open sea

Chapter 296
General Chen, who was far away in the Xuanfu, didn't know that there had been a quarrel in the ashes of the West Garden of the Forbidden City. Even if he knew, it was not as important to him as grooming the horse.

"You came from the north, you were stabbed by a horse, you were sold to the south after experiencing life and death, you galloped across the grasslands, climbed the mountains, and I showed you the sea..."

Long Junxiong, with the foxtails he picked up from somewhere in his mouth, leaned against the gate of the racecourse, scratching his ears and scratching his cheeks, watching Chen Mu walking around on the pasture, muttering, and seeing Chen Mu pat the horse's buttocks, and walked over swaggeringly, like a There is a big thing on my mind.

"Come north, go north, this horse is much happier than us."

Beckoning to the head of the horse guard farm, Chen Mu pointed to Huoshaoyun who was running around in the grassland and said, "That's my horse. I won't ride it anymore. I will keep it with you until it dies of old age. Don't worry about anything else, it should be fed." , Take a walk when it’s time to walk, and don’t sell it to me.”

The head of the racecourse nodded one after another, and said with an apologetic smile: "Don't talk about the general's horses, there is any horse in this racecourse, and the old man dare not sell it privately. Who doesn't know that this is the place where you raise your horses, General."

"Yes, any horse here is a treasure. It is not easy for Mr. Chen to get these horses that have never been gelled. If anyone dares to sell my horse, I will gel him." Chen Mu nodded and looked into the racecourse. Hundreds of fine horses walked a few steps and turned back.

"Don't forget, other horses..." Chen Mu felt that it might not be popular to talk about mating at this time, so he raised his hand and patted it a few times with intriguing eyes. Sometimes, blindfold Huoshaoyun, if you can’t do anything if you try hard enough, you’ll lose your life with anger.”

"Hey, the little one knows, the little one knows."

What do you know!

Chen Mu smiled, took one last look at Huoshaoyun, and went out with a smile, got on his horse and led the soldiers away.

Huoshaoyun was originally an old horse in his hands, with a gentle and sensible temperament. It happened that Chen Mu was not good at riding at that time.But now his physical strength has dropped significantly, and he can no longer keep up with Chen Mu's long journey.

In the south, it is fashionable and unfeeling, but in the north, there are many flat roads, and he can't keep up with others when he releases his horsepower and gallops.

It happened to communicate with the inside and outside of the Great Wall from the horse market. Good horses are no longer rare goods in northern Xinjiang. They are placed in the Xuanfu horse farm. If he can live for a few more years, he will not die unexpectedly on the battlefield.

Count the friendship between master and servant.

Now his mount was given by a tribal leader when the Mongolian tribes traded each other. It is said that he got the BMW from Oara. It is not short in stature and looks taller than ordinary Mongolian horses. The horse has excellent stamina and strong muscles and bones.

Chen Mu felt that he might have mixed blood with Zhongya unintentionally. He has black hair and no variegated colors, and looks like a horse.

"In the future, it will be called Heiwa. This year, I made [-] horses that were gelded without spending any money. This kind of business is very good, but unfortunately it will disappear in the future. I guess I will find a way to buy a thousand horses with a thousand taels of silver next year." I have never smuggled a hundred war horses..."

Chen Mu was thinking about fooling around with horses from Mongolia in the future, but before he finished speaking, Long Junxiong interrupted him in a very rare way, and said in surprise, "Master Chen, it didn't cost any money to exchange a thousand horses?"

"Why spend money? I'm stupid!"

Chen Mu swayed three times on the horse, and saw Long Junxiong's face embarrassed: "Master Chen, you have already suppressed General Shuo, cheating people of money... we are not short of money, right?"

"Who lied? You, haven't you learned Chen's housekeeping skills for so long? How can we rest assured that you will go to Japan to do business when we return to Nanyang?" Chen Mu patted his forehead with hatred , "I guess I know why Qi Zhengyan couldn't come back after he ran to Japan. Most likely he doesn't know how to do business, and he will lose face if he loses everything."

