Xishan Island, in the headquarters of the gunner battalion.

At the stone table, Zhao Hao and Jiang Xueying were playing cards with Zhao Liben and Ye.

In fact, the two elders had arrived at Hushuguan a few days ago. Only after learning from Manager Mi that Jiang Xueying had been rescued did Ye feel relieved.

The two wanted to let the two young people be alone for a while, and originally planned to rest in Hushuguan and then go back home directly... In order for the two young ones to become a pair, the two old people were also very worried.

Of course, it was also because the troops they brought were too conspicuous.

Who knew that the Xu family would lead people to attack Xishan Island? The two elders could no longer sit still and immediately led people to reinforce.

They landed from the Jinduo River under the cover of night, and the Xu family's spies didn't notice at all.

Therefore, Zhao Hao had available fifteen thousand soldiers yesterday, three times the number of Xu family's servants, so he was sure to win in a head-on battle.

But if that happened, there would inevitably be many casualties. Mr. Zhao is a kind-hearted person, so how could he bear to let the free labor force be harmed?

So they used a little trick and captured five hundred strong men alive, and today they have all been sent to dig coal.

~~

The game we are playing today is modern mahjong, which was improved by Zhao Hao based on Majiang. It has 136 cards carved out of rosewood.

This was something he had made up when he was in Beijing to help the eldest princess pass the time... to prevent his godmother from missing her father too much and affecting her physical and mental health.

After all, godmother is Mr. Zhao's thickest and strongest thigh, so of course she must always be healthy.

Mahjong was derived from Majang. Anyone who knows how to play Majang will quickly get the hang of it. It is also more playable than Majang. Once it came out, it was warmly welcomed by people around him.

Although Zhao Liben and the eldest princess are irreconcilable, they are equally obsessed with mahjong and cannot extricate themselves.

It is said that a 'Mahjong Club' has been established in Yangzhou, where they play mahjong with a group of salt merchants during the day and at night. Their relationship becomes increasingly inseparable and their addiction to cards becomes more and more serious.

The old man brought his mahjong with him when he came to Suzhou. But the atmosphere was not right a few days ago, so it was difficult to start playing.

Today's outcome was decided, and he finally couldn't help himself, so he pulled the two juniors and Ye to play a few rounds for fun.

One advantage of mahjong is that playing cards does not interfere with conversation, so the four of them chatted while playing.

Zhao Liben played a card, twirling his beard and smiling, "My dear grandson, you played this card well. You can provoke Cai Guoxi and Xu Fan to fight each other. This will make your situation much better."

"Brother Hao's move of cutting off the firewood from under the cauldron is ingenious. Once Mr. Liu changed his mind, the Xu family suddenly lost their excuses and fell into a passive position everywhere." Ye praised first, then said in disbelief:

"But how could Hao know that Governor Cai and Xu Fan would definitely turn against each other?"

Whenever Prefect Cai and Xu Fan met, they would realize that Liu Zhengqi was trying to sow discord between them, which would naturally backfire.

"Hehe..." Zhao Hao drew a card and thought to himself, it's because I know history.

After all, in another time and space, the farce of Magistrate Cai and the Xu family tearing apart Boyi was written into the opera.

He fumbled with the cards in his hand and smiled modestly, "I guessed it too. I think with the arrogance of the Xu family, Governor Cai must have suffered a lot of humiliation."

"Yes, now that Xu Jie has gone back to his hometown, his sons still don't know how to restrain themselves, and they only make people hate them." Zhao Liben nodded and sneered: "Don't look at the Xu family's wealth and power. I think they are not far from ruin."

While Mr. Zhao was feeling the cards, he secretly praised the old man from the bottom of his heart, saying that he was the real master of prophecy.

It’s just that this young master’s prediction skill is a cheat, while the old man relies purely on analysis and judgment to make predictions. Although they both seem very powerful, there is actually a big difference, okay?

Zhao Hao played a three-tube with great reverence.

