Thirteen cranes and mussels compete 7

Yang Yan walked around casually, and took a cursory look, most of the horses transported by Ah Ming were tall and long, and they were all of good quality, and they could be used as war horses. The chapter was uploaded by netizens, and the network hereby affirmed that Ah Ming introduced: "Our big food horses are the best in all places, I have always been in the horse business, this time it was a horse transport to the Great Song Dynasty, so when it was loaded, it only brought two hundred horses, and as a result, thirty-seven horses died on the road, and now there are a total of one hundred and sixty-three horses left here." And the horses are all between two and four years old, never more than five years old. ”

Yang Yan nodded, he knew that the lifespan of horses was generally about thirty or forty years, and war horses generally began to be trained when they were two to four years old, and the service period was ten to fifteen years, if it was less than five years old, it would be just right to be a war horse, so he asked again: "Ah Ming, how much do you plan to buy?" ”

Ah Ming said: "As for the price, it depends on what kind of horse you are buying, how many horses you buy, a good horse will buy seven or eight hundred, or even thousands, and an ordinary horse can buy one as long as two or three hundred?" In addition, if you buy more, the price will naturally be cheaper. I wonder how many horses your Excellency wants to buy? ”

Generally speaking, an ordinary horse in the Great Song Dynasty is worth about 70 to 100 yuan, and the value of a war horse will be doubled, while the value of a high-quality horse is immeasurable. The quality of these horses of Ah Ming is among the war horses, and they are also considered to be the middle and highest, so the price is also reasonable, Yang Yan said: "I think your horses are good, whether they are good or bad, as long as they are healthy and their teeth are not more than five years, then I will want them all." ”

Ah Ming was overjoyed and said, "If Your Excellency wants all the horses, then I will buy them all for you at the price of three hundred yuan per horse, no matter how good it is." ”

Yang Yan nodded, and immediately called a guard and asked him to go to the barracks to find a few horsemen to check the horses. In addition, another guard was called to accompany one of Amin's servants to the city berth division to go through the formalities for the arrival of merchant ships in port.

Seeing that this big business had been done as soon as they docked, and that the formalities for the arrival of merchant ships could be solved immediately, Ah Ming was very happy and hurriedly invited Yang Yan and them to sit on the deck. took out the grape wine produced by Dashi to entertain Yang Yan. Then he ordered someone to take out a lot of coral, agate, tortoiseshell, glass and other special products of big food and give them to Yang Yan.

These things are very precious treasures in the Great Song Dynasty, but they were all rejected by Yang Yan, which made Ah Ming feel a little unhappy. In the end, Ah Ming asked someone to bring up two horses from the cabin, and said to Yang Yan: "Your Excellency, if you are not willing to accept my gift, one of these two horses will be given to you, and the other will be given to Her Royal Highness the Princess, please be sure to accept them." ”

Just now below the deck, Yang Yan just walked around briefly, and did not take a closer look, now take a closer look at the two horses that were brought up, one black and one white, both of them have tall skeletons, smooth coat color, dragon neck and tiger body, slender and uniform limbs, hooves as big as a bowl, and the whole torso is full of vitality, although Yang Yan is not a master of horses, but he has also dealt with war horses for a long time in the army, so he is also quite knowledgeable about horses, and at a glance, he knows that these are two excellent horses, and the quality is by no means under his own Hai Dongqing.

Yang Yan is very light on the official position and wealth, but he really likes good horses, and he raised five or six good horses in Lin'an's house, if it is something to give away, Yang Yan never wants it, but seeing such two good horses, it is indeed a little tempting, even Zhao Qianru saw these two horses and loved them very much, Ah Ming and Ali were observant, and tried to persuade them to accept them, and several people shirked again, and Yang Yan and his wife finally accepted these two good horses.

Ah Ming was very happy to see Yang Yan accept the good horse he sent, although he didn't know the official system of the Great Song Dynasty, but he also recognized that the person who could be a horse was definitely not an ordinary person, and the princess would not be an ordinary person. At this time, Wei Ji brought five grooms, all of whom knew horses, and when they saw these two good horses on the deck of the ship, their eyes lit up, and two of them called out: Good horses.

Yang Yan smiled slightly and said, "There are still good horses under the deck, you can go down to the cabin now to take a look at the other horses." ”

A few horsemen took the order, and Amin was still praising his horses, and said: "Your Excellency, these two horses are the best two horses I have brought this time, even in our country, there are not many horses that can compare with these two horses, the black one is called Gaza, and the white one is called Golan, both of which are named after where in our country. ”

Ali explained: "Lord Yang, Gaza is a beautiful city by the sea and an important port of Dashi, and the Golan is the name of a plateau of Dashi, which is a strategic location and its geographical location is very important. Naming these two important places shows how much importance is attached to these two horses. ”

Zhao Qianru said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then these two horses don't need to change their names, it's better to call them Gaza and Golan." ”

Ah Ming was also very happy when he heard this, and said, "That's really good, thank you, Your Royal Highness the Princess." ”

The grooms examined all the horses, and of the remaining 161 horses, only seven were sick and basically in ruins, and the other 154 were in normal health. Moreover, there were sixty-seven horses in two years, forty-five in three years, thirty in four years, and only eight horses in five years.

At this time, the person who went to go through the formalities for arrival in Hong Kong also came back, and with Yang Yan's warrant, the efficiency was really different, all the procedures were completed in less than an hour, and there was no copper and iron spent. All goods can be disembarked for sale. Yang Yan immediately ordered someone to go back to get the money, and on the same day, he drove the one hundred and fifty-six horses back to the barracks and instructed the groom to feed them carefully.

Three days later, Meng Peng came to see Yang Yan, and Meng Heng sent troops and asked Yang Yan to bring the bows, arrows, knives, guns, and firearms promised to Meng Heng to be delivered near Mingshan Island.

The next day, Yang Yan took Meng Peng to the dock and asked him to watch bows and arrows, knives and guns, firearms and other things loaded onto a big Shenzhou, and then with Zhao Qianru, Li Gongzuo, Chen Liang, Wei Chang, Gu Xueping, Tie Chenglin and others, with two small Shenzhou, seven boats and Haihu boats, a total of ten warships went out to Mingshan Island. At the same time, he also carried Gu Xueping's two tigers and Wei Chang's two flying eagles.

Meng Peng hurriedly ordered someone to send a letter to Meng Heng by boat, telling him that Yang Yan had come out with the scriptures.