GOR Chapter 49: Embark On The Path Of Toughness
Gamble?
This suggestion immediately won the support of the majority of the soldiers!
As soldiers, there were no recreational activities in the military camp. Occasionally, they would go out of the military camp to the nearby town to drink some wine or donate their military pay to the prostitutes.
Of course, there was another popular activity, and that was gambling!
The football game that Master Du Wei came up with had made everyone happy … and such a happy game could also be used for gambling!
The eyes of many of the officers lit up! As for those who were eliminated in the first round, those who were originally unhappy could not help but smile!
This Master Du Wei … is too damn interesting! He knows too damn well the thoughts of us soldiers!
The cheers from everyone caused Robert, who had intended to speak up to stop them, to hesitate. He glanced at Du Wei and sighed. In the end, he did not say anything.
At any rate, it was not a big deal … besides, this was a period of rest. It was normal for soldiers to gamble. Let's not care about it.
When it came to gambling, Du Wei had many ideas!
A simple bet on winning or losing? What about that?
Du Wei quickly came up with the plan that he had thought of!
A simple loss, a win! After refining it, a few wins, a few losses! Even a bet on who would score! How many would score! When would they score?
They could even bet on whether or not someone would be sent off … whether or not there would be a penalty kick, etc!
There were also those complicated ratios … 1 to 1 odds, several to 1 odds …
These complicated numbers games were not something that the soldiers and officers could understand. After Du Wei gave them a simple explanation, they felt that there was an opportunity and found it interesting. They quickly went back to withdraw their money.
As for Du Wei, he smiled happily.
He was someone who had undergone a complete mathematical education in his previous life. In this world, there were probably not many people who could understand these numbers games. In this world, even the simplest four operations might not be something that many scholars could do.
As for Du Wei, he could calculate and balance the numbers, limit the amount of bets and then list out the ratios … regardless of who won or lost in the end …
As the banker, Du Wei would always make a profit!
It had to be said that the treatment of Rollin's private army was quite good! Most of the soldiers had one or two gold coins to spare, while the officers were even more well-off. They could easily throw out three or five gold coins.
More importantly, Du Wei had caught a good opportunity! After the spring drill, the army had just received their pay!
Most of these soldiers did not know who would win or lose the game. Everyone just made bets based on their own preferences, such as who they had a good personal relationship with, or who they did not like, etc.
In the afternoon, the second round of the competition ended.
The busiest ones were the clerks in the barracks. They were calculating the bets and prizes at lightning speed.
As for Du Wei, he was already grinning from ear to ear after seeing the results.
In the second round, there were ten matches. Most of the soldiers who placed their bets lost money, while a few lucky ones won some. In the end, Du Wei's pocket was … 600 gold coins!
Among them, the ones who lost the most were the rich officers.
This result made Du Wei very satisfied!
There was also a small interlude. In the last match that he watched, both sides fought fiercely until there was no clear winner or loser. This was different from what Du Wei had guessed … after all, the football was round! Even if Du Wei had made a prediction, it was impossible for it to be so accurate. If the result of this match was different from what Du Wei had predicted, then Du Wei might have earned a lot less.
Fortunately, before the end of the match, someone saved Du Wei!
The team that Du Wei predicted to win was given a spot in the front field. A cavalry soldier walked up and actually kicked a beautiful curveball! He directly broke the goal!
After the end of the match, Du Wei personally summoned the hero who broke the goal … He saved Du Wei's money!
This young man was from the cavalry unit under Robert's command. He was a handsome young man with blond hair and a strong body. He looked very spirited on the mountain.
"May I ask your name?" Du Wei asked.
"Respected Young Master, my name is David … My full name is David Beckham!" The young man was a little shy and nervous.
Du Wei: "…% × ¥…%% … ※% … ※"
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Patting the money bag, the day's match was over. After the second round, there were only ten teams left. These ten teams immediately received hero's cheers. Every player was very tired, but they were all full of vigor and high spirited. If it wasn't for the fact that the sun was about to set, it wouldn't be a problem for these lads to play another two matches.
But now, because there were only ten teams left … How were they going to play the next match?
If they were to carry out a single elimination match … Ten teams, in a two-on-one battle, there would be five teams left! Five teams was an odd number, so there would be no way to fight one-on-one! There would be a team that would have no opponent!
Du Wei, who had long planned this, smiled slyly!
"There is a way! Since the elimination match won't work … we will use the league match system! "
League match system?
Du Wei quickly explained the league match system, which meant that every team would have to play against all their opponents! If they win, they would get three points, if they draw, they would get one point, if they lose, they would get no points!
After all the matches, the team with the most points would be the champion.
Du Wei's plan was very despicable …
The more matches there were, the more bets there could be!
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"I have to say … You are really despicable." At night, on the third floor balcony of the small building, Saimel looked at Du Wei with a complicated expression: "How did you come up with this idea?"
Du Wei shook his head: "This, I can't say."
"Don't think I can't see it," Saimel stared at Du Wei: "Those odds you came up with, I calculated it myself several times! I found that no matter what, as the banker, you have a high chance of winning … How did you calculate it? These odds, the banker, these rules, they are so complicated, did you come up with them? "
Du Wei didn't even bother to explain, he closed his eyes and began to meditate …
Of course, to a large extent, he didn't want to see Saimel exposed … This woman, why does she like to sit on the railing and swing her long legs?
Uh … Although her legs are indeed very beautiful …
That night, Du Wei still didn't feel any of the so-called "Star Power".
But after a night of meditation, in addition to the incantation Saimel told Du Wei, Du Wei happily found that his mental strength had improved by another step!
