After the red and white teams caught up, the black team's alarm bells immediately went off, especially when they saw the red team, they looked like they had seen a ghost.
Originally they were planning to save some energy for the final sprint and decisive battle with the Blue Team, but now the appearance of the Red Team forced them to change their initial strategic deployment.
If they were overtaken at this point, it would be difficult for them to get back on track.
The leader of the black team immediately made a decisive move and ordered everyone to speed up.
As they accelerated, the original pattern of three dragons side by side changed instantly.
The White Team wanted to catch up, but unfortunately they had already put in a lot of effort and now they were running out of energy and gradually fell behind.
On the other hand, the Red Team, which had been chasing them for so long, acted as if nothing had happened. Seeing the Black Team speeding up, they also speeded up, soon leaving the White Team behind, and steadily chasing the Black Team.
At this time, the game was nearing its end, and even the blue team, which was firmly in first place, began to speed up. Success or failure depended on this one move, so they did not dare to relax at all.
Not far behind the Blue Team, the Red Team had once again caught up with half of the Black Team's ship.
Seeing this, Jing Yu shouted, "Speed up! Give it your all and overtake them."
In the end, the black team struggled for a long time, but was still overtaken by the red team.
Seeing the Red Team chasing the Blue Team majestically, Xiao Chen couldn't help but excitedly shout towards the river: "Quick, speed up! They're catching up, quick, faster..."
Zhao Yiming stepped forward and patted his shoulder speechlessly, "Stop shouting. They won't be able to hear you even if you shout louder. It's just five hundred taels, you are the Prince of Chen after all, is it that serious?"
Seeing his smug look, Xiao Chen said angrily, "Even if I didn't shout, the Blue Team would still be first. They're almost at the finish line, and the Red Team is still a long way behind! I don't believe they can still fly."
Zhao Yiming remained silent, looking towards the river and said calmly, "Really? It's still uncertain who will win!"
When Xiao Chen turned around, his eyes widened. However, in the blink of an eye, the red team's dragon boat had successfully caught up with the blue team.
With the finish line just in sight, both teams were putting in their best efforts. Tian An, looking down from the stands, felt that the sailors' hands were almost leaving afterimages, like wheels.
As the finish line drew closer, everyone almost held their breath, their attention focused on the dragon boat's head.
Soon, the exciting moment arrived, and the two dragon boats crossed the finish line almost at the same time.
Everyone couldn't see clearly, and just when they thought it was a draw, An Yikun suddenly jumped up and down excitedly with his binoculars in hand, shouting, "It's the Red Team, it's the Red Team, the winner is the Red Team."
Xiao Chen was dumbfounded. Could it be that he had lost his first place?
Unwilling to accept this, he hurriedly sent someone to inquire about the details. What if that brat An Yijie was wrong? Wouldn't he have lost five hundred taels in vain? "To be on the safe side, let's send someone over there to ask!"
Zhao Yiming didn't stop him. He looked confident and relaxed, letting him do as he pleased.
He also personally went to serve Tian An a bowl of tortoise jelly that Deng Xue had just brought back.
Seeing that there was food, Xiao Chen was no longer in a hurry. He asked Ah Fu to bring two bowls of tortoise jelly over. He gave one bowl to Gu Jinyan and ate the other bowl himself.
It's hot, and I howled twice just now, my throat is almost smoking.
After playing for so long, everyone was tired and sat down to eat tortoise jelly.
Tian An gave tortoise jelly to all the people he knew. When the people next to them saw that they were enjoying the food, they asked them what they were eating.
When the ladies learned that the tortoise jelly not only tasted delicious but was also cool and refreshing, and had the effect of beautifying the skin, they asked where it could be bought and then quickly asked their maids and servants to go buy it.
When the common people saw that even nobles came to buy the tortoise jelly, they became more convinced that it was an excellent product, so more people came to the stall.
The servants in charge of selling things were so busy that they were sweating profusely, and the person in charge of collecting money had almost his fingerprints all over his face.
The horse-drawn carriages carrying tortoise jelly from Donglin Street ran back and forth one after another, and it would be sold out almost soon after it was moved down.
In just half a day, two-thirds of the stock they had prepared a day in advance was gone.
The maids and servants who were sent by the nobles to buy tortoise jelly were immediately disappointed when they saw the long line.
Not to mention whether the nobles can wait for such a long time, it is still a question whether they can buy it or not!
Just when everyone was at a loss, a clever little maid saw a woman whose turn was almost up in line, so she went up to her with a silver coin and asked, "If I'm willing to pay the silver, will you give up your seat to me?"
The woman hesitated for a moment and said, "How much money do you want to pay?"
The little maid counted out twenty copper coins from her purse and said, "I am only a little maid, and this is all I have for you, aunt."
The woman didn't ask for too much. She happily took the copper coin and made way for him.
Twenty copper coins were enough to buy several bowls of tortoise jelly. Since she had nothing to do, she might as well just queue up. After all, anyone who had the chance to make money was a fool.
Seeing this, the other maids and servants followed suit.
They bought things without being punished by their masters, and the people also made money, so everyone was happy.
The stall owners didn't care about them. They were happy as long as they didn't cut in line and disrupt order.
After eating the tortoise jelly and resting for a while, the servant Xiao Chen sent out to gather information also came back.
There is no doubt that the red team is the winner.
Being looked at by Zhao Yiming with a half-smile, Xiao Chen had no choice but to reluctantly take out five hundred taels of silver notes and give them to him.
Seeing this, the other people could only accept the defeat. Who made them so unlucky?
Besides, they let you choose first, so it would be ungraceful to cheat.
After collecting two thousand taels at once, Zhao Yiming happily walked towards Tian An holding the banknotes, "I said red is festive!"
Upon hearing this, An Yiji and Wu Hongyi immediately looked constipated. They had firmly chosen the Orange Team between the Orange Team and the Red Team!
Unexpectedly, both teams came in first in the end, the only difference was that one was first in the positive number and the other was last in the negative number.
Unfortunately, they chose the last one and missed the chance to win two thousand taels.
"Alas! What a pity."
Seeing the two of them like this, Xiao Chen went forward to comfort them with an expression of a brother in distress. He was also one of the people who missed out on the two thousand taels!
Zhao Yiming was not prepared to take a single cent of the two thousand taels of silver and gave it all to Tian An.
Tian An returned the banknote to him and said, "Aren't you going to use it to build a new house?"
Seeing her so thoughtful of him, Zhao Yiming smiled even happier than if he had won two thousand taels. "Don't worry! We have enough money to build a house, and we will definitely not let you down."
He was just talking, how could he really rely on these two thousand taels of silver notes!
"But you won it." Tian An still refused to take it.
"Didn't I tell you, what's mine is yours?"
"Oh well!"
Tian An loved hearing this and accepted it without hesitation.
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