It is said to be the most lively cattle and horse market in Dawei, but in fact it is just a large open space, surrounded by a wooden fence.

The soldiers of the Tunhe Guard were divided into 200 men and were responsible for patrolling and maintaining order.

On the south side of the market were built a number of straw huts and a dozen adobe houses, in which lived fine horses, each of which could be sold for a few hundred taels of silver, and the adobe houses were for the big merchants and servants.

The big merchants traveled between the Northwest Grassland and the Great Wei to eat, drink and rest, and the servants had to witness all the transactions and then collect taxes!

Tunhewei is barren, and in addition to furs and medicinal herbs, the transaction tax of the cattle and horse market is an important source of income.

The Tai family is a small family, but they want to buy a helper who cultivates the land, where do they dare to walk around the south of the market, almost as soon as they enter the door, the old man Tai goes to the north.

Tai Jiye secretly poked and poked and wanted to slip to the south, but was pulled by his brother to his side......

Sure enough, there are mostly scalpers and old horses and injured horses in the north of the market, but the prices are in the dozen taels.

The old man walked around, he really didn't fancy it, and he was even more distressed about the money, so it was rare to hesitate.

Tai Jizu was filial and persuaded in a low voice, "Dad, it's really not possible, it's good for us to rotate the plow at home, and we don't have to buy a livestock." Let's just come and walk around, and if there is no suitable one, we will save money. ”

Tai Jiye's heart and eyes are active, and he pouts his father.

"Dad, there's nothing good in the north, so let's go to the south and have a look. What if you come across the right one! ”

The old man was moved, and he came left and right once, and he didn't delay anything in going over for a walk.

The father and son walked around the crowd and along the edge of the market to the south, where they saw many people talking around a shed.

Tai Jiye immediately smiled and leaned over to talk, it turned out that a merchant had brought back some horses from the northwest, and one of them was not adapted to the soil and water, and he had been having diarrhea.

The merchant also sought a veterinarian, but the treatment was not good for several days, and now the horse was dying, and the merchant was in a hurry to sell the sick horse at a cheap price.

When Old Man Tai heard this, he squeezed into the crowd three or two.

Sure enough, there was an all-black horse lying in the stable, only a piece of white on the door of the head, and the skeleton was well-proportioned and tall, but unfortunately the back of the tail was full of excretory filth, and it was very thin, and the fur was no longer shiny, and the head was sick and could not be lifted.

A Northwest merchant with deep eye sockets and a high nose bridge frowned, and was shouting with everyone, "Ten taels, as long as ten taels, you can bring this two-year-old BMW home!" Don't look at it, I bought it for fifty taels! ”

There were people in the audience who knew the merchants, and they couldn't help but joke.

"Even the best horse is about to become a dead horse! Don't say ten taels, one tael of silver is also a loss! ”

The merchant was pierced in the heart and said angrily, "It's ten taels of silver, and no one wants it, so I'll skin and sell the meat while the horse is not dead!" ”

The dark horse Xu understood, struggling to get up, but his legs and feet had no strength at all, and he tried his best to support his head, but he couldn't support himself.

After tossing for a long time, in addition to getting more and more contaminated with feces, the black horse couldn't stand up in the end.

Finally, it lay there, big tears streaming down the corners of its eyes.

Even hard-hearted people can't help but sigh when they see this scene.

But no one's money is blown by the wind, and it is a loss to buy it back.

Compassion should not be spent on money, let alone food......

The merchant was also disappointed, and just when he was about to order his subordinates to kill the black horse, Old Man Tai stood up.

"This dark horse, ten taels of silver, I bought it!"

All the people were amazed, and they all looked away.

I originally thought it was a rich man, and I didn't feel sorry for throwing away ten taels of silver, but I didn't expect it to be an old farmer with gray hair.

Someone talked a lot and persuaded him, "Uncle, if you buy this horse back, it will be a death, you are not afraid of regrets." ”

"Yes, ten taels of silver, enough to buy an acre of good land."

"It's pitiful, but you can't go bankrupt for a horse!"

Others are also persuasive, but they are kind.

The old man didn't say much, just waved the half of his left arm, and responded, "This horse should be a descendant of a military horse, and I was also injured in the army and retired, so I really can't look at it." Buy it back, raise it if it can be cured, and bury it if it can't be cured. ”

Everyone suddenly laughed at the old man's madness, and they all changed their faces.

The merchant was glad that someone had taken over, so he hurriedly went to write the deed to pay the tax and get into the gear.

Although Tai Jiye also felt that he would suffer a loss if he bought this horse back, he didn't dare to upset his father, so he could only follow him to pay for the silver.

And Tai Jizu has already found a broken sack to clean up the dirt under the black horse.

The old man looked at the black horse's eyes and mouth, and rubbed the black horse's belly, and checked it very carefully.

The merchant couldn't help but ask, "Uncle, can you cure horse disease?" ”

The old man shook his head and responded, "In the army, war horses are brothers who can be entrusted with their lives. I didn't think I could cure the disease, but I just thought about going back and trying the earth, if I could save his life. ”

Merchants often walk around the grassland, not less in danger, but also rescued by the border army a few times, seeing the old man's injured arm gently wipe the tears of the black horse, he was a little moved.

After thinking about it, he instructed the steward beside him to say a few words.

Soon, the steward took a black puppy and drove it back.

The merchant personally held the dog cub to the old man, "Uncle, it is also fate that we make this deal." My mastiff has just given birth to a puppy, so I'll give you one and take it back to the family to raise and play. ”

He was afraid that the old man would not know the benefits of mastiffs, and said, "Don't look at this small cub, it will be very fierce in a few months, and if it is put on the grassland, even the wolves will be afraid of it." ”

The little puppy was just weaned, as long as an arm, with curly hair and swarthy eyes, which immediately reminded the old man of the little granddaughter of the family.

He subconsciously took the cub over and thanked him happily, "Thank you for the generosity of this owner, my little granddaughter will definitely like it very much." ”

The merchant was also happy to see him accept it so readily, and pulled him to the side to drink tea.

The old man saw that there were no outsiders on the side, so he said a few more words to the merchants, "If this cow or horse changes water and soil or eats unclean things, it is easy to have diarrhea." I once heard an old man say that if you use two heads of garlic with two taels of white wine, mash them and pour them into cattle and horses, you will be able to get better immediately if you have mild symptoms, and you will be almost as good as two or three times if you have severe cases.

"If the owner encounters such a situation again in the future, you can try it. If there is an effect, it is also free of loss. ”

The merchant didn't think that this earthwork would work, but the old man said it with a good heart, so he naturally thanked him and wrote it down by the way.

Soon, Tai Jiye came back after completing the formalities, and hired a board car by the way.

There was no way, the sick horse couldn't walk at all, so he had to pull it all the way back.

After bidding farewell to the merchants, the father and son hurried home.

On the way, Tai Jiye still couldn't help but complain, "Dad, this horse disease is so bad, can it really be cured?" In case of...... Ten taels of silver will be wasted.

That's ten taels of silver, enough to buy as many snacks as Zhu Zhu ate. ”

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