Chapter 55: Escalating the Gambling Fight
Li Hui'er and Yu Youniang saw Li Jing galloping wildly and colliding with each other, and the surrounding people and sergeants all screamed in unison, cheering for their respective supporters. Seeing Li Jing wound Feng Liang's white war horse with a spear and fell down, and Feng Liang fell off the horse in embarrassment, Yu Youniang covered her eyes like a frightened little girl. However, Li Huier thinks that she is very bold, she has also seen a lot of martial arts, and she feels that as a golden branch and jade leaf, she should show the demeanor of the royal family and always maintain a calm demeanor.
'Yong Saburo' Li Jing had a brilliant record, and he knocked the invincible Feng Liang off his horse in just one round, which attracted countless shouts and cheers from countless people in the field. Feng Liang usually relies on his identity as the nephew of Changshi and the descendant of the Bohai Feng family, and he is also arrogant and domineering in Penglai City. The people in the city usually dare to be angry but dare not speak, but at this time, seeing him beaten so embarrassed by Li Jing, they were all excited and cheered.
Feng Liang asked to fight again, causing a burst of boos from the onlookers!
Li Hui'er was in the crowd, and the boo was much louder than many people next to her. Yu Youniang had no choice but to reach out and cover her mouth to calm her down. Yu Youniang held Li Hui'er, looking at Li Jing who was standing on the war horse and looking at Feng Liang with a downward attitude, she was like a demon. This is the first time she has seen this kind of blood-pumping horse fight, it is so flying and excited, the senior brother who was once ridiculed by her as a rice bucket, is so cold and flying on the horse, sweeping the opponent off the horse in only one round. She felt that she should shout and cheer for Li Jing as excitedly as Li Hui'er, but her chest rose and fell violently, her heart beat violently, and the enthusiasm in her heart couldn't be released.
Several soldiers from Zuo Yidu walked into the field, carefully inspected Feng Liang's blood-stained war horse, and shook their heads at Feng Liang, this war horse was blinded by Li Jing in one eye, and broke its front legs, and it has been scrapped. Feng Liang ignored his beloved horse, he was like a madman whose mind was occupied by anger, staring at Li Jing with his eyes, shouting for another fair duel with Li Jing.
"This one can't be counted, I can give you this horse lance, but you have to compete with me again, and have a real competition!"
Li Jing chuckled and ignored Feng Liang, this fight was originally an accident. The reason why he agreed was just to frustrate the arrogance of Feng Liang before. Now that he has defeated Feng Liang and won a horse lance, why should he compete with Feng Liang again? For Feng Liang, stimulate him a little and frustrate his sharpness, in order to make him understand that he is not a person who is angry against him, in order to show his posture and strength. But everything has a degree, and beyond that limit is not a good thing.
"Feng Wulang, it's just a fight, why be so worried? Could it be that Feng Wulang can't even afford to lose a fight, or is it that you can't afford this horse lance? If so, I can give you back the lance, as if it hadn't happened. Li Jing pretended to return the horse lance to Feng Liang.
"It's just a lance, and it's worth a little money, but I don't care about it. If you are willing to compete with me again, I am willing to take out another horse lance, no, take out two more horse lances and compare with you. If you can be upright, and don't win me by deception as you did just now, then the two lances will be yours. Seeing that Li Jing refused to agree, Feng Liang hurriedly proposed a more tempting condition. Of course, if you are afraid of losing, I can promise you that even if you lose, the lance will also belong to you, and I will not take it back. It's a man, so I'll compete with each other. ”
Hearing that Feng Liangken took out two more horse lances to gamble, Li Jing was a little surprised but not moved. Winning Feng Liang once already made him a little hysterical, and if he won him again, then he wouldn't be crazy. Although the two horse lances are valuable, they are not worth it to really turn their faces with Feng Liang now.
Li Jing didn't put the two horse lances in his eyes, but when the others heard this, they were amazed and exclaimed. Even if it is two ordinary horse lances, it can be worth a hundred gold, and the money of seven or eight hundred yuan is already equivalent to the property of a small landowner and a rich man in the countryside.
"New Tang Dynasty Book: Food and Goods Journal" contains: The Tang Dynasty's regulation of Yong was that "those who do not serve are three feet of silk per day". The "General Dictionary" also says: "Those who do not serve are reaped." In the land of no silk, the cloth is three feet seven inches and five minutes. The meaning of these two passages is that in the Tang Dynasty, when an ordinary person was forced to do labor, he used money to work on behalf of each person, and one person received three feet of silk a day. Three feet of silk a day, this is basically the salary that the people of the Tang Dynasty could earn in a day.
How much is a three-foot silk? A horse of silk is forty feet long, and it is worth 800 yuan. Converted, one foot of silk is worth 20 yuan, and three feet of silk is 60 yuan. It can be said that the standard wage for ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty was 60 wen a day, 1,800 wen a month, and 21,600 wen a year. In fact, this is just an estimate, in fact, it is impossible for ordinary people to really earn 60 yuan every day.
