Chapter 128: Magic Revealed
"Dragon Grand Duke Cup", there are only three games left, and with Cepes's character, he will never waste the last chance.
In the third repechage race, ten horses were on the field, and as before, many guests began to place bets.
Among them, there were nine racing horses, which were sought after by the guests, but there was only one pitiful horse called 'Black Dragon', which was never cared for.
After a few days of racing, it has long been understood that the weight of a horse has a direct impact on the outcome.
Like Amanda and the 'Female Knight', they can only be regarded as special cases.
The strength, speed, endurance of the 'female knight' and Amanda's riding skills are among the best among many horse racers and jockeys.
These factors, when combined, make an exception.
However, the 'black dragon' and the fat man are completely different situations and cannot be compared at all.
Fat people are really fat, not strong, and they don't have anything to do with riding.
'Black Dragon' is not bad, but compared to 'Female Knight', the overall score is at least 7% off.
It can only be said that the fat man with the 'black dragon' is completely because of good luck to get to this point.
The guests all know this, and they will definitely not waste money.
In fact, the fat man himself knows that he is drooping his head, looking listless and without fighting spirit.
Suddenly, however, I heard a waiter shouting:
"Baron Karl, guess the 'Black Dragon' 500 horse race tickets."
The fat man looked at the stands, he didn't know who Baron Karl was, he could only clench his fists and whisper to himself.
"Someone is optimistic about me, someone is optimistic about me! I can't give up on myself, even if there is only one person who supports me, I have to do my best! ”
The fat man cheered for himself, and in the stands, Carl, who looked embarrassed, was also talking to himself.
"Damn, I'm so unlucky, I've lost more than ten in a row!
All the savings have been lost, and the credit limit of more than 10,000 yuan is only about 500 left.
I hope God willing, let that fat man win, he wins, and I will not only be able to recoup my investment, but also make a fortune! ”
Compared to the fat man, Carl was much louder, and almost half of the people in the stands could hear him.
Originally, when people heard that Carl actually bet on the fat man, they were all curious.
Now I hear him talk to himself, and they are all relieved.
In the eyes of everyone, Carl is a gambler with a fluke mentality, and he is not very smart to lose the last chip.
No one paid any more attention to the episode, and everything went on as usual.
The other nine horses, each with more than 10,000 bets, except for 'Black Dragon', who only had Karl's 500 horse race tickets.
There is also a racehorse named 'Ruby', which has a wager of up to 58,000 tickets.
Among them, there are 30,000 horse racing tickets, from Count Zele.
This guy was in Blue Moon, and after losing 13,000 horse race tickets, he was angry and borrowed 50,000 horse race tickets from Cepes.
He seems to be haunted by bad luck, and in the next few games, just one word, lose!
The red-eyed guy bet the last chips on 'Ruby', expecting to be able to run from time to time.
Of course, Ruby had a really good first two races, with the best chance of winning out of the ten horses.
The close to 30,000 horse race tickets that others have wagered is enough to illustrate this.
After some record-keeping, all bets were accepted and the third repechage game began.
The fat man tugged at the reins tightly, eager to burn fifty catties of fat to provide energy for the 'black dragon'.
In one lap, 'Black Dragon' had a heart-to-heart with his master, played at a super level, and actually ran in the first echelon of all horses.
After a lap and a half, the 'Black Dragon' was sweating profusely, desperately following the horses in front of him without falling behind.
In the last five hundred meters, I don't know if it was the fat man's will that worked, or if God heard Baron Karl's prayer.
All in all, 'Black Dragon' miraculously came out on top and was the first to cross the finish line.
"Ahh Yes! Yes! Win! Get rich! ”
The corners of the audience's mouths trembled at the result in front of them, and they didn't know what to say, only to hear Baron Karl shouting excitedly.
"Damn, this guy is really shit lucky!"
"Hey, it's a pity, I should follow it, so I can get back to my roots."
After a while, people let out all kinds of emotion, not realizing that the whole game was a little magic trick of Cepes.
The magic is not complicated, and six out of ten horses are the property of Tsepes.
The Basarab family does not participate in horse racing or betting, but this does not mean that the family's horses cannot be sent into the race by other means.
If someone investigates, they will find that all six horses have paid an entry fee of one hundred gold coins.
The owners of the horses, scattered all over the country, were the owners of a number of small workshops.
To be precise, it is some of the workshop owners who have disappeared, and there will always be some people who disappear quietly in war, disease, and family strife.
There were eighteen horses in total, including the original horses of the Basarab family and the trophies of Baron Karl.
The robbed nobles will not concentrate on serving the horses, as long as the horses do not have particularly obvious features, it is difficult for them to recognize them.
Eighteen horses, six of which made it to the third round after layers of selection.
Of the ten horses, six are their own 'people', and the other few are also grouped by selecting the weakest.
The third repechage game is magic in itself, and whoever Tsepes wants to win, he can win.
The fat man and the 'black dragon' are just two chess pieces that happen to appear, and they are used properly to maximize the benefits.
They got a place in the finals because they were paid by Cepes, of course, they didn't know that they were in the middle of magic.
Now that the magic trick is revealed, it's time to settle down.
Together, the two ways of playing bring 250,000 gold coins to Cepes.
It's just that, on the surface, the money belongs to Baron Karl.
Actually, it can't be said that it is money, it is just a pile of horse racing tickets, which Cepes does not let Karl exchange, these horse racing tickets are just a pile of waste paper.
Some people are happy and some are worried, in the core of the stands, Cepes is smiling, and Count Cailie is frowning.
If there is a regret pill, he will definitely take a sack.
He came to Wallachia to congratulate him, but he ended up with a debt of 100,000 gold coins, not including interest.
Looking at Count Cailie, who wanted to cry without tears, Laszlo on the side patted his thigh and laughed.
Two days ago, because of the order of Lady Elizabeth, he did not come to the racecourse.
Seeing that the game was about to end, he sneaked over to watch the excitement, but he didn't expect to see such a wonderful scene.
Lloyd Dyer, Petro Aron, Alexandru Jr. and others had much better luck than Count Celest.
None of them have lost much, and even Lloyd Dyer, so far, is profitable.
Of course, this may not be luck, but an ability.
Analytical ability, control ability, calculation ability, risk avoidance ability, sixth sense, in short, no matter what it is called, these guys in high positions have their own foothold.