Huitong Pavilion, a large-scale post house in the Ming Dynasty that specially received tributary personnel, was also a place for opening the market for trade!

Tributary envoys from various countries would bring merchant groups of different sizes, and they would enjoy the meticulous reception of the Ming Dynasty, and they were free of board and lodging in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

And the items they carry, in addition to the tribute, there are two ways to deal with them, one is to buy them at a discount by the imperial court, and the other is to let them trade on their own!

But there is a limit to the time of this transaction, generally only about three to five days!

Of course, there are exceptions, Korea and Ryukyu are not limited by time, because they accept the canonization of the Ming Dynasty and are subject states of the Ming Dynasty.

In other countries, unless the emperor decrees mercy, it generally does not take more than five days.

Every year, Warat sends envoys to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty with a large number of items, and this year is no exception.

The Warat Taishi Huai Wang also sent a large tribute mission to the capital of the Ming Dynasty with the Great Khan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty!

The tributary division arrived in Beijing in November.

After completing a series of tributary rituals, they will celebrate the Zhengdan Festival in the capital and return in the spring of the following year!

The Varagon mission was huge, numbering thousands of people, and naturally carried a lot of items, including war horses, cattle, sheep, camels, mules, skins, wool, etc.

What they need is food, cloth, farm tools, pots and kettles, needlework, daily necessities, etc.!

These need to be exchanged or purchased.

Since Meng Yan told Guo Nu that he wanted to train an elite cavalry, war horses were naturally indispensable. But if you want to get a first-class war horse, you can only go to the horse market of the Warat people in the same hall.

Guo Nu's reply was that he didn't want a horse, he didn't want money, and he had to figure out his own way.

Facing the old man with a rogue face, Meng Yan could only retreat.

Meng Yan has been undercover in Warat for ten years, and he naturally knows a lot about Mongolian war horses. However, in the savannah, wind, frost, snow and rain. They have not lost their fierce horse nature, they have a strong physique, a broad chest, a long mane, thick skin and thick hair. can be lower than Blizzard. Hoofs can kick a lone wolf's head.

Trained Mongolian horses. It is not shocked or exploded on the battlefield, and it is extremely brave, and it has always been a good military horse.

Most of the military horses of the Ming Dynasty were mainly Mongolian horses.

Mongolian horses sprint at inferior speeds to tall European horses. But he has a lot of stamina and is best at long-distance running.

Mongolian horses are extremely hardworking, not afraid of cold, can adapt to extremely extensive breeding management, have strong vitality, and survive in difficult and harsh conditions.

This is the best choice for Meng Yan, because what he wants is such a war horse, not the kind of horse racing for people to race!

He had limited financial resources and could only afford a maximum of thirty ordinary Mongolian horses.

It's good to be able to equip his treasury brigade with war horses, and a good war horse needs not only a good owner, but also a good horse stable!

Jinyiwei also has a horse trainer who is responsible for raising horses, and there are also horse farms in the suburbs of Beijing.

Guo Nu didn't go back this time, but gave him a person, but the problem is that this person is not young, and he is retired in the Jinyi Wei Horse Riding Division, whether he can be moved depends on Meng Yan himself.

Nickname: Ma Wangye.

Among the war horses brought by Wara, the tribute to the Ming Emperor was naturally the best, but it was basically impossible for Meng Yan to get his hands on these horses.

Most of the rest will also be harvested by the Ministry of War, and how it will be distributed in the end, this is not something that Meng Yan can interfere with.

But it is impossible for the military department to eat all the war horses of the Warat people, after all, the war horses are not cheap, and there are many places for the court to use money.

It's good to be able to eat half of it, and then the rest is digested by the people.

Therefore, in the horse market, as long as you have a good eye, you can still buy a good horse, and the price is not too expensive!

It's not just anyone who can afford to raise a war horse.

"Brother Meng, this horse is good, the fur is shiny, and its feces are also very good in color, and the muscles of the thighs are also very favorable, and the age of the horse should be about three years old!" Guo Yue heard that Meng Yan was going to the Huitong Pavilion to buy a horse, so she clamored to follow.

Meng Yan had no choice but to agree to her disguised as a man and follow her.

"You're still going to Soma?"

"It's going to be a little bit, my father used to like to come to the hall to watch the horses, he always watched, but never bought, I learned from him!" Guo Yue stuck out her tongue.

"This horse is indeed good, but the horse is more than five years old, although it is in the prime of life, and it is worth thirty taels of silver!" Meng Yan Road.

"Really?" Guo Yue didn't believe it, so she asked the master, and sure enough, the horse was five years old, and the price was thirty-five taels of silver!

"Your horse is good, twenty taels of silver, how's that?" Meng Yan is here to buy horses, not to fight for grievances.

"No, no, guest, you give me at least thirty-three taels!"

These Warat people have long been familiar with how to bargain, so they are not frightened at all, and they fight with Meng Yan.

In the end, Meng Yan bought the war horse for twenty-eight taels of silver.

