"These horses, how can you say it," the slender face hesitated for a moment, and then looked at Lao Luo's clothes and the people around him, "These horses come from the distant Burgundy in the north, they eat a lot, although they are very large, they look very powerful, but they don't run fast, but they have good patience, suitable for long-distance loads, and they are good for horses." ”

While listening to the introduction of the horse owner, Lao Luo walked up to one of the slightly cleaner horses, even if his height was only up to the neck of this horse, the breath on his body made the horse quickly quiet, horses are very intelligent animals, they can know whether the other party is strong or not by feeling alone. Looking at the horse's eyes, Lao Luo reached out and touched the bridge of the horse's nose, scratched its jaw, then opened its lips to look at its teeth, and then pressed its high back with his hand to feel the horse's endurance.

Then turning around, Lao Luo smiled and looked at the Norman horse master in front of him, his words were indeed right, maybe Lao Luo's clothes and servants misled him, he regarded Lao Luo as a nobleman somewhere in Byzantium, but it doesn't matter, the key is that he is still telling the truth. "Well, maybe we need some tall horses, I wonder how many of these types of horses there are Mr. Horse Owner?"

"Sir, you might as well take a look at ......" The slender face thought that after saying this, Lao Luo would no longer be interested in these tall horses, but he said another sentence, and it took a long time to shake his mind and understand what Lao Luo was saying, "Sir, you said you want this type of horse?" ”

"That's right, I want as many such horses as you have, provided that there are no sick horses, the price must be right, and don't take me for a fool!" Lao Luo smiled and said to the horse owner, Nine out of ten are the children of nobles in a certain place in Byzantium, and at the same time, they are full of wealth and confidence, and they are not afraid of your posture of deceiving me.

"My lord, I have thirty more horses of this type, and I guarantee that there will be no sick or injured horses, and the price is only five gold solidus each." In the face of Lao Luo's momentum, the slender face immediately changed his words, and then quickly introduced the source of goods he had at hand.

"Huh? Five gold solidos each? Lao Luo's eyes immediately widened, he was not satisfied with this price, not that these high horses were not worth the price, but that these horses were obviously the lower quality of the opposite horse owner, and if the price was high, he would become a big wrongdoer, as for what price these horses were in Lao Luo's hands, it was his own business.

The slender face standing opposite Lao Luo did not look like a Norman at all, although he was dressed in the style of a Norman robe, "My lord, I am mistaken, these horses are sold to you for three and a half gold solidus, guaranteed that there will be no sickness. ”

"Well, I don't like to be verbose, you have to be quicker, wash all these horses of the same type, and follow me to get the final payment later." As he spoke, Lao Luo casually pulled out a money bag from his robe and threw it to the other party (it was actually prepared from the space), then looked down at the other party's eyes and said, "Well, fifty gold solidus as a deposit, I will leave one person here, and I will get the horse and go with me in a while." You won't lie to me, will you? ”

"Understood, my lord, yes, my lord, I will arrange for someone to complete it as soon as possible." The slender face trembled and opened the money bag to look at it, bowed his head to deal with Lao Luo, and then turned around and beckoned to a few strong men under him, "You guys call someone, hurry up and boil water and bathe those horses, clean them up, the adults are waiting." ”

Lao Luo smiled and looked at the several Normans who were busy at the horse farm, and stretched out his hand to greet one of Stan's subordinates who followed, "Fischer, you wait here, I'll take everyone to pick up some more horses." ”

"Yes, boss." Fischer was also a Norman, but he was much stronger than the few who sold the horses, "But, boss, I've seen this kind of horse, it's not worth so much money." That guy doesn't look like a Norman at all, it's a shame. ”

Lao Luo glanced at Fischer, "I understand how much the horse is worth, and I'll talk to you in detail when I go back." Seriously, the guy who sells horses is smarter than you, don't let them bathe the horses with cold water. ”

"It's like, the boss must have a point. Fischer, you're going to sell horses, and you're sure to scare the people who buy them away. Olki next to him joked.

Everyone laughed, all these guys, including Lao Luo, no one is a material for selling horses, if they are horse thieves, they are almost the same.

Continuing to walk, almost half of the trading grounds, Lao Luo selected eighty Arabian horses, and forty Iberian horses - the body shape is very similar to the famous Andalusian horses in later generations, although there are no outstanding horses, but these are very good horse breeds, Lao Luo once grew up in the pastoral area, this is the best experience, he does not respect the Western bloodline theory, good horses need good training and environment, otherwise war horses will also be raised as horses.

After another turn, the Bedouins with tattoos on their faces were tending to camels, and Lao Luo did not see the very revered white camels, but the yellow-haired camels abounded, which were the most common mounts in Asia Minor. He had no experience with this, but although the Bedouins did not like to follow the rules of the city, they had never heard of their habit of fraud, so Lao Luo was relieved to let the Bedouins recommend the selection of 200 camels.

Then I found a craftsman shop that made saddles and horseshoes, and prefabricated several pairs of saddle lassos and horseshoe making. This matter is simple, there are many shops of this type around the market, which is a prosperous road port and the first stop in the inland.

In this era, paying taxes was a businessman's business, not shopping in Europe like later generations, and you had to add taxes to the list price to buy the goods you wanted. So when Lao Luo drove away with everyone and a few horse owners and their subordinates driving horses and camels Shi Shiran, there was a large area of concerned eyes next to him - nearly one hundred and fifty hundred horses, plus two hundred camels, it was a large team anywhere.

The cost of such large livestock is naturally not small, except for the big guy like the Shire Horse, Lao Luo bought it as a horse and took a small advantage, the Arabian horse is already a very mature war horse, each horse costs eight gold solidus, and the Iberian horse is also not comparable to cheap horses - each horse costs six and a half gold solidus, plus two hundred camels, Lao Luo spent a total of nearly three thousand gold solidus.

