Early in the morning, Li He got into his tent, smiled and greeted the people he knew well, washed and ate.

Breakfast was provided by the Zheng family, and Ku Ding was a good hand from the Xiying University Canteen. He ate the steamed buns and finished the porridge, scolded his sons for eating quickly, and then immediately stood up and went to work.

This is the mandatory requirement of the prince: the first thing they have to do when they come to Fangju Creek is to work together to build their own village.

Li He was willing to leave Lijia Village and come here. The conditions given by the prince were too good, Li He thought about it for a long time, and finally made a decision.

Now, his family now consists of eight, he and his wife, three sons, the eldest daughter-in-law, the second daughter-in-law, and his youngest grandson, who is also the son of the eldest son.

Now, they only have more than 100 acres of cultivated land in Lijia Village, and although it is said that it is adjacent to the Danshui River, the harvest every year is not good.

It stands to reason that their family could have been divided into households a long time ago and received more than 100 acres of land. But there is no surplus land in Lijia Village. Even if you go to cultivate it yourself, you can't do it. There is no place for the mountains and rivers in the south and the north!

Therefore, the Li family can only find a job to earn some money to support the family in addition to the busy farming.

After Zheng Sheng arrived in Lijia Village, the life of the Li family became better, and there was always a time when the prince could get someone! And the pay is very good.

This year, although the bandits attacked and burned down most of his family's house, they were a blessing in disguise, and they were able to go to a new place to cultivate their fields!

Even if he is still a tenant of the Zheng family, the conditions given by the prince are too good after all!

Li He was ruthless, left his eldest son's family in Lijia Village, and brought others here. It's not that he doesn't like his eldest son, he just wants him to stay in Qingzhuling and be closer to his son.

His youngest grandson is already four years old. He plans to wait a few more years, and the Huwei Camp will accept people again, the youngest grandson is a native of Lijia Village, and his grandson Wang Qian is the head of the Huwei Battalion, and his children will definitely be able to gain a foothold in it.

Li He was over fifty years old, but he was still in good health, and he carried a log and walked more than 100 steps quickly, handing the wood to the main force of the house-the family members from the Zheng family.

But after all, he was still old, Li He's feet slipped, and a young man on the side hurriedly helped him: "Uncle Li, be careful." ”

Li He gasped and pushed him away with a smile: "Boy Zhong, I'm not old yet!" ”

The old man who was also panting on the side was also smiling, "Lao Li is indeed not old, I can't do it!" ”

"Xin Lin, you old guy wants to be lazy again, don't you?" Li He scolded with a smile.

Xinlin, a neighbor he is familiar with, comes from Xinzhuang in the north of Danshui River. And Zhong Xiaozi, called Zhong Huang, is a rogue person. But Zhong Boy is also much better than those people in the spring breeze in the east!

Lehuo Village and Chunfeng are actually the same root and ancestor, Li He didn't believe it at first, but those people had already admitted it personally, Li He was extremely angry!

Even more angry were the young people in Lijia Village, because of this incident, the two sides almost fought. This is also the reason why these hundreds of households were originally prepared to live together regardless of each other, but now the spring breeze is in the east and Qingzhuling is in the west, and the two sides are separated by a clear open space three zhang away.

Zhong Huang was young and strong, he only rested for a moment and then turned back to work. And Li He and Xin Lin rested for a while before walking to the carriage not far away.

At this time, on the road to Xibei, a man on horseback galloped from east to west, Zhong Huang turned his head to look, turned around silently, and continued to work.

Xin Lin sighed: "I don't know who is coming?" Riding such a fast horse, aren't you afraid of falling? ”

"Old Xintou, get to work!"

Someone came with good news. The people from the Liangzhou Baldness Department arrived. However, when they arrived at Shinno Castle, they did not come here. Therefore, Zheng Sheng needs to trade in the past.

"It's coming very fast, how many horses did they bring?" Zheng Sheng asked.

The person explained: "These Xianbei people were already selling horses in Luoyang. After learning the news of the county official, he took the horse team south. But there were not many horses, only a dozen or so. ”

Zheng Sheng was a little disappointed, but then he thought that there were more than ten horses, and it was difficult to say whether they could eat them!

After all, an ordinary Nanyang horse is worth tens of thousands of dollars. Good horses naturally speak for themselves, and the price is one

It must be more expensive.

Zheng Sheng left in a hurry, and Wen Xiaoting saw it in her eyes: "What did you do if you don't know what to do?" ”

Liu Wei'er looked at the people around Zheng Sheng: "This is the person around the county official, right?" The county prince is probably looking for a prince? ”

Wen Xiaoting pouted, "What will he do?" ”

Going east, Zheng Sheng soon came to Xinye. Without entering the city, the man took Zheng Sheng to a manor.

Sima Xin's manor is in a good location, facing a large north-south river, and the farmland outside the river is covered with green seedlings.

Entering the manor, Zheng Sheng saw a group of horses strolling along the water's edge at a glance. His eyes lit up, these horses looked very good!

The coat is shiny, the body is tall and strong, and it is a good horse! He didn't know about Soma, but the horses didn't seem to be in trouble. Moreover, since it was recommended by Sima Xin, this horse is not bad!