Mongolian horses can generally be used for fifteen to twenty years if they are not overdrafted.

So a five-year-old stallion can serve for more than ten years.

made a good start, Meng Yan took Guo Yue to start searching for the next target, he also bought a horse with the future breeding problem in mind, so, in addition to the stallion, he also bought several good mares!

The price of a mare is several times that of a stallion, but in order to breed a good horse, Meng Yan still gritted his teeth and bought it!

"Brother, look, that maroon horse is good?"

"Well, Xiaoyue, you have a good eye, this horse has just come of age, with a large head, a wide forehead, short and thick neck hair, a long torso, a deep and wide chest, a straight back and waist, and solid hooves."

"This guest is really powerful, this is a good horse, if it weren't for the slightly shorter legs, it would have been selected as a first-class tribute horse for the Ming Dynasty!" The owner of the horse said.

"Well, it's really the only drawback of this horse, but it's also its strength!" Meng Yan smiled.

"Guest, what do you say?"

"It's because of its short legs that it's suitable for people with short stature, such as women!" Meng Yan said with a smile.

"Guest!" The owner's eyes lit up!

"How much?"

"Look at the guest is a person who understands horses and loves horses, sixty taels of silver, this little red horse is yours!"

Meng Yan didn't make a counteroffer, he paid the bill directly and took Xiaohong away.

"Xiaoyue, this horse, Brother Meng gave it to you?"

"For me?" Guo Yue said in surprise.

"Yes, I see that you like this horse very much, so I bought it for you!" Meng Yan Road.

A shy blush appeared on Guo Yue's cheeks.

Keep going.

"Brother Meng, why do I think something is wrong?" Walking, walking, Guo Yue suddenly leaned into Meng Yan's ear and whispered.

"Someone is following us, I have already found out, maybe it is because we have bought a lot of horses and are eyeing us!" Meng Yan nodded.

"What then?"

"Don't be afraid, this is the Huitong Pavilion, it's broad daylight, no one dares to do anything to us, let's continue to shop!"

"Brother Meng, you escaped from Warat, do you think they will recognize you?" Guo Yue asked sensitively.

"I don't rule out this possibility, in their eyes, I am an undercover spy and want to kill him quickly, but I am now a hundred households of the Ming Dynasty, and if they kill me, they will have to consider the consequences." Meng Yan sneered.

"Brother Meng, you have to be careful, the Warat people are very fierce!"

In the end, Meng Yan selected a total of thirty-four horses, and the extra four were squeezed out by his three-inch tongue bargaining.

"Is that him?"

"It's him, even if he turns to ashes, I know him, he's Geriletu!" On the wooden building diagonally opposite Meng Yan and Guo Yue, a Warat warrior gently stroked one of his blind eyes, and the other eye was full of hatred.

"His current name is Meng Yan, he is a hundred households of Jinyiwei, it is not easy to kill him, once he fails, and he must bear the wrath of Jinyiwei, this is in their capital, and it is not convenient for us to act!" A richly dressed middle-aged man said slowly.

"General Su that day, this person broke the plan of the Taishi, he must die!"

"Golmud, this person is very important, he has a piece of things in his hand, if it is obtained by the Ming court, many people will die." Su Dao that day.

"General, I don't understand?"

"You don't understand, it's because you're not qualified to know this, okay, now that you know who he is, it's easy to do it below!" That day, Su said, "I think Lord Mao is very happy to hear this news." ”

"The general is trying to ......"

"Secretly leaked this news, and it became more and more unpleasant, this time it was crooked, so that His Royal Highness King Huai couldn't find an excuse to do anything to him, but he actually lost something as important as the Desert Dragon Diagram, which is unforgivable!" Su Leng snorted that day.

"What is the Desert Dragon Diagram?"

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, be careful that trouble comes out of your mouth, understand?"

"Yes, General!"

"Alright, Satsuki, it's almost, we should go back." Meng Yan was almost done shopping, so he planned to go back.

"And what about these war horses?" Followed by a string of people, buying so many war horses, obviously neither of them could bring them back.

"I'll let them send it to the Jinyi Weinan Yajiang Division together, do you think they have the courage not to send it over?" Meng Yan said with a smile.

The Warat people have a door-to-door delivery service, so you don't have to worry about the horses you bought.

"That's all, let's go, come and eat with me!" Guo Yue said.

"Eat, no, Xiaoyue, I still have something to do, I can't eat with you!" Meng Yan hurriedly refused.

"Why, it's hard to come out, you must accompany me to eat hot pot once!" Guo Yue didn't follow, "We haven't eaten together for a long time." “

"In this way, how about you go back to the craftsman with me, how about we buy all the materials and go back and eat by ourselves?" Meng Yan said in his face.

After a few days of special training, Tang Xiao and the others have made significant progress, and it is time to reward them.

Today is the opportunity to do so.

"Good!"

"Let's go, there are still Warat people selling fat sheep there, how about we buy one and go back to slaughter it?" Meng Yan Road. (To be continued......)