Chai Lingwu handed a notebook to Fang Er, saying with some worry.
"Brother, this is the list we just compiled."
"So many people, are you sure you're letting them all participate in tomorrow's competition?"
Fang Er took it and flipped through a few pages, finding that each name had a number in front of it, so he simply flipped to the end.
Number 1606, Zhu Datou, 33 years old, from Fumin Point No. 264, competing event: lassoing cattle.
"How can there be so many people!"
This number far exceeded his expectations. With the competition tomorrow, he thought a few hundred people would be good.
But now, it had already reached over sixteen hundred people!
Chai Lingwu said with a wry smile, "A prize of ten thousand yuan is enough for people to live without worry for several generations. How could the common people not be enthusiastic?"
"It's not just that. The Fumin officials below said that there are still people finding them to register."
Fang Er had to issue an order to stop registrations. After thinking for a moment, he said again.
"Also, notify everyone that we are adding four competition events: one-kilometer long-distance running, one-kilometer swimming, high jump, and long jump."
"The prize money remains the same, and the number of participants will not increase. Let the Fumin officials coordinate with the participants to change their events."
"Got it, I'll have someone notify them right away." Chai Lingwu got up and walked towards the information registration desk.
The next morning, all eight competition events were ready.
The long-distance running, swimming, high jump, and long jump events were handed over to Wang Xuance to preside over at the base.
Fang Er, along with Cheng Yaojin and others, boarded the plane, while the remaining participants made their way to yesterday's valley on foot.
There would definitely be wild bulls for the cattle competition.
It had already been reported that traces of wild bull herds were found not far from the other side of the valley.
Chai Lingwu, along with his men, rode warhorses borrowed from the Yang Cao Shi family and the Zhe Ji family. They used hand grenades to drive the wild bull herds into the valley, and then blocked the exit to prevent the cattle from escaping.
When Fang Er and the others arrived, the valley was already filled with the heads of cattle.
Upon reaching the valley entrance, the participants were divided into four formations based on their events.
Two Bluetooth speakers were placed at the valley entrance. Seeing that most of the personnel had arrived, Fang Er began to read out the competition rules.
"In order to maintain the survival and stability of our villagers, and to ensure that everyone has meat to eat and cattle to command."
"My lord and the other dukes have discussed and decided on today's competition!"
"The first event is lassoing cattle!"
"The ropes and long poles required for the competition have been prepared and will be distributed to you shortly."
"What you need to do is to use the ropes to lasso the cattle by their horns and lead them outside the valley to the guards for cattle tags."
"The competition will officially begin in fifteen minutes, with a total duration of one hour. The results will be calculated based on the number of cattle tags obtained."
As soon as he finished speaking, the guards brought the lasso poles to the participants.
The strong men holding the lasso poles seemed to see the ten thousand yuan prize money beckoning them. Their eyes, fixed on the cattle in the valley, were so eager that they seemed to emit fire.
Although the risks of the competition and the potential for death were informed yesterday, Fang Er still had all the available physicians from the Fumin points gathered.
Fifteen minutes later, with the starting pistol shot, the men rushed into the valley like madmen.
The cattle, having lived on this land for generations and having almost no natural predators, suddenly became restless at this moment.
Ropes, one after another, were thrown towards the cattle as the men swung their lasso poles.
Someone saw their rope lasso a bull's horn and immediately became excited.
Those whose ropes missed could not help but show disappointment on their faces.
But then, the men who had successfully lassoed the bull's horns felt something was wrong. These bulls were not as docile as domestic cattle.
Instead of being pulled out of the herd by the taut rope, they kept retreating into the herd.
The power of wild bulls, weighing nearly a ton, was undeniable.
"Moo~~"
One of them suddenly let out a low moo, and then its head swung violently. The man who was in a tug-of-war with it was suddenly thrown out.
This caused significant psychological pressure on the other participants.
The guards waiting outside rushed over to check the man's physical condition.
"Dislocated arm, fractured right leg!"
"Carry him out!"
The injured man was carried out of the valley and handed over to the physicians outside for treatment.
Meanwhile, the lassoing of cattle inside the valley continued. Under the heavy reward, even though they knew the danger, there was a saying, wasn't there?
Young people should be awake and strive?
Uh, okay, that's a certain advertisement slogan~
Fang Er, from the helicopter, looked at the scene below, casually took a sip of Dongpeng, and then pressed the play button on his phone with a smile.
"Lassoing cowboys, you are mighty and strong~"
"Galloping steeds, like a gust of wind~"
"Boundless plains, where you can roam at will~"
"Your heart is as vast as the earth~"
The sweet singing instantly echoed in the valley. Although it was a bit out of place, it made the men feel as if they had been injected with chicken blood, and they instantly forgot about the incident of someone getting injured.
Winning first place, and perhaps even meeting the beautiful singer, would be a life without regrets!
However, the bull herd would not allow themselves to be manipulated. After the initial chaos, several bulls suddenly lowered their heads and charged towards the contestants.
The men who were directly in front quickly threw down their lasso poles and ran away.
But at this extremely dangerous moment, someone took advantage of the momentum and swung the rope loop at the end of the pole.
Seeing the rope loop hit the bull's horns, he turned and rushed towards the valley entrance, shouting to others as he ran.
"Get out of the way! Everyone get out of the way!"
If they were hit by this beast, they would be either dead or disabled. The others, seeing this, quickly dodged in panic.
Using the bull's own running momentum, he managed to lead the bull out of the valley.
Outside, guards with clubs were already waiting. Seeing a bull being led out, they all raised their clubs and struck the bull's head.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
~
In just a moment, several clubs were snapped.
The unfortunate wild bull, without understanding what was happening, collapsed to the ground in a daze.
The man excitedly took the cattle tag handed to him by the guards, grinned, picked up his lasso pole, and rushed back into the valley.
The people inside the valley, seeing the tag with a bull's head engraved on his waist, couldn't help but cast envious glances, but soon they regained their spirits and looked for the next target.
With his example, soon others began to try to imitate his method.
Several more bulls charged at the crowd. A young man, about fifteen or sixteen years old, quickly threw out a lasso.
In the end, he succeeded.
However, the process was somewhat embarrassing~
"Kid, how do we count this?"
From the helicopter, Cheng Yaojin asked Fang Er with a bewildered expression.
The man led the bull out, but this fellow was dragged out by the bull!