When Han Yunong left Kyoto, Qin Xiao was specially sent outside the city.

Watching Han Yunong's figure disappear into the distance, Qin Xiao knew that he was truly alone now.

Riding back to the city, looking at the endless traffic and crowds, Qin Xiao knew that if this Kyoto was a jungle, then these people were lambs to be slaughtered in the mountains and forests, and the dignitaries in the court were tigers and leopards in the mountains and forests.

Of course, he didn't want to be a sheep in Kyoto, where the jungle is the strongest.

Even if you can't become a tiger or leopard, you will definitely become a wolf.

The Ministry of War has four divisions, namely the Department of War, the Department of Staff, the Department of Driving, and the Department of Treasury, which are in charge of the assessment of military attachés and the military administration of military status, maps, borders, border defense, public opinion, stable herding, post transmission, equipment, ordnance, and dependence.

Qin Xiao was naturally familiar with Han Day.

After Fan Wenzheng's death, Dou Wei has already begun to clean up the military department, the old and the new are supplemented, but after all, it is one of the six departments, maintaining the operation of the empire, Dou Wei naturally can't drive all Fan Wenzheng's people out at once, things still have to be done, everyone is gone, and no one can do anything, so he can only take his time.

Naturally, the people of the military headquarters were panicked, and a tense atmosphere permeated the entire yamen.

The responsibility of the Treasury Department, as the name suggests, is naturally to take charge of the transfer of ordnance and equipment.

Qin Xiao arrived at the Ministry of War and directly found the Treasury Department.

The Yamen of the Ministry of War is very large, the Department of War is located in a compound on the west side of the Yamen of the Ministry of War, and there are hundreds of people up and down, knowing that Qin Xiao is the trusted commander of the Treasury Department, someone took him to the largest house in the courtyard, and after the report, he directly asked Qin Xiao to go in to see Han Day, the director of the Treasury Department.

"I can't talk about care, as long as I do my best, I don't have to take care of you to be able to get praise, if you are half-hearted, negligent and derelict in your duties, the official will not be spared." Han Tian pointed to a small box on the table: "Inside is your seal, put away the seal, even if it is from my treasury department." ”

Qin Xiao walked over, picked up the box, opened it and looked at it, only to see that it was a small black seal, and he was about to take it out to take a closer look, but Han Tian coughed deliberately, Qin Xiao immediately put away the seal, Han Xiao glanced at Qin Xiao, and then said coldly: "This official doesn't care what you did before, since you are here, everything must be done according to the rules." This rule is actually very simple, whatever Shangguan says, you just do what you do honestly, don't talk nonsense, and don't do something that shouldn't be done on your own. ”

"Yes!" Qin Xiao's face was also respectful.

Qin Xiao didn't know if Han Tian was in the cleanup, but when he entered the room and saw Han Day's calm and relaxed appearance, he thought to himself that Han Tian was not worried about being expelled from the military department, if he didn't guess wrong, the head of the Treasury Department should be Dou Wei's person.

"The Lord has signed the paperwork." Although Han Tian is only a six-rank director, his official tone is even more serious than Dou Wei, holding a teacup, and he doesn't look at Qin Xiao: "From today onwards, you will be on an errand in my treasury department." You have just joined the military department, so you are naturally unfamiliar with what to do. ”

Qin Xiao said with a smile: "I have just arrived, and I will need to take care of the Lord in charge in the future." ”

Shi Lumi, it is naturally not a problem to support a family, but it is difficult to buy such a horse. This horse is in the horse market, and it costs a hundred taels of silver. ”

Qin Xiao thought to himself that the Black Overlord was a priceless treasure, and a hundred taels of silver could buy it a mane.

"What do you mean?"

Seeing that Qin Xiao's attitude was good, Han Tian's face softened and asked, "By the way, where did you get that horse?" I see that horse is very powerful, and there are many officials in the yamen riding horses, and none of them seem to be comparable to your horse. ”

Han Tian suddenly mentioned the Black Overlord, Qin Xiao felt that something was wrong in his heart, and said with a smile: "When I was in Xiling, I got it by chance, and it wasn't very good. ”

"You are an order, riding such a horse, but it is a little too ostentatious." Han Sun blew the tea foam and said: "The annual salary of the officials is thirty taels of silver, and another eighty

"Your Excellency is saying that you can't ride a horse?"

"That's not what it meant." Han Tian said: "Every day on an errand, riding a horse can save time, it doesn't matter, but riding an ordinary horse is enough." If you wish, you can say hello to the driver and bring in an ordinary mount from there, which will be used by you later. ”

Qin Xiao asked, "My lord, what should I do with this lowly horse?" ”

"The imperial court has repeatedly ordered officials to be honest and self-disciplined." Han Tian put down the teacup, looked at Qin Xiao and said, "You ride such a horse in and out of the yamen every day, and you are seen by others, and you think that our treasury department has a lot of money and spreads it, which naturally has an impact on us." ”

The etiquette system of the Tang Empire has strict regulations on officials taking sedan chairs, and at least five-grade officials are qualified to take four-person sedan chairs.

However, even if it is a seven-rank official, he can ride a horse or even ride an ordinary carriage.

There is no doubt that this guy actually fell in love with his Black Overlord, so he mentioned the BMW a little abruptly today, he said that he wanted to buy it with silver, but the meaning of his words was clearly to let Qin Xiao give him the Black Overlord.

Qin Xiao really didn't expect that this Han Tian would be so shameless.

The first day he entered the yamen, this guy actually wanted to snatch love.

