007. Black Aristocrat
Bran stopped in front of a stable auction.
Thirteen foals were smuggled back by merchants from the mountains of Jerusalem by cargo ships.
A horse merchant took away the cloth from the horses so that they could be clearly displayed.
There was a discussion about a colt's white snow-haired hair, which was so white that there were almost no birthmarks mixed with other colors, as if he had just come out of a milk bath.
This is a mare, about one meter three tall, immature, with four slender legs and perfect proportions. As soon as the mare appeared, the nobles or merchants who came on horseback all felt the excitement of the mount. Even the immature foals in the cage are also underwhelmed.
"It's the 'Snow Horse' of the Abbasid Kingdom!"
Many people exchanged heads to try to snatch the horse, but the intermediary next to Bran immediately explained when he saw that he didn't understand, "This horse comes from the valley of the two rivers and has been drinking local aquatic plants since childhood.
When mature, the body height can be close to that of a feather horse. 'Mare' has a unique smell that we can't smell, and it is seen by horses of different races and goes crazy for it. Many horses that are difficult to breed use to make them desire.
But remember, if this kind of snow horse is bred with other horses, it is equivalent to changing the family, and the smell of magic on the body will be overshadowed, and it will be worthless. So the owner first tricked, and when he was about to succeed, he decisively changed horses......"
White Fumi in the horse world!
Bran looked at the mare and didn't notice anything outstanding, but the mare's tail swinging suddenly made House shake his head, and the horse's hooves rose and went.
Bran's love of Mahaus is quite related to the dragon horse and the feather horse. His grandparents were both excellent horses bred by the Principality and served as Howard's mount.
The last two generations of the house mother line have a feathered horse bloodline, and the last three generations of the sire line have a dragon horse bloodline.
By the time of House, these advantages were inherited while weakening the inherent defects.
But House also has a small problem, as a famous family, handsome and chic, but the vision is extremely high, Bran wants to let House breed, but it is all the mare initiative, House is not interested at all, and is still a horse......
"Breed with this horse?" It occurred to Bran that it was possible.
"You're really picky." Bran touched House's head and asked Hilde, who had come with him, to make sure he had the money he had with him one more time, and Bran was ready to place the bid.
There was also a gray and white mare, who looked very energetic, and was surrounded by people, and did not panic, and Bran felt good, and prepared to give it to Fakang as a gift.
As for the head of the Knights, Bran is ready to send "gold rubles".
These people can receive their own "meaning" and then change their "meaning".
The horse market shouts the price, guesses directly, and the one with the highest price wins.
The nobles were shouted by the servants, and Bran asked Hilde to raise his hand.
The white horse for Facon, which was in good condition, and the horse merchant said that the horse had good endurance, so three of them competed with Bran.
"Eight gold rubles".
The starting price of this horse is a bit higher, but it is acceptable. But as soon as he shouted, it was immediately pushed up to seventeen gold rubles.
Robbing people and horses is like killing ...... Nothing.
Bran gave up on the expensive horse and set his sights on the last snowy horse.
The value of the snow horse is difficult to judge, and the weight, endurance, character, speed, and horse life (lifespan) are all ordinary levels.
But horses are so good that they are not suitable for breeding and are very common to give to their loved ones as gifts.
There were several female nobles holding fans in their hands, covering their mouths, and looking at Snow Horse with a smile.
When the snow horse started shooting, there were too many people, so they openly shouted outside the stable.
The price starts at thirty-eight gold rubles, plus half a gold ruble per month, although the merchants say that this includes the cost of importing from the ports of the East, but it is too high.
In order to avoid causing trouble and to underreport the income to the Holy See, the merchant would put his robe with wide sleeves in front of the buyer's hand, cover it with the robe, and set the price with his fingers.
The method is as follows, the seller's thumb is pressed twice to indicate gold rubles, and holding the buyer's palm is indicated by silver rubles...... The combination of the eclipse and the finger indicates that there are decimal units (e.g., two-thirds, three-quarters).
The seller first shouts out a price, and the buyer who can accept it shakes hands with the seller one by one, and after a round, the lowest bidder will be asked whether to increase the price, and if it is not added, it will be eliminated.
Meese also had this method of shouting, but the gestures were a little different, and the nobles asked their servants to shout, so Bran asked Hilde to make a bid and gave him a price.
Hilde is also from the market, and has been with Bran for a while, he has seen this method in the market, and he is no stranger to it, he is careful to increase the price, and he does not shout the highest at one time.
If you can save some more, maybe Bran will be happy and reward herself.
After a few rounds of talking, Bran was left with a nobleman in a robe...... Monk?
But the person did not show the top of his head, and it is impossible to determine whether it was a monk's head, but looking at the treasure ring in his hand, he must be rich and "weird".
"It was the servant who helped him negotiate? Why is his complexion pale, but this money-payer has dark skin, but his facial features are not like those of nobles from the Sinai Peninsula or North Africa.
The lips are thin, the pupils are not large, the nose is high, and if the skin color and hair color are dyed white, it looks like the Vikings in Britain or Northern Europe, the skin color does not match. ”
Bran was bored, and when the results came out, he also looked at the bidders.
The first batch of funds for the activities brought to Rome was about one hundred gold rubles, and this snow horse bran shouted seventy-five, which was already very high, but he got an opinion on whether to increase the price?
Bran decided to raise five more, but it wasn't long before he was asked if he would increase the price and decided to give up.
The transaction documents taken out by the horse merchant were only written in 40 gold rubles to avoid high horse taxes, but the actual amount was probably more than doubled.
"Your humility has enabled me to obtain this horse."
The white servant of the dark-skinned man thanked Hilde.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, and I wish you all the best."
Hilde had just seen a nobleman negotiating, and his servant had said so, "Learn and sell."
After the servant thanked the master in his place, Bran and the dark-skinned man nodded to each other, and the dark-skinned man left.
Bran had a feeling that he might see this "black nobleman" again in the future.