Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Savage Bicycle Race

"Quick! Fast! Come on! In the stands around the arena, countless spectators standing or sitting were nervously red, the men clenched their fists and gritted their teeth, and kept shouting, eager to rush to the field to play for others, while the women kept screaming and cheering for their favorite racers.

Following the eyes of the audience, you can see that the focus of the whole field is focused on the dozens of bicycles on the field, the riders wearing simple and light armor, one by one feet quickly up and down alternately, the wheels are fast, in their respective tracks to fight bravely, from time to time there are also racers pushing the next to the racers, trying to take the opportunity to make the other party fall, this kind of behavior in the future is completely foul, but in this arena is completely allowed.

"Cheng Huailiang, I won't let you go beyond me!" The racer at the front of the queue gritted his teeth and said, this guy is a little raw, very girly, he was not Li Su and their gang before, named Chai Lingwu, when Li Su first met Li Tai, he saw this kid, and the two had a little conflict.

"Haha, surnamed Chai, your skin is really not ordinarily thick, we have overtaken us and you still have your face in this one?" Cheng Huailiang, who followed closely, laughed and said, at the beginning of the game just now, Chai Lingwu was kicked out by him, and others also took the opportunity to make a mistake, and as a result, Chai Lingwu was one lap worse than others, and he was about to be surpassed by them.

"Hey, Brother Chai, look at the beautiful women here!" Just as Chai Lingwu wanted to scold Cheng Huailiang for being shameless, he suddenly heard someone behind him calling him, and instinctively turned his head to look back, only to see Li Jingye, who was ranked third, looking at him with a wicked smile. 'Plop' fell to the ground again.

"Hahaha~" Cheng Huailiang, who was extraordinarily proud, put away his long legs, smiled tacitly with Li Jingye, and rode hard together. And with Chai Lingwu's fall, the vehicles behind dodged one after another, and as a result, the speed inevitably slowed down, and they were much behind Cheng and Li all of a sudden. Naturally, he scolded Chai Lingwu again.

This somewhat crazy race is the bicycle race that has just emerged, since Li Shimin rode a bicycle in Li Su's place last year, he has liked this kind of sport, and he is not happy to play it himself, and he even made many bicycles in the palace. It was given to the civil and military ministers to play together, so it slowly spread.

Although the current bicycle still has such and such shortcomings, it is simple to operate, and it is also more convenient than riding a horse, and the cost is much cheaper than raising a horse. In addition, many princes and nobles also rode this thing. Therefore, bicycles have slowly become a trend, from princes and nobles to well-off people, all like this convenient means of transportation.

Although the bicycle is much more complicated than other things, there are many skilled craftsmen in Datang, many craftsmen can imitate it, and the bicycle has no registered patent. Therefore, there are now many bicycle manufacturing workshops in Chang'an City, and the cost has been further reduced. Even ordinary people with average incomes can buy some of the cheapest bicycles. After all, with this kind of transportation, it is much more convenient to go out, and you can catch up with the trend, and take your wife and children to visit relatives and friends, which is also a lot of face.

Cheng Huailiang, Li Jingye these aristocratic children are the first batch of people to contact bicycles, for this kind of novel and fun things, naturally very like, at the beginning they rode bicycles in Chang'an City to wander around, attracting the envy of countless people, and then I don't know who invented the new way to play, actually started a bicycle race, at first just just find a place to play, and later with the popularity of bicycles, this sport is getting more and more attention, and as the most showy gentleman, naturally will not let go of this good opportunity, So he transformed a polo field into a bicycle field in the city, and held regular competitions, and the players were naturally Cheng Huailiang, Li Jingye and other guys.

However, when these brutes organize the event, they don't have any rules at all, as long as they don't fight on the field, whatever the rest, as long as you can be the first to finish the race, then you win.

Dozens of racers compete on the field, and every time someone makes a small move to squeeze other racers off the track or push them down, it will cause a loud scream from the surrounding spectators, this kind of speed and savagery coexist in the sport, it is easy to ignite people's blood. And unlike horse racing, although the rider's riding skills are crucial, the most important thing is the horse itself.

Bicycle racing is completely different, the bicycle is the same, the key to winning or losing is the rider who rides, if you can win this kind of competition, you can be recognized by others, but also more reflect the value of the racer, so the bicycle race now not only attracts a large number of hardcore spectators, every time the competition field is full, but also attracts a large number of players to participate.

Now it is the last lap, although Cheng Huailiang still maintains the lead, but Li Jingye, a sports maniac, has also begun to exert his strength, overtaking him from time to time, and the racers such as Li Yexu and Li Ke in the back have also caught up, and there is only a body distance between the two of them, and it also threatens the first throne.

"Cheng Huailiang, first! Cheng Huailiang, first ......"

