Chapter 2286: The racing queen Lu Lingqi, the strongest female general Zhu Rong
The emergence of horse racing and horse betting was naturally the result of Ying Hao's deliberate promotion.
The Central Plains is not a grassland. Except for aristocratic families, ordinary people have no access to horses. Therefore, it is naturally very difficult to build a horse industry chain. It is definitely not something that can be done in the short term. However, Da Qin’s financial situation Obviously not allowed to drag on for too long.
Having a large reserve of horses is naturally a good thing, as it represents the strength of the country. However, having too many horses is not a good thing and will put a burden on the country's finances. After all, raising horses also costs money.
Da Qin's horse reserve greatly exceeds the military's digestion capacity. The military cannot digest so many horses, so the entire society must share the pressure, so that the horse industry chain can embark on a virtuous cycle.
But for the common people of the Han Dynasty, it was okay for them to raise cattle, sheep, chickens and dogs, but raising horses would make them blind.
Moreover, with the growing national power of the Qin Dynasty, the growth of productivity is even more visible to the naked eye. Whether people are farming or engaged in other industries, as long as they work hard, they are not afraid of starving to death. Why should they take risks to engage in new horse-related industries?
Ordinary people lack the enthusiasm to engage in the horse industry, and the wealthy families want to get involved, but Ying Hao controls this very tightly, which will definitely allow the emerging industry of the horse industry to be controlled by the family.
But this is not the way to go. If the common people join in and share the interests of the aristocratic family, even if Ying Hao intends to do so, the industry will be controlled by the aristocratic family sooner or later.
The bustle in the world is all for the benefit of coming; the hustle and bustle of the world is all for the benefit of the future. ---From "Historical Records"
In order to stimulate the enthusiasm of the people, Ying Hao launched the sport of horse racing and horse betting, using huge experience and benefits to induce the people to actively join the horse industry chain.
Ying Hao established four thrones for Marseille in Qin, namely: county, prefecture, state, and country.
Even in the lowest-level county-level horse racing, if you can win the horse racing, you can get at least 10,000 yuan in bonuses, and the highest-level national-level horse racing has bonuses as high as 100 gold.
Money attracts people's hearts. Compared with the income from horse racing, the expenditure on raising horses is simply nothing. How can this not make people's hearts move?
As for horse racing, it makes gamblers all over the world go crazy. If you are lucky, you can really get rich overnight.
Driven by profit, a large number of people invested in the horse industry, which quickly improved Daqin's horse industry chain and prevented aristocratic families from controlling this emerging industry.
After years of implementing the horse policy, Da Qin finally improved the horse industry chain, putting the horse industry on a virtuous industrial cycle.
Now let alone one million horses, even two million horses will not become a burden to the country, but will bring huge economic benefits to the country.
Today, the income from the horse industry alone accounts for 8% of the total national income, and is still on the rise, and horse racing has become the most popular sport.
In the east of Luoyang City, the Yezhaoyu Racecourse was led by Ying Liangyu, the eldest princess of the Qin Dynasty, who jointly funded the construction of the eight families of Mu, Yang, Zhou, Wang, Hao, Bai, Li and Shen, and used her husband Zhao Yun's horse Yezhaoyu to build it. Lion naming.
A racecourse costs a lot of money from construction to maintenance to hosting events, event bonuses, taxes, etc. Even Ying Liangyu cannot afford it alone.
Although Ying Liangyu's husband's family is rich, she is already married after all, and her husband's Zhao family is obviously not very wealthy.
Zhao Yun was also very puzzled at first when his wife wanted to organize a bureau to build a horse racing farm. After all, although he and his wife had high status, they did not have much wealth.
But when Ying Liangyu said that the purpose of building the racecourse was to support his lord's horse administration, Zhao Yun immediately stopped talking and spent all his family property to help his wife build the racecourse.
But even so, it was still not enough to build a racecourse, so six companies including Ying Liangyu, Lamu Yang, etc. took shares, and only then could there be enough funds to build a racecourse.
With the support of national policies, the development of the horse industry in Daqin is an inevitable trend, and horse farms of various sizes have been built across the country.
Not long after Ying Liangyu's racecourse was built, it became famous through several races, attracting horse racing from all over the country to compete, and a large number of local people watching the race. It can be said that it is full of money and making money every day.
After making money, Ying Liangyu began to expand the scale of Yezhaoyu Racecourse, which has been expanded three times so far.
From the beginning, it could only accommodate a maximum of 3,000 spectators, but now it can accommodate up to 15,000 spectators, but it is still a bit crowded.
