Accountant Wu and Yi Tian came to the Four Seas Casino as usual. According to the previous agreement, Manager Wu was responsible for placing bets.
After a month of actual combat, Yi Tian had already figured out the rules.
Among so many gamblers, who were the hidden hands of the casino, he was a little tired of looking at them.
Usually, in order to liven up the atmosphere, they would win big and attract other gamblers to bet. When it was about time, they would begin to close the net.
The dealer and the broker communicated with each other, and these subtle movements indicated that they would let people go and close the game.
Therefore, Yi Tian's strategy was to follow the broker and retreat in time when the game was closed.
As long as Accountant Wu and him stayed in the same place, the chances of winning were very high.
According to the gesture of the date with Accountant Wu, Yi Tian raised his left hand to place an order and his right hand to place a pair.
In fact, Yi Tian felt that every dice player had a pattern to follow every time they shook the dice. Generally, they could practice to the point where they could roll as many points as they wanted.
Every day, they would have good luck and stop after earning five taels, no more and no less.
Every day, they would win hundreds of taels in the casino. Yi Tian's way of moving mountains like ants would not attract attention. At least this matter was over.
The two of them looked at each other and were ready to leave after betting to count their results.
Little did they know that a pair of eyes was watching them on the second floor of the casino.
Seeing that the two of them were ready to leave, he called Wang Er and whispered a few words in his ear.
Wang Er immediately went downstairs and called a few followers. When he saw Wu Youdao and his disciple were about to leave the casino, he hurriedly signaled to a few of his followers.
Four or five people rushed forward and surrounded the master and his disciple.
Wang Er squeezed through the crowd and said with a smile, "Please wait, the noble wants to see you."
Manager Wu was most afraid of Wang Er. Last time, he had been extorted dozens of taels and had not recovered yet. This time, he still had lingering fears.
Yi Tian saw that this situation was difficult to resolve. It was better to be straightforward than to stick out his head and withdraw his head.
He strode up the stairs, but Wu Youdao was carried to the second floor by the staff.
Upon reaching the second floor, Yi Tian saw a bearded man in his forties drinking tea alone.
Wu Youdao had been trembling ever since he went upstairs. When he saw the big man drinking tea, he was so scared that his legs went soft. He knelt down and kept kowtowing while his mouth kept muttering.
As expected, newborn calves were not afraid of tigers. This bearded man was the boss of the Four Seas Casino, Wang Gui.
Today, he coincidentally came to the casino on a whim and happened to see Yi Tian and Wu Youdao team up to win money.
After asking Wang Er, he found out the reason. After glancing at Wu Youdao, he looked straight at Yi Tian, sizing him up.
Yi Tian also felt a burst of fear in his heart. Now that he was in the limelight, there was no harm in taking a step back.
Later on, even if he was beaten to death, he would not admit it. At most, he would return the money to them. What he was most afraid of was that they would make unreasonable demands, which would be troublesome.
After the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, he saw a person coming up the stairs. It was the dice player.
Wang Gui motioned for Wu Youdao to sit down and gamble with him again. In the end, he lost all ten rounds.
Fortunately, every round was one tael, but he lost all of his earnings today.
Wu Youdao trembled as he got off the gambling table. He thought that this matter was over, but Wang Gui pointed at Yi Tian, indicating that he should come up and gamble with him again.
Yi Tian trembled. This dice player had martial arts. No matter how he gambled, he would lose.
However, Wang Gui's method was thought-provoking. He did not know what medicine he was selling in his gourd.
If he followed his plan step by step, he would become more and more passive. It would be better to find another way and disrupt his train of thought.
After thinking about this, Yi Tian straightened his clothes and cupped his hands towards Wang Gui and directly admitted defeat.
Wang Gui was surprised at first. He looked at Yi Tian and his fingers kept tapping on the table as if he was thinking about something.
After a long time, he said to Yi Tian, "You ants move mountains. But I like your understanding of the situation. Join my White Horse Gang as a disciple." After saying this, he went back to drinking tea.
