Chapter 6
Ye Tianhui now has a preliminary understanding of horse racing and betting methods in Hong Kong.
Horse racing in Hong Kong has a long history and has flourished in recent years. It has almost reached the point where the whole nation pays attention to it. In the morning, when Hong Kong people greet each other, they can ask, "Have you listened to "Leading the Way" today?" It can be compared to "Have you eaten?"
The Hong Kong Jockey Club, approved by the Royal Government, is responsible for horse racing. They use a "same-bet split" method, whereby the club takes a 19% cut of all bets as company profit, then automatically sets a payout based on the bet amount for each horse.
Therefore, the way horse racing is played is actually a game between players and has nothing to do with the Jockey Club. No matter which horse wins or loses, it does not affect their money making, which ensures the fairness of the competition to a certain extent.
The game between players depends on their vision and luck. If they just follow the crowd and bet on the popular and sure-win horses, the probability of winning will naturally be higher, but the money they get after winning will not be much.
If you have the ability to bet on a horse that is not favored by others, there are few bettors on this horse. If it wins, it will be an "upset", and you can make a lot of money with a small investment.
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 alleys, and why the number of horse racing magazines is ten times that of other magazines.
So for Ye Tianhui, the best way to make money is to take an unconventional approach and look for a group of unexpected dark horses.
Of course, such an opportunity is not guaranteed. No matter how good her eyesight is, it will be useless without such a good horse. In the end, she may only be able to earn some Hong Kong dollars to make her life more comfortable.
Ye Tianhui took the bus to Happy Valley Racecourse. The buses in Hong Kong are really interesting. They are two-decker buses, very tall, and they shuttle through the narrow streets.
What surprised Ye Tianhui was that the car was facing the left side, narrow and to 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 crowded. Ye Tianhui felt both fresh and uncomfortable. Afterwards, Ye Tianhui took the tram, which was a tram. It was cheaper than the bus, but it was more crowded. After a long 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 it was here that horse racing was held. This place was originally a swamp, but with the development of the horse racing industry, many high-rise buildings have been built nearby, so it has become the most famous racecourse in Hong Kong.
After arriving at Happy Valley, she saw that it was surrounded by tall buildings. There were also very expensive cars parked near some luxury houses. Ye Tianhui didn't know much about cars, but she could more or less feel the smell of those particularly luxurious cars.
Perhaps because the horse racing season is about to begin, the traffic here is very congested. I guess many people want to come to the racecourse to see the horses. You can see many people holding horse racing guides and having enthusiastic discussions with their companions.
Ye Tianhui followed the crowd to the racecourse and registered. Visitors were allowed to enter the racecourse, but they had to watch through the fence and could not see closely, unless they went to the tea restaurant over there to eat, so that they could see the participating horses from a closer distance.
If you want to get even closer, you have to be a member of the Jockey Club.
However, it is obvious that it is not easy to become a member. You cannot get in even if you pay money. You must be recommended by several members to get in. Even after getting in, members are divided into several levels. If a person's status and identity do not reach that level, it is impossible for him to 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 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 one truly have a symbol of status.
To put it simply, this is just like the Beijing officials and non-local officials, the first-rank officials and the seventh-rank officials in Ye Tianhui's dynasty. There was a clear class distinction. If you were not in that position and you insisted on going to the banquet of a first-rank official, you would feel uncomfortable and ashamed to talk to him.
Only when you reach that class yourself can you become a member of that class. To a certain extent, this is the circle of the upper class.
Ye Tianhui analyzed the situation and chose to go to the tea restaurant without hesitation.
She now plans to participate in horse racing and has some confidence that she will be able to make money in the future, so she is not stingy with food. She ordered pepper pork belly chicken, golden sand red rice sausage and handmade shrimp dumplings in one go, and finally 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 this may get you kicked out, it doesn’t matter. As long as you see it, you’ve made a profit.
I have to say that although the food in the tea restaurant at the racecourse is expensive, it is different from the cart noodles at the roadside stalls. After eating those cart noodles and government relief porridge, she felt that Hong Kong people's food was really unpalatable, but after eating at this tea restaurant, she felt that it was still delicious and enjoyable.
The rice noodles of the crispy sausage taste soft and delicious, and are very fragrant when dipped in a little sauce. The pig stomach soup is milky white, fragrant and extremely delicious.