The public's obsession with horse racing and horse betting meant that every time a horse race was held at the racecourse, there were not enough tickets to sell. Even if there were 15,000 seats, it was still not enough. Therefore, Qin Liangyu was already preparing for the fourth expansion.
There are eight large racecourses like Yezhao Jade Racecourse in Daqin.
As for the current horse racing event, it was named the 'Shenwu Cup' by Ying Liangyu, and she also intended to make the 'Shenwu Cup' the largest horse racing event in the Qin Dynasty.
On the high platform, Ying Liangyu looked at the racecourse below and the shouting people in the audience, and felt that all the efforts were worth it.
With the income brought by this racecourse, the Zhao family suddenly went from being frugal on food and clothing to becoming the most wealthy and wealthy family, and life was finally no longer stressful.
"Your Royal Highness, this is the list for this competition. Except for the first ten horses that are local to Luoyang, the rest of the horses are all from all over the country."
After hearing this, Ying Liangyu frowned slightly after taking it and said to himself: "Why is that little girl Lu Lingqi here again?"
Ying Liangyu likes Lu Lingqi very much and thinks she has the potential to become the leader of the Detachment of Women, but he doesn't like her coming to his horse farm because her income will drop by at least 30% when she comes to Marseille.
This was simply a money grab, but Ying Liangyu had no way to stop it, because Lu Lingqi won the finals one after another through formal channels.
If Lu Lingqi had let Chi Rabbit race at full speed from the beginning, her odds would not have been so high. The outrageous thing is that she asked Chi Rabbit to hold back and run, but she could still easily finish in the top three every time. With this, Squeezing into the finals in this way will naturally not make him the favorite to win. Waiting for the finals, let Chitu go all out for the finals, and spend a lot of money to win by himself with high odds.
The horses that can reach the finals are all fast horses that are one in a hundred or even one in a thousand. But even so, it is impossible to outrun the horse king level Red Rabbit. Lu Lingqi is equivalent to contracting the championship in advance.
Lu Lingqi had succeeded once before, and now she had to do it a second time. How could Ying Liangyu endure it?
"Someone, go and reduce the odds of rider No. 9 from 1:7 to 1:3."
Although Ying Liangyu cannot prevent Lu Lingqi from participating, he can artificially control her odds to reduce the losses of the racecourse.
At this time, Lu Lingqi was already riding her horse and was thinking about how to spend the winnings. She had no idea that her odds had been lowered by Ying Liangyu using the rules. If she had known about it, she would have screamed cheating.
For this competition, Lu Lingqi was sure of winning. After all, with Red Rabbit's speed, she didn't dare to say that she could sweep the world's famous horses. At least none of the horses present were rivals, so she spent a thousand gold to buy herself the win, most of which Or borrow it from someone.
A young lady like Lu Lingqi is naturally not short of money. The reason why she 'borrowed' her father's red rabbit to participate in the competition was mainly because she wanted to win the prize and help her father.
During the Battle of Guanzhong, Lu Bu was ambushed by Li Shimin, and his cavalry suffered many casualties.
Although there were pensions for soldiers who died in battle, Lu Bu felt that he was at fault this time, so he used his own money to subsidize the families of the soldiers. This also put the Lu family into financial crisis again, so Lu Lingqi once again 'borrowed' a horse to compete in the competition and earn bonuses. To subsidize household expenses.
In fact, if Lu Bu wanted to make money, he had many options, such as agreeing to borrow seeds from Chitu.
After the interest in the horse racing industry and aristocratic families realized the benefits of the horse industry, many well-capitalized families joined in. Unlike ordinary horse farmers who could only rely on themselves to raise and train horses, they set their sights on those who were already famous. famous horse.
The more outstanding the famous horses are, the better their offspring will be, and most of these famous horses are in the hands of fierce generals.
For a strong general, a mount is his second life. It is impossible to buy a famous horse, so for aristocratic families, a better way is to borrow a breeder.
Let those famous horses be used as stallions and mate with their own mares to optimize their bloodlines and give birth to excellent young horses, which can then be trained to become racehorses.
Famous horses such as Lu Bu's Red Rabbit, Zhao Yun's Yezhao Jade Lion, Qin Qiong's Thunder Leopard, Li Cunxiao's Flame Colt, etc. are all the best stallions in the eyes of the aristocratic family. They even spend thousands of gold to borrow seeds, and this is just A one-time borrowed amount of money.
Are all the aristocratic families stupid? How much money was spent to borrow breeding stock for horses?
Of course they are not stupid, but they are very smart. The reason why they are willing to pay so much is because they know that they will get greater rewards.
As long as they can successfully borrow breeds and obtain young horses with famous horse pedigrees, they can breed more high-quality racehorses and continuously make money for them. This is an investment that will benefit future generations.
