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Chapter 124 The Priest
Gambling is human nature.

In the warm atmosphere, the priest's "Hallelujah" was extremely high-pitched, and the priests yelled unprofessionally.If it was in a formal casino, such dealers would have been expelled long ago.

However, the gentlemen here are most fond of dealers with personality.

When he was at home, Cheng Jinzhou would occasionally do some small gambling and enjoyable things, and because the relationship between gambling and mathematics is very deep, he would inevitably learn more.But no matter what, at that time he still treated gambling with the mentality of a normal person, but now it will naturally be different.

On the first table under the Roman column, there were three whiteboards, with rules, bets and ratios written on them, which were exactly what the third prince said.Now the bet is already on the next provincial test, and the bet has been increased to a minimum of 10 taels of silver per bet. Judging from the fact that it is a lottery-type gamble, the price is already very high.

Judging from people's most natural thoughts, Wei surname should be like football lottery, where winning or losing can be determined based on judgment; for example, studying students' performance, considering the number of participants, considering the examiner's tendency, etc.

Several people around Cheng Jinzhou were discussing so intensely.

He listened and shook his head slightly.From the point of view of gamblers, their research may be meaningful, but from a mathematical point of view, when the handicap is opened, the casino is in a situation where it is guaranteed to make a profit—of course, there are no absolutes in the world. The so-called unpopularity appears for this reason.

However, in any case, such a form of gambling as Wei's surname, after all, divides the bonus pool in the form of probability, which is not much technical content, and it is not attractive to Cheng Jinzhou at all.

He didn't prepare any money when he came. Although he had 6000 taels of silver presented by the third prince, he didn't want to use it lightly.

If it is used, it will be regarded as a love of 6000 taels of silver.Cheng Jinzhou's current net worth is at least tens of thousands of taels, and he doesn't care about these small money at all-he doesn't look like those businessmen who dare not use capital easily.The main limitation he faced was that it was difficult to expand the scale of the transaction. Thousands of tons of grain and hundreds of thousands of cloth were not easy to collect when the quantity was small. In the later stage of the transaction, a lot of money could not be spent, and the increase in funds slowed down. .

The pastor in front of the table is also from the Xia Dynasty, with an amiable smiling face, a look that allows you to confide in him, and said to Cheng Jinzhou who had just approached: "What kind of competition does this gentleman like? Our focus today is the provincial exam." , there is also a polo game in the south of the capital, and an ice boat race at the west pier. Finally, there is a scheduled game. The Lingyun Gang in the city will compete with the Long Spear Gang for the territory left by the Rice Gang. This is the most betting place, but You have to fight to open."

"Can you gamble even if you grab the land?" Cheng Jinzhou was really curious.Not to mention him and the third prince behind him, the top ones standing in the hall are all covered with silk and satin, that is to say, those present are either nobles or officials and their family members. No one objected, and everyone placed their bets solemnly—the time when these people are most solemn is probably now.

"Brother, land grabbing and gambling are very interesting, let me explain to you in detail." The pastor smiled kindly and said as if preaching: "The first thing you can bet on is time. You can bet that the game will start tomorrow, and it will start in three days." , the game starts on the 5th and the game starts in January, and the odds of each are 10, 6, 2, 1. At the same time, you can gamble, as well as the number of participants, the wins and losses of both sides, the size of the site, the number of people who died, etc., If you haven't played before, I suggest betting on winning or losing and betting on death. This is fair and easy. Even if you are busy and can't verify it here, you can find someone to find out. It is much more convenient. If the winning bet is less than 200 taels of silver , the association can send it directly to your home, so that you don’t have to run around..."

To say that the service is perfect, the casinos in Macau are nothing more than that.

Cheng Jinzhou was intoxicated under the gaze of the priest in white.No wonder the holy religion is so resilient under all kinds of oppression, can have such a good attitude, can have such a professional spirit, can have such a flexible strategy, which religion cannot stand upright.

"Bet on the spear gang to win." Cheng Jinzhou threw out 10 taels of silver, the smallest bet amount at this table.It is equivalent to the price of one mu of land, more than 3000 RMB.

"Please take it." The pastor took out a piece of paper from under the table, wrote two lines on it and handed it to Cheng Jinzhou: "The Long Spear Gang pays [-] per one, if you have any questions about the odds, welcome to the If you have any news, you can go to the information desk in the middle to sell it. If you have any mathematical questions about odds calculation, please go to the odds desk at the front for details..."

Only then did Cheng Jinzhou see the three rooms hidden under the arches on one side of the hall. Standing at the front of the odds table turned out to be a star warlock with a shining star on the badge on his chest.

It's really a big deal.With such a configuration, even if a table could earn a thousand taels of silver per day, it would probably not be enough. The Holy Cult seemed to be losing money and operating a casino to make a living.

Suspicious, Cheng Jinzhou looked further ahead, becoming more and more absent-minded. He didn't even look at familiar things such as Pai Gow and poker.

