Although the composition of playing cards is simple, it is much more complicated to make than mahjong. At least mahjong can be made of ceramic, bamboo, wood, jade, or even mud, but playing cards can only be made of thin, strong and willful hard cards, and the previous papermaking process cannot meet it.

In order to enhance the safety of the China Money House, Chen Xu had long asked the paper mill in Qinghe Town to develop better quality, tougher and even special paper with watermark interlayer based on bamboo pulp paper.

Half a month ago, the caravan in Qinghe Town sent a thickened ramie paper, which has good thickness and hardness and good toughness. This ramie paper uses ramie as the main raw material. Because it is not as complex as ordinary hemp pulp paper, the paper made is very strong and has a grayish-white color and a very good feel. In order to meet Chen Xu's requirements, the craftsmen in the paper workshop continued to improve on the basis of ordinary ramie paper, using multiple molding techniques, adding porcelain clay, lime, tung oil and corner glue and other things that they thought could meet Chen Xu's requirements. After two years of repeated experiments, they finally took out this sample that they thought was qualified.

Chen Xu was very surprised and happy about this new paper similar to ordinary coated paper in later generations, because his first reaction to get this paper was that it could be used to make playing cards and business cards, and also to make high-end book books. However, the cost of this paper is much more expensive than ordinary bamboo pulp paper, and the process is much more complicated. It is not possible to produce large-scale products at present, but if it is used as a redemption ticket, it will definitely be much better than the previous white paper. At least in the short term, imitations will not appear on the market after so many years of promotion of bamboo pulp paper, and many paper mills can now produce it. Chen Xu is worried that criminals will take risks to create fake redemption tickets and certificates of deposit.

Therefore, he wrote a letter to the caravan to take it back, urged Niu Dashi to take good care of the Qinghe Town Paper Factory and strictly prohibited any improved papermaking process from spreading. For now, it is enough for ordinary civilian-grade paper, pulp paper and white paper.

After Chen Xu found that these thick ramie papers could be made of poker, he was very excited to cut out several cards the size of a poker card with a cutter, and then processed them with Shui Qingrou for two consecutive nights, and finally drew three decks of playing cards.

Just like chess and mahjong, Chen Xu did not modify any of the playing cards familiar to later generations, and copied them from the suits to the letters intact.

And what he wants is this kind of mystery.

However, the capital Latin letters on the card are very similar to those in Rome and Greece today. Arabic numerals have now been promoted to a level well-known in the Qin Dynasty. Promoting some letters will not be any pressure for Chen Xu.

Shui Qingrou is not unfamiliar with these strange letters, because many of Chen Xu's manuscripts have more strange letters and their pronunciation is as obscure as mantras. But the more this happens, Shui Qingrou feels the mystery of the three volumes of heavenly books. Every time he helps copy the manuscript, he is more pious and cautious. If he doesn't understand, he has to ask Chen Xu repeatedly so as not to copy the content of the heavenly books incorrectly, which will lead to people who will not understand later.

This situation is gentle and profound.

Because many of the classics passed down by Taoist sages are actually unable to understand them, so they can only rely on guessing.

After the poker was made, Chen Xu and Shui Qingrou and Fan Caiying played with a group of wives and concubines twice. However, they felt very awkward about these strange pattern symbols, and the rules of the game were often confused, which was far less smooth than the mahjong they were used to. Then Meng Wan gave birth to a daughter and made a fuss for a few days, so these three pokers were thrown into the drawer in the study.

Today I came to chat with the emperor, and Chen Xu brought it by the way.

As a hard-working player of Happy Landlords, Chen Xu has never spent money to buy Happy Beans. He always receives minimum living allowance every day. Fighting a few landlords in his spare time is the most relaxing and happy time of the day.

After traveling to the Qin Dynasty for seven or eight years, Chen Xu always recalled the familiar music and dialogues in his mind.

"Snatch the landlord~"

"I'll grab it~"

"Shunzi..."

Today, he finally got what he wanted. Looking at Qin Shihuang with a serious face, Zhao Hai with excitement, and Hu Hai who was standing next to him, who was shaking his legs as if he was electrocuted, Chen Xu felt his hands trembling slightly.

Fighting against Qin Shihuang for the first landlord in human history, this success and glory are no longer as simple as bragging.

"Zuo Xiang, where is the name of this playing card? What are the three words?" Zhao Hai couldn't help asking.

"Punch is the technique of wrestling, fighting, and defeating one another, defeating the enemy and winning. Cards are the general term for this thing. It is like a plaque, but it has nothing to say!" Chen Xu explained the explanation that he had already thought of.

"Poker, well, listening to the name and looking at the pattern must be a kind of confrontation between each other. The young master should tell the rules quickly. Today, the wind and sunny day are just about to have fun together!" Qin Shihuang nodded while also urging.

"Your Majesty, this poker gameplay is very flexible and diverse. Two people, three people, four people, five or even dozens of people can play together. The gameplay includes a tractor, running fast, fighting landlord, upgrading, Zajinhua, Soha, etc. Today, the three of you, Jiancheng Hou, are here. The best way to play is fighting landlord..."

"Father..." Hu Hai, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help speaking. Although he was full of dissatisfaction and resentment towards Chen Xu, he was still a young man after all and liked all kinds of novel plays on weekdays. When he heard that Chen Xu didn't count him, he spoke a little unhappy.

"Go to play..." Qin Shihuang was fascinated by the hearing and waved his hand impatiently.

