108 Attack Chu (3)
Qin Luo and Alem drove side by side and went straight to the direction of the quarry. Qin Luo has never looked back since he said goodbye to Uncle Sandan. This revisit to the old place is a little more emotional.
At that time, Qin Luo was still a criminal, his life and death were uncertain, and his future was dark. Now he has been reused by the Khan, got out of slavery and became an official of Xiang Qiang. The world is impermanent, and it is true.
While riding a horse, Qin Luo pretended to ask Alem casually: "Khan, why do you suddenly want to raise horses?" ”
"It's not ...... yet" Alem suddenly remembered Qin Luo's identity, and he coughed a few times in embarrassment, "Ahem, it's not that the Khan wants to hunt and needs good horses." ”
"How many horses do you need?" Qin Luo asked again.
"This ...... I don't know. Alem said weakly.
Qin Luo naturally understood what Alam was worried about, and on the morning of the meeting, the khan had sent someone to find him. He was about to leave, when suddenly, the second prince's slave came running out of breath and said that the meeting had been cancelled. After hearing this, Qin Luo guessed that the Khan was probably going to be unfavorable to the Chu State.
Sure enough, now start to make fat immediately, and it is inevitable to attack Chu. Qin Luo knew that he couldn't stop Tuoba Yan, he could only find out from the sidelines, where did they want to attack? Then inform the blacksmith Sun and let the Chu State strengthen its defenses.
But Qin Luo didn't expect that a big character like Alem would also learn to keep secrets. I'm afraid that the second prince deliberately told everyone involved in the deliberations to beware of themselves.
It didn't take long for the quarry to arrive. The steward of the quarry heard the sound of horses' hooves, walked out of the gate and looked, and saw Qin Luo on horseback at a glance, and was so frightened that he didn't know what to say. He naturally remembered that he had beaten and scolded this slave, but now that he was a big official, it was easy to take revenge on himself.
But Qin Luo didn't have any thoughts and scheming, he didn't slow down his horse, he didn't even glance at the steward, and flashed directly in front of the quarry. Alem glanced back at the quarry, and saw that the slaves inside were dressed in tatters, and each of them carried a large stone on their backs.
It was a place where slaves worked, and there were few inhabitants. Alem rarely came to the vicinity of the quarry, and after seeing it this time, he felt that the slaves were too miserable.
However, Qin Luo actually suffered here for several months. Alem felt some sympathy for this man. Just as he was falling into deep thought, Qin Luo in front of him suddenly reined in his horse and stopped. He turned back to Alam and said, "This is it. ”
"Here?" At first glance, Alem saw that it was a dilapidated racecourse. Although there are not many horses in the racecourse, they are all strong and strong.
Alem dismounted and roared inside: "Is there anyone? ”
However, no one answered. Alem looked at the surrounding environment and said to Qin Luo: "This place hasn't changed at all, it's still so dilapidated." I remember this place, which came at night, and turned over from the stables, without entering through the main entrance. ”
Qin Luo also remembered that it was Alem who reported the news for the Khan and came here to find him. Later, it was also Alem who came and took himself out of here, and then went to the Golden Palace.
Alem remembered the past and suddenly realized: "The Sang Dan you are talking about, it can't be that old man." ”
"It's him, you should have a relationship." Qin Luo said.
"He'......" Alam remembered in a trance that this old man was mediocre, and he really didn't know that he was still a hidden horse breeder.
"I guess Uncle Sandan is taking a nap, let's go in and find him." Qin Luo said lightly.
As soon as he entered the racecourse, Qin Luo felt that it was like a reversal of time. The racecourse, which was the original racecourse, is still shabby and dilapidated. And the stables are still the same as before, dirty and cramped. Uncle Sandan still maintained his usual habits, and lay down in the place where he had been sleeping, which was just enough to get the sun and ventilate.
Looking at Uncle Sang Dan who was sleeping heavily, Qin Luo couldn't bear to wake him up. He remembered that in the past, every time after eating at noon, Uncle Sandan would say to himself: "You look at the horse, I'll go sleep first." Then he fell asleep and slept for an hour or two before waking up.
