Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 347: Running over the hurdles
At around 6 o'clock in the morning, all the cattle, sheep and horses were finally transported to the pasture. The cattle and sheep were easy to handle and were kept in wooden paddocks.

After everyone has rested in the afternoon, mark the cattle and sheep, so you don't have to worry about being taken away as ownerless things.

Thirty-four sweat horses are in trouble. There are no stables that big in the pasture.

Fortunately, Margaret's manor is next door, and her stables are temporarily kept there.

But Chu Qianqian thought about it and gave up the idea.

Margaret will definitely not miss these horses, but recognizing them in the manor may not necessarily have her own evil thoughts.

He gave cash to four truck drivers and tipped each of them an extra £4.

The four truck drivers were overjoyed. While thanking them, they repeatedly mentioned that they could call them no matter how late it was if they still had jobs next time.

Chu Qianqian was a little hesitant about this, but he agreed wholeheartedly.

After all the trucks were gone, Chu Xiangqian also gave 5 pounds to the five workers, which was regarded as their overtime pay.

Now the five people immediately went to work without any complaints.

Chu Xiangqian drove out for a trip. When he came back, Da Zhuang and Hong Niu jumped out of the car and followed Chu Xiangqian's instructions to stare at the horses being driven into the fence.

As for the cattle and sheep, naturally they were all driven to the pasture.

After breakfast, Chu Xiangqian asked everyone to take turns to rest, and he also took a nap. At around 8 o'clock in the morning, he called Butler Hawkins.

Let him go to the Simmons family hotel and bring all the guests to the ranch.

At 10 a.m., Chu Xiangqian, who had slept for about two hours, became energetic again.

In the big house on the ranch, he put on jeans, leather boots, a checkered gray shirt, and a cowboy hat before leaving the house.

Through Titmouse's sight, he saw that five cars were only 5 minutes away from the ranch, and then he walked towards the stables of the ranch.

He chose a black ranch horse, equipped it with a saddle and other harnesses, and rode on to the road outside the ranch.

When they arrived at the arched gate of the ranch, the convoy happened to turn in from the main road.

When everyone saw Chu Qianqian dressed in jeans, they couldn't help but laugh.

Ranch workers in England rarely dress like this, and they even despise cowboys from the bottom of their hearts, but Chu Xiangqian doesn't care.

No matter how he integrates into England, most people will still reject him as an Asian in their hearts.

When the guys arrived in the car at the main building area of ​​the ranch, they saw 34 horses in a wooden fence on the grass.

Moreover, the pure white horse in a saddle was too conspicuous among the red and black horses.

As soon as they got off the car, Ge Bai and others walked impatiently towards the fence.

A group of people gathered outside the fence, pointing at the porcelain white sweat. After discussing for a while, they gathered around Chu and asked, "Chu, this is the horse you gave to Her Royal Highness Margaret." ?”

Chu Qianqian could tell what the group was thinking at a glance, and shrugged, "If you want to try it, you can choose anything else except this horse."

Bridge, Hader and others really wanted to try riding on the white horse because it was fully saddled.

But when Chu Xiangqian said this, everyone couldn't help but sigh.

Charles was moved in his mind, "Chu, when you transport so many horses to London, do you want to breed your own horse herd, or do you want to sell them to buyers in England?"

Chu Qianqian was secretly happy, but he pretended to have an expression of hesitation on his face. When Charles saw this, he immediately said, "Chu, we can be considered old friends.

You should know our intention to breed a herd of Sweatblood horses in England.

How about selling all these 33 horses to us? "

Ge Bai and others immediately realized that if Chu Xiangqian sold the bloody horse to others, it would be equivalent to cultivating more competitors.

Moreover, if I and others buy these 33 blood horses, each of them will get three or four horses. The financial pressure will not be great, and the number of their respective stallions will be expanded in one go.

Bridge had the fewest horses in his hands and said without hesitation, "Chu, we bought them all for 6 pounds each."

Others silently calculated that the price had actually risen to 6 to 7 pounds when they were on Hong Kong Island. Now they don't have to transport it back to London themselves, saving them the trouble and freight.

Everyone immediately agreed.

Chu Xiangqian shook his head, "I have to call Norton and ask him if he wants to buy a few horses too. Besides, if you want to breed a herd of sweat horses, leaving him will be troublesome.

It's better for you to form an alliance and let the 10 companies work together on horse breeding. "

The nine ghost guys agreed without much hesitation.

