It turned out that after Ma Teng came to this Di Dao from Zhangshan, he joined the army, and later because of his infinite strength and martial arts, he was promoted to become a member of the flying cavalry army of Longxi County, and gradually promoted to the present, and also mixed a miscellaneous guard. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It's just that since the Qiang rebellion subsided thirty years ago, there has been no war in the northwest, and this army is also raised, and Ma Teng is also a useless hero.

In addition, in recent years, natural disasters have continued, the water and grass in the northwest have decreased every year, and the supply of the imperial court has not been running well, resulting in many times even the food and salary are not enough, so Li Shen, the Taishou of Longxi County, has the idea of reducing the army.

This reduction will fall on Ma Teng's head.

It is said that the personnel of their flying cavalry will allocate half of them to the military cantonment, which is in fact no different from the reduction, and must be subject to the constraints of the superiors, although there is no tax, but it is also a chore.

I don't know who came up with the idea, but there are also conditions for this reduction method.

The condition in the Flying Cavalry is to supply horses.

This flying cavalry army, claimed to be 30,000 people, was actually less than 5,000, of which 1,000 were elite, and the remaining 4,000 were cavalry.

And Ma Teng is one of them.

The matter of providing horses is to ask the remaining 2,000 people to find a suitable war horse.

For a period of three months, if there is a war horse, after passing the inspection and identification, they can stay in the army and continue to serve.

On the surface, it is necessary to let the subordinates pick good horses, but there are many cats in it.

First, the court is becoming more and more corrupt, and the matter of selling officials and lords has long been an open secret, and if these subordinates do not have horses, they can also get a point if they pay tribute to the top.

Second, if there is really a good horse, these people above can also detain it privately as a bargaining chip to pave the way for officials in the future.

Third, it was possible to meet Sen Li's request to reduce the army, killing three birds with one stone.

The person who provides Soma's plan is not vicious.

But Ma Teng is an upright man, his family is poor, and he has no accumulation, so this first road will not work.

And it was the dry season, and in a few months, it was winter, and there was a lot less wild horses nearby.

Now it's a time when everyone is in danger, and there are very few friends entrusted by Ma Teng who can help.

There was only one Han Yue, who was usually good friends with him and was willing to provide him with one or two horses, but when he went to choose, he found that those horses were simply very thin and unbearable, and they were not much worse than the war horses they requested.

At this time, more than a month has passed, but Ma Teng has almost run the entire Xiliang, and he is disheartened at this time, and he expects that it will be the same in two months.

So I was depressed, and I felt that I would lose my official position in the near future and live the life of chopping wood in the mountains in the past.

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Shang Yun heard Ma Teng say this, and he felt very bad in his heart.

He thought for a while and comforted Ma Teng, "Uncle Ma Teng, don't worry, there is no endless road, I will help you think of a way, maybe you can find a suitable one?" ”

Ma Teng smiled bitterly, although he knew that he was comforting, but he felt better.

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After returning to the house, Shang Yun summoned Meng Yao out.

"Did you hear what we said, is there any way you can find a war horse to come back?"

Meng Yao only felt angry, and scolded him, "What are you and me, a living immortal, you can have what you want?" ”

She tilted her eyes to the side, clasped her hands and ignored Shang Yun.

Shang Yun chuckled in his heart, realizing that he had indeed gone too far.

"Meng Yao, don't be angry, it's me who is wrong, I'm just worried about Uncle Ma Teng and want to help him."

Meng Yao listened to him apologize, and then turned around.

"I really have no choice but to rely on time to find it one by one, and I can only help you speed up your journey and trace the movements of horses within a radius of a hundred miles nearby."

Shang Yun felt a cloud of sorrow in his heart, but there was a way to trace the movements of the horses, which was not bad.

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He immediately mobilized Zhang Yi and Youyue, both of them are extremely fast, and with Zhang Yi's character, maybe he can find some good horses that have been missed.

But I looked for about ten days.

Sure enough, as Ma Teng said, the herds of wild horses that come to graze here are getting fewer and fewer, almost invisible, and the official family's own horses have to be raised, as well as the private soldiers of the big family have to be raised.

It's also normal to have no wild horses.

Shang Yun's face was gloomy, if he wanted to find a wild horse, he was afraid that he might not be able to find a suitable one if he chased it to the foot of Kunlun Mountain, so it was better to start at the market first.

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Li Ru is lying on the case, replying to the official documents of the past few days, and Dong Zhuo wrote back, asking him to pay more attention to the affairs of Xiliang, but he is afraid that something will happen soon.

He didn't dare to slack off, replied to Dong Zhuo, and made some scheming on all matters in the state and the imperial court.

Halfway through writing, I suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps outside the door.

A bamboo slip was tossed high and smashed on his case, almost knocking over the ink on it.

He chuckled in his heart and couldn't help but raise his head.

I saw Dong Yu standing outside the door with his waist crossed, his starry eyes were cold, and he looked menacing.

"My sister, who offended you again?"

