"How does my brother know that he sells horses here?" , Ruan Xiaoqi asked in some surprise.

"Just now I saw hoof prints on the ground, which were obviously different from those of mules, and I thought that there must have been horses passing by. This is the main road from the capital again, it is impossible for a horse to come out of the capital, I think there must be a private horse dealer in this vicinity", Chao Gai took a sip of wine, sandwiched a few pieces of meat, and explained while eating: "Later, you and I will go to buy horses first, and then it is not too late to go on the road."

Hearing this, Ruan Xiaoqi was stunned on the spot, looked at Chao Gai in a daze, and only after a while knocked on his head and said, "Oh, I know how to eat and drink with this head."

The two of them had eaten and drunk enough, and then they went along the road that the man had said before, and sure enough, not far ahead, there was a fork in the road, and Chao Gai and the two walked along the path. The path was overgrown with weeds, but if you leaned down to look closely, you could see that the weeds were all wounded and the blades of grass were broken, apparently caused by constant trampling. Further on, the horseshoe prints on the ground became more and more layered, chaotic, but some were very clear, and even the occasional dried horse manure could be seen in some blades of grass.

However, the path was a little winding, and when the two of them got closer, they found that it looked like a dilapidated and deserted village, and from a distance it looked deserted, but there were more and more mottled horseshoe prints and horse manure on the ground.

Seeing this, Chao Gai was a little curious: I don't know who would choose such a place to sell horses. It's not easy. Although this place is remote, it is close to the main road, and it is on the side of the main road from the capital. I think it's been carefully chosen. You must know that the Song Dynasty strictly forbade the sale of horses privately, and this person dared to sell horses here, and I have to say that this person was indeed bold.

"Who are you?"

Chao Gai and Ruan Xiaoqi followed the path and were about to approach the dilapidated village entrance, but they didn't want to rush out of the woods at the entrance of the village with a turban and a waist knife, and with a few people, holding blades to block Chao Gai's way.

"This strong man, we are passing guests. Because he was in a hurry to travel a long way, he came to buy two good horses", Chao Gai saw this, but became more and more curious about the arrival of the horse dealer in front of him.

"My horse is not cheap", the man stared at Chao Gai and said in a deep voice: "The cheapest horse costs thirty-five yuan, if you can't afford it, get out of it as soon as possible."

"As long as it's a good horse, money isn't a problem!"

"If that's the case, then let me come," he glanced at Chao Gai and Ruan Xiaoqi with some vigilance, and then said.

Seeing this, Chao Gai and Ruan Xiaoqi followed the big man on foot and slowly entered the small deserted village in front of them.

Entering the entrance of the village, Chao Gai sent a letter that the small mountain village in front of him was not big, but a small mountain basin. It seems that the whole horse farm has carved out the abandoned village in front of it, and it is surrounded by a fence with strong wooden stakes and hemp ropes, and then on the periphery, there are some dilapidated houses or mountain peaks. Instead, the horses were enclosed in it, which saved a lot of trouble.

The man took Chao Gai and Ruan Xiaoqi to the field, clasped his arms with both hands, held a knife in his right hand, and stood aside coldly: "Choose what horse you want!" ”

Seeing this man's attitude, Ruan Xiaoqi was suddenly a little indignant. I came to pay for a horse, and I didn't ask for it in vain, so why bother with a sagmy face. Besides, this person looks like he loves to ignore but is like a thief, and he gets angry when he looks at it, how can he do business like this? If it weren't for Chao Gai's eyes, Ruan Xiaoqi would have been unable to bear it.

Chao Gai didn't care about that. Thinking that these people do this business, they are all doing the business of licking blood with knives, although it is a lot of profits, but it does have to take a lot of risks. After all, the decree of the imperial court is there, and if you are not careful, I am afraid you will not be able to do this.

Chao Gai looked around, and there were only about thirty horses in this humble horse farm, but each one of them was a good horse. The coat color is shiny, the physique is rough and strong, the head is large and the forehead is wide, and the chest is deep and long.

Therefore, Chao Gai became interested in this small horse farm. In the Song Dynasty, where there was such a shortage of horses, there were these good horses here, and their owners must be very human.

"Hurry up!"

Seeing Chao Gai looking around, the man couldn't help but urge. Although he also knew that it was impossible to choose a horse so quickly, he always felt a faint and inexplicable threat in every move of the person next to him, which made him a little uneasy. If he was hob meat, he has always had a keen sense of danger, otherwise he wouldn't have done this with his head up.

"Rush a bird. Since we want to choose a good horse, we naturally have to look carefully, how can you do business like this", at this time, Ruan Xiaoqi couldn't help but glance at the man.

"Hmph", when the man heard this, he was not angry, but raised his head a little proudly and said, "I'm afraid that you are picky." I'm not an ordinary colt here, although I don't say that every one of them is a thousand miles of horses, but I have no problem traveling hundreds of miles a day. If it is placed in the market, every horse is a good horse with no price."

"Go to your master." Chao Gai didn't have much, but he smiled lightly: "I want all these horses."

What the?

Hearing Chao Gai's words, the man was suddenly a little stunned, and he even suspected that he had heard it wrong: "You said you wanted it all?" ”

"Not bad", Chao Gai nodded: "You shouldn't be able to be the master of this matter."

"You ......" The man was speechless when he heard this. Some looked at Chao Gai viciously, but knew that what the other party said was the truth.

With such a big deal, he really can't be the master. Since they followed the boss to sell horses, he had never seen any kind of buyer, but it was the first time he had met a person who dared to say that he had bought more than thirty good horses. If this person is not a big financier who came to buy horses in good faith, he is here to deliberately find fault.

"Don't go quickly, we have to hurry up, and we don't have time to grind with you," Ruan Xiaoqi said angrily. At this time, Ruan Xiaoqi also probably guessed Chao Gai's intentions. Now there is a shortage of horses in the cottage, if these good horses can be sent to Liangshan, it is the best.

Hearing this, the man snorted coldly, turned around and hurried away, heading towards the side path towards the inside. After a while, Chao Gai and Ruan Xiaoqi heard a movement. The two of them immediately stood up, and saw the man from before him walking with seven or eight people menacingly. After a few breaths, several people came to Chao Gai and Ruan Xiaoqi.

"Who's going to buy all my horses?"

At this time, the middle person looked Chao Gai and Ruan Xiaoqi up and down, and said deliberately.

Ruan Xiaoqi looked at it, and saw that this person's appearance was very peculiar: medium in shape, but he was born with red hair and yellow beard, thin and thick, and his eyes revealed some ferocity that is rare for ordinary people.

"It's my brother who wants to buy a horse", Ruan Xiaoqi looked at the strange-looking man in front of him, crossed his arms and said, "You are the master of this horse farm?" ”

"If you want to buy a horse, you can buy it, but do you know that the price of my BMW is not low", seeing Ruan Xiaoqi's confirmation, the strange man said: "You don't want to use this to entertain me."

"Don't say that there are only about thirty horses, that is, ten times more, as long as it is a good horse, we will also buy it", Chao Gai smiled, took a step forward again, looked at the red-haired and yellow-bearded strange man in front of him and said:

"If what I expected is right, your Excellency is the golden retriever Duan Jingzhu?"