"Pavilion chief, three thousand dollars, no more!"

"Otherwise, this horse is obviously worth six or seven thousand dollars, how can I be less than you?"

In the Huyang Pavilion, Heifu and Ju are engaged in a unique bargaining, the seller Ju is vigorously lowering the price, and the buyer Heifu is vigorously raising the price......

It turned out that Fang Caiju came to visit and said that Heifu had saved his daughter's life, but he had nothing else to repay, and he had a fairly good horse at home, and he was too old to ride, hoping that Heifu would accept it.

Heifu didn't even think about it, so he flatly rejected the foal's offer.

He said solemnly: "Not to mention that I help you find your daughter, but it is my duty. It is said that Qin Law does not allow officials to accept bribes in private, and if they pass a penny, they will be a city! This horse is worth at least a few thousand dollars, and if you give it to me, you will not benefit me, but it will harm me. ”

In the Qin State, if you give and accept bribes up to one copper coin, you will be punished by tattooing on your face and serving hard labor, which can be called the strictest period in history to control corruption, and it can be compared with the Ming Taizu period, although there are people who can be trusted next to you, but Heifu does not want to defy the law, and bury his future for the sake of greedy profits, it is not worth it.

This made the horse anxious, and he hurriedly said that he was not a bribe, but a favor.

"There is no distinction between giving a favor and giving a bribe in the law."

As he spoke, Hefu looked at the horse, but saw that it was red, with smooth hair, and no damage. The shape of the horse's hooves is the same, the height of the shoulders is about the same as that of the black man, the eyes are bright, the horse's mouth is covered with a horse's chew, and the reins hang down, but there is only a "sheath" on the back to pad the buttocks, no saddle, and no stirrups......

Ju said that he worked in the cattle and horse farm in the township, and took care of the livestock on weekdays, and sure enough, his horses were very strong. Although Heifu didn't understand Soma, Liham on the side knew a little, and after walking around the horse, he said to Heifu that this was indeed a good horse.

Heifu couldn't help but have a thought, the time before Qin and Chu fought was getting shorter and shorter, and he not only had to practice swordsmanship and archery, but also maybe learn to ride a horse and drive. These are all necessary skills for the military officials of the Qin State, and with the horses to travel, the time to go to the county seat or go home can also be shortened by half, and he doesn't have to wait on the side of the road for a ride every time he takes a break.

When the colt was saddened by the failure to give the horse, Hefu suddenly said that it was better to buy the horse at his own expense!

So, there was this scene of the two bargaining.

"Six thousand six hundred dollars, it can't be less, if it's less, I'm taking advantage of you by favor."

After some concessions, Heifu set the price, he was rewarded with more than 5,000 yuan last time, plus some savings, just enough.

So he called out to the horse, took the money and the horse, and went with him to the township, and asked the officials of the township to testify, and the two of them made a deed, keeping half of each, and the transaction was legally completed.

The townspeople were surprised by this, because although the Qin State stipulated that officials were not allowed to benefit, Heifu and Ju did not have an official relationship now, and if it was a private gift, in fact, it did not need to be punished by the law, but Heifu said with a straight look: "If you lose your horse, you can't ride a horse; Without Paul, you will have horses for life. I am not a person of moral integrity, but I am afraid of the legal throne and dare not take ......"

After speaking, Heifu led the horse away under the guidance of everyone in the township and city.

The colt held the heavy copper coin, looked at the back of Heifu in the distance, and his heart was mixed, so he could only bow down and thank him.

On the other side, the black man who left the market looked at the horse that already belonged to him, and his eyes widened.

The horse was a little recognizable, and when the foal had gone, it snorted a little uneasily, and looked at the big black man in front of him with a scrutinizing gaze, and then the black man suddenly remembered a question.

"I don't know how to ride a horse!"

He is not the kind of Qing clan concubine who is talented, he can ride a horse and shoot a fierce bow and shoot a bear as soon as he crosses, and he doesn't dare to ride alone on the twists and turns of the path, and if he falls down and breaks his neck, it will be funny.

So Heifu could only lead the horse and slowly walk back to Huyang Pavilion......

……

After this day, when he met people in the village, he said that Heifu was an honest man. And Hef's sentence "If you lose your horse, you can't ride a horse; If you don't have Paul, you will have a horse for life", which also spread through the mouth of the township officials and spread to the county seat, but it washed away a lot of the image of the "cool official" left by Heifu because of the last case.

