This is the fun part of the game, no matter how you calculate it in advance, there will always be accidents. Even if the group of people who have mastered most of the information resources in advance, it is impossible to guess the outcome of the game.

At the end of the first race, the riders below led the horses in a row, and several of the leaders of the Jockey Club began to present them with awards.

The first name is the lucky wolf Juxu, a gray horse that has become a dark horse - today's horse racing is forbidden to duplicate names, in case of betting on horses, so all kinds of strange names emerge in an endless stream, to the same as the screen name of later generations, this name is relatively normal.

The second place is the west wind tight of the Liu family's carriage and horse company, a Khitan horse. The horse was always in the fifth or sixth position the whole time, not the best or the worst, but luck came and it couldn't be stopped. Curly Hair Qing and Black Wind Chasing Cloud collided, causing the speed to drop sharply, but the rider with the tight west wind saw the opportunity and jumped up. In terms of quality, the Khitan horse is indeed unable to catch up with the Hexi horse, especially the shoulder height, standing together is even more conspicuous, nearly two inches worse than the Hexi good horse on the same field, especially the horse racing horse with the bloodline of Dawan horse, Heifeng Chasing Cloud, which is really far behind. But relying on luck, it was very thrilling to get the second place.

The third place went to Fei Li Huang, who was the leader at the beginning. As for the curly-haired green horse of Uncle Tianzi's family, and the black wind chasing clouds that Uncle Gao Zunyu wanted to use to make a name for himself, it was a pity that they fell to the fourth and fifth positions.

The horse ticket for betting on the horse fell to the ground, and there was a lot of scolding in the stands, and no one expected this result.

Especially the first two in this field are unknown horses and riders who can't see the advantage, but because of Gao Zunyu's escort tactics and a little luck, they have the last laugh.

Han Gang Dalu smiled and said to his wife and concubine: "If you are asked to buy horse tickets, it is estimated that you will lose all your share." The first three want to say that they have guessed the position of two of them, but it is difficult to say that they have guessed one. ”

Wang Yi didn't look at Han Gang's smug appearance, and pulled Yan Suxin to sit in front.

"Even a veteran of many years can't guess today's accident." He Ju said in a round, he was very surprised by Han Gang's attitude towards his family, as far as he knew, there were many high-ranking officials who treated their wives like Yan Jun, but they were all serious at home, and it was really hard to imagine the feeling of an ordinary person like Han Gang if he didn't see it with his own eyes, "Most of them are optimistic about curly hair in advance, Feili Huang, and the black wind chasing the clouds are also counted, and Wolf Juxu is not unpopular." But the west wind is the unpopular, the real unpopular. ”

There are two kinds of horse racing tickets, one is to guess the position, the first place, the top three, and even the ranking of all the participating horses, the odds are higher than one - of course, although the last one is small, there are people who buy it, and they have never been seen. The other is simple, just guess the top three are the three horses, because the ranking is not counted, there are only a few horses qualified to compete for the first place in a race, and the probability of predicting in advance is very high, so the odds are low. On the other hand, there are far more people who buy than the previous one, and naturally there are more people who win the lottery. But today's situation, it is estimated that no one has been hit.

While the opening scene disappointed and angered thousands of spectators and gamblers, the game was just a mattle, with more intense action to follow.

However, in a matchday, it will not be all games, and there will be some hiccups in between.

For example, equestrian acrobatics are now appearing on the field. Four horses decorated with silk flowers and colorful silk gallop along the track, and riders on horseback perform all sorts of dangerous movements.

Standing up in the saddle is quite ordinary. From riding upside down, go to handstand. Then sit back in the saddle from the upside-down position. It's thrilling to watch. From the horse's back to the horse's belly, and then from the horse's belly back again, the action is like a peer, and the equestrian skills are amazing. When the speed was at its highest, four riders even jumped to their feet and swapped their mounts in the air.

The three little ones in the family clung to the railing and screamed at the riders' movements. They can still remember to follow the rules in the previous game, but when they saw this wonderful circus, they finally ran the rules to the back of their minds, and they chattered and made noise.

