Irina sneered at Zhao Ziliang's statement and said with a smile: "I don't believe in any intuition.
I only believe in what I see and infer.
I decided on the Blue Party's No. 6."
As soon as he finished speaking, a young man from the arena came over.
He was the ticket seller of the arena, also called a bettor.
He very humbly asked Zhao Ziliang and others: "Do you want to place bets?"
Irina said: "I will buy 100 gold coins so that the Blue Party's No. 6 wins."
The bearded Bulgar man next to him also said in Greek: "I'll also buy No. 6 from the Blue Party.
Well, let's buy a hundred gold coins too."
One hundred gold coins is not small money.
The value of gold is extremely strong at any time.
Even if paper money replaces gold, silver and copper as the main currency in later generations, the value of gold will still be very high, although the mining volume is far from comparable at this time. , but the need is also greater.
"Okay, okay, wait a moment, you two, I will issue a betting ticket to you right away."
The punter agreed quickly, and immediately took out a stack of bills and a quill very skillfully and quickly wrote on two bills respectively. .
The paper used to make bills is special-grade paper bought from the Western Qin Dynasty.
This paper is more expensive than the rice paper of the Tang Dynasty.
It has only one purpose, which is to print bills and write vouchers.
This kind of paper is Made of a special formula, it is wear-resistant, fold-resistant, and less easily damaged than ordinary paper, even when exposed to water.
The bettor wrote two vouchers in three strokes, five divided by two, and handed them to Irina and the bearded Bulgar, respectively, and collected a hundred gold coins in betting money from them.
Then the bettor looked at Zhao Ziliang and asked: "Sir, do you want to place a bet?"
Zhao Ziliang was looking at the prepared charioteers and horses.
When he heard the bettor's question, he turned around and asked, "If I want to bet 10,000 gold coins, can you do it?"
When the bettor heard this, he felt happy and immediately said: "It can be done, it can be done.
There is only a lower limit but no upper limit for betting here.
Our arena is an official banker.
No matter how much you bet, as long as you win, We all have enough financial resources to pay compensation, you want Can you bet 10,000 gold coins?
This amount can open a separate VIP room.
After all, the amount is too large.
I will take you to open a separate VIP room.
This is free, where you can enjoy the highest hospitality. and service, please follow me.”
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "No, it's here.
I'll bet 30,000 gold coins on the number one of the Green Party to win."
After saying that, he took out a gold ticket with a face value of 10,000 gold dollars and handed it over.
The bettor looked at the golden ticket and thought he was dazzled.
He immediately rubbed his eyes, took it and examined it carefully, turning it over and over again, "Oh my God, this is real."
"Ahem, hurry up, I'm in a hurry," Zhao Ziliang reminded.
The bettor came back to his senses, his expression immediately became extremely respectful, and he quickly apologized: "Damn it, you villain.
I have never seen such a large denomination of the Western Qin Royal Gold Bank's cashier's check.
I lost my temper for a moment.
Please don't talk to me."
As a person with ordinary knowledge, I will issue you a voucher right away."
This guy became very careful this time and filled in the voucher very slowly and steadily, for fear of writing a wrong word.
Ten thousand gold dollars, which converted into gold coins of the Eastern Roman Empire would cost more than 30,000.
If the voucher was written incorrectly, Just one word, the fun is great.
The Bulgar bearded man said with great admiration: "My name is Tramci, I am a businessman from the Bulgar Khanate.
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What do you call me?
This courage is really amazing.
I think there is no one in the audience."
You are so generous."
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said with a smile: "My name is Wang Er.
I am a businessman from the East and West Qin.
You can just call me Wang Er.
This gesture is nothing, just for fun."
Tramci couldn't help but smile bitterly after hearing this, "Brother Wang's words make me very ashamed.
I can only afford to bet less than one hundred gold coins at most.
No matter how high it is, I won't be able to hold on if I lose."
By the way, how long has Brother Wang been in Constantinople and when do you plan to go back?"
Zhao Ziliang said: "It's been almost a month.
I don't know when we will go back.
We are a caravan planning to continue westward, first to the Bulgar Khanate, then to the Avar Khanate, and then to the Frankish Kingdom."
When Taramci heard this, he was moved in his heart and asked: "Brother Wang, do you still want to continue the Western Bulgar Khanate and do business?"
Zhao Ziliang didn't care and replied casually: "I brought some silk, brocade, paper, porcelain, tea and other oriental specialties from the Western Qin Dynasty.
When I left Constantinople this time, I also purchased some local goods.
Let's go together."
Take West to Taramtz, brother, how long have you been in Constantinople?”
"It's been almost half a year, and I'm still stuck here.
It's hard to do business," Tramtz said, shaking his head and sighing.
Zhao Ziliang: "What business have you been doing for so long?"
Tramci said: "What else we in the Bulgar Khanate have is animal skins, sheepskins, cowhide, wool, dry cheese, and cloth."