Wu Youdao's eyes lit up. His life was finally not in danger. His disciple had suffered. He did not know how he would explain it to Shopkeeper Yi when he returned.
Yi Tian lowered his head and pondered for a moment before agreeing. At least for now, it seemed that joining the White Horse Gang was imminent. Otherwise, he would not have been able to leave the gambling house today.
Gang members like them wouldn't do anything without benefits. He had to go back and ask his uncle about it.
After leaving the gambling house, Yi Tian realized that his back was drenched in cold sweat. He quickly brought Wu Youdao back to the grain store.
Coincidentally, he saw Yi Da patrolling the shop. Without saying a word, he pulled his uncle into the inner hall and honestly told him what had happened today.
After listening, Yi Da sighed. He lowered his head and pondered for a moment. Then he told Yi Tian the truth.
Originally, River Bend County had two big sects. Rather than calling them sects, it was more appropriate to call them gangs.
One was Wang Gui's White Horse Gang. They controlled River Bend County's East City and constantly interfered with the businesses of West City and North City.
However, he only had one-third of the shares. The White Horse Gang had three leaders: Wang Gui, Tu Jiaojiao, and Ren Binghai. They were in charge of the gambling house, the brothel, and the escort company.
Nominally, Wang Gui was the leader, but everything was discussed between the three. However, Wang Gui had a good relationship with the county magistrate, so on the surface, he represented the White Horse Gang.
These past few years, the White Horse Gang's momentum was very fierce. They constantly interfered with various industries, so they constantly had friction with another gang, the Green Bamboo Sect.
The Green Bamboo Sect was originally an alliance of small merchants and peddlers. Later, Xu Kaishan unified the entire alliance and changed its name to the Green Bamboo Sect.
This Xu Kaishan started out as a medicinal herb dealer. After he made money, he extended his hand to various small merchants and peddlers. Finally, he unified North City. North City was filled with restaurants, grain stores, and wine stores.
However, West City was his base. His medicinal herb shop was in West City, where he started his business.
These past few years, the White Horse Gang relied on the county magistrate's support and began to dabble in the medicinal herb business.
This touched Xu Kaishan's reverse scale. Because of this, both sides appeared to be amiable on the surface, but they were secretly scheming.
After listening to his uncle's introduction, Yi Tian finally understood the current situation.
This North City was the territory of the Green Bamboo Sect. It was commonly known as Pure Uniformity. This Wang Gui estimated that he had thoroughly investigated his background and used the name of accepting a disciple to interfere.
First, it was because he was smart. Second, he knew that Yi Da had no children. In the future, the grain store and winery would be handed over to him to manage.
By burying a nail in North City, yes, two nails, Pure Uniformity would become Pure Uniformity.
The White Horse Gang would also have the opportunity to extend their hand into this originally iron bucket like North City. They would be able to compete with the Green Bamboo Sect.
Yi Tian did not think that the White Horse Gang would only bet on him. He estimated that the White Horse Gang would have contacted more than half of the shops in North City. First, they would lure them, then they would threaten them.
Step by step, they would encroach on the Green Bamboo Sect's territory in North City.
For Yi Da, he was now in a dilemma. The White Horse Gang had contacted him before, but he came from the countryside to the county city through his relationship with the Green Bamboo Sect.
His grain store and winery relied on the Green Bamboo Sect's Xu Kaishan's younger brother, Xu Laoer.
Every year, he had to pay a lot of tribute in exchange for his current mediocre business.
Now that the immortals were fighting, the mortals were suffering. His nephew's weakness had been seized by the White Horse Gang. Although he was released today, there was no guarantee that he would be kidnapped on the streets someday.
The gang's advantage was in its deterrence. The real fight would only happen at the end when the negotiations could not reach an agreement.
However, for ordinary people, this deterrence was enough. Who didn't want to live a good life?
Yi Tian saw his uncle's worry. This matter had to be resolved.
In order to not make things difficult for his uncle, he decided to enter the White Horse Gang first. It was not easy to survive in the cracks.
However, opportunities often appeared here. This time, it was a two-sided bet.
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