Chapter 1175 Is It Cheating or Not
"This ...... That's the ...... It's also ......"
Lu Huan felt that he was arched by the eight-hundred-pound mountain, his mind was dizzy like a cloud, and he was completely shocked by Chen Xu's carrot taming method.
Watching the big black horse eat carrots from Chen Xu's hands comfortably, the remaining eight Dawan horses all came up in small steps, all shaking their heads and shaking their tails at Chen Xu, and even the two white horses took the initiative to add Chen Xu's hand, obviously currying favor with carrots.
"Yu, come and eat~" Chen Xu turned the bamboo basket upside down, and with a bang, a large number of carrots with fresh leaves fell to the ground.
"Hey~~"
Chen Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief, reached out and touched the top of the white horse's head, the white horse not only did not be afraid, but also affectionately arched him with his head and continued to eat carrots, and the performance of the white horse made Chen Xu more happy, reached out and touched several horses next to each other, and found that all the horses were very friendly.
Finally, Chen Xu walked in front of the big dark horse.
According to what Meng Yun said yesterday, this horse is the king of this group of horses.
And today's galloping Chen Xu also saw that this horse ran the fastest, and at the end of the day, it was a hundred zhang faster than the last horse.
Although fifty miles is only a hundred zhang faster, it doesn't seem to be too strong, but listening to the discussion of the onlookers, Chen Xu roughly understands that this horse has not used all his strength at all, in fact, there is still a lot of spare strength, basically belongs to the kind of running and playing, and he didn't sweat after running for fifty miles, so it can be seen that this horse is indeed incomparably powerful, and it is also one of the strongest in a hundred miles in the sweat and blood horse.
But now, the horse, whose black fur was as smooth and shining as silk, had given up all pride and dignity, and was munching on carrots with a group of companions.
It hadn't tasted the taste of its hometown for more than half a year, and it no longer had any superfluous thoughts at this time, and it was even less wary of Chen Xu.
Chen Xu's hand gently stroked the neck and back of the black horse.
The black horse snorted and flicked its tail in obedience.
"Sure enough, if you have milk, you are a mother!" Chen Xu reached out with emotion and grabbed the handle of the saddle front bridge, and stepped on the stirrup with one foot.
Yu Ji's nervous little face turned white, and she covered her mouth with both hands for fear of startling the horses by making a sound.
Although Shui Qingrou was also nervous, her worried expression was much calmer, and she could see that the wariness of the group of horses towards Chen Xu had almost disappeared at this time, not to mention that Chen Xu had followed her to practice the Taoist internal breathing technique in the past few years, and her body was extremely light and healthy, and she could still cope with ordinary dangers.
The First Emperor, Meng Yi, Feng Qujian and other princes and princesses, Yang Di, Jiufangkui and other folk Soma celebrities, tens of thousands of onlookers Xianyang people, more than a dozen Dawan merchants and envoys, at this time all eyes looked at Chen Xu nervously.
Except for the sound of nine horses clicking and eating carrots, the scene was quiet, as if the immobilization method had been cast.
"Hi~" Under the nervous gaze of the people he was talking to, Chen Xu's waist and arms were exerted at the same time, and he turned over and got on the horse with a light and vigorous movement, and sat firmly on the back of the black horse.
The black horse barely reacted at all, snorting slightly and wagging its tail to continue dealing with its food.
"Huh~~~" The onlookers instantly burst into cheers of great surprise.
"Master Hou is mighty~" There was an excited and cheerful roar from the crowd.
"Mighty~mighty~mighty~"
The crowd of onlookers couldn't help but raise their fists and start waving and shouting rhythmically.
Chen Xu's nervous heart slowly calmed down, he smiled and beckoned around, and then gently took the reins, "Don't eat, Benhou will let you eat enough later!" ”
As if he understood, the big black horse raised his head with a carrot in his mouth, and then very meekly carried Chen Xu and began to trot around the field.
Looking at the back of Chen Xu riding on the back of a black horse and waving to the people around him, a group of gentlemen all came back from their stunned eyes.
"Hiss~" Qi Lao Er wiped a handful of saliva, "Master Hou, is this considered cheating?" ”
"So-and-so also thinks it's cheating!" A sneer nodded.
"What about cheating? Those Dawan people didn't say that they couldn't seduce with carrots! Meng Yun spoke disdainfully, and at the same time looked at Chen Xu's back with a little more reverence, he had never understood this sister-in-law from the beginning, and now he couldn't understand it more and more.
"Such a simple way to train horses, I didn't even expect it, and I am ashamed to be called a celebrity in vain!" A look of shame appeared on the swarthy face of the nine squares who were watching.
"What Brother Jiufang said is that there are many strange people in the world, and a certain person thinks that Soma's skills are superb, but compared with Qinghe Hou, I found that I have always only looked at his skin!" Yang Yan also tugged at his beard and nodded and sighed.
"However, Hou Ye can see at a glance that this Dawan horse has been away from home for a long time, and it must be a poor diet to eat and stay all the way to the road, so it is easy to succeed with this Hu Cai temptation that was originally produced in the West. Next to him, another Soma celebrity who is also very famous in Xianyang, also agreed.
"There are people outside the sky, we can't continue to sit in the well and watch the sky in the Central Plains, I will go to the Western world in a few days, are you willing to go together!" Yang Yan turned his head to look at a few fellow practitioners around him.
"Hey, Brother Yang, don't worry, since there is still such a divine horse in the West, a certain one will naturally go, but there must be a follow-up to this matter, how can His Majesty the horse easily let the Dawan people control it, tomorrow I will go to visit the Marquis of Qinghe together, if we can get his guidance, wouldn't it be twice the result with half the effort?"