For example, Zhao Yun's Yezhao Jade Lion can mate with up to 155 mares a year when not at war, becoming the most popular stallion in Da Qin and the stallion with the most breedings, earning the Zhao family tens of thousands of gold. income.
Of course, once Ye Zhaoyu's bloodline leaks out and is no longer unique, the cost of borrowing seeds for mating will naturally decrease.
Yezhao Jade Lion is not the stallion with the most matings. It is said that Wei Gong Cao Cao's mount Huang Feidian can mate with more than 260 mares a year at most. This also shows how desperate Cao Cao is for money.
But there are some generals who are unwilling to do this kind of good thing that is almost the same as giving money. It is not that they are stupid, but they also realize the value of their horse-loving bloodline, and naturally they do not want the horse-loving bloodline to leak out.
For example, Lu Bu didn't agree to let Red Rabbit borrow a seed even though the Lu family was so poor that it was almost impossible to open the pot. It was just not like Red Rabbit's bloodline flowing out.
"Chitu, you must behave well later. After you win, I will let you eat as many carrots as you want."
Lu Lingqi stroked Chitu's neck and whispered softly into his ear, while the psychic Chitu let out a long roar, with an invincible look in his eyes, as if he was extremely disdainful of his opponents on the racecourse.
"Okay, now the horse is No. 13: Mejiro McQueen. This horse has a lot of background. It is the heir of His Majesty's horse, the Snow Dragon Colt, and its rider is the famous goddess of wealth, Miss Ye Qingmei. …”
Mejiro McQueen was not called this name at first. It was later changed to Ye Qingmei’s name after Ying Hao gave it to her.
In addition, Ye Qingmei also named other descendants of Xue Longju: Golden Boat, Flying on the Grass, Miyu, etc.
Naturally, Ying Hao had no objection to this. After all, it was just the name of the horse.
Seeing Ye Qingmei riding a white horse, Lu Lingqi's eyes were filled with flames. This woman was her strong rival, whether it was horse racing or anything else.
Ye Qingmei didn't care about Lu Lingqi's hostility, but instead greeted her with a smile, but Lu Lingqi slapped her back arrogantly.
Soon, the race started. Chi Usagi and Mejiro McQueen rushed out almost at the same time, and their speed became faster and faster, leaving all the other horses behind. The distance became wider and wider, truly leading the race and defeating all the horses.
The spectators in the auditorium were stunned. They couldn't believe how fast horse No. 9 was, but they felt that this scene was vaguely familiar.
The audience soon realized that this was the 'Red Fire Flying Dragon' who had won the championship twice by changing his name and retaining his strength.
Familiar look, familiar routine, after a year and a half, the nightmare in the hearts of horse race bettors has returned again.
Gamblers who felt cheated shouted: "Liar, liar..."
Lu Lingqi was not affected at all and continued to ride her horse and whip her whip. Finally, she got rid of Mejiro McQueen in the second half of the race and won the 'Shenwu Cup' championship.
In the audience, Zhu Rong, who won by buying the No. 4 horse, was completely stunned.
Cuiyu had been preparing for this horse racing bet for a long time. After many analyses, she came to the safest conclusion to buy No. 4, so she spent tens of thousands of dollars to buy No. 4 and win, but she never expected that No. 9 would win the championship in an upset.
"It shouldn't be. My analysis was wrong. Not only did No. 4 not win the championship, but he didn't even come in second place." Zhu Rong murmured to herself, and then she suddenly remembered that when she placed the bet, an old gambler The advice given to her.
My son, listen to your uncle’s advice. The water in horse racing is very deep and you can’t control it.
At this time, Zhu Rong just felt that the old gambler was right.
"Sir, what should we do now? Your horse betting money was used to sell arms to Qin." Xian Shen asked with a sad face.
Zhu Rong suppressed the grievance in his heart and snorted coldly: "Humph, but for a mere ten thousand gold, I can make it back in minutes."
"How to make money?"
After hearing this, Zhu Rong began to think deeply, then his eyes fell on Xian Ginseng, and he began to look up and down, making Xian Ginseng feel uncomfortable all over.
"Sir, what do you want to do?"
"Shen'er, I'm sorry for you first."
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"Come and take a look, don't miss it if you pass by..."
The streets of Luoyang.
Zhu Rong stood on the ring holding a gong, with the four characters "competition to recruit a bride" written on the big banner behind him.
Xianshen was sitting on the chair with no love. She was the one Zhu Rong used to compete with each other to recruit his bride, and the competition with martial arts to recruit his bride was Zhu Rong's way of making money.
This chapter mainly explains the horse industry in Da Qin. The previous explanation of the horse industry is too little, so I will add some more here.
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