For the citizens of the Imperial City, the excitement did not end after the carnival of the Harvest Festival. The "tournament" organized by the Knights Association had already become the focus of public opinion on the streets.
The streets near the headquarters of the Knights Association have been overcrowded for the past two days. For this reason, the Imperial City Public Security Bureau had to increase its manpower several times to maintain order there.
Watching all kinds of warriors, holding weapons, lined up on the long street in front of the Knights Association, non-stop from morning to night.
As for Deron, he was almost exhausted. Although Du Wei later asked Zac to send him a lot of manpower and opened many registration points in front of the gate of the Knights Association... But such excitement was enough
It lasted two days!
In just the first two days, more than a thousand people signed up!
According to the feedback received, in addition to many dissatisfied low-level warriors hanging around in the imperial capital, many of the samurai who signed up for the competition are guards from wealthy and aristocratic families. Everyone hopes to stand out! If you can
It's better to stand out in a martial arts tournament than to be a bodyguard for those rich men all your life!
On the second day of registration, that is, during the day after the Qingfeng Festival, a big news quickly spread in the imperial capital!
The "Holy Knights", which is well-known in the mainland and has always been known as the first knighthood in the mainland, this powerful armed group that defends the church, actually participated in the competition!
The current two knight captains of the Knights, two eighth-level knights, Stegel and Randall, plus four seventh-level knights, and a dozen sixth-level knights, all signed up to participate in this competition!
In the streets and alleys of the imperial capital, people were talking about this interesting news after tea and dinner. Many people were also discussing: When the powerful holy knights and the proud guards of the nobles fight, who will win and who will lose?
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But everyone is always curious, especially in such a lively and important competition! Naturally, many people like to speculate and discuss the future victory or defeat.
The Holy Knights sent a group of strong men to participate in the competition, which undoubtedly poured a bucket of oil on the fire! Therefore, whether it is a teahouse, hotel or car shop and horse racing shop in the imperial capital, the topic of discussion among people is always "that one"
Tourney", "Holy Knight" and so on...
This is the second day.
On the third day, an even bigger piece of news caused a bigger and stronger response in the imperial capital!
The most popular first minister in the imperial capital, the youngest genius grand duke in the empire. The famous tulip grand duke, who at only eighteen years old had an army of 100,000 and controlled a province, blocking the grasslands in the west and destroying the warlords in the east.
The youngest general in the empire, Lord Duwei Rudolph, actually signed up for the competition!!
Du Wei has become one of the most popular celebrities in the empire in recent years! You don’t need to know the name of the regent, you don’t need to know who the leader of the Holy Knights is, and you don’t even need to know the age of Pope Paul XVI
...But as a person from the Roland Empire, if you don’t know Du Wei, then you will definitely be regarded as an idiot!
Even because Du Wei was young and promising, he became famous at a young age. He was also a top noble, young and handsome, and he had long become a well-known idol in the aristocratic circle of the imperial capital. I don’t know how many aristocratic girls dreamed of marrying the most popular man in the empire.
Young idol. I don’t know how many aristocratic young people regard Du Wei as their lifelong goal.
At this time, such a brilliant person actually announced his participation in this martial arts tournament!?
After everyone was shocked, the public opinion storm immediately reached another climax!
Will Lord Tulip be the ultimate winner?
Isn't Lord Tulip Duke just a magician?
I haven’t heard that Duke Tulip is good at martial arts, right?
When questions were raised one by one, some people who admired Du Wei quickly and spontaneously formed the Tulip Guards and started a war of words with those who questioned?
Everyone knows how powerful Duke Tulip is! He is a famous strong man in the mainland!
What? He is a magician? Humph, who stipulates that magicians cannot learn martial arts! With the genius of Duke Tulip, there is nothing he can’t learn!
Huh, he doesn't know martial arts? Don't forget. Sir, he is not just a civil servant! He is the youngest general in the empire! As an empire general, how could he not know martial arts?
Subsequently, the story of Du Wei leading his troops to defeat the prairie cavalry in Gilliat City and annihilating the rebel Northwest Army in the Northwest War was recounted time and time again.
Of course, Du Wei, who was the party involved, did not expect such an effect, and in this wave of craze, Du Wei's reputation was once again raised to a very high level!
In addition to the high-profile participation of Duke Tulip, another news is that the Tulip family's business manager in the imperial capital, Mr. Zach, has once again created a profitable thing: gambling!
Gambling has existed since ancient times. Several industries in the imperial capital controlled by Little Zac began to accept bets on the outcome of this martial arts tournament at the same time!
This is a naked gambling behavior. Although gambling is not prohibited by imperial laws, this kind of public gambling is still unethical.
However, it was something done by the Tulip family. Who would dare to report Du Wei? Of course, Du Wei is not without political enemies, but even if he sues, there will definitely be no results! Because this gambling behavior is obviously
With a certain official color!
Behind the scenes, Du Wei has promised to use part of the proceeds to supplement the imperial finances, which are overwhelmed by military expenditures!
The empire originally had some underground casinos controlled by wealthy families, but when it comes to gambling, who can be as proficient as Du Wei? He came from a previous life, and he was already extremely proficient in the various gambling routines he had seen in his previous life.
