Chapter 114 Playing Mahjong

  Li Xie hadn't listened carefully to what Kano said, but seeing Kano smile so brightly, how could he not understand?

  "Is this the reception officer, and is he providing this service?" Li Xie was surprised.

  Ka No was stunned for a moment before saying, "That's inevitable! As the reception officer, his primary responsibility is to make sure the superior has a wonderful time, and he must arrange anything that can bring joy and comfort to the superior."

  Wow!

  Li Xie suddenly felt a little embarrassed!

  Think of myself as a receptionist, um, collecting people's money, threatening people's lives, and intimidating people's little hearts...

  My fault! My fault!

  Li Xie couldn't help but smile slightly and said, "So how many have you decided on?"

  Kano rubbed his head and smiled: "Kano will have Jinli prepare twenty beauties. If the master feels it's not enough, he can add more."

  "I mean, how many are you planning to have?" Li Xie said with a hint of a smile.

  "Kano took four. Zain, what are you looking at me for! I can handle four!" Kano glanced at Zain Nader: "I've booked eight for you, don't make a fool of yourself when the time comes!"

  "Ah..." Li Xie smiled and said: "You've really thought this through. Alright, my twenty and Ze En's eight will all be yours. You take care of it tonight."

  Li Xie wasn't unmoved, on the contrary, he was actually quite smitten, but his innocent and pure heart couldn't be delivered, he himself couldn't let go.

  As for Zayn Nard, Li Xie taking charge on his behalf was also a consideration, after all, he is a giant dragon, where would he look at humans?

  "What? Sir, did Kano do something wrong?" Li Xie suddenly gave all the beauties to Kano, which made Kano think that Li Xie was unhappy and deliberately teasing him.

  "That's right, these are human feelings, where is the mistake? Only, I'm a bit tired today and need to rest. As for Zein, he's special, you understand." Li Xie indeed didn't mind Kanou, and had no objections to Jinli's arrangements. These are normal human emotions, if one resists these, it's not that there's a problem below, but rather a problem above.

  Kano's eyes widened in shock as he stared at Zayn Nadd with his mouth agape: "Whoa! I always thought your coldness was just an act, but it turns out you're gay!"

  Zayn gave him a sideways glance, too lazy to explain things to a dimwit.

  Li Xie looked up at the dome, sipping the delicious food brought over by the beautiful woman, feeling extremely comfortable.

  Jin Zhi sent money and also sent beautiful women, with thoughtful service, what a lovely person, what a lovely place.

  It seems like I'll have to come to Pingdu more often in the future, and just take a stroll around when there's nothing else to do.

  At this stage, Li Xie is very satisfied with Kim Ji's hospitality.

  The next day, Li Xie and Jin Zhi rode horses, followed by a large team of guards, touring the central area of Pingdu City.

  Li Xie rode the Zi Xiao, a tall horse with a majestic appearance, walking side by side with Jin Zhi. He looked even more impressive than Jin Zhi, which made Li Xie feel somewhat embarrassed in his heart.

  Taking someone else's money and still thinking about continuing to take advantage of them, isn't that too much? Can't even let go of the prestige. One should be more magnanimous, although this is a matter of appearance and mounts.

  "Evil Lord." Jin Zhi didn't mind at all that his fine horse was a head shorter than Li Xie's Purple Cloud, and he raised his head to smile: "I know that your city has been under the leadership of Evil Lord for several months, I suppose the streets of your city are even more tidy and prosperous than those of our Pyongyang City?"

  Li Xie's gaze saw that the streets in the central area of Pyongyang were straight and clean, with the storefronts on both sides being elegant. The civilians walking along the street, who were allowed to use the road by Kim Jong-il, were also dressed neatly, and at a glance, it was clear that they lived a comfortable life, and the economy was relatively developed.

  Compared to Chrysanthemum City, apart from the city master Li Xie having no income, it is now not inferior to Pyongyang City, especially in terms of people's livelihoods, which may be even better than that of Pyongyang citizens.

  Li Xie came to scrape off Jin Zhi's gold coins, of course he couldn't boast about his own wealth, and even more so didn't need to compare in such matters. He just smiled and said: "Jiuhua City is in a state of disrepair, how can it be compared to Ping'an City? It can't be compared, I hope Lord Jin will give more support!"

