During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, people in the Qi State were addicted to gambling. Whether it was among the upper-class nobles or the lowly common people, gambling had become an integral part of daily life.

The famous gambling story in Qi is undoubtedly Tian Ji's horse racing. The upper class nobles like horse racing, while the lower class people like to play "cockfighting" and "running dogs". Liu Bei was fond of "cockfighting and running dogs" when he was young. There is even a special chapter in "Zuo Zhuan"

The pen and ink written about how to cheat in "cockfighting"...

At the moment, "Liubo" has gradually given way to "Aiopus". Even when the store was bargaining for prices, the two sides couldn't argue. Even if they simply decided to win or lose based on the game of "Aiopus", there were many people who won and lost.

Stomping their feet, but so many people enjoy it endlessly.

Tian Yu stood in front of the play shop, hesitated for a moment, took two steps forward, but stopped again, then thought for a moment, gritted his teeth, turned around and entered the play shop.

As soon as the heavy door curtain was opened, the roaring sound seemed to be real, almost knocking Tian Yu over.

Inside the huge play shop, there were crowds of people, gathering in piles in one place, shouting and shouting, jumping around when they got excited, not even caring about their clothes being askew...

The most lively area was the gaming area in Aipu. When Tian Yu came in, some people happened to be having a lot of fun, and many people gathered around, shouting "Lu Pheasant", and the sound almost lifted the roof off.

Aipu, also known as "Pu Opera", uses a set of five throwing tools made of wood. The two throwing tools are round and sharp, and the middle is flat and wide, like a flattened almond. Each throwing tool has two sides, one side is painted

Black, with one side painted white, with a calf painted on the black side and a pheasant painted on the white side.

How to play? It's a bit like the flying chess of later generations.

Take turns throwing "five woods", and then arrange them according to the colors to get different "colors". The most advanced one is all black, called "Lu", the one with four black and one white is called "Pheasant", followed by Lu, and the other four

It is called "Xiao" or "Calf" and is a miscellaneous color. If you throw the noble color, you can throw it continuously, hit the horse, or pass the level, but the miscellaneous color cannot.

The "Lanke" in the legend of later generations is actually "Aipu". It first appeared in the ghost stories in the late Jin Dynasty. It is said that someone encountered two old men playing with Aipu while riding a horse, and couldn't help but get off his horse to watch, and then

In the middle of the game, he suddenly discovered that the riding whip had rotted and the horse had turned into withered bones. When he returned home, his relatives were all dead...

Tian Yu looked around, and instead of squeezing the acanthus side, he walked to the other corner of the shop.

This is the pot throwing area.

Compared with Aipu, it is relatively quiet here. Perhaps because the project of throwing pots was originally part of the etiquette of the nobles, the game of throwing pots was often played during banquets.

In the early Han Dynasty, throwing pots was relatively simple. Later, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, a actor named Guo innovated the method of throwing pots. He removed the red beans that were originally in the pots, and then cut the bamboo into sagittal shapes.

Throwing. Because there is no padding for cushioning, the throwing arrow is easier to pop out of the pot, so there are more ways to play...

Tian Yu is good at throwing pots, so he wants to use this skill to make some money. Moreover, throwing pots is basically an elegant activity, so it does not lose his status relatively speaking.

Tian Yu sat next to a tou pot, and then took out some coins from his arms. After thinking about it, he kept some, but after placing two Zhengxi silver coins next to the tou pot, he took out the tou arrows on the side.

Come to the box and pick out the arrows...

For serious hut throwing, there needs to be an officiant, a shooter, musicians, etc. But since it is in a hut shop, of course it saves a lot, only a referee and an opponent are needed.

Of course, the referee is someone from the poker shop who is responsible for providing the equipment and naturally has the taps. After seeing Tian Yu placing the bet, he stood in front of the pot and started recruiting people to bet against him.

Naturally, there are people who make a living by throwing pots in the play shop, just like there are people who fish in the belly of later generations. When he saw Tian Yu pressing down two silver coins, his eyes lit up, but he also hesitated. After all,

I don’t know where Tian Yu came from. If I win, everything will be fine. If I lose, it won’t be a small sum...

But after all, someone felt that they were very skilled, so they came forward and sat across from Tian Yu, then took out two silver coins from the money bag and deposited them.

Seeing that the bet was established, the guy in the throwing shop who served as the temporary referee started shouting loudly, and while collecting the two people's bets in front of the throwing pot, he reiterated the rules of throwing, such as the two people's knees must not be off the ground.

, the arms cannot touch the pot, the body cannot fall to the ground, the arrow cannot be thrown at people, etc.

Tian Yu nodded slightly to show his understanding, and placed four arrows in front of his knees.

Tian Yu's opponent glared at Tian Yu, and also selected four arrows and placed them in front of him.
Chapter completed!