Kou Ji wants to leave the horse in Baozhou, which is destined to become a land of right and wrong in the future.

In the future, the soldiers and civilians of Baozhou will inevitably shed blood and tears in order to protect his horses.

Seeing that Kou Ji was silent, the old man asked suspiciously: "Do you think it's inappropriate for villains and others to call you Xiao Kou Gong......

Kou Ji slowly came back to his senses, shook his head and smiled: "It has nothing to do with this. I was just thinking about something else. ”

The old pawn nodded stunnedly and asked, "Have you encountered a problem and need the help of villains and others?" ”

Kou Ji smiled: "It's not a difficult ......"

Kou Ji pointed to the herd of horses behind him and chuckled, "Do you see the herd of horses behind me?" ”

The old pawn was stunned for a moment, and grinned: "I saw it from afar, but you didn't mention it, and the little old man didn't dare to ask more." ”

The old pawn didn't pay much attention to the horses behind Kou Ji.

With Koji's identity, it is not unusual to be able to get such a group of horses.

Kou Ji pointed to the horses and said, "How about teaching these horses to you in the future?" ”

The old man was stunned when he heard this, and the people of Baozhou behind him were also stunned.

The old pawn stared at the group of horses, gritted his teeth and said, "If you let the villain wait for someone to raise them, the villain will wait for someone to raise them." ”

Kou Ji raised his eyebrows slightly, and laughed in a low voice: "Aren't you afraid that those horse officials will be embarrassed?" Not afraid of the imperial court's horse political constraints? ”

The old man stared at Kou Ji and said seriously: "As long as it is something you entrust, even if it is a life, the villain and others are not ambiguous." ”

The old pawn's voice landed, and the Baozhou people behind him nodded their heads together.

Kou Ji grinned and said, "With your words, I'm relieved." You may wonder why I have such a large herd of horses, and I don't take them back to Bianjing to raise them myself, so why should I entrust them to you.

I can tell you, because these horses are different from other horses. ”

The old pawn was stunned, his eyes recoiled on the horses, and he nodded: "Little Lao'er didn't look carefully just now, but now if you look carefully, all of them are good horses." Among them, there are many high-class horses of the Liao State.

It's really different from other horses.

Gotta be careful......"

Kou Ji said seriously: "It's not about serving carefully, it's about serving ...... carefully."

The old pawn tilted his head and looked at Kou Ji in a daze.

He didn't understand what Kou Ji meant.

He didn't think that Kou Ji was squeezing them by letting them raise horses, but he felt that Kou Ji's words had another meaning.

Kou Ji saw the old pawn's doubts, and said in a deep voice: "I haven't been castrated......"

The old pawn's eyes widened suddenly.

He stared at Kou Ji in disbelief and said, "You...... What did you just say? The little old man didn't hear clearly. ”

"I haven't emasculated ......"

The old pawn straightened his ears and listened to Kou Ji's words sincerely.

Moment.

His eyes fell on the herd of horses, as if he were looking at a rare treasure.

He shuddered, "That's ...... That's all treasures......"

Kou Ji nodded, "In the eyes of many people, they are indeed treasures. ”

After a pause, Kou Ji said seriously: "Before entrusting Ma to you, I want to explain the stakes to you in advance. ”

The old pawn looked at Kou Ji and questioned, "Isn't this horse yours?" ”

Koji shook his head and said, "Horses are my horses, but there are many people who think about them. Once they stay in Baozhou, you Baozhou will inevitably become a place of right and wrong. When the time comes, someone will inevitably plan these horses.

If you dare to take it, I will stay in Baozhou.

If you don't dare to take it, I'll take the horse away. ”

When the old man heard this, he looked at Kou Ji solemnly and said, "You just entrust the horse to the villain and the others." The four armies around Baozhou have all received your favor. When you turn around, you will send someone to inform the other three armies and ask them to protect your horse.

If someone wants to steal your horse, you have to ask our 200,000 brothers if they agree. ”

After a pause, the old man said again: "Even if our 200,000 brothers can't stop us, there are nearly 300,000 women and children behind us......"

When Kou Ji heard this, he said solemnly: "Since you are willing to protect my horse with everyone's lives, then I am not afraid to tell you the truth. I raise horses, not for myself.

I raised horses in order to prevent the iron hooves of the Liao State from invading the territory of my Great Song Dynasty again. ”

The old pawn grinned, "Little Lao'er guessed it, and Xiao Lao'er also had this thought." ”

The two looked at each other and laughed.

With the old pawn's promise, Kou Ji can also rest assured that he can leave the horse in Baozhou.

