Being an emperor is not something he can do, so he can only rely on his connections.

Zhang Jingwei returned to the clinic and bought a topographical map of the Celestial Empire on the way, which he spread out on the table.

Before starting the analysis, Zhang Jingwei asked Zhang Liu to tell him more details about the administrative levels of the Celestial Empire.

"The entire Celestial Empire is divided into five major regions: Central, Northern, Western, Southern, and Eastern Sea. These regions are further divided into twenty-two regions, separated by canals and major rivers."

Zhang Jingwei was thinking: let the canal represent the Yellow River, the big river represent the Yangtze River, and the twenty-two departments represent the twenty-two provinces.

Sidao is the province, so Zhou should be the city.

Zhang Jingwei said: "Let's focus on the North."

Zhang Liu explained one by one: "Since the restoration of the north, there has been the Hedong Circuit east of the Grand Canal, the Hebei Circuit north of it, and the Bohai Circuit. We are in Yunzhou, the northernmost part of the Hedong Circuit. Further north is the border."

Zhang Jingwei asked, "Is the Prince of Jin the only vassal king in the north?"

Zhang Liu replied, "In the north there are the Kings of Qi, Ji, Wei, and Heng, but in Hedong there is only the King of Jin."

Zhang Jingwei thought: The princes are actually warlords.

Zhang Liu recalled the intelligence he had heard at the Zhang family: "The late emperor passed away, the Celestial Empire fell apart, the young emperor became a puppet, and the prime minister's power was utterly omnipotent."

"Since the princes are all members of the royal family, why don't they raise an army to eliminate the emperor's followers?"

Zhang Liu quickly lowered his voice: "Shh—Master, speak softly..."

"Young Master, I'm afraid you don't know. Now they are all hoping that the other side will raise an army. After that, they can use the name of suppressing the rebellion to openly weaken the other side. When one side becomes the only one in power, they will then win over the heroes of the world and purge the emperor..."

Zhang Jingwei understood. Although they were blood relatives, he couldn't resist the temptation of the chair. "Oh, want to be the emperor?"

Looking at the river on the map, Zhang Jingwei asked in confusion, "The river in Yaozhuang extends all the way west, but its source doesn't look like a canal. Is there something wrong with the map?"

Zhang Liu explained, "The map is correct. This river flows directly outside the Great Wall. Whenever snow falls outside the Great Wall, the river dries up and doesn't flow again until the following spring."

Zhang Jingwei was instantly horrified and stammered, "If this river isn't used for shipping... but for buying goods... then the King of Jin and the people outside the Great Wall..."

Zhang Liu directly retorted, "Impossible. The King of Jin restored Yunzhou and made great contributions. He is deeply loved by the people. How could a wise king do such a thing as selling out his country for personal gain?"

"I hope I'm overthinking..."

After a while, Wang Ergou hurriedly ran to Zhang Jingwei and panted for a long time.

Zhang Liu handed him a cup of tea, asking him to calm down and start talking.

Wang Ergou drank a cup of tea and said slowly, "The Marquis will be back soon. The results have been announced today. The victorious army is coming into the city. All the people in the city must go to greet them."

Zhang Jingwei asked, "Hmm? When will we enter the city?"

Wang Ergou replied, "Three days later, that is, on July 20th, we will enter the city at noon!"

Zhang Jingwei sneered and said, "It's time to talk to me, your father-in-law."

After a while, Mu Tou came into the ward carrying a box. When he opened it, he found a set of bone mahjong tiles.

This was borrowed from Ma Tianmao. Although I can't borrow money, I can always borrow some things.

It was really boring here. Zhang Jingwei was not a book lover, so he had nothing to do. When he learned that mahjong existed in this era, he asked Ma Tianmao to borrow a set.

"Does Sixth Uncle know how to play mahjong?"

"A little bit of knowledge"

But no one knew how to play except Zhang Liu. When Zhu Banshan heard the sound of mahjong, he suddenly sat up in surprise.

Although he was very weak, he still forced himself to sit at the table: "I can, fuck my family."

Zhang Jingwei advised, "You need to rest. The hospital bill is so high. Don't delay it until the end. Your sister's family savings will be drained."

Everyone thought: It's a pity that the young master could even say that. He even thought of playing mahjong in the ward, let alone resting.

"It's okay, it's okay. This is the best medicine for me." Zhu Banshan said with a smile, holding up two mahjong tiles.

