Chivalrous Song Dynasty

Not only to make her daughter happy, but also because she wanted to see how Li Shishi was doing, Zhao Ji specially approved her daughter to call Li Shishi out.But at the same time, he also gave the guard a death order, and the two girls were not allowed to take the opportunity to go.

Due to Zhao Ji's arrival, the entire street outside the gate of the school grounds was heavily guarded, with guards at every five steps and sentries at every ten steps. All the people who came to watch the excitement had already entered the school grounds. This is a temporary booth set up by the Gambling House.

Sports lotteries are not unique to modern society. Wang Mu’s younger brother, Wang Mu, also knows how to seize business opportunities.

Chapter 274 Buying lottery tickets

The reason why sports lottery is used as a metaphor for Wang’s casino’s gambling behavior is because Wang Mu’s casino has an official nature.

Whether it is the "World Cup" Cuju Competition held by Gao Lian in the past or other competitive activities, as long as it is an open competition, the active participation of Wang's Casino is indispensable.

Having fun with the people is the slogan put forward by the emperors of all dynasties. In order to improve the fun of people's participation, it is an effective way to sit on the bank and set up gambling.Half of the gambling income of Wang's gambling house will be turned over to the national treasury, and the other half will be distributed by the gambling house itself, so its behavior is protected by the court.

Take this martial arts exam as an example, the ordinary people who enter the Dajiao field to watch the exam, each need to buy at least one "shortlist lottery ticket" at Wang's Casino. Why do you go in and watch the fun when you buy tickets?

Of course, there are many handicap games offered by Wang's Casino, and local tyrants are more welcome to buy more bets.

This is equivalent to the value of one copper coin for the shortlisted lottery tickets.In other words, ordinary people who can't afford the usual money are not eligible to enter and watch.

It's just that in terms of the spending power of the people in the capital today, consistent money is really nothing, and every household can afford it, and it won't hurt the bones.After all, Bianliang is a metropolis with the world's largest GDP in this era.

The game of the shortlisted lottery is very simple. It is to choose one of the [-] candidates to bet on whether he will be on the list in the end. If he is on the list, there will be half, double, double or even ten times the chance Winnings returned.

For example, a player like Zhan Renlong is recognized as a top three contender. If anyone chooses him when buying in, then when he is on the list, Wang's Casino will return half of the ticket according to the lottery ticket in the buyer's hand. Pass money.

Buying a guan and half guan is a net loss. Of course, no one would do such a stupid thing, so people often buy the little-known dark horse in the hope of hitting the big luck.

As an emperor, Zhao Ji pays attention to setting an example. Not only does he have to spend money to pay for meals in Fanlou, but he also has to set an example and buy a lottery ticket when he comes to watch martial arts.

He bought Wei Xianda.What I bought was a single ticket, one dime.

Since the Ministry of War completed the registration, the names of [-] candidates have been written on the courtyard wall next to the gate of the Dajiaochang.Wei Xianda's name was filled in later, and the staff of Wang's Gambling House all knew that the name in the previous position was Niu Gao.

Wei Xianda's odds are buy one and lose two, that is, buy one and lose two.Wang Mu had a wide network of contacts in the court, so of course he knew that Wei Xianda would definitely be shortlisted. The reason why he set the odds like this was just to send money in disguise to these people who followed the emperor.

The emperor took the lead in buying Wei Xianda, how could his concubines and officials not know how to follow?At present, Wei Xianda is enthusiastically purchased.Some people even spent a lot of money in order to win Concubine Wei Xian's favor, which is equivalent to buying [-] tickets at one time.

Seeing this grand occasion, Concubine Wei Xian was naturally overjoyed, but Wang Mu's face turned green, thinking that he would not play like this, okay?Knowing that you are so ruthless in sending money to you, you still make life difficult for our Wang family?

In fact, those officials who spend a lot of money are already showing mercy to Wang Mu's subordinates. All they want is a smile from Concubine Bo Weixian. Was Wang's gambling house crushed to death?

There is also a reason to say that this kind of behavior of officials can win the favor of Concubine Wei Xian, because another feature of this shortlisted lottery is that the buyer gets a commission.

Take Wei Xianda as an example, if he really passes the exam and gets on the list, then he will get a share of the total winnings under his name.Conversely, if he fails to make the list in the end, he will receive a two-part bonus of the total winnings as a consolation for his failure.

So before the martial arts exam started, Wei Xianda had already earned a fortune, why was Wei Xianfei unhappy?

Concubine Wei Xian is in a good mood these two days, Bai Sheng is about to die, and it doesn't matter who gnawed on the hickey on her neck.What excited her most was that the official stayed in her bed last night, giving her the opportunity to try her best to please the king!

If it wasn't for Bai Sheng's imminent death, she would have nothing but beauty, charm, and superb bed skills, but she would never have the chance to curry favor with the emperor.Just relying on old love is not enough, there are countless women around the emperor, old love is the most worthless thing.

