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After five rounds of preliminaries, the four strongest teams were finally selected to participate in the finals on the Dragon Boat Festival.

The team composed of Ye Changyan, Liang Jingcheng, Ao Chong'an, Fan Tao and Lu Xiaotong was called Guozi Tiangang, and they successfully made it to the finals. What was amazing was that Ye Changyan, as a substitute in the team, successfully made it to the finals without even playing once, which made many people envious and jealous.

The other three teams, two of which were from the Imperial Academy, were the Fenghuo Cavalry Team and the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry Team. The players of these two teams were all sons of military families, and they were good at riding and shooting since childhood, and they had rich experience in playing polo.

There is another team that made it to the finals, their name is Wolf Knights, they are from four schools, and the members of this team are all children of low-ranking military officers in the army.

The fathers and brothers of these students had been guarding the border all year round, and their children had also followed their fathers and brothers in the army. Their fathers and brothers had made meritorious services in the army and received rewards from the court. Therefore, most of these students were able to enter the Four Schools by obtaining the privileges of being meritorious officials who had made military achievements.

The name of this team alone sounds very domineering, and they showed a very wild style in the qualifiers. Their bravery and toughness that they had once followed in the army were fully displayed on the field, and they are the biggest favorites to win the finals.

Since this event was valued by the emperor, naturally more people paid attention to it.

When the four teams in the preliminaries were announced, bookmakers opened the odds at the racecourse. The Guozi Tiangang team, where Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng were, had the highest odds. The odds of the Fenghuo Xiaoqi and Xuanjia Tieqi teams from the Imperial College were similar. The team with the lowest odds was undoubtedly the War Wolf Knights team from the Four Schools.

"I heard that the odds of your Guozi Tiangang team are over 1 to 6, the odds of the two teams of Taixue are between 1 to 2 and 1 to 3, and the odds of the War Wolf Knights team of Simenxue seem to be less than 1 to 2."

The preliminaries will be held at the Northern Suburbs Racecourse, while the finals on Dragon Boat Festival will be held at the Royal Racecourse in the Eastern Suburbs.

Li Ping was very happy after witnessing Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng's Guozi Tiangang team successfully enter the finals. Li Ping booked a table at Yunfeng Tower to celebrate for Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng.

As a major shareholder of Beijiao Horse Farm, Li Ping is no longer surprised to see big bookmakers opening odds for polo matches.

When Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng heard Li Ping talking about the odds of several teams, they were both a little curious.

"Is our Imperial College Tiangang team so unpopular? I, the team's trump card, haven't even been officially used yet?"

Ye Changyan looked at Li Ping with a smile, raised his glass towards him. The few of them were now very familiar with each other, and there was no need for too much courtesy between them. Li Ping also raised his glass towards the two of them.

Li Ping could only casually do such actions as holding up the wine glass when he was with Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng.

"Hahaha, I don't know whether others know your strength or not, but I know your strength. The bookmaker who dares to open the odds must have some understanding of the situation of your teams."

"So which team do you think will win?"

Ye Changyan looked at Li Ping with a smile, and Liang Jingcheng was also looking forward to Li Ping's answer.

"From a rational point of view, my judgment is that the Wolf Knights will win the championship, but judging from your confident expression, I think you may have some confidence."

"Have you placed your bets?"

Ye Changyan continued to ask with a smile, and Li Ping also said with a smile.

"I bet one thousand taels on the Wolf Knights."

Li Ping's answer made Liang Jingcheng feel a little regretful, but Ye Changyan was not surprised at all and still spoke to him with a smile.

"Trust me, according to the current odds, you only need to pay another 200 taels to bet on our team, and you can completely make up for the loss of 1,000 taels you put on the War Wolf Knights."

Hearing Ye Changyan's confident remarks, Liang Jingcheng grinned, but Li Ping was somewhat skeptical about where Ye Changyan got his confidence from.

Li Ping watched the matches of the four teams that entered the finals in the stands. Except for Ye Changyan who was born in a farming family, the other four members of the Guozi Tiangang team all grew up in civil servant families. Although the four players on the field were indeed strong, the other three teams all came from military families.

Especially the Wolf Knights team, four of whom had served in the army before and played very bravely and fiercely. Logically speaking, they did have the greatest hope of winning the championship. However, seeing Ye Changyan's confident look, Li Ping couldn't bear to dampen his and Liang Jingcheng's enthusiasm, so he nodded and said.

"Since you are so sure, Chang Yan, I will believe you this time and bet 200 taels on the Guozi Tiangang Team. If the Wolf Warriors win, I will only make 200 taels less. If you win, I will not be able to recover the loss of 1,000 taels, which is equivalent to breaking even. It seems that betting on both ends can really have the effect of moving a thousand taels with a small amount of money."

It seems that Li Ping is not optimistic about Ye Changyan and their Guozi Tiangang team. Ye Changyan chuckled.

"You will be glad that you listened to my advice. Perhaps this 1,200 taels of silver is nothing to you, but you listened to my advice, which shows that you value me as a friend. And you chose to bet on the War Wolf Knights at the beginning, which shows that you made a rational judgment. I think that without absolute certainty, you must not easily gamble everything, just like you can't put all your eggs in one basket."

As he spoke, Ye Changyan asked the waiter to bring paper and pen, and then he spoke to Li Ping with the same smiling face.

"My brother and I are not in a position to place bets as contestants, so I would like to borrow two thousand taels from you and ask you to help Jingcheng and I place bets on the Guozi Tiangang team. Pingzi, are you willing?"

Li Ping was shocked when he heard Ye Changyan say this. He was not shocked that Ye Changyan asked him to borrow two thousand taels right away. He was shocked that Ye Changyan had just told him not to put all his eggs in one basket, but Ye Changyan turned around and bet two thousand taels on the Guozi Tiangang team, which had little chance of winning.

Seeing Li Ping's puzzled look, Ye Changyan raised the corner of his mouth.

"Are you worried that we won't return your money if we lose it? Don't worry, I'll write you a receipt as proof."

Li Ping quickly shook his head and said with a little embarrassment.

"It's not that I don't want to lend you money, nor am I worried that you won't pay me back. I'm just confused. You just advised me not to put all my eggs in one basket, but now you're betting two thousand taels on the Imperial College Tiangang Team. Logically speaking, the Imperial College Tiangang Team doesn't have much chance of winning."

Ye Changyan first turned his head to look at Liang Jingcheng, and saw Liang Jingcheng nodded at him with a confident look. Seeing that Liang Jingcheng could believe in him without any principles, Ye Changyan felt warm in his heart.