Chapter 3 The Incredible Oriental Trick
Ye Lina frowned and thought, "Let me think about it. In the novel "The Girl of Camellia" by French writer Dumas, I read that there is a magical profession called magician in European city-states, which can change into incredible scenes. Do you think this oriental boy looks like it?"
"I remembered that when you said that, it really looks like it."
"Is he a magician?"
"You'll know if you ask me?" Ye Lina proudly raised her white chin, coughed lightly, and the gentlemen standing next to her made their positions gentlemanly. She walked up and asked, "Sorry, sir, I'm Ye Lina, I want to ask..."
"My name is Li Fushou, this young and beautiful lady, you can call me; Li."
"Li, are you a magician?"
Li Fushou took the silver shilling handed over by his companion and put it in his pocket with a smile. His pocket was now filled with silver coins and he gained a lot.
He looked up and down at Ye Lina and her companions and found that these three young and beautiful women were wearing valuable skirts, obviously big fat sheep from wealthy families, and their smiles became even more gentle. "The East is a mysterious world completely different from the West. The gods we believe in will bless magical powers, and that's what you see."
"Is it an illusion?"
"Haha...not exactly. After applying the Oriental Divine Art, you can understand it as a naughty and pranky little ball, it depends on whether you can catch it."
"Oh, God! I feel really interesting..."
This is a little hard work
Li Fushou's accumulated property has reached nearly 22 pounds. He Shoutian, Fan Asheng and Liu Shuan, who helped him collect money and maintain order, were very busy and admired this tall young fellow villager in his heart.
It is a great skill to be able to get foreigners to take the initiative to get their sons to give money.
Although they were fellow villagers who arrived on a boat, they were actually not familiar with each other before boarding the boat in Hong Kong. These fellow villagers had never seen the trick of "Three Immortals Returning to the Cave" and had never even heard of it.
In this era, information is blocked, and very few people know about the local ancient tricks such as "Three Immortals Return to the Cave", and the results are also better.
Li Fushou's move not only shocked foreigners, but also shocked his fellow villagers who arrived in Australia on the same boat.
Don't forget that people in the Steam Age are very superstitious.
All things that cannot be explained by common sense can be attributed to gods, ghosts, foxes and immortals. Those who can show this extraordinary ability are powerful people and deserve worship by all living beings.
If it weren't for the shortage of money, my fellow villagers who were watching from afar would also want to come up and try their skills.
Ye Lina was not completely satisfied with Li Fushou's answer. She looked at the three bowls and three small balls on the bluestone platform with exploratory eyes, and went up to check it curiously, but found nothing unusual.
God, what's going on?
Ye Lina communicated with her two companions, then looked at Li Fushou and said, "I think I understand a little, and I want to try it."
"It's a great honor for me to welcome."
"Well...I doubt you'll hide the balls in your sleeves, so I ask you to roll up your sleeves and I'll give you a pound if the sir agrees."
The big fish is on the bait!
Li Fushou bowed politely and said slowly; "Beautiful Miss Ye Lina, thank you very much for your trust. I accept your proposal and announce it; if you guess it, you will win a bonus of 30 pounds at one time. You need a little luck and better eyesight. I hope you can succeed in one fell swoop as smart as you can."
30 pounds?
The crowd around them made a surprise sound. 30 pounds is not a small number, which is extremely attractive to everyone.
The novel "Wuthering Heights" published not long ago was popular all over the world. The heroine Catherine worked as a tutor in Wuthering Heights, with an annual income of 30 pounds, which is a leisurely and generous job.
Seamstresses in London can earn 6 to 7 pounds a year, ordinary British Navy sailors can earn 8 pounds and 3 shillings, experienced lower-level officers can earn 12 pounds and 2 shillings, and about 1 pound and 4 pence a month. Of course, this is the income of the Imperial soldiers during peacetime.
In Australia, female tailors can only earn 3 to 4 pounds a year.
According to the painful exchange rate of the British Empire, 1 pound = 20 shillings, and one shilling = 12 pence.
The value of one pound is equal to 1 pound of silver (370 grams). According to the old mandate of the Qing Empire, it is converted to about 12 taels of silver.
That is to say, one tael of silver is equal to one shilling.
