When Zhong Hao was in Linzhou, Hexi, although he had been selling Hequ horses from Xixia when he was in Jingqiang Village, Zhong Hao was also familiar with this war horse! But he really knew whether the horse was good or bad, and if he chose a good horse, he really couldn't do it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This is mainly because he was the owner of the village when he was in Jingqiang Village before, mainly controlling the overall situation, and this specific thing like picking a horse is done by others under him, Zhong Hao has not done it himself, so today Zhong Hao pulled Cui Wu to pick a better horse for him.

Zhong Hao and Cui Wu chatted all the way to the business district east of the town.

Originally, Zhong Hao was afraid that he would come too early, and there were no people, but he didn't expect that there were already many traders and mountain people here who had put out their goods, and there were already many people who came to buy things in the market. Most of these mountain people are from the cool mountainous areas, and it is not easy to come here, so it is natural to hurry early.

Zhong Hao and Cui Wu wandered around the trade market in Qingfeng Town, looking for a trader to sell horses.

Zhong Hao's luck was good today, and he really let him meet a merchant who sold horses.

In fact, in this cool mountainous area, horses are far less real than mules and donkeys, so few people come here to sell horses.

This is mainly because in this mountainous area, the road is difficult and dangerous, it is not suitable for galloping horses, the speed advantage of this horse is useless, and the cost of buying and feeding horses in the later period is too high, far less than mules and donkeys.

Mules endure heavy loads and are not afraid to walk mountain roads; Donkeys are cheap and very agile in mountain trails. The point is that neither the mule nor the donkey can be fed and cared for with the same care and care as a horse!

This horse seller had brought supplies from other places to Qingfeng Town to sell, and he planned to open a shop in Qingfeng Town in the future, and temporarily stationed here to do business. Therefore, the horses were useless for a short time, and if they were to be raised, it would undoubtedly cost a lot of money, so the merchant planned to sell them for mules that were more practical in the mountains.

However, after Cui Wu saw the horses that the merchant was going to sell, he couldn't help but shake his head.

Cui Wu frowned and said, "These horses are all useless flowers. Look at the teeth of these horses, these horses are not young, and they have always been used as horses, and they can only be used for riding! It's okay to walk on Taiping Road, but if you run fast, you can't run at all! ”

Zhong Hao looked at these tall horses, their coats were all oily and slippery, but he didn't expect that in Cui Wu, an insider, they were all showy!

But then I thought about it: I bought a horse and didn't plan to ride it when I was fighting, and this horse could be ridden on the Taiping Road! If you really want to gallop on horseback, buddy can't keep up with you in the carriage. As long as the horse can keep up with the speed of the carriage, it is actually fine. Besides, this is the mainland, and the horses sold by these merchants are naturally impossible to fight horses, and they can't use war horses, so they naturally sell horses.

Zhong Hao knew that Cui Wu and the dozen or so regimental training township soldiers who unloaded the stone sheds rode all the war horses that the Cui family got for them. Cui Wu and they are used to riding war horses, and this kind of horse pulling is naturally impossible for him to see.

The selection requirements for war horses in this era are very strict. There are strict requirements for tooth age, intelligence and response! After the selected horses are saddled, they have to undergo a long time of riding training, and many unqualified horses are eliminated, and the last ones that remain can be used as war horses. The Great Song Dynasty lacks war horses, the value of a good war horse can withstand the price of ten horses, and it is no wonder that the unloading shed regiment that let the horse practice the villagers cherish their war horses, this war horse is too rare!

The head of this one thief is only worth ten yuan, but in the interior of the Great Song Dynasty, this good war horse is only a hundred yuan, which is enough to reach the head of many bandits! Of course, in the northwest, this war horse is slightly cheaper, and when Zhong Hao was in Jingqiang Village, he got a fine Hequ horse from Xixia, only fifty or sixty times.

Zhong Hao couldn't help but think: If this war horse is sold to the interior of the Great Song Dynasty, it will be a very profitable business. However, Zhong Hao immediately rejected this idea. It is true that you can buy a war horse in the northwest for fifty or sixty times, but if it is transported to the mainland, you need to pay a lot of fees for passing the customs and tax cards along the way, and you also need a lot of people to take care of it, plus the cost of feeding and caring for the war horse along the way, as well as the injury and illness loss of the war horse on the way to the mainland, it seems that even if the war horse is sold for a hundred yuan, it will not make much money. This business of buying and selling war horses is not very easy to do!

Of course, these are all off-topic, so let's choose a horse that can be ridden first!

Zhong Hao said in his heart at this time, this Cui Wu is confused, he is afraid that this is a challenge to the horse? ! I don't know that it would be good for me to let the black bull Du Yong have a horse that he can ride.

