Chapter 151: The Wounded Horse
"Dong Weng! This is Nishishi! ”
Under the leadership of Xu Jie, Merton and his party came to the west of Chang'an City. [No pop-ups. During the Sui and Tang dynasties, commercial development was actually encouraged, and when Chang'an City was built, it was specially divided into two cities, east and west, for commercial development.
Compared with the exquisite prosperity of the East Market, the West Market is much rougher, and the slightly lowly industry of the car and horse shop is also planned in the West Market.
"Young Master! Look at that bearded man who looks so weird! Tie An looked at a curly-haired and blue-eyed Hu Ren skillfully dealing with the vendors, and said in surprise.
"Blonde and blue-eyed, so scary!" Mo Er is also in line with the Tao.
"That's the Hu people of the Western Regions! Don't look at the ferocity, in fact, it is the most realistic, and it is much easier to do business with it than Datang merchants! Xu Jie said.
As the starting point of the Silk Road, Chang'an City will of course attract many people from the Western Regions, especially in recent years, the prestige of the Tang Dynasty has increased day by day, and countless adventurers from the Western Regions have come to pan for gold.
"Blonde and blue-eyed is just caused by the different living environment of the Hu people, its essence is no different from our normal people, not to mention blonde hair and blue eyes, in the south of the extreme west, people there are born with dark skin, like black charcoal, the ancestors of the Mo family called it black, we have yellow skin, we are yellow, and blonde and blue-eyed are fair-skinned, we are Caucasian!" Merton simply popularized the three major races, which immediately caused the three of them to exclaim, even if Xu Jie traveled south and north, he had never heard of such a surprising thing.
There are many Hu people in Chang'an City, and as the four of them go deep into the West Market, there are even many shops opened by Hu people, who speak fluent official dialect and bargain with the people skillfully, which is no different from the Tang people.
The people of Mojia Village have just come to Chang'an City, and everything in the West Market feels very novel.
Cars and horses in the West Market!
"Dong Weng! This is the largest horse trading center in Datang, whether it is a high-headed horse in the Western Regions or a Turkic horse with amazing endurance, everything is available! Xu Jie pointed to the horse pens, in which there were countless horses.
"Boom!"
"Shhh
The carriage and horse shop was full of horses, and the horse pens were full of horses, and the horses neighed constantly.
"Herod!"
A neighing sound like a dragon suddenly attracted the attention of Morton and the others.
"Young master, look at that horse!" Tie An pointed to a tall and unusual horse in surprise, the horse's coat was snow-white, without any variegation, shining in the sunlight, like a silver thread.
"A few ministers! This is a Turkic horse, named Thunder, and it is the leader of a herd of wild horses, but it took a lot of manpower to catch it. A man in Tsing Yi saw Merton and a few people, was attracted to him, and immediately greeted him and greeted him warmly.
"Three thousand! So expensive? Tie An looked at the price and immediately exclaimed.
Three thousand guan, even if the rich people in Chang'an City are bankrupt, it is not worth three thousand guan! And at this moment, a horse costs 3,000 yuan, and it is really not as good as a horse.
"If it's too expensive, I have some other war horses here, all of which are first-class good horses!" The guy in Tsing Yi didn't even want to sell the BMW Thunder at once, it was just a sign of the horse dealership to attract customers!
The Tsing Yi guy led Merton and his party to another horse ring, the horses in this horse pen are fat and healthy, and their coats are bright, although they are not as good as thunder, they are not bad in appearance, they belong to the top horses, and they are the most profitable.
"Two hundred!"
"Three hundred!"
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Tie An and Mo Er looked at the staggering prices! Shaking his head, Mojia Village has just become wealthy, and the previous hard and simple style has long been imprinted in his bones, where is he willing to spend so much money.
"I'm waiting for this time to come mainly because I want to buy a horse pulling a cart!" Xu Jie said.
The face of the man in Tsing Yi suddenly lost his spirit, and he led Merton and his party to the largest horse pen, where the horses were generally short and thin! And the varieties are more mixed.
"Dong Weng! The cart was elected as a Turkic horse, although it was short, but its endurance was amazing, and secondly, the Shuzhong horse of the Tang Dynasty could also be used, and the other horses were inferior. Xu Jie analyzed Merton.
