(433) Selling horses

Mencius Zhan was really holding his breath

Bai Tong, who was captured by the Yan brothers last night, insisted that he was at odds with Yan Xinan (Jing Peng), so he asked him to learn martial arts. In the absence of evidence, they caught such a person as if there was no evidence

But if things have to be bitten deeper, Yan Xinan's background will not be glorious. He came out of the rivers and lakes at the beginning of that year and formed a gang with a group of hot-blooded men, called the Iron and Blood Eighteen Horsemen. Because of his mistaken belief in the traitor, he was anointed by King Yan and became a dead man. In order to protect him, the seventeen brothers desperately rescued one of him, and the other seventeen would rather die than give in, and finally all fought to the death

Over the years, Yan Xinan felt extremely guilty in his heart, he followed Qiao Zhongda to go south and north to do business and go to the sea, firstly, to hide people's eyes, and secondly, to earn more gold and silver, and to settle down for the dead seventeen brothers. But when it comes to investigation, why is there no innocent blood on his hands? It can be regarded as the first-class Yanwang Rebellion. Yan Xinan himself was willing to come out to identify him at the cost of dying, but the problem was that even if he did, he wouldn't have the corresponding effect

Besides, even Qiao Zhongda didn't know that the father of the Yan brothers was actually Yan Qingtian, who was famous in Bei'an, and if Yan Huizu, the current magistrate of Zalanbao, was to make trouble, it would also be a great stain on Yan Huizu's name. After learning the ins and outs of these things, Mencius really wanted to fight the mouse and was afraid of hurting the jade bottle, so it was difficult to start left and right.

Fang Mingzhu already had a high fever, and was saddened by his grandfather's death, crying and crying and fainting again.

Zhang Qingting instructed Zhang Jinbao to take care of a room of crooked diseases, straighten his back and come to Mencius to discuss the matter, "Master Meng, you are sloppy with me, to tell the truth, how do you think you can save Chengcai?" ”

She can ignore other grievances, but she must not stand idly by and watch Zhao Chengcai's life, let alone Yan Bozhai, even the king of heaven and Lao Tzu can't be so careless about human life

It's not that Mencius Zhan has no choice, it's just that that method is really dangerous and dangerous, and if he is not careful, he will lose his wife and lose his soldiers.

Zhang Qingting was solemn, "Things are already like this, and there will be no worse results, you say, if it is feasible, even if it is Longtan Tiger's Den, I will go and break through"

Yan Bowen calmed down and didn't want to be killed, especially Ning Yi'an, the girl was so innocent, he had to do something for her, "Why don't you let me try?" ”

Mencius closed the door, "You really have to do something about it."

The capital is full of excitement, and Zaranburg is not calm.

Zhao Chengdong felt tired, so he slept for a while, and didn't get up until dawn. When he had eaten and drunk enough to go to his stable, he saw that three or more of them had fallen in one night, and they could not even stand up, and were half kneeling on the haystack, weak.

"Get up," he said, kicking the two sleeping boys in exasperation, "won't I let you clean the stables?" Why didn't you finish the work, and three more horses died? ”

The two little servants shouted aggrievedly, "We worked until midnight last night, and we didn't even have to eat, and we really couldn't survive the medicine that we rested, and we fried it and fed them according to your instructions." But how can the two of us manage such a big stable? ”

Zhao Chengdong was extremely annoyed, but he only complained about Liu Fang, why didn't he bring someone over to help?

If the Zhao Wang clan can still struggle, they will definitely think that the east is not bright and the west is bright yesterday, even if they can't recruit people, they have to find some relatives and friends, neighbors and neighbors, and even go back to Patriarch Zhao to bring people to help, so that the situation will not deteriorate further.

But in the final analysis, Zhao Chengdong still has no experience in running his own house, and he doesn't know what to do when he encounters problems, and he will only complain. Just like this, Zhao Chengdong can only command the two little guys to drag the dead horses out and pile them up, and still do some cleaning and other work here.

The two little guys are also dissatisfied in their hearts, they haven't eaten since last night, and now when Zhao Chengdong comes, he doesn't even have a good word, and he is a scolding as long as he is a person, how can he not be angry?

Now that he is angry, it is impossible to let them eat. But people are iron, rice is steel, you are full of food and drink to command, but the two of them have no food to eat, how can they do it? So I didn't work hard and made a fool of myself.