Han Tian coughed and picked up the teacup again, but there was a trace of uncomfortable expression on his face, pointed to the chair next to him, and said, "Sit down and talk first." ”

Qin Xiao was not polite, walked over and sat down, Han Tian said slowly: "This official wants to buy a horse recently, but he has not found a good horse, if you are willing, can you sell your horse to this official." Without waiting for Qin Xiao to speak, he then said, "The official can buy it with silver." ”

It's okay if he doesn't say this, as soon as he says this, Qin Xiao immediately understands Han Tian's thoughts.

Han Tian's originally cold face stiffened, then he smiled, waved his hand and said: "No, Qin Xiao, the gentleman is frank, although the official likes your horse, he doesn't want you to give it away." You tell me a price, and if I think it's appropriate, we'll discuss it again. ”

"Adults are incorruptible, and they are admired by their humble duties." Qin Xiao said: "That's it, if the adults really like it, and they don't want to let the lowly give it away, the adults can just give a few taels of silver." ”

Han Tian was very satisfied with Qin Xiao's knowledge of current affairs, and said softly: "A while ago, the official saw a calligraphy and painting in the antique shop, and according to the market price, it would cost at least a hundred taels of silver, but the shopkeeper of the antique shop did a personal favor, and finally opened the price code of one or two silver, hahaha.....!" ”

Seeing that Qin Xiao didn't speak, Han Tian's face became a little ugly, and he asked, "What?" Are you reluctant? ”

"Whatever the adults say, it is the honor of the lowly to be able to be looked down upon by the adults." Qin Xiao smiled and said, "My lord, lowly mounts are not for sale. ”

Han Tian snorted coldly, and before he could speak, Qin Xiao had already followed up and said, "If the adult likes it, give it to the adult." ”

"Enough is enough." Qin Xiao also smiled and said, "But there is one thing, I have to explain it to the adults first." The horse was originally a fierce wild horse, and it took a lot of effort to tame it, but if it was to change the owner, I didn't know whether it was suitable or not. ”

Han Tian only thought that Qin Xiao was a pretext, he saw that the Black Overlord was meek like a little daughter-in-law beside Qin Xiao, how could he believe that the Black Overlord was full of wildness and smiled slightly, Qin Xiao didn't wait for him to speak, he had already gotten up and said: "My lord, why don't we go and see the horse first, the adult will give it a try, if the adult is really satisfied, the adult will give the humble position a silver tael, and the horse will belong to the adult." ”

Han Tian was afraid that Qin Xiao would regret it, and said, "Let's talk, but we have to talk about it." ”

"My lord, how about you give a tael of silver for that horse?" Qin Xiao comprehended.

Han Day's smile became even stronger, he got up, walked to Qin Xiao's side, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Although you are young, you are sensible, and you will definitely have a bright future in the future." He said in a low voice: "One or two is not too little, yes."

No more plus one or two? ”

It was not until the empire took control of Xiling that the vast pastures under Helan Mountain provided the empire with high-quality war horses.

Despite this, the Empire has always attached great importance to warhorses.

Taifu Temple is responsible for the world's horse farm, specifically for the empire to store war horses, the Ministry of War's driving department manages the world's livestock and post station traffic, wartime has the right to transfer war horses, the horses used to transmit messages in various post stations are also allocated by the driving department, but these horses used to transmit messages are not war horses that can be used to fight.

"That's nature." Qin Xiao raised his hand and said, "My lord, please, let's go see the horse first." ”

At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the iron cavalry once dominated the world, but every time there was a war, a lot of war horses would be consumed, and the empire itself did not produce many war horses, and it was very difficult to replenish the war horses.

However, the Tusun people are also very cunning, and those who trade with the Tang Dynasty are all bad horses, and the Tusun departments will never allow good horses that can fight to flow into the Tang Dynasty.

It is a real high-ranking official who does not need to drive a horse with a department, but buys a good horse with a lot of money, after all, not all good horses will be sent to the army, and there are still many good horses circulating in the horse market.

Han Tian rode the carriage every day, and the horse was also assigned from the driving department, but after all, he was only the head of the sixth grade, and a good horse could not take his turn.

Seeing that Qin Xiao's Black Overlord Divine Horse was abnormal, he was originally just envious in his heart, but now that Qin Xiao was transferred to his command on an errand, he had a crooked thought, thinking that Qin Xiao should not agree easily, but he didn't want to, but to his surprise, Qin Xiao actually agreed to give it to him quickly.

The high-quality war horses selected from the horse farms in various places are controlled in the hands of the Taifu Temple, and as early as the time of Emperor Taizong, there was a clear decree that no official shall privately transfer the war horse as a mount, and the offender will be severely punished.

Officials of the Ministry of War, naturally it is impossible for everyone to be qualified to take a sedan chair to the Yamen, many officials live far away from the Yamen, and can only come on horseback, but the Ministry of War clearly stipulates that the Department of Driving can equip officials above the sixth rank with mounts, and the officials below the sixth rank are not responsible for solving the mounts in the Yamen, and either come on foot or buy a horse by themselves.

The higher the grade, the better the mounts equipped, but the real good horses are full of war horses, and no matter how good the officials' mounts are, they cannot meet the standards of war horses.

He naturally didn't dare to accept it directly, he didn't spend a penny, he accepted the horses, and in the future, it was not impossible to be convicted of asking for bribes, but as long as he spent one or two silver, even if he bought it with silver, it didn't matter how much silver he had, the important thing was that this was a private transaction, one was willing to buy and one was willing to sell, and no one could say whether it was or not.

The Treasury Department has its own special stable, Qin Xiao's Black Overlord was led to the stable before, Han Tian saw from a distance that the BMW with an abnormal divine horse, both in size and spirit, was far stronger than those ordinary horses who did not dare to approach the Black Overlord, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it.