The Great Qin Empire

Wu'an is a strategic fortress, so it's not a very prosperous place, so Qin Yang and Zhao Yun didn't feel crowded when they walked in the city. They bought a lot of things along the way, including new clothes for the three of them. Eat and so on.Qin Yang also went to the jewelry store and spent eight taels of gold to help Qingyao buy a gold-encrusted jade hairpin and a jade bracelet.Zhao Yun felt distressed again, and laughed and scolded Qin Yang for his extravagance.Qin Yang just smiled without saying a word.

It was already the end of noon when the two rushed to the horse market.Both of them were worried that Qingyao would be waiting anxiously at home alone, so they both quickened their pace.Suddenly, Qin Yang heard some slight disorder in the footsteps somewhere behind him, and Qin Yang, who was extremely vigilant, immediately realized that he and his eldest father were being followed.He recalled how unreasonable the shopkeeper Lin Chen's sly eyes at the beginning and the owner Linye's face full of smiles when he was in Lin's Trading Company, and he understood it all at once.

Qin Yang didn't look back to find that unpopular stalker. Such a thing was nothing to Qin Yang in another time and space, because none of the people who tried to follow him saw the sun the next day. No!

Qin Yang just sighed secretly in his heart: "What should come will come after all, and you can't hide it even if you want to. Why is human greed so big? Just like the little devils in Dongying Kingdom and the little monkeys in Nanyang The same? You have to do whatever it takes to snatch something that doesn't belong to you?" Qin Yang thought about this question for ten years, but he never figured it out.

The horse market is in the northwest corner of Wu'an City. Qin Yang and Zhao Yun walked quickly and arrived here in a short while.There is no war at this time, and horses are generally used to plow the fields to pull goods, and the horse market has also been affected. To use an inappropriate word to describe it, it can be said that "there are few birds."Seeing that there were no buyers, and the July sun was scorching, the horse sellers gathered under the pavilion one by one to enjoy the cool air.Qin Yang asked Zhao Yun to rest at the side, and entered the stables alone, probably seeing that Qin Yang was dressed in rags, but no one came to strike up a conversation.Qin Yang didn't take it seriously, and just picked up the horse on his own.Taking advantage of the timing of horse selection, Qin Yang had already taken a closer look at that thief-looking stalker.

Qin Yang looked around in the middle, but he didn't find any better horses. He felt regretful and was about to choose two horses at random.Suddenly there was a neighing sound from a corner, the neighing sound seemed sad, lonely, and calling, Qin Yang felt a shock in his heart, and followed the sound.I saw an old man with white hair desperately holding on to the rein to prevent the horse from breaking free.The other yellow horse dodged far away.Strange to say, when the horse saw Qin Yang approaching, it suddenly calmed down, but its front hooves continued to trample, its big round eyes stared straight at Qin Yang, as if it was about to shed tears.Qin Yang was amazed, and then carefully looked at the horse.

This horse is dark in body, dry in color, about seven feet tall, fully [-]% taller than other horses, with thick limbs and a proud mane. There are also a few scars with deep blood visible, probably from being beaten by the master.Although Qin Yang didn't know much about horses, his intuition told him that this horse was extraordinary.

"Old man, can you tell me about your horse? And what's the price of this horse?" Qin Yang pointed to the black horse and said, he had already decided to buy it.

"Hehe, to be honest, my lord, this horse is a pony I bought from a Hu merchant a few years ago. I wanted to buy it for farming, but I didn't want this animal to grow up and become very irritable. I can't live, let alone plowing the fields, and I don't let people ride them. When I get stubborn, neither of them can hold back. The family is old and small and has no labor to plow the fields. Earlier, the old woman was sick again, and the family had no money, so they had no choice but to Sell ​​it. As for the yellow horse, which is a bit old, I brought it together and exchanged some money for the old woman's medical treatment. As for the price of the black horse, you can give three hundred copper coins." The white-haired old man This horse has been sold in the horse market for several days, and no one cares about such a skinny horse that does not cultivate the land.Now that a buyer finally came, he told the truth, and directly quoted the real price, still looking at Qin Yang anxiously, he was very worried about the sale.

On the way here before, Qin Yang had already asked Zhao Yun about the current market conditions in the horse market, and he knew that a better horse would cost about ten shimi (about three hundred Qinbanliang).The old man's bid of three hundred for this black horse is definitely not much.

Looking at the mourning of the horse, and at the helplessness of the old man, Qin Yang felt sore, and said: "Old man, I want this horse." Then he casually took out two yuan and two taels of Lu Jin from his purse, Pass it to the old man.

When the white-haired old man saw it, he panicked and shook his hands: "My lord, I don't need so much, I can't find change."

"Old man, don't worry, don't you still have a horse? I bought it together, so you don't need to look for the money. This horse is worth the price, really. Besides, your family also needs money, right?" Qin Yang was afraid The old man didn't accept it, so he emphasized one sentence.

The white-haired old man was stunned for a long time before taking Lu Jin. He looked at Qin Yang gratefully and was speechless, but silently handed the rein to Qin Yang.He knew that four taels of Lujin could be exchanged for more than 200 Qin Banliang, enough to allow the whole family to live comfortably for two years.

Qin Yang smiled slightly, took the reins from the old man, and gently led the black horse out of the fence.The black horse took a few steps forward as if spiritually, lowered its head straight towards Qin Yang, and kept rubbing against Qin Yang, snorting non-stop, with its four hooves stepping on the bluestone road and making a sound of "de, de" with a look of joy. Extremely eager and eager to try.

Qin Yang was very surprised, turned around and put his arms around the black horse's head, stroking it gently.When Qin Yang was in time and space, he once heard a comrade-in-arms who had been a cavalry soldier for 5 years say that horses are people's most loyal friends, they are spiritual, and people can try to communicate with horses.So Qin Yang thought for a while, and suddenly leaned into the black horse's ear and whispered: "Ma'er, Ma'er, I know you have been wronged. Fighting on a war-torn battlefield, huh? Let's go together, where we belong, shall we?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as Qin Yang's words fell, the black horse broke free from Qin Yang, stood up suddenly, "咴咴儿..." roared for a while, and then kept walking around Qin Yang in small steps.

Immediately, the horses in the entire horse market were restless, and all the horse sellers looked at this skinny black horse in amazement...

"Haha, this horse can really understand what I say! It seems that I have really bought a treasure." Qin Yang was overjoyed.He knew what an excellent war horse meant to him in the age of cold weapons.

"Father, the horse is ready, let's go home." Qin Yang, who was in an extremely comfortable mood, greeted Zhao Yun who was enjoying the shade under the gazebo not far away.

Zhao Yun arrived at the sound, and the two of them led a horse and walked away gradually under the watchful eyes of everyone.