This meal of wine was drunk until the wine shop closed, and everyone had a good time before it dispersed.

The next day, Jiang Wei followed the rooster's crow, and got up early to dance as usual. After freshening up, having breakfast, and bidding farewell to my mother, I rode straight to the office.

After sitting in the duty room for a long time, a small official came to report: "Jiang Zhonglang, please keep it too much." ”

Jiang Wei then walked to the back hall. Taishou is the supreme governor of a county, and the back hall has a public house to be alone. When Jiang Wei entered, Taishou Ma Zun was annotating official documents at the desk. His desk was littered with official papers, and there was a plate beside it, covered with a red cloth, and I don't know what it was.

Jiang Wei clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "Subordinate Jiang Wei, please meet Taishou." ”

Ma Zun stopped his pen and looked up, smiled, and said, "It's Boyo who is here, please sit down." Come and serve tea. He knew that Jiang Weigao's ascension was imminent, and at this time he was much more polite than before.

After Jiang Wei took his seat, he asked, "Meng Taishou summoned me, I don't know what to order?" ”

Ma Zun was not polite, and said directly: "This time the chaos can be successfully quelled, and Boyo has made great contributions." The governor of the state government has seen your merits. ”

Jiang Weidao: "Thanks to the state government's strategic planning, it is too conservative and dispatched, and Weishi does not dare to take credit." ”

Seeing that he was respectful, Ma Zun was very satisfied in his heart, and said: "Boyo's meritorious service this time is not small, and the reward for you is still being discussed in the state capital at the moment. ”

Jiang Wei was about to speak, but Ma Zun waved his hand to interrupt and continued: "However, Zhang Tingshi said: If you don't reward your merits, you will hurt the hearts of heroes. Therefore he gave gold and silver first. Boyo, Lord Thorn has high expectations for you. ”

With that, he pointed to the plate on the desk. His own entourage picked up the plate and held it in front of Jiang Wei. When I lifted the red cloth, I saw two pieces of gold and ten pieces of silver neatly lined up inside. Jiang Wei looked at it roughly, and each piece was the size of a catty.

At the current market price, a pound of gold is worth about 10,000 yuan, and a pound of silver is worth about 3,000 yuan. The gold and silver in front of me are superimposed, and I am afraid that it will be no less than 50,000 yuan, which is indeed a generous gift.

He had already guessed that as far as he went to the state capital or the army, Zhang Ji, the assassin of Yongzhou, and Sima Guo Huai of the Western Army were still arguing, and they were unwilling to retreat, so there was no conclusion at the moment. I'm afraid that the key to this matter has to fall on my own attitude. Zhang is ultimately a literati, and he has an extra layer of thought, thinking of selling personal favors to himself through Ma Zun first.

But no matter what, the Thorn Mansion is really a carbon send-off this time. Although the family never had a shortage of food and clothing on weekdays, after making a plan to travel south, they not only had to prepare dry food for carriages, but also had to buy horses and weapons, and they had to scrape together a lot of cash in a hurry.

Jiang Wei originally intended to sell the fields in his hometown in exchange for the entanglement of the southbound journey. And now that I have the 50,000 cash in hand, I have lost a lot of twists and turns. He thought that since he had earned the credit, it was natural for him to rise up, and he couldn't help but be strong.

However, the appearance of the official still has to be done, Jiang Wei resigned again and again, and only said: "Just a meager credit, such a generous gift, I really dare not accept it." ”

After refusing to do so three times, Ma Zun feigned anger and said angrily: "The elder gives, don't dare to resign, is Boyo going to be rude?" Jiang Wei thanked him and accepted it.

Ma Zun casually said a few words of encouragement, and then picked up the teacup.

Seeing this, Jiang Wei got up and said goodbye.

When I returned to the duty room, I spent the morning in processing official documents and reading copies of the palace.

During this period, Yin Xian came once and told the craftsman camp that it was already a good greeting, and asked Jiang Wei to go straight over after he got off duty.

At this moment, Jiang Wei has a huge amount of money in his body, and the first thing he thinks of is to match Jiang Wen and Jiang Wu brothers with a good horse.

There are two horses in the house, one of which is ridden by himself, and he has been on the battlefield and has very good horsepower. There is also a horse left by his father back then, and his horse's teeth are seventeen, which is considered an old horse, and is driven by Jiang Wen and Jiang Wu brothers on weekdays. Fortunately, this horse is a gelding and has a docile temperament, but it is more than enough to pull a cart.

Horses are the foundation of martial artists, this journey is difficult and dangerous, Jiang Wen and Jiang Wu have good horses, whether they are in a hurry or fighting, they are not without benefits.

In the afternoon, since there was nothing to do, Jiang Wei said goodbye to his colleagues, returned home, called Jiang Wen and Jiang Wu, and the three of them went to the Niuma Field in the west of the city. When the two brothers learned that Jiang Wei was going to buy them a horse, they were all excited.

