Tang Er gently put down the binoculars and looked at Ang Lee with a little doubt. He said, "Father, I was watching the older children ride horses. They are not as good as you said. They just rode for a while and fell down. They are still lying on the ground crying."
After saying that, he looked at Ang Lee with a face full of doubt. It was said that seeing was believing. Tang Er saw clearly that these older children in the racecourse were not as good as he thought. They were no different from the idiots near his residence. They were all good-for-nothings.
"Oh, is that so? Let father have a look. "
Ang Lee had just focused all his attention on the group of women next to the racecourse and did not pay attention to the situation inside the racecourse. When he heard Tang Er's words, he quickly picked up the binoculars and looked at the track of the racecourse.
"It's normal. It's because there are too many people and the horses can't run away. The two horses collided with each other. However, this child is really not good. It's just a light fall, but he actually cried out in pain. It's really shameful!"
Li An's lips curled into a faint smile. Tang'er wasn't lying. The older child he saw was indeed nothing special. He was just an idiot who didn't have much ability. It was too embarrassing for him to cry like this after falling from such a small horse.
However, this only meant that some of the older children were like this. It did not mean that all the older children were such idiots. There were still some children who were very powerful elites.
"Humph, didn't father say that the older children outside were very good? It turns out that they are just so-so. "
Tang Er's tail was raised again. He looked very proud, as if he was the most powerful child in the world and no one was better than him.
Ang Lee shook his head with a smile and said, "Tang Er, don't be arrogant. The older children you saw are really good-for-nothings. However, there must be a lot of powerful people here. If you pay more attention, you will find something."
"Oh, there are powerful older children. Then I'll take a good look."
Tang Er's tone obviously showed that he did not believe that there were other older children who were better than him. He was too confident in himself, so confident that he was very arrogant.
The children who came to the racecourse to play were basically the children of powerful aristocratic families and rich merchant families. Some of these children were spoiled and did not have any strength. Some grew up under strict conditions and were very strong. However, in general, there were more spoiled children. There were not many children who were really strict from an early age, so the children with strength were always in the minority.
It was precisely because most of the children were relatively weak that Tang'er found a big idiot with a casual glance. Thus, she mistakenly thought that all the children were idiots and good-for-nothings.
Ang Lee and Tang Er looked for older children who were good at riding. For Ang Lee, he wanted to let Tang Er see how good the older children who were good at riding were. For Tang Er, he really wanted to see how good the older children his father said were. Were they really better than him?
The racecourse was relatively large. Although it was a children's racecourse, it was not smaller than an ordinary adult racecourse. In fact, it was larger than many ordinary adult racecourses, so it attracted a large number of children to come here to practice riding.
Some of the children with good skills came to show off, while many of the children with bad skills came to play. Some of them came purely to learn how to ride. They did not intend to participate in the competition organized by the imperial court, nor could they participate. For an event of this scale, there must be a selection competition in advance. For rookies with bad skills, they would definitely not be allowed to participate in the competition. Otherwise, they would drag down the pace of the whole competition.
Ang Lee looked around and indeed could not find any older children with good skills. Because there were too many people in the racecourse, the track was very crowded. In this case, no matter how good a child's skills were, he could not show it. If he forced himself to show off his excellent riding skills, he was likely to bump into other children, which would lead to a series of disputes.
It seemed that it was a mistake for Ang Lee to bring Tang Er to this place to look for older children with excellent riding skills. Before leaving, Ang Lee did not expect that there would be so many children riding horses in this large racecourse. If he had known that it was so crowded, Ang Lee would definitely not have come.
"Tang Er, there are too many people in this racecourse. It is difficult to run, so we can't see any older children with good skills. However, there must be such older children. Father will take you to other racecourses to have a look."
Ang Lee said helplessly.
Originally, he thought that things would go smoothly, but in the end, things did not go as he wished. The largest racecourse in the southeast of Beijing was so famous that many people came here to ride horses. Thus, all the tracks were occupied. It was difficult to run in the racecourse, so they could only ride slowly.
In this way, they could not practice their skills at all, but their safety was guaranteed. This made many women who sent their children here to learn to ride horses very relieved. Most of them loved their children very much and were very worried that their children would be in danger. Therefore, they did not like their children to ride horses too fast. The tracks were crowded, which was just what they wanted. Moreover, they could take advantage of this opportunity to compete with each other.
In Ang Lee's view, the racecourse in front of him had become a playground for children. Almost all the children came here to ride horses instead of to practice their riding skills. This made Ang Lee feel that he had come to the wrong place.
"Can I see older children with good riding skills in another place?"
Tang'er's face was full of defiance and arrogance.
Ang Lee was suddenly speechless. If he did not see older children with good riding skills in another place, Tang Er would never believe that there were older children in this world who were better at riding than him.
Because he did not pay much attention to this aspect, Ang Lee did not know where the older children were practicing their riding skills. If he went to a racecourse rashly, if it was still crowded, it would be a waste of time.
Ang Lee was not very clear about this matter, but his guards might know something about it. Therefore, Ang Lee decided to ask his guards to see if they knew about this matter.
There were more than a dozen guards following him on this trip. Their sources of information were relatively diverse. Naturally, they knew a lot of little things that Ang Lee did not know about.
