Cultivation of the Elf Continent

Chapter 159 The Gamble Begins

The next day, Halson brought Ahri's professional accounting team to the skating rink. Also there were onlookers who were eating melons. After yesterday's fermentation, there were more people present today. It can be seen that the people in the border town are indeed very bored. This is a rare entertainment. Naturally, they do not want to miss it. Many nobles and rich people also come. The entire skating rink can be said to be a sea of ​​​​people, and the contestants also come to the scene. Everyone around cheered. The outstanding player has already gained a group of fans. "Mrs. Mary, are you interested in taking a gamble?" Halson said to Mrs. Mary, a social butterfly in the crowd, "Oh, what are you betting on?" Mrs. Mary's eyes lit up. Obviously, Halson's proposal aroused Mrs. Mary's interest. Mrs. Mary asked with a smile. The rough ups and downs of the waves attracted the surrounding nobles and rich people to look sideways. "We bet, today Who will win?" Halson said calmly, with a confident look. "Oh, bet on winning or losing~" Mrs. Mary continued to ask with a smile, "Is this the only bet? Is there anything else? If you want to play, just play. Click." "Haha, since Mrs. Mary wants to play, she can't cheat when she loses." As Halson spoke, he took out a piece of paper with various betting methods and odds written on it. "This is my I am a follower who is bored and made a bet. Does Mrs. Mary want to play?" Halson said, "Haha, Baron Halson, don't lose too badly then, I am very powerful." Mary With confidence on their faces, Mrs. Mary and Halson's gambling soon attracted the attention of many nobles and rich people. Everyone present was naturally familiar with gambling. Small gambling, Yiqingbei gambling, this industry, Border towns naturally exist. In the empire, although gambling is not a crime, it is still a gray industry. Behind the ability to open a casino, there must be a strong background protection umbrella, and the umbrella of the border town casino is the Danube Chamber of Commerce, Elk Under the leadership of Lady Mary, the viscount and the city lord, these nobles and wealthy people placed bets one after another. For these dozens or hundreds of gold coins, these powerful people did not care at all, just for fun. Among the crowd of onlookers, from time to time There was such a discussion. Crowd A: "How many goals did you score?" Crowd B: "Five goals. As long as I score five goals, I can earn back one gold coin." Crowd A: "It's only one gold coin. I pushed it." That five-for-one bet, if you win, you will get five gold coins directly. Rumor has it that many nobles are betting on this." Crowd C: "It's so powerful, big brother, bet there, I'll take a gamble too." Crowd d: "Count me in" The same situation happened among the onlookers everywhere. They were enjoying themselves by gambling. Everyone took out some money to join the gambling game. Of course, everyone couldn't understand it. The winning and losing of these gambling games are just based on one's own feelings and preferences. In an igloo on the side, Ahli led the accounting team and was quickly recording the results of each person who came to place a bet. There were two senior warriors watching the bets on the sidelines, and the skating competition had already begun. But this time, the onlookers showed even more enthusiasm and excitement, and the heated confrontation between the two pairs of "executors" directly changed the competition. The atmosphere reached a climax. The violent aesthetics, combined with the financial temptation of the gambling game, stimulated the onlookers to shout, "Come on, come on." Their throats were almost smoking with excitement. Halson looked at this hot scene and squinted his eyes. , the corner of his mouth raised slightly, no one knew what he was thinking about. It was getting late, and the time of the game passed quickly. Finally, with the cheers of the surrounding people, today's game ended. The team with the highest score today felt like a winner. , the hero who returned triumphantly accepted the admiration and praise from everyone, and left in despair, unwilling to stay any longer. The gamblers who placed bets, a few of them won, naturally received the gold coins happily, while the losers Yes, they didn't care too much. After all, they just invested a little spare money and treated it as entertainment. The majority of the bets were still those nobles and rich people. Although most of them didn't win, they didn't care. After all, they They spend a lot of gold coins every day. Moreover, they feel that this way of gambling is far more interesting than those in casinos. Everyone left, and Halson and Mrs. Mary came to the igloo to check the final result. Leading the accounting team, the results have been calculated. The final profit of this gambling game is as high as one thousand gold coins. Harsen looked at the result and showed a satisfied smile. The gambling game was much smoother than expected, and so was Mrs. Mary. He looked at Halson with bright eyes. This kid always has so many weird ideas and he is also extremely easy-going. "Let's go, it's time to go home. Let's continue tomorrow." Halson's mood also changed. Yes, for several days, the ice hockey game continued, and more and more people watched the melon-eating. Moreover, the activity of skating was sought after by many people, and even many children began to imitate it. All the rivers in the border town , lakes, and people playing ice hockey can be seen everywhere. For this reason, Halson's blacksmith shop has set off a forging craze. At the same time, the gambling of the ice hockey game is proceeding steadily, and Halson's profits are naturally endless. This time the league ended and the champion was elected. Harson awarded the league champion a trophy and bonus. For other participating players, Harson also distributed a bonus. Although the amount was not large, it was still considered a kind of bonus. Condolence, after all, these players have earned a lot of gold coins for Halson. This new type of gambling naturally attracted Halson's old rival, the casino behind the Donau Chamber of Commerce. They quickly followed suit, led by the Donau Chamber of Commerce. Providing manpower, a new ski resort was quickly built. Everything was copied from Halson. Mrs. Mary was extremely angry about this and cursed the Donau Chamber of Commerce for being shameless. Halson said He acted much calmer, because Halson had long known that following the trend was inevitable. Moreover, the gray cake of gambling was originally controlled by the Danube Chamber of Commerce. This time, the Danube Chamber of Commerce did not intervene rashly. Obviously, Summarizing the experience, this time, Harsen had the right time, location, and people. Therefore, he was able to hold the ice hockey game so successfully. After the game, the good weather that lasted for several days began to change. With the haze and light snow blowing in the wind, the skating team just formed by the Danube Chamber of Commerce had no choice but to stay at home due to unfavorable weather conditions.

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