Of course, he didn't just entrust his horse to the soldiers and civilians in Baozhou.

Kou Ji smiled and said: "You just have to rest assured that you can raise horses, Ma Guan, Ma Zheng, I will take care of it." I won't let people interfere with your horses. But you must give me the horses to grow better, and don't give me less and less. ”

Kou Ji seemed to be joking, but the old pawn replied very seriously: "Without the constraints of Ma Guan and Ma Zheng, the villain and others will definitely make the horse herd grow stronger and stronger."

There is no shortage of horse-raising manpower in the army, and there are even a few families that have been raising horses for generations.

It's just that the imperial court always sends some people who don't know how to raise horses to come over and point fingers, and finally raise good horses into bad horses. ”

The old man said that this was a maladministration of the imperial court, and it was also a common problem in the way the Great Song Dynasty handled it.

"It's going to be ...... later"

Kou Ji then said something, as if he was perfunctory, and as if he was talking to himself.

The old pawn selected one or two among the people, selected a dozen dolls, and asked them to help the guards of the Kou Mansion drive the horses into the city.

Kou Ji originally thought that more than a dozen dolls would be frightened by the majestic posture of the horses running and fled.

But I didn't expect that these dozen dolls were riding, even if they didn't use the saddle, they also dragged the horse's mane and landed firmly on the horse's back.

Looking at the bright smiles of the dolls on horseback, Kou Ji felt a little ashamed in his heart.

The dolls' smiles were simple, as happy as if they had received a beloved toy, but Kou Ji always felt that they were laughing at themselves, mocking him, a great official of the imperial court, who could not ride a horse.

Koji kicked the unassuming donkey in his crotch and made it try to catch up with the horse.

The donkey seemed to be deliberately against him, taking three steps, stopping one, and then gnawing wildly at the fresh grass by the roadside.

Kou Ji was forced to jump off the back of the donkey and walked into Baozhou with the old pawn.

Re-entering Baozhou, Baozhou gave Kou Ji an impressive feeling.

During the war, Baozhou was like an airtight war fortress, filled with a large number of soldiers and horses, ordnance, grain and grass, and there were no other miscellaneous people.

Baozhou, which is calm, is like a prosperous bazaar, with people coming and going, cars and horses running rampant, and there are countless small merchants and hawkers.

Experienced war after war.

The people of Baozhou did not flee from this place, they still stayed on this land, making Baozhou prosperous after the war.

The four words that the homeland is difficult to leave inexplicably came to Kou Ji's heart.

Even if the homeland is wounded and damaged, it is difficult for the people who live on it to abandon this land that gave birth to him and raised him.

"Compared with previous years, there are a lot more people in Baozhou City......"

The old man didn't understand Kou Ji's mood, he saw that Kou Ji's gaze had been wandering over the people of Baozhou City, so he explained with a smile: "In previous years, there were not so many people...... Ever since you asked the women and children in the army to raise pigs, cattle, and sheep at home, there have been more people in Baozhou City. ”

The old pawn said this without beginning or end, but Kou Ji understood what he meant.

The women and children in the army are all people who have suffered a lot, and now they have finally settled down and raised cattle, sheep and livestock, and they are definitely reluctant to eat, so they will be sold in the market.

After a long time, it will naturally attract many businessmen to come and do business, and Baozhou City will naturally become more prosperous than before.

There are quite a few women and children in the army, and they raise cattle and sheep, so naturally it is impossible to raise them one by one.

In order to make up the cattle and sheep cubs for them, Kou Ji and Chen Lin both posted money behind their backs.

But neither of them used public funds, which did not allow them to do so.

So Chen Lin took Zhao Zhen's private money, and Kou Ji also took his own private money.

Although Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji did not talk about this matter in the open, the two of them tacitly had already designated Baozhou and the place where the four armies around Baozhou belonged as their own reserved land.

This place is Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji, the common self-reserved land, what they do in it, they will not let others interfere, and they hate to let others interfere.

Because this is their common territory, and it is the only territory they have been able to control so far.

After Baozhou City, you will be greeted by huge waves of wheat.

Although the time has not yet reached May, some of the wheat that can't wait has begun to quietly turn yellow.

One green, one yellow.

When the wind blows, the green and yellow tumble, mixing together, forming a wave of wheat.

Kou Ji stared at the tumbling wheat waves, extremely proud.

The old pawn was also proud, and when the old pawn saw the wind blowing the wheat waves, he said excitedly: "This is our crop, and the official family remembered that we have made meritorious contributions in guarding Baozhou, and we have been exempted from taxes for five years."

