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Chapter 197
Since reaching No.1, the dragon boats of the Zhen Guogong Mansion have been leading the way.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
The other drummers pounded on their drums, eager to pass on their strength and anger to the rest of the team.

Fight!

All the rowers were furious.Listening to the desperate drumbeat, they almost gritted their teeth and frantically waved the oars in their hands.

However, the already weakened arms were not satisfactory, and everyone only felt that the weakness came up one after another.

They could only watch helplessly as the blue dragon boat in front of them went further and further away, no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't catch up.

hum~
The people on the embankment were in an uproar.

In previous years, it was difficult to tell who would win the final crown until the last moment of the dragon boat.However, most of the dragon boats this year are still four miles away from the finish line, and the situation on the river is already clear at a glance.

Haha.

Someone is ecstatic.

That's the person who bought the team from the Duke of Zhen's mansion laughing his teeth out.

"I've been telling you all before, the combination of Zhen Guo Gongfu, Xing Luo Legion and Zhen Nan Guan is absolutely invincible."

"It's a pity." The man shook his head regretfully, "I'm short on money, and I don't have that much money. Otherwise, it won't be a problem to change to a bigger house and marry a few concubines to warm the bed after I go home today."

Ugh!
More people sighed.

They frowned and looked at the betting slips in their hands that had become waste paper, and shook their heads silently.

"Where are the bastards in the rich gambling house? Stand up for me, and see if I don't beat you to death." Some people were furious, shouting and cursing.

"At the beginning, I was planning to suppress the Duke's Mansion. It was you who kept saying that they formed a team too late, didn't get along well enough, and the dragon boat was too heavy, so they definitely couldn't make it into the top five?"

"My hard-earned money..."

Others grabbed the distraught guy one after another, "Forget it, forget it! Gambling is character, so bet and admit defeat."

Qian Duoduo, the shopkeeper of Fugui Casino, shrank his head and squeezed into the crowd to watch the excitement, feeling secretly refreshed.

Although the final whistle has not yet sounded, everyone already knows who the champion belongs to.

As the shopkeeper of the casino, Qian Duoduo likes this kind of unexpected result the most.

He stroked his beard vigorously.

In the future, when I go to visit my boss during the Chinese New Year, maybe my waist can be straightened up.Maybe Lord Hou will meet him in person, and even give his son a place to go to the family school, and he will be out of the lowly family from now on...

Qian Duoduo is looking forward to it.

"Treasurer," a waiter in the gambling shop squeezed through the crowd sweating profusely, and whispered something in his ear.

Qian Duoduo's expression changed, he turned and left in a hurry.

Aristocratic area, viewing platform on the right.

No matter how bad-eyed Emperor Changxing was, he would see a dragon boat on the moat taking the lead, heading towards the finish line at a fast speed.

There are no other competitors even within ten feet behind.

"Which company's dragon boat is this?" He was very curious.

There was coughing all around, but no one made a sound.

In the end, it was Chang Lu who replied: "Your Majesty, it is the dragon boat of the Duke of Zhen Guo."

"Zhen Guo Gongfu?" Emperor Changxing was stunned, "Didn't Huo Qing and the others form a team at the end of April?"

He was a little bewildered.

Could it be that he is really too old to have a wrong memory?
cough.

Chang Lu coughed, not daring to hide it: "Your Majesty, you have the spirit of a dragon and a horse, and your memory is much better than that of the old slave. Huo Shizi and the others did form a team half a month ago."

Emperor Changxing nodded, raised his eyes to look at the river, his expression was not very good-looking.

Such a team that has just been formed for less than half a month can be far ahead, and there is even no opponent within more than ten feet behind.

Are his sons and those young masters in Xingji City who have been training hard for half a year so weak?

was thinking.

chirp~
A loud whistle.

The servant who was staring at the finish line screamed: "The first dragon boat team has reached the finish line, congratulations to the government of Zhen Guo."

Mingla.

There was joy on the shore.

A while passed, seeing that Ren Ning and the others had no intention of going ashore for the time being.Only then did the common people turn their heads and look upstream.

The other teams were finally overdue.

Although the rowers are exhausted, after all, they are going down the river, and the speed of these dragon boats is not slow.

It's just that the sea was too difficult for the water.The people on the shore had seen the flying speed of Zhen Guogong's mansion, and the dragon boats on the river at this time were inevitably a bit unsightly.

Therefore, except for those hopeful gamblers who were shouting loudly, everyone else was a little bit less interested.

Looking at the auditorium from the left, the dumbfounded Ji Xiang finally came to his senses.

wow.

She couldn't help cheering and dancing with joy.

cough!
Yingpan coughed.

Only then did Jixiang stop before the senior female relatives on the left and right looked over, and stood obediently.

"Ma'am." She couldn't hide her excitement, but lowered her voice rationally: "We won the bet and won a full 25 taels."

The little maids who ended up in the back didn't bother to pay attention.

This is a terrifying amount of money.

When Ren Ning was a scout in Yanzhen Fortress, his military reputation was relatively high, but it was only a tael of silver.

And the food and drink of a family of five in the imperial capital is only 20 taels of silver a year.

What is the concept of earning 25 taels of silver at once?
Converted into modern money, it is about 15 billion.

Yingpan was also a little dizzy.

The rubber business in the south is getting more and more prosperous, but after deducting the cost and labor, only less than 1000 taels were allocated to the General's Mansion.

But it's already a very lucrative business.

Even so, she shook her head, "It's not our money, but Concubine Qing's. After you get it, you have to return it to others."

"Oh!" Ji Xiang nodded and finally calmed down.

But soon she was smiling again.

Even if the 25 taels of silver did not belong to Concubine Qing, it belonged to Yingpan or the General's Mansion, and had nothing to do with her as a little maid.

But Ji Xiang himself and Miao Dong also bet 120 taels of silver just now, and they got more than 3000 silver in their hands.

For her, such a sum of money was a windfall that would be difficult to earn in several lifetimes.

On the other side, Qian Duoduo, the treasurer of the wealthy gambling house, squeezed out of the crowd, and couldn't help scolding in a low voice: "What happened? Who is so bold to bet so much money at once?"

It also happened to let the opponent hit the bet.

When setting the odds, all the casinos secretly got together and studied it carefully, and everyone agreed that it was impossible for the Zhen Guo Gongfu to be among the top five.

As a result, they have won the championship directly now, and they don't even have any opponents at all.

One million taels!

Qian Duoduo's legs felt weak.

Although the gambler wins and loses, the banker usually makes a steady profit.

However, Star Ji City has been established for more than 600 years, and there has never been a casino that lost 25 taels of silver at one time.After losing such a large sum of money, the rich gambling house will close down even if it does not close down.

Qian Duoduo was a little apprehensive.

Just now, he had hoped that during the Chinese New Year and the festival, he would go to visit his boss with a straight back.But if the boss knew that Caifang had lost 25 taels of silver, it would be strange not to peel off his skin.

Xiao Er shrank her neck, "Shopkeeper, that's a maid with a name of a little girl."

Because Jixiang bet too much, he took a closer look.

"By the way. She's taller than average. Her eyes seem a little blue."

Qian Duoduo, who was upset, couldn't listen anymore, "What's the point, send someone to find out who this is from?"

In such a huge imperial capital, rich people abound.But there are not many who will hand over 1 taels of silver to the maid.

It's okay if the strength behind the opponent is strong.If the opponent's main family is not strong, then don't blame them for being cruel.

(End of this chapter)