At this time, everyone was dumbfounded and speechless, leaving only the sound of the wind hunting in their ears.

"Are you really willing to pay 20,000 yuan a horse for us?"

After a long time, the leader of the Dolan tribe next to him asked tentatively.

"We Han people have a saying, called a gentleman's words, the horse is difficult to chase," Liu Ping said lightly: "What's more, I have already brought the money, and now I can hand over the money with one hand and the horse with the other." ”

Listening to Liu Ping's words, Butu was already standing there stupidly like a wooden man, his head was confused, it was like a dream.

He is only seeing Liu Ping for the second time now, and he was thinking about assassinating Liu Ping last night, but he never expected that Liu Ping took the initiative to raise the price when he knew that this was a batch of inferior horses, and the price was to let him marry his sweetheart as he wished.

Why is this noble man so good to him, is it because of Sanqige?

Then Butu shook his head and denied this stupid idea, that is to spend tens of millions of extra money, with this money, what kind of stunning beauty can't be bought on the Han side?

What's more, Sanqige was only sent to the nobleman's tent last night, and the nobleman did not touch his sister, which shows that the family is not a person who covets beauty.

Besides, Butu couldn't figure out what he was worthwhile for Liu Ping to spend tens of millions of dollars more, and he was willing to buy a batch of inferior horses, just so that he could marry his sweetheart.

In fact, Liu Ping is not rich and has nowhere to spend, but his plan to steal beams and change pillars must have the loyalty of Butu and his people, all of which is to make Butu loyal to him.

As long as Butu can replace these bad horses with good horses for him, and weaken Yuan Shao's strength by the way, he still earns it.

At this time, all the leaders of the Dolan tribe looked at each other and whispered about each other.

Then someone said to the silent Patriarch Doran: "With such a high price, I'm afraid that no one in the world can come out, this young noble man was sent by the gods to save our clan, what else can the patriarch hesitate about?" Sell it. ”

"Yes, patriarch, if you miss this nobleman, I'm afraid that most of our clan will starve to death, so we have to sell it."

"After all, my daughter is mine, not your relatives," Patriarch Dolan said with a sullen face, and said angrily: "Butu is such an identity, is your daughter willing to marry?" ”

The Doran patriarch was distraught by the persuasion of a group of leaders.

It is said that Liu Ping's price has exceeded his expectations, but after all, Liu Ping still has an additional condition, that is, to let his daughter marry Butu immediately, he feels that this is a bit of a betrayal of his daughter.

After all, Butu is a slave, and he is not completely sure that he can persuade him to be humiliated and get out of slavery.

If he hadn't been persuaded to do so, how could he really have his daughter marry a slave in order to sell the horse for a good price?

At this time, Liu Ping took out the sheepskin scroll from his arms, held it in his hand, and said aloud to everyone: "This is Butu's slave status, can you see if there is a mistake?" ”

Everyone was stunned and gathered around to watch.

It was really a document presented by Qubei, and there was a treasure seal of the Right Sage King at the end, so naturally it couldn't be faked.

"So, Qubei has already given the Butu tribe as slaves to the nobles?" The Dolan patriarch looked at Liu Ping in surprise.

"Butu and his tribe are no longer slaves," Liu Ping casually tossed the parchment into the charcoal brazier, and soon the parchment was burned to ashes.

Everyone suddenly let out an exclamation, slaves were counted as personal property, and the documents presented by the degraded were the only proof.

Now that Liu Ping has burned this document, he has quite removed Butu's slave status.

The crowd was impressed, thinking that this young man would let these slaves as lovers without blinking an eye, which was really atmospheric.

But it's no wonder that this young nobleman has casually given away tens of millions of dollars, and how much money can more than 30 slaves be worth?

Now that Butu is out of slavery, Patriarch Dolan shouldn't be holding back.

"You know, I came here on the order of Cao Sikong," everyone was stunned, Liu Ping stood up and continued to say to the Duolan patriarch: "Take Butu back to Xudu in the next place, and I will invite Cao Sikong to play the son of tomorrow, and seal Butu as the servant."

That won't insult Lingai. ”

Most of the grassland people did not know the official system of the Han court, and began to discuss it again.

"What is a servant?"

"It seems to be an official, I don't know if it's big or small."

