Outside Yecheng, Zhou Faming was walking around the East Market with his entourage, and the accompanying officials explained to him all kinds of news in the East Market.

Zhou Faming has never been to Yecheng before, but he knows that Yecheng "people are still flashy, and the end industry is quite rich", that is to say, business is thriving, Zhou Faming Jiankang City has seen the bustling and crowded business atmosphere, it is said that it will not be as shocked as the soil buns that have just entered the city, but the place he visited today, Jiankang is not: the horse market.

Specifically, Jiankang does not have such a big horse market, there is no horse production land in Jiangnan, and the horses that are easy to be trafficked have long been screened layer by layer, and those who arrive in the horse market are all middle and lower capital, but there are countless good horses and horses in the horse market in Yecheng, which makes Zhou Fa dizzy.

There are as many horses as there are boats in the northerners as there are boats in the southerners, this is the first thought that came to his mind, and then after seeing all kinds of high-headed horses, Zhou Faming found a very serious problem: he didn't understand the words of the horse dealers.

Ten miles of different sounds, a hundred miles of different customs, people in some counties outside Jiankang City, Zhou Faming may not be able to understand the dialect they speak, let alone the north, which is more than 2,000 miles away, the horse dealer said it all over the place, and he probably understood a few words.

I can't understand what the other party says, and the other party basically won't understand what he says, Zhou Faming has a Wu accent, not to mention being bullied and sitting on the ground, he is afraid that which bastard will burst out of his mouth after hearing it.

Thanks to the accompanying envoys, Zhou Faming was able to understand the market of the horse market, and the desire to buy was instantly ignited.

In Jiangnan, a usable war horse has to be about 20 times, and this can buy obviously better horses in the Yecheng Horse Market, a good horse is close to 100 times, and if it is a good horse, it will cost hundreds of runs.

The horses sold in this horse market are generally higher than the level of Jiankang Horse Market, and the price is also lower, that is, at the same price, you can buy a horse that is obviously better than Jiankang in Yecheng.

If you want to buy a horse, it's not enough to bargain, you have to rely on equestrianism to distinguish between good and bad, there are more than ten horses tied in the stable, Zhou Faming looked at them one by one, and he knew the advantages and disadvantages of these horses at a glance.

Where the horses are in phase, the horses are excluded first, that is, the so-called three horses are eliminated first, and the remaining horses can be continued.

The big head and small neck are for one cargo, the weak spine and big belly are for the two cartons, and the small neck and big hooves are for the three cartons. The big head and slow ears are one, the long neck is not folded is two, the short upper and long lower are three, the big arms and short flanks are four, and the shallow hips and thin hips are five.

At first glance, the horses in the stable looked tall and seemed to be good horses, but after Zhou Faming carefully identified them, he found that they were all horses, and he shook his head at the officials with a straight face, and the other party immediately chatted with the horse dealer.

Sure enough, there are many profiteers everywhere in the world, and those horse sellers saw that this young man was not easy to fool, so they introduced Zhou Faming and others into another stable without changing their faces, and they were still selling horses with a smile on their faces.

At the beginning of a new round of challenges, Zhou Faming only eliminated the garbage, and although the horses in this stable are good, it is important to pay attention to whether they are worth the asking price, all in all, it is delusional to buy a horse worth two hundred yuan at a price of one hundred yuan, and it is very possible to buy a horse worth one hundred yuan at a price of two hundred yuan.

Profiteers are traitors, he is more traitorous than profiteers, so this time is the critical moment to test the horsemanship, the horse dealers are all Soma's Bole, and they can't be bad if they want to fight each other's own horsemanship.

Thousands of horses, feet fall to the ground, hairless, or erect tendons, or horse knees like a ball, Zhou Faming looked at it, none of the horses in the stable are up to standard, of course, it does not mean that there are no good horses except for thousands of horses, if there are really ones, they will not be sold in this horse market.

Usually a good horse is enough, and the horse has to look at the head, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, skeleton, hooves, etc., Zhou Faming looked at them one by one.

First of all, look at the head, the head of a good horse should be as high as a knife, and it is better to have less meat on the head, like a skinned rabbit's head; The horse's eyes should be full and shiny, because the eyes are big and the heart is big, and the heart is big and should not be frightened.

