With the spread of ten reconnaissance squads, Li Yao also set off to Mazhou Pass, this time he was ordered to come to Mazhou Pass to welcome his relatives, so he swaggered on the official road and swaggered through the market.

Mazhou Pass is worthy of being the first border pass in Qi country, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it with words such as majestic and sturdy. There are 20,000 cavalry in Mazhou Pass, and the horses are all locally produced, and the durability and explosiveness are superior to those of all countries.

The total number of soldiers and horses of Qi State is 200,000, including 50,000 cavalry and 150,000 foot soldiers. The generals of the city guard army were under the unified jurisdiction of the military department, and the salaries were allocated by the local county order.

Zongma came to Mazhou Pass, sent a person to Mazhou Pass to report the news, and he waited under the city with the reconnaissance group, Mazhou Pass, like other places, could not lead the army to enter without the order of the chief officer of the city.

As with the results of the investigation of the reconnaissance team, the second prince was not in Mazhou Pass, and came out to greet a city guard.

The chief officer guarding the city greeted him and said: "The last general Buxing visited the Hou Ye, and the second prince was recalled by King Qi to the national capital, so the last general came to greet you this time!" ”

"The second brother has been recalled to the national capital?" Li Yao thought silently, "There's no reason, why was the second brother recalled as soon as I came, was it because he was going to fight against the Uighurs, was he called back by King Qi to deploy his troops, or was it because of some other things?" ”

Li Yao shook his head, forget it, don't think about it, I'll still honestly take the princess back, don't make any extraneous branches!

Li Yao smiled at Bu Xingchao: "Then there is General Lao Bu, please lead the way." ”

Bu Xingchao made a 'please' gesture and led the way.

Still recuperating at the post station, Li Yao was taken to the post station, and Bu Xingchao left, sending a deputy general to listen to Li Yao's command.

Li Yao asked, "Little General, what is your name?" ”

The lieutenant general arched his hand and said: "Master Hou, the last general is grand!" It is the deputy general of the third battalion of the Massachusetts Guarding City! ”

Li Yao said: "General Gao, I want to go out for a walk, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Gao Hong arched his hand and said, "Of course you can, the last general will go out and arrange it now!" ”

Li Yao stopped Gao Hongda from going out with great fanfare, and said, "I'll just walk around, you can take two guards!" ”

Gao Hongda thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, Master Hou!" ”

So Li Yao took the blind man and a few guards, and Gao Hongda took a small team of soldiers and followed Li Yao out of the post station!

Since he came to Mazhou Pass, Li Yao had to take a look at the horses, Mazhou Pass is an important source of horses in Qi State, and most of the horses in Qi Country are supplied by horses in Mazhou Pass.

Half of Li Yao's reconnaissance team is no longer in the school field, and for the reconnaissance team, every time they go to a new place, investigation is a must-do, so half of the investigation team is all scattered out to understand the situation inside Mazhou Pass!

Under the guidance of Gao Hongda, Li Yao and the others came to the horse distribution center of Mazhou Pass, in this horse distribution center, the horses bought and sold by merchants are not particularly good, because good horses are first supplied to the army, and 10,000 horses are purchased by the army every year, so the rest are horses of average quality.

Li Yao looked at it for a long time, the horses were average, and most of them were horses, Li Yao found a businessman and asked, "How much do you have horses here?" ”

The merchant saw that the status of the person who was accompanied by the general was definitely not low, so he didn't shout the price, and said in a proper manner: "The horses here are not particularly good, so I bid twenty-five taels of silver each!" ”

Li Yao knew the price, so he stepped forward and continued to walk, thinking as he walked: "Twenty-five taels of silver a horse, then if you buy ten thousand horses, it will be two hundred and fifty thousand taels, the price is a bit high!"

And the amount of food of a horse is three times that of a person, the wild grass and horses on the Gobi Desert do not eat, only the grass and livestock in the east of Yi County eat, but it is impossible for them to organize people to mow the grass, if you give the horses food, this is indeed a bit too luxurious, it seems that how many horses to buy, you still have to think about it! ”

Li Yao bought a horse mainly to think about clearing the wasteland, and after the refugees finished repairing the canal, they began to open up the wasteland, but the refugees only relied on tools to dig, it was too slow, and each person worked hard every day to reclaim more than a cent of land, according to this efficiency, it would take several years to reclaim the farmland alone, which was certainly not acceptable to Li Yao. Therefore, the purpose of Li Yao's visit this time was not only to welcome the Uighur princess, but also to buy some horses to reclaim the farmland, and after the farmland was reclaimed, the horses could also be used by the soldiers to ride, which could be regarded as cavalry!

