Under Yang Xuan's arrangement, almost every carriage that came to participate in the competition won a certain ranking. At least there was a participation award and some small gifts.
It can be said that everyone is happy.
Next, is the highlight of this competition, the speed competition.
There were quite a few carriages participating in the competition. There were more than thirty contestants in total. However, the venue was too small to accommodate more than thirty carriages competing at the same time. Yang Xuan had to change the competition system, that is, changing the competition to an elimination system.
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A total of thirty-six contestants competed in three rounds. Each time there were twelve carriages, lots were drawn to determine the participating groups.
In the preliminary round, the lagging half of the contestants will be eliminated in each round, and the remaining eighteen contestants will enter the semi-finals. The semi-finals are divided into two rounds. The last three contestants will be eliminated in each round, and twelve contestants will be left in the end.
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The competition venue is an oval circle, which encloses the original exhibition area and tourist area. The entire circle is nearly fifteen miles, which not only tests speed, but also endurance.
In order to ensure safety, fences were erected in the pen. If a horse overturned, it would cause an accident.
For this reason, Yang Xuan also specially provided a helmet for the driver who drove to participate in the competition. The helmet was made of iron and lined with cow glue made from cowhide to ensure safety as much as possible.
Of course, Yang Xuan would not miss the opportunity to advertise. The first speed competition of the Carriage and Horse Racing Association and sponsored by Weijixian Catering were written on the helmet.
From now on, we must cultivate advertising awareness. In the future, we can hold competitions and make a lot of money through advertising.
With the sound of a drum, the first round of preliminary competition is about to begin, and the carriage traveling with the wind is in the first round. Compared with the regular shape of other carriages, the carriage traveling with the wind is different.
On the premise of ensuring stability, the weight is reduced as much as possible, and it is a suspended carriage with shock absorption systems on the top, bottom, left and right, and even the driver's position is equipped with shock absorbers.
In a horse-drawn carriage race, there is not only a driver but also a person sitting in the car. Otherwise, how can the effectiveness of the horse-drawn carriage be demonstrated?
And if there was only one driver, it would be better to just race the horse.
The other contestants were not stupid either. When they saw that the carriage traveling with the wind didn't even have a carriage wall, they all thought about the problem of weight reduction, and they all improvised and removed the carriage walls. But in this way, they hit the target.
Xuan's intentions.
His carriage has shock absorbers, but other carriages have no shock absorbers. Once it goes too fast, I wonder if you, the passengers in the carriage, will be thrown away.
With the sound of the gong, the competition began, and all the carriages rushed out. Under the control of the coachmen, the horses galloped hard.
But soon, the people watching the game saw that the coachman was okay, but the passengers in the carriage were tossed up and down, left and right, in all sorts of ugly ways.
In order to prevent the passengers from falling out of the carriage, the driver had to slow down.
On the other hand, the carriage traveling with the wind, although it did not lead at the start, its speed increased steadily, and the carriage carriage was still bumpy, but the passengers in the carriage did not even fall off their seats, not to mention rolling over.
Seeing that the carriage traveling along the wind gradually widened the distance, the carriage behind also began to accelerate, trying to catch up.
However, there was no shock-absorbing system, and the passengers in the rear carriage were really overwhelmed. Soon one of the passengers fell directly from the carriage and rolled several times on the ground.
Yang Xuan was already prepared for this, and the doctors he had arranged rushed to rescue him.
After all, this man had rough skin and thick flesh, and was wearing a helmet. He only had some superficial injuries.
But because of this, this contestant was eliminated.
Seeing this, the other contestants had to slow down and could only watch the carriage moving with the wind disappear.
As expected, the carriage traveling with the wind won the first place, and the second and third rounds followed.
After the preliminary competition, the contestants all had some experience, that is, whether the carriage runs fast or slow does not entirely depend on the speed of the horses, but on the safety of the passengers.
In other words, it is to see whose carriage can run faster while ensuring the comfort of the passengers.
In the rematch, no passengers fell off the carriage, but the speed inevitably slowed down a lot. Only the carriage traveling with the wind ran smoothly all the way.
Due to time constraints, it was almost dark when the semi-finals were over and the people dispersed one after another. Yang Xuan simply decided that the final would be held on the next day.
Compared to the first day of the game, there were much fewer people on the second day, but Yang Xuan felt that those who could come to watch the game today were the real potential customers.
Carriage is a luxury item that most people cannot afford, and the people who come to watch the finals are those who are interested in this horse-drawn carriage speed competition.
Yang Xuan saw many familiar faces among the people who came to watch the racing competition.
Most of them are the sons of powerful families, the rich second generation of wealthy families.
Most of these people are regular visitors to Taste of Food restaurants, and their characteristic is that they are young and wealthy.
For these people, they want to play whatever is new, so this kind of game where speed and passion coexist is naturally a fatal attraction to them.
Today's game is different from yesterday. After seeing the horse-drawn carriages traveling in the wind yesterday, they went back and modified the carriages overnight, trying to reduce the weight as much as possible and trying every means to ensure the comfort of the riders.
Some players even asked if the rider could be strapped to the seat.
This unreasonable request was of course rejected by Yang Xuan. Does your master have to be tied up while riding in a carriage?
The finals started soon. According to Yang Xuan's instructions, I went with the wind today. I didn't ride as fast as yesterday, but slowed down, but I always maintained the first position until the finish line.
After all, the final is just a lap, and the competition will be over soon, followed by the awards. Even during this part, those watching the competition still did not leave, which shows that they are still unfinished.
Yang Xuan smiled slightly at this situation. He did not expect that this competition would be so successful and he would achieve his original goal in one go.
So he climbed up to the high platform and shouted to the audience with a loudspeaker: "Everyone, do you feel that you haven't had enough fun yet?"
The people below immediately booed: "Yes, how about another run?"
"That's so boring." Yang Xuan shook his head and said, "I said, are you interested in competing?"
"Yeah."
Everyone responded with a roar, but some people raised questions: "What else is it? This carriage traveling with the wind obviously has the advantage. Our carriage cannot outrun it at all."
"Then you can also go to Shunfengxing to buy a carriage and participate in the competition."
"Pull it down. I asked yesterday. This carriage hasn't been put on the market yet. It's all pre-ordered now. It will take at least ten days and a half to be delivered."
Yang Xuan was determined in his heart. He created such a big scene just for this one show. Now all the planned goals have been achieved.
"How about this? We have another competition in a month, on the third day of March. Not only will we have a carriage by then, we will even have free time to modify it. What do you think?"