345 Hurdle Run
At more than 6 o'clock in the morning, all the cattle, sheep and horses were finally transported to the pasture, and the cattle and sheep were easy to handle and locked in the wooden paddock.
In the afternoon, when everyone has rested and marked the cattle and sheep, they don't have to worry about being taken away as ownerless.
34 sweaty horses are in trouble, and there are no such big stables in the pasture.
Fortunately, next door is Margaret's manor, and the stable that is temporarily stocked on her side is.
But Chu Xiangqian thought about it and still broke off this thought.
Margaret certainly wouldn't be concerned about these horses, but the recognition in the manor was not necessarily unbiased.
Cash was given to the 4 truck drivers and an extra £20 per person as a tip.
The four truck drivers were overjoyed, and while thanking them, they repeatedly mentioned that they could call them no matter how late they were to have a job next time.
Chu Xiangqian was a little noncommittal about this, but he agreed with his mouth.
When the trucks were all gone, Chu Xiangqian also gave 100 pounds to the five workers, which was considered their overtime pay.
Now the five people immediately went to work without any complaints.
Chu Xiangqian drove out, and when he came back, Da Zhuang and Hongniu jumped out of the car and stared at the horses that were being driven in the fence according to Chu Xiangqian's instructions.
As for the cattle and sheep, they were naturally all driven to the pasture meadows.
After breakfast, Chu Xiangqian ordered everyone to take turns to rest, and he also dozed off, and at 8 o'clock in the morning, he called Hawkins housekeeper.
Let him go to Simmons' hotel and pick up all the guests to the ranch.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, Chu Xiangqian, who had slept for about two hours, was energetic again.
In the ranch house, he changed into jeans, leather boots, and a checkered gray shirt, and went out of the house wearing a cowboy hat.
Through the view of the, it was seen that the 5 cars were only twenty minutes away from the ranch, and then they walked to the stable of the ranch.
I chose a black pasture horse, put on a saddle and other harness, and rode it to the main road outside the pasture.
When we reached the arched gate of the ranch, the convoy also turned in from the main road.
When everyone saw Chu Xiangqian dressed as a cowboy, they couldn't help laughing.
The ranch workers on the English side rarely wear it like this, and even despise cowboys from the bottom of their hearts, but Chu Xiangqian doesn't care.
Anyway, no matter how he fits into England, most people will still reject him as an Asian in their hearts.
When the big guy took the car to the main house area of the ranch, he saw 34 sweaty horses in the grass and wooden fence in the car.
And the pure white sweat and blood of the saddle is too conspicuous in the red and black horses.
As soon as they got out of the car, Ge Bai and the others walked impatiently to the fence.
A group of people gathered outside the fence, pointing at the porcelain white sweat and blood, and discussed for a while before they surrounded Chu Qianqian and asked, "Chu, this is the horse you gave to His Royal Highness Margaret?" ”
Chu Xiangqian saw the thoughts of this group of people at a glance and shrugged, "If you want to try, except for this horse, you can choose anything else." ”
Bridge, Hadr, and the others really wanted to try it because the white horse was fully saddled.
But when Chu Xiangqian said this, everyone couldn't help sighing.
Charles's heart moved, "Chu, do you want to breed the horses yourself or sell them to buyers in England when you transport so many horses to London?" ”
Chu Xiangqian was secretly happy in his heart, but he pretended to show a hesitant expression on his face, Charles saw this, and immediately said, "Chu, we are also old friends."
You should know that we want to breed a bloody herd in England.
How about selling all 33 of these 33 horses to us? ”
Ge Bai and the others immediately reacted, if Chu Xiangqian sold the sweaty horse to others, it would be tantamount to cultivating more competitors.
Moreover, if he and others bought these 33 sweaty horses, they would divide each of them into three or four, and the pressure on the funds was not great, and the number of stallions was expanded all of a sudden.
Bridge had the least sweat and blood in his hand, and said without hesitation, "Chu, 60,000 pounds each, we bought them all." ”
Others silently calculated that when they were on Hong Kong Island, the price had actually risen to 6 or 70,000 pounds, and now they don't have to ship it back to London themselves, saving trouble and freight.
Immediately they all chimed in.
Chu Xiangqian shook his head, "I have to call Norton and ask him if he wants to buy a few horses too." And you want to breed a herd of sweaty horses, and it will be troublesome to leave him.
It's better for you to form an alliance and 10 families to advance and retreat together in the matter of breeding horses. ”
The nine ghosts agreed without much hesitation.
