Chapter 49: Embarking on a Path of Fury

  Gambling?

  This proposal immediately won the absolute support of the majority of soldiers!

  When soldiers are in the military camp, there is really no entertainment activities, occasionally on leave, it's just a group of people going out of the military camp to nearby towns to drink or give their military salary to those prostitutes.

  Of course, there is also another popular activity, which is gambling!

  Mr. Du Wei's football game has already made everyone feel very happy... and such a happy game can also be used for gambling!

  Many officers' eyes lit up! And many of the guys who were eliminated in the first round, originally depressed and unhappy, couldn't help but smile with joy!

  This Du Wei young master... is really too damn interesting! Too damn understanding of our minds as soldiers!!

  The cheers of the crowd made Robert, who had originally intended to speak out and stop them, hesitate for a moment. He glanced at Du Wei, sighed, and finally remained silent.

  It's not a big deal anyway... Besides, it's now a period of reorganization, and soldiers gambling is also normal, never mind.

  When it comes to gambling, Du Wei has a lot of ideas!

  Is it just a simple win or lose in gambling? What's the big deal?

  Du Wei immediately pulled out his own set of tricks!

  Simply win or lose! After refinement, win a few, lose a few! Even bet on who scores the goal! How many goals are scored! When to score!

  Even betting on whether someone will be sent off... Will there be a little ball or not?!

  And those complicated odds... one against several, several against one...

  These complex arithmetic games were incomprehensible to the soldiers and officers, so Du Wei simply explained it in a straightforward manner. Everyone thought they had a chance of winning and found it interesting, so they immediately went back to get their money.

  Du Wei was laughing very happily.

  He is a person who has undergone a complete system of mathematical education in his previous life. This kind of numerical game, I'm afraid there are only a few people in this world who understand it. Here, even the simplest arithmetic operations may not be done by several scholars.

  While Du Wei can calculate and balance through numbers, plus limit some betting quotas, then list the odds... regardless of who wins or loses in the end.

  Du Wei is always making a profit as the banker!

  It has to be said that the treatment of these private soldiers in Luo Lin's house is still quite good! Most soldiers have one or two gold coins in their hands, and those officers are even more generous, three or five gold coins can be thrown out at will.

  What's more important is that Du Wei caught a good timing! After the spring military exercise, the army had just received their salaries!

  Most of these soldiers didn't understand the outcome of the game, and everyone was betting based on their own preferences: for example, who they got along with privately, or who they disliked.

  One afternoon, the second round of competition ended.

  The busiest of all are probably the clerks in the military camps, who are rapidly calculating bets and bonuses.

  Du Wei was already grinning from ear to ear after seeing the result.

  The second round, ten games, most of the betting soldiers lost money, a few lucky ones won some, and finally fell into Du Wei's pocket... six hundred gold coins!

  The biggest losers were those wealthy officers.

  This result made Du Wei very satisfied!

  There was a small twist, the last match he watched ended in a draw after both sides fought hard till the end, which was different from what Du Wei had predicted... After all, football is round! Even if Du Wei made predictions, it's impossible to be so accurate. If the result of this match was different from what Du Wei expected, then Du Wei might have lost a lot of money.

  Fortunately, before the game ended, someone saved Du Wei!

  The team predicted to win by Du Wei was awarded a free kick in the front court, and a cavalry warrior walked up and kicked out a beautiful arc ball! Directly broke into the goal!

  After the game, Du Wei personally summoned the hero who broke the door... He saved Du Wei's purse!

  This young man was one of Robert's cavalrymen, a blond and handsome youth with a robust build, looking very spirited on the mountain.

  "What's your name?" Du Wei asked.

  "Respected young master, I'm David...my full name is David Beckham!" The young man was a bit shy and also somewhat nervous.

  Du Wei: "......% × ￥......%%......※%......※"

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  With the money bag in hand, today's match came to an end. After the second round, only ten teams were left. These ten teams immediately received heroic cheers, each player was very tired, but everyone was full of energy and morale, with a proud and determined look on their faces. If the sun hadn't been about to set, these young men could have played another two matches without any problem.

  What's next? Because there are only ten teams left... How will the following matches be played?

  If we continue with a single-elimination format... ten teams, paired up and competing against each other, will eventually leave five teams. But since there are an odd number of teams, it's impossible to pair them up again! One team will end up without an opponent!

  Du Wei smiled very slyly with a premeditated plan!

  "Then let's use a league system!"

  League format?

  Du Wei quickly explained the league system, which is that each team has to play against all opponents! Three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss!

  After all matches have been played, the team with the most points is declared the champion.

  Du Wei's plot is despicable...

  The more matches there are, the more opportunities there are for betting!

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  "I have to say... you're really despicable." That night, on the third-floor balcony of the small building, Saymer looked at Du Wei with a complex gaze: "How did you come up with this idea?"

  Du Wei shook his head: "This, can't be said."

  "Don't think I didn't see through it." Samir stared at Du Wei: "Those odds you came up with, I've calculated them several times myself! I found that no matter what, as the banker, you have a great advantage in winning... How did you come up with these odds? The rules, the banker, they're all so complicated, did you think of them yourself?"

  Du Wei abruptly stopped explaining and closed his eyes to meditate...

  Of course, to a large extent, I don't want to see this Saimel's skirt fly up... Why does this woman like to sit on the railing and swing her long legs?

  Uh... although her legs are indeed very beautiful...

  Tonight, Du Wei still didn't feel any so-called "power of the stars".

  But after a night of meditation, coupled with the mantra that Semel told Duwei during meditation, Duwei was overjoyed to find that his spiritual power had taken another step forward!

  Even if I don't learn any stellar magic, just being able to grow my spiritual power like this is a huge gain!