For one thing, given the relationship between Norton and Chu Xiangqian, it is not difficult to buy a bloody horse.

Secondly, in their alliance, if there is a big noble standing in front of them, they will have less trouble.

Chu nodded forward to Hawkins, "Call Margaret by the way and tell her that her horse has arrived."

Hawkins had just learned from everyone's words that the sweat horse in the horse group, worth at least 25 pounds, was a gift from Chu Xiangqian to Margaret.

His attitude toward Chu Xiangqian immediately became more friendly.

At 12 noon, Chu Xiangqian asked someone to choose a sheep, skinned and divided the meat himself, and held a barbecue party on the grass.

When the barbecue was on the table, not only Norton hurried over with his people, but also Margaret arrived.

As soon as she saw the porcelain-white sweat-blooded horse, Margaret excitedly hugged Chu Qianqian's neck and kissed it.

Almost everyone present knew the relationship between the two, and couldn't help laughing. Norton even took the lead in applauding.

Only Hawkins and five ranch workers stared at the two people hugging each other with incredulous expressions.

Hawkins came back to his senses and looked at the five workers. After thinking about it, he called the five people together.

I don’t know what he said to the five people. The five people nodded hurriedly and even swore to keep it secret.

Unfortunately, Hawkins didn't believe it at all. Afterwards, he asked a lawyer to come over and have all the owners of the ranch sign an extremely strict confidentiality contract.

If these five people leak the secret, the custody will cost him hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation.

Of course, Chu Xiangqian also promised not to fire anyone if they made no mistakes.

And the salary increase will not be lower than the salary level negotiated by the union and business owners.

Even if the ranch is very profitable and when new workers need to be recruited, their relatives will be hired to work on the ranch.

Chu Xiangqian was a little reluctant to this at first. From the perspective of modern people, this model of generational employment has many shortcomings.

But Margaret said that her current manor housekeeper is Hawkins' eldest son.

There are many in the manor, father and son, mother and son, and even families who have served the royal family for generations.

Let Chu Xiangqian realize that hereditary nobles are more willing to believe in their families who have served them for generations.

Of course, nothing is absolute, and many servants have been driven away.
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After the picnic, everyone's attention naturally focused on the horse named 'White Knight' by Margaret.

Chu Xiangqian also wanted to try out how good the endurance of a horse with a physical fitness of 2.4 is.Pulling Margaret who was eager to try, "My dear, let me ride a few laps to try it first, so as not to scare the white knight because you are not familiar with it."

Margaret could only endure the eagerness in her heart, and she didn't feel uncomfortable as these horses were allowed to be ridden forward by Chu.

Chu stretched his hand forward on the wooden fence and jumped over the 1-meter fence.

The horse approaching him also gave way automatically. On the contrary, the white knight took the initiative to trot over, lowering his head in front of Chu Qianqian and stepping on his front hooves. It was obvious at a glance that this guy also wanted to go out and run a few laps.

Chu patted the white knight's neck forward, turned over and got on the horse.

He wanted to ride it to the exit of the fence, but the white knight became excited after Chu Qianqian mounted the horse.

It kept snoring and the horse's legs kept moving in place.

Chu Xiangqian quickly felt that the white knight wanted to directly cross the 1-meter fence and rush onto the grass.

After thinking about it, Chu pulled the reins forward and shouted loudly. The white knight immediately exerted all his strength and rushed towards the fence six or seven meters away.

"God".

Everyone outside the fence saw this and understood.

Margaret even paled slightly, and just as she was about to shout to Chu Qianqian to stop, she saw Chu lying forward on the ground, his legs staring at the stirrups.

Before the white knight took off, he jumped slightly upwards, instantly reducing the weight of the white knight when he took off.

People and horses leap high, easily cross the 1-meter fence, and land smoothly.

Then Chu squeezed his legs forward, and the white knight, who was completely excited, exerted all his strength and ran towards the grassland.

In just a moment, he ran hundreds of meters.

There was only one thought in everyone's mind at this time, 'so fast'.

Then I realized that this horse was definitely something special.

Being able to easily cross the 1-meter fence shows that this horse is not weak in strength, and it is also very fast according to the current visual inspection. If the endurance is really as good as the rumors say.

Not to mention running 40 kilometers or 80 kilometers of endurance races, even running 120 kilometers of extreme endurance races in one day should be no problem.

And the better the endurance, the greater the advantage on the 2400-meter speed track.