With the relationship between Norton and Chu Xiangqian, it is not difficult to buy a sweaty horse.
Second, in their alliance, there is a big nobleman in front, and there will be much less trouble.
Chu Qianqian nodded at Hawkins, "By the way, give Margaret a call, and say that her horse has arrived." ”
Hawkins had just known from everyone's words that the sweaty horse in the herd worth at least 250,000 pounds was a gift from Chu Xiangqian to Margaret.
His attitude towards Chu Xiangqian immediately became more and more kind.
At 12 noon, Chu Xiangqian asked people to choose a sheep, peel and divide the meat by themselves, and hold a barbecue party on the grass.
When the barbecue was served, not only did Norton hurry over with someone, but even Margaret arrived.
As soon as she saw the porcelain white sweat and blood horse, Margaret excitedly hugged Chu Qianqian and kissed her neck.
Basically everyone present knew the relationship between the two, and couldn't help laughing, and Norton took the lead in applauding.
Only Hawkins and the five ranch workers stared at the two people who were hugging each other with incredible expressions.
Hawkins came back to his senses, looked at the five workers, thought for a moment, and called the five together.
I don't know what he said to the 5 people, the 5 people nodded busily, and even swore that they would keep it secret.
It's a pity that Hawkins didn't believe it at all, so he asked the lawyer to come over afterwards and let the ranch's confession sign an extremely strict confidentiality contract.
If these five people leak secrets, the custody will make him bear hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation.
Of course, Chu Xiangqian also promised that he would not dismiss anyone if they did not make a mistake.
And the increase in wages will not be lower than the salary level negotiated between the union and the business owner.
Even when the ranch is profitable and needs to recruit new people, they will hire their close relatives to work in the ranch.
Chu Xiangqian was a little reluctant to this at first, this generational employment model, from the perspective of modern people's thinking, has many shortcomings.
But Margaret said that her current housekeeper of the manor is Hawkins' eldest son.
There are also quite a few in the estate, fathers and sons, mothers and sons, and even families that have served the royal family for generations.
Let Chu Xiangqian realize that hereditary nobles prefer to believe in serving their families for generations.
Of course, there are no absolutes in everything, and there are many servants who have been driven away.
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After the picnic, everyone's attention was naturally focused on the horse, which Margaret named 'White Knight'.
Chu Xiangqian also wanted to try a horse with a physique of 2.4, how good the endurance was.
Pulling Margaret, who was eager to try, "Honey, I'll try it out for a few laps first, so as not to startle the White Knight if you are not familiar with it." ”
Margaret could only hold back the eagerness in her heart, and this batch of horses let Chu ride forward, and she didn't feel embarrassed in her heart.
Chu reached forward on the wooden fence and jumped over the 1.6-meter fence with a light jump.
The horse that was close to him also automatically got out of the way, but the white knight took the initiative to trot over, bowed his head in front of Chu Xiangqian, stepped on his front hooves, and knew at a glance that this guy also wanted to go out and run a few laps.
Chu Qian patted the white knight's neck, turned over and got on the horse.
I wanted to ride it to the exit of the fence, but the white knight began to get excited after Chu Qianqian got on his horse.
The nose was constantly rattling, and the horse's legs were constantly moving in place.
Chu Xiangqian quickly felt that the white knight wanted to directly step over the 1.6-meter fence and rush onto the grass.
After thinking about it, Chu pulled the reins forward, and let out a loud shout, and the white knight immediately exerted his strength on all fours and rushed towards the fence six or seven meters away.
"God".
When the people outside the fence saw this, they also understood.
Margaret was even more white and slightly white, and was about to shout at Chu Xiangqian to stop, when she saw Chu leaning forward and staring at the stirrups with her legs.
Before the White Knight jumped, he jumped up slightly, instantly reducing the weight of the White Knight when he jumped.
The man and the horse jumped high, easily stepped over the 1.6-meter fence, and landed smoothly.
Then Chu clamped his legs forward, and the white knight, who was completely excited, exerted his limbs and ran towards the grassland.
In just a few moments, he ran hundreds of meters.
There was only one thought in everyone's hearts at this time, 'It's so fast.'"
Then I realized that this horse was definitely not ordinary.
Being able to easily cross the 1.6 meter fence shows that this horse's strength is not weak, and now it is very fast to visually detect, if the endurance is really as good as rumored.
Not to mention running 40 kilometers and 80 kilometers of endurance races, even if you run 120 kilometers of extreme endurance races in one day, it should be no problem.