Zheng Sheng met the Xianbei people from Liangzhou. This is a big man with a strong body and a tiger's back.

"Bald Eheli, I mentioned it to you before. E He Li, this is Zheng Sheng Zheng Shizi, who is going to buy horses. ”

The bald He Li stared at the child who was much younger than him, and he cracked his mouth and laughed: "Good! Zheng Shizi, let's go see the horses! ”

Zheng Sheng smiled and nodded at him, he likes to deal with cheerful people and feels very comfortable. The rest of the bald tribesmen looked at Zheng Sheng curiously, smiling and saying something he couldn't understand.

E Heli scolded angrily and stopped them, "Zheng Shizi, you choose!" These are good horses! ”

Zheng Sheng checked them one by one, and he estimated that the height of the horses was more than one meter and a half at the shoulder, which was really a good horse.

"How much does such a horse cost?" Zheng Sheng asked directly.

The smile on E Heli's face was even brighter, and he gestured a few fingers: "In Luoyang, such a horse is worth at least 80,000 yuan." For the sake of the Lord Sima County, 75,000 dollars a horse, and you can choose, how about it? ”

Zheng Sheng thought that the price would be expensive, but he didn't expect the price to be so high.

Sima Xin glanced at E He Li, He Li held on, he still laughed and insisted on his offer.

Zheng Sheng said quietly: "If I buy more, can I lower it?" ”

He Li shook his head, "Even if you buy ten horses, it's still this price!" ”

"What if I buy more? Dozens, dozens? This is not the only time in my business. ”

E Heli opened his mouth in shock, he pondered for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Yes." Seventy thousand dollars a horse. If you really buy more than 100 horses in the future, you can drop it again. ”

"Good. We're done. However, if you do shoddy in the future, I won't take it. ”

E He Li patted his chest, "Don't worry." I'll bring you the horses you want! ”

Zheng Sheng nodded slowly: "Deal." So, I want all of your seventeen horses. ”

He Li shook his head, "No, no." You've got it all. How do we get home? This batch of horses can sell you a maximum of ten. ”

Zheng Sheng was just about to agree, but Ye Jun on the side suddenly approached him and whispered, "Shizi, these are geldings." ”

Zheng Sheng swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, are they all geldings? Zheng Sheng looked at E He Li with doubts, "Foot, why are they all gelding horses?" ”

He Li smiled and said, "Well, it's very simple. Horses that are not castrated are irritable, love to bite and kick, geldings are docile and obedient, and they can run faster and more steadily. ”

Zheng Sheng heard of such a thing for the first time, he looked at Sima Xin, and Sima Xin nodded at him: "The war horses in the army are also using geldings. ”

"So, apart from the stallions and mares, the rest of your horses are gelding?" Zheng Sheng asked.

He Li scratched his head, "Yes, except for the stallions of three or four years old, the rest will be gelding." ”

"If I want to buy a foal that hasn't been gelding, will you sell it?" Zheng Sheng continued to ask.

E Heli muttered dissatisfiedly: "After traveling thousands of miles to Jingzhou, it is not easy for the foal to survive." Therefore, the price of a foal is even more expensive than that of an adult horse! ”

Zheng Sheng nodded, "It doesn't matter. I want a pony, half male and half female. ”

He Li glanced at Zheng Sheng, "The bald He Li is a businessman, he is a horse seller, as long as you give money, whatever horse you want, I can get it for you!" ”

Zheng Sheng asked Ye Jun to go to the Zheng family firm in Xinye and took the gold that he wanted.

A pound of gold is worth 10,000 dollars, but 70 pounds of gold is enough! Placing them in front of Eheli, he carefully wrapped them in cloth and left with his straight-eyed men.

Zheng Sheng felt that this transaction was not bad, these horses were a little more expensive, but they were enough for him to use first. The next time they come to Jingzhou will be in May next year.

Sima Xin was still in mourning, and Zheng Sheng was inconvenient to disturb him more. So, the two just stood by the river and talked for a while. He once again offered to "borrow" the equestrian master from him.

Sima Xin shook his head and said, "It's really unfortunate, Guan Shao has an envoy, I'm afraid he won't be able to go." You don't want Wen Xiaoting to teach? Let Wenwei teach you. Wen Wei studied under his father, and his bow horse skills are quite extraordinary! ”

Zheng Sheng had no choice but to leave gloomily. Don't let Wen Xiaoting teach, let Wen Wei teach? Why does this idea always feel unreliable?

Leaving the manor, Zheng Sheng prepared to take his horse back. Before he had gone far, a carriage came from behind in a hurry, Zheng Wen jumped down, looked at the group of horses on the side, and said hurriedly: "Ke Wu! Are you crazy! Why do you buy so many horses? ”

Zheng Sheng was dragged by Zheng Wen into Xinye's own firm. Zheng Sheng had already prepared, he wanted to buy a horse, and this matter would definitely not be approved by the Zheng family.

They couldn't understand Zheng Sheng's intention to buy the horse.

"Brother, this money is borrowed from my family, and after the auction in Luoyang is over, I will return this money, how about it?"