Chapter 686: Du Xuan
Duan Weichen took her into the racecourse, and a young man walked over, that person was twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with a straight face, walking and sitting steadily, wearing a green cloth robe faintly white, obviously old clothes, and a resolute color between his eyebrows, he was not a mortal.
Duan Weichen said in a low voice: "This is Du Juan. ”
Guo Wenying was slightly stunned, is it so simple for the owner of such a large horse farm to dress?
The man walked in front of him and bowed to Duan Weichen, "The prince is far away." ”
Duan Weichen smiled slightly, "Master Du is here today, and I thought that you, a busy man, had gone away again." ”
Du Juan smiled: "I was not here, I just came back last night, the prince is really lucky, if you look for me yesterday, you can't find it." ”
Duan Weichen laughed, "This king has always been very lucky. ”
The two of them laughed as they spoke, and they seemed to be quite good, thinking that they were friends who had a good relationship on weekdays.
Du Juan glanced at Guo Wenying next to him, although Guo Wenying did not have a helmet today, she was dressed as a military general, and the Southern Qi military uniform looked quite eye-catching in the crowd.
"I wonder who this ......?"
Duan Weichen said: "I haven't introduced it to you yet, this is Zhang Buti, a messenger sent by the imperial court, Lord Zhang." ”
"Oh, it turned out to be Lord Zhang, disrespectful, disrespectful. ”
Du Juan hugged his fists, he really looked respectful and humble, he was not dressed in fancy clothes, he looked gentle and polite, which made people feel very comfortable.
Guo Wenying also returned the salute and said with a smile: "Don't dare, I've seen Master Du." ”
Du Juan chuckled, "I'm a farmer, I'm just a horse seller, but it makes adults laugh." If you don't think my place stinks, go inside and have a cup of tea. ”
Duan Weichen said: "Okay, I'm about to disturb you." ”
They talked and walked in together, Du Juan led the way in front, and from time to time gags, but the atmosphere seemed to be very good.
This horse farm is bigger than expected, and it is not easy to find such a vacant land near Dali to build a horse farm.
Guo Wenying said that he wanted to visit the horse farm, but Du Juan did not hide his secrets, and took them directly to the stable.
There are a total of seven large stables in the horse farm, which have a variety of different breeds of horses, the stables are all built very high, with a special ventilation floor, and there are windows open one by one, which are for the horses to enjoy the scenery, and occasionally you can see horses peeking out.
Du Juan pushed open the door of the stable, and there were hundreds of horses inside, each of which was in good spirits, some were standing, some were lying, and they snorted from time to time. It can be seen that the aquatic plants here raise them very well.
Guo Wenying asked, "I wonder how many horses there are in the horse farm now?"
"About a thousand. ”
Guo Wenying said: "Is there a Dian horse?"
"The number of Yunnan horses is not much, only two or three hundred. ”
Guo Wenying was greatly disappointed in her heart, and thought that there must be a large number of Yunnan horses in such a large horse farm, but she didn't expect that only these were not enough to form a team.
Coming out of the stable, suddenly there were several horses galloping in front of me, and the dust was dragging up behind them, and the majestic scene was amazing!
The riders on horseback, they have superb riding skills, galloping on mighty and majestic horses, like eagles with wings spread, vigorous and graceful, sometimes stretching out their arms, sometimes doing a variety of different postures of performance movements, is so chic, so romantic......
Guo Wenying couldn't help but admire, "It's really a good horse skill." ”
Du Juan said: "These are all to participate in Marseille, and they are exquisite, but most of them are showy and useless." ”
Guo Wenying nodded, she naturally knew that most of the horse skills trained in Marseille were sensational, and the real battlefield was embroidered pillows.
It seems that although there are many horses in this horse farm, the horses that can really be used in war must be specially trained.
They took a turn, and they almost understood it, Du Juan smiled: "I'm tired of walking for half a day, go to the front and have tea." ”
Guo Wenying nodded and followed him to the front row of residences.
As she walked, Duan Weichen asked her on the side, "How is it?"
Guo Wenying said in a low voice: "Is there any other horse farm besides this horse farm?"
Duan Weichen said with a smile: "Even if there is, there is nothing dedicated to breeding war horses, do you know that since the emperor ascended the throne, many private horse farms have been nationalized, and if you want horses, you should declare them from the imperial court through formal channels, I am afraid that you will not be able to get them with personal relationships." ”
Guo Wenying felt more and more strange in her heart when she heard this, she had come today to find out the news, to learn about the situation of the horse farm, since it was difficult to get so many horses with personal connections, how did the rebels get the horses? It really made people more and more incomprehensible.
Tea was served in the front hall, Du Juan picked up a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "This place is simple, there is no exquisite tea, the two generals will use some." ”
Guo Wenying took a sip, it tasted good, just ordinary black tea. She raised her eyes to look at Du Juan and found that he was very white, especially a pair of hands holding tea bowls, smooth and slender, with round and full nails, glowing with healthy pink, very good-looking.
She suddenly remembered Feng Jingting, Feng Jingting also has a pair of particularly good-looking hands, which are also thin and slender bone fingers, but his fingers are longer, the fingertips are sharper, and his complexion is whiter like jade, while Du Juan's fingers are distinct and powerful, not as good-looking as Feng Jingting.
Thinking of his face, I couldn't help but be a little shining, and I didn't know what was wrong with me, I missed him a little after coming out for so long. Her eyes swept over Du Juan's hand and she turned her gaze away.
Du Juan smiled and said: "The prince came to the racecourse today, not just to see the horses, right?"
Duan Weichen smiled, "I'm just here to watch the horses, I'm bored in the mansion all day, I should come out and walk around, I haven't been here for more than half a year." He said and said: "Actually, this Du Chang is really a capable man, his business is very big, you don't look at the tattered clothes, but he is a very rich master." In the end, he said it to Guo Wenying.
Guo Wenying raised her eyebrows slightly, a farmer who has done a very big business is really fresh.
She was a little intrigued and asked, "I wonder what kind of business the owner does?"
Du Juan said with a smile: "Since my lord is a friend of the prince, it is inconvenient for me to hide it, to tell the truth, I am just doing some business at sea, enough goods to sell to foreign countries, and it is okay to make a profit, but it is not considered to be very rich." ”
Guo Wenying couldn't help but sigh lightly, thinking that the maritime yamen in Quanzhou was built by her. Now the maritime yamen is getting bigger and bigger, and the annual tax revenue is amazing, basically surpassing the salt tax, and has become the largest tax channel in Southern Qi.