Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 524 Horse Racing
Many players looked at each other in blank dismay. Yang Zhener's proposal seems to be really feasible?
Horse betting is a gambling activity with a long history, and almost all civilizations in the world have invented this game by coincidence.

In ancient China Arita avoided horse racing, and ancient Rome also had horse racing.

Even some primitive tribes have a tradition of equestrian competition.

The Uighurs now hold horse races every year to compete for the most skilled knights.

Yang Zhener continued: "However, ancient horse racing is different from modern horse racing. Modern horse racing can attract the attention of the general public and become a popular gambling activity all over the world. The main problem is the degree of participation."

Yang Zhener loves to travel, and she also went to the racecourse when she was traveling abroad.

At first, she thought that she had no interest in horse betting, but she never expected that she would spend less than half of her savings at a racetrack in Fusang.

Later, after Yang Zhener returned to China, he carefully studied the mode of horse betting, and felt that the designers of these horse betting rules really understood human nature too well.

Yang Zhen'er sat down and slowly spoke out her plan.

Hu Yu frowns tightly, then slowly unfurls, and then smiles.

Everyone nodded one after another, and now they looked at Yang Zhen'er in a different way!
Everyone sat together and perfected the plan, and the next day Hu Yu rushed into Jiedushi's mansion again.

Wei Jiansu didn't want to see Hu Yu at first, so he tricked Hu Yu into thinking of ways to organize and train the new army. Wei Jiansu, who had been a minister of the Ministry of War, didn't know that a clever woman can't cook without rice.

But now Xichuan Jiedu's government really can't afford money and food, and the formation and training of the new army is just his rumor. The main purpose is to make Xichuan army feel threatened and not to make excessive demands before the battle.

Hu Yu was just used by Wei Jiansu to bluff, but if Hu Yu's acting really fooled the leaders of the Xichuan Army, Wei Jiansu could only trick Hu Yu into acting.

Hu Yu rushed into Jiedushi's mansion angrily, Wei Jiansu was blocked by Hu Yu before he could leave Jiedushi's mansion.

Originally, Wei Jiansu was going to have a showdown, but unexpectedly Hu Yu said;

"Jie Shuai, since the Jiedu envoy's mansion has no money or food, can Jie Shuai give him a place?"

Give a place?
Wei Jiansu looked at Hu Yu, only to see that Hu Yu said seriously: "There is a piece of wasteland near the west gate in Chengdu, can Jie Shuai give it to me?"

Wei Jiansu had taken advantage of Hu Yu, but he still felt a little guilty towards him.

The west of the city is where poor people live, and the wasteland beyond the west gate is worthless, and the Jiedu Shifu can completely requisition it.

Moreover, this land is only the size of two school yards, and it is also a piece of wasteland, so it is no problem to give it to Hu Yu.

Thinking of this, Wei Jiansu agreed wholeheartedly.

Hu Yu pestered Wei Jiansu, but Wei Jiansu had no choice but to hurry up and complete the formalities for Hu Yu, and transferred the wasteland to Hu Yu.

In the next few days, Hu Yu took the money collected by the players and hired a group of local natives to start leveling the land in the west of the city.

The construction of the racecourse is very simple, as long as the stables are set up, the field is leveled, and then a high platform for watching horse racing is built against the racecourse.

Although a racecourse is simple to build, organizing a successful horse race is not easy.

Unexpectedly, Yang Zhen'er, an ordinary company clerk, is very talented in planning competitions.

Horse racing requires horses. Who has the most horses in Bashu?

That is naturally the Xichuan Army.

Yang Zhen'er dragged Hu Yu into the Xichuan Army's barracks.

Originally, Hu Yu didn't want to deal with the Xichuan army, but when the Xichuan army heard that Hu Yu was planning to build a march, they were also full of hostility towards him.

But I didn't expect that after Yang Zhen'er, who was disguised as a man, had a chat with Xu Maozu, Xu Maozu became interested in the business of horse racing.

He said on the spot that he would select [-] horses from the Xichuan Army to participate in the horse race!
Yang Zhen'er promised that as long as he was a soldier of the Xichuan Army, he could get a horse coupon worth two yuan for free every day he entered the racetrack.

One tael of silver is equal to a consistent amount of money, that is, one thousand dollars.

An ordinary family's annual expenditure is almost 50 taels of silver, which is [-] yuan.

The price of Yang Zhener's horse coupon is two yuan, which is not too big or small for ordinary people.

Speaking of two renminbi less, the daily food and clothing expenses of ordinary people do not add up to 150 renminbi, and the salary of soldiers is a little higher than that of farmers, but two renminbi a day is not too little.

To put it bluntly, you can't buy much with two dollars, and Yang Zhen'er issued a horse ticket, which must be used at the racetrack.

For Xu Maozu, it was a good deal to send the horses that originally belonged to the Xichuan Army to a horse race, and the racecourse would give him money.

As for so many soldiers in Xichuan, they could receive a horse coupon of two dollars every day when they entered the racecourse, and they could also buy the hearts of the soldiers and let the soldiers remember that this was the benefit that Xu Maozu had obtained for them.

Inside the Xichuan Army, spinach was prevalent. When Xu Maozu was free, he also liked to play a few leaf cards with the officers, or simply play with the dice.

Isn't horse racing easy?Isn't it just faster than any horse?

Xu Maozu was an officer at any rate, and he had seen a lot of fine horses, so he could tell which horse could win the championship by just looking around. Didn't Hu Yu give him money!
Thinking of this, Xu Maozu made up his mind, after their racetrack opened, he must play some big ones!

When he came out of the barracks, Hu Yu frowned and said, "You've spent so much money before the racetrack opened. There are quite a few people from the Xichuan Army in Chengdu. If they go every day, we won't be able to bear it." .”

But Yang Zhen'er said: "What's wrong with going every day? What we issue is horse coupons, not cash. What are you afraid of?"

Hu Yu said depressedly: "Isn't this horse coupon equal to money?"

Yang Zhen'er said with a smile: "The horse coupons can only be turned into money after betting. As long as they bet, the money will be ours."

Hu Yu said: "There are good horses and bad horses in this horse race. They come to bet on those fast horses every day, and they can always make money back?"

Yang Zhen'er narrowed his eyes with a smile and said: "It seems that you really don't understand the mind of betting on dogs. If this money is exchanged for horse coupons, it is no longer money. These two-dollar horse coupons are the best advertisement. They gave us the heat for free!"

Seeing his girlfriend's confident appearance, Hu Yu also suppressed her doubts in her heart.

But it seems that the racecourses all over the world are very profitable. This Datang can't lose money by opening a racecourse, right?

But Yang Zhener said again: "Old Hu, we opened this racetrack to recruit new troops, right?"

Hu Yu nodded and said, "Of course, all the money will be used to recruit new troops, and it's earmarked for special purposes."

Yang Zhen'er looked at the racetrack not far away where the land had been leveled, and said with some melancholy: "I also hope that this money can benefit the people of Sichuan, I don't know what we have come up with, and what will this thing do? What a horrible monster it has become."

Hu Yu looked at his girlfriend suspiciously. Yang Zhener was a heartless person most of the time, but she was so serious suddenly, which made Hu Yu a little scared.

But now the racetrack is ready to go.

A few days later, the common people in Chengdu knew about it, and a novel racetrack opened near Ximen.

Two copper coins can buy a horse ticket, and then you can use this horse ticket to bet on which horse will win the race. If the betting horse really wins the race, you can get a multiplied bonus.

Isn't this horse racing easy?As long as you bet on the fast horse, isn't this giving money?
The racecourse chose to open on the tenth day of the first lunar month, and a large number of people rushed into the racecourse.

The Zhengdan holiday had not yet passed, and many officers and soldiers of the Xichuan Army also came to the racetrack with their badges.

Sure enough, Yang Zhen'er fulfilled his promise, as long as it is Xichuan Army, everyone will be given a horse coupon worth two yuan for free.

The popularity of the first day even surpassed Hu Yu's preparations. He had to limit the number of people entering the stadium to prevent the high platform for watching the horse race from being crushed.

Twenty fine horses were pulled onto the oval racecourse, and each horse was individually dressed, and Yang Zhener even gave each horse a name.

Xu Maozu, who was sitting in the VIP seat, looked at the racehorses dressed in different styles in the field, and even felt excited.

He called a receptionist who was in charge of betting: "How do I use this coupon?"

The receptionist has been carefully cultivated by the players during this period of time, and it can be said that they know the rules by heart.

The young receptionist said at once:

"My lord, there are several ways to play this horse race, it depends on how you want to play it?"

Xu Maozu asked suspiciously: "There is still a way to play this horse race? Isn't it just to run faster than any other horse?"

The receptionist immediately said: "You said this is a win, bet on the horse with the corresponding number, as long as this horse wins the championship, you can get a bonus with the corresponding odds."

Xu Maozu asked suspiciously: "Is there any other way to play?"

The receptionist smiled and said: "Of course, the odds of winning alone are limited, at most it is five times, and we have more ways to earn more at the racetrack."

Hearing that he earned more money, Xu Maozu immediately became interested, and he quickly asked, "What else can I do?"

The receptionist said: "If you have confidence in your vision, you can also play 'San Chuan Er'. As long as you bet on the top three in order, you can get ten times or even dozens of times the bonus."

"If the nobleman finds a good horse, he can also buy a 'triple crown'. As long as the horse wins three consecutive championships, he can get a hundred times the bonus at most!"

hundred times!
Xu Maozu's breathing became short of breath!

A hundred times ten thousand is worth a million dollars!

What a concept!
Xu Maozu snatched the form, only to see numbers densely written on it, he threw away the odds form and asked: "You said [-] times, how do you buy it?"

(End of this chapter)