The wheat that comes out of the field is our own.

If you can stay in Baozhou for a few more days, you will be able to eat this year's new grain. ”

Seeing that Kou Ji was silent, the old man said regretfully: "Little old man forgot, your noble person is busy." ”

"But it doesn't matter, when the new food comes down, Xiao Lao'er will send someone to send you some over."

The old man said with a bright smile on his face.

Kou Ji smiled knowingly, "Then I'll wait for you to bring new grain over in Bianjing City, and when the time comes, not only will I eat it myself, but I will also invite the official family to taste it." ”

The old pawn was stunned for a moment, and grinned: "Then won't our grain become tribute food?" ”

Kou Ji's face sank, and he pretended to be angry and said: "That's not good, the court doesn't give money for tribute grain." They want to make them pay for it. ”

The pawn was amused by Kou Ji's words.

The two talked and laughed and continued to move forward.

Since they carried a large number of horses, they could not be too close to the wheat fields, for fear that the horses would not be restrained and the grain would be wasted.

So the two walked along the other side of the avenue.

After walking for a while, I bumped into two bare-bottomed sheep herding babies.

The old pawn's face darkened, "That one, didn't let the doll run out in pants?" ”

A doll came riding an old ox.

Hearing the old man's words, he said with a smile: "My father said that Kou Gong was afraid that his uncles and uncles would freeze to death, so he even took off his pants and gave them to his uncles and uncles.

We're learning from Kou Gong......"

When Kou Ji heard this, he couldn't cry or laugh.

When the old man heard this, his face turned red, this rumor was actually spread by him, and he mainly said it so so that future generations would remember Kou Ji's goodness.

Now that the dolls said this in front of Kou Ji, he was a little ashamed.

He stared at the dolls and shouted, "Nonsense, don't go back and put on pants yet." ”

"If you don't wear it, you won't wear it, we have to learn from Kou Gong'......"

"It's so cold, don't wear pants, be careful of freezing the little finch...... If it's really a frozen little finch, let you go into the palace to be Gong Chen's companion......"

"That's not bad! My father said that although Chen Gong did not have small finch, he was better than those men in the court. ”

“……”

The old man said that he couldn't get naughty dolls, so he was angry and pretended to beat them, scaring them into going home and wearing pants.

Scares away the dolls.

The old pawn was a little embarrassed to come to Kou Ji's side, and said in a low voice: "Let you see the joke......"

Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "Tong Yan Wuji......"

After a pause, Kou Ji asked, "The children have no clothes to wear?" ”

The old pawn hurriedly shook his head and swore an oath: "Yes! There are two sets for one person. It's all given by Gong Chen. I don't know where Chen Gong got the clothes, although they are a little worn, but they can still be worn by sewing and mending, and they are just enough to make clothes for the dolls.

Chen Gongke stared at the dolls' clothes one by one. ”

Chen Lin...... The face is cold and the heart is hot! ”

Kou Ji then sighed.

I heard someone say indifferently: "Why does the old man think that your words are uncomfortable." ”

Speak of the devil.

As soon as Kou Ji mentioned Chen Lin to the old pawn, Chen Lin walked out of the weeds on the side.

Kou Ji said with a stunned face: "Why are you squatting in the grass, and you are still squatting so hidden?" ”

Chen Lin patted the weeds on his body, and said with a dark face: "Recently, a few black-hearted people arrived in Baozhou, and they saw that the dolls in Baozhou were running blindly in the fields on weekdays, and no one was to control them, so they became ill-willed.

The old man pinched eight to death with his own hands, and a few more were not found, and the old man followed these dolls, just waiting for these black-hearted people to appear, and then pinched them to death one by one. ”

Kou Ji said faintly: "That is indeed a crime that deserves death." ”

Chen Lin snorted coldly and did not speak.

Kou Jiba smacked his lips and said, "I thought you only cared about the official family, but I didn't expect you to care about these dolls." ”

Chen Lin snorted coldly: "Those little faces, when they laugh, are like the sun, which makes the old man feel warm, can't the old man keep their smiling faces?" ”

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "It should be, it should be ......"

When Chen Lin heard this, the expression on his face softened a little, he glanced at the horses behind Kou Ji, and pouted, "Deceived from Liaoguo?" ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "What is a lie?" I brought it back in the open. ”

Chen Lin snorted twice and said, "Look at their hooves, coat color, and body shape, they are all good." It's all good horses......

Kou Ji stared at Chen Lin unexpectedly, "You still know horses?" ”

Chen Lin said disdainfully: "Except for you, the old man understands ......."