"Hey, what happened to the third sister today? She has become as quiet as the fourth sister, hehe!"

The next day, looking at Brother Dong and Mayunqiao, who were walking cautiously with Wang Bing's support, Yongning, who was killing time playing cards with the female instructors, Mu He, and Xiaolian, looked at them with a smile on his face.

Brother Dong, who usually walks in a hurry, started joking.

"Second sister~"

Being teased like this by Yongning, let alone Brother Dong, even Mayunqiao blushed instantly.

"Hey, what kind of card are you playing? Why does it look so familiar?"

Upon hearing Yongning's teasing, Wang Bing, the 'chief culprit', quickly changed the subject.

"Husband, this is the sparrow card that can be seen everywhere. Does anything look familiar? Cack!"

Seeing Wang Bing's behavior of forcibly changing the topic, the female instructor who rolled her eyes at him did not expose his lies, but took advantage of the situation and played a '50,000' card with a black whirlwind Li Kui on it.

"Mahjong cards? Why do they look like playing cards and mahjong to me?"

Wang Bing, who originally just wanted to change the topic and relieve Brother Dong and Mayunqiao's embarrassment, couldn't help but look confused after carefully looking at the cards on the table.

"Husband, this mahjong tile also has a name, it's called mahjong tile, hee hee!"

Although she didn’t know what ‘poker’ Wang Bing was talking about, when she heard the word ‘mahjong’, Xiaolian looked over with a smile on her face.

Speaking of which, although he has been in the Ming Dynasty for so long, Wang Bing, who is not very interested in chess and cards because of his "previous life", basically knows nothing about the "Mahjong Card" which was very popular in the Ming Dynasty.

"Mahjong? What kind of mahjong is this? Real mahjong tiles are much more fun than this!"

After helping Brother Dong and Mayunqiao sit down, and watching several people play a round, even Wang Bing, who had no interest in chess and cards at first, now looked down upon these primitive mahjong tiles.

"Real Mahjong tiles? What kind of Mahjong tiles are they?"

Hearing what Wang Bing said, the women couldn't help but look over with curiosity.

"Haha, keep it secret for now. Xiaolian, go and find some carpenters and carvers, and I will make a real mahjong tile for you today..."

Seeing the curious looks on the faces of these women, Wang Bing, who was originally not very interested in chess and cards, immediately waved his hand and was eager to get the mahjong tiles for future generations in advance.

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"Cut this wood into six-cent thick smooth boards, and then cut it into small pieces of wood one and a half inches long and one inch wide. A total of one hundred and eight pieces need to be cut!"

Looking at the carpenters and carvers in front of him who were quickly found by the servants, Wang Bing immediately raised his hand and pointed to the several pieces of wood that had been prepared aside and gave instructions.

"Master Marquis, isn't it a pity that such good wood has been sawn into small pieces like this?"

Looking at a few pieces of purple-red wood, several carpenters and carvers couldn't help but feel sorry for themselves and confirmed.

"Haha, it doesn't matter what the wood is, if it can't be made into something, no matter how good the wood is, it's still wood? Just do what I say!"

Wang Bing, who didn't realize how precious these pieces of wood were, smiled without feeling any distress.

"The Marquis is the Marquis, so majestic!"

After hearing Wang Bing's instructions, several craftsmen could only praise Wang Bing's wasteful behavior.

"You guys will be responsible for carving these designs and colors on these wooden blocks later. Carve four of each design and color!"

While several carpenters were untying the wood, Wang Bing took out another piece of paper with various patterns on it and handed it to several carvers.

"Master Hou, this is the pattern of the sparrow card? But it seems a little different?"

I have to say that it seems that this mahjong tile was really popular in the Ming Dynasty. As soon as they took over the pattern of this later mahjong tile from Wang Bing, several carving masters immediately recognized the later mahjong tiles that were very different from this era.

Card.

"Haha, the masters guessed right. This is a new way to play the mahjong card that I came up with!"

For this mahjong tile that in the original historical time and space led to the saying that "one billion people gambled 900 million, and another 100 million were dancing", Wang Bing snatched away his invention rights without blushing.

Not only that, when introducing these patterns to the engraving masters, Wang Bingzhu also explained how to play the modern mahjong tiles.

"Master Hou, this kind of mahjong tiles is much more interesting than the current mahjong tiles!"

After hearing Wang Bing's introduction, the eyes of the carving masters suddenly lit up. It seemed that they were all "old gamblers"!

"Haha, this is just one of the ways to play. You can also add red center, fortune, white board, east-west, north-south wind to this mahjong tile..."

Seeing the shining eyes of the "old gamblers", Wang Bing simply introduced several other different types of mahjong tiles to these carving masters.

"The way to play this set of mahjong tiles by Mr. Hou is really exquisite, and it's endless fun! Fortunately, I thought it was a waste of wood to use this rosewood to make it. Now think about it, even if it is made of rosewood and ivory, it will not matter at all.

Not wasteful..."

After Wang Bing introduced several other mahjong games, several "old gamblers" immediately expressed their understanding and high appreciation for Wang Bing's previous "wasteful" behavior.

In their view, such exquisite mahjong tiles, let alone huanghuali wood, are not excessive at all, even if they use precious materials.

"What did you just say, Rosewood?"

Wang Bing, who originally had no idea about the preciousness of the wood he used to make mahjong, immediately felt like a prodigal son after hearing the name "rosewood".

"Back to the Marquis, these pieces of wood are fine old rosewood, also known as 'huanghuali'. The material of these huanghuali is fine, the texture is soft, and the fragrance is exuding..."

In Wang Bing's uncertain eyes, several carving masters, just as Wang Bing expected, named a wood that would be extremely valuable in future generations.

In fact, this huanghuali wood was not only valuable in later generations. Even during the Ming Dynasty, it was still a precious wood that could only be used by the royal family and dignitaries.

'Holy shit, I used huanghuali to carve mahjong? This damn guy is really a waste of money!'

After hearing the introductions of several carving masters, Wang Bing, who originally selected the wood among the wood brought by several servants just because of its fragrance, couldn't help but cursed himself as a prodigal.

"Master Hou?"

Just when Wang Bing was regretting his squandering behavior, several sculptors looked over with puzzled faces.

"Oh, it's nothing. I just think the name 'Huanghuali' is a good one!"

Looking at the wood that had been untied by several carpenters, Wang Bing could only nod helplessly, no matter how distressed he was.

'I feel so bad, I'm a hereditary prince now, what's wrong with making mahjong with huanghuali!'

In the end, Wang Bing quickly found excuses and reasons to comfort himself.

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