In the end, they still pulled Mu Tou together to play mahjong.

Zhang Jingwei spent half an hour teaching Mu Tou how to play, and then he learned while playing.

Finally, it was decided that there was no limit on the number of rounds, and each round was 5 wen. Mu Tou looked at the wages he had just received and found that it was less than 160 taels of silver (one tael of silver had copper coins).

Zhu Banshan tore a stack of paper into 128 pieces, giving each player 32. The initial stake of one hundred coins was lost, and the bet was settled.

Crash.

The sound of mahjong playing echoed throughout the clinic. Fortunately, Zhu Banshan was the only patient hospitalized.

"Two Cakes"

"Thirty thousand"

"Yaoji"

When it was Mu Tou's turn to draw a card, he looked at the card in his hand in confusion, then looked at the one standing on the table.

He whispered, "Are these four identical ones the bars?"

Zhang Jingwei reminded: "That's right, remember to draw another card after you get a kong."

Under the wooden bar, pick up a card.

"Master, I seem confused."

Zhu Banshan said in shock, "Indeed, it's a flower on a kong. An Gang adds a fan, and wow, it's a mixed color. Let me calculate it. A kong with a flower, an An Gang, a mixed color, 4 fans, 16 times."

Each person took out 16 pieces of paper and handed them to Mu Tou, who then smiled and took them.

In the second round, since Mu Tou was the player above Zhang Jingwei, every time Zhang Jingwei played a card, Mu Tou touched it. After touching four cards in a row, he only had one card left in his hand.

Zhang Jingwei finally got a good card and quickly threw away the three yuan in his hand.

"Hongzhong!"

As soon as he threw it out, Mu Tou showed joy on his face. He turned over the only card left in his hand, and it was also a red one.

"Master, I'm confused again!"

Zhu Banshan clapped his hands and cheered: "Oh my god, a big pair, a triple, 2 times 4, my benefactor is lucky!"

In this way, after two more rounds, Zhang Jingwei was the first to be exposed.

He took out a hundred coins from his wallet and handed it to Mu Tou. Mu Tou originally wanted to refuse, but once he sat at the gambling table, he had to have the integrity of a gambler. Zhang Jingwei stuffed the money into the lining of Mu Tou.

The second round begins.

This round is all about social skills. No one wants Zhang Jingwei's cannon, but today's cards are so bad that he doubts his life. Not to mention winning, he didn't even have a chance to win.

The second round was bankruptcy liquidation by Zhu Banshan.

Before the start of the third round, Zhang Jingwei and Mu Tou switched positions.

"Oh my god, this is really a great start. As soon as I enter and listen, I will perform a Wu Zi Men Qian Qing, Dong Feng."

As soon as Dongfeng played, Mu Tou frowned, froze for a second, and then reached for the cards again.

"Wait a minute!"

Zhang Jingwei turned his head to look at Mu Tou's cards.

The big four are missing a tailwind.

Sure enough, the water was being released.

"Mu Tou, do you know the meaning of 'after bad times come good times'? Things have been pretty rough lately. If this mahjong trick could change your luck, I hope you won't do that."

He usually speaks in plain words, but suddenly he became serious and Mu Tou realized the seriousness of the situation.

He nodded deeply and then went to draw the cards.

"Self-draw, four of a kind, mixed color."

A big hand. Originally, he had won with a Jingwei Dongfeng, which was only considered a big four-happy, mixed with one color. Now he had to add a Menqianqing to the hand and made another move.

The big four are 2 times, the total 4 times is 16 times, and every family has a share.

Zhu Banshan, who originally had a pale complexion, now has a rosy complexion.

I just heard that he liked gambling, but I didn't expect him to be addicted to it.

Several people played mahjong like this until late at night, and were forced to stop by the doctor in the clinic.

In the final settlement, Zhang Liu won 50 coins, while Zhang Jingwei and Zhu Banshan each lost 10 taels of silver, a full one or two taels of silver, all lost to Mu Tou.

Zhu Banshan did not look depressed at all, but rather seemed a little satisfied.

Zhang Jingwei had a sad face as he looked at the few pieces of silver in his wallet.

Zhu Banyu gave all his money to Zhu Banshan as hospital fees.

My assets have reached rock bottom, and the money I earned from selling the headbands has been mostly spent. If this continues, I'm afraid I'll have to go out and find a job to make a living.