Fisherman

At night, the couple were eating: "Shao Yu, there is still something to do tomorrow, you go back to the village to collect seafood, okay?"

Brother Zhou put down the bowls and chopsticks. In the past, he listened to Zhao Qian's arrangement very much, but he clearly agreed that the two of them would go back together. He was afraid that he would really offend the big family master in the market, and he would come to cause trouble when the time came.

"What's the matter?"

"Don't worry, it's not a big deal. I'll leave the big things to you." Zhao Qian rubbed the boy's head: "I'll go back to the village after I've settled the matter."

Brother Zhou felt a little more at ease, he stood up and cleaned up the dishes: "Okay then, go to bed early tonight."

On the second day, Zhao Qian sent Brother Zhou to the entrance of the market, and after they got into the bullock cart, he turned around and went to the Goulan Courtyard. The Huaxian Building had just closed in the early morning, and occasionally one or two people smelled of alcohol man goes out the back door.

He went in and found the handyman who used to frequent the shop.

"What, it's early in the morning." The handyman had just finished work, and he was exhausted, as if he was about to fall asleep at any time.

"Take me to Di Guangzu's casino."

Hearing this name, the handyman regained consciousness, but shook his head: "No, no, I don't have money to gamble."

Zhao Qian grabbed the person who wanted to run away: "Take me there, a grilled fish."

The handyman felt as if he was caught by a pair of pliers, and he couldn't break free. Hearing that there was grilled fish, he couldn't move his feet even more: "Okay, because of the grilled fish, I've agreed." , don't make trouble."

"What can I do, let's go."

The handyman shook his clothes and went out with him. Zhao Qian looked at the energetic man and said, "Didn't you look like you were about to fall asleep just now?"

"Hmph, if I hadn't slept in the firewood room yesterday, it would be no wonder that I wasn't sleepy. I didn't pretend, and the old bustard made me work again. I didn't want people to work at all. I don't give them such two or three taels every month. The wages, who can continue to work."

Zhao Qian smiled.

The two exchanged a few chatters, and after a while they arrived at Di Guangzu's gambling house, which was quite a large piece of land, at least as big as three barbecue shops. It is the tendons exposed from the mandarin jacket that make the legs of ordinary people weak.

Zhao Qian walked over as if no one was there, and the handyman timidly followed behind him, not daring to look at the gatekeeper.

There were already quite a few people in the gambling house at this hour, and some of them probably hadn't been back here last night, shouting and shouting came and went, there were three big tables surrounded by people, some were gambling and some were watching the excitement.

He leaned over to take a look, and there were several piles of banknotes and silver on the table. With the shaking of the dice, the positions of the banknotes and silver were constantly changing directions. The little dice roll up and down.The handyman who was originally standing obediently behind him, following the atmosphere in the gambling house, couldn't help but want to dig out his pocket.

"Didn't you say you can't gamble without money?"

The handyman took out five taels of silver from his pocket: "Boss Qiu gave this as a reward yesterday. I've come all over, so I have to play two games anyway."

Zhao Qian didn't bother to care about him. After a while, the kung fu handyman threw the money on the table and shouted loudly and small. He shook his head and continued to look at the casino.

Not long after, he saw a few burly men coming down from the stairs, surrounded by a man. The man was not as tall as the men around him, but there was a scar on the cheekbone on the left cheek, as if he had been cut by someone. , with a face that is too sharp and angular, it looks very fierce and fierce.

As people approached this way, he heard someone calling Boss Di, and as expected, it was Di Guangzu whom the handyman had mentioned.After he toured the gambling house, he met someone he knew and went to the other side. After drinking two cups of tea, a man who seemed to be in charge whispered something in his ear, and immediately met Showing a fierce light, the wind blows under his feet and goes outside.

He rubbed his chin, Di Guangzu looked so fierce, it seemed that he was not easy to get close to.

"Hey, let's go." After the situation was almost settled, he tugged at the back of the handyman.

The handyman rubbed his hands, his face pale: "Five taels, it's gone!"

Zhao Qianwu walked out by himself: "Isn't that normal."

"You don't want to gamble when you come here, so what are you doing for nothing?"

"Looking at the gambling house, and seeing Di Guangzu, how can it be said that he ran for nothing."

"People saw it, and I lost all my money. Remember my grilled fish. I'll go back first."

Zhao Qian called him back: "It's not over yet, take me to Qiu Guisheng's gambling shop."

"What's so interesting, don't all casinos look the same!" the handyman yelled.

Although he was dissatisfied in his heart, under Zhao Qian's coercion and lure, he finally had to lead the others.

Qiu Guisheng's gambling shop and Di Guangzu's gambling shop are in two directions, but they are not too far apart. Zhao Qian went in and took a look, and found that the business of the Qiu family's gambling shop seemed to be doing better. After a while, he came out of the casino, and half a day later, he asked the handyman to go back to the barbecue shop with him, and the two grilled a fish and ate it together.

During the chat, Zhao Qian learned a lot about Qiu Guisheng and Di Guangzu.

