The old man was wandering around in front of his tent, and when he saw Liu Yong coming, he immediately greeted him.

"Did you sleep well?" The old man asked politely.

"Very good, it's quiet on this grassland." Liu Yonggong smiled.

"yes, sometimes it's too quiet." The old man's family sighed. Then he smiled again, "However, I have many children and these livestock, and I am not lonely. Please take a seat in your bag. The old man lifted the curtain of the tent.

Liu Yong and Lin Hualang bowed their heads and entered.

After the old man's wife was panicked for a while, she immediately cooked milk tea for Liu Yong and Lin Hualang.

"Auntie doesn't have to be busy, we're here to talk to the uncle." Liu Yong said politely.

"It's okay, please have tea." The aunt calmed down her panic in the busyness.

Liu Yong took a sip, it was very fragrant, it was a perfect combination of milk and tea.

"Uncle, I see you have a lot of horses." Liu Yong unveiled the topic.

"Yes, the price of this horse has plummeted recently, and I am willing to buy it, so I have to keep it, plus the breeding in the past two years, so there are more and more." The old man waved his hand and invited Liu Yong to tea. The wrinkles on his face spread out with a smile.

"Horse prices plummeted? Why is that? Liu Yong was a little puzzled, because in the Great Song Dynasty, this horse is very good.

"This time, we have more herdsmen in the Western Xia Kingdom, especially in the west and north. Families raise horses and graze. In the past two years, there have been few wars between the Western Xia Kingdom and the surrounding countries. The imperial court doesn't need so many war horses. The third is that the Mongolian herdsmen in the north also came to sell horses in Western Xia. With these three points, it has created a situation where supply exceeds demand. So, the price of this horse is less than the price of a sheep. The old man said, and he was very helpless.

Liu Yong was happy in his heart. Busy asked, "Then how much is a horse now?" ”

"How much? A horse is ten dollars. Official, do you say it's cheap? The old man shook his head as he spoke.

"It's cheap." Liu Yong nodded. "Uncle, how many horses do you have now?" He asked again.

"Well, there are four hundred and fifty horses. And that's not even an old horse. There are more than 20 old horses. The old man said.

Liu Yong roughly calculated in his heart, "One horse is ten yuan, and four hundred and fifty horses is four thousand five hundred yuan, which is not a small amount." His own goods and ox carts are only more than a thousand. If ......"

Thinking of this, Liu Yong asked straight to the point: "Uncle, do you want to sell these horses?" ”

When the old man heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then sighed and said, "Why don't you want to sell it, but no one buys it." As he spoke, he showed a sad face again.

"I'll buy it." Liu Yong said.

This sentence made the old man and the aunt who was cleaning up the tent on the side stunned. Even Lin Hualang was stunned, he thought: "At this moment, I want to pull the goods to Xingqing Mansion to sell for money." It's real when the money is in hand. What the hell is he going to do? ”

"Is this true?" The old man was a little puzzled.

Liu Yong smiled faintly, took a sip of tea unhurriedly, and pondered for a moment before saying, "Uncle, how about I use my goods to return your four hundred and sixty horses?" ”

"What?" The old man was shocked, "Official, you, you're not joking, are you?" Your goods are very valuable when they pull down Xingqing Mansion. ”

Liu Yong had already calculated the accounts in his heart. When they arrived in Xingqing Mansion, the price of these goods increased by five times at most. It's worth more than 5,000 yuan, and 6,000 yuan is worth it. The key is to pull it yourself, and those who are not familiar with the place will definitely delay some time, not to mention, this group of people will get a lot of money for eating, drinking, and Lazar.

The aunt on the side immediately stopped what she was doing, and her eyes lit up.

On the other hand, Lin Hualang was a little anxious. Hurriedly asked, "Brother, what are you talking about?" You have a fever in the head, right? ”

Liu Yong waved his hand at him and motioned for him not to speak.

"Uncle, what do you think?" Liu Yong asked.

The old man seemed to be very hesitant, but this hesitation was not because of the question of whether to exchange or not, but because he was embarrassed to take advantage of Liu Yong, so he hesitated. You know, his horse is a backlog and no one wants it at all. But Liu Yong's goods are in demand. And the value is also higher than their own horses. In this way, Liu Yong clearly suffered.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make money, and you can't miss it. Seeing that her wife was hesitant, the aunt hurriedly went over to pour tea for Liu Yong, and said, "Since the officials are willing, we have no opinion." He squeezed his eyes at his wife again, "Yes, his father!" ”

The old man was excited, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes." ”

When Liu Yong saw it, he was overjoyed, just like winning a lottery.

"Okay, then we'll go and deliver it." Liu Yong got up and said.

The aunt looked even happier than Liu Yong, but when she saw her wife sitting stupidly, she reached out to pull it. said: "I said his father, what are you still doing in a daze?" Why don't you go and hand over his goods to the officials? ”

"Oh, yes, yes." The old man hurriedly got up and went out with Liu Yong, and the aunt naturally followed, rolling a pair of shrewd eyes, ready to check Liu Yong's goods.

Liu Yong asked Lin Hualang to open the goods and let the old man inspect the goods.

Lin Hualang was very reluctant, these goods experienced life and death, and it took a lot of effort to pull them, and they were replaced by horses before they saw the money. As the saying goes, if you have a lot of money, you don't count those with hair. But he still obediently asked the little guys to do what Liu Yong wanted.

The aunt, her two daughters and a son carefully inspected the goods, and their faces were very happy.

The youngest daughter clapped her hands happily and exclaimed, "Okay, we finally have salt to eat." ”

"Go aside, these are all for sale." The aunt slapped her daughter's hand, and the daughter immediately pouted. The aunt hurriedly coaxed again, "We still have to keep some for ourselves." The daughter immediately smiled again.

"Official, the goods are fine, let's go see the horses." The old man said as he got on his horse and walked side by side with Liu Yong. Liu Yong asked Lin Hualang to call all the people and went to the simple fence around the horse together.

The old man's youngest son came first to inform the two older brothers who were herding the horses. The old man instructed: "Eldest brother, second brother, you two go and help the officials count the horses." ”

The two sons knew that the horse had been exchanged for goods by their father, so they didn't say a word, and took Lin Hualang and a few little guys into the fence.

It took less than half an hour to count, not counting the old horses, and the number was exactly the same as the old man said.

"Uncle, please let Ling Lang help me tie these horses together. Convenient on the road. Liu Yong said.

"Okay, no problem." The old man said, and immediately ordered his sons to do it.

"Uncle, please give me a car and an old horse. On the way, it is good to pull tents, food, etc. Although he has two old horses, Liu Yong still wants one. Now, horses are gold in his eyes. The old man was very generous, not only gave Liu Yong an old horse, but also gave him five sheep to use as food on the road. Liu Yong is very grateful.