In the Jiujiang Restaurant, the chessboard was prepared. Bai Weng and Lao Fang, as representatives of the crowd, were eager to start a battle on the chessboard.
"Looking at the chess records here, it seems that many chess players like to 'take the lead', so I'll go first and take the lead!"
"Hahaha... I've seen this move before, how to deal with it. By the way, vault..."
"Wait a minute, Ma Zongri, you have to jump here..."
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"Look at me, General Pegasus!"
"No, no, there is a chess piece here, and it has a horse's hoof attached to it, so it can't jump."
"Is there still such a rule?"
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"General!"
"I am a veteran!"
"Wait a minute, let me see the rules. If two veterans meet each other, you will die!"
"ah?"
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A game of chess was played by a group of old men for more than an hour. At first, it was played by Bai Weng and Lao Fang. But as they watched, the old guys around couldn't stand it anymore and started to offer suggestions one after another, even if they were wrong.
They also enjoyed it endlessly, and regarding the rules inside, several old people were also very serious about it, and they would immediately change it if they made a mistake.
Although the first game of chess was played in a mess by them, a group of people gradually began to understand the rules of the entire chess game. Later, they became more and more proficient in playing chess, and the more they played, the better they got.
The old guys around looked at it for a while and their hands were itchy and couldn't wait any longer, so they made another three or four sets of chessboards with a cup of tea, and then everyone had one, and they immediately started playing chess.
After it got dark, the group of people woke up. Bai Weng exclaimed: "This 'chess' is really incredible. It seems simple, but in fact it contains the methods of advance and retreat of military strategists. Often a simple move can lead to great success."
Being involved in the development of the entire chess game is simply astonishing!"
"You're right. What's more important is that chess is easy to learn. We can read it through the storybook with pictures and quickly master the rules. It's not like Go, which requires long and hard work to become proficient.
Chess game."
"And more... I think this chess is very suitable for us old guys. You see, this thing is simple to make and easy to carry. Even if you don't use a chessboard, you can just draw chess lines on the ground, even if you find a few stones instead, it's simply
Don’t be too convenient!”
"This thing is really something that a calligraphy and literary cultivator could come up with. I am even more curious about this 'little dream of rebirth'!"
"That's right, that's right, this guy's head is so full of ideas that he can even think of such a thing!"
The more Bai Weng and others talked about it, the more excited they became, and they became more and more obsessed with "chess".
At this time, one of them, an old man, had been stuck in the sixth realm of the Literary Master for seven or eight years. He seemed to have encountered a bottleneck. Because he was older and his writing status had declined sharply, so even if he later
He also wrote stories, but later failed to achieve the expected results, which made it increasingly difficult for him to break through. Later, he simply gave up.
But today, just after he played several games of chess, the bottleneck he had held for many years was actually loosened. Then with a bang, a new literary energy burst out in his body, breaking through his bottleneck in one fell swoop.
The realm has directly entered the seventh realm of the literary master.
This move shocked everyone in the store and thought something had happened. However, after the old man broke through and stabilized his state, he opened his eyes and said excitedly: "Brothers, this chess is really amazing. It's
It has actually been recognized by the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, and I can actually gain literary energy by playing chess, and it has also helped me break through the bottleneck that I have had for many years, and I am now at the seventh level of the literary master!"
"What? Real or fake?"
"This chess has been recognized by heaven and earth? How is it possible?!"
"Hiss...Does this mean that in addition to Go, our Daxuan Kingdom has created a new chess path?!"
"This is great news, but why has no news been released before?"
Several old men were in a very strange state at the moment. They were shocked and excited at the same time. Some of them even rubbed their hands in excitement and walked back and forth.
In the end, Bai Weng was able to calm down. He suppressed the emotions in his heart, and then said with a glow on his face: "Old fellows, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. No matter why this 'chess' has not been spread before, but
Now that we know about it, there is no reason to sit back and ignore it. I think that since this chess has been recognized by the world and can communicate the culture of heaven and earth, plus it is easy to get started and easy to learn, then we must help
If it is popularized, this is a good thing that will benefit our Daxuan Kingdom. It may also bring our Daxuan Kingdom to a higher level of Confucianism and Taoism, what do you think?"
Lao Fang was the first to stand up and agreed: "I think there is nothing wrong with it. In this way, my son happens to be a member of the Shendu Chess Club. When he comes back, I will ask him to take the chess to the chess club and give it to the chess club first.
Let people promote it..."
"My son also opened a chess club on Guangping Street. I can also ask him to promote it..."
"My son can't do it, but my grandson is a chess and literary practitioner. I can let him promote it..."
Bai Weng listened to everyone talking about ideas, and his face was very happy, but he thought about it carefully, and finally said: "Everyone, although it is a good thing that everyone wants to promote chess, I think it should be promoted in major chess halls.
It may not work.
Not to mention that chess is a new thing, many people may be skeptical and question it, and its promotion in chess halls is too slow!”
Lao Fang said: "Then what should we do?"
Bai Weng pondered for a moment, and then a ray of light shot out from his eyes. At this moment, he had the decisiveness of a general, and said: "Since we are determined to promote 'chess', it is better to start from the top.
Let’s submit ‘Xiangqi’ directly to Wenbao.”
When he said this, the eyes of all the old men lit up, "You are right. As the most authoritative collection of Confucian and Taoist journals in our Daxuan Kingdom, Wenbao not only has the most popular hearts, but also can be distributed all over the world. As long as
If it recognizes 'chess', it will be much easier to promote it."
Someone else was a little worried: "But if 'Xiangqi' is reported to the police, is this feasible?"
Before Bai Weng could speak, Lao Fang said: "What's wrong with this? I once served as the vice president of the Shendu Chess Club, and now I am still the senior honorary vice president. I have also recommended classic chess games to newspapers.
To qualify, as long as we jointly submit a report and report all the benefits of chess, I think with the vision and structure of the people who reported it, they will not fail to see the potential of 'xiangqi', and they will definitely pass it!"
"That's right, just do it!"
In an instant, the old men stopped reading or playing chess, and immediately began to prepare a joint submission for submission to the newspaper.
This scene happened to be seen by Long Cheng's father again, and he was shocked at the time.
"Wha...what, are they going to publish the 'chess' they found in the book into newspapers? Then isn't my store going to be a hit?!"