This is indeed the case, precisely because the old love is worthless, Zhao Ji will not always stand on the side of Queen Zheng to punish Wei Xianda severely.

Unlike the emperor, concubines, and civil and military officials, Zhao Fujin and Li Shishi did not buy Wei Xianda, they bought Bai Sheng!One hundred taels of silver per person is equivalent to one hundred taels per person.

Bai Sheng's odds are ten to one.

How can a child who is about to die come to take the exam?How can you get on the list if you don't take the exam?So what if he comes?What can a character who was almost killed on the spot by a single punch by an ordinary Juzi do?Therefore, Bai Sheng has the highest odds, because he is the least likely to be on the list.

If it wasn't for the emperor's decree asking the Ministry of War to give Bai Sheng the green light, Bai Sheng's name would have been crossed out like Niu Gao.Before the emperor made it clear, no one dared to delete Bai Sheng's name from the roster of children.

Zhao Fujin and Li Shishi bought Bai Sheng, of course not to make money, and not because Bai Sheng's odds are [-] to [-].

They are all people who stretch out their clothes for food and open their mouths, and they don't even know what the money is for.They were all without money, and Zhao Fujin asked Liang Shicheng to borrow the 200 taels of silver to buy Bai Sheng, and of course Liang Shicheng dared not refuse to borrow it.

They bought Bai Sheng purely to express their grief. Besides, they also had the idea of ​​accompanying Bai Sheng's funeral.

Through questioning, people were surprised to find that although there were not many people who bought Bai Sheng, the total amount of winnings under Bai Sheng's name was quite a lot, as much as [-] coins!

It is said that Di Lie, the owner of Wansheng Boxing Gym alone, spent 1000 taels of gold to buy Baisheng to be shortlisted!

"Is this Di Lie crazy?" Zhao Ji was a little unhappy after hearing Wang Mu's report.

Of course, what made him even more unhappy was that Li Shishi followed Zhao Fujin to buy Bai Sheng, but this displeasure could not be shown in public.

Concubine Wei Xian was the most considerate. Seeing that the emperor was unhappy, she immediately tried to relieve the emperor's worries, and said flatteringly, "Who is this Di Lie? The family has too much money and no place to spend it?"

Zhao Ji didn't want to talk too much about Di Qing's descendants, because his Zhao family was too sorry for Di Qing, so he just said perfunctorily, "Don't talk about him, let's go in, don't make the disciples wait too long."

Chapter 275 Martial arts subject one, weightlifting

Dajiaochang is a rectangular site, long from north to south and wide from east to west.The area is as much as thirty acres.

There are stands on the sidelines in the north, east and west directions, and the shooting range in the south, which is one mile long from north to south, which can satisfy the shooting effect of the three-stone bow.

The emperor and his harem concubines and court officials sat in the north stand, the east stand was for the audience in the capital, and the west stand was used for exams.

Zhao Fujin and Li Shishi didn't have time to go to the west stand to inquire about Bai Sheng's news, because the exam started after they sat with the emperor.In this era, there is no electronic amplification equipment, and there is no procedure for the leader to give the opening speech before the exam.

The first test subject is very traditional and traditional, and the test is weightlifting.

It makes sense to try weightlifting.

In a cold weapon war, no matter whether you are charging forward as a soldier or taking the lead as a general, you will never be able to do without strength. Whether it is internal strength or physical strength, you must have strength to defeat the enemy.

If there is not enough strength, the weapon will fly when it hits the enemy, wouldn't it be death?

Therefore, weightlifting is a compulsory subject, and those who lack strength will be eliminated directly, and will be disqualified from continuing to take the second subject.

Here is a question, how much weight is the standard for passing subject one?

The answer is that there is no weight standard, there is only a limit on the number of people, and the card is based on the results, and the top [-] will be taken.In other words, no matter how heavy you lift, as long as your ranking is not within [-], you will be eliminated.

In the school grounds, ten stone locks, large and small, were placed in an orderly manner in the middle of the three stands in the east, west, and north.

The smallest one is shaped like an iron lock on a city gate; the largest one is as high as an ordinary person's chest and abdomen, and as wide as at least two people's arms.

Looking at the biggest stone lock, Zhao Ji sighed in admiration, "Who can lift such a big thing?" He pointed to the stone lock with emotion and turned to ask Tong Guan beside him: "How heavy is the biggest stone lock?"

Tong Guan hesitated for a moment, bowed and said, "Return to Your Majesty, this lock weighs four thousand catties."

Zhao Ji took a deep breath and asked, "Tong Aiqing, can you lift it up?"

Tong Guan laughed at first and didn't answer, but seeing the emperor's posture of asking questions, he had no choice but to say: "Barely make do."

Zhao Ji was quite satisfied, and said again: "Then you predict, is there anyone in the following exercises who can lift this stone lock?"

Tong Guan said vaguely: "This old minister really doesn't know, just take a look."