Li Ru smiled bitterly, quickly stood up, and welcomed her into the house.

Dong Yu looked at him coldly and did not speak.

Li Ru smiled dryly, pointed to the tip of his nose with his finger, and felt miserable in his heart, "Eldest sister, where did I offend you?" ”

Dong Yu stood aside and said coldly, "Why did you want the Flying Cavalry to reduce personnel?" ”

Li Ru's face changed greatly, and he quickly put his finger to his lips, pulled her into the house, and closed the door.

"Auntie, you can't talk nonsense, where is this where I want to disarm, it is obviously a policy for Lord Li Shen to recuperate in order to turn over the army and liberate the people's livelihood."

"I don't care about that, I just ask you, what's going on with this horse expedition in the Flying Cavalry?"

Li Ru rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "It turns out that you are talking about this matter." Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds to choose good horses for the imperial court and get rid of some people who are too much to use? Moreover, it can also help you take revenge, in order to relieve the hatred in your heart, the best of all three worlds. ”

Dong Yu said anxiously, "Where is this to help me take revenge?" I didn't see it at all. ”

Li Ru was stunned for a moment, and said suspiciously, "Don't you think that the kid named Shang Yun before was unhappy when he wrote poems and ridiculed, so he asked me to find a way to help you take revenge and relieve your anger?" ”

The Dong family is in Longxi County, and it has long been widely known, and after this Shang Yun left that day, he was clearly touched by Li Ru's people, knowing that he was sent to live in Ma Teng's house temporarily.

"But......" Dong Yu stomped his foot and said angrily, "People just hope that you can find someone to beat him up and make this kid suffer some flesh and skin." ”

"Spanking? This kind of thing is too vulgar. Li Ru paced back and forth on the ground, "If you really want to relieve hatred, of course, it is good to repay the other in the other way." If he embarrasses you, he can't make him feel better. ”

"But you're targeting that horse or something, and it has nothing to do with this Shang Yun at all. What kind of revenge is this? ”

Li Ru smiled, "This is the eldest sister, you don't understand, the so-called attack on the heart, since he makes you uncomfortable, then you have to poke his sore spot." I have already inquired about this Shang Yun, I am only afraid of the pain of the flesh and skin, and I can't make him succumb, but Ma Teng is very good to him, if Ma Teng loses his official position, I am afraid that the taste in his heart will be more painful than beating him to open his flesh. ”

Hearing this, Dong Yu suddenly froze.

I only felt a chill rushing up from the soles of my feet, and when I looked at this Li Ru again, it was like looking at a poisonous snake.

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Every once in a while, a large bazaar is held in Didao, and in order to facilitate the exchange of goods between people, each takes what he needs.

As early as a long time ago, the imperial court had abolished the manufacture of five-baht coins, and generally speaking, there was no liquid currency in the market, and it was generally cloth brocade as a common exchange material, but more often, it was like this, bartering.

Therefore, some horse farmers will also bring their horses to the market to exchange for other daily necessities.

Shang Yun took a fancy to this and knew that this might be an opportunity.

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Early in the morning, before dawn, Shang Yun followed everyone to the market to look for horses.

I thought I would come early, but I didn't want to, and this market was already a crowded scene.

All kinds of clothes, people of different races, people of different identities, with their own goods, are densely packed inside.

After walking around, Shang Yun didn't see a good horse that was strong and usable.

I couldn't help but feel gloomy in my heart.

Meng Yao smiled, "If there was a good horse, it would have been asked to go a long time ago, how could it be our turn?" Moreover, this horse seller is not necessarily used for riding and fighting, but is mostly used to pull goods and do some farm work, and it is normal that the quality is not superior. ”

If there are good horses, there will generally be official requisition, or everyone like the Dong family or the Li family will sell out the supply early, so naturally there are good people who know horses and help to choose.

After being screened layer by layer, those who can flow into the world are basically some inferior horses, which cannot meet the conditions of this horse expedition at all.

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Ma Teng patted Shang Yun on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Forget it, I know your good intentions, since the will of heaven is like this, there is nothing to complain about." ”

Shang Yun opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Yo, isn't this a horse guard?"

Only a shrill voice was heard, and a group of tall people walked through the street.

These people have a very heavy murderous aura on their faces, and just walking in makes people feel furious and extremely uncomfortable.

When the passers-by saw them coming, they avoided them.

The man at the head is Ma Teng's colleague, named Hu Fen, who likes to cheat and play tricks, collude with his boss, and don't deal with him.

Just because this person has some distant relationship with Dong Zhuo, he is extremely arrogant.

He walked over slowly, saw Ma Teng and the others, and then looked at the horse farmer on the side, chuckled, and said, "Yo, it turns out that Ma Hujun is here to buy horses?" ”

The man on the side immediately echoed him and sneered, "Can the horse guards afford to buy horses?" Isn't he a horse himself? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, several people laughed, leaning forward and back.

Shang Yun's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he said in his heart, these people are also too arrogant.

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