This is also the Dolan patriarch is well-informed, he coughed twice and said: "Taifu Cheng is one of the subordinate officials of the Nine Qings, and his rank is higher than a thousand stones. ”

As soon as these words came out, the leaders exclaimed again: "Oh my God, Qianshi, how many people can this feed?" ”

"Jiuqing, isn't this a big official next to the emperor?"

"What kind of shit luck is this Mapu."

"Are you really going to ask Cao Gong to seek an official for Butu?" Patriarch Dolan looked at Liu Ping suspiciously.

"As I said, a gentleman is hard to chase."

Liu Ping said calmly that Butu and his people have the ability to raise horses single-handedly, and it is only appropriate to bring them back to Xudu to raise horses for the Cao family.

As for the official position of the imperial court, it is just a matter of one sentence.

"Well, this family business will be done according to what the nobleman said," Patriarch Dolan pinched his beard and laughed heartily.

He naturally knew that Cao Cao was now in control of the imperial court, and it was easy to ask for a subordinate official.

In this way, Butu not only became not a slave, but also became a high-ranking official of the imperial court.

That is, it is not a question of whether Buttu is worthy of his daughter, it is that he has climbed high in turn, so why is he unwilling?

"Brother, brother, what are you still doing in a daze, why don't you go and thank the master?"

Sankig came over and pushed the layout that was stunned like wood.

At this time, Butu was completely stunned, and inadvertently, Liu Ping burned the paperwork, removed the slavery for him and the tribe, and returned them to freedom.

Then I heard that Liu Ping was able to make him a big official of the imperial court, and this series of joys had already made him dizzy, and he didn't know why.

So much so that the Dolan patriarch said that he agreed to his marriage, but he did not hear it.

It wasn't until Sanqige woke him up that he silently came to Liu Ping, knelt on the ground as if he was worshipping a god sincerely, and said earnestly: "Master, from today on, Butu's life is yours, as long as you have any orders, Butu will never frown." ”

"Come with me," Liu Ping smiled, called him aside, and asked in a low voice, "Do you have any way to startle the horse raised by Qubei." ”

"That's not easy, I just need to do a little bit of tricks on the horns, and the horse will naturally be shocked when he hears it," Immediately after, Butu's eyes lit up, and he whispered: "The master wants to change the horse that has gone to the low?" ”

"Clever," Liu Ping praised and asked, "Do you have a way to do it?" ”

"It's very difficult to change horses in Qubei's hands without letting him find out, after all, there are many people who know horses under Qubei," Butu continued, "but it is easy to sell them to that Han man and then exchange them."

The horse they just got couldn't be controlled at all after the horse was frightened, and they could replace it for him without realizing it. ”

"Good! That's it," Liu Ping happily patted Butu on the shoulder and said, "It's just that this matter needs to be done urgently."

Anyway, the patriarch of Dolan has already agreed to your marriage, and after we transport the horse back to Xudu, you will take the time to come back and get married. ”

"It's all at the master's command!" Butu said earnestly.

Liu Ping gave him such a big surprise today, and he had to do what he told him even if it was difficult to do, not to mention that it was not difficult for him.

In addition, they have a grudge against Qubei to exterminate the clan, which is equivalent to pitting Humility, and he is happy to do so.

……

Yuan Xi led his men to follow the big pawn to fetch the horses.

In fact, the terrain on the grassland is not flat, and riding all the way to Yuan Xidian, who is usually pampered, has seven meat and eight vegetables, and he has been bitter.

Finally, he saw a huge horse pen on the grassland, with a herd of tall horses in the pen, and Yuan Xi became happy.

Just now he had sent someone to deliberately release the news that he had defeated Cao Cao's envoy in the struggle for horses, and forced that Cao envoy to buy inferior horses, which was definitely a matter worthy of special mention for his father, who was so happy.

In this way, although he spent a lot of money on this trip, it was definitely a great achievement in the eyes of his father.

"Second son, please send someone to count the number, if there is no mistake, these horses are yours," Da Danghu pointed to the huge horse pen in front of him.

"It's good to say, it's good to say," Yuan Xi sent someone to count the quantity.

Someone is responsible for leading the horse out of the circle, and when one is pulled, someone counts.