  "Haha, the Evil Lord is being humble." Jin Zhi pointed with his hand: "That place is the largest crystal trading market in my city, and it can also be considered one of the largest crystal trading markets in the Great Bao Dynasty. Why don't you go take a look, Evil Lord?"

  "It's time to go."

  The so-called trading market is actually a vast area with an unknown size, planned in the shape of a 田 character, with roads intersecting at right angles, and shops selling crystal products on both sides of the road.

  The nobles of Gods' Domain often used crystals in their daily lives, from lamp decorations and furniture to tableware and ornaments. Crystals were the most widely used material among them. Moreover, since they mostly sold these items to nobles, the profits were considerable.

  Pyongyang Castle is a trading market that can bring substantial tax revenue and profits for Kim Ji.

  A group of people strolled through the crystal market, with various types of crystal products on display in the shops on both sides, dazzling and eye-catching. The shops were lit up with several oil lamps, making them exceptionally bright even during the day, and the crystals sparkled under the light, mesmerizing and enchanting.

  Maybe or not, the dragon is certain.

  Look at Zayn Nard, both eyes have become stars, his horse is walking under him, but his soul is floating on the crystal.

  "Useless." Li Xie coldly sent over a sentence, causing Ze Ennarde's old face to turn red.

  No choice, the giant dragon is not bad in other ways, just good at this trick.

  Jin Zhi thought he was talking to him, and he was taken aback for a moment. Pretending not to have heard, he smiled and said, "What did the Evil Lord just say? I didn't quite catch it."

  "Oh, nothing." Li Xie smiled and said: "I'm not interested in crystals, how about we go take a look at the mineral industry instead? Let's go have a look."

  Chrysanthemum City lacks metal minerals, Li Xie can remember Pyongyang's metal mines.

  Kim Ji-dao: "This city has two iron mines and one copper mine, making it the largest metal mineral market in our dynasty. However, as you know, each country has a ban on trading metal minerals with foreign countries, so it's not good to go against that. I will report this to His Majesty, and maybe there can be some cooperation in between. We'll talk about these things later. Since you're not interested in crystal, I wonder if you're interested in mahjong? I just happen to love playing mahjong."

  "Mahjong? No interest." Li Xie was not only uninterested but also completely clueless about playing mahjong. In the past, he had been busy surviving and didn't even have the chance to play two-player mahjong, let alone three-player mahjong. Li Xie only knew that mahjong was some kind of gambling tool, but he had never touched it before.

  Jin Zhi heard Li Xie say he wasn't interested and his disappointed emotions were written all over his face. He shook his head and sighed: "I thought the Lord of Evil also liked mahjong, so I specially invited the two richest nobles in this city to come and keep you company for a few rounds. Since you don't like it, I'll arrange other entertainment projects."

  "Wait!" Li Xie's eyes lit up: "You mean, the two richest ones?"

  Jin Zhi blinked and said, "My family's wealth is not much less than yours."

  Oh! There's a cat!

  Isn't it... that you want to cooperate with me to make a fortune? Not only will you be doing me a favor, but also making some profit for yourself?

  Hehe!

  Li Xie blinked and burst out laughing: "Haha... Who said I wasn't interested? Hmm? Just now, I was just saying that I didn't understand."

  "It's okay if you don't understand, you can learn. Mahjong rewards newbies, it seems that the evil landlord is going to slaughter three sides this time."

  "Oh? Really? Haha, okay then, let's play mahjong. So, we'll go eat lunch and discuss the important matters in the afternoon, and then play mahjong."

  "No, no!" Jin Zhi shook his head and said: "Serious matters can be discussed at any time, it's just a few words. What's most important is the feeling, with feelings, what can't be discussed? How about we go play mahjong now, Evil Lord also needs to learn a bit, right?"

  "That makes sense!" Li Xie patted Jin Zhi's shoulder heavily and laughed loudly: "You said it too well, feelings are what matter. What's the big deal, just a few words, come on, let's play mahjong! By the way, I'm a newbie, so please go easy on me, Master Jin!"

  Jin Zhi's eyebrow twitched: "Naturally, someone has to make way for us."

  Wow!

