This time the public trial in Zhangye County went extremely smoothly, because with the experience of the public trial in Wuwei County, there was a lot less unnecessary confusion this time. After using thunderous means to suppress the unstable factors in Zhangye County, Li Wenyuan, led by local officials, came to the Shandan Military Horse Farm.

"Chief, this is the Shandan Military Horse Farm." The pastoral supervisor pointed to the grass beach not far away and said: "Since the second year of the Han Yuan Hunt, the hussar general Huo Qubing drove the Huns north and defeated the Xiongnu tribes entrenched in the Yanzhi Mountain and the Damaying grassland, and then set up a military horse farm here. Not long ago, His Majesty personally toured the west in the fifth year of the Great Cause, and set up a pastoral supervisor here to raise official horses, and it was at that time that the lower officials began to serve here. ”

Li Wenyuan looked at the grass beach not far away, as well as the large group of Shandan military horses on the grass beach with their heads bowed and grazing grass, and his heart was also secretly excited. He once got a military horse, Shandan horse is well-proportioned, stout and strong, strong and fat, resistant to rough feeding, good adaptability, excellent speed and staying power, is a good horse for carrying and passing, and is very suitable for forming a cavalry, at this time seeing such a wide horse farm, Li Wenyuan is even more determined to operate this horse farm to the best, he asked the pastoral supervisor and said:

"Tell me first what kind of livestock and how much money there are in the entire military horse farm now."

"In addition to the horses supplied to the frontier army and the royal family, the military horse farm now has 20,000 Shandan horses, 10,000 camels, and more than 50,000 cattle and sheep." The shepherd superintendent briefed Li Wenyuan on the situation of the horse farm.

"Where did the Shandan horses that are bred in the stables come from?" Li Wenyuan suddenly asked thoughtlessly.

"The Shandan horses bred in the horse farm are all based on local horse breeds since the Western Han Dynasty, and then many good horses from the Western Regions have been introduced for breeding, so as to get the current Shandan horses." The shepherd was stunned by the question, but quickly answered.

"Are there any difficulties in breeding horses now?" Li Wenyuan frowned and asked, but he clearly remembered that in the records of later generations, this horse farm had bred more than 70,000 military horses at its peak, and now this amount seems to be a little small.

Sure enough, after hearing Li Wenyuan's words, the pastoral supervisor said eagerly: "Governor, in the fifth year of the great cause, His Majesty set up a horse farm here, appointed me as a pastoral supervisor, and asked me to breed horses for the Great Sui. These people, like me, eat the imperial court's food, but in the past two years, bandits have been rampant in the northwest. It's been a long time since we've received a payment from the imperial court, and a few stables and I are using our savings to keep the horse farm running, but it's not like that after a long time. Those of us who are starving on weekdays and eat some coarse grains can cope with it. But even if the military horses are tolerant of rough feeding and eat for a long time, it is inevitable that they will not get epidemics. ”

"Is there a record of the cost of the horse farm in recent years?" Li Wenyuan asked.

"Yes, yes, yes." Listening to Li Wenyuan's words, the pastor hurriedly rummaged through the boxes carried by his subordinates, and found a booklet and handed it to him.

Li Wenyuan flipped through the booklet, looked at the records on it, and asked, "The stable fences in the racecourse were all just renovated the year before last?" How I look dilapidated, it doesn't look like it was just refurbished the year before. ”

"Back to the manager, a few of us scraped together some money and hired some craftsmen to repair the damage to the stables and fences, and there was no large-scale renovation." The pastoral supervisor saw Li Wenyuan's slightly puzzled eyes, and explained: "A few of us have raised these military horses here for a long time, and we also have some feelings, and we can't bear to see them frozen in the wind and rain, so each family funded a little repair. ”

"Then usually your horse trading is directly handled by the imperial court?"

"Yes, the imperial court is usually in charge. However, since the ninth year of the Great Cause, after the emperor went east to Goguryeo again, no one came to buy and sell horses. ”

"I'll give you an offer. From today onwards, I will be responsible for all the expenses of the Shandan Military Horse Farm. All the livestock bought and sold in the corresponding Shandan Military Horse Farm must pass through my hands. What do you think? Li Wenyuan timely explained the real purpose of his inspection here.

"Since Your Majesty has appointed you as the governor of the Western Regions, it is understandable to take over the military horse farm at this time. Then in the future, you will have to worry about all the expenses of the military horse farm. With a smile on his face, the pastor arched his hand at Li Wenyuan and said.

"Well, when I go back, I will send someone to send money and craftsmen to help you renovate the horse farm, and when you go back, you will help me select five thousand camels, and I will be of great use."

Not to mention how busy the pastoral supervisor was in selecting camels after sending Li Wenyuan away. Let's just talk about what happened after Li Wenyuan returned to Zhangye County. After Li Wenyuan finished inspecting the Shandan Military Horse Farm, the public trial in Zhangye County was over. The entire process of the public trial was conducted in a reasonable and orderly manner under the control of Qian Wentong, and under the double verification of the official constitution and the night owls. There have not been many unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, and a small number of unjust, false and wrongly decided cases have also been personally interrogated by Qian Wentong, who have rehabilitated those who have been wronged in a timely manner, and have not caused much loss.

Li Wenyuan was very satisfied with the results and efficiency, so he called his subordinates and distributed the letters of appointment of officials at all levels that he had drawn up in advance to the county, and a set of bureaucrats belonging to Li Wenyuan's lineage with Qian Wentong as the county guard was formed.

As for how to appease the people who have been exploited for a long time, it is Qian Wentong's own business, and Li Wenyuan no longer cares about it. At this time, he was led by the officials and constitutions to the large warehouse stacked with the property of the corrupt officials who had been confiscated, and only amazement was left in his mind. With the comparison of the stolen money seized during the public trial of Wuwei County, Li Wenyuan knew that the gold, silver and jewelry in this large warehouse in front of him were enough to pay taxes in Zhangye County for a year.

In order to avoid the idea of resigning with these gold, silver and jewelry, Li Wenyuan ordered someone to seal the door of the warehouse tightly and keep it under strict guard. He rushed to Zhang Juntai's military camp non-stop, looking at the sand table in front of him, while waiting for Zhang Juntai to come.

After a while, Zhang Juntai walked in from outside the door, Li Wenyuan stepped forward and hurriedly grabbed Zhang Juntai's hand, brought him to the sand table, looked at Zhang Juntai with anticipation and said, "Juntai, I'll give you five thousand camels." You help me train a division of camel cavalry, and I will be of great use. ”