Chapter 317 and 8 The Importance of Horses



Duan Shaojun hugged Xiao Doudou, crying and laughing at this little thing that kept drilling his head into his armpit. "Your mother is playing with you, don't drill, otherwise what will you do if you fall down?"

"Oh, you should protect me, really, I'm a chick now, my mother is an eagle, uncle, can you be an old hen?" Xiao Doudou glanced back at the smiling mother, turned his head and asked Duan Shaojun for help.

"Old ...... Old hens? Duan Shaojun's legs were weak, and he almost knelt directly.

"Okay, little girl, don't mess with your Uncle Duan, my uncle came here to discuss something with my mother." Xu Xiangjun smiled, stepped forward and hugged Xiao Doudou, and his affectionate gaze fell on Duan Shaojun's body.

"Okay, but Uncle will remember to play with me later." Xiao Doudou nodded obediently, and showed a smile as bright as the morning sun towards Duan Shaojun,

"Okay, Uncle will teach you the game of jumping the grid in a moment." Duan Shaojun patted his chest and agreed.

Xiao Doudou happily followed the maid to the side to play.

"Come in, you haven't eaten yet, it just so happens that you haven't eaten yet, let's dine together and talk about things by the way." Xu Xiangjun waved to Duan Shaojun, left the front hall, and walked towards the corridor on the side.

Duan Shaojun followed behind Xu Xiangjun step by step, watching her sexy figure swaying and swaying, strong temptation and charm, just like a succubus queen in a different time and space, wantonly exuding her infinite charm and temptation all the time.

Just when Duan Shaojun was thinking about it, Xu Xiangjun in front of him paused, so that Duan Shaojun, who was caught off guard, directly hit Xu Xiangjun's back, and Xu Xiangjun exclaimed in surprise and was about to fall forward.

Duan Shaojun hurriedly stretched out his big hand and wrapped it around Xu Xiangjun's slender waist, finally not hurting the beauty.

"You little rascal, did you mean it?" Xu Xiangjun glared at Duan Shaojun with a blushing face, and lightly raised her hand to pinch Duan Shaojun's cheek.

"Huh? This really didn't happen, it really didn't mean to, you suddenly stopped and didn't say hello. Duan Shaojun shook his head and denied.

"Then why are you following me silently? Could it be that you have met a favorite beauty, and you are ready to see if you want to move? Xu Xiangjun caressed Duan Shaojun's cheeks with a smile, the strong body fragrance, and the burning heat between his teeth and lips, like the strongest aphrodisiac in the world. And her words are like the most powerful taunting magic, which makes the **** rising Duan Shaojun angry.

"You, you're just spewing blood." Duan Shaojun's nose spewed sparks viciously, and he wrapped his big hand, as if he wanted to stuff Xu Xiangjun's whole person into his body. "It seems that if I don't teach you a lesson, won't you turn the world upside down......"

Picking up Xu Xiangjun, Duan Shaojun looked left and right at the suitable place, and as a result, Xu Xiangjun lightly raised his hand and pointed diagonally to the west, and whispered in Duan Shaojun's ear in a suppressed and hoarse voice at the moment. "The slave family wants Xiaolangjun, what about your punishment......"

Blood pressure is above twenty-four and a heartbeat of one hundred and twenty-five per minute. Anyway, all of them were exceeded, and Duan Mou, who was full of physical strength and anger, completely forgot that he hadn't eaten dinner yet, picked up this stunning goblin and ran away in the direction she was instructing.

She must be punished well, otherwise, the prestige of the head of the family will not be seriously challenged?

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The night was murmuring, and the tulle shone into the room through the moonlight, becoming the only source of light, and in the looming darkness, the two snuggled together.

“…… Xiao Langjun, the slave family is preparing people to go to Beijing and open a branch in Beijing. Lazily leaning on Duan Shaojun's arms, playing with this bad billet ****, Xu Xiangjun, who was weak, squinted his eyes and whispered like a tired cat.

"Isn't it early?" Duan Shaojun was at peace for this moment, and he didn't raise his head.

kissed Xu Xiangjun's heart. "Little ancestor, don't make trouble, is it okay to listen to the slave family talk about serious things?"

When Duan Shaojun saw Xu Xiangjun's appearance, his heart softened, and he suppressed the commotion, caressing her sweaty pretty face. "Okay, you can say it."