"Hubu" Zhao Ziliang was stunned, feeling that he had never heard of this name before, and asked: "What is Hubu?"
Tramci slapped his forehead and said: "I forgot, it's not called Hubu here.
Hubu is what we call it there.
It's called hops or yeast flowers.
These must be added during the brewing process of the dark beer drunk in the pub. raw materials” Zhao Ziliang suddenly realized: "I understand, it turns out to be hops.
Fur products should be very popular here, right?
Why haven't you sold your goods for more than half a year?"
Tramci smiled bitterly and said: "I don't know.
These leather goods from other merchants are easy to sell, but no one buys mine.
I'm so anxious.
I'm going to come to the arena today to try my luck."
Let’s see if we can win some money from gambling to supplement our expenses.”
Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment and understood why Tramci's leather goods could not be sold, and asked: "What is the price of this batch of leather goods of yours?"
"They are all top-quality goods.
Every skin is selected and intact.
The price is naturally higher.
A sheepskin costs six silver coins, and a cowhide costs twenty silver coins.
As for other animal skins, they are all of high quality.
The price, the price of some products with excellent quality will naturally be higher.
Brother Wang is interested in this batch of goods of mine."
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "We have a caravan going back to Western Qin.
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If the price is right, I can make the decision to get your goods."
Tramci quickly said: "The price is negotiable.
As long as Brother Wang is interested, we can talk.
We are all friends when we go out, and we are all friends."
Zhao Ziliang smiled and nodded.
At this time, the punter had filled out the voucher and handed it over and said, "Sir, the voucher has been filled in.
Please check if there is anything wrong."
Zhao Ziliang took it and looked at it and said, "Well, that's right."
The bettor said: "Okay, there's someone over there who wants to place a bet.
The villain will leave first."
Irina watched the bettor leave and said to Zhao Ziliang: "Your ten thousand gold yuan must have been wasted.
Although the Green Party No. 1's past record is not bad, it still wins less and loses more, and he is on the list.
The first time he participated in the competition was half a month ago.
It is said that he was seriously injured at that time.
How could he recover from his injuries in this half month?
He was competing with an injury.
The Green Party really couldn't find a driver, so they gave him a swollen face to make up for it.
"fat man" The horse racing in this arena is not just about who can drive a carriage faster.
If you think that this kind of horse racing competition is just about who can drive a four-horse battlefield faster, then you are totally wrong.
You must know that regardless of whether Western Rome The empire was still the life of the nobles and officials of the Eastern Roman Empire and most of the upper-class nobles and ladies.
Their lives are extremely extravagant.
These people have a perverted hobby.
The more exciting, perverted and bloody the competitive games are, the more they like them.
Horse racing is indeed faster than whoever is driving it, but there is no restriction on fighting during the horse racing process. , as long as you can reach the finish line as quickly as possible, you can use any means to prevent the cargo from killing or injuring other contestants.
Therefore, in such a horse racing process, it is not uncommon for several horsemen to die.
Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "We haven't started the competition yet.
Who can say for sure?
Let's wait and see."
After waiting for about another quarter of an hour, the betting time finally passed.
Someone blew a horn, indicating that the betting time was over and the arena would no longer accept betting for this game.
After another five minutes or so, the race was finally about to begin.
All eight chariots from the four teams had been driven behind the starting line by the charioteers' horses.
The charioteers' followers once again checked the condition of the chariots, and the charioteers The warriors stood on the chariot and held the reins of each other.
They looked at each other, with sparks of fighting flashing in their eyes.
Several of these charioteers were old rivals and enemies.
Naturally, enemies would be extremely jealous when they met on the field.
There was a clear look in someone's eyes.
It means "I'll see if I can kill you this time."
"Dong" followed the sound of a gong, and the eight doors on the starting line opened.
The charioteers waved their whips and hit the horses' buttocks, shouting: "Drive!"
The horses neighed, and eight chariots rushed out one after another and rushed to the track.
Driven by the charioteers, the thirty-two horses accelerated as hard as they could.
Dust and sand were flying on the track, and there was a crisp sound of whips.
The sound of horses' hooves and wheels rumbling on the track kept coming.
"Quick, run quickly" "Come on, come on" "No. 3, hurry up!
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Why are you dozing off?"
Countless people held up the gambling tickets in their hands and roared wildly.
The shouts came one after another.
The sound of curses, cheers, excited shouts, etc. were mixed together, and the entire arena was boiling.
It was the first time that Zhao Ziliang experienced such a crazy scene in person.
This was an arena with nearly 100,000 people.
The scale of this arena was almost unique in this era.
Just as people were shouting like a mountain and a tsunami, the competition on the track officially entered a brutal fight.
The chariots on each chariot drove the carriage while using weapons to attack the chariots on the left and right sides.
As long as the charioteers can prevent the opponent from running forward, they can use any means.
Killing is inevitable.
An arrow was shot from the back side.
The Green Party's No. 3 charioteer in the third lane was stunned.
His eyes widened and he fell down.
The chariot was out of control.
