Just as Li Guolou expected, at the blackjack table, Li Guolou killed everyone and defeated four British gentlemen in a short time. The four gentlemen nodded politely and then left, unwilling to continue gambling. Here is
It is a membership system, not a real casino, there are no other gamblers, and the dealer is unwilling to gamble against Li Guolou.
Wu Kefan talked to himself and took away half of the chips Li Guolou won, saying that he deserved it. After a cursory look, Li Guolou also won eighty taels of silver, and he didn't care about Wu Kefan.
I wanted to turn around and go back to watch the show. But I was a little bored and looked around.
People in other rooms are playing cards and gambling. The British like to play bridge. They like this kind of high-IQ gambling, but this is a high-IQ game for nobles. It is mainly for entertainment. The gambling money is just the lottery. Of course, you will be happy if you win, but you will not be happy if you lose.
The family was broken up and people died.
Li Guolou looked at the three rooms where they were all playing bridge. He was not good at bridge and was just a boy who scattered money. After looking at it for a while, he found it boring, so he went to the next room to watch six British people playing sand crab. This is the real game.
In gambling, the long table is piled with chips, and winning or losing can cost dozens of taels, or even hundreds of taels per hand.
Here Li Guolou met the British Minister Justin Lear. He wanted to invite Bao to have dinner with him in the evening, and he was also having fun now. Li Guolou couldn't help but stand behind Justin Lear and watch Justin Lear play cards.
Lord.
When playing Sand Crab, Justin Lear mainly plays with stability. He is a master who avoids rabbits and avoids hawks. However, this is just an appearance. The cunning Justin Lear wins the most by being subtle. At least on the table.
Won more than five hundred taels of silver.
Li Guolou likes to guess people's hearts by looking at their movements and expressions. After watching them for half an hour, he has figured out the characters of the six of them. He has the urge to try but doesn't dare. It's too big and he won't win or lose thousands of taels.
, this is not Xiao Lailai, it goes against his principles of life.
A British gentleman lost all his money on the table and stood up to stop gambling. There was an empty seat at the table for six people, and none of the gentlemen watching cards next to him sat on it. Li Guolou was still struggling inside.
Justin Leal did not look back at Li Guolou, and proudly said with a big cigar in his mouth: "Mike, come up and play, don't count the chips behind me."
The British gentleman glanced at the pigtailed Qing people with a teasing look. Li Guolou had already developed an indestructible shameless face in front of foreigners, but he had just won money and was even more eager to try. He walked over with a smile on his face as his heart moved.
In front of the chair, he said: "
Mr. Minister, it is better to obey your orders than to be respectful, so I will give you a few." After saying this, he snapped his fingers and asked the "Bo'er" who was serving the drinks, and exchanged him for a stack of silver notes. This is also prepared in case someone comes to "sweep your table."
", you don't have enough chips, so you can only lose.
As soon as the British gentleman saw Li Guolou's accent, he knew that he was a wealthy Qing businessman. A British gambler next to him pushed a large box of cigars to Li Guolou and asked him to smoke a cigar.
Li Guolou behaved like a British gentleman, exhaling long strings of smoke from his mouth, looking like a fake foreign devil. Although his movements were standard, the pigtail dragged by the Manchu dog made other British people feel ridiculous. Look at him.
His expression was sarcastic. Li Guolouhao didn't care and pushed out the ten chips on the table coolly.
After four rounds of poker, Li Guolou was already wiping the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief. "Sand Crab" was not fun. He had already lost more than two hundred taels of silver.
The waiter pushed a pile of chips in front of Justin Lear with a long ruler. Justin Lear won money again. He took a sip of whiskey and said to Li Guolou: "Mike, this is not the case at the gambling table.
It’s so easy to calculate.”
Li Guolou made a lot of small moves, wiping his forehead now and putting out his cigar. He said angrily: "Mr. Minister, the winner is the one who laughs at the end. There is still an hour left. I still have a lot of chips. You can't scare me. I
I've found your Achilles' heel."
Justin Lear raised his hand and touched his thick beard, and said with a smile: "Oh, really? I have been playing poker for half my life, and no one has ever found a loophole. If Mike can find it, I will still be willing to pay.
This is the tuition fee.”
Li Guolou gambled for half an hour and lost more than one hundred taels of silver. However, he looked much better and was no longer as nervous as before. He asked "Bo'er" for a glass of wine and took a few sips of the wine.
The waiter dealt out a deck of cards. The top card was Justin Lear's king of diamonds. He spoke. Justin Lear coolly pushed out twenty chips. Li Guolou was the queen of spades.
, followed closely. The cards continued to be dealt, and Justin Leal still had the largest number of points on the table. Justin Leal added thirty chips, and Li Guolou was still following, with one more
Gamblers continue to follow suit.
In the third round, Justin Leal was actually dealt a King of Clubs, which was still the biggest card he had. Justin Leal laughed and said, "I can't stop my luck today." He added as he spoke.
Fifty chips on the gambling table.
Li Guolou still wiped his sweat nervously, but gritted his teeth and pushed out the chips, saying angrily: "I'll follow!"
Another gambler threw away his cards and said, "I won't follow. The minister is very lucky today. I'd better take my time."
In the last round, the dealer played cards, and a tense scene happened. Justin Leal got a king of hearts, and Li Guolou got a queen of diamonds. There were three kings against three queens on the table. Everyone joined together.
Marvel.
The two gamblers looked at each other, and Justin Leal said calmly: "I'll sweep your table."
