After only two cups of tea, the kitchen began to serve. Old General Qin beckoned everyone to drink while chatting about the aftermath of this conflict.

"Those businessmen who are still alive, in the eyes of the old man, might as well be dead! The Holy Lord's people pursued these merchants who sold illicit tea, and the more they investigated, the bigger the matter became. unexpectedly found the eldest princess's concubine, and also implicated a second-class member of the imperial court and a prince. If they just sell illicit tea, it's not a big deal. The key is to find out that they are still selling smuggled salt, even if it is this, the old man thinks that he will not take the life of the horse, and the most important thing is that he also found out that they have hoarded millions of loads of grain, which is a great crime!

In recent years, due to the drought, we have not even been able to guarantee sufficient supplies for the army, and the soldiers and men have only eaten two meals a day. It is said that the official warehouses have been emptied, but they hide so much food and don't take it out, it's not a big taboo!

The colt and the second-rank officer have already been sentenced to death, and they will be beheaded after next autumn! His family was relegated to commoners. The prince picked up a life, but unfortunately a large family was also demoted to commoners, and fell from the sky to the ground all of a sudden, and I don't know how they will live in the future?! ”

Li Darttou took a sip of wine with an unchanged face, did not express any opinion on this matter, but secretly said in his heart: "They deserve it, so many ordinary people have nothing to eat and starve to death, they have so much food that they don't take out, in my opinion, they are degraded to ordinary people, and they should be exiled to the wilderness, so that they can taste the taste of starvation." ”

Leader Zhao couldn't hold back the shock in his heart, put down the wine glass and asked, "What do you want from this horse and the prince?" Why are you still doing such a long-sighted thing? ”

The old general tore a piece of hand-grabbed mutton and stuffed it into his mouth, and said unscrupulously: "Greed is not enough!" Those who have want more, birds die for food and for money! That's what it's like to say about insatiable people. ”

The Wang family only cared about eating and drinking, and they didn't dare to answer casually. In their opinion, those who are on high and high, rightly or wrongly, are not qualified for them to comment.

Chen Dagongzi is more like a Confucian scholar, and the general has specially spoken to him. He would only respond, and if he didn't specifically talk to him, he would have always been invisible.

At the banquet table, only Leader Zhao chatted speculatively with General Qin, and General Qin dared to say that it was what he could say. Leader Zhao dared to agree, and that was also a harmless trivial matter. Xiaohu listened on the sidelines, and realized that this Zhao leader is not blindly unruly, and he is actually quite measured.

Hi! I really want my daughter-in-law to say it. Getting along with people, that's a technical job.

The old general drank to the end, and the conversation was about the same. Suddenly asked Li Darthead: "Virtuous nephew!" You've brought back so many horses this time, but there's a place to go? ”

Li Darttou looked at Xiaohu, Leader Zhao and Grand Prince Chen, shook his head and replied: "We plan to take it to the horse market trading ground on the outskirts of the capital to make a move, why does the old general have any plans?" ”

The old general Qin nodded and said, "If your horse is going to be sold in the capital, then it is better to sell it to the old man's army!" This time there were thousands of horses lost here. It must be made up as much as possible. I will first select a part of your horses, and buy your horses at the highest price of two hundred taels of silver at the highest price when our army bought horses, as long as they are picked by the old man's men. Regardless of whether it is good or bad, two hundred taels will be given. Do you have any comments? ”

Xiaohu was the first to say that he had no opinion, "But! Old general, the two horses I brought with me are my personal keep, and I can't pick them up to you. Please forgive me! ”

The old general laughed, "The little brother is too careful, your good old man doesn't dare to take it." Although the old man loves horses, he is not greedy. Rest assured! ”

Leader Zhao and Grand Prince Chen also had no opinion. Selling to anyone is selling, and the price given by the old general is not low. On average, it is a cut higher than the price in the horse market.

