Chapter 331: The City Lord's Invitation
The Dragon's Blood Horse, the mount of the Son of Heaven, the king of horses, is a priceless treasure, which cannot be bought with money, even if Qianmatang can take it, he can't afford it.
And today, only people from the royal family are qualified to ride dragon-blooded horses, and if ordinary people are to ride, it is a blasphemy, a crime.
Gu Heng proposed the Dragon Blood Horse, just to test the depth of this Thousand Horse Hall.
Sure enough, this Thousand Horse Hall is worthy of its reputation, and it seems that even the dragon blood horse can get its hands on it, and it is very likely to be the industry of a certain prince of the Central Dynasty, with a tough background and strong power.
"What? You're going to buy so many horses?"
As soon as Gu Heng's words came out, he was immediately shocked, and several horsemen were immediately taken aback, and couldn't help but exclaim.
They thought that Gu Heng was a wealthy boy who came here just to buy a good horse for himself, but they never thought that he would actually buy hundreds of horses, which was a big business.
"This son, please sit down in the VIP room, we need to report this matter to the public. ”
Hundreds of horses, with their identities, could not decide such a big business, so they first invited Gu Heng, Meng Chang, Liang Huaji, Zhuo Yu, and a few others to the VIP room, Zhao Datou, and others were left outside to wait.
The VIP room of this Thousand Horse Hall is extremely spacious, luxurious, and elaborately decorated, a piece of magnificence, and in the center of it, there is actually a huge incense burner, which exudes a faint fragrance, refreshing people's hearts.
This is sandalwood, a very precious spice, which has the effect of activating the essence and blood and calming the mind.
A few people took a closer look at the VIP room, so Gu Heng sat down on the chair, and the rest of the people stood behind him and didn't speak, so as not to have ears on the wall and leak secrets.
Tea and some fresh fruit were already served at that table.
Such treatment is very satisfactory and impeccable.
In less than a moment, the door suddenly opened, and then a middle-aged man wearing a brocade robe and a Chinese character face walked in, his breath was deep and unpredictable, and he seemed to be a master of the first step of rebirth in the innate realm, with strong power.
As soon as he walked in, his gaze swept over several people, and finally landed on Gu Heng's body: "I am the steward of Qianmatang, Tan Feng, this son, I don't know what to call it?"
"It turned out to be Steward Tan, my son's name is Gu Heng, this time I came to Qianmatang to buy five hundred good horses, I don't know if it's feasible?"
Gu Heng opened his mouth to speak, his tone was indifferent, neither flattering nor arrogant, making people unsure of his origin.
He has already seen that this person is a master of the reborn realm, and his martial arts are profound, and he must not be careless.
He didn't shy away from it, he directly said his real name, and he didn't worry that the other party would know that he was the son of the Marquis who had left the country and split the country.
There are so many people surnamed Gu in the world, and his reputation is far less than that of Wen Hongyu, Lu Yan and others, so naturally no one will know about his existence.
"I don't know why Gu Gongzi is buying so many good horses?" Sure enough, his words made Tan Feng have a lot of thoughts in his heart, and he couldn't figure it out.
"Could it be that this is the rule of Qianma Hall? When you come to buy a horse, you still have to find out what it is for?" Gu Heng said coldly.
"Qianmatang naturally doesn't have this rule, I just asked casually, if Gu Gongzi doesn't want to say it, it's okay. Tan Feng was not angry, but said with a pleasant face.
"There's nothing to hide, and it doesn't hurt to tell you, our Gu family is a family of Pingzhou merchants, and we want to train a cavalry to escort the family business and fight those bandits. ”
Gu Heng thought about it in his heart before he made up these words.
"So that's the case!" Tan Feng nodded: "That place in Pingzhou, poor mountains and bad waters, there are a lot of bandits, our Qianmatang also has a branch in Pingzhou, and it is often attacked by bandits. ”
"How's that?
"Yes, yes, but five hundred horses, not a small number, and now there are only one hundred war horses and one hundred red-blooded horses in the Thousand Horse Hall, it will take a little time to prepare completely, when will you want it?"
Tan Feng opened his mouth and said, he didn't mean to blackmail them with money, so he naturally recommended war horses for them, as well as red-blooded horses, because these two kinds of horses are most suitable for training cavalry, and the price is also suitable.
If it is a special wilderness and a lion's mane horse, then the investment is too big and not worth it.
From this point of view, Senmado is very good.
"The sooner the better, it's best to be a red-blooded horse, I don't know if I can raise them today?" Gu Heng said immediately.
They are going to Nanyang City on this trip, thousands of miles away, of course, they choose a red-blooded horse with long physical strength, and the war horse is only suitable for charging into battle, and I am afraid that it will not work for a long-distance attack.
"It's getting late now, it's definitely not going to work today, and it won't be able to do it early tomorrow morning at the earliest, and I can't guarantee that all of them are red-blooded horses, but I'll raise as many as I can for you, what do you think?"
Tan Feng replied.