Qin Luo looked at the sky, and estimated that for a while, it would be impossible for Uncle Sang Dan to wake up by himself. They still have business to do, and they don't have time to waste it.
Qin Luo walked in front of Uncle Sandan, shook him vigorously, and shouted into his ear: "Uncle Sandan, wake up." ”
After shaking for a long time, Uncle Sandan closed his eyes and replied, "What's wrong?" ”
"Someone's coming, hurry up." Qin Luo said patiently, the corners of his mouth were almost undetectably, as if he had returned to the days when he worked with Uncle Sandan.
Uncle Sandan opened his sleepy-eyed eyes and saw Qin Luo standing beside him. His mind hadn't switched yet, and he wondered, "Who's coming?" ”
"......" Qin Luo was speechless, didn't you see that I was coming?
“…… Qin, Qin Luo? Uncle Sandan finally came back to his senses, "You're here?" ”
Qin Luo looked at Uncle Sang Dan with a smile, smiling and silent.
Uncle Sandan turned over and suddenly sobered up. He looked Qin Luo up and down, and said excitedly, "You, why are you here?" ”
"It's not just me, there's another person." Qin Luo pointed to the person behind him and said to Uncle Sandan, "We came to you to ask for something." ”
"Oh, who is this?" Uncle Sandan is old, how can he remember someone he only met a few years ago.
"I'm Alem." Alem introduced himself, "This time, I want to ask my uncle to help me look at the horses. ”
"Alem?" Uncle Sandan felt that the name sounded a little familiar, and then suddenly remembered, "Oh, it turned out to be General Zuo." ”
Now Alem is no longer the companion of the nameless khan. Since he led his troops to attack the Black Rock Division, he has suddenly become famous in the grassland and has become the envy of the people.
And Qin Luo, he went to Chishui to negotiate, borrowed the Double Red Army, and also made great contributions. Although Qin Luo is a Chu person, after this battle, he also gained prestige in the grassland.
When Uncle Sandan saw the two important ministers of civil and military affairs beside the khan come to his own dilapidated racecourse, where did he dare to slack off, and after inviting them into his tent, he asked the two: "What do you want to ask?" ”
Qin Luo glanced at Alem and was silent.
"I have a herd of horses, the best ones, who have been fed since birth and have been fed until a few months ago. It's a pity that Qingyun has too little food now, so I cut off the millet and feed it with grass, but the horses don't like to eat it, and gradually lose weight. May I ask Uncle Sandan, is there a way to remedy one or two? ”
Uncle Sandan said clearly: "Do you want to make the horse fat?" ”
"Yes." Alem nodded.
"But there's no corn to feed the horses?" Uncle Sandan said again.
"Yes, yes, yes." Alem continued to nod, finally someone who understood.
"That's right......" Uncle Sandan stroked his gray beard and fell into deep thought.
Alem looked at Uncle Sandan nervously, for fear that he, like those wranglers, would directly say something like "I can't do anything, please be smart" or something like that. He asked cautiously, "Uncle Sandan must have a way, right?" ”
"I've got some forage myself, maybe I can do it. It's just ......," said Uncle Sandan, muttered, "I'll have to look at your horses before I know if it works." ”
"The horses I rode with Qin Luo today are two of those horses." Seeing that there was a situation, Alemu hurriedly got up and took Uncle Sandan and Qin Luo to the stable.
"These two?" Uncle Sandan skillfully touched the horses and examined them. Then he said: "You can try it, wild alfalfa with sheep grass may be successful." ”
"That's good, that's good." Alem rejoiced, "I'll send someone to bring you all the horses tomorrow." ”
"Okay. But the ugly words are ahead, I'll just try it first, if you can't raise it well, General Zuo don't blame me. Uncle Sandan said.
"How can it be, Qin Luo told me, you are a master of horse breeding." Alam exclaimed, "There are so many people on the grassland who can't do anything, only you have come up with an idea." ”
Uncle Sandan smiled heartily, he looked at Qin Luo again, he hadn't seen him for many years, and Qin Luo didn't seem to have changed. He said to Alem: "General Zuo, Qin Luo and I haven't seen each other for a long time, let him stay and talk to me." ”
"It's fine. You talk, you talk. Alem was very discerning and left first.