Coming out of the old general's mansion, it was already the end of the day. When they returned to the inn, they were busy taking hot baths and getting a good night's sleep.

The next day, Xiaohu put the black horse and the flame red horse in the inn alone, let Dahong and Xiangzi take a good look, and he himself and Zhao, Chen Dagongzi, Li Darttou, and those retail merchants who were willing to sell their horses to the old general Qin, went to the horse farm where the cattle were kept, and waited for the old general.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived, the old general waited for them early with the pastoral supervisor order and a few subordinates in the army, and the owner of the foster care farm nodded and accompanied him.

When the old general saw them coming in, he immediately got up from his seat and walked out to meet them. said in his mouth: "Let the old general wait for a long time, I drank a little too much last night, and everyone slept a little deeper!" Please don't blame the old general! ”

The old general laughed and said, "It's the old man who is in a hurry and came early." Nothing to do with you! Go, go to your stables and choose your horses. ”

Old General Qin and his men followed Li Dangtou and his party to their rented horse pen, and saw that those horses had various colored ropes tied around their necks, and asked curiously: "Your horses have a rope around their necks, what are you using them for?" ”

Li Darttou replied with a smile: "There are several horses here, I'm afraid that it will be confused, and it will be difficult to distinguish when the time comes, so I will use this clumsy method." Make you smile! ”

Old General Qin laughed, "This method is very good, what is there to laugh at the old man." Alright, let's pick a horse! ”

Xiaohu and Grand Prince Chen, as well as the leader of Zhao and those retail merchants, all stood aside, and the horses were selected by the pastoral orders of the old general Qin and his subordinates, and they remembered that those were their own horses.

In the end, more than 500 horses were selected, including 181 horses from the Chen Dagongzi's family, 225 from the Xiaohu family, 107 horses from the Zhao leader, and 12 horses from the retail merchants.

They helped drive the horses to the army horse farm, and when they came back, they went to the old general's mansion to settle the money.

Old General Qin said with a smile while handing out the silver tickets to them: "It's a curse and a blessing!" In the early years, there was no war, and the imperial court was very deductive from the army, and the warriors were all on the sidelines. The soldiers were not convinced, but there was no way to do it, so they relaxed themselves and led the army to be low. This time, the household department has suddenly increased the military salary of the military department by several million, the military quartermaster has also doubled, and the military rations will be doubled next year. Such. Our life is better, and we dare to spend money on general military equipment, if in the past, you had so many good horses, we would have to wait and see. You can't buy it if you want to! ”

Li Dart smiled and replied: "Old general, that is, if you want to buy it, we dare to sell it to you, if someone else we don't dare to sell it to the army casually, this is not a joke." ”

"Virtuous nephew. You can rest assured that dealing with our army is actually very simple, as long as it is not shoddy and does not delay the military situation, there is nothing that you can't bear! The profit from military quarters may not be large, but it is safe. What do you want to supply to the army? Just come to the old man! ”

When Xiaohu heard this, he was a little moved, but he didn't answer, he just wanted to wait until he went back and talked to his daughter-in-law before deciding.

In addition to tea, although Chen Dagongzi's family also has a lot of farmland, the grain produced is far from enough to be sent to the army. So there is nothing to send to the army, and he smiled at the old general at the moment. But he didn't take the old general's words.

The Zhao family led by Zhao in the south of the Yangtze River has countless fields, and they have several grain shops. It would be nice if he could hook up with the army, but he couldn't control it, so he didn't dare to speak casually.