Zhao Chengdong saw that this thing was done so slowly, the more angry he was in his heart, the more unforgiving he scolded him, and the attitude of the two little guys became more and more negative. In such a vicious circle, by the time it was almost noon, another horse was foaming at the mouth, and it was still a pregnant mare

At this time, Zhao Chengdong was completely panicked and was about to catch the blind, Liu Fang finally took the carriage and came back with a few younger brothers in the family who had been selected by her

If you want to say that Liu Fang returned to the door this time, it would be a glorious return, and she had set up enough to set up a racecourse, but something happened, so count? She brought people to the racecourse, but the work to make a lot of money is like the kid who came to the racecourse with her before, and she has subsidized a lot of money to the family at these times, although the people of his family don't say it, but seeing the face that seems to be an upstart and the diligence of Liu Fang, the relatives know that this road is full of oil

So, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I heard that Liu Fang had come back to pick a young man again, and everyone stuffed people in front of her like a game. All the old and young in the family went into battle, and they couldn't wait to take them away

Liu Fang really raised her eyebrows this time, and the flattery almost wanted to lift her to the sky, and every family changed their ways to please her and her children. Even Liu Ya'er, who used to be the most unpopular, has now become a fragrant bait, and everywhere she goes, she praises people as "smart, beautiful and cute, just like Sister Fang's childhood"

Pumpkins, not to mention, are simply lucky stars descending from the earth, and treasures fall from the sky. Of course, the smartest and most blessed is of course Liu Fang. If the life is good, what kind of wealth and glory will be in the future, and the mother will be more expensive than the son.

Liu Fang's chin turned to the sky and took all the orders, and she was picky, only to pick out four or five cousins who looked like bean sprouts, and brought an honest little girl over, she wanted to add an extra girl to her room. That family is not very demanding, for them, one less bite to eat, and they can also reward some small money, it is already a great blessing, what else is there to say?

So Liu Fang came back full of ambition, and she felt that she had really become Mrs. Kuo of a big family. But I never thought that as soon as I arrived at this horse farm, I yelled at Zhao Chengdong with a white face, "Let you go home and bring people, don't you come down quickly at this time, and let everyone work?" ”

This voice made her fall from the clouds to the ground. Seeing the dying situation of the racecourse again, Liu Fang also panicked in her heart, and hurriedly asked her younger brothers to start working. But although those half-grown children also grew up in the farmland, how can they know how to raise horses seriously? It's like a game, a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, and everything you do is extremely unreliable.

Soon, the foaming mare was about to whine. Zhao Chengdong's face became more and more pale, and if it spread like this, he really couldn't keep this horse farm

Liu Fang was also distressed, how much silver is this fallen horse? Seeing that he looked at the dying horses with a sad face, Liu Fang had an idea, "Otherwise, let's quickly sell these sick horses and dead horses, while they are still a little hot, it's better than letting them go for nothing."

Zhao Chengdong learned some horse breeding skills, and shook his head when he listened, "This is a horse that died of illness, who wants it?" ”

Liu Fang stomped her foot, "This horse is dead, but the horse skin can still be used, and the horse meat can still be eaten, and it can be exchanged for some silver to come back, which is better than guarding this pile of corpses."

Zhao Chengdong's heart was moved, but he still had a little conscience, and hesitated, "But ...... They don't raise horses like this, and they sell horses to let people know, it's not good."

"Why are you so dead-eyed? If you don't say it, I don't say it, who knows? Liu Fang finally remembered that she was not a rich family at this time, and pouted, "Isn't our family very rich, can we just watch these horses die and drift away?" I have to exchange a few taels of silver to come back, so I'm afraid that people will say, let's not keep quiet, won't it be over? What if it spreads? In this world, it's not our family who first came to sell horse skin and horse meat, there will always be someone who does this business, so we have money for this business, and then buy a few more ponies in the spring, and then we can turn over the book, or you rely on getting silver again? ”

"That's okay" Zhao Chengdong made up his mind, "You hurry up and find Boss Fan who bought a horse last time, and let him take a look."