Without the charioteer's control, the horses were running.
Started to deviate from the track.
"Ah, get out of here, get out of here" The No. 2 charioteer of the fourth lane of the Red Party shouted.
He waved his whip desperately to drive the horses away, hoping to speed up his chariot to avoid it, but by this time it was already too late.
With a "boom", the two tanks collided.
Because the speed was too fast and the impact force was too great, the two tanks rolled over to both sides at the same time.
Now the two tanks in the second and fifth lanes also almost happened at the same time.
The chain reaction caused all four tanks from the second lane to the fifth lane to overturn.
The chariots in the first and sixth lanes who were slightly behind immediately pulled the reins to slow down the horses, avoiding the extremely dangerous collision and overturning accident.
Only the chariots in the seventh and eighth lanes were still accelerating.
At this time, the remaining four chariots began to pass the first corner.
The spear in the seventh chariot's hand stabbed the eighth chariot, and the two immediately started fighting on their respective chariots.
The seventh chariot was the Red Party's No. 4.
He dropped the reins, kicked his legs hard, and flew onto the eighth chariot.
He fought with the White Party's No. 3 charioteer.
The White Party's No. 3 charioteer Unexpectedly, the opponent was so fierce and jumped onto his chariot.
He was startled, and he hurriedly tried to resist, but he was already at a disadvantage and was killed by Red Party No. 4 in two blows.
Red Party No. 4 immediately jumped back on his chariot.
Unexpectedly, a spear flew from behind and was inserted into the wheel.
There was a loud click, and Red Party No. 4 felt like he was flying. , he looked down and saw that the carriage had turned over on one side and he was lifted into the air.
Halfway through the race, six of the eight tanks have been lost, leaving only the Green Party No. 1 in the sixth lane and the White Party No. 8 in the first lane.
White Party No. 8 no longer had weapons.
His weapon had been thrown out just now, causing Red Party No. 4 to overturn.
He immediately took off his bow and arrow and shot at Green Party No. 1.
Green Party No. 1 has been prepared for a long time.
He has rich experience in competitions and knows that the distance between the two is relatively large.
If they keep the distance and do not fight closely, they can only decide the outcome through bows and arrows.
But he still has two options, that is Regardless of the opponent, he kept dodging the opponent's bows and arrows and driving forward as fast as he could.
The opponent couldn't control the carriage with bows and arrows, and he couldn't run very fast.
As long as he could avoid the opponent's bows and arrows every time, he could win, but this There is no doubt that the side will be exposed to the opponent, which is too dangerous.
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He can also choose to get close to fight.
After all, the opponent has no weapons, which is the best choice for him.
So Green Party No. 1 immediately drove his car towards White Party No. 8.
White Party No. 8 saw Green Party No. 1 driving his car and was a little panicked.
After all, he no longer had weapons.
He immediately took out an arrow and aimed it at Green Party No. 1.
The arrow was fired, and Green Party No. 1 immediately lowered his head to avoid it.
The arrow flew past his scalp with a whoosh, and he felt a burning pain.
Finally approaching, Green Party No. 1 immediately picked up a spear and stabbed at White Party No. 8.
White Party No. 8 immediately blocked with his bow.
Green Party No. 1 was just a feint, and he thrust the spear in his hand forward.
With a wave, all the reins in the hands of No. 8 of the White Party were cut off. "" White Party No. 8 stared blankly at the reins that had been neatly cut off in his hands.
He watched Green Party No. 1 drive the chariot farther and farther away.
When he realized what was happening, he immediately took out an arrow and prepared to shoot the Green Party from behind.
No. 1, but Green Party No. 1 suddenly turned around and threw the spear in his hand.
White Party No. 8 was so frightened that he did not care about shooting arrows and immediately evaded.
However, he lost his balance and fell from the chariot.
Only the Green Party No. 1 chariot was left and drove away on the track.
"Hahaha" Zhao Ziliang laughed and stood up.
Everyone around him looked at him with envy.
Many people looked at him with red eyes, envious and jealous.
Irina looked at him with a strange look on her face and couldn't help but murmured: "What the hell, are you blind?
You guessed all this."
Zhao Ziliang was very proud, "It's just a blind bet on horse racing.
It also requires experience and analysis.
I remember that the odds of Green Party No. 1 are four to one.
So I won 40,000 gold yuan this time, which is quite a lot."
Yu 120,000 gold coins hahaha” The Blue Party No. 6 bought by Irina and Tramtz had overturned a long time ago.
They lost the bet and regretted it long ago.
At this time, Tramtz thought that Zhao Ziliang might swallow his batch of goods. , so he immediately said politely: "Congratulations to Brother Wang, you have made a lot of money now, one hundred thousand gold coins.
This is probably the biggest bet in the arena in the past few years.
Brother Wang is indeed courageous.
I admire you, brother."
I admire you” "Hahaha, thank you for the prize," Zhao Ziliang said, waving his hand and saying, "Let's go, take the money":