Li Dart's head was not good for the old general's words to be cold, so he said with a smile: "This matter is too big, you see that they are too shocked to speak!" ”

The old general smiled and looked at the stunned people, and said with a smile: "It's okay." You should think about it carefully, the old man is not saying perfunctory things to you. As long as you send it. No matter how much, the old man will accept it. It is always higher than the price charged by the grain merchants. ”

Xiaohu was the happiest when he heard this, and immediately said: "Old general, stay back and discuss with your daughter-in-law, we have not only grain there, but also chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, fish, rabbits, all kinds of vegetables and fruits." These must be needed by the old general, your soldiers can't just eat rice without vegetables, can they? ”

The old general laughed and spoke only after half a sound, "Boy! You can do it, as long as you can send those things well, the old man will accept them, and he will never let you run away in vain. But there is one thing, bad and smelly, that is absolutely unwanted. You can't give such a favor! ”

Xiaohu immediately guaranteed that the quality and quantity would be absolutely guaranteed, and he would not embarrass the old general.

After settling the horse's money, the old general asked everyone to go to his martial arts training ground in the back to try Laizi's archery and martial arts.

Fortunately, they used to carry a big backpack wherever they went, so they took out the small axe and crossbow in the bag, broke it, and waited for the old general's orders.

The old general originally wanted to ask someone to come out with a bow and arrow to test the arrows for Laizi, but when he saw the crossbow that Laizi took out, he was very interested. Holding it in his hand and turning it over and over again, he said: "This is a little different from the crossbow we have in the army, and I feel that you seem to be better using this one." Come on! Shoot two arrows at the bullseye in front of you and show the old man! ”

Laizi listened to the old general's words, picked up the crossbow, pulled the crossbow backwards, and aimed at the bull's-eye to pull the wrench that provoked the string, and the arrow followed with a "pop!" And he shot it out and landed firmly on the bull's-eye.

Everyone shouted, "Good! ”

The old general did not applaud, but let Laizi take ten steps back, and then shot the bull's-eye. Hitting the bull's-eye again, the old general let him retreat again, until he retreated to a hundred and ten steps, and when the arrow pierced into the bull's-eye, it was a little weak, but the aim was always there.

The old general excitedly took the crossbow again, looked at it carefully, and shot two more arrows at the bull's-eye. Finally, he asked, "Why is this crossbow so labor-saving?" Even a child, it is estimated that it can be used lightly. What a good thing! Where did you get it? ”

Laizi didn't dare to answer the old general's question, but only looked at Xiaohu with his eyes, hoping that Xiaohu would respond.

Xiaohu also knew that he had to answer this time, so he stepped forward and said: "Back to the old general's words, the boys were poor and small, and they couldn't go hunting in the mountains to earn some food. My daughter-in-law thought about such a thing, and as for why it would save effort, the boys don't know why. ”

The old general looked at the crossbow, only nodded, and no longer spoke, but thought about whether it was also possible to change the crossbow in the army to something like this, which could be detachable and could be fired continuously, and it would be more labor-saving.

After that, the old general tried his skills and the use of weapons again, and was quite satisfied. began to try his best to persuade Xiaohu and Dahong to join the army as well.

Xiaohu replied to the old general: "Old General Qin, thanks to your old look, it's just that it's really not good to be down." However, the two brothers can bring the words of the old general to them, and if they want to establish a career in the army, then let them go back first and talk to their respective daughters-in-law, lest the younger brothers and daughters-in-law find important people below. ”

The old general has a heart for talents, and if he can come, of course it would be good. Immediately said: "Okay, okay! Then let them tell their families that they would come to the old man. Under the old man's hands, talents like them will never be buried! ”

Enlisting in the army under the recommendation of the old general Qin and being forced to enlist in the countryside with taxes are two completely different concepts. So the brothers were very excited, Xiaohu was happy that he would have a good future in the future, and Dahong and Xiangzi were excited that they also had the opportunity to make contributions in the army. According to the momentum of the two of them, they wanted to go directly to the old general to report with Laizi, and they didn't go home. Xiaohu firmly disagreed, and asked them to go back and talk to their family first.

Are you kidding?! Last time, Daman and Dahong followed the grassland for a while, and their daughter-in-law was annoyed by the complaints, if they didn't go back this time, I don't know how they would be noisy at home! (To be continued)