The Qiu family has been in the market for several generations. The previous generations made a lot of money and their fortunes were not small, but Qiu Guisheng's generation has gone downhill. He is the only son in the family. , in order to continue the heirs, let him marry several houses, girls and brothers have to count their fingers, and people will lose money, far worse than the previous generation. There was only one gambling house in the market before, but he made a lot of money. After Di Guangzu came a few years ago, the business dropped a lot.

Di Guangzu was not a person in the bazaar at first, but he brought a few brothers with him in the early years, all of them were vicious, and gradually opened the gambling shop. Qiu Guisheng didn't pay much attention to it before, when he really started to pay attention, Di Guangzu's gambling shop has already opened as big as him, and he also wants to take over Di Guangzu's gambling shop, but it's a pity that Di Guangzu and his gang of brothers are so fierce that they want to do it right away. , and can't get any benefits, but relying on the ancestors' foundation in the market and their extensive contacts, they still have the upper hand, and they occasionally stumble, but they don't cause a big conflict.

Zhao Qian thinks that the two gambling houses are now in a state of balance. As long as one side makes a slight change, the balance will be out of balance, and he has been inquiring about the news for a day to make the balance out of balance.

After the handyman left, he hurried to buy some pens, ink, paper and inkstone, closed the shop door, cut the paper and made a deck of cards. He visited two shops and found that the game in the gambling house was very simple, nothing more than keeping watch. With that pair of dice, it will be different if you have cards, you can play landlords, bullfights...

Keep it on the card table, and you won't want to get up for a long time.

There are 54 playing cards in a deck, and it takes a lot of time to make each one. When he finished, he found that he had gone all afternoon.

The paper is not good. Although he bought hard paper, it can't compare with modern ones, and the cards produced are also very rough, but the quality of the cards is not important, the important thing is the way of playing.

Without much delay, he packed up his things and went to Di Guangzu's gambling house again.

At this moment, there are many more people in the casino than in the morning, and there are several more people guarding it.He took a few glances in the casino and found the steward who had met once today.

The steward raised his eyelids and glanced at him: "How much is the loan?"

Zhao Qian raised her eyebrows: "I don't borrow money."

"Then what are you doing?" The steward asked impatiently.

Zhao Qian lowered her voice: "I want to gamble with Boss Di."

The steward sneered when he heard the words, and looked him up and down again: "You? You're still betting with our boss, I think you were brought by Qiu Guisheng to make trouble, so hurry up and leave before I get angry."

"It seems that the steward looks down on me." Zhao Qian folded his arms around his chest, showing no intention of leaving.

"Hey, let me tell you, you really don't want to drink a toast." The steward winked at the two big men standing in the gambling house, and people immediately surrounded him.

The two men are about the same height as Zhao Qian. Zhao Qian is not afraid of fighting, but he will not fight ignorant of current affairs. Not to mention that this is someone else's territory, he must suffer from a fight. Again, he is here to talk about things, not to fight. make trouble.

Just as he was about to throw the cards to the manager to have a look, Di Guangzu suddenly came down from upstairs and said, "Let him come up."

The steward immediately said respectfully: "Yes."

Zhao Qian glanced at Di Guangzu who was standing on the stairs. It seemed that he was watching the movement of the casino upstairs, so he hurried over without saying anything.

The upstairs is obviously much quieter than the noisy downstairs. Di Guangzu sat on a grand master's chair, full of aura: "The tone is not small, what do you want to bet with me?"

Zhao Qian threw the cards on the table: "Gamble on Boss Di's interest."

Di Guangzu narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at Zhao Qian, feeling a little suspicious in his heart. Ordinary people would cower in fright when they saw him, but this man was much calmer than ordinary people.

He lowered his eyes and looked at the cards on the table: "What is this? How is it a bet?"

Zhao Qianwu sat down by himself, shuffled the cards, asked the big man standing beside him to introduce the game of Dou Di Zhu to the two of them.

After listening to Di Guangzu, he was really interested, and urged him to start quickly, and Zhao Qian started to deal the cards.

After a few games, Zhao Qian had to say that Di Guangzu had a talent for gambling, and he quickly mastered how to play the paper plate, and he even won two games.

Zhao Qian relied on his own ability to play, but he still won't lose money. He estimated that he played thirty games, and watched the sky outside the window getting darker and later. He said, "That's it for today."

Di Guangzu and his thugs obviously had more to say, but they didn't force Zhao Qian, he waved his hand to let the thugs go down.

"Who are you? What is the purpose of using this card to deliberately arouse my interest?"

Zhao Qian took the cards and pushed them in front of Di Guangzu: "If Boss Di likes it, I can give the cards to the casino, but I have a request."

Hearing this, Di Guangzu heaved a sigh of relief, and leaned back on the grand teacher's chair. He had only been playing this card for a while, and even he was a little addicted. He couldn't help but want to continue playing. For this new way of playing, He was very pleasantly surprised. If it is extended to gambling houses, the business can be imagined, and he will not be afraid that the Qiu family gambling house will ride on his head, but he doesn't know Zhao Qian's purpose, so he will inevitably feel a little uneasy. The request, on the contrary, has a bottom in my heart.

"What do you want me to do for you, or how much money you want, just say it." This time his tone softened a lot, and his hostility also subsided a lot.

Zhao Qian raised the corner of her mouth and put her hands on the table: "I want you to destroy Qiu Guisheng!"