Chapter 8 Horse Selection

Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the river island. My Fair Lady, Gentleman...... There was a burst of children's reading sounds from the depths of Zhao Wang's mansion, and Wan Yankang led Tian Dali's brothers and sisters to shake their heads and read the Book of Poetry.

Wanyan Honglie paid a lot of money to invite Xu Daosheng, a talented Confucian scholar in the middle capital, to be his husband, because the prince's children were so gentle, Xu Daosheng was unwilling to teach, for fear that if he did not teach well, he would ruin his reputation.

At that time, people used the Three Character Scripture as a reading material for Mongolian learning, and the general Mr. taught, and the students could learn it in half a year to be qualified. Wanyan Honglie made a bet with Xu Daosheng, and the bet was that Wanyan Kang could familiarize himself with the three-character scripture in January, and if he couldn't learn it, Xu Daosheng could stay at will, and Wanyan Honglie also gave a hundred taels of gold.

After January, Xu Daosheng was glad that he had accepted a good student. After completing the task ahead of schedule, Yan Kang is respectful to Xu Daosheng on weekdays, and he can draw inferences from each other in his studies. The Tian Dali brothers and sisters who accompany the reading have some reading skills, and Tian Xiaowan can also keep up with Xu Daosheng's progress, but Tian Dali doesn't like to read, and is always prone to desertion. But in Xu Daosheng's mind, he only needs to teach the little prince well, but it doesn't matter how well this companion is learning.

What Xu Daosheng didn't know was that Wan Yankang also studied hard, after all, he was a college student, and it was not too easy to read simple books such as the Three Character Sutra, but he still had to control the progress and couldn't behave too much. In addition, it is twice as difficult to learn to write, and it is not so easy to change habits to change from simplified Chinese to traditional Chinese. Therefore, after class every day, Wan Yan Kang practiced writing alone, and his diligence made Xu Daosheng and Wan Yan Honglie secretly happy.

In the blink of an eye, it has reached May and June, and at this time it is the time when the warblers fly and the grass grows and everything is luxuriant. Wanyan Honglie also passed the grounding period, so he took Wanyankang and others out to go out together.

Wanyan Honglie's mount is nine feet long, eight feet high, extremely majestic, black and shiny, only four hooves are white, known as the dark clouds stepping on the snow, is one in a million of the great Wanliang horses. Wan Yankang was led to sit in front of him, reaching out to touch the horse's back from time to time, his eyes full of curiosity and joy.

Wanyan Honglie drove the horse and trotted, and laughed: "Kang'er, can my father's dark cloud treading snow be majestic?" ”

Wan Yankang stroked the horse's back, felt the cool breeze on the horse's back, and shouted happily: "Father, let the snow run, let it run." ”

Wanyan Honglie also held back in the house for a few months, and when he heard this, he clamped his legs, and the horse under him stepped out of his hooves and started to rejoice.

In his previous life, Wan Yankang also rode a horse, but it was all spent dozens of yuan on the ranch, riding a donkey, and he was led by a herdsman in front. It is more appropriate to ride a horse like this.

And after running in the dark clouds and snow, Wan Yankang instantly understood why so many rich people in his previous life liked to play supercars, and the pleasure brought by the galloping speed was irreplaceable, which made people feel extremely indulgent and comfortable. Wan Yankang shouted excitedly on the horse, and his little face didn't know whether it was blown by the wind or excited, and it was already red.

Wan Yan Kang was held in his arms with one hand, and his back was close to Wan Yan Honglie, although he felt the warmth and stability of being embraced, but that kind of restraint made Wan Yan Kang involuntarily shout: "Father, I want to learn to ride a horse!" ”

Wan Yan Honglie slowed down the horse, touched Yan Kang's head, and said with care: "Riding a horse is not so easy, Kang'er, you are still too young, it will take a few years." ”

Wan Yankang asked, "Then father, how old are you to ride a horse?" ”

Wanyan Honglie fell into memories for a moment, remembering that when he was a child, he was also like this when he wanted to ride a horse.

The Jin Kingdom started as a nomadic herder and defeated the invincible Liao State, and riding and archery was an indispensable kung fu for men. Although Wan Yan Jing is very fond of dancing and writing, after all, he also hopes that his son will be both civil and military, so he was given a foal when Wan Yan Honglie was six years old. Since then, Wanyan Honglie has been playing with the horses every day.

Thinking of this, Wanyan Honglie smiled and said, "Kang'er, is it okay for my father to send you a pony." ”

"Yes, yes, I want a white horse, I want the most beautiful one." Wan Yankang clapped his hands again and again, excited.

Wanyan Honglie said: "Why does Kang'er want a white horse, a good white horse is hard to find." ”

"I just want a white horse!" Wan Yankang said coquettishly without any explanation.

He thought beautifully in his heart, Prince Charming, Prince Charming, that is the most handsome image in his heart! If you don't have a handsome tall white horse, what is Prince Charming!

Wanyan Honglie was very fond of Wanyankang, and the next day he personally went to the Imperial Horse Prison to pick a horse for Wanyankang.

