NovelPantry Chapter 228
Chapter 228
Chapter 228
There is no water in the middle, and there is almost nothing. It is hot to death during the day, and no one is frozen to death at night. Great desert!
But after Taoyuan Kingdom crossed such a desert, without even a single casualty, it forcibly defeated Gaochang Kingdom and occupied Gaochang Kingdom.
Qu Wentai, the lord of Gaochang Kingdom, was invincible to the Tang army. The Tang army had no choice but to fight against Qu Wentai, and was repelled by others.
But when Qu Wentai faced Taoyuan soldiers, he was so scared to death!
Li Shimin thought it was absurd that the majestic king of a country should be so frightened to death.
No matter what, Gaochang Kingdom was finally occupied by Taoyuan Kingdom.
And the Western Turkic Khanate, which originally covered the Gaochang Kingdom, didn't even dare to fart.
In this way, the fact that Gaochang State was occupied was admitted.
With Li Shimin's keen sense of smell, he has already noticed that Taoyuan Kingdom is constantly expanding its power.
It's just that Taoyuan Kingdom has a small land area and a small number of people, so it is unwilling to rashly start an all-out war with a big country.
However, it is slowly annexing the surrounding areas in a stable manner, and it is growing bigger and bigger.
When it is fully developed, Li Shimin knows that this Taoyuan country will definitely attack Turks and Datang!
There is such a huge threat to Taoyuan Kingdom, how could he, Li Shimin, still sit still!
This is no longer a matter of face, and it is not something that can be avoided by building a good relationship with Li Hao.
Sooner or later, the two sides will meet each other.
He, Li Shimin, is also trying to find ways to accumulate strength so that he can win in the future war.
So how could he, Li Shimin, obey Fang Du's words and make friends with Li Hao.
Thinking this way, Li Shimin continued to deal with the government affairs.
There is simply too much to do.
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Fang and Du naturally didn't know what His Majesty was thinking.
They were just delighted that they had obtained the mastership of the mahjong parlor.
Soon, the mahjong parlor hosted by Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui opened ten trial stores in Chang'an.
Because Fang and Du are well-known and well-connected, this mahjong parlor immediately attracted the attention of many people as soon as it opened.
Naturally, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui wanted to let these dignitaries become interested in mahjong first.
Such high-ranking officials and nobles gambled a lot of money. If they could get a commission from it, the mahjong parlor would earn a lot of money.
Even if they could only get [-]% of the income, it would be a considerable sum.
Now that the mahjong hall has opened, many people are very interested.
And also received invitations from Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui.
You have to know what kind of people Fang and Du are.
That is the current prime minister, no matter who it is, they have to give Fang and Du two face.
Those who can get to know Fang and Du are naturally not small people.
They walked into the mahjong parlor, and saw that the mahjong parlor was very elegantly decorated, with a touch of sandalwood incense burning.
Rows of tables are stacked with mahjong tiles.
Many people even became curious about these mahjong tiles and didn't know what they were.
Fang Xuanling ordered the servant he hired to explain.
And I also played mahjong with a few big shots.
There is Tang Jian, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Cui Mingan from the Cui family, and a servant who accompanied him.
Cui Mingan's visit to Chang'an was only for business, and he was invited by Fang Xuanling, so he came to have a look.
Seeing that this mahjong is very novel and peculiar, Cui Mingan asked curiously:
"Master Fang, what is this?"
Fang Xuanling smiled slightly, and told Cui Mingan the rules of the mahjong tiles.
Although Cui Minqian has been defeated by Li Hao many times, he is still a very intelligent person, and he can understand the mahjong rules at a glance.
After listening, Cui Mingan was a little surprised.
Because just listening to the rules, Cui Mingan felt that this mahjong tile must be very fun.
Such rich and comprehensive, yet simple and easy-to-remember game rules can be said to be a blow to dimensionality reduction in this era.
Cui Mingan immediately became interested.
He, Cui Mingan, does not have a high position, and as a highly respected member of the Cui family, it can be said that he only needs to enjoy happiness in this life.
All that's missing is enjoyment.
This mahjong looked very interesting, Cui Mingan immediately shuffled the cards in a hurry, and then arranged the mahjong according to the rules.
Tang Jian will also meet soon.
The four quickly fought.
At the beginning, Cui Mingan was not very proficient, and Tang Jian was also at a loss.
But after Fang Xuanling's tricks, it didn't take long for Cui Mingan to make the first fool!
This time the number of Hu cards is very ordinary, only six fan numbers, it can be said that it is a very small number of Hu cards, and most people are not willing to play such cards unless they are looking for quick results.
But Cui Mingan was very proud.
"My luck looks pretty good today, and I'll get used to this card very quickly. Watch me kill all directions and press you all to death."
"Don't worry, I won't win all your money, I will leave some for you."
Fang Xuanling just smiled and said nothing.
During this period of time, Fang Xuanling has been studying mahjong. He dare not say that he is proficient, but he is far above Cui Mingan.
Fang Xuanling was well aware of Cui Mingan's inflated psychology of newcomers, but Fang Xuanling didn't point it out.
But today it was for the money made by Cui Min, so Fang Xuanling didn't want to say anything.
But Tang Jian was very unhappy when he heard this.
From Tang Jian's point of view, Cui Mingan is just a child of a family. Although he can't say that he is ignorant, he is definitely not a person with extremely high intelligence.
Especially Tang Jian's intelligence is higher than his, how is this possible.
He, Tang Jian, is a child from a poor family, a talent who broke through abruptly!
Tang Jian was very unconvinced and accelerated his learning.
Soon, under Fang Xuanling's feeding card, Tang Jian also made a fuss.
And it's pretty big.
This made Tang Jian also proud.
"Master Cui, it's unknown who will die. Maybe it's not Master Cui who kills you today, but you are eaten by others!"
"What?" Cui Mingan was furious!
How dare someone talk to Cui Mingan like that!
Isn't this looking down on him, Cui Min?
With Cui Mingan's temper, how could he endure such humiliation.
Naturally, he said angrily: "Master Tang, you are just fooling around, don't be so arrogant, if you really have self-confidence, why not just follow the rules of mahjong and let's gamble some money before we play?"
The reason why Cui Mingan wants to bet on the lottery is simple.
First, Cui Minqian really thinks that he has initially grasped the essence of Mahjong.
Second, the higher the bet, the worse the mentality is, the more difficult it is for people to perform. For example, if Tang Jian doesn't have much money, once the bet is high, Tang Jian's performance will be abnormal.
But Cui Mingan has plenty of money himself, so he won't worry about these bets, so he has an advantage mentally.
Tang Jian stared at Cui Mingan, but didn't speak immediately.
Naturally, Tang Jian was also aware of this.
I don't want to gamble with Cui Min rashly.
But soon.
Tang Jian and Cui Mingan each had their own winners and losers.
Both of them are novices, and their learning speed is about the same, especially Fang Xuanling is still manipulating the winning rate of the two by feeding cards.
In this way, Tang Jian and Cui Mingan have more thoughts of wanting to defeat each other.
Finally, Cui Mingan asked for a lottery bet again!
Tang Jian was not to be outdone.
(End of this chapter)