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Chapter 109 Army Horse
When Cheng Hanbai returned to Kyoto from Wujiang to collect money, he naturally wanted to invite everyone to Lianyunge for dinner.

"Cheng Hanbai, if you don't bleed heavily today, you will be sorry for the tens of thousands of taels you recovered!" Zhao Muzhe said with a smile.

Cheng Hanbai poured him wine and smiled with squinted eyes: "If it weren't for their roll of money, I wouldn't know how much money we have in our house!" Xie Ruitan rolled his eyes at him: This uncle Is it stupid?
"Even if the eldest son sympathizes with you and takes less dowry, but your sister's dowry has been melted into golden flowers by them, and without the dowry, I don't know if your sister will marry or not..." Shen Congxi teased Cheng Hanbai with a serious face .

Xie Ruitang calmly picked up the wine glass and took a sip: What a joke!Do I, Haitang, need to prepare her own dowry?

"Aren't you going to give King Xian a fight back? This is not your style." Xie Yuanzhu drank a drink by himself and glanced at Xie Ruitan and asked.

Xie Ruitang nodded and said with a smile: "That's why I came here today to ask my cousin for help."

Xie Yuanfang glanced at Cheng Hanbai again, half-smiling but not smiling: "Since someone has tampered with my sister's betrothal gift, of course I can't just sit idly by and ignore it. What should I do?"

"I got news that Du Yunze, Du Qianhu, the brother of King Xian's concubine, is secretly going to give King Xian a batch of... military horses." Xie Ruitang said slowly.

"Military horse? How can a private individual buy a military horse? Isn't this illegal?" Zhao Muche asked.

Xie Ruitang did not answer him and continued: "I don't care how he purchased the military horses. I only know that this batch of forty military horses has almost arrived in Kyoto. Specifically, it will arrive in Kyoto tomorrow. Outside. Du Yun plans to iron out the markings on these military horses, treat them as ordinary horses, and send them to King Xian's Zhuangzi in the eastern suburbs. This is a new piece of equipment for his soldiers."

"You want me to use marked military horses to replace them?" Xie Yuanzhu responded quickly. He had already guessed Xie Ruitang's intention and raised his eyebrows calmly.

Xie Ruitang smiled but did not answer.

The horse farm run by Xie Yuanfeng was an official horse farm of the imperial court. It naturally domesticated military horses that were to be supplied to the army. The forty military horses that were exchanged for de-marked horses were either kept or sold. His horse farm was the easiest to deal with.

Xie Yuanzhen picked up the wine glass, clinked it with the wine glass Xie Ruitang placed on the table, and smiled: "As you wish."

"I really don't understand this King Xian. Are ordinary horses not worthy of his soldiers? They have to be equipped with military horses..." Shen Congxi muttered in confusion.

"The obedience and endurance of military horses are incomparable to ordinary horses." Xie Yuanfu said: "The most important thing is the psychological endurance. They will not hide when encountering swords and guns, and will not be shocked when encountering blood."

After hearing this, Xie Ruitang thought thoughtfully: "These war horses may not be equipped for ordinary soldiers. However, I only found some clues. I am afraid that Ji Chuan is secretly training extraordinary soldiers."

"Oh?" Everyone became interested upon hearing this, especially Cheng Hanbai, who was eager to say: "Is there any other way to surpass the training in our military camp? Where is his base? I also secretly went there to study. !”

Xie Ruitang shook his head and said: "We have no clues yet, but we already have two groups of people investigating this matter."

"But even if we have trained forty masters, is it still more lethal than artillery?" Xie Yuanzhu did not approve of this strange approach. "When did you see Dongxi Chang use artillery in the palace? Jin Yiwei used artillery in the capital?" Xie Ruitang said with a smile: "It's just a guess now. However, the mistake in front of you is that these forty horses were purchased illegally Military horses. If King Xian reported that he had illegally melted gold, should I report him and prevent him from illegally purchasing military horses?"

Xie Ruitang raised his glass and said to Zhao Muzhe and Shen Congxi: "King Xian has got a good horse. Shouldn't you two have nothing to do and invite a few young masters to visit his village? Don't forget to call Lu Zhiang, As a newly appointed public official, he has not even a single word of advice that has passed Zhu's approval, so he is allowed to stand out."

Lu Zhiang is the son of Mr. Lu Ge. On weekdays, he likes to follow Shen Congxi everywhere to look for authentic calligraphy and paintings from the previous dynasties, which is arty and elegant.Just because he didn't have the power to tie the chicken, and the imperial examination failed, he had no choice but to rely on me and become a public official.

Several people raised their glasses and clinked their glasses tacitly: Restoring the truth, there is nothing more pleasant than such a conspiracy!

A few men are drinking here, and Miss Cheng is busy handling the family's accounts and property over there.

Haitang used the money recovered by her brother to buy back her grandmother's two Zhuangzis, not only because the Zhuangzis were old properties, but also because the owners were all old people who had feelings for the Cheng family.Because it involved stolen goods in a theft case, the buyer only took the original price and returned Zhuangzi to the Cheng family.

Grandma was also filled with emotions. She, her natal niece, had done such a thing behind her back. She felt that she was also responsible, so she persuaded Haitang to take charge of Cheng Mansion first. She was powerless.

"It's been a year since you returned to the mansion, and you are familiar with all the big and small things in the mansion. Even though your brother is in the capital, it's hard to ask him to take care of the house's internal affairs. Before your sister-in-law comes in, you should take care of the house first. Get up, if you don't understand anything, Sumei can come over and help you temporarily." Grandma then said with a smile:
"Now that you have bought those two Zhuangzi back, each of them will be under your and Han Bai's names. It will be easier to manage this way. It's like grandma has hired you more in advance!"

Haitang smiled shyly and said, "Brother's big day has been decided, and I haven't even revealed my horoscope yet!"

The dates calculated by Qintian Supervisor for the wedding next year had been sent to the house two days earlier. Cheng Hanbai and Xie Yuanfang coincidentally chose the furthest date, October 27th.

Haitang: How much do you two not want to get married?The princess and the princess are waiting!
Princess Yilan of the grassland is getting married from Kyoto. Her youngest brother, the eleventh prince Erden, bought a big house in Kyoto and lives with Yilan in Kyoto.

When Princess Yilan entered the new house, she invited Princess Qingyao, and the princess invited Cheng Haitang to go with her.The old owner of the house was a marquis, and the architecture is quite regular. The only unique thing is that the atrium is a pond, with a small rockery bridge, lined with a few water lilies and a few water calamus, which is quite unique.

Princess Yilan was very happy to see them. She wanted to integrate into the circle of these Han girls as soon as possible and adapt to the life in Kyoto.

"I am your sister-in-law, and she is my sister-in-law!" Princess Yao pointed at Haitang and Yilan in turn and said with a smile.

"If you marry my brother, you will be my sister-in-law!" Princess Yilan also pointed at Haitang with a crisp smile.

Erdun, who was standing aside, was very happy. He liked Cheng Haitang very much, a beautiful, generous and unpretentious girl. After hearing what his sister said, he just pursed his lips in amusement.

An Qi on the tree nearby was not happy: You look ugly, but you think you are beautiful!

(End of this chapter)