Xu Xiangjun told Duan Shaojun her thoughts without much effort, and now, the woman's secret garden can be said to have opened up enough markets in Jiangnan. Then, in order to occupy more markets in advance, the north will definitely enter.

And now it is time to take advantage of these strong unique products to officially enter Beijing and occupy more markets.

After listening to Xu Xiangjun's thoughts, Duan Shaojun fell into a deep groan, and after a long time, he asked. "Do you have any acquaintances over there?"

"There are a few Jingshi businessmen who have dealt with a lot, and their character is quite passable. If you ask them to lead the way, even if you can't open enough markets near Jingshi, you can still gain a firm foothold. Xu Xiangjun kissed Duan Shaojun's slightly furrowed brows and replied softly.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Duan Shaojun said with some hesitation after pecking Xu Xiangjun's red lips lightly.

"If you don't prepare now, how will the business develop north in the future? Besides, you're a man, so you can't stay with your parents-in-law all the time, right? By the way, I will ask people to buy a courtyard in Beijing in advance, so that you won't be able to find a ......place with the slave family," Xu Xiangjun smiled and avoided Duan Shaojun's lips, looking at Duan Shaojun, his eyes were as sweet as the end of the month. "I don't want you to leave Jiangnan for a long time, and then forget about the slave family. You're mine...... Do you know my little Langjun. ”

"Well, of course, you're mine, too, beauty." Duan Shaojun's heart warmed, and he hugged Xu Xiangjun's slender waist and kissed it deeply...... Grunt,, the feeling of being hungry is like a mountain of mountains at this time.

Sitting on the case, raising his eyebrows, well, I feel a little like this, but Duan Shaojun is very dishonest, and always leans over to squeeze with Xu Xiangjun. However, after using this dinner, which had become a supper, Xu Xiangjun still kicked Duan Shaojun out. In Xu Xiangjun's words, you haven't married your mother into the door, so you don't want to sleep quietly here.

Duan Shaojun also slipped out of the face knowing that he was wrong, after all, the rules of this era, well, the rules of normal people are that they can only take concubines if they marry a wife first.

Of course, there are also some unscrupulous guys, and there are also a few people who fill the house before Mao has grown up. But the problem was that Duan Shaojun didn't dare to do this, because his master was still squatting in the Hidden Dragon Temple and staring at him.

And Duan Shaojun also felt that if he did that first and then that, he would be too sorry for Ximen Chuchu, who had already entered the Beijing Division.

Sister Chu's letter was received more than ten days ago. It was the day after she had just arrived in Jingshi and settled down, and a letter came. The letter is full of parting feelings and, of course, anticipation.

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I hope that Duan Shaojun can enter Beijing as soon as possible, complete the agreement with his father as soon as possible, and marry her into the family as soon as possible.

Duan Shaojun replied to the letter on the same day with a smile and laughter, and in the letter, there were just outrageous love words and various assurances, I believe that after receiving the letter, Sister Chu Chu would definitely scold Duan Shaojun for being a hooligan while reading it happily.

As for Simon Dongliang, a letter also came, but the letter was just received yesterday. In the letter, there is both appreciation and grievance. A deep resentment is attached to the letter. After this guy entered the Beijing Division, he clamored to go to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions or something. provoked the old man's heart to be happy, and felt that his son-in-law was too powerful and worthy of being a gentleman, so he directly threw this goods into the sixteen guards of the Beijing Division for exercise, so that he could understand what a soldier is and what a man who fights in blood and fire, and by the way, he began to prepare for the marriage of Ximen Dongliang and Wei Chizhi.

According to the words of the old man Wei Chi, he wants to go to the battlefield to make contributions, which is very good. But you kid must first leave a seed for Simon's family, hmm...... It doesn't matter if you keep a few more, when the Simon family has it, you can die as much as you like.

Ximen Zhongxiong naturally agreed with his in-laws' theory, and with the concerted efforts of the two families, there was naturally no room for Ximen Dongliang. At present, he is struggling to be a small soldier in the right guard.

Of course, this is done deliberately, Ximen Zhongxiong is a person with a title, his sister-in-law, entering the army, not to mention the general, but it is a problem to be a battalion officer, that is, the captain is wood.

However, Ximen Zhongxiong was very worried that his son lacked training, so in order to clean up this kid well and let him know that being a soldier is not so easy to do, he directly threw him in as a glorious soldier, and he was not a fart.

