Seeing someone throwing his horse, Li Long had already rushed out, but was pulled back by Yu Shanjiang after only two steps.
"Don't worry about him, he will get up." Yushanjiang waved his hand, "Look, the first one has been replaced. The people below all want to rush to the first one. Just look. Who's coming!"
"Don't you really need to worry about it? I think he's not up yet..." Li Long was still worried.
"It's okay to fall down like this. He wasn't pressed down by the horse - look, he got up, and the horse got up too."
As expected, as Yu Shanjiang said, The fallen horse struggled to get up, and the rider also got up. He was walking with a limp, as if he had been injured, but also as if the injury was not serious.
In just a few minutes, the first place has been changed by several people, and the competition is fierce.
When the horse ran less than a hundred meters away from here, a black and red horse that didn’t look very eye-catching and not too tall rushed to the front. The rider was a man with dark skin. Looking at a boy under 18 years old, he did not stand half-upright like Hong Kong horse racing, but sat firmly on the horse, holding the reins with one hand and raising the whip with the other, but did not swing it.
The horse was running very steadily, with all four hooves flying, but the upper half of its body seemed to always be on the same level. It was getting faster and faster, slowly going from one position ahead to two positions behind. After three more positions, he rushed past Harimu's position. The boy cheered and raised his whip and got the first place!
When the second place came over, Li Long felt a little regretful. This was a very tall and beautiful black horse with skin like black satin, very similar to those he had seen in Ili in later generations. Second-generation horses - Second-generation horses mean purebred horses introduced by horse farms from abroad or other excellent horse farms, and crossbred to obtain second-generation mixed-blood horses.
Such a horse often combines the advantages of both the sire and the dam, is not so expensive, and is usually the main horse in the racecourse.
A second-generation horse often costs more than 100,000 yuan to buy. Of course, this was what Li Long asked at the racecourse at that time. I don’t know whether it is true or not.
The horse was very beautiful, and the rider looked very experienced, but he didn’t expect to lose to a young man.
The third horse was only half a length away from the second horse, followed by a group of third echelon riders - to Li Long's surprise, the rider who fell had fallen. The horse also followed.
Judging from the horse's running posture, there is no big problem.
Not bad.
Harimu gathered the people together again and said a few words. Li Long heard him shouting several names, and those people cheered every time he called a name.
This should be talking about the winner.
When he finished speaking, he turned to look at Li Long.
Li Long asked:
"Are the prizes given out now?"
"Let's do it now."
"Okay, let the top three come forward, and I'll get the prize." Li Long turned around and walked into the room with a smile.
It feels like being both a etiquette and a leader - giving out prizes to the winning players is what the leaders do!
Just a joke, just a joke.
When Li Long entered the room, he had already thought about it. The first place was a piece of brick tea, sugar cubes and salt, the second place was brick tea and sugar cubes, and the third place was only brick tea.
Because Harimu brought back some more bullets, Li Long gave five bullets to each of the top three winners.
"I will hand it out to the first place, and to the second place... Yushanjiang, you will hand it out, and to the third place, Harimu?"
After Li Long took out the prize, he gave it to Two people said.
"Okay." Yushanjiang had no objection. Harimu smiled and asked the three people to stand up.
What made Li Long have some objections was that instead of giving away prizes, the top three came to receive the prizes, which was quite interesting.
The other riders behind showed envious expressions, and when Li Long handed out the prize to the boy named Bahati, the riders cheered.
Bahari's face was a little red, with red bloodshot eyes. Of course, it was more because of excitement. I'm afraid he himself didn't expect to win first place, right?
"Congratulations!" Li Long stuffed the thing into his hand. Bahari first took the bullet and stuffed it into his pocket, looking very cherished. Then he held the thing, paused, and then He smiled and nodded to Li Long, turned around and waved the things in his hand to everyone, and walked back happily.
The riders laughed.
Li Long was very touched. The relationship between these people was really good. He could hear that most of the people's cheers were sincere.
Yu Shanjiang and Harimu handed out awards to the next two people, and there was also cheers. The two riders held the prize and proudly raised it to show to the others. They were more mature than Bahati and more familiar with the other boys. They were really happy that they could get the ranking and did not hide their clumsiness or modesty at all.
When you have honor, you must show it. For young people, it is normal to show off.
Halimu said a few more words, and Yushanjiang came over and said:
"What Harimu means is, rest for a while, and then behave. When the manipulation is over, whoever wins? Whoever owns the sheep, of course the sheep will not be taken away, it will be cooked here for everyone to eat, and the winner will be treated as a treat!”
