"My lord! Hurry up, okay! The day before yesterday, Keiji stood not far in front, and his anxiety was overflowing. In a short distance of less than 500 meters, this was the third time he had urged me.

"Isn't that walking? Really! Who will be waiting for us so early? I rubbed my eyes as I walked, and the full team of retainers led by Nagano Yemasa followed behind and yawned. I don't know if I've been disgusted by Zhou Gong recently, and I've always been woken up from my sleep early one after another. A few days ago, it was Oda Nobunaga, as long as he came to the spirit, no matter when he remembered it, he would call someone to pass on me, which made me angry and dare not speak! Finally, Meinong's matter was generally settled, and he gradually stopped, hehe! This changed Keiji Maeda again! I don't know if he made that nerve this morning, he made everyone stir up at 4 o'clock in the morning, and dragged us out before dawn! When I asked him what was going on, he only said that it was about the imminent war with the Saito family, and that he wanted us to come and meet someone, and he refused to say anything if he asked again, just urging us to leave quickly.

"Lord! Didn't you say at the banquet three days ago that this war was a good opportunity for meritorious service? Keiji Maeda leaned close to me with a mysterious smile. Affected by your words, there are now fierce soldiers everywhere in Komakiyama City! When Ikeda returned that night, he mobilized all his retainers; My uncle also re-equipped his men; The 'monkey' has been jumping up and down for several days, and yesterday I saw Hidemasa Hori, Kazushi Nakamura and a few of them buying knives, and I heard that even Shibata's gang moved! ”

"Oh! Is there such a thing? "I really didn't expect that I would have such an impact, and I can't help but think of the U.S. stock market after Greenspan's speech." Is it all because of me? ”

"That's not it yet!" His expression was a little flattering. "In this case, do you say I can do something about it?"

"What the hell do you want to do?" I saw a certain "trap" in his attitude. "If you don't tell the truth, I won't leave!"

"Don't, don't, don't, don't you see it's here!" Seeing that I really stopped, he came over to pull me in a hurry. Following the direction he pointed, I did see a gate. "Open the door!" Keiji Maeda came to the door and knocked hard.

I looked up and down the big courtyard, not to mention that I really knew it here. It's a shop called "Kukuya", and I used to trade with them and did a horse business. Speaking of which, both the Kitoriya and Tennoji Yaowari branches actually sell horses, but many people still want to come here because they have the best horses here! Although the scale of this place is not large, due to the special relationship of the owner in Aolu, there is always a bit of top-notch "good goods" from time to time.

"Who's out there? We haven't opened the door yet! There was finally an answer in it, but it sounded impatient.

"Since the door hasn't opened, let's come back later, shall we?" I yawned.

"Don't worry, lord! That's it. Keiji Maeda turned his head and shouted to the inside: "I'm Keiji Maeda, and I made an appointment with your boss yesterday!" ”

"Oh, it's Maeda-sama! Wait, I'll open the door for you. "The people inside seemed to know Keiji, and then the sound of the latch was pulled." You're so early, huh? Our boss hasn't gotten up yet! The guy who opened the door said, but I think it seems that not only the boss didn't get up.

Keiji Maeda didn't pay attention to what the guy was saying at all, and just grabbed the guy's wrist. "That'...... Is that still there? He asked eagerly.

"Yes, of course! Still in the back stables. "The guy actually understood what he was saying.

"Lord, come and take a look with me!" Keiji Maeda shouted as he ran inside. "You, go and call the boss!"

A few of us looked at each other helplessly, so we had to follow him backwards.

In the backyard, there is a wide fence of ten zhang square, a small fence on the east side is enclosed with more than 50 horses, and on the west side is more than 20 independent stables. "My lord, this is the horse I have in my picture! What do you think? Keiji Maeda stood in front of a stable and pointed to me.

I leaned over to take a closer look, and suddenly I had a refreshing feeling. Inside stood a chestnut horse, unusually tall and slender, with stretched and graceful lines, a shiny coat like brocade, and a pair of jewel-like eyes that sparkled. The height of the horse's back is 1.6 meters, and the four long legs and the strong muscles of the neck, chest, back, waist and hips are full of amazing explosive power. I've only seen horses of this size on TV in the Royal European Guard of Honour, but this is the first time I've seen them in Japan. "Very good!" After reading it, I nodded in satisfaction.

"I'll just say that your eyesight won't be bad, my lord!" Keiji Maeda whispered "kindly": "Then you say ......"

"What can I say? What more do you want me to say? Knowing what he meant, I rolled my eyes at him.

"Lord Stars! Ladies and gentlemen! You're early! At this time, the owner of the Kukuya came over at a trot while wearing his clothes.

"Boss, get straight to the point!" I pointed to the chestnut steed and said, "You make a price first, and you have to make a real deal!" ”

"Of the horses that came yesterday, 'Matsukaze' is the best!" The boss still talked about the "business experience". "It can be described as violent, coming and going like the wind, it is a real horse!"

"You don't talk about those things that aren't salty or bland!" Keiji Maeda was in a hurry first. "You'd better quote the price quickly!"

"Yes, yes, yes, Lord Zhuxing and you are both regular customers, so I will quote a reserve price." The boss seems to have made a lot of determination. "It's just 200 times!"

"Oh!" I snorted softly. The price of a top-class cavalry war horse is generally more than 40 guan, but this is a famous horse, so the price of 200 guan is reasonable.

"My lord! You ......" Keiji Maeda looked at me pitifully.

"Okay, you buy it! I don't stand in the way. I said deliberately.

"This ...... Aren't you embarrassed for me? He said dejectedly: "I only have 200 yuan a year, and I usually spend it in half a year!" It's really ......" He turned to his boss and asked, "Can you stay for me for a few more days?" ”

"I'm afraid it won't work!" The boss was embarrassed and said: "This batch of horses arrived yesterday, and Shibata and Takigawa already know about it, I'm afraid they will come over today!" I'm just a businessman, I can't ......," he paused.

"That's ......" I felt a little amused when I looked at Keiji Maeda's begging eyes. Actually, I'm ready to buy this Pine Wind for him, but I can't let him succeed so easily. I suddenly remembered the boss's words of "violent personality". "So be it! If you can tame this horse on the spot, I'll buy it for you!" I said.

"That's true!" After receiving my affirmative answer, he excitedly said, "Okay, you look! ”

The horse was dragged into the big fence by the men, and kept snooping with its front hooves. All of us sat on the railing, watching with excitement.

Keiji Maeda asked for a large pot of oats, and then walked slowly towards the horse. Songfeng watched him vigilantly, and "da, da" took a few steps back. With a kind expression on his face that I had never seen before, Keiji Maeda walked slowly, slowly, and gently took the reins from his man's hand. While gently stroking the mane on Songfeng's neck, he gently took out a handkerchief from his waist and put it on its face. The blindfolded pine wind was noticeably quieter, and he no longer seemed so restless. Keiji Maeda then grabbed a handful of oats from the wooden basin handed by the man and put it to Matsukaze's mouth, and he sniffed it and ate it. After a few handfuls, Keiji Maeda took out the red gourd again, poured some wine on the oats in his hand and continued to feed it. After about a dozen more handfuls, Keiji Maeda uncovered the towel and reached out to stroke its back. Matsukaze seemed to have a good impression of Keiji, and kept rubbing his head on his body and smelling it. Keiji Maeda jumped on the sleek back of the horse and ran through the spacious fence.

"How? Lord, pay for it! After a few laps he stopped in front of me with his horse and said triumphantly.