When the four riders had harnessed their mounts to the front of the box, after a whistle, they all pulled up the reins, and the four horses rose up almost at the same time, and made a delicate turn of three hundred and sixty degrees with their two hind hooves, and then the front hooves fell with a bang, and the formation of four men and four horses continued to gallop forward.

"What a handsome horseman." When Han Gang saw their performance, even if he was in the army, he couldn't help but be amazed.

"These are recruited from Shengzhou, Hedong, and they are all naturalized divination blockers." He Ju sighed and said: "It is said that southerners are good at boats and northerners are good at horses, but when equestrianism reaches this realm, it is really different." No wonder it can become a big trouble in the Central Plains. ”

"So what? It's not time to go to the capital to show us a hundred operas. It's not the same as it was at the beginning of the country. Han Gang's smile had a coldness that made He Ju shudder, "It's different." ”

He Ju was shocked when he heard this, but his eyes couldn't help but bring out a little reverence. For more than ten years, countless foreign barbarians have been crushed in the hands of those in front of him, and tens of thousands of corpses have supported his assertion. Since Han Gang said so, it is the truth, and there are few people in the world who are qualified to refute these words.

His respect comes from the heart, "so it's still a credit to Duanming." If it weren't for Duanming, these diviners would only follow the Khitans to rob them. robbery, how can you honestly come to the racecourse to run horses and sell solutions? ”

Han Gang laughed loudly, "In another ten or twenty years, it will not be only the divination people who come here to play circus." ”

He Ju laughed: "The villain is also looking forward to the day when there are Khitans under his hands." ”

After the circus performance, a new competition is immediately followed.

It's still a newcomer's cushion race, but it's a long-distance race, a fifteen-mile race. How to distribute the horse's physical strength to win the best game becomes the key to the race. In the past, there have been no casualties in racehorses.

There are long and short races, the longest is fifteen miles, the shortest is three miles, and in addition to this, there is also the obstacle course in which horses pull heavy loads - the competition field is in the center of the field surrounded by a track - so many events that there are more than 200 horses registered for the race. Those who fail to pass the basic test and are rejected are more than ten times more than ten.

Every new horse was compared to the lowest level of the rookie race, and in the afternoon, near dusk, the famous first-class horses in the capital appeared one by one, and it was the climax of a race day.

It's just that Hangang has little interest in horse racing, including Keju, and he prefers to read books or travel. Exercising and refining your muscles and bones is just to live a longer and healthier life. Watching the game, it was difficult for him to settle into the atmosphere of the fierce confrontation in the field. Although both events were the brainchild of his heart, even sitting on the sidelines, Han Gang's mind was still full of calculations about the reality and future interests.

Sometimes Han Gang also thinks that such a character is really boring, but after decades of character development, he has no intention of changing. Let his wife and concubines continue to watch the game in front, and sit in the back of the box to gossip with He Ju.

"What did Qu Li say?" Han Gang asked.

He Ju whispered to Han Gang, "I only chatted twice." He wanted to find out Duanming's identity. In fact, it depends on Duan Ming's extraordinary bearing, and I want to get acquainted. ”

"It's because you, the head of SF Express, are by your side, so you take a look at it, right? If it weren't for that, he wouldn't have sent it to the door himself. Han Gang laughed and asked again, "What does Qu Li do for a living?" ”

"Qu Li is very famous near the river port outside the east city, the Mizhou people, who have been trading in the capital for more than ten years, and have a fleet on the line of the Wuzhang River. When Xining was in the eighth year of the famine, he donated 1,800 stone of rice in Jingdong in exchange for a county lieutenant from Jiupin. In the past two years, he often made friends with people in the capital at the Keju Stadium and the Racecourse, and got to know many children of the clan and official eunuchs, and his business became bigger and bigger. ”

Han Gang nodded, signaling that he had understood. When there was a famine in Xining for eight years, he was able to donate 1,800 stone of grain, and his family foundation was not ordinarily thick.

