Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 756 I'm tired of eating, so I need to take a break for a few days

When Zheng Yutong thought that he could make one or two times the profit in just one year, his interest in horse racing immediately increased several times.

Not only did he buy an annual membership at the stable, but the foal was also raised and trained at the stable.

The feeding costs alone are 2 Hong Kong dollars per year.

Of course, the cost of raising a racehorse for an ordinary person is only 1, but that is just the basic cost.

Since Zheng Yutong values ​​this little pony so much, he naturally won't be stingy in this regard.

Adding the training fee, it was another 2, which made Zheng Yutong secretly curse Chu Xiangqian for being so cruel.

But when Zheng Yutong heard that the monthly feeding and training costs of Champion Knight and Wuzhui when they were still in Hong Kong Island were seven or eight thousand, he began to murmur inwardly that raising horses was really expensive.

Chu Xiangqian actually also hoped that the chestnut foal would be able to achieve good results when it was three years old.

In the future, the interest in horse racing among the local wealthy people in Hong Kong Island will definitely increase, and there will be more horse owners who come to the racecourse to watch the horses or keep their own racehorses at the racecourse.

Overall, Chu Xiangqian definitely earns more.

As for many horse owners who buy foals but cannot get any results, it can only be said that they lack vision.

It's just like buying antiques or doing business, if you make a mistake, it's your own problem.

After dealing with Zheng Yutong's issue, Chu Xiangqian had no intention of treating them to lunch, and was dragged back to Jordan's home by Alyssa.

As soon as she entered the door, she was thrown onto the sofa by the excited Alyssa.

Soon, Linda, who was sleeping soundly in the room, was awakened by the sound of rain hitting the banana leaves.

I was drowsy and thought it was raining, but when I opened my eyes and looked out the window, it was a sunny day.

The bright sunshine shines in, and there is no sign of rain at all.

Then she heard the singing voice again, and Linda realized that it was her sister and her man who were fooling around again.

She hugged a pillow and slapped it hard, cursing in her heart. Linda angrily covered her head with the quilt and tried to continue sleeping, but the sad voice still reached her ears and she couldn't fall asleep.

Unfortunately, Linda was targeted by Chu Xiangqian last night and ate too much. She felt a little weak all over. Naturally, she would not leave the bedroom to help Elisa deal with Chu Xiangqian.

But when I thought of Chu Xiangqian's bull-like physical strength, I began to worry that Elisa couldn't handle it alone.

Just as I was hesitating whether to go and help, Lina and Liya, who had gone out shopping for clothes in the morning, came back.

Now Linda could finally lie in bed and read magazines peacefully, without having to be dragged by the four of them to play cards when she went out.

Actually, Linda still likes playing cards very much, but unfortunately she lost so badly last night that she will definitely not be able to recover in three to five days.

However, Elisa in the living room was the first to lose her cards. Seeing Chu Xiangqian continuing to play cards seriously with Lina and Liya, she pouted and complained a few words, and then saw the dozen or so packaging bags that Lina and Liya put on the table.

I immediately understood that it must be their husbands who gave them money to go shopping.

He immediately became unhappy and muttered a few words, but then he remembered the black pony that Chu Xiangqian gave him and immediately became proud again.

After the three of them finished this game, Elisa leaned close to Chu Xiangqian and talked casually about who to find to be the trainer of the pony.

Lina and Liya were happy because Chu Xiangqian gave them 1600 US dollars to buy new clothes in the morning, but when they heard Alissa say that the foal was worth 20 US dollars, their mood immediately turned bad.

But although Elisa was proud, she forgot that the more generous Chu Xiangqian was to the four sisters, the less likely Lina and Liya would leave him.

It’s normal if you think about it. Just giving a horse as a gift is worth 20, which is equivalent to 80 Hong Kong dollars.

This money is enough to buy a large villa in the middle of the mountain, or ten shops of about 10 square meters in a bustling area.

Just renting out these ten storefronts is enough for the sisters to live a life of moderate wealth every month.

Lina and Liya looked at each other and quickly understood each other's thoughts. They gritted their teeth, cheered themselves up, and used the excuse of helping Chu Xiangqian take a bath. They pulled Chu Xiangqian into the bathroom to ask for advice on close combat techniques.

Elisa couldn't help but get annoyed when she heard the strange noise coming from the bathroom.

Seeing that Lina and Liya were intentionally or unintentionally excluding her, Elisa had no choice but to get up and go find Linda.

After an entire afternoon, even though Chu Xiangqian had an extraordinary physique and strong recovery ability, he still felt a little tired.

Of course, this tiredness is not physical, but mental.

If you feel tired, just rest for a dozen minutes and your exhausted energy will be restored.

But after playing three high-intensity games in a row, given how lustful this guy is, he feels like not wanting to eat meat for two or three days.

But he calmed down.

But Elisa couldn't help but tell Linda in a boastful tone about the foal and the 5-year-old Arabian horse that belonged to her.

Now not only Lina and Liya were jealous, but even Linda heard that Chu Xiangqian not only gave Alissa a $20 pony.

She was also given a Ferghana stallion to pair with the mare that previously belonged to Elisa, which meant that Elisa got two Ferghana horses in just one morning.

Even though Chu Xiangqian looked down on the stallions raised in the Kowloon Racecourse, if they were really put up for auction, they might be sold for the same price as last year, 20 pounds, or 80 U.S. dollars.

Of course, Linda also knew that although the ownership of the adult horses in the farm still belonged to the farm, outsiders did not know the twists and turns involved.

If you invite relatives or local girlfriends to go to the horse farm to ride horses, as soon as you tell them that you have two adult horses and a foal at the farm, with a total value of more than 2 million, or 180 Hong Kong dollars, they will definitely be envious.

So Linda was determined to go all out. She hung on Chu Xiangqian and refused to get down, insisting that Chu Xiangqian give her a Ferghana horse to pair with her previous horse.

Chu Xiangqian was in a sage state at this time, and did not dare to offend Linda, who was jealous and almost crazy.

However, after agreeing to Linda's request, Chu Xiangqian also took the opportunity to take over the command of the mobile force.

He also told Linda very bluntly that if she only kept the weapons in her hands but didn't use them, it would be better not to have them.

As for whether there will be casualties, the worst that can happen is that we can give more pensions and then go to Gorkha to recruit new soldiers.

The Gurkhas work as mercenaries for money.

As long as they are paid enough, death is not important to them.

In the mountainous areas of Nepal where the average annual income was less than US$50 at that time, members of the mobile force received a monthly salary of 200 Hong Kong dollars from the police station, and an annual salary of 2400, or US$600.

If the casualty compensation reaches 2,000 US dollars, more Gurkhas can definitely be recruited.

However, some people have over-glorified the Gurkha mercenaries. In the conflict between India and China last year, Chinese soldiers defeated a Gurkha infantry battalion.

In the bayonet fight, the Chinese soldiers also had the absolute upper hand.

Of course, the fighting power of the Chinese warriors of this era was indeed incredibly strong.

Many soldiers and officers who returned to the Celestial Empire from the battlefields of Goryeo became officers in the past ten years, or were promoted. The soldiers they led were all well-trained and had extremely high combat qualities on the land battlefield. Otherwise, they would not have the title of the King of Land Warfare.

This is not something made up by the Chinese people themselves, but was said by the Chinese people themselves after the Korean battlefield.
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Seeing that Chu Xiangqian had already decided to let the mobile forces participate in the pursuit and encirclement of the defeated South Vietnamese soldiers, Linda could only nod in agreement silently.

After all, Linda still felt that if these 40 people were injured or killed, it would weaken the power in her hands.

From now on, his status in Chu Xiangqian's heart may decline.

This is the main reason why Linda is unwilling to lend troops to Blue Steel.

Seeing that she remained silent, Chu Xiangqian shook his head helplessly. Women are sentimental. No wonder there are very few women in charge of the army from ancient times to the present.

However, if a female general really appeared, she would be a super powerful person.

I counted silently in my mind, and there seemed to be only seven or eight.

Chu Xiangqian hugged Linda and comforted her, "You have to look forward. If the Gurkha Mobile Force can really make achievements this time, its organization may be increased from 40 to 80 people in the future.

It was even upgraded from the Kowloon Mobile Unit to the Hong Kong Mobile Battalion.

Then you, the commander, will no longer be a senior inspector of Yau Ma Tei, but a chief inspector, or even a superintendent. Do you understand?"

Not only was Linda surprised, but Elisa, Lina, and Liya also began to look at Linda with envy in their eyes.

Moreover, once a separate department is established, it will manage two to three hundred people, which is considered a large department in the Hong Kong Island Police Force.

That’s more than the staff in some major regional police stations.

Linda no longer had any objections, but Chu Xiangqian began to think that he would have to place more of his own people in the mobile force in the future.

Otherwise Linda would rely on the fact that she is his woman and sometimes act on her own and be a little disobedient.

Of course, this situation was actually caused by Chu Xiangqian himself.

Since the mobile team was established, she has never asked any questions, so Linda naturally feels that this group belongs to her subordinates.
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At night, when Chu Xiangqian was staying at Linda's place, the tits also began to fly out of Kowloon and started searching for the whereabouts of the defeated South Vietnamese soldiers on the surrounding islands.

The first target is naturally Lamma Island.

Not to mention this era, even after the new millennium, most parts of Lamma Island are no different from the countryside.

However, this island is very large, with large tracts of forest and human habitation, so there is no shortage of hiding places and supplies are easy to obtain.

And when you have a destination, you can quickly reach Kowloon or the main island by boat.

The tits first searched in villages one by one, and then began to fly around the mountains and forests around the residential areas.

Unfortunately, after a night, the titmouse flew around the island more than ten times, but Chu Xiangqian didn't find anything suspicious.

Seeing that it was already 1 a.m., Chu Xiangqian had no choice but to give up and go to sleep.

The next morning, Oriental newspapers and magazines began reporting on the upcoming auction.

When people think of the horse auction held at the end of the previous year, the average price of an Arabian horse was $80, a purebred horse was $50, and an Arabian horse was $18.

Then think about the newspaper saying that there are 120 horses of these three types this year.

It is easy to calculate that the total amount of this auction is likely to reach a new record of US$5920 million.

Countless people almost stopped breathing in jealousy just thinking about Chu Xiangqian being able to get so much US dollar cash.
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This news really attracted the attention of the defeated soldiers of South Vietnam. However, Chu Xiangqian's notoriety in Hong Kong and Macau was not just because of his wealth, but because of his killing.

With just a little inquiry, it was known that Chu Xiangqian had a private army, most likely composed of elite retired soldiers.

Snipers are still a very noble and even mysterious military branch in this era.

Even among their South Vietnamese front-line troops, there were not many snipers capable of killing Po Hao and his wife one after another from seven or eight hundred meters away.

Even as a fellow from China, Ruan Fakui knew that there were very few people with such strength.

Moreover, in actual combat, Ruan Fakui saw with his own eyes that the combat effectiveness of the magnesium special forces would be greatly reduced after being besieged.

But the sniper who killed the convoy carrying Po Hao and his confidants had extraordinary marksmanship and was also terrifyingly calm.

With just a few rifles, they were able to kill dozens of Po Hao's men from a distance.

Not to mention that Chu Xiangqian is rich and powerful, and has his own connections in both the black and white worlds of Hong Kong Island.

During the previous three auctions, there were police officers who cleared the way, maintained order on site and were responsible for peripheral security.

Even the members of the society were watching from the outside and providing support.

Once discovered in advance, they will face siege and pursuit from both the black and white forces in Hong Kong Island.

Ruan Fakui thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't make up his mind to take action against Chu Xiangqian or the auction.

But he still habitually sent people to the Jockey Club and even to scout the area around Kowloon Racecourse.

During the auction two years ago, the racehorses were transported from the Kowloon Racecourse and across the harbour to the Jockey Club.

The road from Kowloon Racecourse to the pier can also be considered an opportunity to take action.

Although it would be troublesome to take action after stealing the horse, even how to hide it would be a problem.

But if you just steal a few dozen horses, or even just a few, you can earn much more than robbing a gold shop.

If Chu Xiangqian's car also follows the transport team and Chu Xiangqian is kidnapped, they can demand at least several million dollars in ransom.

If you're lucky, you might get 10 or 20 million dollars.

So Ruan Fakui not only sent people to the Jockey Club to scout the area, he also disguised himself and appeared as a laborer on a street construction site around the Kowloon Racecourse.

The area facing the street to the west and north of the racecourse was originally a shantytown. After Chu Xiangqian bought this area and the grass park of the weather station.

The park was converted into a horse farm, and after a little thought, Chu Xiangqian decided to convert the shantytown's street-facing area into a three-story storefront and two buildings.

The storefront is easy to build. In fact, it was completed in the middle of last year, but Chu Xiangqian was not very concerned about renting it out.

He won't sell it anyway, so just leave the rental to Uncle Hai.

东边弥敦道30间5米宽8米深的三层门店，北边窝打佬道临街20间门店，年租金平均1.2万港币。

That’s almost ten times the average person’s annual income.

The rent is indeed 20% to 30% more expensive than the shops across Nathan Road, but once the two buildings are built, plus a row of three-story shops, they are all newly built.

The appeal is naturally greater than the old house across the street.

(End of this chapter)