Chapter 379 Betting
The dragon boat race is about to start, and all the seats on the viewing platform are already filled with guests. The head of the viewing platform is Sun Molin, the head of the Sun House, who is helping the current thinking. It was Sun Molin, Prime Minister of the Left, who personally took a drumstick to the big cowhide drum that had been prepared on the viewing platform and beat heavily.

With the sound of "Boom", the audience cheered loudly, and the sound of gongs and drums that had stopped rang again.

Both the stage and the audience were jubilant, and on the bank of the Weihe River, a large number of people crowded together, almost completely surrounding the entire river bank.

There were [-] dragon boats participating in the competition, [-] of which were from famous families in the imperial capital, and the other three were composed of civilians who had the most strength in dragon boat racing among the merchants in the imperial capital.

For the eighteen dragon boats, firstly, each of the three races will determine the six champions, and then divide the six champions into two rounds of competitions to determine the two champions, and finally the two champions will make the final competition. The difference between victory and defeat.

Although this dragon boat race is not officially organized, but because most of the contestants are the sons of famous families in the imperial capital, even the three dragon boats composed of commoners are the best racers in the entire imperial capital and even the entire Daxuan Dynasty , so to be able to watch such an event, no matter the market or the court, everyone hopes to see it quickly.

Even because of the fierce competition schedule and tense competition, a large number of people will join in the fun to bet on winning or losing during the whole competition process. In previous years, some people have jumped from ordinary people to slaves and non-landlords just because they bought the right winner. , It also made this dragon boat race even more legendary.

From time to time on the viewing platform, there are little maids from the Sun Mansion who come and go among the screens, adding tea and snacks, greeting all the guests thoughtfully. In addition to these little maids serving the guests, there are also some little maids holding The multicolored dustpans filled with gold and silver of various colors rushed up the stage, passing back and forth between the north and south seats.

Because of the episode where Nie Yunluo accidentally knocked over the teacup before, except for the eldest lady who sat at the front and watched the dragon boat race seriously, none of the other ladies stood up, and they all sat down in a well-behaved manner. In his own seat, there was a completely different place from the visibly hot atmosphere on the viewing platform.

Nie Zhaoyang was waving his round fan while casually looking at the three dragon boats sailing side by side on the Weihe River. Suddenly, two young maids walked out of the screen and saluted and greeted him cleverly. A multicolored dustpan of silver and other objects.

"What is this for?"

The eldest lady asked the two little maidservants to stand up, pointing to the multicolored dustpan in puzzlement and asking, there was a bit of interest in their eyes.

"The servants and servants are here to collect the bets placed by the wives and ladies of various families. This dustpan is used to hold gold, silver and other prizes. I wonder if Mrs. Nie is interested in placing bets for fun?"

Hearing the eldest lady's question from an outsider, there was no abnormal expression on the faces of the two little maids, and the little maid with the colorful dustpan in her hand said with a smile.

"How to bet?"

Seeing that the eldest lady was very interested, Nie Yanran stood up, sat down next to the eldest lady, and asked the two little maids.

Knowing that Nie Yanran participates in the dragon boat race every year, she must know the betting rules, and she is actually asking a question on her own behalf, so the eldest lady smiled and nodded to Nie Yanran, her eyes showing intimacy.

(End of this chapter)

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