"It's fast to take the boat. I've been home in just over a month." At the end of April, Katao, wearing a mourning hat, looked at the densely packed boats on the Bian River, and was a little surprised.
The young brother Bian Mao stood beside the horse and looked carefully at a horse inside.
"This should be the Gaoping Mansion soldier and the Left Feilong Guard." Bian Tao kept saying, "These killers,
Even the bronze bell has been moved back, how can I divide it? Could it be that I have a private coin minting furnace?"
Bian Mao moved a few more steps closer, and the horse licked him affectionately.
"There should be many people from the Zuo Feilong Guard to be appointed as officials. After returning, the Gaoping family suffered a disaster, just like the Jiang family on the other side of the river." Katao was halfway through his speech, and found that his younger brother ignored him completely. He immediately felt a little unhappy. He turned around and looked at Bian Mao, and said, "Fifth brother, have you heard me?"
"I heard it." Bian Mao said, "Most of the Jiang family in Kaocheng has moved away, and sooner or later, the Jiang family in Jiyin has gone to the market sooner or later. They have just moved here in Yongjia Nian. If the land house is not sold now, it will not be sold at a price."
After saying that, he patted the horse's neck gently and said, "Brother, look, this horse is so gentle and tall.
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Bian Tao was speechless.
This is how my fifth brother has been in his life. He doesn’t like studying, does not like friends, does not like being an official, does not like managing industries—”
Until one day, I saw the horses brought by Hu Shang from the Western Regions in Luoyang, and I liked them very much, so I found someone to rely on their relationship and used both soft and hard work. I bought a stallion without castration, and then, like I became a demon, I found all the horses I could find in the manor and mate with the stallion one by one.
Forget about mating, he also took a stack of paper records and opened a genealogy for the stallion's "harem" and descendants, and lived like a pastoral official, conscientiously and conscientiously.
Sometimes I even get up in the middle of the night and feed the stallion salt water and beans with my own hands, so I don’t want the servant to do anything.
Two years ago, I actually went to Guangchengyuan and begged to find the officials of the pastoral supervisor to ask about the tips for horse breeding. After I came back, I was like crazy and carefully observed and recorded.
Katao has read the "genealogy" and recorded it in more detail. He even has the habits, tempers, and specialties of each horse.
Of course, defects are also recorded.
Before my father passed away, I asked my fifth brother that Guangchengyuan had been raising horses for many years and had not been able to breed a particularly satisfactory horse so far. You can do it alone?
The fifth brother's answer was speechless. He thought that raising horses requires some luck, and he was lucky and would definitely be able to breed a good horse.
My father didn't say anything for a long time, and finally laughed, patted his fifth brother on the shoulder, and said, "My family is quite rich, so what if I support you for the rest of my life?"
His father died of illness before the New Year, and Bian Tao inherited the family business.
He didn't say much about this young brother who was almost twice as old. His father said that he would raise him for the rest of his life, and that he would raise him for the rest of his life, with the friendship of his whole brothers.
It’s a pity that he is also a small official: Sima, the commander of the Du Branch of Bianliang.
Now that Ding Nan has left his post, he is so frustrated that he hears it all the time. It seems a bit unfilial to think about it like this.
Bian Tao shook his head irritatedly, came to Ma Ji, and looked at him with his arms.
The paper recorded by Bian Mao has been bound into a book and has also made a cover, "The Horse Sutra".
Bian Tao looked at it and wanted to laugh, so he asked, "How is the 'General' precious body?"
Speaking of the "General", Bian Mao's eyes lit up and he said, "I had a bad appetite a few days ago, but now I'm getting better."
After saying that, he actually wanted to take Bian Tao to see the horses, "General" was the horses Bian Mao bought from Hu Shang.
He named himself because the horse was taller and more mighty.
Katao didn't want to go to the smelly "General's Mansion", and quickly got rid of Kamao's hand, pointed at the horse in front of him, and asked, "How about this horse?"
When Bian Mao heard this, he was even more happy and said, "Brother, the general and the twelfth wife Dunlun were not very tall when they grew up. This horse was born to the seventh son of the general, and the tallest among them was almost the same as the general."
"Oh?" Bian Tao was a little surprised.
After hearing that my fifth brother Xu Xu Latel has been around for a long time, he also has some understanding of horse breeding.
Horses that mate with horses in the Western Regions are all hors sold on the grasslands in the north. These horses are very common in the Central Plains, and there are even more vast grasslands.
If a tall horse with the blood of grassland horses can be cultivated, the significance cannot be underestimated.
Of course, we can't be happy too early. He heard that Guangchengyuan once cultivated many tall horses, but by the next generation, they degenerated into shorts, as if the things (genes) that could make the horse grow taller have disappeared.
It was not passed on.
This requires luck!
The sound of horse hooves came from afar.
The two brothers immediately stopped talking. No matter how obsessed with raising horses, Kamao knew that he was powerful. He immediately put on his filial hat and got into the thatched cottage with his brother.
The second, third and fourth brothers of the Bian family are talking about whether there is any beauty in Li Cheng's harem and whether he will be rewarded. When talking about his joy, he is full of joy and is very filial.
When he saw his elder brother wink, he immediately lowered his face and made a sad statement.