  Bring it on! Do those two rich men dare win our money again?

  Li Xie's face was all smiles, like a blooming chrysanthemum. At this moment, no matter how she looked at Jin Zhi, she thought he was adorable!

  Then, the group returned home and set up a mahjong table in the meeting hall. Li Xie first familiarized himself with the rules, while Jin Zhi also invited two other people to join in on the game.

  He was dressed in a golden brocade robe, had a long face, and was slender but looked sharp. His name was Jiabao Li, and he was said to be in the crystal business.

  This man wearing a black coat, fatter than Jin Zhi, is called Gan Duo Bao. He is in charge of the mining industry in Pingdu City and is also one of the richest men in the Da Bang Dynasty.

  Li Xie could smell the scent of copper on Gando Bao's body, but looking at Jia Bao Li, it seemed to lack a few points of noble rich people's noble air. However, Li Xie didn't think too much about it, all kinds of rice have different flavors, and not giving others low-key treatment?

  The four of them took their positions and stood in order.

  Kano and Zayn stood behind Li Xie.

  Jin Zhi leaned against the mahjong table and smiled, saying: "Does the Evil Lord understand the rules now?"

  "It's roughly like that. I don't understand it either, but my family's Kanou can teach us, the three of us won't mind, right?" Li Xie smiled and said. He had already roughly understood what Mahjong was.

  "How is this possible?" Jin Zhi laughed and said: "Then let's not make it too big, just 100,000 gold coins per bottom."

  One hundred thousand

  Li Xie still didn't quite understand what a huge sum of 1.1 million was, but after seeing the kind and lovely faces of Jiabao Li and Gando Ba, he wouldn't say anything more, just let Jin Zhi take charge, he would only be responsible for shaving gold.

  Four people stacked up the tiles and divided the mahjong pieces. Li Xie slowly arranged the mahjong pieces one by one, took a look, and found that all the cards in his hand were East, South, West, North, Middle, and Fa. He was confused and looked at Kano: "Where are the Wanzi and Tiaozi?"

  Kano looked at Li Xie's tile and Anai was excited, pointing to the east and west in Li Xie's tile, saying in a low voice: "Sir, good tile!"

  "Huh? You said I'm listening to nonsense?" Li Xie didn't understand what was going on and directly spoke out.

  "Adults, this... can't be said." Kano was depressed, Li Xie had a hand of cards with one color, listening to the east wind and west wind, only four cards left to listen to Hu, Li Xie said it out loud, who would still want to play?

  Gandao Bao, sitting in the east position, glanced at Li Xie and smiled: "The evil leader still says he doesn't understand cards, but as soon as he picks up a card, he starts bluffing us! I don't believe it, the evil leader picks up a card and listens to the card! Give you East Wind!"

  Jian Duo Bao really played the Dong Feng card, Ka Nu was so excited that he pushed Li Xie's card out and shouted: "Haha! Di Hu! Zi Yi Se! Jian Duo Bao, you played a self-detonating tile, you have to pay for everything! Haha..."

  Li Ye was still confused: "Is it over? How much money?"

  Li Xie is most concerned about this. As for the thrill of Hu Pai, it's obviously not as strong as Ka Nuo's, only because he still can't figure it out.

  Gandao Bao smiled and handed over two crystal cards to Li Xie, saying: "The Evil Lord is indeed a master, I admire you!"

  Li Xie took over the crystal card and looked at it in surprise, saying: "One million five hundred thousand?"

  Next to him, Kano smiled like a chrysanthemum, as if he had won money, and quickly explained: "Sir, you have a big tile, the agreed-upon big tile is worth five times, one bottom is 100,000, and the person who fired the cannon has to give 500,000. Also, because of Sir's land tile, it counts, but the owner of the cannon has to bear all the costs, so Gan Daobao has to give 15 million."

  15 million!

  In just a few moments, there's an income of 150 million gold coins? If you drag it out for a bit longer, 1.5 billion, 15 billion are all possible!

  Li Xie didn't listen to Kano at all, but instead snorted and put away the crystal card, then heavily patted the mahjong table: "Good! Mahjong, I like it! Hahaha..."

  Happy New Year! Wishing everyone a prosperous and auspicious new year filled with good fortune and luck.