Since Li Bai was not here, Li Mu was no longer interested in drinking. He simply ate a few bites of vegetables, drank a bowl of soup, and then cleared the table.
Li Mu said to Qing'er: "You ask Xiao Chunzi and Xiao Huzi to invite the guests over. You are a girl, so you don't need to be there. They are waiting on you the same way."
Qing'er wanted to argue, but without saying anything, she agreed and left quickly.
After a while, Xiao Chunzi and Xiao Huzi led Yang Zhao to the pavilion. Yang Zhao walked a few steps quickly and knelt down in front of Li Mu.
"Fufeng County Lieutenant Yang Zhao has seen His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness is a thousand years old, a thousand years old." Yang Zhao sang loudly, which seemed very exaggerated.
Li Mu sat on the chair without getting up, and said softly: "Lieutenant Yang, I have been working hard all the way. I didn't expect you to come so fast? Get up and talk!"
Yang Zhao hurriedly said: "Weichen didn't dare, Weichen still knelt down to reply. Your Highness the Prince already knew that Weichen wanted to see His Highness?"
Li Mu smiled and said: "Lieutenant Yang, it is my prince's original intention to invite you to the capital. Do you have grievances and don't want to come to the capital?"
Yang Zhao hurriedly said: "I don't dare. His Highness the Prince summoned me. It was Yang Zhao's blessing over several lifetimes. However, I am a small county captain with no talent or virtue. I am afraid that I will let down His Highness's good intentions."
Li Mu smiled and said: "Come, sit down and talk. Whether you will live up to my prince's expectations or not really depends on the strength of County Lieutenant Yang."
Yang Zhao stood up in confusion. Li Mu pointed to the chair opposite. Yang Zhao bowed and walked closer, sitting sideways, feeling anxious.
It turns out that the reward given by His Majesty the Emperor last night was an opportunity, an opportunity to do something for the twenty-first prince. What do you know? What ability do you have to let the prince personally name him and enter the capital overnight?
Yang Zhao didn't dare to speak or look at Li Mu.
However, this twenty-first prince seems to be only a teenager, what can he do?
Yang Zhao was a little disappointed.
Li Mu said: "Lieutenant Yang, I heard that you are good at planning and especially like casino data calculation. Before we get down to business, I would like to play a game with you."
Yang Zhao was puzzled, what did all this mean? When I saw His Majesty last night, he didn't say a word about the business and immediately started guessing dice.
Today is the same. When we meet, His Royal Highness wants to play games again.
His majesty and the prince actually knew about his little embarrassment. From now on, if he is treated as a joke, how will he meet people and be an official?
Yang Zhao felt aggrieved but did not dare to object, so he could only say: "His Royal Highness, just give your orders and I will just do it."
Li Mu asked Xiao Chunzi to get some copper coins, and asked Xiao Huzi to get a gong. The two of them didn't know what was going on, so they hurriedly went to do it.
Yang Zhao became more and more confused as he listened, and he was so nervous that he couldn't even speak clearly.
Soon, the two took the copper coins and gongs and placed them on the table.
Li Mu divided a hundred copper coins between each of them and used them as bargaining chips. Then he picked up a copper coin, threw it in the air, and said with a smile: "Yang County Lieutenant, I heard that you listen to the wind debater and guess the dice skills."
, I have never met an opponent, so today we will play a simple game."
Li Mu was very familiar with Yang Zhao's dark past. He relied on his dice guessing skills to hang out in casinos and brothels in his early years. In his middle age, he relied on Yang Yuhuan to make a fortune and became Li Longji's favorite.
This trick was used everywhere, and Yang Zhao also played the evil tricks to the highest level, coaxing Li Longji into a circle.
When Yang Zhao saw Li Mu saying this, he could only complain, but he still agreed respectfully.
"Wei Chen, please listen to His Highness the Prince's orders," Yang Zhao said respectfully, but what he wanted in his heart was to deal with this little prince.
Li Mu said: "In front of both of us, there are one hundred copper coins. I will be the dealer, and you will guess whether the copper plate will fall on the head or the other side. Xiao Huzi, you come and throw the copper coins, Xiao Chunzi, you hit the gong."
Yang Zhao understood that it was just guessing the heads and tails of copper coins. Yang Zhao was the best at this children's game. Compared with guessing dice, it was extremely simple.
"Yes, I will try my best."
Li Mu asked: "When you win the dice in the gambling house, how does the dealer draw the money?"
Yang Zhao grinned and said: "Even these princes and highnesses know this? The banker usually draws one out of ten, but the ruthless banker only draws two out of ten."
Rake is the basic rule of casinos. Gambling house owners mainly rely on rake to make profits. This rule has been true for thousands of years. Rake is 10%, which is equal to 10% of the rake. Gamblers lose nine out of ten bets, which is often the rake.
Dry.
Li Mu smiled and said: "One draw out of ten is too harsh. Now that I am the banker, I have to draw out water. However, if you win five times, I will draw one copper coin. Do you accept it?"
