enrich the game.
The gameplay is basically the same as Mahjong in later generations.
Pang Yu entered a private room, which contained his custom-made mahjong. At this time, the dominoes of Penghe Pai and Pai Gow were relatively thin and did not feel good to the touch. Pang Yu's custom-made mahjong was larger and felt more comfortable to hold.
Pang Yu said to He Xianya and Jiang Fan who were following behind him, "Come sit down and play a few games. I will teach you this new thing. It's called the Penghe tile. If it's not new, I'll call it the Majang tile instead."
Liu Ruogu handed over another stack of playing cards, "The playing cards you are talking about have been made in Anqing Mansion. I have some free time today, would you like to teach us this new leaf play?"
Pang Yu took the stack of playing cards and touched the paper. It was a little rough and the thickness was thicker than he remembered. Fortunately, there were a lot of playing cards in the Ming Dynasty. The resources to make these things in Nanzhili were much easier to find than to make armor.
Well, there are three paper mills in Anqing alone that can make playing cards.
Pang Yu took out one and held it up in front of him, "This thing won't be finished in a short time."