Chapter 9: Getting Rich (5)
"Go back and tell your master, just say that this king has accepted these things, there are a lot of things that this king urgently needs, thank you for this king; Tang Bi arranged for the brothers to move things. ”
"No! Rajah. Tang Bi commanded.
"Hurry, hurry, bring the car over......"
"You guys ...... sloppy"
"Hurry, hurry; Get it all on board. ”
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After a busy night, everything was finally transported to the ship, and there was nothing left in the entire Rong family's private storehouse, even the clothes of the steward and the family were taken away; After the things are loaded, the next thing is much easier, the guard of the West Water Gate is still in the Daotai Yamen and has not woken up! As for the junior officers and non-commissioned officers guarding the Water Gate, Guo Qi gave each some silver and had already bought it; So more than 200 ships sailed west along the Cao River.
"Zhuo Yidao, Sun Guoqing, this king will hand over this batch of baggage to you, if there is any point of shaving his head, come to see him." On the dock, Guo Qi said to the two very sternly.
"No! Please rest assured, if there is one less grain of grain at that time, you will cut off the head of the lowly position. Zhuo Yidao assured Guo Qi.
After Guo Qi heard this, he turned over and got on his horse, and took Tang Bi and Ma Jiu and ten guards to go towards Jinguangmen, after Jinguangmen went out of the city, Guo Qi and others immediately turned around and went south, and went straight to Rong Zheng's horse farm outside the southern city; Horses, especially war horses, are the most scarce things now, and if Guo Qi can get these horses, he can also form a small cavalry team.
"Driving, driving, driving......" Guo Qi kept waving his horsewhip, and the war horse under his crotch galloped rapidly.
Suddenly, Guo Qi only grabbed the reins and shouted: "Hoo, hoo, hoo......" The war horse under his crotch raised his front hooves and stopped suddenly.
"Ma Jiu, how far is it from the Chengnan Racecourse?"
"Lord Wang, it's not far away, and we're here."
"You lead the way."
"No! Rajah. ”
After trotting for a while, at dawn, Guo Qi and Tang Bi and his party came to the Chengnan Racecourse, the entire Chengnan Racecourse occupies 100 acres of land, surrounded by a fence, and a stream passes through the racecourse, and the horses in the distant stables can be seen faintly outside the fence.
"What for? I don't know what kind of place this is, but I dare to look inside, roll, roll, roll...... Get out of here. The gatekeeper glanced at Guo Qi and the others and said.
However, Guo Qi could see from the eyes of the family that in addition to impatience, there was also a trace of greed, if it weren't for Tang Bi and the others wearing military uniforms and armor, I'm afraid this kid would have come up to grab the horse a long time ago.
Ma Jiu got off the horse, went up and slapped Jiading and said, "Blind your dog's eyes!" I didn't see the prince here! Don't hurry up and get down on your knees. ”
"The Ninth Master turned out to be you!" Jia Ding recognized Ma Jiu and said.
Ma Jiu patted the back of the head again and said, "This is the prince, don't kneel down yet." ”
After kneeling, the family said: "The villain visited the prince and asked the prince to forgive his sins." ”
Guo Qili didn't pay attention to the family, and went directly to the racecourse, and Ma Jiu climbed on the back of the horse and followed; Guo Qi rode a horse directly to the stable, rode around the stable, and looked at it, not to mention that there were more than 300 war horses in the stable.
When Guo Qi rode around the horse, Ma Jiu walked over with a middle-aged man, and Ma Jiu introduced to Guo Qi: "Lord Wang, this is my younger brother Ma Cheng, and he is responsible for the specific management of the entire Nancheng Horse Farm." ”
Guo Qi got down from his horse and asked Ma Ying, "How many war horses do you have here?" ”
"Lord Lord, there are a total of three hundred and seventy-four war horses here, of which there are one hundred and twenty-seven mares and sixty-three stallions that have not been castrated." Ma Cheng reported to Guo Qi.
"Lord Wang, these stallions that have not been castrated are all excellent Hexi war horses, which can be used as stallions, so that the mare can continue to give birth, and then we can breed more war horses." Ma Jiu said to Guo Qi.
Guo Qi nodded and asked Ma Jiu, "Have you made things clear to your brother?" ”
"Lord Wang, the villain has made it clear, our two brothers are willing to follow the prince from now on."
"Okay, Ma Cheng, you go and gather all the people in the horse farm, if you are willing to go with this king, go and pack your things now and bring your family, if you don't want to go with this king, each of you will give ten taels of silver and run for your life!"
"No! Rajah. Ma Cheng saluted Guo Qi and said, "The villain has another gift to give to the prince." ”
"Gifts?" Guo Qi asked in some surprise.
"Lord Yu, it is a Dawan horse from the Western Regions, the whole body is as dark as ink, and there is not a single miscellaneous hair on the body, but it is the best among the horses."
"Take this king to see it."
This horse was not with other war horses, but was locked up alone, Guo Qi saw this dark BMW, and immediately liked it, and Guo Qi also vaguely felt that from the BMW's body also exuded a kind of horse king momentum; Guo Qi just wanted to get closer, and the BMW "buzzed" and let out a breath of nose.
Ma Ying immediately grabbed Guo Qi and said, "Lord Wang, this horse has not been tamed yet, so it is best not to approach to avoid being injured by it." ”
"Tell me where this horse came from." Guo Qi did not move forward.
"According to the horse dealer, this horse was caught from a herd of wild horses in the grasslands of the Western Regions, this horse is extremely arrogant, there have been several people who want to tame it, but they are either dead or injured, and this horse is now less than a year old, it is already a head taller than ordinary horses in the Western Regions, as long as it is tamed over time, it must be a rare horse horse."
"This king believes what you say, but now we don't have time to tame it, take this horse with us; And all the horses in the horse farm and those who are willing to go with us will go north at once. ”
"No! Rajah. ”
Guo Qi and others stayed in the south of the city horse farm for only half an hour and drove more than 300 war horses to the northwest, except for a few older horsemen who were unwilling to leave, the rest of the people were all packed and taken away by Guo Qi, Guo Qi took these war horses all the way to the northwest, and finally caught up with the large army led by Hu Qiong at Xiwei Bridge.
"Lord Wang, you can come back; I'm dying. Hu Qiong said eagerly after seeing Guo Qi.
"Isn't this king all right! All arms and legs are back. Guo Qi said with a smile.
"Lord Wang, the general knows what happened, this is too thrilling, what if Rong Zheng sues us to the court?" Hu Qiong said worriedly.
This has to worry Hu Qiong! Guo Qi is a private robbery of the national treasury, and he should be beheaded according to the law; Even these people who followed Guo Qi did not end up well, and the lightest of them were to be sent to the army or exiled to the frontier.
"Don't worry! Rong Zheng didn't have that guts. Guo Qi said very confidently: "Besides, this king still has an IOU with Rong Zheng in his hand, and this is not considered a robbery of the treasury." ”
"By the way, Hu Qiong immediately posted a notice, now that we have money and food, we will continue to recruit displaced people, and tell them that if they are willing to go to Yongzhou with this king, this king will give them land at that time."
"No! That's where it goes. ”