"My lord, I have an idea about the horses.”Du Jue suggested.
Liu Rui raised his eyebrows and asked,"Du Jue, tell me!"”
After this period of time, Du Jue had already submitted to Liu Rui from the bottom of his heart. Therefore, when Liu Rui encountered a problem, he took the initiative to voice his opinion.
"My lord, there's a county town at the foot of Huya Mountain called Zhen Ding County. There's a horse market in the west of Zhen Ding County. Most of the horses there are bought from the Wuhuan Tribe in the north of Youzhou Province.”Du Jue hurriedly voiced out his thoughts.
Horse market, this was a good idea. After merging the five mountain villages, the gold, silver, and jewelry in the village were also brought back to the village by Liu Rui. Now, he did not lack money.
He had been in the world of the Three Kingdoms for a long time, but he had yet to go down the mountain. Tomorrow, he could go down the mountain and look at the horses. He could also bring Exemplary Lee along to buy some clothes, rouge, and other things for girls.
"Du Jue, go and arrange for two smarter soldiers to follow me down the mountain tomorrow.”Liu Rui smiled and said," Qiao Feng will come with me tomorrow. Lin Chong will take care of everything in the village!”
Since he was going down the mountain, he had to bring along a top-notch fighter like Qiao Feng. The affairs in the village were temporarily handled by Lin Chong, so Liu Rui was more assured.
"This subordinate will obey your orders!"
The next morning, Liu Rui led Li Shishi, Qiao Feng, and Du Jue's two soldiers, and a group of five rode four horses towards Zhending County. That's right, four horses. Liu Rui used Li Shishi's weak body as an excuse to share a horse with her. Everyone knew what he was thinking, but he was the lord after all.
Along the way, Li Shishi's face was filled with excitement and curiosity. This was the first time she left Tiger Tooth Mountain after being summoned to the Three Kingdoms. She saw many new things that she had never seen before.
Qiao Feng, on the other hand, had a serious expression on his face. He was constantly paying attention to his surroundings, guarding Liu Rui's safety. Two soldiers were riding horses in front of him, leading the way. This group of people looked like a noble young master bringing his concubines and servants out to play.
Zhen Ding County wasn't far from Tiger Tooth Mountain. They arrived in about an hour. From the familiarity of the two pawns with Zhen Ding County, it was obvious that they had been stirring up trouble before.
Today, they went down the mountain to buy horses. They went straight to the horse market in the west city of the county. As soon as they arrived, they heard the neighing of horses from time to time. The five of them came to the entrance of the horse market and dismounted.
The two soldiers followed behind Liu Rui, Li Shishi, and Qiao Feng.
They walked around the horse market. The horses here were not bad. This was what Qiao Feng told Liu Rui. Liu Rui did not know much about horses, but as the leader of Beggar's Sect, Qiao Feng was knowledgeable and could naturally tell the quality of horses.
"Sir, I heard that you bought a large number of horses?”
A pawn found a horse dealer in charge of the horse market.
Liu Rui sized up the horse dealer in front of him. He was a middle-aged man in his thirties with a beard. He nodded and said,"That's right! The world is too chaotic now. My family is preparing to recruit some private soldiers and needs a large number of horses. Do you have them?”
Dong Zhuo was currently in chaos and was in control of the government. The local officials were corrupt and incompetent, and bandits were everywhere. Many wealthy families would recruit private soldiers. Liu Rui was dressed like a noble son today, so the horse dealer did not suspect anything.
"Sir, how many horses do you plan to buy?”The horse dealer asked with a smile.
Liu Rui thought for a moment and said,"Not much. Let's buy three to five hundred horses!"”
" Cough, cough." The horse dealer was stunned by Liu Rui's words. Three to five hundred horses? Are you planning to build an army or recruit private soldiers? However, he also realized that this young master in front of him was not an ordinary person. He was not someone a horse dealer could afford to offend.
"Young master, if it was in the past, we could still gather 300 to 500 horses, but in this season, we only have 200 horses in total.”The horse seller looked troubled.
Although he didn't want to offend the young master in front of him, he couldn't afford the number of horses he wanted.
Liu Rui frowned and said," Don't worry. Money is not a problem. As long as you have a good horse, I will have money!"”
"Young master, you're mistaken. It's not about money. To tell you the truth, our horses were all exchanged for grains, tea leaves, and silk from the Wuhuan Tribe in the north of Youzhou Province. Then, they were transported to our Zhending County from the Wuhuan Tribe across Youzhou Province. Recently, a gang of horse bandits suddenly arrived 50 miles north of Zhending County and robbed all the horses that we had transported. As a result, these horse bandits disappeared without a trace. Nobody dared to take the risk to sell horses for a while.”
" Horse thieves?!" These Horse Gang already had horses, and they had robbed so many of them. He could have some ideas about them. Moreover, his soldiers also needed opponents to train. Liu Rui must be interested in this group of Horse Gang.
"200 horses, 200 horses it is. You go gather all the horses now, I want them all!”Liu Rui waved his hand.
The horse seller hurriedly said,"Alright, Young Master. We need about four hours to get all the horses here."”
"Alright, I'll come and get the horse in four hours!”Liu Rui, Li Shishi, Qiao Feng, and the others left the horse market and went to the market in the east of the city to buy some clothes and rouge for Li Shishi.
It had to be said that natural beauty was not a lie. A beautiful woman like Exemplary Lee could wear any kind of clothes. After accompanying Exemplary Lee for four hours, they had bought all the clothes, makeup, and cosmetics that they needed. The two pawns 'hands were filled with the things they had bought.
After returning to the horse market, the horse dealer had already driven 200 horses to the market. After calculating the price, Liu Rui happily paid the money and asked the horse dealer to help drive the 200 horses to the foot of Huya Mountain.# Daguan Review Passed: Daguan Time:011720195:20PM
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