She sighed with satisfaction, thinking that this was only slightly inferior to the imperial banquet she had enjoyed in her previous life.
She observed the terrain while eating, and by the time she was full, she had seen enough.
After leaving the tea restaurant, she left the racecourse directly.
She had observed that there was a high platform next to the stands of the Happy Valley Racecourse, and on the other side was a cemetery. The densely packed graves were built up the mountain, and even the hillside was wrapped in tombstones. Opposite the graves were walls of buildings and shops.
She planned to go around the cemeteries, around to the deserted 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 there and admire and observe all kinds of racehorses and see them all 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 trees and green grass. It did not feel eerie at all. Instead, it was like a garden.
She passed a dried-up fountain and a small yellow church, then walked through a row of cross-shaped tombstones, and finally crossed a main road and arrived outside the wall of the horse farm.
It was almost summer, and the green trees provided a good cover for Ye Tianhui. Seeing that there was no one around, she climbed up the wall and jumped in.
After entering, she carefully squatted under the bushes and observed the various things in the horse farm. It was obvious that the interior of the horse farm was designed in an orderly manner. From the outside, there were at least loading and unloading platforms, free pasture training pens and racecourses.
In the distance are two or three-story stands, which are the parts that outside spectators can see.
Just a few hundred meters in front of her left were rows of long, gable-shaped tents.
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 watched the movements of the staff here, and when she was sure that no one was paying attention, she quickly rushed into a room. After observing for a moment, she rushed into the next one. During this time, she successfully touched a uniform, which looked like the work clothes of the employees of 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 scent of hay.
She was puzzled for a moment before she realized that the room was air-conditioned.
I couldn't help but sigh for a moment. How many ordinary people in mainland China, including those living in slums in Hong Kong, can enjoy air conditioning? I didn't expect that the horses in this stable have already enjoyed it.
——If she knew about reincarnation, she would just be reincarnated as a horse in this life. Wouldn’t that be great?
She walked along the passage and saw that both sides were divided into two or three meter long stables by iron railings. Each horse had its own stable and window, and each stable had separate feeding and watering facilities, 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.
But after looking for a while, I 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 move forward. As she walked, when her sight reached the corner of the stable, 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 its neck was straight and it looked very powerful. It also had a broad chest, a compact belly, and strong muscles in its shoulders.
It also has a very short pony tail, which is much shorter than the average pony 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 red goose given by the emperor, a BMW personally trained by the saint's imperial horse garden.
The red goose had been with her for three years and was her favorite mount.
Unfortunately, when she was trapped in Minzhou City, the food and grass were exhausted. For a little food, the soldiers and civilians fought with each other and almost caused a riot. In order to calm the resentment of the people, she slaughtered the red goose and shared it with everyone, which barely saved the situation.
She still remembers Chi Yan's eyes before he died.
A horse looked at her with tears in its eyes. It knew that she was going to raise the knife to kill it, but it did not complain at all.
The past was 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 stared at the horse in front of her.
In fact, in terms of appearance and breed, it is different from the red goose. It is clearly a different breed, but the first time she saw this horse, she felt familiar. It was a familiarity of the soul.
If a horse has a soul of its own, then this must be the reincarnation of a red goose.
At this time, the horse turned its head to look at it.
Obviously, it didn't know Ye Tianhui. Its eyes were a little arrogant, a little lazy, and it looked very careless.
Then it lowered its head and ate the grass slowly and leisurely.
Ye Tianhui watched it bow its head and eat grass, and she felt more and more familiar with it.
This should be Chiyan. In this world without the history of Dazhao Kingdom, Chiyan's soul is here.
She looked at the reincarnated Chi Yan silently.
In this life, it is indeed thin, like a malnourished child who has never grown up. Compared with those strong horses next to it, it is too dull and no one would think it is a good horse.
But Ye Tianhui saw clearly that, just like Chiyan in her previous life, it possessed explosive power that ordinary horses could hardly match. It was a famous horse that was unparalleled in the world.
It's just that this time, it just doesn't look pretty enough.
Ye Tianhui stood there and watched for half an hour until she heard a noise outside and it looked like someone was coming, so she had to prepare to leave.
Before leaving, she raised her hand, touched the goose's mane, 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 left with no grass or bark, and Chiyan naturally had to starve. It had suffered so much hunger in its previous life, and in the end it sacrificed its body.
So hunger is etched into its soul, it's stunted, so it keeps eating grass all the time, right?