Li Mu's method is equivalent to a 2% rake, which is even lower than the operation of the international regular gambling platforms he played in his previous life. It is already very humane.
Yang Zhao said with a smile: "It all depends on His Highness the Prince's pleasure, but the draw is too small, so I'm afraid I won't make any profit."
Li Mu smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. If Yang County Lieutenant wins my one hundred copper coins within an hour, you will definitely make your trip worthwhile. If Yang County Lieutenant loses, then I'm sorry, Yang County Lieutenant
Where did the captain come from and where did he go? It was a waste of time."
Li Mu was not a threat. Since Yang Zhao was praised so highly in the history books, Li Mu wanted to see how capable Yang Zhao really was.
From a county lieutenant to a prime minister in a few years, it was faster than riding a rocket. Throughout history, this kind of promotion speed is unparalleled.
Yang Zhao definitely did not rely on luck, nor was it as simple as relying on chickens and dogs to ascend to heaven. Li Longji is not stupid, and he is not easy to fool. Without a few special skills, he will definitely not be able to make a fortune so fast.
Li Mu just wanted to see Yang Zhao's true kung fu.
As for Yang Zhao really losing, Li Mu still has a remedy. Give him a choice to welcome Yang Yuhuan. For this good job, Yang Zhao must be Li Mu's follower.
Li Mu smiled and said: "Little Huzi, Xiaochunzi, you two cooperate well. Little Huzi throws the copper coin, Xiaochunzi rings the gong, throws it once, knocks it once, the copper coin settles, and the gong falls, you understand.
No?"
The two little guys simply thought it was interesting and kept nodding in agreement.
Yang Zhao looked aggrieved and looked at Xiao Huzi and Xiao Chunzi nervously.
He was the only one who understood the cruelty of Li Mu's move.
Guessing dice and guessing heads and tails are Yang Zhao's unique skills, but Li Mu added a gong, which was completely different in nature.
My ears were immediately covered by the sharp sound of the gong. The sound of the coins spinning and falling to the ground was extremely subtle. The copper coins and the gong all had the same metallic sound. The difficulty of distinguishing them suddenly increased countless times.
Listening to Li Mu's tone, he lost, everything was a delusion, he returned the same way, his journey was in vain, and his happiness was in vain.
If he wins, he will have the opportunity to run errands for the little prince. Yang Zhao has long been tired of the bad weather in Xichuan, and even more disgusted with the county captain of Qingshui Yamen. He has dreamed of being promoted countless times, but when he wakes up, he still faces the northwest.
Biting cold wind.
He must seize this opportunity. Although the opportunities created for him from Li Longji to Li Mu were very ridiculous, Yang Zhao also decided to give it a try.
Li Mu shouted: "Start, Lieutenant Yang, listen carefully."
Yang Zhao nodded with a smile, closed his eyes slightly, and listened carefully. Xiao Huzi's first copper coin was thrown into the air, and at the same time, Xiao Chunzi's gong also exploded with a bang.
The copper coin fell steadily on the table. Yang Zhao was about three steps away from the table. He could only hear the sound and could not see the front and back of the copper coin at all.
"Front." Yang Zhao said the result without hesitation. Then he stood up, stretched his neck, and glanced at the table.
Yang Zhao patted his forehead.
It was clearly the reverse side of the copper coin. Yang Zhao stepped back and sat down in frustration. Xiao Huzi took one of Yang Zhao's copper coins and placed it in Li Mu's pile.
"Continue." Li Mu said.
Inside and outside the pavilion, the only sounds that could be heard were the clanging of gongs and Yang Zhao's low-pitched shouts.
However, after guessing twenty times in an instant, Yang Zhao only guessed correctly three times.
Yang Zhao kept wiping his hands in cold sweat. If he continued like this, if he couldn't hold on for an hour or even half an hour, he would be done with a hundred copper coins. He would have to roll back to Xichuan in despair and die on the low seat of the county captain.
Li Mu smiled and said nothing. According to basic probability theory, it is impossible for Yang Zhao to win. This is the principle of making money in gambling houses. Gamblers will always have the only way to lose everything.
Probability is a gambler's death.
Yang Zhao was nothing more than that, and Li Mu was a little disappointed.
Yang Zhao suddenly asked Xiao Huzi to stop, stood up, and said: "Your Highness, I have a small request."
Li Mu was stunned and said: "If Yang County Lieutenant has any request, just ask."
Yang Zhao said: "Wei Chen asks you to turn your back to the table and continue the game."
"Oh? Lieutenant Yang, you want to do a blind guess? Okay, today is really an eye-opener. Lieutenant Yang, just turn around and turn your back to the table, but Lieutenant Yang, you have to seize the opportunity yourself," Li Mu was a little surprised, this
Yang Zhao has another trick up his sleeve.
There are people who play blind chess, which is a test of memory. Yang Zhao guessed the coins blindly, which was a bit interesting.
Yang Zhao turned around decisively, took two deep breaths, and whispered: "Please start."