However, with his strong physique and hobby temperament, he has already gained the attention of his superiors, and it is believed that it will not be long before he is concerned. A junior officer like Shi Chang will no longer be a dream.

Regarding the small dream of Ximen Dongliang, Duan Shaojun could only roll his eyes speechlessly to express his admiration. In the reply letter, he expressed praise and encouragement for the courage and hard work of the pillars of Ximen. For his dream, a certain degree of disdain was expressed, well, support.

After touting the pillars of Ximen, he directly sealed the envelope with saliva and handed it to the subordinates of the county guard, in this era, it was very inconvenient to send letters, but there was no post office.

Most people can only rely on business travel for deliveries. But the official is different, there are post stations, post horses, and post men. So, there's nothing wrong with handing over a letter.

Of course, there has to be a reason here, you are an official, or you know someone from the government, otherwise, someone is sick and sends you this thing.

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On this day, after seeing the patient, it was just noon, Duan Shaojun said hello to the senior brothers, patted his butt and went out to eat.

People, eating should be a combination of meat and vegetables to be perfect, who let humans be omnivores? That kind of religion that distorts nature and human food needs, Duan Shaojun can only show respect in his heart, and forget it if he joins.

After walking less than ten steps out of the gate of the infirmary and humming a minor tune, he saw a group of knights walking towards this side, the leader with a deep eagle nose and deep eyes, and he was familiar with it.

"Almu?" Duan Shaojun saw that the other party was waving enthusiastically at him, and after a little hesitation, he called out the other party's name. "Brother Almu, why did you come here?"

"Hello, my friend, you can't have forgotten the agreement between you and my master, have you?" Almu rolled over and jumped off the horse, and smiled heartily after stroking Duan Shaojun's chest.

"How is this possible, but you have raised the money so quickly?" Duan Shaojun asked with some disbelief. It's hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, but it's not hundreds of thousands of copper plates.

"This is nature, and there is nothing in this world that can stump my master." Armu replied proudly. "More than 300,000 taels of silver is just a few hundred war horses. My master has countless horses and countless warriors, and if it weren't for the fact that the money was almost used at that time, he could have paid for the goods directly. ”

"Armu, you said that a few hundred war horses are worth 300,000 taels of silver?" Came to Baiweixuan's private room and sat down, and let the shopkeeper have good wine and good food, Duan Shaojun couldn't help but ask the doubts in his heart.

"Of course, in fact, like the few horses we used to pay the deposit last time, in your Jingshi, those dignitaries and nobles don't say five thousand taels, even if it is ten thousand taels of silver, we may not be able to sell them. However, my master owes you a kindness, which is why it is so. Almu took a big sip of wine and smacked his lips with a smile.

Next to him, the seven or eight Qihu barbarians who voted for it also began to chew happily. left this end of the private room to Duan Shaojun and Almu to talk about business.

Almu said disapprovingly. "Let's put it this way, the price of a good horse is about 1,000 taels, and if it is a mare, the price is more than two-thirds more expensive. Even if it's all stallions, 300,000 taels of silver, you can only buy 300 good horses......"

"At least half of your Tang army's horses are traded from our Qihu people in the form of tea and horse markets. However, the quantity is far from satisfying the needs of your Tang people. So, there will be merchants of the Tang people who exchange money or other things for horses or buy horses. ”

Hearing this, Duan Shaojun couldn't help but be a little stunned, and it took a while to react. Okay, this is not the Tang Dynasty I am familiar with. And the lack of horses in an agrarian civilization can almost be said to be an extremely normal thing. It's just that in addition to Duan Shaojun's memory, there was no shortage of horses in the former Tang Empire, and this Tang Empire was founded at the beginning of the country. It is also a conquest of the Quartet, and there is never a shortage of elite soldiers, let alone war horses.

However, more than 100 years later, the country is in turmoil, and the frontier is full of smoke. The original strongholds of the Tang Empire extending on the grassland have almost all been uprooted. Fortunately, the vast grassland thousands of miles away from Dinghu City and the land of the Hetao are still in the hands of the Tang Dynasty, otherwise, this Tang Empire may be like the Great Song Dynasty that he is familiar with, and he will always be an infantry PK.

But even so, the number of horses is still insufficient, and it is still necessary to purchase from the steppe races. But when he thought of such a price, Duan Shaojun was a little scalp. Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver can buy hundreds of good horses, which is really speechless.

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