But because of the price, Li Yao is now planning how much to buy, if only he brought the dog head this time, the dog head can definitely give himself some suggestions!

Gao Hongda heard that Li Yao wanted to buy horses, so he suggested: "Master Hou, if you want to buy a large number of horses, it is better to find a supplier of military horses, there are horses eliminated in the army, and the price is much cheaper than this!" ”

Li Yao's eyes lit up: "General Gao, where is the supplier of military horses you are talking about?" ”

Gao Hongda said: "Our supplier of military horses in Mazhou Pass is General Bu's brother-in-law, named Lin Qing. ”

"General Bou's brother-in-law?" Li Yao thought for a while and said, "General Gao, lead the way ahead, I'm going to see General Bu now!" ”

Gao Hongda led Li Yao to the barracks and found General Bu, Li Yao saw Bu Xingchao and said: "General Bu is busy with official business, come to disturb, disrespectful, disrespectful!" ”

"Hey, Master Hou, you will torment me when you say this!" Bu Xingchao waved his hand and asked, "I don't know what the Hou Ye is talking about this time?" ”

Li Yao saw that Bu Xingchao was a straight man, and he didn't beat around the bush anymore, and said: "I came here not only to take Princess Hui back, but also to buy a batch of horses here to go back to reclaim the wasteland. You also know that the last time I received some refugees from Dingbian County, I always had to find something for them to do, didn't you? ”

Oh, when Bu Xingchao heard this, he immediately nodded and agreed: "Master Hou, this is all a trivial matter, you can take whatever the military horses of our Qi country have eliminated, just give some money, it doesn't matter if you don't give it!" ”

Li Yao smiled and said: "General Bu, you are polite, the money still has to be given!" After all, it's not easy for herders to raise horses! Give some hard-earned money. ”

Bu Xingchao smiled and said: "Master Hou, you're polite, why don't we go to the restaurant to talk, I'll call Lin Qing over, let's talk while eating!" ”

Li Yao nodded: "Then it's better to be respectful than to obey." ”

"Okay, Master Hou, please!"

A few people came to the restaurant, and as soon as they sat down, a man in a Confucian shirt appeared at the door.

Bu Xing looked at it and shouted, "Lin Qing, come and meet Master Hou!" ”

Lin Qing walked over and said, "Meet Master Hou, I'm a local military horse supplier, Lin Qing!" ”

Li Yao beckoned: "Come, sit down, let's talk slowly!" ”

After Lin Qing sat down, Li Yao asked: "I came here to buy some horses, I heard that you have military horses eliminated by the army here, I don't know how many!" ”

Lin Qing said: "Master Hou, as a supplier of military horses, I provide 10,000 military horses to the army for free every year, and those horses will be eliminated and returned to me after serving in the army for eight years, the usual lifespan of a horse is thirty years, but the service period can only be fifteen or sixteen years old." These horses of mine were supplied to the army when they were three years old, and they were already eleven years old when they were eliminated, that is, they could be slaughtered in about five years of service, so these horses have not lived long, only five years, and I must inform Hou Ye of this first! ”

Five years is enough, Li Yao nodded, I know this, is there anything else to say?

Lin Qing said: "Master Hou, you bought my horses as a compliment to me, so I decided to sell them to you at a price of five taels of silver per horse, I don't know how many horses you need?" ”

Li Yao was very excited in his heart, five taels per horse, which meant that he could save twenty taels of silver as long as he bought one horse. Li Yao said: "I need 10,000 horses, I don't know if you can supply them." ”

Lin Qing nodded: "Master Hou, what a coincidence, the service life of the last batch of horses has arrived, and these days it is in the stage of changing horses, and there are exactly 10,000 horses that have been withdrawn, you can take them all!" ”

In that case, you can help me prepare, and when I finish picking up the Uighur princess this time, I will take it with me!

Lin Qing said with a smile: "Don't worry, Master Hou, I will definitely finish it on time!" ”