If the horse's eyes are small and the whites of the eyes are many, the horse is timid and easily frightened, the upper eyelids are thin and the lower eyelids are shallow, the appetite is almost healthy, the eyelashes are messy, there is no flesh under the eyes, and the horse is easy to hurt people.

The horse's ears are close and towering, small and sharp, like cutting bamboo, the ears are small and the liver is small, and the liver urine is empathetic. Tight and short ears are best, and those with broad roots and long ears are horses.

The horse's nose should be large and square, the flesh color in the nose should be red, and the large nose indicates that the horse's lungs are large and the running ability is strong; The horse's mouth should be long, the flesh color in the mouth should be distinct, the upper lip should be urgent, the lower lip should be slow, if the lips can't cover the teeth, it means that the appetite is poor.

The degree of wear and tear on the left and right sides of the teeth is different, indicating that this horse is difficult to control; The teeth should be deep and dense, on the contrary, it means that the appetite is not good, the teeth are straight and white, the endurance is good, if the teeth are sparse and thin, the endurance is relatively poor.

A horse that looks big but is smaller to the touch, is a strong horse without being too fat; On the contrary, if it looks small, it is a meat horse that is big to the touch; The neck of the horse should be thick and strong, and the mane should be long and thick, so that there is nothing wrong with the liver of such a horse.

The horse's chest should be broad and full, and the horse's back should be flat and wide, large and resistant, strong and powerful; The horse's hooves should be thick and slow, round and open, as large as a bowl.

The art of Soma is very complicated, Zhou Faming knows about the fur but lacks actual combat experience, and after a careful look around, he found that one of the white horses is good, and after talking to the horse dealer through the officials, he learned that the price of this horse: five hundred guan.

He is not a Bole, but he has a lot of experience with Soma, this white horse is not as white as snow, but the color of the coat is not the focus of his attention, after all, going into battle to kill the enemy is not to fight with others to get rich, except for a slight flaw in the coat color, the horse is really a good horse.

Of course, what the other party shouted was not a fixed price, Zhou Faming was confident that he could cut two hundred yuan after some bargaining, but he didn't plan to make a hasty move, he decided to look around and make a decision, and gave the horse dealer a few pennies as "saliva money", and he walked towards the other end of the horse market.

After asking questions all the way, and tossing all morning, Zhou Faming had a first-hand experience of the horse market, but the problem followed: the money didn't seem to be enough.

It is not necessary to buy a thousand miles of horses, but even so the money he brought is a little nervous, Zhou Faming brought some money on this trip, and originally wanted to buy some gifts to go home and give them to relatives, friends and mothers, and also have money to buy horses, but the vision of the scene is getting higher and higher, and the horses you want to buy are getting more and more expensive.

Galloping on the battlefield requires a good mount, Tuesday Lang walked around the horse market, looking at the horses itching, he brought pearls, ivory, jewelry, and scattered gold and silver, these items are easy to carry and high value, but if you want to buy a good horse, it is not enough to buy gifts, and you will go back empty-handed.

It's definitely not enough to just buy a horse, the second brother Zhou Fashang must also have good horses, and then a few subordinates would better be able to change into good horses, and there will be at least a dozen horses to buy.

If it is to prevent accidental death on the road, he will buy a few more horses for spare, so that his poor money bag will have nothing left, but if he doesn't buy Ma Zhou Faming will not be able to pass the level in his heart.

Entangled with the lack of funds for the big purchase, Zhou Faming walked all the way, and he didn't know when he returned to the embassy, and when he saw Zhang Yu passing by, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his head: The money is not enough, I can borrow money!

Zhou Faming doesn't know anyone in Yecheng, so it's naturally impossible to borrow money, but it doesn't matter, someone is very rich! ……

Tian Yilong squeezed into the crowd, watching intently at a dance under the pergola in front of him, the dancer had deep eyes and high noses, curly beard, wide chest and narrow waist, narrow sleeved shirts, short skirts, and long boots.

His shoulders are draped in a red and green long veil that rolls up and down with the rotation of his body, and his arms are spread out, and his long sleeves are flying.

The dancer wears a soft belt in the shape of a grape leaf around his waist, and his left foot is raised, and his right foot is on a small yellow carpet and dances with emotion.