According to the current financial system of the world's gold standard, the pound is the strongest currency in the world, and the currencies of other European powers are pegged to the pound.
One pound = 20 German gold mark = 33 Spanish silver peso = 5 US dollars
From this we can see that 30 pounds is a large unit of value, equivalent to 360 taels of silver.
Just guess this trick and you can get it.
Li Fushou looked at the atmosphere at the scene and became warm again. The blonde and blue-eyed Tu Lao Ao looked eager to try, and he was secretly happy.
I'm good at it, they are all fat sheep!
He slowly rolled his sleeves above his elbows, revealing his young and fair arms, and his skin exuded a healthy and youthful luster, smooth like a baby's skin, without making people look disgusting yellow arm hair.
The three young women standing in front stared at his smooth arms, as if they were admiring a beautiful work of art, with a look of enthusiasm in their eyes.
Li Fushou saw all this and couldn't help but cough twice awkwardly, attracting the woman's gaze to the trick;
What's wrong with these foreign women?
One, two, three are lustful. Is Tuo so enthusiastic and open now? I am not a person who can easily submit to my skills.
Li Fushou showed everyone his smooth arms to show that he was not hiding his own personal feelings. Then he tried to slow down his movements so that Miss Ye Lina could see more clearly.
There are not many such fat sheep. Catching one is the key to maintaining suspense.
The first two bowls were covered with empty covers and three small red balls were placed in the third bowl, which was sure.
Ye Lina looked at her eyes without blinking, pointed to the third bowl in a sure tone and said, "There are all small balls in this bowl, there are three in total."
"Is that true?" Li Fushou slowly lifted the bowl without hesitation. There were only two small balls in the bowl. This time Ye Lina guessed wrongly.
"I guess... the remaining small ball must be in this middle bowl." Ye Lina said with a very certain tone.
"Sorry, Miss, you need to pay another pound."
"Hmph, this purse is 13 pounds, now I can guess it?" Miss Ye Lina was intrigued. Money was not a problem at all. She threw a heavy embroidered purse over, which contained golden pound coins.
Li Fushou held back the ecstasy in his heart and pretended to be helpless and hugged his arms. The real small ball was in his palm and could be put into any bowl at any time.
These Australians are straightforward and have a straightforward personality. They can hardly turn their minds, and they are really not at all challenging.
“You can open the middle bowl yourself and take a look.”
"Oh...that's great."
Ye Lina opened the bowl in the middle with great enthusiasm. The trick she participated in personally made her excited, but she found that there was nothing in the bowl, and her face became very exciting.
She thought about it again;
Now two bowls have been opened, one bowl has two small balls, and the other bowl has not, the remaining small ball must be in the third bowl.
"I guess the last ball must be in this bowl."
"Uh... I want to confirm that the guess will cost an extra pound. If it is certain... you can open it yourself and then please help me cover the bowl."
Ye Lina opened the last bowl with great confidence, but it turned out to be empty, and her pretty face was stunned.
In a blink of an eye, three pounds were spent, and I didn't guess correctly once.
She looked at Li Fushou with a puzzled expression and asked, "I have seen all three bowls, and there is still a small ball?"
Li Fushou reached out and opened the first small bowl, and there were three red balls inside. He said teasingly, "Beautiful Miss Ye Lina, you probably just missed one. Look, isn't the small ball in this bowl?"
After saying that, he slowly covered the small bowl again.
The moment he withdrew his hand, he grabbed all three small balls into the palm of his hand.
The ancient game of Three Immortals Guidong is very interesting, and it is just a trick to play.
If you guess there is, there is nothing in the bowl, and if you guess there is no, there is nothing.
No matter how you guess, it's all wrong anyway.
In the trick of the Three Immortals Returning Cave, you must never believe what you see in your eyes, nor can you guess it.
Not long after, the three rich ladies lost cleanly and were still confused.
They had no idea what was going on, nor could they understand what they saw in front of them, so they could only shout "God" in a fuss, with an incredible look on their faces.
During the period of waiting for the four-wheeled carriage in the gold mine, Li Fushou had already earned dozens of pounds. After the carriage arrived, he and his companions quickly put away the stall and left. They left so suddenly without any nostalgia.
Chapter completed!