Righteousness, bravery, and honesty are both virtuous, and they have repeatedly solved cases, making the place safe, and in the eyes of the people of Anlu County, Heifu is almost a perfect Qin official.

How can such a person be subservient to a small pavilion chief? Some people have already begun to avenge Heifu.

Heff was unaware of the change in his reputation, and spent the whole month of May learning how to ride a horse.

Horses are very important in ancient China, because of their great use in warfare, transportation, etc., it was called the head of the "six animals" very early, at first horses were only used for driving, to the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, gradually began to ride a single horse, and so on to Zhao Wuling King Hu Fu riding and shooting, the wind of riding horses is popular throughout the north......

Nanjun is the land of the Jianghan water network, and there are more boats than horses, but the government still breeds a lot of horses in the pasture, and there are two large horse ranches in Anlu County. There are also a lot of private horses, generally speaking, people with the title above the "hairpin" basically have to own horses, because the original meaning of the hairpin is the group generation of the horse, so this title is also called "walking horse", which means that you can bring your own horses to the battlefield.

Although Heifu is a small master, this horse can still afford to raise. The reward he received was more than 20,000 yuan, excluding the purchase of cattle and horses for the family, there were several thousand left, which could meet the beans and drafts that the horses ate every day - Heifu did not dare to embezzle the beans and drafts in the pavilion, and not only was it not allowed to accept bribes in the Qin State, but it was also forbidden to use public grain for private use, this kind of behavior was like taking a public card in later generations to refuel a private car, once it was discovered, it would be punished for theft.

Since the case in the blind mountains, perhaps because they are afraid of their reputation as "Huyang Pavilion Five", all the miles in the jurisdiction of the pavilion are honest, and even the idle people have disappeared, so throughout June, official business suddenly became idle.

Hefu also had a lot of time to ride the horse out for a walk after feeding the horse.

In those days, there were no saddles, only sheaths, and no stirrups, so it was not easy to ride a horse. Fortunately, Lixian in the pavilion was the only one who could ride a horse, and he taught Heifu some lessons.

"The horse may be disobedient when controlling the horse, don't be afraid at this time, the more scared you are, the worse you will ride. The beast is clever enough to sense whether a man can ride a horse or not, and if he is afraid of it, if he knows that he cannot ride a horse and is afraid of it, it will not take man into account and not listen to orders at all. ”

"Don't be afraid to fall off your horse, if you accidentally fall, if it's okay, get back on the horse as soon as possible."

Heifu also knew from him that in those movies about horses, meek, kind, human, etc., as long as people are gentle to them, horses will definitely be gentle to people, only for veterans, not for beginners.

The truth is that horses are very proud animals, and when you are a newcomer, most of the horses do not take you seriously. You have to run, it doesn't run, you have to go left, it has to go to the right, you have to move forward, it has to bow its head and graze.

At this time, what Heifu had to do was to be strict and decisive with the horse, and tell it to obey himself. Horse riding is the process of taming, letting the horse know who is the owner, so that it can carry out your will without hesitation. So at the beginning be strict with the horse, if you want to move forward, you must drive forward, if you want to be still, you must stop, if it is disobedient, control it with the reins, and slowly cultivate its obedience to people.

After the horse understood who the real owner was and began to be obedient, Heifu also got along with it for more than a month, feeding it and training it every day, and gradually developed a tacit understanding. At first, he only dared to walk slowly, but gradually he could trot, and even clamped the horse's belly tightly with his legs, allowing it to let go of its legs and gallop......

One day in early July, the autumn harvest is approaching, Heifu rides on the road to the township, Anlu County has a good year this year, after the autumn, the rain is more abundant, and the millet rice in the field begins to slowly change color, from lush and green to golden. When the autumn wind blows, the yellow crops fluctuate, and a smell of rice mixed with heat hits the nostrils. From afar, you can see the fields full of human figures, making their last work before the autumn harvest.

When Heifu was about to reach the village, he turned a corner, and prepared to follow the path through a liju to a garden a few miles away, with a hundred acres of pasture, which was a good place to practice his horse skills.

Although this is not part of Heifu's jurisdiction, but riding on a horse, Heifu still subconsciously looks around to see if there are idle people in the middle of the house, which is the occupational disease of the pavilion chief.

Just as he was about to walk out of the gathering, he suddenly heard a frightened exclamation next to him.

"Murdered!"

Startled by the shouting, the horse jerked up its forelegs and let out a neighing that nearly knocked Hafu off!

PS: New Year's greetings to everyone, Happy New Year.