At this moment, in the audience closest to the track, a girl in a white palace dress suddenly jumped up and began to cheer for Cheng Huailiang loudly, shouting while pulling up a few little guys next to her, and even coaxing and scaring them to help shout, there are many noble nobles in the audience who know this girl, and they all have black lines on their faces for her performance, lamenting the misfortune of Datang in their hearts, how can there be such a princess who has no ladylike demeanor?

This girl is Li Su's good sister Qinghe, and the few next to her are naturally Li Zhi, Gao Yang and his son, etc., today she specially brought her younger brothers and sisters to cheer for her fiancé Cheng Huailiang. When Cheng Huailiang heard Qinghe's voice, he was immediately shocked, and his two legs kicked faster and more violently, and he suddenly threw Li Jingye next to him off the body.

"Husband, hurry up, hurry up ~ hurry up ~ " At this critical moment, suddenly another young girl dressed as a young woman next to Qinghe stood up and began to cheer loudly for Li Jingye, this woman is Li Jingye's wife who just got married last year, that is, Li Jing's own granddaughter, and also Li Yexu's sister.

Hearing that his wife was cheering him up, Li Jingye, who was already a little discouraged, rose up again, and the car pedals were about to be kicked by him. Li Ke and Li Yexu, who were already about to catch up, watched Cheng Huailiang and Li Jingye in front of them as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and the distance between them and them was getting bigger and bigger, and it was almost impossible to catch up.

"Girl's Appearance!" Li Ke and Li Yexu, who were pedaling hard, almost unanimously hated each other, they were both racers, but as their own sisters, they only cared about cheering for their husbands, but they forgot their own brothers on the competition field, what is this not a girl's appearance?

Just as Cheng Huailiang and Li Jingye were going hand in hand, about to cross the finish line, and the champions and runners-up would also be produced among them, suddenly things changed again, only listening to the crisp sound of 'pop' on the field, Cheng Huailiang, who was rushing forward, suddenly slowed down, and the audience on the field couldn't figure out what was going on for a while, and they stood up noisily to see it clearly.

"Ah~, why does this pedal break?" Only Cheng Huailiang roared, and then the audience found out that the pedal of his right foot was broken. Huailiang didn't give up, and after landing with his two feet, he began to desperately row towards the finish line more than ten meters away.

"Alas~" Looking at the embarrassed Cheng Huailiang, a voice of regret sounded on the field. Because of the immaturity of the materials and structure, the bicycles made by Datang craftsmen often have some small problems, and it is very common to lose a pedal.

However, at this moment, Li Jingye's car had already crossed the finish line, followed by Li Ke and Li Yexu, and although Cheng Huailiang was in commendable spirit, it was far from enough to rely on inertia and pedaling only for a distance of more than ten meters, so Qin Huailiang, Li Xiaojie and even the little fat man Li Jingheng also crossed the finish line, and his car slowly crossed the finish line.

Although many people regret Cheng Huailiang's final loss, it also makes the game ups and downs, which makes people tighten their heartstrings and make people more memorable, so most people are still very satisfied with this game. Of course, our princess Qinghe was full of unhappiness, looking at Cheng Huailiang who was depressed over there, although she wanted to go up and comfort a few words, but the two had not yet finished their marriage, if there were fewer people, she was still embarrassed to step forward under the gaze of so many people. After all, it doesn't matter if you go crazy when you watch the game just now, but if you ignore etiquette at this time, it will be criticized.

"Phew, the quality of this broken car is too poor, which bastard's home made it?" Cheng Huailiang stepped on the car and said with a look of resentment. In the past, it didn't matter if you won or lost in the game, but today Qinghe was present, and he personally cheered for himself. As a result, I turned myself into a defeat, which was really disappointing!

"Childe, today's competition is hosted by our family, and the car is also produced by our family!" A steward of Cheng Mansion next to him said with an embarrassed face, and at the same time politely handed Cheng Huailiang a hot towel and juice. The bicycle race was hosted by Cheng Huailiang and Li Jingye in turn, and the cars were also from the factories of each family, and this time it was their turn to be Cheng's family.

"What, it's our family? Lao Tzu has to deduct their wages when he goes back! Cheng Huailiang said angrily. It's better to do it with your own craftsmen, see if they dare to produce such defective products in the future?

"Huailiang, it's no wonder that your craftsman, look at this fracture, even the best cast iron has been broken by you!" At this moment, Qin Huailiang came back with the broken pedal with a smile, pointed at the bright broken pedal and smiled. Cheng Huailiang already had a lot of strength, and he was excited just now, so he used too much force, and as a result, the cast iron pedals couldn't help his strength, so he was broken.

"Hahaha~, Brother Cheng, I thought you were so good, it turned out that you were only one rank higher than me in the end!" At this moment, Chai Lingwu, who had been abused in the arena just now, came over and laughed arrogantly. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )