Chapter 6

Ye Tianhui now has a preliminary understanding of Hong Kong horse racing and betting methods.

Hong Kong horse racing has a long history, and has been booming in recent years. It has almost reached the point of national attention, so much so that in the morning, when Hong Kong people greet each other, "Have you listened to "One Horse Leading the Way" today?" can be compared to "Have you eaten?"

The Hong Kong Jockey Club is approved by the Royal Government and is responsible for horse racing activities. The method they use is the "same bet split method". The Jockey Club will first extract 19% of all bet amounts as company profits, and then automatically form a odds based on the bet amounts of each horse.

So the way to play horse racing is actually a game between players, and it has nothing to do with the Jockey Club. Whether a horse wins or loses does not affect their earnings, which guarantees the fairness of the competition to a certain extent. The

game between players depends on their own vision and luck. If you follow the crowd and bet on those popular and stable horses, the probability of winning is naturally high, but the money you get after winning is just so-so.

If you have the ability to bet on a horse that is not favored by others, there are few bettors on this horse. Once it wins, it will be an "upset", and you can win a lot of money with a small bet.

It can be said that the Hong Kong Jockey Club has given all Hong Kong citizens the hope of becoming rich overnight. This is why horse racing is discussed on the streets and why horse racing magazines are ten times more than other magazines.

So for Ye Tianhui, the best way to make money is to go off the beaten track and look for a group of dark horses that are unexpected.

Of course, such opportunities are not always available. No matter how good her eyesight is, it is useless without such good horses. In the end, she may only be able to earn some Hong Kong dollars to make her life easier.

Ye Tianhui took the bus to Happy Valley Racecourse. The buses in Hong Kong are really interesting. The two-decker buses are very high and shuttle through the narrow streets.

What surprised Ye Tianhui was that the bus was looking from the left. It was narrow and on the left. Occasionally, when she saw a double-decker bus coming from the opposite direction, she had the illusion that she was going to hit it.

There were a lot of people on the bus, and it was so crowded that Ye Tianhui felt both fresh and uncomfortable. After that, Ye Tianhui took the tram, which was a tram and cheaper than the bus, but it was even more crowded. After struggling for a while, she finally arrived at Happy Valley.

It is said that Happy Valley has a history of more than 100 years. The British first introduced British horse racing to Hong Kong and held horse racing here. It was originally a swamp, but with the development of the horse racing industry, many high-rise buildings have been built nearby, and it has become the most famous racecourse in Hong Kong.

After arriving at Happy Valley, I saw that it was surrounded by high-rise buildings. There were also very expensive cars parked near some luxury houses. Ye Tianhui didn't know much about cars, but she could feel the smell of those particularly luxurious cars.

Perhaps because the horse racing season was about to begin, the traffic here was very congested. It was estimated that many people wanted to come to the racecourse to see the horses. You could see many people holding horse sutras in their hands and discussing enthusiastically with their companions.

Ye Tianhui followed the flow of people to the racecourse and registered. The racecourse was allowed to visit, but they had to be separated by fences and could not watch up close, unless they went into the tea restaurant there to spend money, so that they could see the participating horses at a closer distance.

If you want to get closer, you have to be a member of the Jockey Club.

But it is obviously not that easy to become a member. You can't get in even if you spend money. You must be jointly recommended by several members to get in. Even after getting in, the membership is divided into several levels. If a person's status is not up to that level, he or she cannot become a member of that level.

It is said that there is a saying in Hong Kong that the so-called rich people have a villa in the Mid-Levels, a yacht parked in Victoria Harbour, and a Rolls-Royce in the garage. But even so, they are just ordinary rich people. Only by becoming a member of the Jockey Club can you truly symbolize your status.

Simply put, it's like the officials in Beijing and outside the province, the first-rank officials and the seventh-rank officials in Ye Tianhui's dynasty. There are clear classes. If you don't reach that position, but you insist on going to the banquet of a first-rank official, you will feel uncomfortable and ashamed to talk to others.

Only when you reach that level yourself can you become a member of that level. To a certain extent, this is the circle of the upper class.

Ye Tianhui analyzed the situation and chose to spend money in the tea restaurant without hesitation.

She now plans to participate in horse racing and has some confidence that she can make money in the future, so she doesn't hesitate to eat. She ordered pepper pork belly chicken, golden sand red rice sausage and handmade shrimp dumplings in one go, and finally asked for a bowl of porridge.

She planned to eat these slowly, watching while eating, and then find an opportunity to sneak to the member channel over there, sneak in, and then observe closely, so as to ensure that she would make a profit to the greatest extent.

Although she might be chased out by others, it didn't matter, as long as she saw it, she would make a profit.

It must be said that although the food in the coffee shop at the racecourse is expensive, it is different from the cart noodles at the roadside stalls. When she ate the cart noodles and government relief porridge, she felt that the food of Hong Kong people was really unpalatable, but after eating in this coffee shop, she felt that it was still delicious and enjoyable.

The crispy sausage skin tasted soft and delicious, and it was very fragrant when dipped in a little sauce. The pork belly soup was milky white, fragrant, and unusually delicious.

She sighed with satisfaction, thinking that it was only slightly inferior to the feasts she had in her previous life.

She observed the terrain while eating, and when she was full and satisfied, she had seen enough.

After leaving the coffee shop, she left the racecourse.

She had already observed that there were high racks next to the stands of the Happy Valley Racecourse, and on the other side was a cemetery. The densely packed tombs followed the mountainside, and even the hillside was wrapped in tombstones. The walls opposite the tombs were buildings and shops.

She planned to go around those cemeteries, go around to the remote side of the horse farm, then climb over the wall and sneak into the horse farm.

When the time comes, she will first find a set of clothes for the horse farm staff, and then she can walk around there and admire and observe various racehorses, and see everything in one go.

Ye Tianhui walked into the cemetery as if no one was around. The cemetery was different from ordinary cemeteries. There were lush tall trees and green grass. It did not feel gloomy at all, but rather like a garden.

She crossed a dried-up fountain and a small yellow church, and passed through a cross-shaped tombstone. Finally, she walked along a road and finally arrived outside the wall of the horse farm.

It was almost summer, and the green trees provided shade, which just happened to provide cover for Ye Tianhui. Seeing that there was no one around, she climbed up the wall and went in.

After entering, she carefully squatted under the bushes and observed the various things in the horse farm. It can be seen that the inside of the horse farm is well designed. From the outside, there are at least loading and unloading platforms, free pasture horse training pens and racecourses.

In the distance are two or three-story stands, which are the part that the outside audience can see.

Just a few hundred meters to her left, there are rows of long herringbone sheds.

According to Ye Tianhui's experience, this must be the stable. If she sneaks into the stable, will she still worry about not being able to see the racehorses?

She carefully paid attention to the movements of the staff here. When she was sure that no one was paying attention, she quickly sneaked into a house. After a moment of hidden observation, she sneaked into the next one again. During this time, she successfully touched a uniform, which looked like the work clothes of the employees on the horse racing team.

After she put on the work clothes, she stopped hiding and walked into the stable openly.

After entering, she felt a cool breeze in the smell of dry grass.

She was confused for a moment, and then she suddenly realized that there was air conditioning here.

For a moment, she couldn't help but sigh that few people in mainland China, including citizens living in slums in Hong Kong, can enjoy air conditioning, but she didn't expect that the horses in this stable have already enjoyed it.

——If she knew how to reincarnate, she would just be reborn as a horse in this life. Wouldn't that be happy?

She walked along the passage and saw stables that were divided into two or three meters long by iron bars on both sides. Each horse had its own stable and window. Each stable had separate feeding and watering devices, which looked very humane.

She carefully observed each horse. The stables of these horses all had signs that allowed her to know the specific information of these horses, including numbers, names and shifts.

However, after looking for a long time, she didn't find any horses with special potential.