At that moment, Zhong Hao smiled and said: "These horses naturally can't be compared with the war horses you can ride five brothers." We don't need to gallop, we can ride with weights! ”

Cui Wuyi thought that it was also true, they were buying a horse for the thief to ride on this trip, and they didn't need to ask for a good horse. Besides, this whole Qingfeng Town is just one merchant selling horses, and there is nowhere to buy good horses.

In the end, Cui Wu picked a slightly passable horse from these horses, and bargained with the dealer who sold the horses, and bought it for fifteen yuan.

Zhong Hao and Cui Wu led the horse back to the inn where they stayed last night.

The regimental training villagers and the chariot driver who unloaded the stone shed had already prepared their horses and carriages and were waiting to set off.

Zhong Hao immediately led the horse to his newly acquired black bull Du Yong, let him ride, and everyone set off together.

This black cow Du Yong is very strong, this is indeed quite rough and thick! In the encounter on the Ziqing Ancient Road yesterday, the black bull Du Yong's thigh was pierced by a crossbow arrow, and Cui Wu poked more than a dozen bloody wounds with a bamboo spear on his body. But last night at the post station, Zhong Hao found him Lang Zhong to bandage him, and put medicine on him, so that after a night's rest, he was able to ride a horse. The strength of this body really made Zhong Hao admire.

Of course, one of the legs of the black bull Du Yong was injured, and he still needed help from someone to get on and off the horse, and the two regimental training villagers who unloaded the stone shed helped him. Otherwise, he would not be able to use one leg, and he would not be able to get on and off the horse by himself.

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Because there is still plenty of time, it is only the beginning of March, as long as you arrive in Tokyo before the end of the month, it is not fast for Zhong Hao and his party to walk on the road, starting from Qingfeng Town, all the way to the mountains and rivers, it took more than five days of effort, and arrived at the post station in the eastern suburbs outside Qizhou City in the afternoon of the sixth day.

And Cui Wu had already gone out of Zizhou two days ago, and when he was out of Zizhou, he took the guards Zhong Hao and Xu Feng and their convoy to train the villagers and returned home. Because this Ziqing ancient road out of the territory of Zizhou, it will be out of the continuous mountains, the road ahead is all plains, it is a smooth road, there is no great danger, naturally there is no need for Cui Wu to carry this line of unloading stone shed village soldiers to accompany the escort.

However, in view of the fact that on the way to Qingfeng Town, the convoy also encountered the situation of cutting the path bandits on the official road, Cui Wu specially left Cui Qi to train the village soldiers with a small team of six regiments of unloading stone sheds, so as to protect Zhong Hao and their trip to Tokyo. Cui Qi was the little leader of the stone unloading shack regiment who was ordered to protect Zhong Hao and their carriage when he encountered the group of bandits led by the black bull Du Yong that day. Cui Qi is cautious, bold and careful, and has strong martial arts, so Cui Wu specially asked him to take five regimental training villagers who unloaded stones and shacks to protect Zhong Hao and his party all the way to Tokyo. If you go from Qizhou to Tokyo, there are not too many difficult places along the way, and it should be enough to have these people accompanying you.

Cui Wu left Cui Qi and others to protect Zhong Hao and his party out of good intentions, for the safety of Zhong Hao and his party. Moreover, if there are not a few guards on this road, it is indeed not too safe, after all, they are all with their families, although Zhong Hao thinks that he knows martial arts, but he alone can not protect the integrity of this line, so Zhong Hao is happy to Cui Qi and the six of them stay to guard their own convoy.

Of course, Zhong Hao is now worth a lot of money, and he has been generous all the way, so he naturally will not treat Cui Qi and their regimental training villagers who unload stones and shacks. Therefore, Cui Qi and the other regimental training villagers who unloaded the stone shed were also happy to escort Zhong Hao and their party. Besides, most of them have never been to Tokyo before, so they are happy to stop by Tokyo to see the market.

Qizhou was Jinan County, Jinan Country and Qi County in ancient times, that is, Qizhou City in later generations, and was an important town of Jingdong Road in the Great Song Dynasty. By the time of Zhenghe, many important states in the Great Song Dynasty were promoted to Fusheng, and this Qizhou was also promoted to Jinan Prefecture, which shows that it is still a very important state and county in Jingdong Road.

The Great Song Dynasty Qizhou has Licheng County, Yucheng County, Zhangqiu County, ? Changqing County, Linyi County, Linji County and Qingping Army, the six counties and one army, the state is located in Licheng County.

The city of Qizhou in the Great Song Dynasty is an important town in the east of the city, it is a brick and stone structure, it is very solid, the city wall is twelve miles and forty-eight zhang in circumference, the moat surrounds the city for a week, the pond is five zhang wide, the water depth is three feet, the river water is formed by the convergence of Eying water, Luoshui and so on.

