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    "Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!" In the stands around the stadium, countless spectators standing or sitting were nervous and their faces were red. The men clenched their fists and gritted their teeth and kept shouting, wishing they could rush to the field to compete for others.  The women kept screaming and cheering for their favorite racers.

    Following the gaze of the audience, you can see that the focus of the entire venue is focused on the dozens of bicycles on the field. The cyclists wear simple and lightweight armor. Each of them alternates their feet up and down quickly, pedaling the wheels.  They raced very fast, fighting bravely for the lead in their respective tracks. From time to time, a racer would push the racer next to him, trying to take the opportunity to make the other racer fall. This kind of behavior would be completely foul in later generations, but it is completely allowed in this arena.

    "Cheng Huailiang, I won't let you overtake me!" The racer at the front said through gritted teeth. This guy is a bit unfamiliar and looks very girly. He was not one of Li Min's group before. His name is  His name was Chai Lingwu. Li Min had seen this kid when he first met Li Tai, and the two had a little conflict.

    "Haha, Mr. Chai, you are really thick-skinned. You have been beaten by us and you still have the nerve to mess around in this game?" Cheng Huailiang, who was closely behind, laughed and said, "Just now, the game started."  , Chai Lingwu was kicked out by him, and the others also took the opportunity to cause trouble. As a result, Chai Lingwu fell behind the others and was about to be overtaken by them.

    "Hey, Brother Chai, look there's a beauty here!" Just as Chai Lingwu was about to scold Cheng Huailiang for being shameless, he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind. He instinctively turned his head and looked back, only to see Li Jingye, who was ranked third, with a bad look on his face.  Looking at himself with a smile, he immediately felt something bad. Just when he was about to react, he suddenly felt a big foot kick from the left side, and then a strong force made him unable to maintain his balance anymore.  He fell to the ground again with a 'plop'.

    "Hahaha~" Cheng Huailiang, who was extremely proud, put away his long legs, smiled tacitly with Li Jingye, and started riding hard together.  As Chai Lingwu fell, the vehicles behind him dodged one after another. As a result, their speed inevitably slowed down, and they were suddenly far behind Cheng and Li.  Naturally, he cursed Chai Lingwu again.

    This somewhat crazy game is the newly emerging bicycle race. Since Li Shimin rode a bicycle with Li Min last year, he has fallen in love with this sport. Moreover, he was not satisfied with playing it by himself, so he even asked the palace to build many bicycles.  He gave it to the civil and military officials to play with, and it slowly spread.

    Although today's bicycles still have shortcomings, they are simple to operate, more convenient than riding a horse, and the cost is much lower than raising a horse.  In addition, many princes and nobles also ride this thing.  Therefore, bicycles have slowly become a trend, and everyone from princes and nobles to people with affluent families likes this convenient means of transportation.

    Although bicycles are much more complex than other things, there are many skilled craftsmen in the Tang Dynasty. Many craftsmen can imitate bicycles. In addition, bicycles have no registered patents.  Therefore, many bicycle manufacturing workshops have appeared in Chang'an City, and the costs have been further reduced.  Even ordinary people with average incomes can buy some of the cheapest bicycles.  After all, with this kind of transportation, it is much more convenient to go out, and you can also keep up with the trend. It is also more honorable to take your wife and children to visit relatives and friends.

    Cheng Huailiang, Li Jingye and other aristocratic children were the first people to come into contact with bicycles. Naturally, they were very fond of this novel and fun thing. From the beginning, they rode bicycles around Chang'an City, attracting the envy of countless people.  Later, I don¡¯t know who invented the new gameplay, and actually started a bicycle race. At first, I just found a place to play. Later, with the popularity of bicycles, this sport attracted more and more attention, and as the most popular  The dandy who loves to be in the limelight will naturally not miss this good opportunity, so he transforms a polo field in the city into a cycling track and holds regular competitions. The contestants are naturally Cheng Huailiang, Li Jingye and other guys.

    ¡°However, when these barbaric guys organized the event, they didn¡¯t set any rules at all. As long as they didn¡¯t fight on the field, everything else was casual. As long as you can finish the race first, you win.

    Dozens of racers compete for each other on the field. Whenever someone makes a small move to squeeze other racers off the track or push them down, it will cause a burst of loud screams from the surrounding spectators. This kind of sport where speed and brutality coexist is very exciting.  It is easy to ignite people's blood.  And unlike horse racing, although the rider's riding skills are critical, the most critical thing is the horse itself.

    Cycling racing is completely different. All the bikes are the same. The key to winning or losing is the rider. If you can win this kind of competition, you will be more recognized by others, and it will also better reflect the value of the racer. Therefore  Cycling now not only attracts a large number of die-hard spectators, with the venue being full every time, but also attracts a large number of competitors.