Ye Tianhui was a little disappointed, but since there was no one in the stable, she continued to walk forward. As she walked, her sight touched the corner of the stable, and her steps suddenly stopped.

She saw a black horse standing in the corner of the stable.

She held her breath and stared at the horse carefully.

The horse looked a little stunted, thin and short, but with a straight neck, it looked very powerful, and had a broad chest, a tight belly, and strong muscles on its shoulders.

It also had a very short tail, much shorter than the average horse's tail.

She couldn't believe it and stared at the horse for a long time.

In her previous life, as a great general, she fought in many battles and had several mounts, but the one that accompanied her to Minzhou in the end was the Chiyan given by Yu, a precious horse personally bred by the saint Yumayuan.

The Chiyan had been with her for three years and was her most beloved mount.

Unfortunately, when she was trapped in Minzhou City, the food and grass were almost exhausted. For a little food, the soldiers and civilians fought and almost caused a riot. In order to calm the resentment of the people, she slaughtered Chiyan to share the food with everyone, which barely saved the situation.

She still remembers the look in Chiyan's eyes before his death.

A horse looked at her with tears in his eyes. Knowing that she was going to raise the butcher knife to it, it did not complain at all.

The past is like smoke. She thought she had forgotten it, and she also hoped that she had forgotten it, but now seeing this horse, she knew that she had not forgotten it.

She looked at the horse in front of her steadily.

In fact, in terms of appearance and breed, it is different from Chiyan. It is clearly a different breed, but the first time she saw this horse, she felt familiar. This is the familiarity of the soul.

If a horse also has its own soul, then this must be the reincarnation of Chiyan.

At this time, the horse turned its head to look at it.

Obviously, it did not recognize Ye Tianhui. Its eyes were a little arrogant, a little lazy, and it looked very careless.

Then it lowered its head and ate grass slowly.

Ye Tianhui watched it bow its head and eat grass from the side, and she found a familiar feeling in it more and more.

This should be Chiyan. In this world without the history of Dazhao Kingdom, Chiyan's soul is here.

She looked at the reincarnated Chiyan silently.

It was indeed thin in this life, like a malnourished child who had not grown up. Compared with those sturdy horses next to it, it was too dull and no one would think it was a good horse.

But Ye Tianhui saw clearly that, just like the Chiyan in his previous life, it had explosive power that ordinary horses could not match. It was a famous horse that was unparalleled in the world. It

was just that this time, it just didn't look pretty enough.

Ye Tianhui stood there and watched for half an hour until she heard noises outside and someone seemed to be coming. She had to prepare to leave.

Before leaving, she raised her hand, touched the mane of the Chiyan, and whispered to it: "Why are you eating grass all the time? Are you hungry?"

Speaking of this, she was stunned.

In the end, Minzhou City was already a grass without roots and trees without bark, and Chiyan naturally had to be hungry. It had been hungry so much in its previous life, and in the end it still contributed its body.

So hunger is engraved in its soul, it is underdeveloped, so it has been eating grass all the time, right?

She tilted her head and looked at the sign next to it, and then she saw that its name is now Teng Yunwu, it is three and a half years old this year, and it is just a five-class horse. A

five-class horse is really an unknown horse.

After some supplementary reading, she now has some understanding of horse racing in Hong Kong. This horse racing is divided into several types of competitions, namely internal competitions and open competitions. Internal competitions include new horse competitions, conditional competitions and class competitions. In class competitions, each horse will be scored and divided into five classes according to the scores. Each horse can only participate in the competition of its own class. After the race, the scorers will adjust the horse scores according to the performance of each horse.

Only those who perform well in the inter-class races and enter the first and second classes have the opportunity to enter the open races later.

In other words, in fact, the racehorses that ordinary citizens see in the stands or in newspapers and television have all emerged from rounds of internal races. In fact, there are still many racehorses that can only be rated as the third, fourth, and fifth classes, and they are struggling to participate in the inter-class races to upgrade in order to get a chance to debut. Horses

three years old or younger participate in the new horse races. If they can stand out during the new horse races, then they will naturally be able to rise to prominence in the future. If not, they can only stand out in the inter-class races after they are three years old.

