Chapter 8: Digging Your Own Grave
Five hundred horses were already reined, fat, big-eared, and fleshy, and looked like farm horses plowing the fields. The servants who followed Wang Cheng pouted at a glance, how could these fat horses be military war horses?
Wang Cheng saw these horses? also shuddered, and his eyes swept the marks on the horse's buttocks, the horses were those military horses, but this body size was only ten days, how could it change so much.
However, Wang Cheng was smart, and as soon as his eyes rolled, he thought of what happened.
It seems that Ma Chao is going to come with the five hundred stone grain, and he has fed these horses? is a good Ma Chao, and he actually used such a trick of Li Daitaozhuang. How much grain is 500 stones? There are new changes in the weights and measures of the Song Dynasty, and this stone is about 59. 2 kilograms, 500 horses for more than ten days, ate 500 stone of grain, that is, each horse has to eat 5 kilograms of grain, which is equivalent to high-grade feed.
This horse is fat, it is natural.
Ma Chao looked at Wang Cheng's eyes rolling, knowing that this person must have thought of the original situation, and sighed, this ancient person is not an elm pimple.
Wang Cheng figured out what was going on, so he roared: "Official, don't be deceived by what you are looking for, these are military horses, but they have been fattened." ”
Jin Guo also started with horses, and paid special attention to the training of military horses. The leader of the officials took control of a man and went to find a whistle for the training of military horses.
Bolhu's face was exposed to the wind and sun, and as soon as he sank, it looked quite scary, so he stared at Wang Cheng, and Wang Cheng didn't speak, a little afraid of Bolhu.
Ma Chao put his arm around Borhu's shoulders and said, Brother Borhu, don't worry.
Looking at the faces of the officials, and one by one it was going to rain and gloomy, Ma Chao nodded and walked over, whispering a few words to the leader of the officials, and the leader of the officials was a little puzzled, so he had to read Ma Chao's documents.
Ma Chao handed it over very respectfully, and the head of the official took a look, yo, it is really the family seal of the Wang family. This boss was a little blindsided all of a sudden, and originally this official leader knew that it was Mrs. Li of the palace who would like Mrs. Yin of the palace, so there was this unexpected inspection.
The leader of the officials thought that this might be a means for the Wang family to suppress the other horse merchants.
In a peaceful and prosperous era, this collusion between officials and businessmen is not uncommon. Lord Yin of the Mansion takes the benefits of the palace, so how can he give face to the Duke of Qingguo. However, as soon as the documents of the palace came out, the head of the government officials scratched his head, what is going on? I originally thought that I would do some dog and horse work in front of my wife, but I didn't expect it to be like this.
At this moment, the official who found the military whistle had also returned, and the official did not look at the face of his leader, so he handed it to Wang Cheng, who was also skilled in blowing the whistle, Wang Cheng often helped the Wang family train military horses, and the kung fu of blowing the whistle was perfect.
Wang Cheng didn't think about the paperwork, and he wouldn't have thought that Ma Chao really dared to use the Wang family's customs clearance documents, and when he got the whistle, he was a little proud.
Wang Cheng's ability to observe words and expressions is good, and he is thinking about why the leader of the government is hesitating, is it that there is a silver ticket in the document? Now I can't let Ma Chao buy it out, so Wang Cheng got the whistle and didn't ask for instructions, so he blew it directly.
Wang Cheng whistled for a moment, the leader of the government took a jump, and he didn't know what was going on? If it is determined that this is a military horse, and Lord Fu Yin knows that he has offended Qingguo Gong, it is not the fate of being beheaded.
Wang Cheng's side blew dripping, and the leader of the official rushed over, slapped his hand, and beat Wang Cheng to a.
"Who told you to blow it, did I give the order?"
Wang Cheng was very aggrieved, his face turned dark, and he reluctantly bowed his head to admit his guilt, he didn't dare to confront the leader of the government in public. After the leader of the government service dealt with Wang Cheng, he looked back and saw that Ma was still honest, looking at Ma Chao with blank eyes, daring to love these fools, because he wanted to eat.
If it was a military horse, this whistle would have been concentrated a long time ago, and if the whistle was used well, it could still be lined up under the snare drum. Judging from the lazy state of these horses, although they are good seedlings, they are not trained.
The leader of the government was relieved, and said to Ma Chao that this was a routine inspection, Ma Chao nodded and said that it didn't matter, and secretly stuffed a silver ingot to the leader of the government officer.
The officials who collected the money withdrew and left, thinking about which restaurant to go to drink, and forgot Wang Chengdu here.
Ma Chao walked past Wang Cheng and said that the document was the family seal of the Wang family. As soon as Wang Cheng heard this, it was like being struck by lightning, and he couldn't move a single step, and sooner or later this matter would reach the old man Wang Bo, Wang Cheng knew that this time it was his own end.
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Ma Chao said goodbye to Borhu, instructed Borhu not to let these horses lose weight before he went out of the border pass, and gave Borhu a military whistle, so that Borhu could blow hard before feeding the horses. When they reach the grassland, those men who live on horseback will naturally be able to re-tame these outstanding military horses.
Bor suddenly knelt down to thank him, saying that if the young master can regain the Khan throne, these military horses are very important. Ma Chao hurriedly helped Bolhu and said don't make trouble, wait until I go back to see Temujin, and said that I must find me when I go to Huining Mansion, and I will invite him to dinner.
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When Ma Chao returned to the Wang family, Old Man Wang Bo already knew about it, not only Wang Zitang, but even the eldest lady was punished. Wang Cheng was beaten with 20 boards and driven out of the Wang family.
Old man Wang Bo specially summoned Ma Chao and said that this time it was all because of Ma Chao's wit, so there was no major incident. Q: What does Ma Chao want? Ma Chao thought about it and said, that Ah Xiang girl in Qingfeng Pavilion sings a good song, it is better for the master to pay for her and invite her to the house, so that I and those horse servants can enjoy listening to it.
Old man Wang Bo touched his beard and laughed, saying that this matter was settled.
Wang Cheng packed up some of his things, limped out of the palace, looked back at the plaque of the palace, and gritted his teeth tightly, suppressing hatred.
When I turned my head, there was still a farewell person standing at the door, and the farewell person was Ma Chao, holding a pot of good wine in his hand. This was brought to the eldest lady at that time, Wang Cheng couldn't understand the use of this pot of wine, and now he understands that he is here to see him off.
Wang Cheng said, Ma Chao, you are so scheming, I admire it.
After that, he took the flask, drank it vigorously, drank it too quickly, choked out a few sips, couldn't help but laugh bitterly, poured the rest of the wine on his head, and limped away.
Ma Chao said calmly: "Can't we turn enemies into friends? ”
Wang Cheng sneered: "The winner is the king, the loser is the villain, the green mountains do not change the green water for a long time, we will have a period later." ”