After going on like this for nearly an hour, the count was completed, and an attendant came to report: "Second son, three thousand horses, one horse is not much, and one horse is not much." ”

"Okay," Yuan Xi nodded with a smile, and said to the big pawn, "In this way, we will leave." ”

At this time, it was almost noon, but the big pawn said: "When I came, King Xian instructed that a banquet had been prepared to see off the two envoys, and the second prince must be appreciative." ”

Although Qubei was quite disdainful of Yuan Xi's behavior, Yuan Xi was Yuan Shao's son after all, and this trip was on behalf of the Yuan family, and it would be rude to leave without even a meal.

"Haha, King Xian is really polite, please go back first, give me an order, let them take good care of the horses, and leave for the banquet immediately."

Dadanghu led his troops, rode fast horses, and soon disappeared into the grassland.

Yuan Xi also brought thousands of soldiers on this trip, otherwise he would not have been able to transport back so many horses.

He ordered the generals who led the army to escort the horses back slowly, so that they would soon catch up, and to be sure to keep an eye on the horses.

At this time, a complaining sound of bull's horn suddenly sounded on the grassland, and the sound was long and long.

Immediately afterwards, I saw that the herd of horses suddenly became agitated, and the sky could not stop roaring.

Suddenly, a horse spread its hooves and galloped towards the north, and in an instant all the horses followed the horse, and galloped like madness, and the sound of hooves was like a torrential rain, and the scene was magnificent.

The horses are like that, as long as there is a leader in the lead, all the horses follow.

Yuan Xi was dumbfounded for a moment, and shouted urgently: "The horse is startled, chase after it!" Chase! ”

The sergeants hurried to find their horses.

But the startled horses galloped so fast, and by the time they began to chase them, the herd had already crossed a gentle slope and were gone.

Yuan Xi couldn't get tired, and he also rode his horse in a hurry and chased after him to the north.

At this time, the horses had already completed the delivery with him, and if the horses were lost, it had nothing to do with the desirity, it was all his fault.

After chasing north for half an hour, a cavalry soldier in front of him came back and reported: "Second son, don't panic, our horse has been found, and we are drinking water by a river in front." ”

"Is it less?" Yuan Xi asked anxiously.

"A rough count, not a single horse is missing," said the soldier.

Yuan Xi calmed down a little, slowed down the speed of the horse, and walked forward to make tea, and sure enough, he saw his large group of horses drinking water slowly by the river, and he was no longer in the frightened state just now.

"It's so hanging, I finally didn't lose it," Yuan Xi ordered someone to count it again, wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and let out a sigh.

……

In a col deep in the grassland, Liu Ping looked at the large group of horses in front of him, frowned and asked Butu: "Have you changed it, what is the difference between this horse and the one bought from Dolan?" ”

It turns out that these horses have already been replaced by Butu.

After the horse is frightened, as long as the head horse is controlled with a leash, it is easy to reroute the horses, which is also the specialty of steppe men like Butu.

They then placed the inferior horses they had bought from the Dolan Department on the route of Yuan Xi's frightened horses.

Yuan Xi was chasing in the right direction, and after chasing it, he naturally mistakenly thought that it was his lost herd.

But Mo said that in Liu Ping's eyes, even generals like Tai Shici and Zhang Liao couldn't tell how these horses were different from the horses just now.

"Master, these are the best horses to be raised," Buttu had not yet spoken, and Sanqige had already stepped forward, his eyes shining, "You see how good the horse is, and how strong the flesh on the horse's legs is." ”

"The master is as heavy as a mountain to Butuen, how dare Butu discount the things he explains?" Butu's eyes widened, his face flushed, and he cursed and swore, "If you hadn't changed, Butu would have crashed to your death." ”

"Okay, good," Liu Ping hurriedly smiled: "It's me who is too worried, you will take the horses back first, and Daci will go to the banquet with me." ”

"Master, Ziyi is going to protect me alone, I'm afraid it's not safe, and the last general will go together," Zhang Liao hugged his fists.

"Your acting skills are not good," Liu Ping disliked Zhang Liao.

Later, when it comes to the humble banquet, they have to pretend to be extremely depressed because they bought a bad horse.

Zhang Liao and everyone else can't do it in this regard, only Tai Shici can.

Zhang Liao suddenly became messy in the wind, and he was a general, did he rely on his acting skills?

……

Liu Ping led Tai Shici back to his station.

Qubei has already put on a banquet and warm hospitality.

Not long after, the gray-faced Yuan Xi came with Xu You, and when he saw that Liu Ping had arrived first, he quickly touched his face with his sleeve and sat down with a calm look.

