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Looking at the crowd below, Queen Chen Xianqiao couldn't help but exclaim: "Why are there so many people? ”

Zhao Degao, the head of the Fengyi Palace on the side, replied with a smile: "Niangniang forgot, today is a ten-day holiday." ”

Zhao Degao's words were actually half said, with the gradual consolidation of the rule of the Chinese Dynasty, the Keju confrontation (football) and horse racing, which were originally only popular in the army, flowed into the people one after another, attracting the love of the majority of the people with their fierce confrontation and game. As for the Chinese government, it took an attitude of promoting the exhibition of the two sports because of the large gambling tax generated by it, and because it believed that horse racing could promote the exhibition of the private horse breeding industry.

By the end of the sixth year of Wucheng, people would be seen playing football wherever there was a market in China, so that all prefectures and Zhili prefectures had their own city Keju leagues, and even provincial leagues appeared in some economically large areas. Horse riding, horse racing, and horse gambling have also become popular in big cities, and have become a landscape that regulates urban life.

It was in view of the extensive exhibition of the two that Zheng Kezhang instructed the manager of the inner court to build a large arena "Royal Stadium" similar to another space-time stadium at the end of the fifth year of Wucheng at the end of the fifth year of Wuchang Mansion City (new system). After its completion, four Kemari matches were held on the first day of the Shun Holiday, and polo and horse racing competitions were held on the second day of the Shun Holiday.

The completion and departure of the "Royal Stadium" attracted a large number of spectators, and even the people of Hanyang and Hankou crossed the river overnight to watch the game (betting).

Seeing that the manager of the inner court was full of money, Duzhi Yamen and Wuchang Mansion were red-eyed, so the two sides hit it off, and the two sides paid for the Yamen and Wuchang Mansion to build the second large-scale sports arena - "Wuchang Mansion Stadium" in the north and east of Wuchang City.

Although the facilities and equipment of the "Wuchangfu Stadium" have been updated, there are more boxes for the wealthy, the number of spectators can be accommodated, and the supporting catering, entertainment and rest facilities are more complete, but it has not affected the business of the "Royal Stadium".

This is because there are nearly 100,000 households and millions of people in the Dawuchang area, which is fully sufficient for the two major stadiums to share; In addition, it is also important to note that the "Royal Stadium" has a special confrontational performance "polo" competition that is not available at the "Wuchangfu Stadium".

Polo is a high-end sport that not everyone can afford to play. Because in addition to the rider's riding skills must be very exquisite, the horse's suzhì is also very important, not to mention the ordinary Mongolian horse, even the main horse in the army's cavalry battle mixed breed horse may not be able to excel in the confrontation, so only the Janissary Guard's large eating horse, Andalusian horse and other tall and abnormal horses are eye-catching. In addition, people and horses are often injured in confrontations, so only the wealthy royal family can afford it.

Chen Xianqiao was still speechless, and at this time, Concubine Zhao Tong Chunniang, who accompanied her to watch the game, suddenly reminded: "Queen Mother, look, is it the Sheng official who has appeared." ”

Sheng Guan is Chen Xianqiao's second son and Zheng Kezang's third son, Zheng Anyu, and is now an eighteen-year-old military attache candidate who has completed martial arts. It's just that considering that it is impossible to really let the prince go to the battlefield in danger, Zheng Kezhang stuffed him into the Praetorian Guard in a secretive and roundabout way, but he never thought that this little guy would be very good at tossing, and joined the cavalry unit of the Praetorian Guard in a blink of an eye, which made Chen Xianqiao distracted for no reason.

Chen Xianqiao also wanted Zheng Anyu to leave the cavalry, but Zheng Anyu joined the army incognito after all, and even Zheng Kezhang could not directly transfer his position, otherwise he would lose the original intention of letting him experience, and as a result, Zheng Anyu not only did not leave the cavalry, but mixed into the polo team??????

Hearing that her son had appeared, Chen Xianqiao hurriedly looked around, only to see two teams of knights slowly entering the arena - because it was a shared Keju playing field, there were only five riders in each team, one of which was wearing a red vest, and the other team was wearing a bright blue vest.

However, because Chen Xianqiao's position was at the highest point of the entire court, not only could they not see the rider's face clearly, but even the number behind the rider's vest was not very clear, so Chen Xianqiao asked a little anxiously: "Where is it?" Where is it? ”

Zhao Degao hurriedly handed over a pair of binoculars, which is the latest product of the Ordnance Division, but because the people of the time are still exploring the basic optical formula, the binoculars that cannot automatically adjust the interpupillary distance will be dazzled after a long time, so they are not adopted by the army, and can only be reduced to a drama viewing mirror for dignitaries and nobles.

Seeing that Chen Xianqiao took the drama mirror and looked around, Zhao Degao hurriedly introduced: "Don't worry, Niangniang, Luyang Jungong is on the red team, according to the order of appearance, there should be no appearance yet." ”

"Didn't play." Chen Xianqiao breathed a sigh of relief. "Then there's no hurry." Chen Xianqiao came to see her son, and she had no interest in other people's performances, but she couldn't stand the bursts of cheers in the venue, so she occasionally raised the viewing mirror to take a look, but in general, she lacked interest. "Sister Zhao, is this polo really so good-looking?"