After all, anyone who has watched a horse race knows that the running posture of a thoroughbred horse will become deformed due to excessive physical exertion in the second half of the race.

This is the best opportunity for horses with strong endurance to overtake.

It also shows the importance of the rider.

Chu Qianqian rode the white knight for seven or eight minutes and quickly discovered that this horse was indeed several levels behind the Red Rabbit and the Yezhao Jade Lion.

After forming a circle of several hundred meters around the main house, he slowly reduced his speed, patted the white knight on the neck, and ran towards the main house.

I am used to riding the Red Rabbit and Night-light Jade Lion, running at full speed for at least an hour at a speed of 55 kilometers per hour.

Riding a white knight again would seem uninteresting.

But Chu Xiangqian found it boring. In the eyes of Margaret and others, this horse ran at full speed for so long without losing its pace, which was already very impressive.

When Chu Qianqian slowed down, Margaret felt relieved.

Seeing Chu Qianqian riding his horse in front of him, he quickly urged, "Come down quickly, come down quickly."

Chu rolled his eyes forward and thought to himself that this girl is really like a daughter-in-law who has given birth to a child. Her eyes are full of stillness and she has forgotten her husband.

Turning over and dismounting, Margaret quickly grabbed the reins, kept stroking the white knight's neck, and murmured, "Baby, you are awesome."

Chu Qianqian smiled and shook his head. He really took the White Knight as his son.

Norton, Hader, Blue Steel and more than a dozen people also gathered around at this time, their eyes shining when they looked at the white knight.

"Chu, I strongly recommend finding a time to formally give White Knight a comprehensive test."

"Yes, yes, the speed is not slow, and he sprinted at full strength for seven or eight minutes in one breath. Thinking about it, I feel that when the white knight goes on the 8-meter and 2400-meter tracks, he will definitely be called the 'second half' King of Duan'."

Even Margaret was moved at this moment, and then she glared at Chu Qianqian and complained, "My dear, it's all your fault. If my treasure had been transported to London earlier, maybe the White Knight could participate in the Triple Crown." King of the Game.”

Chu Xiangqian was really convinced by this woman, but he was not angry, and he would not argue with her at this time.

Instead, he smiled and said, "Find a nearest second-level competition to compete. As long as the results are good, it doesn't matter whether it's a Triple Crown competition or not."

When everyone thought about it, they couldn't help but nod. The results cannot be faked.

The Triple Crown is indeed the most famous and has the highest prize money, but the second level competition is also a regular competition, and the results are recognized by the Jockey Club and recorded.

If you really want to win two or three championships on the second-level track.

With Margaret's reputation, there is a chance that she will be invited to compete in the 6-meter Belmont Championship, the last stop of the Triple Crown held in June in the United States.

Margaret's eyes couldn't help but look at Butler Hawkins.

Old Hawkins understood at a glance what the princess who he had served for more than ten years and who could be said to have watched grow up was thinking.

He smiled and nodded, "I'll do it right away."

After Hawkins left, Margaret glanced at Chu Qianqian, rolled her eyes, and turned over to the white knight.

He shouted to Chu Qianqian with a smile, "Honey, I want to take my baby back to the manor. To prevent you from making dangerous moves while riding my baby again."

After saying that, he clamped his horse's belly and rode the white knight to the manor next door.

Chu Xiangqian wanted to whistle and stop the white knight. After all, since the horse had been upgraded, it was his pet.

Commanding it is a piece of cake.

But as soon as the idea came up, he gave up.

Lest the white knight suddenly stop and lift Marguerite off her horse first.

After whistling at Da Zhuang and Hong Niu, the two hunting dogs rushed over.

But when they were more than ten meters away, they saw Chu reaching out and pointing at Margaret, so Da Zhuang and Hong Niu turned around and chased after her.

Everyone was originally worried that the two hunting dogs would startle the white knight, but after watching for a while, the two hunting dogs not only caught up with the white knight without slowing down at all.

He was still running around the road, with a distance of more than ten meters, running beside the white knight, one on the left and the other on the right.

With that look, you could tell he was a guard at a glance.

After the horse and two dogs disappeared, Ge Bai exclaimed, "Is it my imagination? Why are the two hunting dogs faster than horses?"

When everyone looked at Chu Qianqian, Chu Qianqian said angrily, "If you don't know anything, just read more. There are many dogs in the world that can reach 60 kilometers per hour."

Not to mention, the speed of many horse racing horses is really not necessarily faster than that of dogs.

(End of this chapter)