However, paying attention to this wealthy merchant in Mizhou is only a whim after a while, and Han Gang's hope for maritime trade cannot be placed on outsiders. At the end, he just gave an order, asking He Ju to check the details of Jingdong merchants on weekdays, especially those who do maritime trade. It's useless now, but sooner or later it will come in handy.

He Juying got down and asked, "What else does Duanming have to order?" ”

"Horse racing is gone, so it's better to keep it up." Han Gang looked at his wife and concubines who were paying attention to the game in the field, and it didn't seem that he had done anything wrong to pass the time with horse racing today, but he remembered the game that was being held in another stadium not far away, "It's no problem for the team in the industry to be the first in the league this year, how far can the playoffs go?" Can you come back with a first name? ”

"I'm afraid it's a little hard. For most of the first half of the season, I couldn't pull away the points. With five rounds left, two defeats may leave the playoffs out of the way. He Ju sighed, "This year, the team on this side of the city west is improving too fast,"

"That's what looks good." Han Gang smiled, not worried about his team, "It's a pity that I can't see today's game on the racecourse, if only I could play in one arena." The racecourse is so big, it's not a ...... to let a Keju team in."

The playoffs of the Kemari League have not yet begun, but the regular season has come to an end. Today, Han Gang is free, and it is actually not bad to watch a Keju competition, it is when the race is hot, but Han Gang wants to see the horse race more, so he brought the whole family to the racecourse. It feels better to see different events come together at the same time.

"There will always be a war of words on both sides every day, who is the main and who is secondary? It's hard to give in to either side. He Ju sighed.

Han Gang shook his head, as far as he knew, the relationship between Keju and the two general associations was indeed very bad, although the type of competition was completely different, but the crowd facing them was similar, and it was very much a bit of a dispute between Yu Liang.

Another round of matches is over, cheers suddenly burst out from the audience, and the box next door is not as quiet as it was after the previous game, and it seems that this time it is not an upset.

Listening to the cheering stomping of feet next door, and the sound coming from the window, the tens of thousands of people watching the game seemed to be in a frenzy. Han Gang couldn't help but think about it again, when it came to the higher-level session in the afternoon, I don't know how warm the atmosphere would be.

There are as many as 10,000 people in Tokyo who come here to watch the game, and there is one in 100 people. Although it is not as good as the Keju League, all the men, women and children in a workshop are dispatched to cheer for the team in the workshop; It is not as grand as the bidding competition that started two years ago, but in absolute terms, it is amazing enough.

At least one-third of Tokyo's vast citizen class is obsessed with two events, and the wealth attracted by the industry is a staggering and coveted figure.

A purely agrarian society cannot support such a competition. In most rural areas, only during the annual club competition and the New Year's Festival, there are activities such as hundred operas, miscellaneous dramas or competitions. Only large cities, with large populations and wealth, would have organized sports competitions.

Perhaps this is a by-product of the Industrial Revolution. In the production of cotton cloth, the use of spinning machines and looms, and the emergence of a large number of hired laborers, the entire cotton textile industry has begun to semi-industrialize, and at the same time, textile technology has also begun to spread to the silk weaving industry. With the progress of technology, ideas will change, society will change, and cultural customs will change accordingly. The more culture and entertainment can be popularized among the people, the higher the degree of civilization in the society.

The new way of life will gradually change the tradition of male ploughing and female weaving, and of course it will not be liked by ordinary scholars and doctors, and the idea of despising industry and commerce is still the mainstream among the literati. But the tide of change was irresistible, and with the development of industry and commerce, the strength of the guilds was gradually strengthened, and the burghers were constantly expanding, and they needed a social culture that matched them.

This is the change that Hangang is looking forward to.

A game makes time fly by.

After Han Gang left He Ju to talk for a while, he sent him out to do business. The head of the capital of SF is still very busy. He Juzhong just personally led someone to bring a sumptuous banquet at lunchtime.

But in the afternoon, He Ju hurried to see Han Gang with an ugly face.

"Duanming, something happened." He Ju's face was pale, "There was an accident in the game in the line today, and the fans on both sides fought...... Dead people! ”