Fortunately, Lao Luo is not short of money, and to this day, he still has a lot of assets left in the space of that usurer in Alexandria, not to mention those gains in Constantinople. However, there has been no news of the library theft, perhaps because Basil II suppressed it for the sake of face, or perhaps because the Byzantine secret forces were investigating, and in any case it would be unwise to inquire into this matter.

With such a large team swaggering through the market, it has naturally attracted too much attention for a long time, but there is no way to do it, you can't put horses and camels into the space in front of everyone, right? Even if it could be collected, it would only turn a live horse into a dead horse, and a live camel into a dead camel.

However, this kind of swagger is not without benefits, and Zhang Lu's party who met halfway will reap a lot of harvest - the olive oil they are talking about was sold at a price of 30 percent higher than the purchase price, because the owner of the harvest was worried that he would see the mighty herd of passing horses, and that Zhang Lu, the owner of the goods, would transport the goods to the East to sell.

When they were about to arrive at the hotel, the people who stayed behind already knew that Lao Luo had returned with a large herd of livestock, and the hurried people hurriedly lined up to greet them, except for those who were still busy in the courtyard, and there were seventy or eighty burly men standing at the door. At this time, whether it was the long-skinned Norman who sold Burgundian horses, or the later Arab horse merchants and Bedouin herdsmen, they were all convinced of the idea that Lao Luo was a Byzantine nobleman, not a Byzantine nobleman, how could there be so many fierce warriors as guards?

Of course, this is just a digression, Lao Luo directly instructed everyone to collect these horses and camels that were driven back, and after checking them one by one, he made sure that it was correct and directly settled the gold coins and sent away a few horse owners who wanted to be close - anyway, Lao Luo bought horses here only a temporary decision, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to have a chance to deal with horse dealers.

And the reason why they are allowed to accompany the delivery is because Lao Luo is sure that someone must be eyeing his team of more than 100 people, and after seeing his team, the rumors will definitely spread out, scaring off the little thief, and there will definitely be a slightly larger force to intervene, so it is the best way to integrate manpower training, although these gladiator-born guys have gone through the battle formation, but everyone's run-in is not enough training alone, and actual combat is the best way to verify combat effectiveness.

Thinking about this, Lao Luo carefully inspected the situation of each stable and camel shed, each stable was surrounded by a large crowd of people, and when he arrived at the place of the Burgundian horse, the Norman Fischer was still guarding there, and the tall Stan next to him also looked at Lao Luo with a puzzled face: "Boss, didn't the horse owner say that this type of horse can only be a colt?" Is it because the boss wants to use a big truck to transport it on the road? ”

"Hehe, Stan, that horse owner is a fool," Lao Luo explained with a smile: "This type of horsepower is very strong, it is the best mount for heavy cavalry, you think, you and I are this size, full metal armor, plus long weapons, and put horse armor on the horse, what will it look like when charging into battle?" ”

"Oh, my God!" Stan's eyes lit up suddenly, and when the scene described by Lao Luo was presented in his mind, he felt that he was the warrior, simply an unstoppable steel monster, and Stan was drooling as he stared at the tall horse in the stable, "No, I must learn to ride a horse, and I want this kind of tall horse." ”

Fischer next to him also had the same expression, originally he was also as confused as Stan, and now he completed the performance of changing his face, "Boss, how do you feed these guys?" Now they're still too thin. ”

"That's right, these horses need to be nourished, their forage is increased, and each horse is supplemented with ten eggs at a time, and it is said that these horses also drink alcohol and eat meat, and Fischer is responsible for this." Lao Luo pondered for a moment and simply arranged.

"Understood, boss," Fischer cheerfully agreed.

"Stan, you're going to have someone watch over the horseshoe tomorrow, and I'll leave it to you about the horse mounts."

"Cheng, boss, don't worry, I'll call someone to be in charge of this aspect when I go back." Stan also manages a lot of people, and the logistics itself is a big part of the chore.

Turning back to the rest room, Lao Luo called Gonzhas and Alke, who were in charge of the battle, "Gonzas, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, there will be craftsmen to install or replace the horseshoe for the newly bought mounts, and equip them with saddles, and then I need each of us to learn to ride horses or camels, and you tell the others that we have seven days to prepare." ”

"Yes, boss." Gonzhas promised, "But boss, I'm afraid that a person who can't ride a horse in seven days won't be able to do it to the point of proficiency." ”

"It's okay, if you don't know how to ride, you can be a cavalry infantry when the time comes." Lao Luo said with full confidence.

"Boss, you mean?" Hearing that the time required was so tight, Gonzas, who was sensitive to the war, asked.

"Well, your instincts are right, there is a battle that needs to be trained by the fighters." Lao Luo turned his head to look at Alker, "Alke, are your people staring at who the other party is?" ”

"Keep an eye on it, the target is a cavalry captain under the Eastern Lord, it is said to be the nephew of a senator in Constantinople, that guy is insatiable, and often leads his men to mix in the surrounding area as horse bandits to rob passing merchants." Alk scattered his men when he arrived during the day.

"Doesn't the Lord of the East care about his men?" This kind of thing, it is impossible for the lords of the Byzantine East not to know, Lao Luo asked curiously.

"It is said that the sister of the cavalry captain's wife is the mistress of the lord, so she ......," Alc said mysteriously.

"Okay, needless to say," Lao Luo slapped the table angrily, "I guess this guy's team won't move before we go out of the city, Gonzas, remind our people, get ready, when you go out of the city to the east, give these guys a lesson." Alc, send his men on horseback out of the city to the east to explore the road. ”

"Yes, boss!"