America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 66 Horse City
Malik dismounted, and Beard gave him a hug.

"I haven't seen you in a few months. The industry has grown a lot, and I have helpers." The bearded man glanced at Chen Jianqiu and others behind Malik, and smiled heartily.

"Uh, these are friends I just met. They want to come up with some horses." Seeing that Chen Jianqiu was silent, Malik said for him.

"Pack horse or riding horse?"

"Quarter horse."

"Okay, you guys come with me."

Everyone unloaded the boots and goods that were hanging immediately, leaving Sean in place.

"If you can deal with these things, then deal with them. If you can't deal with them, just look at them first." Chen Jianqiu said.

The bearded man in blue clothes led them to the front of a large shed. The outside of the shed was surrounded by a simple wooden fence to form a temporary horse farm, and the shed itself was a simple stable.Both the horse farm and the stalls in the stables are full of horses of various breeds.

The inside and outside of the shed were full of people in various clothes, some of them were negotiating the price of the horses, and some were checking the quality of the horses themselves.

Chen Jianqiu and his group walked in leading a group of horses, and everyone's eyes were instantly attracted.

What caught their attention was not the quarter horses in a line, but the black radish!
Black Carrot never knew what it meant to be low-key. It strode forward with a high profile, surrounded by many experts who knew horses.

Some of them have already come together.

"Hey, brother, can you sell this horse?"

"Sir, I'm on the staff of the Pitkin Riding Horse Association. Would you be interested in having me do a full pedigree for your horse?"

"Sir, please make an offer."

……

Chen Jianqiu lowered his cowboy hat, he only felt that the people around him were noisy.

So he held out a finger.

"Hundred dollars?"

Chen Jianqiu shook his head: "Ten thousand."

"This man is mentally ill."

"This cowboy is crazy about money. If he doesn't sell it, he won't sell it. Why do he talk like that?"

……

The people who were still enthusiastic just now dispersed, and they would rather spend more time looking at the horses in the shed.

The bearded man in blue led them through the crowd and came to the edge of the wooden fence.

A tall and thin man turned his back to them, and he was recommending his horse to a passerby who came to buy a horse:
"Sir, look at these strong guys. They are all American pintos that we have carefully bred. They can run with you all day without feeling tired."

There was some hesitation on the passerby's face, as if he was not very satisfied.

Seeing this, the tall and thin man hurriedly said: "If you are not satisfied with these horses, there are better ones in the shed, and there are more complete breeds. There are Tennessee horses and Kentucky horses. To tell you the truth, I I even took in a thoroughbred recently, but the price might be a bit high."

"Hey Thomas!"

The bearded man walked behind the tall and thin man and patted him on the shoulder.

The horse dealer named Thomas turned his head, and Chen Jianqiu saw his appearance clearly.He has a thin face, wearing overalls, and a goatee, and he is chewing something in his mouth.

"These people are going out." After the bearded man finished speaking, he turned around and pulled Malik away.

They're going to talk about the sale of those sheep.

Thomas the goatee glanced across Chen Jianqiu's group of people, and finally fell on Hei Luobo.

He froze in place for a moment.

"My God! Is it the horse? My God!"

Thomas walked quickly to the side of the black radish, and he looked at it slowly, as if admiring a work of art.

"Tsk tsk, it's really beautiful and perfect. It's the first time I've seen such an excellent pure-blood Turkmen so close. Last time, I took a look at it from a distance in Lexington, Kentucky. That horse was not as good as this one. A majestic horse."

Thomas the goat beard cautiously stretched out his hand, wanting to lightly touch the manes of the black horses, but was frightened by Black Carrot's impatient shake of his head and took two steps back.

He smiled awkwardly at Chen Jianqiu: "I'm afraid I can't afford this horse."

Chen Jianqiu pointed to the seven or eight quarter horses behind with his thumb: "These are the ones we got out."

Thomas was even more embarrassed.

This group of people has a lot of background, and these horses seem to be top-grade. Could it be that another large horse farm in Colorado has started to ship goods recently?

He nodded quickly and walked to the group of quart horses.

Thomas first looked at the teeth of the horses, checked their eyes, and then bent down to observe the bodies of the horses carefully.

But when he looked at a few horses and stood up again, his expression changed.

"I'm sorry, sir, I'm really sorry, we may not be able to take these horses."

Thomas wanted to continue to say something, but looked at Chen Jianqiu and the heavily armed people behind him, and hesitated to speak.

Chen Jianqiu understood what he meant.

These horses should have been registered in Colorado. I don't know the rules of this industry, but Thomas must have discovered something.

He must have regarded his group as horse thieves.Due to some kind of unwritten agreement in the industry, he didn't say it directly, and he wouldn't report them.

But Ma, definitely won't accept it.

Without saying anything, Chen Jianqiu led the horse and walked outside.

It seems that I can only think of other ways.

They walked out of the horse market and returned to the fair.

Chen Jianqiu saw Xiao En from a distance. He was squatting on the side of the road at this moment, happily pointing to a stack of dollar bills. The pile of boots in front of him had disappeared.

"You, after a while, are you sold out?" Holmes couldn't believe it.

Xiao En bared his teeth with a smile, and he handed the money to Chen Jianqiu.And Chen Jianqiu distributed some money to everyone as usual.

"I told them a story about the Colorado Rangers Captain Fultz who solved the Denver kidnapping, and I told them the boots were the same as Fultz's feet."

Isn't it the same style, but it was picked off from the feet of the dead.

Sean was still in high spirits describing the exciting process of bringing the goods just now, but he suddenly stopped, and his eyes fell on a few people not far from them.

There was a familiar feeling in his heart.

Chen Jianqiu also noticed these people, and they have been following him since he left the horse market.

"Boss, we seem to be being targeted." Xiao En lowered his body and said to Chen Jianqiu.

"No hurry, let's see what they are going to do." Chen Jianqiu called the others to gather together.

They purchased some supplies, and Chen Jianqiu changed his clothes back to the ones he had in Montrose. He found the same ones at a clothes stand.

Malik also joined them very quickly. He sold his sheep. The bearded man in blue didn't know whether it was because of the face of the vicious people behind him, so he didn't cut his price.

A group of people left the market and set up a camp near a grassy grassland not far from the town.

They plan to spend the night here first.

Night fell quickly, the night wind was a bit cold, and the bonfire didn't seem very prosperous.

Several figures approached the tied quarter horses quietly, and one of them reached out to the lead rope.

But in the next second, his hand was held down, and a dagger was placed on his neck.And the others were also restrained one by one.

"Don't do it! Don't do it, it's a colleague." The person who was caught shouted nervously.

He was kicked and fell to the ground. A Chinese came out from the shadows and stepped on him:

"Who is with you? You horse thief!"

　Just got home, second watch

　　
　
(End of this chapter)