"This objective is also a knowledgeable person, an ordinary Turkic horse is forty runs, a Shu horse is thirty runs, and other local horses are twenty-five runs!" The Tsing Yi guy quoted.
"It's so expensive, Tsing Yi guy, we sold a lot this time, can you get a discount." Mo Er said.
According to Xu Jie's estimate, Mojia Village needs at least nearly 200 horses this time, and if you calculate it according to the moderately cost-effective Shu horse, it will cost nearly 6,000 yuan. Although Mojia Village has earned a lot during this period of time, after all, it is a big business, and the one-time expenditure of 6,000 yuan is also a huge expense.
"It's too expensive! It's too expensive, you buy these horses for five dollars a piece, just pick it? The man in Tsing Yi sneered, pointing to a messy horse pen in the innermost part.
"Five dollars a horse?"
"So cheap?"
Mo Er and Tie An exclaimed.
"Sick horse?"
Merton frowned and looked at the sluggish horses in the stable, and the horses in the other stables were also very active, but the horses in this stable, all of them were lifeless, and they didn't move for a long time.
"How can it be a sick horse, there are so many horses here, once there is a sick horse, it will be dealt with immediately, so as not to infect other horses, rest assured, these horses are not sick, but injured horses!" The Tsing Yi guy said that it was not that the Tsing Yi guy was honest, but that these injuries could not be concealed at all.
"Dong, look, the hooves of these horses have cracked!" Xu Jie pointed to the horse's hooves and motioned to Merton.
The horse's hooves are a layer of cuticles, once the heavy work is done, if the operation is not done properly, or if the force is too strong, it will cause the horse's hooves to crack, the most important thing for the horse is speed, and foot strength, once the horse's hooves crack, the horse's hooves are not strong, and the horse will be wasted!
"It's cracked, can't it just grow better?" Tie An wondered.
Xu Jie shook his head and said: "No matter how good a horse is, once the horse's hooves crack, it will be wasted, because the horse is different from other animals, it stands all day, and the weight of its whole body is pressed on the four hooves, once it cracks, it will not grow well!" As long as it moves, the wound will only crack and grow until it dies! ”
"Ahh
The crowd exclaimed! Looking at this horse pen in shock, no wonder these horses are so depressed, the horses are psychic, and obviously know their fate.
"It seems that this gentleman also has eyesight, and I won't hide it from you, for example, this horse is called Jueying! It's a famous horse on the same level as thunder, but because the horse's hooves are cracked, it's just here to die! The man in Tsing Yi pointed to a large but skinny horse road in the horse ring.
"Really?" Mo Er exclaimed.
They saw with their own eyes what a divine horse the thunder was, and the scrawny wounded horse in front of them turned out to be as famous as the thunder, everyone looked at it, and saw that there was an amazing crack on the back horse's hooves, and the flesh turned out, which was very scary. Originally, the Shadow was the same as the Thunderbolt, both of which were used by the horse store to attract customers, but unfortunately the Shadow was running wildly again and suddenly injured the horse's hooves, so there was a thunderbolt instead.
The forehead is bulging, the eyes are prominent, and the figure is well-proportioned, even if he is skinny, he can still distinguish it from other injured horses at a glance, Xu Jie nodded, I believe that if the guy in Tsing Yi is concerned, this absolute shadow was indeed a good horse once.
Seeing the crowd watching, the scream of the shadow pleading, the voice involuntarily revealed a trace of sadness, the eyes were rolling with tears, full of spirituality, and people couldn't help but feel heartache.
"Okay, I want it!"
Merton said suddenly.
A smile appeared on the face of the man in Tsing Yi, he said that the purpose of these is to see that Morton is young and impulsive, and try to deal with the Absolute Shadow, after all, he will not live long without dealing with the Absolute Shadow, if he smashes it in his own hands, he will definitely be punished, and if he can sell a dying horse for five dollars, he will definitely receive a reward from above.
"Okay, guest officer, I'll bring out the little one for you." The guy in Tsing Yi hurriedly said.
"No!" Merton said word by word, "I mean all the wounded horses, I want them!" ”
"Ahh
Not only the guy in Tsing Yi, but even Xu Jie and the others looked at Merton in disbelief, if Morton spent five dollars to buy peace of mind, it would be nothing! , but there are hundreds of injured horses in this horse ring, which is not a small amount!