Sure enough, after asking around, several guards recommended to Ang Lee a racecourse that specialized in training elite children. The name sounded very domineering. It was called the Champion Racecourse. The purpose of establishing this racecourse was to train children who could win the championship. Moreover, in every year's competition, half of the children who ranked high had been trained in the Champion Racecourse. However, the requirements of this racecourse were relatively high. It was not something that could be trained with money. Some of the most basic conditions had to be met. For example, the child must be at least nine years old, and his riding skills must reach a certain level. The child could not be too delicate and could not be a spoiled child. If any of these conditions were not met, the child would not be able to enter the Champion Racecourse.
According to such strict standards, children as young as Tang Er were not qualified to enter because they were too young and did not have an advantage in physical strength.
In other words, the reason why people who came out of the Champion Racecourse could achieve good results was that their students were very good. For example, in some elite schools in the future, most of the children could get good results. This was mainly because they were already very good students when they entered the school. Children with poor results could not enter at all. Because the seedlings were good enough, so with a little training, they could achieve better results.
Many schools in the future would have a competition for students when they enrolled students. They would try their best to recruit students with good results. They would even deliberately take out a lot of money to lure excellent students to study in their schools. The purpose was that many years later, their schools could achieve better results in the comprehensive examination. Only when the students were good enough could they achieve better results many years later. If the quality of the students was not good enough, it would be difficult for the gardeners to cultivate excellent talents no matter how hard they worked. The quality of the students was really important.
The manager of the Champion Racecourse clearly understood this principle very well. Therefore, in order to not ruin his reputation, he put forward a lot of conditions when he recruited students. He let in the children who could be moldable and could meet the conditions. As for the children who could not meet the requirements, they were all rejected at the door. This was to ensure that the people who came out of the Champion Racecourse were all excellent equestrian experts.
"Who is the shopkeeper of the Champion Racecourse? Is he a businessman?"
Ang Lee asked.
"Assistant Minister Li, the shopkeeper's surname is Wang. It is said that he used to be a Captain of the Dragon Martial Army. He was removed from his position because he caused trouble after drinking. After that, he left the Dragon Martial Army and opened a Champion Racecourse in the east of the city. It is said that the business is good. Although there are not many children there, the fees are high and it is profitable."
Ang Lee heard this and nodded. He said, "This Captain Wang should not be simple to be able to open a racecourse. An ordinary Captain in the army would not have so much money to open a racecourse. These horses are very ordinary, but they are worth an ordinary person's annual income."
"Assistant Minister Li is right. It is said that this Captain Wang is a descendant of the Wang Clan in Langya. His family is very rich, so he could buy hundreds of horses and such a large piece of land."
One of the guards said.
Ang Lee nodded. He finally understood.
It was not very far from the southeast of the city to the east of the city. It was only a dozen miles away. After the traffic was improved, it would only take a dozen minutes to arrive.
This was a relatively far location in the east of the city. It was considered a suburb. Because it was far away from the residential area, the environment here was somewhat deserted.
The Champion Racecourse was right in front of them. The entire racecourse was very large, but there was no decent fence. There was only one fence near the house where the horses were kept. The vast racecourse was not fenced, which made the racecourse look bigger.
There was another reason why there was no fence in the racecourse. It was to use public resources. When there were many people, they could leave the area of the racecourse and run the horses in the surrounding open spaces. Anyway, these areas were useless open spaces. It would be a waste not to use them. It cost money to set up fences, so it was not worth it.
"There is open space a dozen miles to the east. This racecourse is profitable. We can use the temporarily idle resources."
Ang Lee said with a smile.
Looking from a distance, there were at least dozens of children practicing riding around the Champion Racecourse. These children were all strong equestrian talents.
"Tang Er, do you see that? These are the elites of the older children. Look how good they are. Are they much better than you?"
Ang Lee pointed to a group of children in the distance and said.
Tang'er picked up the binoculars and looked at the children quietly. She was speechless for a long time. The level of these people was indeed very high, much higher than Tang'er's. Many of the children were even practicing equestrian archery, which was the most demanding skill in equestrian skills.
Since ancient times, there had been a very key requirement in the selection of generals. That was, proficiency in archery and equestrian archery. It could be seen how important equestrian skills were to a general. It also reflected that it was not easy to have equestrian archery skills.
It was very difficult for a ten-year-old child to have equestrian archery skills. If he started to practice equestrian archery at this age, his future would naturally be limitless.
"Father, I also want to practice equestrian archery."
Seeing these older children practicing equestrian archery, Tang Er felt a little itchy. He felt that he could also give it a try.
Ang Lee said with a smile, "Tang Er, you can't practice equestrian archery skills now. You have just started to practice equestrian archery. How can you practice equestrian archery in this case? You'd better practice equestrian archery and equestrian archery first before you practice equestrian archery! Otherwise, it won't have any effect. "
There was a saying that "more haste, less speed". Tang Er was too young now. Whether it was equestrian archery or equestrian archery, he had just started. In this case, he could not be greedy. He had to improve his skills step by step. Only in this way could he have a better effect. If he forced himself to practice equestrian archery regardless of the actual situation, the final result would be very poor or even a waste of time. There might also be unpredictable dangers, causing great harm to his body.
"Oh, then when can I practice equestrian archery?"
Tang Er asked.
Ang Lee thought for a moment and replied, "In a year's time. My Tang Er needs to practice equestrian archery and equestrian archery for a year. By this time next year, Tang Er's equestrian and equestrian archery skills will inevitably make great progress. Then, it will be time for you to practice equestrian archery. At that time, father will teach you personally."
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