This horse is already three and a half years old, which means that it did not win a chance for itself during the new horse races. After the new horse period ended, it participated in the inter-class races for a full six months, but its performance was still mediocre, and now it can only be ranked in the fifth class.

You should know that according to the scoring, 95 points and above are in the first class, 80-95 points are in the second class, 60-80 points are in the third class, 40-60 points are in the fourth class, and the fifth class is below 40 points.

This score is not only failing, but also extremely bad.

It cannot participate in the open race, and cannot earn any money for its owner. It is a horse with no monetary value.

If this is the case, then its owner will naturally not pay attention to it, and may even send it away at will and sell it at a low price.

In short, its situation looked very bad.

At this time, the footsteps outside were getting closer and closer, and Ye Tianhui knew she had to leave.

She took a last look at Teng Yunwu, who was still eating grass with his head down, eating very slowly and seriously, as if this was the most important thing in the world for him.

She said in a low and quick voice: "I will find a way to come back and see you. Eat the grass well and take care of your body."

She was about to leave.

But after walking a few steps, she stopped again and said, "Since you have a new life, don't think about galloping on the battlefield or making achievements. Let's just eat and drink well and live a lazy life. If I were rich, I would rescue you and let you take good care of me. You will live a comfortable life as a lazy horse that eats and waits for death."

The red goose stopped eating grass, raised its head, and looked at her curiously.

...It seemed to be moved.

Sure enough, this is her red goose!

At this time, the door of the stable had been pushed open, and Ye Tianhui hurried forward, nimbly flashed, and hid in a corner.

Although she was also wearing someone else's clothes, it was obvious that she must not meet people, otherwise her accent would be exposed when someone asked.

After all, this kind of stable involves security issues and commercial secrets. It is absolutely impossible to allow non-members like her to enter casually. Once caught, she might be taken away by the police and even have to go to jail!

A moment later, a group of people came over. They seemed to be the staff here. They were discussing the upcoming horse racing. There were several horses that were going to participate in the race, and they needed to prepare for those horses in advance. After

those people took away all the horses that were going to participate in the race, it was finally quiet here. Ye Tianhui came out of hiding when she saw that everything was safe.

It seemed that people came here from time to time, and it was not safe. She did not dare to waste time and continued to look forward as soon as possible. If she met a good racehorse, she would write it down. It was

a pity that there were no horses that she particularly liked. She could only barely see a few horses that were acceptable.

She observed closely and wrote down the numbers and names of more than a dozen horses before quietly slipping out of the stable.

After coming out of the stable, she observed the terrain and studied how to get out.

At this time, Ye Tianhui saw that there seemed to be a separate stable behind the rockery in the south. It was not very big, but the stable was obviously newly built and taller than the stable here. The gable-style roof also looked carefully designed, as if it was made of gray projection glass?

As she looked at it, she became curious. Why was it raised alone? Was it a good horse?

She should have left, but she couldn't help her curiosity. She tiptoed to the stable, tiptoed, and looked inside through the window.

This is a stable made of pure pine wood. A milky white glass skylight runs through the roof of the stable like a long line. The sunlight pours down from the glass skylight, passes through the wooden trusses and projects onto the pine walls and onto a man.

A tall man, wearing a light gray shirt and jeans, lowered his head slightly, concentrating on feeding the horses with hay.

Because the man lowered his head, Ye Tianhui couldn't see his face clearly, but for some reason, she felt a strange sense of familiarity.

This sense of familiarity was vague at first, but soon spread and spread to every part of his body.

At this time, the man suddenly raised his eyes.

Then, in the cutting of light and shadow, the man's face appeared completely and clearly in front of Ye Tianhui.

Handsome and dignified, so familiar that it couldn't be more familiar.

As their eyes met, Ye Tianhui's hand loosened and fell to the ground.