Tong Chunniang was watching with relish, but the queen's question was not good to answer, so she could only put down the drama mirror in her hand and replied: "A few people and a few horses grab a ball, it's very fun, but more importantly, you can bet, it doesn't matter if you win or lose, but when you see that the side you bet on wants to win, then you want to jump up happily, and when you see that the side you bet on is going to lose, you will be nervous to shout out." ”

It sounds like a resentful woman Huaichun, but Chen Xianqiao is a mother in the world, so naturally she can't say such vulgar words.

was speechless, Zhao Degao informed: "Niangniang, the prince of Luyang County has appeared." ”

Chen delicately and quickly raised the viewing mirror, although the lens magnification is not high, and the vision is still relatively blurry, but he can finally see the white characters of "Ding Yi" on Zheng Anyu's back. Watching his son shuttling around the court, Chen Xianqiao's heart couldn't help but rise.

"Damn, that blue-clothed man dares to swing a stick at the prince, and he must be severely punished later." Zhao Degao looked at Chen Xianqiao there with some tears and laughter, and suddenly there was a tsunami-like shouting in the field, but it was a certain team that scored. "Zhao Degao." Chen Qianqiao asked. "What's going on, why are you throwing pieces of paper into the field?"

Before Zhao Degao could answer, Tong Chunniang replied first: "This is the person who lost the bet to vent his anger." ”

"Lose?" Chen asked puzzled. "Isn't this polo still going on, how can it be divided into winners and losers."

Tong Chunniang's eyebrows fluttered and explained: "There are many kinds of wins and losses, and what they just bet on is which team will score first." ”

Chen Xianqiao frowned: "Gambling hurts people, I'm afraid it's not a good thing to be so crazy." ”

"That's what the mother said." Zhao Degao responded and said. "That's why the saint limits that each person can only buy ten bets on the same item each time, and each bet is up to ten wen." Zhao Degao said half more, in fact, it is not that there are no large or even huge gambling orders, but the more gambling money invested, the higher the pumping of the stadium, and the more gambling taxes handed over to the government, so it intentionally or unintentionally restricts ordinary people from participating in high gambling. "It's a small gamble."

"Look, Queen Mother," Concubine Fang Yuniang, who had been silent, suddenly exclaimed. "It seems that Sheng Guan has scored a goal."

Chen Xianqiao hurriedly raised the viewing mirror, but he didn't see the scene of his son scoring a goal, but now he suddenly fell off the horse, and was suddenly shocked like something: "What's the matter, hurry, quickly send someone to ask, what happened to Shengguan." ”

"No one is allowed to ask!" A male voice suddenly sounded behind everyone, and listening to this familiar voice, everyone got up and saluted in the direction of the voice. "Don't be inhibited." Zheng Kezang, who showed his figure, said this to the wives and concubines, and then waved his hand at Chen Xianqiao. "The Sheng official was just knocked down, there is no big problem, if you send someone to investigate, it will attract attention and expose the identity of the Sheng official, which is not in line with my original intention."

Zheng Kezhang is also an ignorant Chen Xianqiao, in fact, it is not very abrupt for the wealthy ladies in the box to send people to greet the athletes on the field, but Chen Xianqiao doesn't know, so he said angrily: "How can you be a father like this, isn't the Sheng official your son, and I don't care when I see him injured." ”

Zheng Kezhang walked up to Chen Xianqiao, dragged her to sit down, and then personally picked up the drama mirror and put it in front of Chen Xianqiao's eyes: "The queen has taken a closer look, is the Sheng official alive now." ”

Chen Xianqiao snatched the viewing mirror from Zheng Kezang's hand, and searched carefully, sure enough, the current Sheng Guan returned to the horse, but before she could put down the viewing glass, she saw a pause in the scene, and then the Sheng Guan and his horse were replaced: "Why is it gone, is it very injured??????

Zheng Kezang, who shook his head at Chen Xianqiao, who was concerned about the chaos, explained: "This is just a normal substitution, no one can play the whole game, everyone has to take a breath." ”

Chen Xianqiao was skeptical, but Zheng Kezhang didn't seem to be lying, so she had to wait patiently for Zheng Anyu to appear again. It's just that when this part of the game is over, Zheng Anyu didn't appear, and she was about to speak again when she became anxious again, but Zheng Kezhang secretly grabbed her hand, and she didn't want to lose her honor in front of the harem sisters, so she had to calm down and wait for the start of the next game.

But what we were waiting for was the second horse race of the day, and the horse race was followed by another equestrian show. After the equestrian exercise, there was another horse race, and it was not until most of the day had passed that the polo players returned to the field.

"Look, that's not a Shengguan." Zheng Kezhang pointed to a figure in the red team and said, Chen Xianqiao then tried to capture the image with the drama mirror, and finally confirmed the number on his back, and smiled with relief this time. "But what the hell are they doing?"

Chen Xianqiao was relieved, but Zheng Kezhang frowned, only to see the five red team riders lined up in a tight formation, neck to neck, but all the members of the blue team who came to intercept scattered rushed to the side together.

"Why is this formation so familiar?" Zheng Kezang pondered for a long time, and a tsunami-like cheer sounded in his ears. "Isn't this the queue of the French cavalry at the National Day parade, the French cavalry, the Napoleon, the Mamluk cavalry." Zheng Kezhang stood up suddenly. "Drive back to the palace, and recruit Huo Yun, the commander of the cavalry of the Praetorian Guard, to meet ??????"