Since reaching the first place, Zhenguogongfu's dragon boat has been leading the way.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The other drummers beat the drums hard, eager to convey their strength and anger to the other team members.
Fight!
All the oarsmen were furious. Listening to the desperate drum beat, they almost bit their teeth to bleed and waved the oars in their hands wildly.
However, the already weakened arms were not as satisfactory as they could, and everyone just felt like waves of weakness came over them.
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 could not catch up.
Buzz~
The people all over the embankment were in an uproar.
In previous years, it was difficult to tell who would win the final crown until the last minute of the dragon boat racing. However, this year, most of the dragon boats were still four miles away from the finish line, and the situation on the river was already clear.
Ha ha.
Some people are ecstatic.
The person who bought the team of the Zhenguo Palace was laughing his head off.
"I have told you directly before that the Zhenguo Palace, Xingluo Legion and Zhennanguan combined together are absolutely invincible in the world."
"What a pity." The man shook his head regretfully, "I am short of money and don't have that much money. Otherwise, after I go home today, I can buy a bigger house and have several concubines to warm my bed."
well!
More people sighed.
They frowned and looked at the waste of paper in their hands, shaking their heads silently.
"Where are the bastards from the rich gambling house? Stand up for me and see if I don't beat you to death." Someone was furious, "I was planning to suppress the Duke's Mansion at the beginning. It's all you who kept saying that they formed the team too late and didn't get along well enough.
And the dragon boat is too heavy, so it will definitely not make it into the top five?"
"My hard-earned money..."
Others grabbed the lost guy one after another, "Forget it, forget it! The quality of gambling is your character, so be willing to accept defeat."
Qian Duoduo, the shopkeeper of Fugui Gambling House, hunched his head in the crowd and watched the fun, feeling secretly happy.
Although the final whistle has not yet sounded, everyone already knows who the champion is.
As the shopkeeper of a gambling house, Qian Duoduo likes this kind of unexpected result the most.
He stroked his beard in high spirits.
In the future, when I visit my boss during the Chinese New Year and holidays, maybe I can straighten my waist a little bit. Maybe the Marquis will personally visit him and even give his son a place in the ancestral school...
Qian Duoduo is looking forward to it.
"Shopkeeper," a waiter from the gambling house squeezed through the crowd with sweat on his face and whispered something into his ear.
Qian Duoduo's expression changed, he turned around and left in a hurry.
Noble area, right viewing platform.
No matter how bad Emperor Changxing's eyesight was, he still saw a dragon boat on the moat leading the way, heading toward the finish line at a fast pace.
There are no other competitors even within ten feet behind.
"Whose dragon boat is this?" He was very curious.
There were coughs all around, but no one made a sound.
Finally, Changlu replied: "Your Majesty, this is the dragon boat of the Duke of Zhenguo."
"Zhenguo Duke's Mansion?" Emperor Changxing was astonished, "Didn't Huo Qing and the others just form a team at the end of April?"
He was a little confused.
Are you really so old that your memory is messed up?
cough.
Changlu coughed and did not dare to hide it: "Your Majesty, you are very spirited and have a much better memory than this old slave. Prince Huo and the others did form a team just half a month ago."
Emperor Changxing nodded, looked up at the river, and his face didn't look very good.
Such a team that was formed less than half a month ago can be so far ahead that there is no opponent within ten feet behind.
Are his sons, as well as those young masters in Xingji City who have been training seriously for half a year, so weak?
Just thinking about it.
Chirp~
A loud whistle.
The waiter, who was staring at the finish line, screamed: "The first dragon boat team has reached the finish line, congratulations to the Zhenguo Government."
Chill.
There was great joy on the shore.
After a while, they saw that Ren Ning and the others had no intention of going ashore for the time being. The common people turned their heads and looked upstream, still unfinished.
Other teams finally arrived belatedly.
Although the rowers were exhausted, after all, they were going down the river, and the speed of these dragon boats was not slow.
It's just that there was a time when the sea was too big for the water. The people on the shore had seen the speed of the Zhenguo Duke's mansion. At this time, the dragon boat on the river was inevitably a bit unsightly.
Therefore, except for those gamblers who still have hope and are shouting loudly, everyone else is a little less interested.
Looking to the left of the auditorium, Ji Xiang, who was stunned, finally came back to his senses.
Wow.
She couldn't help but cheer and dance with joy.
cough!
Yingpan coughed.
Ji Xiang then stopped talking and stood obediently before the high-ranking female attendants on the left and right looked over.
"Madam." She couldn't hide her excitement, but lowered her voice rationally: "We hit the bet and won a total of two hundred and fifty thousand taels."
The little maids at the back were too lazy to pay attention.
This is a terrifying sum of money.
When Ren Ning was working as a scout in the Yancheng Fortress, his military reputation was relatively high, but he only had a little more than one tael of silver.
And a family of five in the imperial capital only had twenty taels of silver for food and drink a year.
What is the concept of making two hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver at once?
Converted into modern money, it is approximately equivalent to 1.5 billion.
Yingpan was also a little dizzy.
The rubber business in the south is getting more and more prosperous, but after deducting costs and labor, the general government only gets less than one thousand taels.
But this is already a very profitable business.
Despite this, she shook her head, "This is not our money, but Concubine Qing's. You must return it to others after you get it."
"Oh!" Jixiang nodded and finally calmed down.
But soon she was smiling again.
Even if the two hundred and fifty thousand 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, a little maid.
But just now Jixiang himself and Miao Dong also deposited 123 taels of silver together, and got more than 3,000 taels of silver in their hands.
For her, such a sum of money was a windfall that was difficult to earn in several lifetimes.
On the other side, Qian Duoduo, the owner of the wealthy gambling house, squeezed out of the crowd and couldn't help but reprimanded in a low voice: "What happened? Who is so bold to pay so much money at once?"
But the other party happened to win.
When the odds were originally set, all the casinos secretly gathered together to study it carefully, and everyone agreed that it was impossible for the Zhenguo Palace to be ranked among the top five.
As a result, they now won the championship directly, without even having any opponents.
Two hundred and fifty thousand taels!
Qian Duoduo's legs were a little weak.
Although gamblers may lose and win, the banker usually makes a sure profit but not a loss.
However, Star City has been established for more than 600 years, and the casino has never lost 250,000 taels of silver at once. After such a large sum of money was lost, the Regal Casino would be close to closing down.
Qian Duoduo was a little scared.
Just now he had the extravagant hope of visiting his employer during the New Year and Festival. But if his employer knew that Cai Fang had lost two hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver, it would be strange not to skin him.
The waiter shrank his neck and said, "Shopkeeper, that's a maid with a famous name."
Because Jixiang's bet was too big, he took a closer look.
"By the way. She is taller than the average person. Her eyes seem a little blue."
Qian Duoduo, who was upset, could not bear to listen, "What are you talking about? Hurry up and send someone to find out whose house this belongs to?"
In such a large imperial capital, there are many rich people. But there are not many people who can easily hand over ten thousand taels of silver into the hands of a maid.
If the strength behind the opponent is strong, it's okay. If the opponent's master is not strong, then don't blame them for being ruthless.