Yefutidaolu

Chapter 24 Horse and Cow
Gao Jian came to Jinyouzhai just to buy a mount.

After more than a month of traveling, Gao Jian has deeply understood the importance of mounts or vehicles for travel.

Running on your legs is really painful.

After listening to the cicada singing for half an hour, Gao Jian had broadened his horizons and naturally decided to get down to business.

The cicada was not annoyed. After all, it was interesting to chirp all day long. When it saw Gao Jian wanted to buy the horse, it immediately turned around and started introducing the spiritual horse to Gao Jian.

"Sir, Jinyouzhai's mounts are at least spiritual horses. They are all carefully selected, fed with spiritual herbs, and trained in horsemanship since childhood. Which one would you like?"

"Don't rush to choose, why not look at two more horses?"

"Look at this Huangshan horse. It looks like a cock from the front, a crouching tiger from the back, and a lion from the top. It eats thirty dou of food a day and can travel eight hundred miles a day, but it has a slightly bad temper. It only costs six gold coins."

"Look at this horse, Xuelian. It has a gentle temperament and behaves well. It does not shake even when it walks fast. Its mane is light and smooth. It can travel 600 miles a day. If you ride on it, you will hardly shake. Even if you fall asleep on it, you will not wake up. Eight gold coins are enough."

"This red horse has a head like a thirsty bird, reverse hair under its belly, and red eyes that shine like fire in a hole. It can travel a thousand miles a day and has a trace of aquatic blood. It can walk on water without falling. It only costs eighteen gold coins."

"This one is really powerful. It's called Zoulong. It has red mane with fine hairs, purple pupils in its eyes, a head as high as a dragon's skull, and sweat as red as blood. It can travel two thousand miles a day, soar into the clouds, and spit fire. It's a rare war horse. It only costs five hundred gold coins now."

The green-clad boy kept saying "just" and "that's all", but if you think about it carefully, a commoner family only has an income of two to three thousand coins a year, which is enough for all the family's expenses in a year, and they can still save some, so they are already a well-off family.

A spiritual horse would require at least 20 to 30 years of hard work by the whole family without eating or drinking to buy it. A Red Army horse would require even more than 60 years of hard work by the whole family without eating or drinking to buy it.

As for the dragon, Gao Jian didn't even look at it. It was definitely not something he could buy right now.

This is just buying, not to mention raising. These spirit horses are not cheap to raise. If you raise them for a few more years, you will be able to buy one.

Gao Jian looked at the snow-white horse again and again.

To be honest, he didn't have very high requirements for speed. 600 miles a day was already pretty good.

In fact, in addition to the spirit horse, there are many other mounts, such as birds, deer, or other exotic beasts. Gao Jian couldn’t recognize what it was at all. It just looked a bit like a lion, but with wings.

At first glance, none of these things are worth less than three digits.

These ten gold coins of his were indeed a huge sum of money outside, but if he took them to a place like Jinyouzhai, he would probably not be able to buy much here even if he emptied his money.

This place isn't named for nothing.

It really has everything.

And looking from the outside, it doesn't seem like this is the headquarters, but a branch.

If all the branches are of this standard, I can’t imagine what level our store is at.

Gao Jian browsed through the spiritual horses along the way. There were dozens of them on display. After careful selection, Gao Jian finally chose... Xue Lian, who was recommended at the beginning.

It has to be said that comfort is more important than speed, and the main purpose of a mount is to be comfortable.

Just when Gao Jian had chosen his horse and was about to pay, he heard a loud noise coming from the side. It was like a loud bang that was about to tear down the house.

Gao Jian quickly looked over there.

But I saw a cow with a straw tied on its head and a nose ring. I tried to pull it into Jinyouzhai, but in addition to pulling the nose ring, I also pulled its horns and pushed its butt, but I couldn't pull it up.

The old cow was in pain from being pulled, and the nose ring almost tore its nose apart, but it refused to give in and kept rolling around. It suddenly exerted force and hit the wall next to it, causing a loud bang.

Another boy in green clothes can be seen trotting up to the man leading the cow, bowing and saying, "Sir, please be gentle, this is someone else's goods."

"Other people's goods? Can you sell them on consignment here?" Gao Jian glanced at the little boy next to him.

He immediately replied, "Indeed, it is possible. Although it is Jinyouzhai, it is normal to have some omissions occasionally, so our boss opened a grass market. As long as you bring it here and put on a grass tag, you can sell it here. However, Jinyouzhai is responsible for maintenance and location, and has to mediate disputes, so it just takes a cut of the turnover."

Gao Jian nodded slightly. This should be the so-called "roadside stall". Buying and selling here is not a matter of course. You can only be responsible for collecting water. If there is a hole, it is your fault.

So what's going on here?
Gao Jian continued to look, but saw that the buyer, after being persuaded by Jin Youzhai, became a little angry. He walked up to an old man, stretched out his hand and said, "Take the cow back yourself. I don't want to buy it! Give me back my money!"

The old man was dressed in shabby clothes and did not look very wealthy. He moved his lips twice, knelt down quickly, kowtowed to the man, and said, "Master, please let me try again!"

Then he walked over, wiped the blood off the cow's nose with his sleeve, hugged the old cow, and cried, "Cow, cow, please save Ni'er..."

He cried miserably with tears and snot all over his face, and he didn't look like a good person at all.

The old cow started crying too, tears welling up in its eyes, and it made a low, continuous whining sound.

After crying for a while, the cow suddenly stood up, bit the rope in front of the nose ring, walked a section, then retreated, knelt on the ground with its front legs, and knelt again in the direction of the old man, with huge tears falling down.

Then, biting the rope, it took the initiative to walk to the previous buyer and nodded, hoping that the other party would hold the rope.

The buyer frowned. He had seen the cow half-kneeling on the ground with steaming tears falling down. He seemed to be heartless and just waved his hand: "Forget it, forget it. I won't buy it. Buying a cow makes me look like a bad guy. You should find someone else to buy it for you."

Then he took the money for the cow.

Gao Jian saw it, there were three golds in total.

This is not a small amount for the old man in front of him.

Judging from the strength it showed just now, this old cow is no ordinary cow. But even if it has some abnormalities, that's all. It is far from becoming a monster. It just has some spirituality.

After such a commotion, most of the people around dispersed, leaving only the old cow and the old man, standing there, looking helpless.

Gao Jian frowned, but after thinking for a while, he still walked over.

He was thinking, is this considered "willfulness"? Can he sharpen his knife? Scientific research.

Thinking of this, Gao Jian walked over and asked, "Old man, what's going on?"

(End of this chapter)