This does not mean that the casino can push out all its chips, but that the chips on the table should be used as the standard. Li Guolou still has more than a hundred chips left, and Justin Lear wants to eat up Li Guolou's capital in one go.
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Li Guolou smiled and said: "Mr. Minister, I told you that I have caught your loophole, let's see where you stand. Open the cards!"
Justin Lear stared at Li Guolou's trump card and saw a q of hearts being turned over by the waiter. Justin Lear was immediately discouraged. He took a long breath and the beard on his lips fluttered. This time he lost.
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Li Guolou became the biggest winner with one hand. In the next half hour, he played cards carefully, not giving the opponent a chance to counterattack. He won when he should win and lost when he should lose. By the end of the dinner, he still won the most, almost
More than eight hundred taels of silver.
Li Guolou stood up and threw two chips to the waiter who dealt the cards, and said with a smile: "Master Wu, take a handful in one hand."
Behind him, Wu Kefan stretched out a paw and firmly grasped a handful of chips. He smiled so hard that he couldn't find his eyes and said, "Little Lizi, I didn't expect you to be a gambler."
Li Guolou looked at Justin Lear and said, "Actually, I don't know how to gamble, but I know how to read people." After saying that, Li Guolou bowed slightly and left the room where he was gambling on sand crabs.
Justin Leal went from a big winner to a small winner. He felt very unhappy, but he was not willing to be tricked by Li Guolou. He followed Li Guolou and shouted: "Mike, please wait a moment."
Li Guolou turned around and said, "I can tell you what you want to ask, sir, but I won't bet with you in the future, okay?"
Justin Lear dragged Li Guolou to a corner and said, "Okay Mike, you are the most powerful detective I have ever seen. I will definitely think of you in the future."
Li Guolou looked up at Justin Lear's face and said: "Mr. Minister, you are not a real gambler yet. Although you can keep your face unchanged, your beard betrays you. Look at the cards.
You will hold your breath when you hold your breath, and you can tell the size of your trump card from the weight of your breath exhaled from your nose."
Justin Lear touched the two beards on his upper lip and said in surprise: "I am so small that you can see the movement of my breath."
Li Guolou said: "Mr. Minister, I am the person who eats this bowl of rice. I don't have any talent, so how can I scare people. If you are good in the future, don't forget Mike Lee."
Justin Lear said: "Hey, our British Empire has not used talents like yours. It is too visionary. We will have more opportunities to cooperate in the future."
Li Guolou was shocked. He was asked to become a British spy and betray the Qing Empire! He saw Wu Kefan not far away, waiting for him stupidly. Wu Kefan couldn't understand the English they spoke. Li Guolou
Feeling a little more at ease, he pretended not to understand the meaning of Justin Lear's words, and said perfunctorily: "Thank you, Mr. Minister, for looking after Mike. I'll see you at dinner."
Justin Lear watched Li Guolou leave and sneered in his heart. He is another traitor. The Qing Empire is full of fake foreign devils like this. If he wants to develop British spies, he has to be picky. People like Mike Leigh have no class.
He still looks down upon the officials.
Being an officer is hard work. Bao Yiyi was still listening to an aria. On the stage, a plump foreign woman was singing vigorously with her hands stretched out in front of her chest, just in time to squeeze out a deep groove in her plump breasts.
Bao Yiyi was watching with a telescope, and Wu Defu stood up and walked to Li Guolou, scolding: "Why did you come here? I'll go check it out later. That foreign girl can't get out of the way, and Master Bao has fallen in love with her."
Li Guolou was not willing to be a pimp, so he said dissatisfiedly: "Master Wu, aren't you the best at this kind of thing?"
Wu Defu scolded: "This is a test for you by your cronies. You have to show outstanding performance when you come in, otherwise the superior will not be able to think of you next time if there is any benefit. Besides, I have a language barrier. Letting you be the Yue Lao is a sign of my trust in you."
While he was talking, the singer had finished singing, bowed deeply, and the spring scenery was in his eyes. Bao Yiyi was the first to stand up and applaud loudly, and everyone followed suit, and Li Guolou blew a sharp whistle. The performance was over, and Britain
The counselor led Bao to the stage to meet the actors.
Bao went on stage together and shook hands with the actor Yiyi cordially. He also patted the actor's shoulders a few times and shouted encouragement. Although the language barrier was not clear, the accompanying translator and British counselor translated Mr. Bao's blessing. Other Qing officials also followed.
Shaking hands cordially with the actors, Li Guolou was giving chips to every actor, including the accompanist and the piano player.
Li Guolou stopped on the stage in front of the foreign girl singing the aria, handed over ten chips, and said: "Miss Marilyn, my commander wants to treat you to dinner and be his dance partner. Can you please do it for me?"
The dinner is a formal occasion, you can bring a female companion, and then there will be a Western dance performance, which all guests can participate in.
Marilyn glanced at Bao Yiyi who was leaving and said with a smile: "Okay, you can give me ten more chips, which will count as pre-dinner wine. Do you understand?"
Marilyn meant that she would be rewarded for entering the shed, and the man who slept with her would be rewarded according to his service level. There was no such thing as a fixed price, and she was a priceless treasure.
Li Guolou hurriedly handed over ten chips and asked: "Ms. Marilyn, are there any friends of yours who are willing to reward me? I still have several officers who don't have female companions."
As soon as Li Guolou took a pulse, he knew that this was a high-end prostitute, on the same level as the singers of the Qing Empire.
"What's your name? You speak English very well." As she spoke, Marilyn faced Li Guolou and put twenty chips into her breasts, which almost made Li Guolou's nose bleed.