"Uncle! Uncle!" The visitor just got off the horse and cried.
The Bian brothers were stunned and left the thatched cottage one after another, but saw a man named Haotao crying loudly, feeling sad.
Katao stepped forward and asked, and found out that this person was named "Kaxu", who was the second son of Zuopushe Kahu.
Katao's grandfather was Kajun, and he ranked fourth in that generation. Katsujun's elder brother was Kazi, and he gave birth to a son Kahu, so Bian Dun, Bian Hu was a brother of his subordinates, Bian Tao and Bian Xu were "a brother of his subordinates", but they were not called that, because they were too distant, and they were basically called "a brother of his subordinates". They were called brothers of the clan after five sessions.
Shi Tao was a little suspicious of this person's identity because he had never seen Ka Xu, who was born in Jiangnan. However, when the other party took out Ka Tao's letters, he immediately wrote it, so he invited him into the cottage.
Bian Mao slipped out quietly again.
He is not stupid and knows what to talk about next, but he doesn't like to listen.
However, he also knew that it was not easy to maintain a family. His brother used to be a free and easy person, but now he is busy with family business. This is something he would never do before if he beaten to death.
The brother said he would support him for the rest of his life and let him do what he likes with peace of mind, and he was very grateful.
He doesn't like drinking and talking about mysterious Taoism, thinking that it's wasting time.
In his life, he wrote the "Horse Sutra" quietly and cultivated a peerless horse, which was the most meaningful and exciting thing in his opinion.
He knew that this kind of hobby was strange and very expensive.
Let’s not talk about anything else. A month before his father’s death, he bought ten mares from Guangchengyuan and spent a total of 600,000 yuan. Is this affordable for ordinary families?
If this money is spent, it really doesn't necessarily produce any results. A normal mare doesn't have to spend so much money. Only good horses cultivated by Guangchengyuan are expensive. In fact, it is not a good horse. A truly good horse, Guangchengyuan will not takeout.
Of course, there is no input.
Not sure what happened, King Zhao heard about him and sent someone to send 200,000 yuan to the emperor and mentioned it to the emperor.
The emperor was very happy and ordered Guangchengyuan and Zuoguoyuan to choose twenty good horses to give them to each other, and said that this was what the aristocratic family should do.
Perhaps this is one of the reasons why my brother supports him in continuing to raise horses.
Bian Mao agreed very much with what the emperor said.
Ordinary people do not have the ability to do such things that are expensive and not necessarily fruitful. Even if they do it, they may not be able to maintain the results. They may be stolen by others. This can only be the extravagant hobby of powerful and powerful families.
He was lucky. He was born in a wealthy family like the Bian family in Jiyin. He was not burdened by food and clothing for his whole life, nor was he bullied by others at will, and could devote himself to research.
After staying at the horse for a while and washing the general carefully, Kamao returned to the vicinity of the thatched cottage.
It's already late spring.
The Jiangjiawu Fortress on the other side of the Bian River was empty, and a group of people with swords and bows walked around the fields outside the fort, pointing fingers.
If nothing unexpected happens, these people are all soldiers from Zuo Jinwu Guard, and come to see their newly bought land.
Some other people secretly pushed down the walls of Jiang's fortress, then picked up the bricks home, and could repair houses, or build a sheep hut or pigpen.
A good fort will disappear soon. Bricks, wooden beams, door panels, windows, etc. are all useful and will be slowly removed.
The fate of Jiang's docks is like the docks and manors of other families in the past twenty years, slowly disappearing and being forgotten.
When Shimao was young, he was urged by his father to read many historical books. He knew that every time there was war, the walls in the countryside would spring like bamboo shoots after a rain. Once an enemy attacked, he would hide in the walls. For this reason, he wrote a word called "stable walls and clear fields". One wall is the walls.
Once upon a time, the number of forts increased greatly, and the number was extremely amazing.
After the administration of power, this phenomenon seems to have been curbed and then gradually decreased.
When Daliang founded, there were countless abandoned docks and there were trends of getting faster and faster. The land should be a major reason.
If you want to know the achievements of Dutian, you can actually see the number of abandoned forts in the countryside.
This world is changing little by little.—
"I'll go to Luoyang these days. My mother has a letter to her. "Bian Xu's voice sounded at the entrance of the cottage: "When I return from Luojing, I will be mourned for my uncle."
"Does your uncle know?" Bian Tao asked softly.
Bian Xu was silent for a moment and said, "My father knew about this and scolded me for being unfaithful and righteous, and drove me out of the house."
For some reason, Kamao suddenly wanted to laugh.
My uncle (Ka Pot) is really interesting. I don’t know how to use this relationship with Guipin Pei, but I’m so embarrassed.
But maybe he thought it was a bad idea.
Uncle Wangzhi was loyal to the Sima family, but he might not be able to control his children and grandchildren, and he didn't want to care, especially after Li Cheng's death, his brother (Katao) almost immediately sent a letter to Jiangnan.
As a result, Liuxu has only arrived now. If there is no influence brought by Pingshu, ghosts will not believe it.
Anyway, the reason for Ka Xu going north is very sufficient. Is it wrong to go to the funeral? As for what else did during the funeral, it is unknown to outsiders.
Chapter completed!