And the better the endurance, the greater the advantage on the 2400-meter speed course.
After all, anyone who has watched horse racing knows that thoroughbreds will lose their running posture due to excessive physical exertion in the second half of the race.
At this time, it is the best opportunity for a horse with strong endurance to overtake.
It also shows the importance of the rider.
Chu Qianqian rode the white knight for seven or eight minutes, and soon found that this horse was indeed several levels inferior to the Red Rabbit and the Yezhao Jade Lion.
After making a circle of several hundred meters around the main house, he slowly reduced his speed, patted the white knight on the neck, and ran towards the main house.
Accustomed to riding the red rabbit and the night light jade lion, at a speed of 55 kilometers per hour, at least 1 hour at full speed in one breath style.
Riding the White Knight again doesn't seem interesting.
But Chu Xiangqian felt bored, in Margaret's eyes, this horse had been running at full speed for so long, and his steps had not been deformed, which was already very powerful.
When Chu Qian slowed down, Margaret was relieved.
Seeing Chu Qian riding forward and running in front of him, he hurriedly urged, "Come down, come down." ”
Chu Xiangqian rolled his eyes, and secretly said that this chick is really like a daughter-in-law who has a child, and her eyes are full of forgetting her husband.
Turning over and dismounting, Margaret hurriedly grabbed the reins, kept stroking the white knight's neck, and muttered, "Baby, you're awesome." ”
Chu Xiangqian smiled and shook his head, this is really raising the white knight as a son.
Norton, Hader, Blue Steel and more than a dozen other people also gathered around at this time, and their eyes were shining when they looked at the white knight.
"Chu, I strongly recommend finding a time to officially give the White Knight a comprehensive test."
"That's right, that's right, it's not slow, and it's sprinting for seven or eight minutes in one go, thinking about it, I think that when the white knight goes on the 2400-meter and 2800-meter track, he will definitely be called the 'king of the second half'."
At this time, even Margaret was moved, and then glared at Chu Xiangqian and complained, "My dear, it's all your fault." If I had shipped my baby to London sooner, the White Knights might have been able to compete in the Triple Crown. ”
Chu Xiangqian really convinced this woman this time, but he was not angry, and he would not argue with her at this time.
Instead, he smiled and said, "Find a recent second-tier tournament to compare, as long as the results are good, whether it is a treble or not is the same." ”
When everyone thought about it, they couldn't help but nod, the results can't be faked.
The Triple Crown is indeed the most famous and has the highest prize money, but the second race is also a regular race, and the results are also recognised and recorded by the Club.
If you really want to win two or three championships on the second circuit.
With Margaret's fame, she had the opportunity to participate in the 2400-meter Bemont Championship, the last leg of the Triple Crown held in June.
Margaret's gaze couldn't help but look at Hawkins Butler.
Old Hawkins understood at a glance what this princess who had served for more than ten years and could be said to have grown up watched.
Smiled and nodded, "I'll do it." ”
When Hawkins left, Margaret glanced at Chu Qianqian, rolled her eyes, and turned over on the white knight.
With a smile, he shouted at Chu Qianqian, "Honey, I'm going to take my baby back to the manor." lest you ride my darling and make dangerous moves again. ”
After saying that, he grabbed the horse's belly and rode the white knight to the manor next door.
Chu Xiangqian wanted to whistle and stop the white knight, after all, since this horse has been upgraded, it is his pet.
It's easy to command it.
But as soon as this idea came out, he gave up.
lest the white knight suddenly stop and lift Margaret off his horse.
Whistling at Da Zhuang and Red Girl, the two hounds rushed over.
However, more than ten meters away, seeing Chu Xiangqian stretching out his hand and pointing at Margaret, Da Zhuang and Hongniu turned around and chased after him.
Everyone was worried that the two hounds would startle the white knight, but after watching for a while, the two hounds not only caught up with the white knight at any speed.
also detoured around the road, separated by more than ten meters, one left and one right accompanied the white knight and ran wildly.
In that case, you can tell at a glance that it's a guard.
When the horses and two dogs disappeared, Ge Bai exclaimed, "Is it my delusion, why are the speeds of those two hunting dogs faster than the racing horses?" ”
When everyone looked at Chu Xiangqian, Chu Xiangqian said angrily, "If you don't have knowledge, read more." There are many dogs in the world that can reach speeds of up to 60 kilometers per hour. ”
Not to mention, many horses are not necessarily faster than dogs.
(End of chapter)