  Du Wei could clearly feel his spiritual power becoming increasingly refined... This so-called "refinement" was really hard to describe in words. It was as if everything had become clearer in all the details...

  For example, visual, auditory, olfactory, and so on. Originally when meditating, Du Wei could hear the sound of the wind in the sky, but now, under the effect of his purified spiritual power, Du Wei not only can hear the sound of the wind, he even feels that he can rely on this sound to judge what direction the wind is blowing! He can even feel the strength and weakness of the wind to determine its magnitude!

  This is a more delicate feeling, the capture of spiritual power is becoming more and more delicate, as if every detail is becoming clearer... This feeling is very comfortable.

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  On the third day, the first round of the football league led by Du Wei and Luo Lin's family began.

  Du Wei certainly knew that he couldn't exhaust the pond to catch fish, and he also knew that relying solely on the thousand soldiers in the military camp to participate in the gambling game, how much could they bet? After all, the soldiers were not rich, and their military pay was limited. If he exploited the soldiers' military pay too much, Du Wei felt that he himself was too despicable.

  So, Du Wei felt that in order to continue making a lot of money... he had no choice but to expand his gaming scope!

  After a day of consultation among the military officers in the camp, both sides finally made some compromises.

  That day, Made was ordered to go to a nearby town and post a series of posters.

  In a small town not far from the castle, Du Wei used the Rolin family's connections to borrow the square from the city's governor for a day.

  Then Ma De led two teams of soldiers and came to the city today... for a football performance match.

  A three-day football performance match immediately made people in this city like this sport.

  Then almost everything that happened in the military camp was repeated. Du Wei bluntly moved the league venue from the military camp to the city.

  This also avoids always occupying the drill grounds in the barracks, affecting the normal training of soldiers.

  In Semmel's view, the clever duplicate immediately saw through Du Wei's intentions: "You can't bear to win more money from those soldiers, fearing it would stir up a mutiny, right?"

  After moving the football league into the city, soon this new and curious sport attracted a considerable audience, and even some small children began to like this game.

  Then, under Du Wei's instructions, Ma De brought people to start setting up gambling dens before each day's competition!

  "I am the first person in this world to invent football...... also the head of the earliest gambling group." Du Wei commented on himself.

  Whether it's despicable or noble, after 7-8 days, Du Wei made another fortune of over 10 million gold coins!

  There are still many rich people in the city, and some wealthy businessmen also think that this gambling method is much more interesting than those casinos. The bets they throw out are often tens or even hundreds of gold coins!

  But the news brought back by Ma De left Du Wei speechless.

  Firstly, some people have started to follow suit!

  This movement quickly spread to surrounding cities, some places have already started playing this game, and even some casinos began organizing teams to play this game as a betting event to attract customers.

  What's even more astonishing to Du Wei is that... someone actually tried to manipulate the game! Someone wanted to bribe his own players to throw the match! Some casinos have started operating some off-site betting operations!

  How dare you compete with Master Du Wei for business? Is this acceptable?

  The money in Du Wei's pocket, how could it be touched by others?

  Moreover, Du Wei only used this to make some urgent funds, he didn't want to indirectly prosper the gambling industry. Even more so, he didn't want Rolin's territory to become notorious for its rampant gambling due to this matter.

  So Du Wei quickly came up with a solution!

  Two days later, in some football-crazy towns on the territory of the Rolin family, a notice appeared:

  Exclusive operating rights!

  Within the territory of the Luo Lin family! So, all football games are prohibited! The operating rights belong to the inventor of this game, Mr. Du Wei alone!

  Anyone who dares to engage in this gambling activity will be severely cracked down by local authorities and taxation!

  This decree was formally issued by the ruling officials of the surrounding towns!

  As for this so-called monopoly, is it in compliance with imperial law?

  Joke!

  "This is the territory of the Luo Lin family! The officials are all receiving salaries issued by the Luo Lin family! The young master of the Luo Lin family has spoken, how can those below not follow?"

  Thus, Du Wei resolutely embarked on the road of "monopoly"!

  •；

  There was money in his pocket, and Du Wei's hands and feet were more generous. He first took out 3,000 gold coins and gave them to the thousand soldiers in the military camp at once.

  As compensation for winning their money before, and also as payment for the physical exertion of kicking the ball.

  This move was immediately welcomed by the officers and men of the castle's garrison! Although the young master's football game is indeed very entertaining. However, such a game has emptied everyone's pockets in disguise, and it is easy to cause some soldiers' dissatisfaction, and of course, there will be people who are secretly dissatisfied.

  Now, looking at the glittering gold coins being handed out... everyone is satisfied. Most of the soldiers have recovered their previous losses.

  Otherwise, Du Wei left a thousand gold coins as working capital, most of which were spent on the magic laboratory...

  By the way, magic experiments are really a money-burning thing! Du Wei has deeply felt it... Su Luoxi would propose to buy some materials every other day, and these things not only consume quickly, but also are not cheap!

  In just over a dozen days, Du Wei has already spent nearly 5,000 gold coins, while Solstice has made no new progress.

  What is Solzhenitsyn studying?

  He now has two tasks in his hands. First, extract a certain amount of "fire element" every day, which is what Du Wei calls fire medicine.

  And secondly, Sorushya is studying a method, trying to overcome the difficulty of being unable to improve her magical power.

  In the past, Soruskyah could only use manufactured magical elements and resort to using some low-level magic in a tricky way. However, due to his limited sensing ability, he was always unable to use more advanced magic. And now, he had another absurd idea...

  But this wild idea really made Du Wei feel... if it could be realized, then even if he had to empty his pockets for it, it would still be worth it!

  A new week! Everyone, please cast your votes and push the devil to the top of the weekly chart! I'm begging you all!

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