"Eat! I heard you."

Zhao Liben proudly took Zhao Hao's cards, showed a straight of one, two, three and bamboo next to his own cards, and then played a two-battle.

"Bang! I heard it too." Ye from the opposite door showed two two-tube cards and smiled happily at Zhao Liben, "Sir, my two-tube cards have been waiting for you for a long time."

"Puff..." Zhao Hao almost spit out a mouthful of water.

"What's wrong?" the three asked him curiously. "What's wrong with the second tube?"

"All right, very well." Zhao Hao hurriedly changed the subject. "Go on, go on."

Ye then played a card called "Dongfeng".

"Gang." Jiang Xueying stretched out her fair little hand, picked up the Dongfeng, and formed a gang with her three Dongfeng. Then she smiled at Zhao Hao and said, "Brother, I listened to you too."

"Oh, I heard it all." Young Master Zhao quickly became serious, looking at his cards, wondering which one he should play to avoid being hit.

"Hurry up, it's unbecoming of me to dawdle." Zhao Liben urged impatiently, "Don't delay me from masturbating."

"Hey, fifty thousand." Zhao Hao played a card.

"Haha, I won." Zhao Liben was so happy that he pushed his cards down. It was a fart of 30,000, 40,000 or 50,000. "Haha, my dear grandson, you made a mistake again. From now on, I can call you the King of Xishan Cannons!"

"Uh..." Zhao Hao's forehead was black. What on earth is this? I'm still a child.

"My lord, it is really fate that we win together." Ye also smiled and pushed the cards down, winning fifty, six, or seventy thousand.

"Uh..." Zhao Hao was hit hard again. He looked at Jiang Xueying, whose expression was slightly disturbed, and said, "Isn't it that I fired three shots at once?"

Jiang Xueying covered her mouth and laughed, "How could it be such a coincidence? I'm not kidding."

"Hahaha, give me money, give me money." Zhao Liben happily stretched out his hand to his grandson.

Zhao Hao handed over his last two chips, having already lost everything. "I don't want to play anymore. I'm just unlucky today."

"Your card skills are terrible, just blame your luck." Zhao Liben teased his grandson. Fortunately, his card addiction had subsided, so he let Zhao Hao go. "Let's stop here today."

Knowing that the grandfather and grandson still had something to say, Jiang Xueying and Ye stood up, bowed, and went back to their own yard.

~~

As the two of them left, Zhao Liben smiled at Zhao Hao and said, "My dear grandson, you are worthy of being the offspring of my Zhao family. You are so capable!"

"What?" Zhao Hao was confused.

The old man pointed to the door. "Why should you be embarrassed in front of grandpa? Xueying..."

"What's wrong with Sister Xueying?" Zhao Hao still didn't understand.

"You have to let grandpa speak clearly, right?" Zhao Liben turned over the cards that Xue Ying had knocked down one by one.

"She was waiting for your 50,000 just now, and she had a pair of winning cards and a mixed color. She couldn't help but win you, and you still say you are just ordinary friends?"

"Oh?" Zhao Hao couldn't help but widen his eyes. Sure enough, he saw that the ten cards Jiang Xueying had taken were three cards of 20,000, three cards of 30,000, two cards of 40,000, and two cards of 50,000!

"Grandpa can even calculate the next player's cards? What the hell is this game?"

"Hey, it's a piece of cake." Zhao Liben's beard was so proud that it stood up to the sky. It took him a while to come back to his senses.

"You are interrupting me again, you are pretending to be ignorant even though you know the truth!"

"Grandpa, I really don't understand." Zhao Hao looked innocent. "I was thinking about Sister Xueying because she saw that I didn't have many chips and I wouldn't get any money even if I won."

"Nonsense, is it about money? The girl is just afraid that you will be too frustrated by losing three times in one go." Zhao Liben patted Zhao Hao on the head.

"If you don't understand girls' minds, what's the point of being a man!"

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