In the living room, Liu Yong was thanking the old village guard for letting the villagers help take care of the horses. Liu Yong promised Lao Cunbao to send some tea and salt in a few days, which was a thank you.

The horses were all tied, led by the ten little guys, and hugged at the entrance of the village, waiting for Liu Yong's order.

I saw Liu Yongyi wave his hand, and under the guidance of the little guys, the horses poured out of the village like a torrent and rushed to the winding and rugged mountain path.

"Old man, please go back. I'll be back in a few days. You can't stay in this village all the time, and it's good to go out for a walk. Also, I'm interested in your beets. I hope the elderly can help me in the future! Liu Yong arched his hand.

"Officials, please rest assured, when you leave, I will let the villagers have more for the officials to use." The old village said.

Liu Yong smiled and said, "When the time comes, I'm afraid that your whole village won't grow anything else, and just planting this beet won't be enough for me!" The old village guard was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled: "It seems that the official is a person who does great things." ”

"Okay, old man, Liu will leave." Liu Yong turned over and got on his horse and arched his hand again. The old man bowed slightly. At the same time, Su Erniang also turned over and bowed to the old village.

Liu Yong bowed his hand to the villagers again, turned his horse and galloped away.

The villagers, under the leadership of the old village guard, watched Liu Yong and Su Erniang, all of them full of expectations. Most of them have lived here lifeless for decades. Liu Yong, an outsider, seems to be a distant relative to them.

……

There was no trouble along the way.

Liu Yong did not introduce the horses into Meizhou City, but asked a small servant to inform Zhang Dujian.

Zhang Dujian almost didn't sleep for two nights, just waiting for Liu Yong's good news. At the moment, he was pacing anxiously back and forth in the flower hall. Suddenly, his little servant ran in. Panting and said, "Xianggong, there is a little guy outside who said that he wants to meet Xianggong." ”

Zhang Dujian was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Who sent it?" ”

"It's Liu Yong's person."

"Huh? That's not going to be soon, please. Zhang Dujian's eyes widened.

"Yes."

After a while, the little guy sent by Liu Yong came in and truthfully reported his intentions.

Zhang Du listened with his mouth open, suddenly clapped his hands, and said excitedly: "Hurry up and change my official uniform." ”

The servant was commanded to go.

"Slow down, reward this little brother with five taels of silver." came to a great event, and Zhang Dujian also became generous.

The servant hesitated slightly, and said in his heart: "I have never been so generous to my family. ”

"Don't go yet." Zhang Dujian said coldly.

The little slave ran away in a puff of smoke. In a moment, he brought his official uniform and five taels of silver.

Zhang Dujian changed the official mansion, first went to the government to take all the officials and then asked someone to go to the prefect's yamen to invite the general judge, this expedition was led by the general judge and the governor of the state, and Zhang Dujian carried out a court task.

The group rode on horseback and sat in a sedan chair and went out of the city.

Outside the city, there was a group of cloth idlers watching horses. These people had never seen so many horses, and they all craned their necks to watch the excitement. It was only when I heard the sound of the gong opening the way that it dispersed. Liu Yong hurried up to catch up.

Zhang Dujian got off the horse, first shook Liu Yong's hand, and then looked at the horses from a distance, so excited that he couldn't speak. At this time, Master Tonna got off the sedan chair and straightened up Wusha. I saw this group of sturdy Mongolian war horses. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: "What a good horse! ”

Seeing the general judge coming, Zhang Dujian hurriedly introduced.

"Lord Tongju, this is Liu Yong, the official who bought the horse for us."

Zhang Dujian enthusiastically introduced that he actually called Liu Yong a big official in front of the general judge, which made Liu Yong feel a little surprised. But what if they have done such a big thing for the state government, let them call a big official? Liu Yong looked at this general judge, who was in his fifties, with a somewhat gray beard and a square face, but he was a somewhat heroic figure.

"Brother Liu, this is the general judge of Benzhou, Lord Zhao." Zhang Dujian introduced Liu Yong again.

Liu Yong hurriedly arched his hand and bowed: "The villain has seen Lord Zhao." ”

Zhao Tongju hurriedly helped Liu Yong and said with a smile: "No courtesy, no courtesy." Now that Liu Daguan has solved the urgent need for coal burning for our state capital, it is too late for this official to thank you. ”

"Doing things for the government is the unshirkable responsibility of our small people. Now the border is urgent, and war horses are urgently needed. It just so happened that a friend of mine in Tibet had just bought these hundreds of horses from Mongolia, and with such an opportunity, the villain would definitely contribute to my Great Song Dynasty. Liu Yong spoke eloquently, and the proportions between the words were properly grasped. He not only invited credit for himself, but also revealed his good thoughts of serving the country and the people.

"Haha, Liu Daguan is really a young talent in my Meizhou. This official heard a while ago that you have a good reputation in this Meizhou City. Ha ha. Zhao Tongju was very happy. After all, the war horse arrived, and he also completed a difficult task.

"Your Excellency praised it. The villain just did the little things he could. Liu Yong said modestly.

"Oh, Liu Daguan, what you are doing is not a trivial matter. When I understand Lord Zhizhou, I will definitely reward you again. Zhao Tongju said with a smile.

"My lord, I, Liu Yong, do things for the imperial court, and I am not here to reward them. As long as you can make a little contribution to the war at the border pass, you will be satisfied. Liu Yong arched his hand.

"Okay, let's take a look at the horses first." Zhao Tongju grabbed Liu Yong's wrist and walked towards the horse group together.

At this time, Zhang Dujian was inspecting horses with several officials. Seeing Lord Tongju and Liu Yong coming, he immediately smiled and said, "Lord Zhao, these are serious Mongolian horses of eight hundred, and they are the year to fight." You can use it when you put it at the border. As he spoke, he touched the mane of a horse.

Seeing these horses, Zhao Tongjuan's eyes didn't blink, he let go of Liu Yong's hand, walked here, looked there, touched this horse, and patted that horse again, happily closing his mouth.

At that moment, he suddenly broke into a small officer.

"Report, Lord Zhizhou has arrived."

"Hurry up, please." After the general judgment was finished, he was ready to greet Lord Zhizhou.

This position belongs to the second-in-command of the state government, which is directly appointed by the imperial court to assist and supervise the administrative affairs of a state, and has the right to report directly to the imperial court. The actual power is no less than that of the Zhizhou Lord.

I saw that a person in a red official uniform walked over, and Liu Yong saw that it was Lord Zhizhou who was in the court that day. At the age of nearly fifty, he has three hairbrushes and fluttering hair. The face is fair, the eyes are slender, and the body exudes a bookish atmosphere.

Zhao Tongju hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects, and Zhang Dujian followed behind to pay respects. Liu Yong also followed behind him to pay homage.

The Lord of Nazhizhou hurriedly returned the salute to the Lord Tongju.

"Look, my lord, these war horses." Lord Tongju forgot to introduce Liu Yong, and only cared about letting Lord Zhizhou watch the horse. And Lord Zhizhou came here for the war horse, so he naturally went to see the horse first. Zhang Dujian and Liu Yong followed behind.

"Well, good horses, good horses. We have overfulfilled the task, and we can be regarded as giving an account to the imperial court. "A stone in Lord Zhizhou's heart finally fell to the ground.

Liu Yong didn't expect this business, and he couldn't help but earn the first pot of gold in the Great Song Dynasty, and he also became a meritorious person in the eyes of the three high-ranking officials.