"Early tomorrow morning?" Gu Heng pondered carefully, nodded and said, "Okay, early tomorrow morning, early tomorrow morning, but the delivery location needs to be changed, not in this Huoyun City, just outside the city." ”
"No problem!"
With so many horses, it is also a trouble to transport them into Huoyun City, but it is much more convenient to deliver them outside the city, so Tan Feng naturally agreed happily.
Then, the two sides talked about the price, a red-blooded horse, according to the degree of excellence, ranging from a few hundred taels to a thousand taels of silver, the horses provided by Qianmatang are naturally of the highest quality, and finally the two sides finalized a red-blooded horse, trading at the price of seven hundred taels of silver.
If it is five hundred red blood horses, it is three hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver.
This is still the result of Tan Feng seeing that this business is very large, and he made a discount, otherwise he would not have been able to buy it at all.
The business of Qianmatang is indeed fair in price, and Tong Su is not deceived.
"Zhuo Yu, give Steward Tan 10,000 taels of silver tickets as a deposit!" Gu Heng said to the person behind him.
"Yes!" Zhuo Yu took out the storage bag from his arms, then took out a stack of silver tickets from it and handed it to Tan Feng.
"Storage bag?" Tan Feng saw the storage bag in Zhuo Yu's hand, his eyes flashed, he didn't expect that Gu Heng had a middle-grade master by his side, and he carried a treasure like a storage bag.
After giving the deposit, he got up and said goodbye, walked out of the VIP room, led the people, and left the Thousand Horse Hall.
"Gu Gongzi, may I ask if there is anything else to serve, just ask!" After coming out of Xicheng, Zhao Datou said.
"Not for the time being!" Gu Heng shook his head, and then gave this Zhao Datou a piece of silver, and asked him to go back and make an errand.
"Where are we going now?" asked Meng Chang immediately after Zhao Datou left.
"Let's go, go back and tell them the news!" Gu Heng didn't mean to hang out in this Huoyun City, and immediately prepared to go back and tell Wen Hongyu and Lu Yan that they had news, so as not to worry about them after coming out for a long time.
Anyway, the trading location has been changed to outside the city, so there is no need to enter this Huoyun City again.
So the group headed for the city gate.
However, it backfired, Gu Heng didn't want to make trouble, but things came to him.
Just as they were approaching a wide street, a column of ironclad soldiers suddenly came straight up to them and blocked their way, not knowing what to do.
"May I ask if Your Excellency is Gu Gongzi?" a burly leading soldier stepped forward and said to Gu Heng.
"Yes, who are you?" Gu Heng was puzzled.
"We are the guards of the City Lord's Mansion, and on the orders of the City Lord, we have come to invite Gu Gongzi to the City Lord's Mansion to attend the birthday banquet. The leading guard said respectfully, the person who can be personally invited by the city lord is naturally not an ordinary person, but a noble person, who has a great background, and must not be neglected.
"What, Lord City Lord invited me to a banquet?" Gu Hengda was taken aback, and glanced at Meng Chang, Liang Huaji and the others, looking at each other, not expecting that they would come to Huoyun City to buy horses and attract the attention of Huoyun City Lord.
"It must be Gantang!" Gu Heng thought about it in his heart, and guessed the source, and then looked at this group of guards, there were more than twenty people, all of them were strong and powerful, especially the leading guard, who was also a martial arts master, who had opened up dozens of meridians, full of spirit and extraordinary martial arts.
With such a formation, he came with great fanfare and invited him, and it seems that it is not possible to go.
"The lord of the city invited, but my son was naturally disrespectful. He cursed in his heart, but his face was calm, and he said, "But you wait a minute, I'll explain the matter." ”
So he pulled Meng Chang and Liang Huaji aside.
"What kind of birthday banquet are you really going to the City Lord's Mansion for?" Meng Chang asked in a low voice.
"Looking at this formation, is there still room for choice?" Gu Heng smiled bitterly, he didn't expect that such a branch would be born, he was really afraid of anything.
It's unexpected, and no one can control it.
"Damn, it must be that Gantang reported what happened in front of the city gate, and after the Huoyun City Lord found out, he also thought that you were from the Pingzhou merchant family, and he was worried that you would settle accounts after the autumn, so please move the imperial historian to impeach him, and his official position is not guaranteed, so he sent someone to invite you. Liang Huaji said angrily.
"Don't worry, as long as my identity is not revealed, there will be no danger, and it's okay to go to the City Lord's Mansion to attend the banquet, just take this opportunity to take a look at the demeanor of these officials of the Central Dynasty. ”
Gu Heng opened his mouth and said: "You two, lead the men and horses back first, just leave Zhuo Yu and ten people to take care of me, everything is according to the plan, be careful, don't be followed." ”
"Okay, then you be careful!" Meng Chang and Liang Huaji could only nod in agreement, and then led the men and horses to leave Huoyun City.
"Gu Gongzi, please!"
At that moment, Gu Heng, Zhuo Yu and others, under the leadership of this group of ironclad guards, came to the City Lord's Mansion.