Instead, it was Lu Xu and Cao Feng, who saw that there was no danger in the hall, went to each station to play by themselves.Cao Feng may be fond of using mathematics, and his attachment to Lu Xu in front of the poker table is more like gambling itself, and what he bet on is the most unnutritious dice.

It was not a very big casino, so Cheng Jinzhou was quickly turned around in a circle. Seeing that his weight was barely moving, the third prince thought he was unwilling to accept his money, so he smiled and said indifferently: "I'll introduce it." You should meet the priest of the church. When you come to the capital, you probably haven’t seen anyone serious from the far west."

The third prince pointed to the priest who sang "Hallelujah" infinitely on the stage, and continued: "Don't look at him with a high nose and deep eyes, he is actually no different from us. Li Zhong's Xia Jing's words are pretty good. I think back then I When I first met the Jixi people, I was taken aback, and finally someone introduced them, so I didn't kill them all."

Among the people who first came from the Far West, there were astro-magicians, and they were very ancient astro-magicians.Cheng Jinzhou slandered in his heart: Only when other people were killed cleanly was he allowed to establish a sect and preach around.

Father Li Zhong looks a bit like the Central Europeans that Cheng Jinzhou knows. His face is broad and undulating like a mountain. According to their thinking, when God created humans, he must have squeezed them extra hard.He is probably also a star warlock, not to mention full of energy, he can sing continuously for two or three hours without any discomfort, and he can endure boring work. These two points alone are considered to be extraordinary.

Seeing the third prince bringing people over, Li Zhong waved back, and seventeen or eight children of the same age as Cheng Jinzhou ran out, took over the priest's duties, and sang loudly, and after two or three sentences, they started to use In a language unfamiliar to Cheng Jinzhou, he replaced it with a new hymn.

"Mr. Li Zhong." The third prince performed court salutes from a distance, not many people in Da Xia could allow him to do so.

Li Zhong also responded with courtesy from his courtiers. He changed his name deliberately to integrate into this country.Looking at Cheng Jinzhou again, he smiled like an acquaintance: "This is Mr. Cheng Jinzhou. Hello, hello. I am your supporter in terms of mathematics and science."

As worthy of being the earliest salesperson of the largest company in mankind, Li Zhong's first words aroused Cheng Jinzhou's interest, causing him to ask: "What support do you mean?"

Li Zhong twitched his nose slightly, grabbed a book from under the choir table and handed it to Cheng Jinzhou with a smile: "This is a publication published by the headquarters of the Astromancer Association in various countries. Your ideas about optics, especially bidirectional Interfering with the seam has aroused the interest of many astrologists, and I don't think it will take long before your contribution points will increase rapidly."

"Thank you..." Cheng Jinzhou took the book he handed to him, and the first word he saw was "Nature".The familiar English letters made him startled, "Natural?"

"Yes, it was founded by one of our Sir Normans. It has a history of 200 years. It is a very, very important publication. The articles published in it are easy to get everyone's attention. Of course, it is also easy to be Attack." Li Zhong said, bowing to the third prince and smiling, "There are a lot of talents in Daxia, Mr. Cheng can publish an article in "Nature" at the age of 13, and his future is limitless."

A priest is a very high-ranking position in the holy religion. Li Zhong can say so much for a publication and introduce it to the prince. It can be seen that "nature" is still well-known in the world of star warlocks.

Thinking about it in another way, such a comprehensive name itself is easy to be chosen as the name of a pioneer journal.

Cheng Jinzhou's mind was filled with the word "nature" in English. He was speechless and didn't know whether to be happy or worried.If it were in the 21st century, let alone publishing an article in "Nature", even being able to be mentioned in the side, or even as the second or third author, would be the biggest gain in one's academic career, and it would be placed in a similar university. Here, a professor can't escape no matter what, and getting a position is extremely simple, which is equivalent to a golden rice bowl and a free ticket for golden beans.

But in the Great Xia Dynasty.Cheng Jinzhou really didn't know what to say.The world even made him feel unreal.

The lifespan of an astromancer is much longer than that of ordinary people, and the more advanced the astromancer, the more so.Li Zhong came to Daxia many years ago. Now he is at least five or sixty years old, but his temples are only a little white. He claims to be a supporter, and it seems to be true: "We redid the experiment you said. , found that light does have the nature of waves, but unfortunately I am not deep in the study of optics, so I can only introduce it to other astrologists..."

Translating papers and adding some of your own judgment is very common among early scholars, and it is also possible to gain contribution points in this world, which is a good way.

The other party was a serious priest, two levels higher than the person in charge of the Xia Jingxing Warlock Association. He praised himself so highly that Cheng Jinzhou had no choice but to calm down and said with a smile: "I wonder what your main research is?"

"Mechanics, do you know about steam engines?"

Cheng Jinzhou was stunned again.

The priest who had stayed in Shaonan was also engaged in the research of steam engines. Cheng Jinzhou immediately thought of the Savery steam engine mentioned by Chen Jie.

The world is really small.

The world of the Star Warlock is even smaller.

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(End of this chapter)