"What Brother Wang said is that I will go to visit the Marquis of Qinghe together tomorrow, and at the same time listen to his teachings to learn some Western things, and I can also watch these Dawan horses by the way!"
"I'll gather at the Eight Horses Garden tomorrow......"
"So good......
A group of high-level people in the Xianyang Soma world quickly reached an agreement, and a few minutes later, the big black horse also carried Chen Xu around the field with brisk steps, and finally stopped in front of the steps and turned over and dismounted.
"Your Majesty, the minister is fortunate not to dishonor his life and seduce...... Tame the Nine Great Horses! Chen Xu smiled and bowed to the First Emperor.
"Haha, good!" The First Emperor strode down the steps, stretched out his hand to hold Chen Xu's hand and smiled from ear to ear, "Aiqing's horse taming technique has been unheard of since ancient times, it is really eye-opening!" ”
"Hehe, Your Majesty praises falsely, the minister just looks at his color and follows his wishes, these horses have been tamed by the Dawan people, but their temperament is more violent and they are more wary of strangers, and the ministers use carrots to seduce them and obey them!" Chen Xu replied with a dry laugh.
"Haha, the word seduction is used very well, and the word is also used very well, these Dawan horses, in fact, there are little ladies who are not familiar with Quyuan, and they are obedient, but they are not gentle enough to push and half, just cast their liking and gently seduce them to naturally please and obey!" Nei Shi made Qi Tang laugh and pat his ass.
"Since it is to do what it likes, it is inevitable to know what it likes, how does Zuo Xiang know that this Dawan horse loves to eat carrots?" An official asked a question that was common to all.
When Fang saw Chen Xushen mysteriously take out a carrot from the bamboo basket, almost everyone was stunned.
But the performance of a group of horses quickly made everyone's mouths wide open enough to stuff a large duck egg.
A small carrot actually conquered a group of Dawan horses with a violent temper and a thousand gold.
After seeing the performance of Meng Yun and others on the river beach yesterday, if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes today, no one would believe this eye-popping ending.
Therefore, everyone's doubts are even worse now, Qinghe Hou has never been to Dawan, how do you know that these Dawan horses love to eat carrots?
"Yes, the young master will talk about the key to it, so that I can also understand the reason!" Qin Shi Huang also nodded slightly.
"Your Majesty, in fact, the reason is very simple, these sweaty and bloody horses followed these Dawan people all the way to Daqin, the wind, frost, rain and snow all the way is very hard, even if the forage eaten is exquisite, it is definitely purchased along the way or even eaten weeds, so these horses look neat and bright, in fact, the ministers are just up close, in fact, the fur is a little dark and dry, although the body is a god horse, but the fat is more severe, and the ribs have been exposed, which shows that the food on these roads is not good, or some are not adaptable, If it takes a long time, you will definitely get sick, and maybe many people will die of illness along the way......"
"Call the envoy of Dawan to come and interrogate!" After Chen Xu finished speaking, Qin Shi Huang instructed the interpreter to call the head of the Dawan envoy over, and asked the interpreter to ask the general situation of the Dawan envoy all the way to the face, and sure enough, as Chen Xu guessed, they set off from Dawan when they were thirty sweaty and bloody horses, some of which were injured and discarded when they crossed the green ridge, and some were sick after arriving in the Western Regions, and they were also abandoned locally, so the intermittent loss of sick and dead horses on the way to the road reached two-thirds, and only these ten horses were left after arriving in Xianyang.
"The young master is meticulous in his observations, and sure enough!" Qin Shi Huang sighed with emotion after hearing this, and a group of princes and princes couldn't help but nod their heads in surprise.
"At the beginning, our warriors conquered the Western Regions after the water and soil adaptation led to illness, thanks to His Majesty's compassion for the soldiers distributed enamel equipment, medicine and compressed military food, this solved this disease far away from the homeland, these horses are the same, far away from Xianyang water and soil adaptation, more than sixty percent of the casualties, so the minister judged that these horses must be very concerned about the food in their hometown, and the minister is indeed not good at the art of horse taming, so he used this method of seduction, but I didn't expect the minister to succeed!" Chen Xu explained his approach.
"Since it is used with cabbage, why does Zuo Xiang use carrots instead of coriander onions? If these horses don't like carrots and like coriander, wouldn't Zuo Xiang be able to succeed? Meng Yi, who was standing next to him, suddenly spoke.
Chen Xu looked up at Meng Yi and said faintly: "Coriander onion has a strong smell of this kind of cabbage, Doctor Meng can't do it to his own liking to the preferences of the world, the same is true for horses, I have fed all kinds of cabbage to the horses and pandas in my house, carrots love to eat, but coriander onions don't smell it, so I thought that Dawan's horses would definitely not be stupid enough to love coriander!" ”
Meng Yi twitched a few times and said angrily: "The old man just asked, what if these horses don't like to eat carrots?" ”
Chen Xu shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands: "Then you can only admit that you lost the bet, and then buy it for five hundred gold!" ”
"Meng Qing don't want to drill the tip of the horns, horses are smart things, naturally they will like sweet food like carrots, and it is the same when put on people, the young master has a careful insight and easily tames these horses, and I want to reward him heavily!"
Qin Shi Huang raised his hand and called Su Yue, the commander of the CRRC Mansion, and rewarded Chen Xu with 1,000 households and dozens of acres of grain fields and mountains and forests in one breath, as well as several cars of jewelry and silk, which immediately made a group of princes and princes drool with envy and jealousy.