"Did a dozen or so shipments come from Guangdong by water transport a while ago? It was Chen who sent a letter to buy iron pots and tea from merchants in Foshan. The big iron pots cost two cents of silver, and the small iron pots cost four cents of silver. What about the tea? I took advantage of it, counting it as a load of five taels."

Long Junxiong shook his head, not understanding.

"I told him that money can't be broken. There are a batch of war horses from Mongolia. Each horse is worth two or five silver coins. It can be exchanged for ten large pots, fifty small pots, or half a load of tea, but he loaded them back on the ship. They can make money, so you didn't treat him badly?"

Long Junxiong nodded, but still didn't understand.

"I asked him to wait for a few days, and the goods were delivered to the horse market from the tank boat in Beizhili..."

"In the early days of the mutual market, the governor sent a letter to summon merchants from the south. There were not enough goods on the horse market, not to mention that there were not many people who fell into Cyprus from outside Cyprus, and they could not take away much goods. There were iron pots, grain, rouge, red thread, saddles, medicinal materials, silk and satin on the market. Not enough."

"For pots, two large pots and three small pots are exchanged for one horse; for tea, this thing is hugely profitable, a load can exchange for twelve horses, and for more than [-] war horses, there is also Hei Wa."

Chen Mu smiled and said: "I gave the merchant [-] horses and earned [-] horses without spending any money. When he crosses the Yellow River with the tank boat, other merchants should also meet with their goods from the south. He will I am grateful to Chen. Think about it, who can feel comfortable in that crowded place? Chen helped him clear the goods early on, isn’t it very righteous?”

Long Junxiong hummed twice, submissively, but neither he nor Chen Mu looked serious, Chen Mu said it as a joke, and he listened as a joke.

Obviously a big profit.

Chen Mu thought that the chat on the road was enough, but there was still a bigger surprise waiting for him when he returned to the General's Mansion.

"General, a letter from the court."

Chen Mu took the letter casually at the door, and when he walked into the study and sat down, he realized that it was a letter from the cabinet, with Gao Gong's handwriting.

Let him not have to wait for the head of the mountain, Xu Jie, to come, saying that Xu Ge is old, so don't bother, the title of head of the mountain will be assumed by Gao Gong himself, let him open the martial arts hall as soon as possible.In addition, it is necessary to prepare two manuscripts to report to the court, and to write another letter to Gao Gong.

The drafted manuscript is naturally how the martial arts hall should be run, and the operating procedures will be informed to the imperial court. After the cabinet and the supervisor of ceremonies pass it, it can be deduced as the regulations of the martial arts hall in the future.

It's a northern thing.

Things in the South is another manuscript, Gao Gong refuted his idea of ​​setting up martial arts halls in the two capitals and thirteen provinces, and only set up martial arts halls in Xuanfu and Guangdong.The second thing he was asked to do was to finalize the affairs of the Guangdong Lecture Hall. Gao Gong had already selected a mountain commander, who was Lu Tong, a famous naval battle general who cut off his official career because of Yan Song's resignation.

Chen Mu stroked the letter and frowned for a long time, then smiled slightly.

Gao Gong knew very well what Chen Mu wanted, and he had already planned to set up the Jiangwu Naval Academy without him even mentioning it.

Although the whole letter didn't mention anything about Nanzheng or Yinzi, Chen Mu still saw subtle changes in what Gao Gong asked him to do.

Gao Gong's last request was to ask Chen Mu to explain to him what kind of ships, how many troops should be prepared for Daming's coastal defense in the plan, and what the overseas defense areas should be.

Thinking of this, Chen Mu couldn't help clapping his hands and laughing.

Huoshaoyun has returned to the north, and the day when he returns to the south seems not far away!

　Recommend a book by a newcomer and a fellow, 25 words, there are quite a lot of manuscripts, it is called "Rebirth as the Emperor at the End of the Yuan Dynasty"

　　
　
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