Chapter 358: The Fight (8)
Qishan County, which is about 150 miles away from Chang'an City, has been out of the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Mansion, belongs to the territory of Qizhou, and in the 12th year of Tianbao, it is called "Fufeng County", which is one of the "three auxiliaries" called in the old days.
Yongshui as a tributary of Weishui passes through the city, and outside the county named after the mountain, until the foot of the mountain in the distance, all are large grasslands, which are completely different from the scene of the fertile fields in other places, of course, it is the cold winter, the grass and trees are withering, and it looks very barren.
"The pasture covers an area of 800 land scavengers, there is another piece of about 300 hectares in Shannan, there are 32,750 horses, five or six out of ten adults, mostly in the Western Regions, Hequ horses, Shannan pastures also have hundreds of Turkic, big food, Persia and other places tribute horses, as breeding purposes, the entire Jingji Road, it belongs to our largest here, that is, in the west of the Longyou River, it is also counted."
A slightly sharp voice sounded in his ears, Liu Ji squatted down, grabbed a cup of soil and looked at it in front of him, the grass roots inside had withered, but it could be vaguely recognized that it was a kind of grass with fat stems and leaves, the terrain in this area was gentle, the water flow was abundant, the land was fertile, and it was indeed a good grazing land.
"Lang Jun still has research in Ma Cao?" The eunuch who led him asked curiously.
"If you use it diligently, you must always know a thing or two." Liu Ji replied casually: "Do you recognize me?" ”
"Hey, Goro's name, the house has already spread, how close we are to the capital, how can we not know?"
So it was, he stood up, patted the soil on his hands, and the eunuch hurriedly handed over a square handkerchief, Liu Ji took it and wiped his hands, and returned it to him.
"What's your name?"
"Our family's surname is Yu, and after entering the palace, His Royal Highness gave him a name and called Chao'en."
"Oh." Liu Ji originally asked casually, but when he heard it, his heart moved.
"Yu Chaoen?"
The other party was also surprised: "Lang Jun knows our family?" ”
Liu Ji only remembered that he should be the prince's person, and said with some uncertainty: "In a trance, I heard King Guangping mention it, where are you on duty now." ”
"Our family is now in the prince's mansion with the captain of the stable, because of the familiarity with horse affairs, I heard that Lang Jun wanted to come to see the ranch with Feng Shaoqing, so he asked His Royal Highness for an envoy, the people here, there are many untruths, Your Highness is afraid that you will be deceived for them, and it is also a good heart."
It's really that Yu Chaoen, Liu Ji couldn't help but look at him more, he looked rich, white and clean, and he didn't have much power and momentum, and sure enough, people can't look good.
"Then there will be labor."
"Lang Jun is polite, just tell me if you have something."
It can be seen that this person is indeed relatively good at Ma Zheng, and under his leadership, Liu Ji visited the largest horse farm near the capital and the only ranch located in Gyeonggi Province.
Datang has a great demand for good horses, horse administration is also an important department, in the Gaozong Dynasty, the country raised horses as much as 700,000 horses, to this dynasty, after more than 40 years of efforts, this number has doubled not only, there are more than 30,000 pastures in front of you, there are no less than 100 such large and small pastures in the country, all over Helong, Hedong, Hebei, Shuofang and other border plugs, and it is precisely because of this that the advantages of Datang for foreign races, especially grassland peoples, are much greater than any era in China.
This was an era when foot soldiers had more than two horses, and the name was a veritable all-pack horse army.
In winter, the horses are lying in the stable to raise fat, eat is the hay that has been stored for a long time, supplemented by some broken food, such a large pasture, animal husbandry, grass workers, veterinarians are all indispensable, there are thousands of people, more importantly, there is also a large scale of stallion farm, specifically responsible for breeding good breeds, in order to form a variety of terrain and climate of high-quality war horses, and only the Tang Dynasty in the prosperous era has such financial resources and confidence, so that the distant cannibals, at a time to send hundreds of precious Arabian horses.
"Huh"
When they returned to the stable history, that is, the official office of the ranch, Feng Hao was about to fall asleep, and when he saw them and his group, he couldn't help but yawn.
"This Rausch account book, smelly and long, so that a certain ear is calloused, how can you come back, what is there to see outside the bare?"
"Show me it."
Liu Ji took the account book from the hand of the pastoral supervisor on duty, flipped through it casually, and memorized everything in detail, obviously to fool outsiders who did not know how to do it.
"You just need to tell me, how many births are born every year, how many deaths, how many good horses, how many horses, forage, medicine, sheds, and labor are the same, each one is listed in detail, and then send someone to verify one by one, there are discrepancies to make up, the difference is too much, give up your own home and run away, Lao Tzu is too lazy to catch you."
When the shepherd heard this, his legs and stomach were spinning, and the fish on the side saw it, took the account book with a cruel smile, and patted him on the shoulder.
"Let's go, let's go with you to count."
Feng Hao saw that the guy who was still vibrating suddenly wilted, and he was so excited that he didn't even fall asleep.
"Gorou, how do you know there's a problem?"
There is only a problem, Liu Ji understands when he looks at him, the number is not small, but it is all related to the predecessor, and Feng Hao has no responsibility, but is likely to make a contribution.
"Such a big oil and water, how can it be no problem, the left is just shoddy, false accounts, in the future, you will be in charge, don't be greedy, for that little money is not worth it, don't take it too seriously, some things are conventional, if you don't let them take it, they will give you bad, unless the amount is too big, and the pressure can't be suppressed."
Feng Hao didn't seem to understand it, but he still understood the meaning, there was a lot of oil and water here.
Clearly, Liu Ji knows that this kind of thing is the same everywhere, and if you want to completely eliminate it, it is difficult to do it even if you have a complete financial system, not to mention that it is the eighth century, you can only grasp a general principle, and it is enough to let the people below know the proportion.
"When are we going back to Beijing?"
"What, I miss my sister-in-law?"
"It's been a few days since Yuan Xi, I'm afraid that Sanniang won't see you, so I jumped Qujiangchi."
Feng Hao's reminder reminded him that Valentine's Day in this time and space was coming, and he subconsciously looked outside, it was still quite early, and if he was in a hurry, he would be able to arrive tomorrow, but a familiar figure flashed outside the stable, which made his heart move.
On the main hall on the third floor of the Qinzheng Building, Li Heng glanced at Li Mao with a smile and made a rare joke.
"Eighteen Lang left when he saw so-and-so, didn't he guess that so-and-so was here to fight the autumn wind?"
"Brother why did he say this, he has no money, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you."
Li Longji looked at the pair of brothers who were fighting each other, and exchanged a look with Gao Lishi, but he didn't expect that after Yang Guozhong's accident, this taciturn prince seemed to be a different person, not only talking a lot, but also taking the initiative a lot, often coming uninvited like this.
Could it be that another soul has crossed over?