Xiao Laifu, the commander of the Imperial Horse Prison, was about forty years old, with a fat belly and a red face, and he heard that the prince of Zhao was coming, and he had already brought a group of his subordinates to greet him. After Xiao Laifu greeted him, he asked: "The prince came in person, and the minister was sincerely afraid, and he didn't know what to do." ”

After Yan Honglie explained his intentions, Xiao Laifu learned that he wanted to choose a pony for the prince of Zhao, and thought that this was an excellent opportunity to please him, so he hurriedly asked his subordinates to choose the ten best ponies.

A row of ponies was brought over, black, yellow, and red, but there were no white horses, Wanyan Honglie looked around for a long time, frowned, and said: "There is a huge imperial horse supervisor, is there no good white horse?" ”

Xiao Laifu was eating, drinking, and having fun, but he was not too clear about the specific affairs of the imperial horse supervisor, and after listening to Yan Honglie's dissatisfaction, sweat broke out on his forehead, so he had to reply in a low voice: "Lord Qiqi, these ten ponies are really the best ponies in the horse farm, and the white horses naturally have them, but the quality is too far away, and the ministers really dare not take them out to make a fool of the prince." ”

A black and thin little official next to him suddenly answered: "Last year, the emperor's Dawan dragon horse gave birth to a white horse, which was in excellent condition, but unfortunately it was only half a year old and could not be ridden yet." ”

Wanyan Honglie heard the great joy and hurriedly called to bring the white horse over.

A short time later, the groom drove a foal over. The foal was too young to put the reins on it, and was very mischievous, and when he saw a row of ponies there, he roared and burrowed into the bushes.

Although this horse is small, it is slender and fit, the whole body is white, and there is no trace of miscellaneous hair, which is really a BMW embryo. Wanyan Honglie looked at it and was overjoyed and said: "It's this one, Wu'er must like it." ”

Although Xiao Laifu eats fat head and big ears, he seems to be demented, but how can there be a really stupid person in this position. As soon as King Zhao said this, he hurriedly asked someone to put the reins on the little white horse, and even came to Yan Honglie and asked: "Lord Wang, this little horse has to be raised for at least a year before it can be ridden, if the little prince wants to ride a horse immediately, why not pick a few spare horses." ”

Wanyan Honglie bowed his head and said: "Lord Xiao is really a horse minister, he is thoughtful, this king will choose two more ponies to go back." ”

Xiao Laifu hurriedly picked a yellow horse and a jujube red horse, led them to Zhao Wang's Mansion together, and sent a horseman to serve them.

After Yan Kang got the horse, he was so excited that he ran to the stable.

"Little prince, you can't just pass behind the horse!" The groom saw Yan Kangxing running into the stable and hurriedly shouted.

"Why?" Wan Yankang asked.

The groom caught up and carefully explained on the side: "This horse has spirituality, and the better the horse, the more spiritual." If you want to deal with horses, you have to say hello first. Before you are familiar with a horse, when approaching it, you must not pass from behind. This horse's hooves are very powerful, and it startled it from behind, and a hoof pouted over, which was terrible. Every year, a groom is kicked and breaks his leg. ”

Wan Yankang listened to it interestingly and asked, "Then how can I get acquainted with the horses?" ”

When the groom talked about what he understood, he couldn't help but talk eloquently: "This horse is the most understanding of human nature, and it can feel whether people are good or bad about it." Begin to approach the horse, approach from the side front, look into its eyes, and slowly approach, you can touch the horse's neck and the horse's back. ”

Wan Yankang asked, "Is it okay to just touch the horse more?" ”

The groom continued: "Touching the horse like this is to let the horse know you, just like a man makes a friend." If you want to be better with the horses, you have to feed the horses and brush them. This horse, the better the horse, the more exquisite it is to raise. ”

Wan Yankang said: "Isn't it just touching more, feeding grass, brushing, and what's so exquisite." ”

The groom smiled and said, "This kind of horse, just feed it with forage, and put it in the pasture and let it graze." This is a good horse, you have to add black beans and these essences to raise bigger and stronger. Raising horses like this, ordinary people can't afford to raise them. Also, this good horse can't be kept in the stable all the time, and has to be taken out to run often, or it will be fat, and it will also be a waste. This good horse can be used as the price of dozens of horses! ”

Wan Yankang listened interestingly, and then asked: "Then this good horse, but a thousand miles of horses, can it really travel thousands of miles a day?" ”

The groom pondered for a moment and said, "Such a horse can walk two hundred miles in a day, and it can't carry too much weight. Being able to ride a horse that travels 300 miles a day is considered a good war horse, as for the thousand-mile horse, the villain thinks it's just a legend, or the legendary sweat-blooded BMW can run a thousand miles, but the villain has never seen it. ”

Wan Yankang asked again: "Then how far can my horses run?" ”

The horseman smiled and said: "These horses of the little prince are all of the highest quality, as long as they are properly raised, it is no problem to travel four or five hundred miles a day, this little white horse is extraordinarily outstanding, and there are few horses in the entire imperial horse prison now!" ”

After hearing this, Yan Kang was very excited, and he couldn't wait to climb up and ride a horse and gallop. But he also knew that it would take some time for the pony to grow up, so he had to be patient. Since then, every morning and evening, Wan Yan Kang will go to the stable to feed these babies with bristles, Tian Dali naturally followed to the stable, Qiu Xiang Dongxue Xiaowan and these daughters thought that the smell of horse manure was big, and they refused to go again after following the little master to the stable once or twice.