    It is now the last lap. Although Cheng Hualiang still maintains the leadAt first, Li Jingye, a sports fanatic, also started to exert his strength, overtaking him from time to time, and the racers such as Li Yexu and Li Ke also caught up behind him. They were only one body away from them, and it seemed that they were also behind.  A threat to the number one throne,

    "Cheng Huailiang, first! Cheng Huailiang, first"

    At this moment, in the auditorium closest to the track, a girl wearing a white palace dress suddenly jumped up and started cheering for Cheng Hualiang loudly. While shouting, she also pulled up a few little guys next to her.  They were coaxed and frightened into shouting. There were many distinguished nobles in the audience who knew this girl. They all had a dark look on their faces regarding her performance. They lamented in their hearts that the Tang Dynasty was unfortunate. How could there be such a thing?  A ladylike princess?

    This girl is none other than Li Min¡¯s good sister Qinghe. The ones next to her are naturally Li Zhi, Gao Yang, Si Zi and others. Today she specially brought her younger brothers and sisters here just to cheer for her fianc¨¦ Cheng Huailiang.  When Cheng Huailiang heard Qinghe's voice, he immediately became energetic. He kicked his legs faster and harder, and suddenly threw Li Jingye next to him away from the car.

    "Husband, catch up quickly, hurry up~ hurry up~" At this critical moment, suddenly another girl dressed as a young woman stood up next to Qinghe and began to cheer for Li Jingye loudly. This woman was the one Li Jingye had just married last year.  His wife is Li Jing¡¯s granddaughter and Li Yexu¡¯s sister.

    Hearing his wife cheering him up, Li Jingye, who was already a little discouraged, got up again, and his pedals almost made sparks fly.  Li Ke and Li Yexu, who were about to catch up, watched Cheng Hualiang and Li Jingye in front of them as if they had been given blood. The distance between them was getting wider and wider. It was almost impossible to catch up.  possible.

    "Girl Foreign Minister!" Li Ke and Li Yexu, who were pedaling hard, shouted almost in unison. They were both racers, but as their own sisters, they only focused on cheering for their husbands and forgot about it.  My brother on the playing field, what is this if he isn¡¯t a female foreign minister?

    Just as Cheng Huailiang and Li Jingye were advancing hand in hand, and were about to cross the finish line, and the champion and runner-up were about to be chosen among them, something suddenly happened again. There was only a crisp sound of "pop" on the field, and Cheng Huailiang, who was rushing forward suddenly, suddenly slowed down.  He came down, but the audience on the field couldn't figure out what was going on for a while, and stood up noisily to get a better look.

    "Ah~, why did this pedal break?" Cheng Huailiang roared, and then the audience discovered that the pedal of his right foot was broken.  However, Cheng Huailiang did not give up. After his feet landed on the ground, he began to row desperately to the finish line more than ten meters away.

    "Alas~" Looking at the embarrassed Cheng Hualiang, there was a sound of regret on the court.  The bicycles made by the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty often had some minor problems due to their immature materials and structures. It was also common for a pedal to fall off.

    But at this moment, Li Jingye's car had already crossed the finish line, followed closely by Li Ke and Li Yexu. Although Cheng Hualiang was in good spirits, the distance of more than ten meters only relied on inertia and pedaling.  It was far from enough, so Qin Huailiang, Li Xiaojie and even the little fat Li Jingheng behind him also crossed the finish line, and then his car slowly crossed the finish line. Fortunately, there was Chai Lingwu at the end who was one lap behind, making him unable to finish.  As for being the last one.

    Although many people regret Cheng Huailiang's final defeat, it also made the game ups and downs, gripping people's hearts and making them more memorable, so most people are still very satisfied with this game.  Of course, our Princess Qinghe was unhappy. Looking at Cheng Hualiang who looked depressed over there, she wanted to go up and comfort her, but the two were not married yet. It would be fine if there were fewer people. In so many  Under the gaze of others, she was still embarrassed to step forward.  After all, it doesn't matter if you went crazy while watching the game just now, but if you ignore etiquette now, you will be criticized.

    "Bah, the quality of this old car is too bad. Which bastard made it at home?" Cheng Huailiang stepped on the car and said angrily.  In the past, it didn't matter whether he won or lost in the game, but today Qinghe was present and personally cheered for him. He was about to win, but something like this happened?  As a result, I turned victory into defeat, which was really disappointing!

    "Sir, today's competition is sponsored by our family, and the car is also produced by our family!" A manager from the Cheng family next to him said with an embarrassed look, and at the same time, he diligently handed Cheng Huailiang a hot towel and juice.  The bicycle race was hosted by Cheng Huailiang and Li Jingye in turns, and the cars were produced from each family's factory. This time it happened to be the Cheng family's turn.

    "What, it's from our family? I have to deduct all their wages when I go back!" Cheng Huailiang said angrily.  It¡¯s even easier for your own craftsmen. Let¡¯s see if they dare to produce such defective products in the future?

    "Huai Liang,"?No wonder your craftsmen, look at this fracture, even the best cast iron has been broken by you!  "At this moment, Qin Huailiang came back with the broken pedal with a smile, pointed at the bright fracture and said with a smile. Cheng Huailiang was already strong, and he was in an excited mood just now, so he used too much force. As a result,  The cast-iron pedals couldn't withstand his strength, so they broke.

    "Hahaha~, Brother Cheng, I thought you were so powerful, but it turned out that you were only one place higher than me in the end!" At this moment, Chai Lingwu, who had been abused on the field just now, came over with an arrogant look on his face.  smiled.  (To be continued)

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