Liu Fang responded, and walked away with her feet tirelessly. Of course she was happy, because she had already negotiated with Boss Fan that as long as she introduced a successful business, she would have to give her a 10% profit, which was much stronger than the small money that Yang Xiaotao picked out from the grain

Only Zhao Chengdong can't escape a loss

Half an hour later, Liu Fang came back with someone. Boss Fan looked at the situation of Zhao Chengdong's horse farm, and immediately frowned in disgust, "I'm afraid you can't do this horse, how can you sell it if you have horse plague?" ”

Liu Fang just peddled business, "You can give a price, if you can sell it, we will sell it"

Boss Fan's eyes rolled, "Then you really can't ask for these good ones for me."

"That's not good" Zhao Chengdong immediately refused, he relied on these good horses to turn the book, if he even sold this, wouldn't he drink the northwest wind in the future?

Boss Fan's words were just a false shot, and he wanted to bargain. But Liu Fang saw that she couldn't talk, so she was anxious, so she persuaded Zhao Chengdong first, "Why are you talking so impulsively?" I'm afraid that I'm also sick, so why keep it? It's better to sell them all, isn't it good for us to change to a new horse in one go? ”

Over there, he persuaded Boss Fan, "Don't be too greedy, our horse is just a temporary illness, and he just died, how can he say that it is worthless?" Even this horse skin and horse meat can be sold for money, why don't you give me a price?"

Seeing that she was so anxious, Boss Fan deliberately lowered the price, "Those who can still move around will be fifteen taels of silver each, and those who can't afford to fall to the ground will be five taels of silver, I can be regarded as doing a good deed, so I will collect them all for you."

Zhao Chengdong frowned, "This is also too low, the former Madu ......"

Boss Fan waved his hand and interrupted him, "This can't be compared to the past, and the horses are all disease-free compared to you, so the price is naturally different." But you are now sick in this horse farm, if I buy it, if I can't sell it as soon as possible, I will smash it all in my hands, this price is still today, if it is tomorrow, it is another price, do you want to sell it, in your own hands"

Zhao Chengdong was reluctant, he also knew that this Boss Fan was deliberately bargaining, so he thought about it and said, "Then I will only sell the dead, not the live."

How shrewd is Boss Fan? Immediately shook his head, "The price I gave is the price of Bao Yuan'er, if you sell it all to me at once, I will accept it." If it is torn apart, and only the dead one is purchased, one horse will be two taels of silver."

This is also too big a disparity Zhao Chengdong shook his head and refused, "Don't sell it"

"Okay" Boss Fan turned his head and left, "Ming'er has figured it out, come to me again, but don't blame me for lowering the price at that time"

"This ......" Liu Fang was busy for most of the day, and she didn't make a penny of business. was also a little unhappy in his heart, and complained about Zhao Chengdong, "Why are you talking so impulsively?" ”

"Hmph, does he like to buy it" Zhao Chengdong said angrily, "When Ming'er and my horse are cured, I won't sell it at his price."

He believed that he knew a little bit of medical skills, and he added a heavier amount of medicine to dispense, and just grabbed Liu Fang to run errands.

Liu Fang's business was gone, she didn't want to be stunned in this dirty and foul-smelling stable for a moment, and made excuses to shirk, "I'm still with a child, so let's take someone to buy it, and I'll send it back to you after I buy it, and I'll go home." By the way, the first day everyone came today, they had to buy a table to catch them up," Zhao Chengdong looked displeased, she hurriedly added, "Besides, you also have to eat, don't you?" ”

There is still some truth in this, Zhao Chengdong reluctantly opened the money bag, "Then you can just order a table of noodles and send me a few dishes to fry alone."

"Know" Liu Fang took the money and happily took the little servant Ah Sheng to run errands.

She grabbed the money and ordered a bunch of the cheapest big pot dishes and steamed buns to send these working boys, but ordered three dishes and one soup for Zhao Chengdong. He asked for a few good dishes for his mother and son to eat, and asked Ah Sheng to drive her home before letting him go to the stable.

Ah Sheng has been hungry for a long time, and when he sees no one else, how can he bear it? As soon as he left Zhao's house, he immediately ate half of Zhao Chengdong's dishes, then wiped his grease mouth and drove back. Think about it and still don't be angry, why do you eat fragrant and spicy food, and give us these coarse and rotten vegetables? At the moment, they spat in Zhao Chengdong's dishes, and then went back satisfied.

Zhao Chengdong didn't eat too much of anything unusual except that the meal was too small. He saw that there were many people, so he finished the medicine and poured it into the horse, and when it was dark, he saw that there was no horse and fell down again, so he thought that this would be good, and went home early.

(It's a change today, and a double watch for the Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow.) )()