Hu Hai:...

Neither Chen Xu nor Zhao Hai were concerned about Hu Hai. Chen Xu shuffled and cut cards and began to teach the First Emperor and Zhao Hai to draw cards, and also began to explain the rules of fighting against the Landlord.

Hu Hai walked to a willow tree not far away, looking at the three people who were studying Landlords, blushed and broke a new green willow branch into the mouth of the lake, and gritted his teeth and muttered: "Chen Xu, you actually humiliated me so much. When I ascend the throne and become emperor, I will definitely... I will... I will... Alas..."

Hu Hai sighed and lay on the grass, feeling that life suddenly became very dark. Facing Chen Xu, he always felt an unparalleled guilt and helplessness.

"Your Majesty, this is the rule of fighting the landlord. It is very simple. Three people can play with each other. The two cooperate to restrain the landlords, so they pay more attention to tacit understanding between each other. And just like playing mahjong, they also need to calculate the cards in the hands of both the enemies and us through the cards, which also tests intelligence and adaptability..."

After three consecutive card draw demonstrations, Qin Shihuang and Zhao Hai also basically understood the rules of Landlords, and remembered the size and meaning of the patterns and letters of the playing cards.

"Your Majesty, since it's a play, you must have some good luck, otherwise you won't be nervous and happy when playing!" Zhao Hai said with a smile while reshuffling the cards as he imitated Chen Xu.

"Yes, poker and mahjong have similar effects, but the gameplay is easier and more comfortable. You don't need special tables and chairs, you can play anytime and anywhere. Jiancheng Hou said it well. Since it is a play, you must have some lottery. But I am still a little confused. The name Doudizhu is so strange. Can you explain it by the way?" Qin Shihuang nodded and was also a little confused and confused.

"This name also has its origin in the Book of Heaven. Landlords, the lords of land, mean that a country has purchased a large amount of land, and has become a household head with thousands or even tens of thousands of acres due to unfair land distribution. The poor have no land and can only become a employed farmer who works for the rich. Because the head of the household is unkind and takes away the wealthy. These employed farmers work hard all year round, but are poor and poor and cannot afford to spend money and become poor. So they use this entertainment method to express their dissatisfaction, meaning to fight against the landlords and hope to be equal to the rich and the poor!"

"So that's the case. It is indeed not necessary to exploit the people for the sake of being unkind. However, I, Daqin, have a grass reclamation order, abandon the well fields and open fields, and all the fields cultivated by civilians belong to them. Those who buy land with money will have to pay more grain taxes, and hire people to farm and pay the money and grain stipulated by the law. This matter cannot happen in Daqin, but we must be vigilant. I will ask the Ministry of Revenue to strengthen the management of land and real estate, and do not have the opportunity to become landlords for those who are unkind..." Qin Shihuang nodded slightly seriously.

"Your Majesty is kind and righteous, and people rely on food as the most important thing, and fields are the basis for farmers to survive. Ensuring the most basic distribution of farmland is the best way to stabilize the hearts of the people. This matter can be implemented to implement a farmland management law to safeguard the interests of the common people and prevent those who are unkind from controlling too much farmland, which leads to public grievances!" Chen Xi echoed.

"The young master's words are reasonable. The matters of the law were drafted by the Secretariat. After completion, they were taken to the court for review. What happened to Zhou was that the nobles occupied too much land and robbed each other of fertile land and slaves, causing wars among the princes every year. Our Great Qin began with Shangjun's reform of the rule of law, and the grass was reclaimed to allow civilians to make great profits and continue to increase their grain production. Otherwise, our Great Qin would not be able to conquer the six countries!"

"Your Majesty said very well, but today is a lunar break, so it is rare to play easily. It is better not to talk about government affairs. Since the landlord is rich and unkind, we will fight the landlord today and beat him in advance!" Zhao Hai put the shuffled card in the center of the stone table, "Your Majesty, it's time for you to cut the card!"

"Haha, OK!" Qin Shihuang raised his hand to cut the card, turned out to be a little king.

"Your Majesty is very lucky. Whoever gets the landlord's card can only get the trump card of the local owner!" Chen Xu also said with a smile.

"Is this also the rule of Landlord?" Zhao Hai asked while drawing cards.

"Yes, Landlord has an unwritten rule. Every king must be arrested. Just now, His Majesty and Marquis of Jiancheng said they should bring the lottery. I don't know how many suitable..."

"How about ten trump card? Do it double the landlord, and double the landlord!"

“So great!”

"Haha, the landlord returns to me, a good omen!"

"Congratulations to Your Majesty for winning the first prize!"

"Well, I'm not very lucky, I have many small cards..."

"Your Majesty, don't care. It's best for Landlords to be the best card. Even cards and plane bombs are not effective, and the king bombs are not effective..."

"By the way, Hai hasn't figured out what airplanes and bombs mean?"

"Airplanes are like gliders, indicating fast speed, and bombs are like Taiyi God Thunder, indicating great power, without it, indicating good cards!"

"So that's it... Your Majesty should capture the bottom and play the card. Be careful, Your Majesty may have a big and big king..."

"Hey, Jiancheng Hou, you cheat, be careful that I will blow you up in a while!"

"Hehe, Your Majesty forgives your crime, I will say nothing if I don't say it!"

"It's time for me to play the card, um, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, straight..."

"I can't afford it!"

"I can't afford it, either!"

"Hehe, three with one!"

“Big~”
Chapter completed!