"Old man, you're so old, it's inconvenient to be crowded into a carriage with so many people, right?" Zhang Mad asked an old man beside him who was about the same age as himself, but much older than him.

The old man was obviously surprised to look at the arrogance, after all, the person in front of him was wearing brocade clothes, and under normal circumstances, he would not share a carriage with ordinary people like himself, they all took a taxi.

"Listening to my brother's accent, it doesn't look like a person from Yangzhou, Jiangnan, from the north, right?"

Zhang Mad laughed and said: "The elder brother has a good eye, he can see the identity of the elder brother at a glance, the elder brother is a person from northern Xinjiang, this is not because of a little thing in Yangzhou for a few days, in the inn idle to see the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, I didn't expect to go out by the public ..... Male..."

"Bus."

"Yes, yes, or the old brother has a clear mind, the old brother is not good, he can't remember it when he is older, the bus is full of streets, the old brother is very curious, I have been to Yangzhou a few times, when will there be this bus This kind of thing, it is really three years not to go out, the world has changed a lot."

The old man chuckled kindly: "It's not just your brother who was surprised, when the bus first came out, the whole Yangzhou was surprised, and we ordinary people who eat in the soil can't afford to buy a horse, so I think that one day I can ride such a precious thing in a carriage, and then I get used to it, and spend a few pennies to save a lot of effort, it's worth it!" ”

"Brother, but you see that this carriage is full of people, aren't you too bored to panic? Brother thinks it's difficult to move his hands and feet, and it's certain that his back and legs are numb after sitting for a long time. ”

"No way, there was no such crowding before, and then because of long-distance transportation, there were three times more people coming and going in Yangzhou than before, squeezing a little bit of it, it was much easier than carrying old and heavy items all over the street, I was older, I couldn't walk a few steps in the past, I was out of breath in the past, it was different to take a carriage, and it was half an hour from the south of the city to the north of the city, and I could do a lot of things in the remaining hours."

"Oh, old man, can anyone take this bus?"

"Of course, anyone can sit, as long as you don't bring pigs, horses, cattle and sheep to the carriage, anyone can sit on it, bring some goods and food or something, not to mention how convenient it is, the horseman thinks thoughtfully, and also specially engaged in the carriage for women, only those little daughters-in-law are allowed to ride, saying that it is to avoid men and women not kissing, alas, we poor families can still take care of that, but the horsemen are really thinking about us, we can't know whether it's okay. If you want something bigger, there is a carriage at the city gate that pulls the goods, and it is more convenient to pay more than anything else. ”

"It seems that these horsemen are all good people."

"That's not it, no one in Yangzhou City doesn't think about their goodness, they all say that they are great good people, but if you want to say that the biggest good people are still the Liu family, the idea of this bus is from the Liu family."

"The Liu family? That Liu family? ”

"This old man doesn't know, but I heard that it is a member of a family in Jinling, and you said that the staff of Jinling went to Yangzhou to make a living as a carriage, I really don't understand what they think."

Liu Mingzhi didn't want to, but there was no horse farm in Jinling, and if it was a big expense to transport the horses to Jinling, it would be better to use local materials, and add the Hong family's timber business to build a carriage, I don't know how much trouble it would save.

Zhang Mad's eyes flickered, and he said softly: "Jiangnan Liu family." ”

"Brother, thank you, I'm getting off the bus."

"You walk slowly."

After Zhang Mad got out of the car, looking at the moving carriage, suddenly his ears were excited, this horse is a little different, after a long time of battlefield Insolence suddenly felt that these horses pulling the cart are different, not to mention that these horses are not comparable to those old horses, just the sound of horses' hooves is different from the cavalry under their own subordinates, as for where the difference is too late to think deeply, the carriage has already traveled far.

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

Zhang Yan shook his head slightly: "It's nothing, maybe I'm confused"

"Master, if you want to say that this Liu family is really good, they are willing to build these luxurious carriages for ordinary people to use, I don't know how many times stronger than those blood-drinking gentry."

"Okay? It's too popular to be a good thing! Zhang said softly.

Zhang Sanyi didn't hear clearly for a while, and said suspiciously: "Master? ”

"The bus is watching, let's go see the taxi, Yangzhou, there are too many interesting things."

After sitting in the rental carriage for a while, Zhang shouted to the coachman, there was no messy talk and laughter in the carriage, he felt more and more that the sound of the horse's hooves outside the carriage was a little wrong, compared to the dull sound of the horse's hooves of the cavalry horses under his command, the sound of the horse's hooves pulling the carriage in Yangzhou was too crisp, as if it was the sound of hitting a musical instrument, which was somewhat pleasant.

The driver groom grabbed the reins of the horse: "Distinguished guest, have you arrived at the place?" Thank you very much for taking the Yangzhou taxi carriage, welcome to your next visit, and wish you a happy life. ”

Zhang Madness jumped out of the carriage and did not speak, and turned around the horses pulling the cart, although the coachman was puzzled, he did not stop it, and looked at it a few times, the horses were all first-class horses, but there was still a gap compared to the horses of the Northern Xinjiang Cavalry, why did he feel different?

Insolent pointed at the groom: "Drive the carriage around." ”

The groom whipped twice, and the carriage moved a few meters.

"Stop."

Insolence squatted down and lifted the horse's hooves, but the horse wanted to break free but was restrained by insolence and couldn't move: "Coachman, what is inlaid on this horse's hoof?" ”

The coachman came out of the carriage of the Ma family, so he naturally knew what the horseshoe was, but Ma Biao got Liu Mingzhi's order to give a dead mouth, and no one was allowed to publicize it.

"Guest, there's nothing else to do, and the small ones are going to solicit customers, can you let me go?"

"No, if you tell me what is embedded in the horse's hoof, I'll let you go."

"Distinguished guest, the little one doesn't understand, don't embarrass the villain, the villain is a coachman, and the little one doesn't know anything."

Zhang Mad stood up and stared at the coachman fiercely: "Give you another chance, what is inlaid on the horse's hooves?" ”

Who is Insolence? Stationed in northern Xinjiang for decades, thousands of battles, the old talent killed in the sea of corpses and blood, this kind of momentum is unbearable even for the generals under his command, not to mention a carriage and horse that raises horses, was stared at by the tigers, the coachman only felt cold, as if he was stared at by a hungry tiger for three days, and he had no strength and suddenly collapsed to the side of the carriage.

"What's on the horse's hoof?" An emotionless word came out of the arrogant mouth.

The coachman's eyes were distracted: "Horseshoe." ”

"What is a horseshoe? Why is it inlaid on a horse's hoof? ”

"A horseshoe is a shoe for the horse's hooves, which prevents the horse's hooves from being worn out during running and can protect the horse's hooves from damage."

Zhang was full of excitement, hurriedly looked at the rest of the horses' hooves, sure enough, each horse's hooves were staring at the horseshoe, no wonder the bus horses could still walk like flying with such a large carriage, and they didn't care that the horses' hooves would be hurt on the stone slabs of the street, it turned out that this thing was a ghost, if it was the horses of the Northern Xinjiang cavalry.......

"How long do horseshoes last? How much silver is a pair? ”

"Generally, it can be used for about a year, and thirty copper coins can be used to create a pair."

The horseshoe is thirty wen, and a war horse can be replaced for more than 100 taels of silver, which is simply the country's heavy weapon.

"Where?"

"Yangzhou Wangjia Iron Shop."

"San'er, lead the way to the Wangjia iron shop."

After Zhang Madness left, the coachman sweated and slumped to the ground, this kind of taste of choosing people to eat is really uncomfortable.