Qizhou City is famous for its many springs, and it is called "Spring City"! Qizhou City Spring has many people, abundant water, and has four major spring groups of Baotu Spring, Black Tiger Spring, Wulong Pond and Pearl Spring that have been famous for a long time. Hundreds of springs in the city of Qizhou are contending, and there is a saying of "seventy-two bright springs" among the scholars of Yashi. Among them, Baotu Spring is "the first spring in the world". The Tang people have a poem to praise the clouds: "The water in front of the thirsty horse cliff is full of rivers, and the river water springs are round and round." Seventy springs in Qizhou City flow milk, and Baotu Xun is called the first spring". In the summer and autumn season, the springs in the city of Qizhou are dense, and there are often the beautiful scenery of "spring water in every house, poplar in every household", "clear spring stone upstream", which is really a wonder in the north.

The city wall of Qizhou City of the Great Song Dynasty incorporates Daming Lake into it, and the entire Daming Lake Lake area accounts for nearly half of Qizhou City, and Daming Lake and the surrounding Thousand Buddha Mountain, Queshan Mountain, Huashan and other scenic mountains set off each other, so Qizhou City has the reputation of "a city with mountains and half a city lake".

Qizhou is an outstanding person, and there have been many historical celebrities in history. Bian Que, a divine doctor in the Warring States Period, Zou Yan, the founder of the Yin and Yang Five Elements Theory of the pre-Qin period, and Fu Sheng, a scholar of the Han Dynasty who dictated the 28 articles of the present text "Shangshu", were all from Qizhou.

But when it comes to the most beautiful people in Qizhou, it should be the magnificent period of the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties. Luo Shixin, a white horse and a silver gun, and a young hero, was a native of Qizhou, but unfortunately died young. Later, Fang Xuanling, Duan Zhixuan, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin, who were ranked among the twenty-four heroes of the Lingyan Pavilion of the Tang Dynasty, were all from Qizhou, and these Qizhou people occupied one-sixth of the seats in the Lingyan Pavilion, and these four also made great contributions to the establishment and peace of the Tang Dynasty. The people of Qizhou during the Tang Dynasty were really proud of it.

In addition to these five celebrities who protected the Tang Dynasty, Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyi, who seized the Jianghuai region at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty and became a prince, were also from Qizhou.

This group of heroes at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty also laid the foundation for the reputation of Shandong heroes. When later generations mention Shandong heroes, the first thing that often comes to mind is these heroes in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties.

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Zhong Hao and his group had just settled down at the post station in the eastern suburbs of Qizhou City, and Xu Feng couldn't wait to take him to Daming Lake in Qizhou City to enjoy the scenery of Daming Lake that he longed for.

However, Zhong Hao saw that it was already afternoon, it was not early, and there was not much time left before the time to close the city gate.

But Xu Feng was a little impatient at this time.

Zhong Hao smiled when he saw it: "If the third brother is not tired, why don't we rent a painting boat and visit the Qizhou moat, which is known as "one river with a hundred scenes, and a jade belt string of famous springs"?!" If you visit the moat, we don't have to rush, anyway, it's outside the city, we don't have to worry about being locked up in the city, we can't get out of the city, and we can't go back to the post station! ”

The city wall of Qizhou City is twelve miles around, and this moat is naturally slightly longer than that of Jinan City, so it is more than thirteen miles. Qizhou City, a moat formed by the confluence of springs from all over the place, is like a jade belt around Jinan City, and like a necklace connecting scenic spots and famous springs, it is known as "a river with a hundred scenes, a jade belt string of famous springs", and it is also a major scenic spot in Qizhou City.

It is said that along the moat to take the painting boat forward, you can see the black tiger roaring moon, Baotu sky, Luoyuan Qifeng, Longtan fish, crescent moon waterfall, magpie flower smoke and rain, Huibo evening sunshine, autumn willow smoke, transcendent Zhiyuan, Zeng Di lingering water and other hundreds of scenic spots, compared with the scenery of Daming Lake.

Zhong Hao is also very yearning for the Qizhou moat of "one river with a hundred scenes, and a string of famous springs with jade", but in the past, he came and went in a hurry, although he came and went twice from Qizhou City, but he really didn't stop playing. This time I don't need to be in a hurry to go to Tokyo, and I am carrying the beauty of flowers, and it is very pleasant to take a boat ride on a painting boat to visit the Qizhou moat.

Xu Feng listened to Zhong Hao's words, and immediately responded: "Wenxuan's idea is good, then let's go into the city tomorrow to visit Naming Lake, and today we will first visit the famous moat of Qizhou City." ”