146 The horses arrived
"Yes, yes, he must have been a pipe dream. Therefore, they found a lot of ministers, but none of them promised to help him. ”
After hearing Xu Xiang's words, Liu Hong's anger calmed down. However, when he thought of the arrogance of these two groups of people in the hotel today, Liu Hong felt that he couldn't let them go easily, and he had to teach them a lesson.
"Today at the hotel, the two of them came to such a show in front of me, they will definitely not be steady."
"Yes, of course. Don't talk about them, if something like this happens, it's a person who can't be sure. Everyone agreed.
"If they are not down-to-earth, they will definitely find someone to talk to."
Xu Xiang listened to Liu Hong's words and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, we will never help them intercede." ”
"It's my business to help them intercede or not." Liu Hong knew that they had misunderstood, and said, "I mean, looking at their performance in the hotel, you know that they are all rich people. They want to ask you for help, you have to knock them well, and you can't let them go easily. ”
Hearing Liu Hong's words, everyone laughed, "Your Majesty, rest assured, we will definitely peel off their skin." ”
"Well, you can think that we can divide the things we knock out, and you are not allowed to swallow them alone."
Hearing Liu Hong's words, all the people were black lines in their heads, "Nima, you are the emperor, can you not be too weird." It is enough to command us men to extort foreign envoys, and how can you demand that the filth be shared equally with our men when you are done? ”
Liu Hongcai didn't care what his subordinates thought of him, after explaining this, he said directly to Liu Fu: "Where are those horses, let's go and have a look." ”
"Your Majesty, there are more than 20,000 horses sent by Su Shuang this time, and they can't be let go in the city, they are all in the horse farm outside the city."
"There are 20,000 horses, great, take me to see it." Hearing this, Liu Hong almost jumped up excitedly.
It's no wonder that Liu Hong is happy to be like this, mainly because the big man is too short of horses. If they had enough cavalry, some time ago, why would they let Xianbei rage so much in Dahan. Although Xianbei is not harmful now, Xianbei is not the only one who threatens the Han nearby. Besides, Xianbei is not completely without threat, there will always be a battle between the two sides, and without enough horses, it is impossible to completely exterminate Xianbei.
When he came to the racecourse, Liu Hong was a little dizzy, "It is said that the scene is spectacular, it is nothing more than the galloping of thousands of horses, whether others believe it or not, anyway, I believe it." ”
Someone next to him immediately patted his ass and said, "That's, that's!" Just looking at these horses in silence, it is already so spectacular, not to mention when they gallop, it must be even more spectacular. ”
Liu Fu was very disdainful of such horses, and directly diverted the topic, and said to Liu Hong: "Your Majesty, this time, Su Shuang not only brought back 20,000 war horses, but also brought back ten sweaty horses?" ”
"Oh, this is great, with **, as long as we cultivate well, the sweat and blood BMW will continue to flow." Liu Hong was so happy, he saw Su Shuang hiding behind at a glance, and greeted directly: "Su Qing, why did you run to the back, come here." ”
Hearing Liu Hong's call, Su Shuang hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
Liu Hong helped Su Shuang up and said, "Su Qing, you have made a great contribution to me." ”
"Your Majesty, you are really a prize." Saying that, Su Shuang said again: "Your Majesty, these sweaty and bloody horses, Weichen does not dare to take credit, this is a gift from the prince of peace to His Majesty." ”
"I don't care about the prince, I only recognize you. All I know is that you helped me get these horses back from thousands of miles away. ”
Hearing Liu Hong's words, Su Shuang's tears of emotion burst into tears.
After the horses are finished, there is no need for Liu Hong to stay here. After instructing the horse keepers to take good care of these treasures, he went back to the palace.
Early the next morning, before Liu Hong woke up, the palace maid came to report that Duan Cheng and Liu Fu were outside to see him.
"Made, what's going on again, to let the two of them come to me early in the morning?"
Although he didn't sleep enough, there were people waiting outside, and Liu Hong was embarrassed to sleep again. hurriedly put on his clothes and went to Nangong to meet them.
As soon as he saw Liu Hong, Duan Cheng shouted, "Your Majesty, go and see those horse breeders, they have to castrate those sweaty and bloody horses." ”
"What, they dare to castrate my BMW!"
Liu Hong immediately became anxious when he heard this, he was still waiting for these horses to help him improve his horse breed, if he was castrated, his wish would be dissolved. Therefore, Liu Hong and Duan Cheng went directly to the West Garden to raise the bloody horse guard.
"Your Majesty, we have been wronged." As soon as Liu Hong arrived at the Imperial Horse Prison, several people who were tied up shouted to him.
"What's going on?"
"Your Majesty, it's they who have to emasculate these sweaty and bloody horses. And they would not listen to what the last general would say. The last general has no choice but to have people tie them up first, and then find a way for you, Your Majesty. ”
"Why do you have to castrate these BMWs, don't you know that this is what I have worked so hard to find to breed?" Liu Hong looked at them fiercely and said, "If you don't give me an explanation today, I will castrate you all." ”
"Your Majesty, we are really wronged, the horses sent to the Imperial Horse Prison, according to the rules, as long as it is a stallion, they must all be castrated, we just act according to the rules."
"What's going on?"
"Your Majesty, if the stallion is not castrated, it will be very irritable and difficult to tame. For the safety of His Majesty's riding, there is such a rule that all stallions that enter the Imperial Horse Prison will be castrated. ”
"you Madedan, how did I explain yesterday?"
Seeing that Liu Hong was really angry, those people hurriedly begged for mercy, "Your Majesty, spare your life!" Yesterday, when those people handed over the horses to us, they really just told us to take good care of the horses, and they didn't say they were **. Otherwise, we would never dare to castrate them. ”
"Your Majesty, they shouldn't have meant it, just spare them." Duan Cheng looked at those people pitifully, and also came over to plead.
"These guys are really damned, if it weren't for General Duan, you came to see the horses, they would have caused me all these horses." Although Liu Hong also felt that they didn't mean it, but they almost ruined his big thing, Liu Hong was still indignant.
"Can't you ride this stallion without castration?" Liu Hong was very resentful of this rule, thinking that back then, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wasted all his efforts to get the sweat-and-blood horse, but did not leave a single descendant, and it seemed that they were all castrated. So, he wanted to abolish this rule.
The horse breeder did not dare to answer this question, and Duan Cheng said: "It's not true, but the stallion is not castrated, has a short temper, and is not very easy to ride." And the war horse, if it is in heat on the battlefield, it will be even more troublesome. ”
"Oh, that said, it's still emasculated insurance." Duan Cheng's meaning, Liu Hong understood, that is, he couldn't prohibit the castration of war horses, but he was still unwilling and said: "Even if it is necessary to castrate horses, you can't castrate them all regardless of the situation." Now take an inventory of the horses, and find all the horses that are valuable, and do not castrate them, but keep them to improve their breeds. In the future, they will set up a special household registration, and the lineage will be clearly marked, and the pure ** within three generations of the direct line should not be castrated, and beyond the three generations, it depends on the specific situation. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty's proposal is very good. This not only solves the problem of war horse riding, but also the horses of our Han Dynasty will not degrade in the future. For this, Duan Cheng agrees.
Suddenly, Liu Hong thought that Chinese people have the habit of castrating whatever they catch, such as horses, pigs, people, or whatever, they are all castrated. Although there are many things that cannot be directly withdrawn from the stage of history like eunuchs, the necessary protection of good breeds is still needed. Therefore, Liu Hong added, not only horses, but all valuable animals, should be like this, and they should be registered to protect the good breed.