At the beginning, the price agreed between the two sides was 2,000 bird guns and 50 mountain cannons in exchange for 1,500 war horses. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info But guns are dead things, and they are transported as many as they are, but war horses are living things, and they will die if they are not careful on the way, in order to ensure the smooth progress of this transaction, Guan Ningjun added two hundred war horses out of his own pocket, so as not to cause the transaction to be aborted due to insufficient quantity. Dozens of horses died on the way, but fortunately, they were well prepared, and there are still more than 1,600 of them.

After learning the news of Nan Rong's promotion to the general army in the summer, Wu Xiang's smile never broke, and at this time he said even more arrogantly: "We are afraid that the war horses on the way will not accept too many deaths, so we have prepared more, and now there are more than 100 horses more than the scheduled number, so we will not dispose of them separately, all of them will be sent to the Qiongzhou battalion as an additive, oh no, to the Qiongzhou Navy to show our sincerity!" ”

No matter what the other party thinks in his heart, the extra war horses are real, Lu Gengyu thanked the two: "On behalf of the general, I thanked the two." ”

Ma Wei's eyes lit up when he saw the horses, and without waiting for the two sides to finish greeting and explaining, he went straight to the railing of the stable, stroked and examined the war horses, and checked the teeth.

Wu Sangui raised his eyebrows: "Yo, at first glance, this person's posture is an expert, how about it, our horses are good, right?" ”

Ma Wei didn't answer immediately, but after checking more than a dozen horses in one go, he nodded and replied: "They are all good Mongolian horses, with neat and ruddy teeth, full of fat, and most of them are five or six years old, not young horses. ”

Wu Xiang smiled and said, "This old brother is really an expert. Our batch of horses are carefully selected by the Mongols, young horses are not wanted, old horses are not wanted, all of them are adult horses in the prime of life. ”

Lu Gengyu didn't know anything about how to distinguish the good and bad of horses, it all depended on Ma Wei, and when he saw that he said yes, he put his heart at ease and said to Wu Xiang: "Old General Wu, the guns and cannons are waiting to be unloaded on the ship, but we suggest not to take the land route." Although the muskets and small cannons are not heavy, and they are much lighter than the bird guns and cannons allocated by the Ministry of War, they are also heavy in number, and the transportation is inconvenient after all, so it is more convenient to unload the goods directly at the wharf and change ships and transfer them by sea. ”

Wu Xiang's father and son glanced at each other and felt that this statement made sense. They didn't need too many people to escort the horses, and they were accompanied by cavalry, but they didn't need to transport the guns back to Liaodong, they not only needed a lot of carriages, but also hired a lot of people, and they had a lot more hands and feet.

Wu Xiang said: "But when we came this time, we didn't prepare ships, so in a hurry, where could we find so many ships?" "Liaodong is inland, and Lushun, the outlet to the sea, is blocked by Tartars, and there is no need for seaborne cargo ships at all, even if you think of this, you can't get a few ships.

Lu Gengyu took the initiative to show goodwill: "Since Guan Ningjun is willing to prepare more horses to prevent attrition, we are also willing to show sincerity." The guns should not be unloaded from the ship, and they should be transported directly to Liaodong, and we will be responsible for the cost and labor of the round-trip trip, and the Guan Ning Army only needs to arrange manpower to ship it at the wharf. ”

Wu Sangui was overjoyed: "This is the best." However, it is not safe to go to Lushun, so I went ashore in Tianjin Dagu, and then turned to the land, which also saved a lot of distance. ”

Wu Xiang smiled even more and his eyes narrowed into a slit: "Your ministry is so sincere, there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future." Please tell General Xia that if you still need war horses, the Guanning army can provide convenience at any time, whether it is with silver or guns, you can negotiate. ”

Lu Gengyu also smiled: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." ”

After the two sides handed over the horses and agreed on the time for the cargo ship to leave, Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui returned to their residences.

After the Wu father and son left, Ma Wei asked, "Mr. Lu, what are we doing to Guan Ningjun like this?" Anyway, it's a hammer deal, and in the future, the road will go half of the sky. ”

Lu Gengyu shook his head: "Before leaving, Mr. Sun explained that the general attaches great importance to war horses, and buying war horses through the Guanning Army is the only reliable way at the moment, and maybe you will have to rely on them to buy horses in the future, and the relationship with them should be better." Mr. Sun gave me a little permission to act with the camera, and as long as we didn't suffer a loss, I could give them a little favor, including going out on a boat to help them transport the guns. ”

"Since it's the general's meaning, then I won't ask more." Ma Wei is the cavalry instructor promised by Xia Nan personally, as long as the training of cavalry is done well, a thousand general positions will not be able to run, and he is naturally happy to see it happen if he continues to buy war horses and expand the cavalry.

Two days later, Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui left Dengzhou on the Guangzhou ship of the Qiong Navy and escorted the ship full of guns and cannons to Tianjin. Ma Wei and Lu Gengyu stayed in Dengzhou, recruited men, and formed cavalry.

After all, Shandong is a place that has experienced wars, not the south that has been peaceful for a long time, and the imperial court has implemented horse politics in Shandong, and many people have experience in raising horses and can ride horses. Lu Gengyu asked Xie Sanbin to publish notices in Dengzhou, Laizhou, Qingzhou and other places in the name of the Yamen, the governor of Denglai, to recruit cavalry with heavy salaries.

But Ma Wei's criteria for picking people are very harsh, he himself is not from Xuanfu at night, and he doesn't look down on people with too mediocre qualifications, and he doesn't want to be old and physically weak if he wants to mess around, after strict screening, at least more than half of them were brushed off, and in the end there were less than 400 people left.

Lu Gengyu was anxious when he saw this situation: "You choose people like this, can you form a cavalry in the Year of the Monkey?" The general and Mr. Sun have high hopes for us, but we can't mess things up. ”

Ma Wei was also very aggrieved: "In the past few years, the rebels in Shandong have done evil, and too many people have died, and the places where we recruit people are only limited to the three eastern prefectures, so it would be good to be able to elect these people." I'm not stricter, I'm really sorry for the general! What he wants is cavalry who can fight tough battles, and I want to recruit those old men and sick men who can't walk well, and there is no need to count on them to fight, we have to treat them and provide for their old age! Besides, many young people have moved to Qiongzhou Mansion, and there is less room for choice......"

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I wanted to knock this nonsense down in the author's testimonial, but pirated readers couldn't see it.

A few words. First of all, thank you to all the book friends who are supported by paid subscriptions, with a meager income, the author can have the motivation to continue to code words (part-time code words, the manuscript fee is not much, it is more of a spiritual encouragement.) However, I was very touched by the book friends of Genesis, and in the absence of any recommended resources, the number of paid subscriptions is about to catch up with the starting point, and I would like to thank you here); Secondly, I would like to thank pirated readers, even if you read pirated copies, being able to come to vote or comment is a kind of support, let me know that there are more people chasing this book; In the end, although the book was originally written out of interest, the dismal results were very devastating, the author persisted for almost a year, and the authors of the same period were all eunuchs, and I don't know how long it will last just by virtue of interests and hobbies.

However, the author will try to tell a complete story to the end, and the character will be ruined.