Jicheng is the county governance of Tianshui, and it is the place where Han and Qiang are handed over, so the scale of the cattle and horses is very large, from morning to night, the transaction is not stopped. In fact, in addition to cattle and horses, mules, donkeys, sheep, dogs, and poultry are all available, and occasionally hunters sell wild things such as elk and roe deer.

At that time, wars were frequent in the world, and most of the good horses raised by the Han people were bought out and requisitioned by the government, and the people mostly used horses. However, there are also Qiang people who are good at raising horses, and they are willing to drive their horses to the market to trade, in order to sell them at a high price. Therefore, if you have the heart, you can also exchange a few good horses.

Jiang Wei also came to try his luck this time.

There is still an hour before the market closes, and the cattle and horses are very lively, in addition to the Han people, the Qiang people and the Di people who wear left hair can also be seen everywhere. Horse dealers or three or five for the stall, seat and sell; or lead the horse around, attracting onlookers, all of which are making a final effort before the market closes.

The three of them stopped and walked around, and the horses they saw were either dull or high-priced, and there was no very satisfactory target.

It should be noted that in the northwestern territory, there are many people riding horses and carrying goods, so horses are a scarce commodity. An acre of high-quality fertile land in Guanzhong is only 10,000 yuan, and it can only be exchanged for a middle horse, if it is a high-grade war horse, I am afraid that it will cost 100,000 yuan.

In ancient times, ordinary people bought cattle and horses, and the importance was like importing Dingding, which was by no means an overnight thing. Jiang Wen and Jiang Wei also knew this truth, but after all, the young man's temperament came at that time, and he couldn't help but be a little discouraged at this time. Jiang Wei comforted a few words, and said that the coming days would be long, and the mood of the two of them improved slightly.

The three of them walked and looked, and slowly turned to the exit of the northwest corner of the field, and suddenly saw two Qiang men, leading two horses, half-squatting in the corner of the wall. The two horses were very tall, their fur was black and shiny, their noses were loud, and their voices were loud, and they were undoubtedly good horses. It's just such a good horse, but no one around comes forward to ask, which is very abnormal. Jiang Wei was suspicious in his heart and was about to step forward to ask.

At this moment, Jia Ren, the city commander who was patrolling, saw Jiang Wei and his party from a distance, so he trotted all the way to Jiang Wei and saluted: "Xiaguan Jia Ren, I have seen Jiang Zhonglang." ”

Jiang Wei has been an official in Tianshui for a long time, and many officials and officials are familiar with each other, and this Jia Shiling has also had a few encounters, so he returned a salute.

"Zhonglang is here, but is he buying a horse? If you like it, you can tell the lower official, and the lower official will ask for a good price for Zhonglang. "Although the city order is an unpopular official position in Tianshui County, the so-called county official is not as good as the current management, if he is willing to come forward to say something, it is better than others to bargain for half a day.

He knew that Jiang Wei had made great contributions this time, and his future was unlimited, so he meant to show goodwill.

Jiang Wei pointed to the two Qiang men in the corner of the wall and asked, "I see that the horses sold by these two people are very divine horses, why is no one caring?" ”

Jia Ren smiled bitterly and replied: "Zhonglang, you know horses, a good horse of ordinary quality needs at least 30,000 yuan, and if it is transferred to Chang'an and Luoyang for sale, 50,000 yuan is also deserved." ”

Jiang Wei nodded and said, "Yes, such a good horse, thirty or fifty thousand yuan is indeed not expensive." ”

Jia Ren said: "The Wunaqiang man, but he said that this kind of good horse only costs 20,000 yuan each. ”

Jiang Wei turned his head and showed an inquiring look.

Jia Ren didn't dare to sell Guanzi, and hurriedly explained: "These two people have been selling horses here for a few days, and they bluntly said that good horses are sold cheaply, and each horse is 20,000 yuan. However, they bluntly said that horses are not only sold, but a hundred if they want to be bought. Tsk, a horse is 20,000 yuan, and a hundred horses are 2 million dollars, in the realm of heaven and water, who can be so rich and get 2 million cash? ”

He paused, and then said, "Some people also asked him whether he sold three or five horses, and the price was easy to say." But the Qiang man said: If you say that 20,000 is 20,000, if you say 100 horses, I don't want 100 horses, and I don't want more than a penny, and I won't sell a horse if you want less. Jiang Zhonglang, you say, how can you sell it if you are as stubborn as him? You see, it's only the third day, and no one will pay attention to it anymore. ”

"It's kind of interesting." Jiang Wei arched his hand and said, "When a certain person goes to meet them, Jia Shiling will please take care of yourself." So he took Jiang Wen and Jiang Wu and strode to the two Qiang people.

Jia Ren was stunned for a moment, he wanted to turn back, but he was afraid that the Qiang people would be barbaric and rude, so he collided with Shangguan, and he was afraid that there would be no good fruit to eat, so he had to follow far away.