The sun shines brightly and the earth is hot. Cicadas scream on the trees, making people feel irritated...

Huang Yuan is very upset now, but it is not because of the cicadas on the tree next to him, nor because of the hot weather, but because he bet on the racetrack yesterday, and he bet ten games, winning first and then losing, losing ten taels.

"Who ever thought that the 'curly haired tiger', which had the fastest sprint in a straight line, actually lost to the 'Yezhang Worm' in the straight line! It was obvious that the 'Yezhang Worm' was fast in circles, but the speed of running the straight line was not good!"

Huang Yuan complained, and the guards next to him also sighed: They followed Huang Yuan to bet yesterday, so they naturally won first and then lost.

"Is it because someone is making fake?" A guard complained, and Huang Yuan knocked on the forehead: "If you do it, who dares to make fake, I'm afraid it's going to be a big trouble."

"How could he lose?" The guard rubbed his knocked forehead, looking puzzled, "It is obvious that the 'curly haired tiger' has the highest winning rate."

"I think it has something to do with the track." Huang Yuan finished speaking, looking around, seeing his uncle and ministers thinking about something by the field in the distance, and there was no suspicious situation around him, he squatted down and used branches to draw a track diagram of the racetrack on the ground.

Several other guards also squatted down and listened to Huang Yuan's analysis.

Huaiyin Racecourse has multiple tracks, and the track ground is divided into mud and grass.

However, during weekdays, the main tracks participating in horse racing training are mostly mud tracks. The reason is that the grass cannot withstand frequent tramplings of horses, and the maintenance time is long and the frequency of use is low.

Since the main track is a dirt track, the ground state of the track will affect the performance of the horse racing.

To be precise, the moisture level of the soil is critical, and it is related to the weather.

"There are several characteristics of mud." Huang Yuan talked happily, "There are sunny days, the soil is dry and the ground is hard, so the horse gallops on it and runs very quickly. At this time, the mud track is fast for horse racing."

"If there is sporadic rainfall, the mud will be a little wet and the ground will be moderately soft and hard, it is a good place."

"If the rainfall lasts for several days makes the mud too wet and the ground is soft and slippery, it is a wetland. It is relatively laborious to run a curve when the track is in a wetland state. After all, it is easy to fall, so you have to exert force to maintain balance."

"Horse racing is running on tracks with different ground conditions, whether it is turning around or running straight lines, its speed is affected, either fast or slow..."

When Huang Yuan said this, he took out a piece of paper from his arms. There were many words written on the paper and several diagrams were drawn.

"I thought about it all night and thought about it... There has been a lot of rainfall these days, so even if the track is drained well, the track is mud, so it has become a wetland."

"So, horse racing, which is good at bends, has advantages in the compound races that run straights and chain bends in this ground state..."

"Why is the 'Yezhangworm' named 'Yezhangworm'? It is good at turning around! When turning around, it can be calm, so it saves effort, especially the chain bend... When it reaches the last straight track, you will have enough strength to sprint!"

"What about the 'curly tiger'? The nickname of curly hair is because the hair on its body is curly, and the straight sprint is as fierce as a tiger's rushing to eat..."

"But the 'curly haired tiger' runs a series of bends when the ground is wet. Because it is relatively not good at turning around, it consumes a lot of physical strength. When it comes to the final straight sprint, it is not enough to run away from the 'one-zhang worm'!"

After Huang Yuan analyzed this, the other guards suddenly realized: "So that's it!"

The horse racing system of the Jockey Club is very different from the past, and the "abilities" of each participating horse racing will also be announced to the public.

These include the height of the horse racing (shoulder height), weight, horse hoof size, "parents" height, and weight, which are also included.

There are also straight sprints, best results in curve speed, and straight and curve results in the last ten training matches.

That is, to show the speed to the outside world in an intuitive way, so that the "lottery players" participating in horse racing betting can understand the physical fitness and abilities of each horse racing.

Of course, thanks to the machine that accurately measures time, "clocks", people can quantify the speed of horses instead of using adjectives.

How fast does a horse run? If you use adjectives to describe it, it is "as fast as lightning."

Then, when several horses are together, they are "as fast as lightning", which will only make the "lottery players" confused.

Now, every horse has intuitive numbers to indicate its straight, curve speed and endurance. Therefore, a large number of "lottery players" can plan their betting strategies based on these information.

However, the result of horse racing depends not only on the horse racing itself.

When ensuring fairness in the race, the on-the-spot performance of the rider, the cooperation between the rider and the horse race, as well as the wits and competition strategies between the riders will affect the results of the competition and add variables to the results of the competition.

Therefore, the gambling of the Jockey Club is very exciting. A horse that performs well on weekdays and has a high winning rate is "popular" during the competition, but it is likely to lose due to some accidents.

However, those "unpopular" horses that were not favored in advance may win because of their outstanding performance on the spot (including riders).

Then because of odds, once such unpopular horse racing wins, the "lottery players" who bets will have a huge profit, earning thousands of 100 ci. This has happened many times since the start of the competition.

It is precisely because this kind of big things happens often that the business of racing tracks is very hot. Every "race day", the racing tracks are crowded.

At the same time, many underground betting sessions also place bets based on the results of each race in the racecourse: every time the racecourse will be announced immediately.

Therefore, it further boosted the popularity of horse racing.

Because the "bloodline", physical fitness, training competition results, winning rate, and rider winning rate were all made into information by the Jockey Club to announce it to the public, the "horse racing scripture" soon appeared.