Dou rice 200 yuan, a family of five, even if a family only eats 2 liters of rice a day, it will cost 40 yuan, if you want to buy some salt, for example, a combination, according to the "New Tang Dynasty Book Food and Goods Journal": "Xiantong year, salt per bucket of 100 yuan." "If you add two taxes, clothes, shoes and other expenses, if the family has no other labor income, even if it is 60 yuan a day, it is barely enough to make ends meet.
800,000 yuan, which requires an ordinary person to work for 13,333 days without eating or drinking. It's a huge amount of money, and the smell of it can make people's hearts move.
Not only the ordinary onlookers were moved, but even the coach who was the referee made Lin Wei moved. Lin Wei can snatch the lance empty-handed, naturally because he is also a master of the horse lance. As a master of the horse lance, Lin Wei, who used to be an officer of the Shence Army, also had a horse lance, but after offending his boss and having an accident, he sold his family property, and even sold his and Lin Wu's war horses and horse lances after the last time. A horse lance master has no horse lance, which is something that makes the Lin Wei brothers very helpless.
Now, with two horse lances in front of him, how can he not be moved. He wanted to go up to fight, but he also knew that Dao Feng Liang would definitely not fight him. Previously, he grabbed Feng Liang's lance empty-handed, as long as Feng Liang had a little brain, he knew that he couldn't beat Lin Wei.
He looked at Li Jing, and couldn't help but walk up to Li Jing and whispered: "San Lang, these are two horse lances, how about you fight him again?" ”
Li Jing looked at Lin Wei, and saw that his eyes had been staring hotly at the horse lance that had just arrived in his hand, and he understood a little. He didn't want to fight with Feng Liang, because he didn't want to tear his face with the Feng family. But now that Lin Wei is exporting, he is unwilling to refuse directly. The Lin Wei brothers are both really capable, and now their relationship is not bad. Li Jing has been trying to find a way to win over these two brothers, if he can exchange two horse lances for the two brothers' approach, this deal really can't be said to be a profit or a loss.
Li Jing was hesitating, but suddenly saw the Xihe County Lord and Senior Sister Yu coming over.
"Feng Wulang is so arrogant, as soon as he makes a move, he has two horse lances. With such a lively scene, we couldn't help but want to join in. I had an idea, since the competition just now was so exciting, why not come back to it. Today I will open a handicap to help everyone have fun. Li Sanlang against Feng Wulang, Li Sanlang pays 30 to 1, Feng Wulang pays 30, anyone who is interested can bet, and this son will receive all the orders. Li Huier seemed to be a little afraid that the scene was not lively enough, and she fanned the flames and actually opened a handicap in public to sit in the village and gamble. It's just that the odds offered are surprising. Li Jing pays one for thirty, but Feng Liang is one for thirty. Everyone knows Li Jing's performance just now, and the winning rate is very high, but if you buy Li Jing to win, it is only 30 to 1. Feng Liang is obviously at a disadvantage, but the odds are as high as 30 to 1.
This handicap and odds opened, attracting hundreds of onlookers to become more enthusiastic. One loses thirty, bet on Feng Liang for a string of money, if you win, it will be 3,000 Wen.
Immediately, countless people came to bet, and most of them went for Feng Liang's good odds. On Li Jing's side, not many people bet for a while. Li Huier didn't expect it to be so enthusiastic, and immediately greeted Yu Youniang and the entourage and the coachman to go into battle to open the bank.
The warm scene over there made Li Jing a little crying and laughing. Before he promised to fight Feng Liang again, the county lords had already started a bet. However, Feng Liang was even more angry, and his face was blue and black. One to thirty, this is simply a slap in the face. It's just that he also knows the origin of the county lord of Xihe and Yu Youniang. He didn't want to mess with these two people, so he could only hold his breath in his heart.
Seeing that only a few people on Xiaoshi bet on themselves to win, Li Jing smiled and said: "Bet on myself, one hundred and fifty taels of silver collar!" ”
Holding the pen to register, Li Huier, who was very busy, immediately registered with a smile: "Li Sanlang bets on himself to win, one hundred and fifty taels, thirty to one." ”
Thirty to one, even if Li Jing wins, the one hundred and fifty taels of silver can only win five taels. Although the odds are a bit cheating, since he was coaxed by this group of people, Li Jing simply let go. He took one hundred and fifty taels to bet himself, in fact, he also knew that since he couldn't have both fish and bear's paws, he didn't have to worry about sealing the light. He bet so much money on himself, and he was confident that Feng Liang would definitely be provoked, and he would definitely take the money to bet on himself. What he wants is this effect, this time he must ruthlessly let Feng Liang bleed once, so that he can know that the sky is high and the earth is thick. Although the Feng family is strong, he Li Jing also has a top backer. Blindly forbearance is not Li Jing's style, and he will never be soft when it is time to make a move.
Sure enough, Feng Liang saw that Li Jing suddenly took out one hundred and fifty taels of silver to stake himself. couldn't help but look even more gloomy, his eyes glared at Li Jing fiercely, and his lips trembled slightly. The most reluctant strode up to Li Hui'er and said in a deep voice: "I'll bet myself, 10,000 silks!" ”