If this is the case, then even if he can't learn any Star Magic, just the growth of his mental strength alone is already a big gain!
Du Wei could clearly feel that his mental strength was becoming more and more pure … This so-called "purity" was difficult to describe with words. Instead, all the details were much clearer now …
For example, vision, hearing, smell, and so on. Originally, when he was meditating, Du Wei could hear the sound of the wind in the sky, but now, under the effect of the purified mental strength, Du Wei could not only hear the sound of the wind, he even felt that he could determine which direction the wind was blowing based on the sound of the wind! He could even feel the strength of the wind and judge the strength of the wind!
This was a more detailed feeling, the mental strength's capture was more detailed, as if every detail was clearer … This feeling was very comfortable.
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On the third day, Du Wei led the Rollin family's first football league tournament began.
Of course, Du Wei knew that he couldn't drain the pond to catch all the fish, and he also knew that if he only relied on a thousand soldiers to participate in the bet, how much could he win? After all, the soldiers weren't rich, and their pay was limited. If he took too much of the soldiers' pay, then Du Wei would feel that he was too despicable.
Therefore, Du Wei felt that if he wanted to continue to earn big money ….. he had to expand the scope of the game!
After a day of discussion with the officers in the barracks, the two sides finally made a compromise.
On this day, Mard was ordered to go to the nearby town and put up a series of posters.
In a small town not far from the castle, Du Wei used the Rollin family's relationship to let the city's governor borrow the square for a day.
Then, Mard led two groups of soldiers to the city ….. to play a football exhibition game.
The three days of football exhibition games immediately made the people in the city like this sport.
Then, it was almost a repeat of what happened in the barracks. Du Wei simply moved the football league tournament field from the barracks to the city.
This also prevented the military camp from always occupying the training field, which would affect the normal training of the soldiers.
And from Saimel's point of view, this clever clone immediately saw through Du Wei's intentions: "You don't have the heart to win the money of those soldiers, you're worried that it will cause a mutiny, right?"
After the football league tournament was moved to the city, this novel sport quickly attracted a considerable amount of spectators. Even some children began to like this game … …
Then, under Du Wei's instructions, Mard led people to start gambling before the games every day!
"I am the first person to invent football in this world … … I am also the head of the earliest football betting group." Du Wei made an evaluation of himself.
Despicable or noble. Seven or eight days later, Du Wei earned over ten thousand gold coins!
There were still many rich people in the city. Some of the rich merchants also felt that this type of gambling was much more interesting than the casinos. The bets they threw out were often tens or even hundreds of gold coins!
The news that Mard brought back made Du Wei speechless.
First, there were people who began to follow the trend!
This sport quickly spread to the surrounding cities. Some places had already begun to play this game. Even some casinos had begun to organize teams to play this game as a gambling game to attract customers.
Second … … what made Du Wei sigh was … … there were actually people who were trying to control the game! Someone wanted to bribe his soldiers to throw the game in the game! Some casinos had begun to engage in some off-board gambling operations!
Who dared to compete with Master Du Wei for business? How could this be?
How could the money in Du Wei's pocket be touched by others?
What's more, Du Wei was only relying on this kind of thing to earn some emergency funds. He did not want to become a prosperous gambling industry. He also did not want this matter to cause rampant gambling in the Rollin Family's territory.
Therefore, Du Wei quickly came up with a solution!
Two days later, in the Rowling family's territory where football was popular, an announcement appeared:
Exclusive rights!
Within the Rowling family's territory! Therefore, no one is allowed to gamble on this football game! The exclusive rights belong to the inventor of this game, Master Du Wei!
Anyone who dares to gamble without permission will be severely punished by the local government and tax authorities!
This decree was officially issued by the government officials of the surrounding towns!
As for this so-called exclusive rights, did it comply with the Empire's laws?
What a joke!
This was the Rollin Family's territory! The officials were all paid by the Rowling family! Since the Rollin Family's young master had spoken, how could the people below not comply?
In this way, Du Wei brazenly embarked on the road of "monopoly"!
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With money in his pocket, Duwei's hands and feet were much more generous. He first took out three thousand gold coins and gave it to one thousand soldiers in the barracks at once.
This was compensation for the money he had won from them before, as well as compensation for the physical exertion of playing football.
This action immediately received the unanimous cheers of the soldiers and soldiers of the castle's garrison camp! Although this young master's football game was indeed very fun, it was actually a waste of money. However, this kind of game would empty everyone's pockets. It was easy to cause criticism from some soldiers. Of course, there were also some who were secretly dissatisfied.
But now, looking at the shiny gold coins that were given out … everyone was very satisfied. Most of the soldiers had recovered the money they had lost in the early stages.
As for the rest, Du Wei left behind a thousand gold coins as liquid funds, most of which were spent on the magic laboratory …
By the way, magic experiments were really something that burned a lot of money! Du Wei had already deeply experienced … Thorskei would ask to buy some materials every two days, and these things were not only consumed quickly, but also not cheap!
In a short ten days, Du Wei had already thrown in close to five thousand gold coins, but Thorskei hadn't made any new progress.
What was Thorskei researching?
He currently had two tasks in his hands. First, he had to refine a certain amount of "fire essence" every day, which was also what Du Wei called "fire essence".
And second, Thorskei was researching a method. He was trying to overcome the obstacle of being unable to increase his magic power.
In the past, Thorskei could use the magic essence he created to opportunistically use some low level magic. But because his perception was limited, he was always unable to use higher level magic. And now, he had another whimsical idea …
And this whimsical idea really made Du Wei feel … If it could really be realized, then even if he emptied his pockets, it would be worth it!
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