Countless "lottery players" continue to summarize their "horse racing scriptures" based on horse racing information provided by the Jockey Club and their own "experience", trying to increase their winning rate of gambling.

Huang Yuan himself summarized his experience based on the ground conditions of the track: if it rains continuously and the track is wet, then during the compound race, the chance of winning will increase in the final victory of the horses who are good at running corners.

He shared this experience with his companions. Several young people were very excited and ready to make a difference in the next "game day".

"Ahem!!"

The sudden coughing sounded, which made several young guards squatted on the ground and studied horse racing, and quickly stood up.

Huang Yuan looked closely and saw another uncle standing not far away, looking at him with a smile on his face.

"Discussing horse racing? Why, how much did you lose yesterday?" Peng Jun asked, Huang Yuan touched his head awkwardly: "I lost ten cents."

"I lost ten signs?" Peng Jun thought for a while and asked again: "Is the one you bought is a curly tiger?"

"Oh, it's just a 'curly haired tiger'. I never thought that the straight road would not be able to run away from the 'one-zhang worm'..." Huang Yuan smiled and leaned over, Peng Jun looked at Huang left and right, and then looked at Huang? He smiled:

"The rain has been enough and the dirt tracks are wet these days. Naturally, horse racing is good at running laps and is prone to good results in compound racing. You still don't know how to do horses!"

"Who said no? I will have to give my uncle more advice in the future..." Huang Yuan was about to pull him closer, and Peng Jun waved his hand: "Okay, okay, Ling Zun knows how to do it. If you are on duty, you won't chat..."

Peng Jun and his entourage walked towards the distant field. The guards who were studying horse racing with Huang Yuan were so envious of Huang Yuan's familiarity with the famous "big catfish Peng".

There is no way, who made Huang Yuan’s uncle the emperor and another uncle, “Da Cat Peng”, a chief official in the border area?

Huang Yuan's father Huang?, now he took over as the governor of Xuzhou and is also a chief official.

But the most important point is that Huang Yuan’s cousin is the crown prince.

Such royal relatives can only look up to them.

Huang Yuanjing reminded him that he did not dare to squat down with his companions again, but he was still thinking about the "horse racing scripture".

Peng Jun came to the edge of the field and saw Li Li in regular clothes, Liang Sen and several other civil and military officials, who were thinking about "plowing horses with wheels."

To use horses to cultivate land, special plows are needed, such as the "wheel plow" in front of you.

Huaibei and Henan regions have begun to try to use Malay arable land (dry land) to increase the efficiency of arable land, so Peng Jun is very familiar with horse plows and wheel plows.

With the help of a plow, horses can quickly plow a large amount of flat land (dry land) compared to ploughing oxen, which is an advantage.

Henan and Huaibei are large plains, and a large number of fields are planted with wheat rather than rice, so they are all dry fields. If you do horse farming, the income will be good.

However, it is not easy to carry out horse farming because many problems need to be solved.

Li Li, who was squatting in front of Lunli, saw Peng Jun coming, stood up and said, "Ma Geng's advantages and disadvantages are very prominent."

"Yes, as Your Majesty said..." Peng Jun took over the conversation and told his views on Ma Geng.

Horse plowing has existed since ancient times, but it has not been widely popularized for thousands of years. The livestock used in cultivated land in various places are cattle.

There are several reasons, Peng Jun has carefully investigated.

1. Paddy fields are not suitable for horse farming, so there is only the dry land where millet and wheat are planted, so it is possible to use horse farming.

2. When using horses to cultivate the land, horseshoes are very easy to wear, so they must be nailed and the worn iron horseshoes need to be replaced regularly. Compared with ox plowing, it is more troublesome, and it costs money to nail horseshoes.

3. The expenses of raising horses are more expensive than raising cattle. The famous "Salt and Iron" in the former Han Dynasty has discussed the advantages and disadvantages of horse farming and ox farming.

Raising a horse, eating a family of six, and losing a man.

It means raising a horse, the food consumed can be as good as the food for a medium-sized family of six, and a labor force will also be served.

4. Horses are more expensive than cows. Once they are not well taken care of, they are prone to illness or even death.

5. This is a reason why the people will not say explicitly: if the people raise horses, once there is a war, the people's horses will inevitably be confiscated, and there will be no return.

Even though the government said there would be compensation when recruiting horses, this kind of compensation, according to the "tradition" of the government, basically does not need to be expected.

The high cost of feeding and use of the cost is higher, which leads to the low enthusiasm of people to raise horses and cultivate land. The concern that they are raising horses but are actually requisitioned by the government for free is another major reason.

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Li Li felt a little embarrassed when he heard Peng Jun say this: That's right, I plan to promote horse farming in the dry fields in Henan and Huaibei, just to increase the number of horses raised by the people. If necessary, I can requisition private horses.

But I used to requisition civilian horses to pay, and I never thought of getting a free job...

"There is no reason to let the people understand the difficulties of the court." Li Li clapped his hands and removed the soil in his hands. "The promotion of Ma Geng cannot allow the people of small households to take risks."

"No matter how good the horse farming is, for the people, they cannot afford to raise horses and plows, and they cannot be built."

"As the saying goes, 'It's better to buy', 'It's better to rent', 'It's better to rent', the "Ma Grove Team" should be organized to provide horse Grove services to people everywhere at a reasonable price during farming..."

"Using collective strength, large-scale horse farming operations in dry fields are realized in the Great Plains."
Chapter completed!