The gambling that Roland Plains did was just a small warm-up.
Obviously, the Tulip family will make a fortune again this time!
There are so many people with money and leisure in the imperial capital! Hundreds of years of peace have fattened up a lot of wealthy nobles in the imperial capital. These nobles who like to have fun after eating have a lot of money in their pockets.
There are enough gold coins to spend and play. Therefore, there are naturally a lot of people who are willing to participate in such exciting things.
Du Wei's "evil gambling group" obviously has collusion between government and businessmen...even the organizer was dragged into the water by him!
The imperial official, led by Prince Chen, became the protective umbrella of this gambling group. Even during the busiest days of betting, the Imperial City Public Security Bureau was ordered to send additional manpower to maintain order near Du Wei's industry!
The Knights Association was also involved... Deron was tempted by this plan to make a fortune, and he was responsible for providing all the applicants' information to the calculation professionals under Little Zach.
After those people carefully sorted out all the applicants' age, identity, origin, apprenticeship, warrior level, and other information, they selected some players who were considered promising and announced them as betting targets.
And this result also caused a very subtle thing: before the start of the world's best martial arts tournament, many contestants had already become famous by becoming betting targets!!
After calculations by the professionals under Little Zach, the latest odds will be announced on the bulletin boards at the entrances of several industries as soon as possible every day, attracting all kinds of gamblers to place bets. And it will also be based on some unexpected situations.
.Modify odds at any time.
For example, a certain player was a favorite one day, but the next day it was reported that he had been injured while riding a horse, and his odds immediately plummeted.
Some unpopular contestants suddenly got into a fight with other contestants due to a quarrel in the hotel at night. After showing their good strength, they immediately became popular the next day!
Moreover, the betting projects that Du Wei and Little Zach came up with are all kinds of weird: they are not limited to betting on who will be the champion! They also bet on the top fifty!
And it’s not just betting on who wins and who loses, in addition to winning or losing, you can also bet on life and death! Betting on whether the winner will be slightly injured, seriously injured, or how long he can last in the game...etc., etc., all kinds of
Such bizarre betting methods really make people marvel at their imagination!
In addition to gambling, another new thing derived from gambling has quickly become a hot commodity in the imperial capital! This kind of thing was named "Sai Jing" by Du Wei!
It is the same as the "Horse Book" of horse racing in previous lives, the "Ball Book" of gambling, and the "Lottery Book" of the lottery industry. This kind of "Sports Book" is designed by Du Wei, and a new version is released every seven days! The latest details are introduced above
All the information on the most popular samurai participating in the competition. Their strengths and weaknesses are listed at the same time. In addition, some potential characters who may exist are also listed for your reference...
This kind of thing quickly became popular throughout the imperial capital! After one thousand copies of the first issue of the "Sai Sutra" were printed and put out, they were all sold out in less than a day!
After getting this news, the Delon Knight who was responsible for printing the "Game of Thrones" (because all the contestant information was provided by the Knights Association) immediately made two decisions: print an additional 3,000 copies! At the same time, each volume will be printed.
Price tripled!
Later, under Du Wei's instruction, Delong came up with a new gadget, the "VIP Game Bible", a hardcover version with more exquisite printing, and even had artists draw portraits of some popular players!
There are also some latest internal information... Of course, the price is also more expensive. Such a book can be sold for one gold coin! Of course, the sales group for this kind of thing is not ordinary gamblers, but those who like to spend a lot of money.
Price betting for aristocrats and wealthy people.
Deron's face has almost burst into laughter these days. He has been constantly running between the printing workshop and the Knights Association, putting all his energy into printing the "Sacred Scripture".
From the sales of the first issue of the Bible, he got hundreds of gold coins... Although the money was not much, it was pie in the sky after all! Delong, who had always been poor, could hardly close his mouth.
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After the second issue of Sai Sutra was launched, the hardcover version of Sai Sutra was favored by the majority of nobles in the imperial capital. After all, as nobles, they always like to pay attention to their noble status. Noble gentlemen disdain to interact with the streets.
Those mud-legged people use the same thing! Therefore, even though the price of this hardcover version of the book has reached one gold coin, which is equivalent to the cost of an ordinary family for several days, the supply is still in short supply.
In the second round of the competition, Delong received a windfall of more than a thousand gold coins!
Du Wei couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw that this kind of competition was so well received. He originally just had a random idea, and in the age of "mosquito legs are still meat even if they are small", he casually came up with an idea to ask Delong to give some small hair.
Rich, I didn’t expect this thing to become so popular. Since the third issue of the Bible, the sales volume has exceeded 10,000 copies!!
And I heard that they have been sold to towns around the imperial capital! Even expired ones have become very popular!
"Uh... Then can I consider making some 'newspapers' or something like that?" Du Wei couldn't help but feel a little itchy in his heart.
Don't think that Du Wei makes less money by creating this kind of competition. This kind of thing is mainly a way to control public opinion! For example, now, as long as Du Wei is willing, he can use this kind of competition to make a big hit at any time.
Come on! Then people will bet crazy on this popular player...
What's the result? Hum, naturally Du Wei's gambling group is going to make a lot of money!
"There are so many rich people in the imperial capital!" Du Wei was shocked when he saw the latest betting settlement data!