She turned her head and looked at the sign next to it, and then she saw that its name was now Teng Yunwu, it was three and a half years old this year, and it was just a five-class horse.
Wubanma is really an unknown horse.
After a lot of cramming, she now has some understanding of horse racing in Hong Kong. Horse racing is divided into several types of competitions, namely internal competitions and open competitions. Internal competitions include new horse competitions, conditional competitions and inter-class competitions. In inter-class competitions, each horse will be scored and divided into five classes based on the score. Each horse can only participate in the competition of its own class. After the competition, the horse score will be adjusted by the assessor based on the performance of each horse.
Only those who perform well in the inter-class competition and enter Class One and Class Two will have the opportunity to enter the subsequent open competition.
In other words, the racehorses that ordinary citizens see in the stands or in newspapers and on television are all those that have emerged from rounds of internal competitions. In fact, there are many racehorses that can only be rated as class three, class four, or class five, and are struggling to participate in inter-class competitions to upgrade in order to get a chance to appear.
Horses three years old and under participate in the Novice Horse Race. If they can stand out during the Novice Horse Race, their future will naturally be smooth sailing. If not, they can only stand out by participating in the inter-class race after they are three years old.
This horse is already three and a half years old, which means that it did not win any opportunities for itself during the new horse competition period. After the new horse period ended, it participated in the inter-class competition for a full six months, but its performance was still mediocre and it can only be ranked in the fifth class now.
You should know that according to the scores, those with scores above 95 are in Class One, 8095 are in Class Two, 6080 are in Class Three, 4060 are in Class Four, and Class Five is those with scores below 40.
This result is not just failing, it is terrible.
Since it cannot participate in open competitions, it cannot earn any money for its owner and is a horse with little monetary value.
If this is the case, its owner will naturally not take it seriously, and may even get rid of it and sell it at a low price.
All in all, its situation looks bad.
At this time, the footsteps outside were getting closer and closer, and Ye Tianhui knew that she had to leave.
She took one last look at Teng Yunwu. It was still grazing with its head down, eating very slowly and seriously, as if this was the most important thing in the world to it.
She said quickly and quietly, "I'll try to come back and see you. Please eat well and take care of yourself."
She took a step to leave.
But after a few steps, he stopped and continued, "Since you have a new life, don't think about galloping on the battlefield or making great achievements. Let's just eat and drink well and live a lazy life. If I become rich, I will rescue you and take good care of you. You can live a comfortable life as a lazy horse who eats and waits for death."
The red goose stopped eating grass, raised its head, and looked at her curiously.
...It seems to be moved.
Sure enough, this is her red goose!
At this time, the door of the stable had been pushed open. Ye Tianhui hurried forward, dodged nimbly, and ran to a corner.
Although she was also wearing other people's clothes, she obviously couldn't meet people in person, otherwise her accent would be exposed when someone asked her.
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 here and even have to go to jail!
After a while, a group of people came over. They seemed to be the staff here. They were discussing the upcoming horse racing competition. There were several horses participating in the competition, 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 competition, the place finally became quiet. Seeing that everything was safe, Ye Tianhui came out from her hiding place.
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 quickly as possible. She would write down any racehorses she thought were good.
It was a pity that there weren't any horses that she particularly liked, and she could only see a few that were decent.
She observed them 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 figured out how to get out.
At this time, Ye Tianhui saw that there seemed to be a separate stable behind the rockery on the south side. It was not very big, but it was obviously newly built and taller than the stables here. The gabled roof also looked carefully designed, and it seemed that gray floodlight glass was used?
As she watched, she became curious. Why was it kept alone? Was it some kind of good horse?
She should have left, but she couldn't suppress her curiosity, so she tiptoed over to the stable, stood on tiptoe, 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. Sunlight shines through the glass skylight, passes through the wooden trusses, and is projected onto the pine walls and also onto a man.
A tall man in a light grey shirt and jeans lowered his head slightly and focused on feeding the horse 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 familiar feeling started out as a slight sensation, but soon spread and spread to every part of the body.
At this moment, the man suddenly raised his eyes.
Thus, in the cutting of light and shadow, the man's face appeared completely and clearly in front of Ye Tianhui.
Handsome and noble, so familiar that it couldn't be more familiar.
As their eyes met, Ye Tianhui's hand loosened and fell to the ground.
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