There are musicians on both sides of it to accompani, the musical instrument used is a horizontal flute, the other is a vertical instrument, its shape is like a water droplet, the small part of the song is like a pear, it seems to be wooden, the top is equipped with four strings, the musician presses the string with his left hand and plucks the string with his right hand, making a pleasant sound.

"Tian Weiwu, this is the Hu Xuan Dance, which is a dance from the Western Regions." The accompanying officer introduced, "The dancer is a Hu person, so it looks a little chic. ”

"What's that instrument?" Tian Yilong asked, he felt that the thing looked like a pipa, but the shape was a little different from the pipa he had seen, and the pipa that Tian Yilong had seen was straight.

"This is the pipa of the Western Regions, and the difference between the pipa of the Central Plains is that this pipa is a song, which was introduced to the Western Persian State in the Western Regions."

Tian Yilong and his entourage suddenly realized that they left both sides of the Yangtze River for the first time, came to the north for the first time, saw Yecheng for the first time several times larger than the state city, and saw the "Hu people" who were not like ordinary people for the first time.

What they saw and heard was very new to them, so they kept asking questions, and when the official mentioned the Western Persian Kingdom in the Western Regions, Tian Yilong asked how far away the Persian Kingdom was from the Great Zhou.

"Persia is located in the west of the Western Regions, and it goes to Guazhou for 11,700 miles in the east, and Guazhou is not less than 2,000 miles from Yecheng, so Persia is about 4,000 miles away from Yecheng."

"The city of Sulin in the west of the water is also the hometown of the branches. Its capital is more than ten miles away, and more than 20,000 soldiers are victorious, and they fight on elephants."

"It is rumored that the king wears a golden flower crown, sits on the throne of the golden master, and Fu Jin crumbs are ornamented on the beard, and the brocade robe is added to it."

"Persia has many good horses, great donkeys, masters, white elephants, big bird eggs, pearls, polyli, beasts, corals, glass, agate, water spirits, sesers, hulokas, lu teng, fire qi, vajra, gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, brocade"

"Northwest Persia goes to the Northwest of Persia for 4,500 miles, and the one who whisks, also known as Daqin, is located in the extreme west."

The officials introduced that there were a lot of merchants in the Western Regions in Yecheng, so he had heard a lot about the Western Regions and the places further west, and he had heard a lot about the customs and customs of the Western Regions and the places further west, and seeing Tian Yilong and others with a shocked look, his show-off psychology was greatly satisfied.

"More than 14,000 miles" Tian Yilong couldn't react a little, about the knowledge of the Western Regions, he knew what Tuyuhun was, or he wrote it down when he listened to Yuwenwen chatting, and now what is Persia and Whisk, he felt that he was really a frog at the bottom of the well before, and he didn't know how thick the sky was.

"Aaron, don't be in a daze, you have to think of a way, you don't have enough money!" A young man said in his ear that this person was Tian Yilong's cousin, the second son of his uncle Tian Zongyuan, and this time he came out with him to see the world, but everyone was shocked by the 'world'.

"Do you really want to buy those dogs?" Tian Yilong asked, and the other party asked rhetorically: "Don't you want to buy it?" ”

Of course, Tian Yilong wanted to buy it, and he saw many hunting dogs for sale in the West Market, and they saw the "fine dogs" mentioned in Yuwenwen's mouth, as well as various other hunting dogs, all of which were not available in the Jiangnan area, and Tian Yilong and others, who had always liked hunting, were itching.

Of course, good hounds are not cheap, a good quality dog has to be sold to ten, they can't only buy two or three, after all, after buying back, they have to breed by themselves, so they have to be matched with a male and a female, and they have to buy at least five or six pairs.

It's not just the hunting dogs, but also the horse market that I haven't been to, it is said that there are a lot of good horses in the horse market in Yecheng, and they also have to be bought, so the problem comes: there is not enough money.

They went out this time and brought hundreds of "huge sums of money", thinking that it was more than enough, but when they arrived at the place, they found that the money was not enough, but they couldn't count the things they wanted to buy, and how to find someone to borrow money was the problem they had to solve.

"Aaron." The young man whispered, and when he saw that there was no one on either side, he smiled and continued: "Didn't you say that Yuwen Envoy Jun is very good at talking? Why don't we borrow some from Yuwen Envoy first, and it's not too late to pay it back when we go back." )