Lord of the North

"Wait here for a while." Jason smiled at the two of them, then got up and opened the door and went out, leaving the two women confused.

He stood outside the door and thought for a while, then sent guards to the town to hire a carpenter, and then stood in the garden thinking.

Jason thought that the way to relieve their boredom was to make a deck of cards, a casual game that was popular all over the world in his previous life.

The origin of playing cards has not been determined until now. One is said to be developed and evolved from Tarot cards, and the other is said to have been introduced to Europe from Egypt.

As for the "job card", it first appeared in the United States, and then spread back to Europe.

In fact, there were games similar to poker in ancient China, but the leaves were used as toys.

It's just that the reason why Jason wanted to make playing cards was that he had a profitable idea - a casino!

This is a huge profitable project built on the basis of people's greed and risk-taking psychology, speculation and luck, and the pleasure of seeking excitement.

It's hard for people who believe in this world to say no to this kind of activity.

But although the casino can bring huge profits to himself and the territory, it may also destroy one family after another, and there are all kinds of possible adverse effects, so Jason was a little hesitant before, but seeing many new faces in the castle However, Jason still decided to start this casino.

As long as one can develop and prosper one's territory, the various negative costs brought by casinos are not unacceptable.

Jason wants to build the first casino in the town of Erbia first. The casino does not participate in the gambling, but the casino will take a part of the proceeds of each gambling. If the development goes well, it will be built into a large casino!

Then classify the casinos and divide them into three grades: upper, middle and lower. Only those with sufficient wealth can enter higher-level casinos.

In this way, the dignified nobles or businessmen will compete for more high-end occasions, and the more profits Jason can get.

However, all of this needs to be established with the vigorous publicity of the Kyle family. At worst, let them participate in the form of shares.

As for the fact that poker cards are easy to imitate, whether they will be imitated by others is indeed inevitable. Jason feels that this cannot be called a problem. It is certain to disperse some customers, but as long as he can create a new way of playing, Erbia's The casino must still take the lion's share.

After all, there are so many ways to play poker in his mind, and one will be released after a while, enough to attract the attention of gamblers. By then, the town of Erbia will become the largest casino in the north.

After a long time, when the Irbia Casino becomes a sign, there is no need to worry about no one coming to send money.

In addition, you can also make mahjong tiles, and after the promotion of the Kyle family, these easy-to-use and addictive entertainment games should be popular in the mainland.

But now there is no hard paper material suitable for making cards, so he plans to use wooden cards instead, and ask the guards to call a carpenter just to chop wood for him to make cards.

Soon, the guard hurried back with a carpenter. He galloped there on horseback. Although he didn't know what the lord was looking for with the carpenter, he just finished the matter as quickly as possible.

"My lord, the carpenter has brought it."

"Villain Laman, pay homage to the lord!" The carpenter Laman knelt on the ground and saluted respectfully and excitedly. Although he didn't know what Jason wanted from him, as long as he seized this opportunity, he might become a great success.

"Well, get up." Jason looked at this Laman, who was as burly as all the locals, with a thick layer of calluses on his hands.

"I want to make something small, and I need your help."

"I can't talk about helping, if you want anything, just ask!" Laman was a little flattered.

Then Jason took the poker cards he was going to make,

It should be said that the idea of ​​poker wooden cards came out.

Not long after, Laman made fifty-four palm-sized thin wooden plaques at his request. The material was black wood, a kind of tree used to make practice swords, and its texture was very hard.

Then after polishing and engraving patterns and numbers, the world's first deck of playing cards was born.

During the production process, Jason was also amazed by the patterns carved by Raman. It is hard to see that this big man has such a delicate carving technique.

"My lord, it's done!" Laman wiped the sweat from his brow, doing this kind of thing is also very exhausting.

"Well, it's pretty good." Jason looked at the wooden sign in his hand and nodded in satisfaction, and now the two little girls will stop arguing and being bored.

"Thank you for your compliment!"

"Reward him with a silver coin." Jason said to the guards behind him, he was indeed satisfied with this wooden sign.

"Thank you, sir!" Laman said gratefully. Although he didn't get a good job, it was good to leave an impression on Jason.

Then, just as he was about to retreat with the guards, Jason stopped him suddenly.

"Wait a minute." Jason looked at the wooden sign in his hand and pondered for a while.

"You can go back and publicize it now. The town government will set up a construction team in the near future. It needs a group of masons and carpenters. Then you can take them to participate."

Jason only said to let him promote rather than be responsible, because he still doesn't know what kind of person this Raman is, so it's not good to make a premature decision.

And Jason has the idea of ​​letting him be in charge of making playing cards, mahjong tiles and other objects in the future.

"Thank you, sir!" Raman's chest was instantly filled with great surprise.

"By the way, help me make another pair, and then go down." Jason waved his hand, and now he is going back to appease that little girl Alexis, hoping she will like this entertainment game.

After all, that little girl cannot be judged by ordinary people, her hobbies are all different.

As for the new one, it was Jason who was going to find the manager of the shop that the Kyle family stayed here, and through him to contact the eldest lady to discuss cooperation in building a casino.

"I'm back." Jason yelled outside her door.

Soon Lorna ran over and opened the door for him, and looked behind Jason curiously, but there was nothing.

"Brother, you're back so soon?" Alexis also stared at Jason curiously, wondering if there's something for him to amuse himself?

"Brother is lying." She stared for a while and said angrily after finding nothing.

"Don't worry." Jason went to the bed and sat down, and took out the wooden sign from his pocket.

"How could I lie to you, the things are here!"

"This is... what?" Alexis and Lorna both looked blank, they had never seen it before.

Then Jason asked Lorna to sit down as well, and explained to them how to play. The gameplay is the simplest Fighting the Landlord.

And take Lorna's favorite nut as a bonus.

The two of them learned quickly, and they learned it after only listening to the explanation a few times.

The effect of the playing cards was not bad. Alexis was very interested in this novelty, and soon there were three people laughing and laughing in the room.

However, Jason has almost never lost due to his rich experience. Among the three, he has the most nuts in front of him. Little Lorna is about to cry when she sees the dwindling pile of nuts in front of her.

It's just that the relaxing time passed quickly, and a guard informed Jason that Lancelot had invited him over, and the interrogation had a result.

"You two can ask a maid to come over and let her play with you." Jason waved off the guards and said to them. The castle hired some maids before. After all, the castle is too big, and Lorna can't clean it all by herself. .

"Brother, come and visit me often." Alexis said pitifully, while Lorna looked greedily at the nuts that Jason didn't take away.

Sometimes Lorna is more of a squirrel than a fox.

"Okay." Jason smiled and agreed.

After going out, his smile disappeared. The time just now made him very happy, and he could temporarily forget those bad things.

"He recruited?"

"Yes, my lord, he failed to withstand the torture." The guard's face turned pale, because he was frightened.