"The two messengers are going back today, this bowl of wine, this king respects the two," go and humble the bowl of wine, and drink it all.

Liu Ping and Yuan Xi are not good at drinking, so they just serve the bowl for a while.

In fact, going to the humble send-off banquet is also a courtesy, not forcing them to drink as much wine.

Qubei put down the wine bowl and said to Liu Ping: "This time the king did not sell the horse to the noble envoy, I hope the noble envoy will go back and explain to Cao Gong well."

In fact, the horses on my grassland are all the same breed of horses, there is no good or bad, they are all raised by people, and with Butu accompanying them, those horses in Dolan can also be raised in the future. ”

"Thank you, King Xian!" Liu Ping cried with a sad face, pretending to be helpless and said: "This is also a last resort, otherwise go back empty-handed, how to talk to Cao Gong?"

I hope that the virtuous king will keep it a secret for his subordinates. ”

As soon as he heard the word "confidentiality", Yuan Xi almost didn't squirt out a mouthful of water, thinking that he didn't have to wait for you to go back, the news of your buying a bad horse had spread all over the world, and there was a use in keeping it secret?

"I don't understand, if you buy so many bad horses and go back, can you hide it from Cao Gong for a while, and hide it for a lifetime?" Yuan Xi held his head high, but pretended to be thinking about Liu Ping and said: "The horses you bought can't be used as war horses, and Cao Gong will definitely understand."

I have an idea, there are so many horses, why don't you go back and open a carriage and horse shop, and after thirty or fifty years, maybe you can earn Cao Gong's money back? ”

In fact, Yuan Xi was still annoyed by Liu Ping's behavior of stirring up the situation at the beginning, otherwise he would not have spent so much money.

Fortunately, he changed his strategy in time and brought this matter to the dispute with the Cao family, so that he could save the day.

The so-called driving horse shop Yunyun is all a mockery of Liu Ping, how big is it to open a carriage and horse shop with 3,000 horses? What's more, the average horse can live for more than 30 years, how can it earn 30 or 50 years?

"Thank you Yuan Ergongzi for reminding me, I will consider it later," Liu Ping's concentration was good, and he couldn't help but laugh in the face of Yuan Xi's ridicule.

I don't know who is going to drive the horse shop.

At this time, Tai Shici could only turn his head, not letting people see his expression, but he wanted to let Lao Zhang come as soon as he knew, looking at the fool on the other side and smiling, he was more tired than fighting.

"Okay," Qubei couldn't look over, and waved his big hand: "There is a long way ahead, after the two envoys have dinner, let's hurry early."

The people stopped talking, and after they had eaten hastily, they took their leave.

……

Speaking of Yuan Xi alone, he led Xu You to ride a fast horse and soon caught up with his horse team.

With the false alarm just now, he no longer dared to be careless, and strictly ordered his sergeants to cheer up and take care of the horses.

The territory of the Southern Xiongnu was bordered by the state, and by evening they had entered the territory of the state.

As soon as he stepped into Yuan's territory, Yuan Xi's heart was even more stable, and after ordering him to set up camp, he invited Xu Yu to the tent for a drink.

"Mr. Ziyuan, have you ever seen Cao Envoy's expression at noon?" Yuan Xi couldn't hide his smugness, and his eyebrows fluttered: "That kid goes back, Cao Cao will never spare him." ”

Xu You was also in a good mood at this time, and he also had a share in this trip to buy horses and make meritorious contributions, not to mention that he came up with the idea of spreading the news.

"Haha, he still wants to let Qubei keep it secret for him, presumably the news is about to spread throughout the Central Plains at this time," Xu You said proudly with a wine bowl.

"This is all thanks to Mr. Ziyuan's clever plan, only to turn a mistake into a great achievement, and when I go back, my son will ask for credit for Mr. in front of his father."

"This is that Cao Envoy is just self-inflicted, he even thought of buying a bad horse to fill the number, and he knew that Cao Ah was a hidden person, how could it be so easy to deceive?"

Xu You and Cao Cao are old friends, and they are very familiar with Cao Cao's personality and temper, and Cao Cao's eyes can't tolerate sand.

Liu Ping is so foolish, he is dying by himself.

At this time, suddenly an attendant ran in in a panic, panting and saying hurriedly: "Second son, it's not good, our horse is dead!" ”