The young people cheered again, and then dismounted one after another. Some wiped the sweat of their horses, while others came to look for water and food.
The naan and milk dumplings that Harimu brought over were placed on the case, allowing these young people to eat by themselves. There was hot water in the teapot and a bowl beside it. They didn't care or mind. One person drank, and the second person took the bowl and continued drinking.
The young men were laughing and joking there, while Li Long and Yu Shanjiang asked about the situation nearby.
He mainly wanted to know where there was hunting nearby.
"For hunting, I know there are several places over there. I have seen wild goats and wolves, but they have no fixed place." Yushanjiang said, "I can only give you Tell me the approximate location. You can go and have a look. Normally, we mainly hunt wolves. This wolf will take the initiative to attack my sheep. This time, with these bullets you gave me, my sheep will be much safer. ! ”
He squatted down and began to draw the terrain in the snow:
"This is Harimu's winter nest. Across these two mountains, here is my winter nest, and then , look in your direction, here, there are three mountains away from you, and in this ditch, I have seen wild goats, and those wild goats ran very fast."
Li Long! After looking at the location, it was just a mountain away from the hot spring valley. It seemed that I had to take some time to go there and take a look.
Compared with wild goats and yellow sheep, the yellow sheep are rarer because they are a type of antelope, but when it comes to meat, no one can say that the other is better.
Harimu saw that the time was almost up, so he called the young man up and spoke loudly.
"Halimu said, now Diao Yang starts. In the past, Diao Yang was divided into two teams and fought like a ball game. Today, Diao Yang is focused on individuals. In fifteen minutes, whoever holds the sheep at the end will be the winner. In addition to owning this sheep, the winner will also receive other rewards! ”< br>
Yushanjiang saw that Harimu paused and continued to speak, and then translated: "He means that this other reward is five bullets."
Maybe he was worried that Li Long would The value of the five bullets was unclear, Yushanjiang said again:
“For these young men, five bullets are more tempting than a bottle of wine! Bullets in their hands, or in the hands of their fathers, can play a particularly great role. We Kazakh herdsmen are not hunters. , but we need to use the weapons in our hands to fight wolves, Protect our sheep and cattle.
Normally, this gun is in the hands of their fathers, and they have little chance of getting the bullets. If they can win the bullets now, then they are with their fathers. You will have a certain right to speak.”
Li Long finally understood what Yushanjiang meant.
"Do you want to add more bullets?" Li Long asked, "There are still a lot of bullets left."
"No. Having too many bullets is not a good thing for them. "Yu Shanjiang shook his head, "When we called people, each family gave some bullets. , especially the herdsmen who brought things over earlier gave them more bullets. "Li Long, just enough bullets to kill wolves is not a good thing."
Li. Long stopped talking. He always felt that there was something in Yushanjiang's words. Thinking about it, he was armed with a sharp weapon and had a murderous intention. Quite a few of these herdsmen have guns in their hands. It used to be that bullets were scarce. Now if there are more bullets, no one can guarantee whether they will use their guns for other things.
So the bullets only need to be able to eliminate the threat of wolves.
The young men participating in the sheep-making competition had already mounted their horses and started to assemble on the flat ground. Harimu carried the headless sheep that was not yet frozen to a place fifty meters away from the young men. After he put the sheep down, he rode on his horse. Far away from that place, when returning to the wooden house, Harimu looked at Li Long.
"You give the order." Li Long waved his hand, he was not going to shoot.
Halimu raised his hands towards the young people, and then when the young people noticed him, he suddenly shouted.
The young people shouted and rushed towards the headless sheep on the ground. Li Long focused on Bahati, who won the first place in the horse racing.
Bahati fell behind immediately. The black horse ran at the front. The sprint speed was astonishingly fast. When he was one horse length ahead of the other horses, the rider bent down and stretched his legs. Still holding the horse's body, his entire upper body fell in the direction of the headless sheep. He stretched out his hand and almost touched the ground. He grabbed the headless sheep while skimming the ground and galloped out without slowing down the horse's speed!
This reminded Li Long of those equestrian performances where the riders reached out to grab the Hada ribbons on the ground.
Not bad at all compared to that one!
The riders behind were naturally not to be outdone and rushed over at once. Some of them even outflanked the rider, intending to intercept the rider who had already obtained the headless sheep.
The exciting Diaoyang competition has begun! (End of this chapter)