Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

Chen Lang sneered: "It's no use for you to mock me."

"No matter how much we ridicule them, they still won't come."

"If you think I'm useless, you can just write an invitation and invite them yourself."

Ying Er smiled and said, "Don't misunderstand, Mr. Chen. I'm definitely not mocking you."

"I'm just stating a fact."

"Speaking the truth, how can it be called sarcasm?"

"Don't be impatient."

Chen Lang said, "You are quite proficient in this set of boxing techniques. If you were in another place, you would probably become an opinion leader."

Ying Er frowned: "I didn't do any boxing, what nonsense are you talking about."

Chen Lang said: "But your boxing skills have given me some inspiration."

"If they don't come if I invite them nicely, then I'll force them to come."

Ying Er was curious: "How do you want to force it?"

Chen Lang asked, "Do you know what the first thing a martial artist from Lingnan would do when opening a martial arts school?"

Ying Er shook her head.

"Kick the door!" Chen Lang said with narrowed eyes.

"These people, boasting of their noble status, are unwilling to pay attention to a commoner like me. If that's the case, then I'll sweep their hall and force them to show up even if they don't want to!"

"Miss Ying'er, please send someone to invite the owner of the largest gambling house in Qinzhou Prefecture over here."

Ying Er was a little embarrassed and said, "Sister Xu is the only one by my side, there is no one else."

"Could it be that you want Sister Xu to go to a dirty place like a gambling house?"

Chen Lang said angrily: "Alright, we are all thousand-year-old foxes, why are you playing Liao Zhai with me?"

"This restaurant is full of your people, just call any one of them."

Ying Er swallowed and asked, "How did you tell that?"

Chen Lang said: "It's not me who noticed it, it's the group of people who protected you who are not familiar with the self-cultivation of an actor."

"A strong man who can kill a cow with one punch goes out on the street pretending to be a beggar. I ask you, is that okay?"

Ying Er's face flushed with embarrassment, and she quickly walked to the stairs, "Someone come!"

Several soldiers dressed as servants stepped forward quickly, knelt on one knee, and waited for orders.

……

Jixiang Street, in front of Qian’s gambling house.

A group of people in various clothes stood in front of the gambling cards, eagerly waiting for the casino to release today's "word flower".

Zihua is a gambling game similar to the Double Color Ball. The casino will release forty Zihua every day, and gamblers can choose from these Zihua at will, with a minimum of three and a maximum of seven.

Every hour, the answer to this round of riddles will be released, and those who get all the answers right will win money.

The money needed to buy calligraphy flowers is very small, only two cents for one calligraphy flower, so this method is very popular among those who are short of money but have a gambling habit.

However, today, what appeared on the gambling card of Qian’s gambling house was not flowers, but a "challenge letter".

Chen Lang, the first in the new academy of sciences and the author of Peach Blossom Temple Song, openly challenged six famous scholars in Qinzhou Prefecture.

Among these six famous scholars, three came from the four major surnames.

Chen Lang held a banquet in Denggao Tower and accepted the challenge of six celebrities alone.

The odds offered by Qian's gambling house were also very simple: if Chen Lang won, he would get ten to one; if Chen Lang lost, he would get one to one.

After the odds were released, no one placed a bet for a while.

After all, the six people Chen Lang wanted to challenge were all of high talent and moral character. It was really too arrogant for Chen Lang to want to sweep away all six of them by himself.

When a handicap is released and no one places a bet, the casino's "shills" will take action.

A dirty man holding a wine jug staggered over to the gambling cards. After glancing at them for a few seconds, he returned to the betting area, took out all his money and placed it on the table. He burped and said, "All in on Chen Lang."

When these words were spoken, everyone around was shocked.

"You must have drunk too much."

"Seven or eight taels of silver, all bet on Chen Lang, that's really unreasonable."

The drunk turned around and said sarcastically, "So you guys are destined to never get rich."

"As the saying goes, if you try hard, a donkey cart becomes a horse carriage; if you rush hard, a prostitute becomes an otaku."

"If you don't have the guts, why come to a gambling house?"

"You guys, just wait and see me get rich."

After saying that, he took the chips from the gambling house waiter's hand and walked away staggeringly.

A moment later, another person came to the betting table with money. "What the guy just said was right. Since we're in this gambling house, we need to be brave. Bet all in on Chen Lang!"

The news spread quickly.

In a teahouse in Xicheng District, several scholars also learned about this matter from the servant who poured tea.

One of them slammed the table and said angrily, "What a Chen Lang! He actually used us to gain fame?"

"Although he's a small and medium-sized businessman, he's still a businessman at heart. His actions and deeds are devoid of the demeanor of a gentleman, filled with the mercenary and greed of the common people. It's a humiliation to us to have our names mentioned together with this person."

The person who spoke was Liu Yizhou, born in the Liu family, and was one of the six famous scholars invited by Chen Lang.

Yesterday, the servants at home said that Chen Lang, the first case in the court, handed him an invitation. Liu Yizhou didn't even look at it and directly asked the servants to burn the invitation.

His status was so noble that if he went to Chen Lang's banquet, it would be equivalent to raising Chen Lang's reputation in disguise.

This morning, several close friends came to see him and said that they had received invitations from Chen Lang.

The views of several of their friends are very consistent.

Never give Chen Lang the opportunity to hype his own fame.

However, no one expected that Chen Lang would not follow the usual path and would resort to such dirty tactics.

Scholars are cooperating with gambling houses to open a business. Why don’t you go into business when you are so talented?

Oh, he seems to be in business...

What bad luck.

"Even though Chen Lang is trying to attract attention by doing this, if we really don't go, won't we be labeled as cowards before the battle?"

"In my opinion, the situation has developed to this point. It is no longer just a fight between us and Chen Lang, but a fight between the scholars of Guangling Prefecture and Qinzhou Prefecture."

"Brother Ke, I didn't say anything about you, don't think too much."

Ke Jin was a little embarrassed.

Because he also came from Guangling Prefecture, if this literary duel turned into a dispute between the two places, it would be unreasonable for him to stand on either side.

"No, no, how can this be called a fight between two places? This is clearly a war between our Shilin and the remnants of the Shang Party." A famous scholar named Xue Feng said, shaking the paper fan in his hand and shaking his head.

When everyone heard it, it made sense!

"I have another piece of gossip here. The article Chen Lang wrote during the college entrance examination was a big advocacy of money-making."

"He is a true member of the Shang Party!"

"The current emperor is trying to eradicate the Shang Party, and he, a scholar, dares to stand up and cheer for the Shang Party. If we don't teach him a lesson, won't the other scholars in Qinzhou Prefecture laugh at us?"

Ke Jin put away the paper fan in his hand and said, "My master was angry with him a few days ago and is still bedridden."

"As a student, I must seek justice for my master."

"Once we get to the restaurant, I'll take the lead!"