Cheng Biting Jin heard this, and said: "I'll just say that this kid is coming, just the brain of Lao Cheng, it's okay to go into battle to kill the enemy, but it's not good to calculate." Saying that, he glanced at Xu Maogong and said, "I think you are quite suitable, you like to calculate people!" ”

Li Ji sneered: "Then you don't want to do this deal, let me do it." ”

"You're beautiful!" Cheng Biting Jin said: "Old man, it took me so much effort to let this kid give an idea, can I cheapen you?" Li Mu, you go on, what do you need? The old man wrote it down, no, my brain is not good, I can't remember, you write it down, I'll do it immediately! ”

Li Mu nodded, wrote as he spoke, and said: "First the venue, then the publicity, not to mention that Chang'an knows it, at least the main gate valve family and nobles must let them know." This is the first time, we can sign up, let's try it first, from the second time, we have to adopt a registration system, set up a horse club, only registered horses, can participate in the race. ”

"Why is that?" Cheng Yanjin was puzzled: "Let's open the door to do business, isn't it better to have more people?" ”

"Definitely." Li Mudao: "This is for risk considerations, the money we earn is the gambling capital of the people who bet." These people who come to participate in the competition are not the ones we make money for. We set up the Jockey Club to get them to join us and join us. ...... like this"

"So you can cheat those gamblers out of their money, smart!"

Li Mu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Uncle Cheng, it's not a lie, it's definitely not." We can't cheat, we can cheat once or twice, no one is stupid, and we won't be fooled all the time. If you want to buy and sell for a long time, you must establish rules, and everyone does things in the rules, just like the law, and everyone must approve of it. ”

"I wanted to set up the Jockey Club because I wanted to win over these participants, and I wanted to create an environment. Let these people who compete, people who raise horses, knights who ride horses, everyone make money. Only in this way can this business last, and this is also conducive to alleviating the shortage of horses in my Datang. ”

Li Ji was puzzled: "What is the reason for this? ”

"For example, we hold competitions. If you need horses, then in order to get good horses to participate, some people will try their best to find horses, and businessmen will try their best to sell horses for profit, and the horses that can participate in the competition are a minority after all, and the other horses they bring will also be sold, so that the number of horses in Chang'an will increase. There are also horses that have been eliminated from the competition, which can also be purchased by the army, which is much easier than finding a horse yourself. And if the competition we hold forms a trend, there will be more people raising horses near Chang'an City, and there will be many horses bred in this way. ”

Cheng Yanjin smiled: "It's really not an ordinary person, you can still think of going so far." ”

Li Ji poured a basin of cold water and said, "These lords in Chang'an City have a complicated relationship, and they have dealings with each other. If someone has bad thoughts, colludes, gives up the first place, or even arranges the top three, and then secretly bets, wouldn't it be a loss? ”

"They dare!" Cheng Yanjin said angrily: "Who dares to target my Cheng family like this, don't die?!" ”

Li Mu said: "Uncle Cheng, don't be angry, do business and make money. Regarding this situation, I also have some precautions. Li Mu paused, then wrote on the paper as he spoke, and said, "This is also the reason why I ask horses to register, starting from the second race, we only accept registered horses and horse owners to participate. Each owner can hold a maximum of three registered horses. The number of horses participating in each race is tentatively set at 20, and the day before each race, we draw lots to determine which horses can race. The owner is selected by lottery and then the owner chooses a horse from among his horses. Let him pick the knights we have arranged on the day of the tournament, so that what the stepfather said would not be possible. ”

"Wonderful!" Cheng Yanjin clapped his hands and smiled: "It's wonderful, I don't know whose horse can play before the game, and the knight and the horse owner are not in the same group, and we can't be sure which knight can play, even if the horse is good, maybe the knight can't, the knight is good, and the horse is not necessarily good." In this way, no one can decide the outcome. The outcome of the game is really up to the heavens. ”

That's what it means. What we only need to do is to calculate the odds, for example, each time we collect 10,000 yuan of gambling money, take out half of it, and then pay the bonus, the net profit is more than 3,000 yuan, isn't it a sure profit? ”

"Yes, yes, yes, make sure you don't lose money!" Cheng Biting Jin smiled so much that his teeth came out, Li Ji couldn't get used to his appearance, and said: "Don't be happy too early, although this idea is good, it is all on the surface, and it is not difficult for others to imitate it." ”

"Who dare!" Cheng Biting Jin glared and said: "Whoever dares to rob my business, I can't give up with him!" ”

Li Mu said with a smile: "This is also the reason why I said that only Uncle Cheng can do this business, if there is no Uncle Cheng in charge, this business will definitely not be done." ”

"That's it!" Cheng Yanjin was proud, and said: "Virtuous nephew, the old man is not a stupid person, I heard this deal now, the most important thing is the odds you said, the old man can't get this thing, or it depends on you, other things, you don't need to worry about it, you can rest for a few days, and when your grounding is lifted, things are almost over." ”

Li Mu thought for a while, and then said: "Uncle Cheng, I suggest that this horse farm should be built in the city as much as possible, preferably in the east city, where there are many nobles and are close. If you are outside the city, it will take half a day to come and go, and the effect will not be good. ”

"Don't worry, the old man has a way. You can mark the size of the venue, how big this venue needs to be, and I will arrange it. ”

Li Mu made a mark on the map and said: "It is better to have four to five miles in a circle, too long is not conducive to sprinting, and too short to look uninteresting." I've marked them all, and the craftsman will know it at a glance. Li Mu did not forget to promote his craftsmen, and said: "If my uncle is employed, there are many craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry, and the price is clearly marked, and the laborer is 100 wen a day, the technician is 150 wen a day, and the technician is 300 wen." A few days ago, Zhao Guogong's Mansion repaired the courtyard, and I also charged it at this price. ”

"Want to earn the old man's money? No ......" Cheng Biting Jin almost blurted out the words 'no door', and suddenly remembered that Li Mu was still needed, so he quickly changed his words: "If I don't have enough people in my house, I will go to the Ministry of Industry to hire people, and I won't be able to pay it for the time being." ”

After that, Cheng Yanjin put away the paper on which Li Mu had written, put it in his arms, and said, "Later, someone will send you a beef leg, if you encounter difficulties, the old man will come to you again." ”

"Okay." Li Mu agreed, Li Ji also said goodbye together, Li Mu sent the two to the door, and the two generals got on their horses, one to the east and the other to the west. Li Mu was distressed, Li Ji's home was also in the east, and he went west, obviously because he didn't want to go all the way with Cheng Yanjin.