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Chapter 103 Using violence to control violence is too barbaric (1)
Huo An nodded, took out a wooden sign and wrote, "Where do your horses come from?"

Yongrong said, "Go out of the customs to buy from herdsmen on the grasslands. There is also a horse market at the border. We sometimes buy them and then go back to Yuezhou to sell them."

He looked at Huo An and beckoned, "These horses haven't been fed yet, you can give me a hand and feed the horses with me, I'll tell you slowly."

Huo An smiled, put away the wooden sign, and followed Yongrong to the back of the shed.There was a pile of hay piled up behind the shed, and Yongrong picked up a pitchfork to fork grass on a wooden cart. Seeing this, Huo An also rolled up his sleeves to help.

Yongrong said while crossing, "Actually, this way of life is simple to say, just buy horses and sell horses. Let's talk about buying horses first. Yuezhou is in the north. The location is good and the customs are fast. Outside the customs are mostly border herdsmen with mixed races. They are Hu people, and there are also some Shanrong people. They are nomadic people. They migrate with water and grass and raise cattle, sheep and horses. There are large grasslands and mountains in the northwest and north. Those herdsmen will raise horses, and the horses they raise are fat and strong , is a good horse."

"But they don't know how to weave and don't know how to farm. They usually barter cattle and horses with the Han people in exchange for oil, salt, rice, grain, cloth and medicinal materials. Gradually, there are horse markets on the border. There are many horse markets there, which are relatively scattered. We often go to Thailand. There are two horse markets in Ning and Fusheng. These two are big horse markets, and the imperial court also stationed soldiers. Sometimes we go directly to the prairie and find herdsmen to buy them. The price is cheaper and it is easy to buy good horses. The longer the journey, the harder the work, and the greater the risk, you may encounter sand bandits who kill people and rob goods, or you may encounter barbarian soldiers who plunder fiercely."

While talking, the two had already forked a cart full, and started to fork the second wooden cart. Yongrong smiled, "It's just a matter of wealth and wealth."

He paused and then said, "Let's talk about selling horses. Baoning is a big city in the north, and there are many merchants coming and going. The merchants and escort agencies from the south mostly buy horses at our Nanguan Horse Market in Baoning, because they go further north. , the road is treacherous, and the border is also chaotic, ordinary merchants will not go there to buy horses with money and cloth on their backs, and the risk is even greater, so they prefer to come to Nanguan Horse Market."

The two of them had already forked two high stacks of carts, so they pushed to the horse shed in front to feed the fifty or sixty horses that were enclosed.

The gray-clothed man also came last night, seeing Huo An feeding the horses with Yongrong, he was slightly startled, nodded at Huo An, then turned and left.

Yongrong said, "His name is Aqiu, do you remember?"

Huo An nodded.

While feeding the horses, Yongrong said leisurely, "Horse trading is a way of life, and it cannot be done by one person, so most of them are done by a group of people. Over time, caravans are formed. In Boryeong, caravans like ours, to say the least, have two Thirty, there are more than a hundred people, and there are 30 or 51 people. There are 52 people in our gang now." He raised his eyes and looked at Huo An, "If you come in, there will be [-] people."

Huo An helped him carry hay to feed the horses.

Yongrong said, "People in the caravan come in and out. Whether they break the rules or quit their jobs, there is only one condition for joining the caravan, that is, never to join other caravans in Boryeong. Of course, if you have the ability, do it yourself Stove, that's fine."

When he said this, he clapped his hands, straightened his waist, and raised his hands to wipe the sweat from his face, "This damn weather is so hot."

He looked at Huo An who was still busy, "Huo An, of course you have to know horses when selling horses. Brother Xiang is the best at it, and there are rules in gangs and rules of walking horses. If you stay in the future, you can take your time. tell you."

Huo An looked up and smiled gratefully at him.

Suddenly someone shouted, "Huo An."

Huo An turned his head and saw that it was Cai Xiang standing there with his hips akimbo.

Cai Xiang smiled slightly, with usual cynicism, "Yesterday you walked the horse, I saw that you are good at riding, who did you learn from?"

Huo An wiped the sweat from his forehead, took the wooden sign around his waist, and quickly wrote: "A teacher."

Cai Xiang didn't care about this vague answer, her slender eyes sparkled, and her chin raised, "Then how about helping the boss who bought the horse tame a strong horse?"

Huo An nodded, followed Cai Xiang, Yongrong thought about it, dropped the hay and followed.

When he walked around to the shed, Huo An realized that there were many people forming a circle, with three floors inside and three floors outside. He couldn't see what was going on inside, but only heard the violent neighing of horses.

Cai Xiang opened a path and led Huo An in.

In the middle was a large open space surrounded by high fences. Five shirtless men were riding horses, holding poles in their hands, chasing and intercepting a healthy gray-colored horse.Seeing that the horse had a very violent temper, it ran around, trying to break out of the encirclement. From time to time, it raised its front hooves and neighed wildly. Whenever anyone approached, it would kick and bite.

The spectators standing outside the fence were talking about it.

Seeing Cai Xiang walk in, a chubby middle-aged man said to him, "Boss Cai, if you can tame this horse, I will pay three times the price."

Cai Xiang smiled and said, "Boss Qian, is it a deal?"

Boss Qian, who is chubby, said, "It's hard to catch a four-horse horse."

Cai Xiang then said to Huo An, "We bought this horse from the grassland herdsmen. It has half wild horse blood. It is a good horse, but it is a bit difficult to tame. It is still a raw horse that has never been ridden. In the eyes of horse trainers, horses are divided into fierce, tough, medium and down."

He squinted his eyes, "Let me see, this horse is also Shanghan. How about it, are you interested?"

Huo An didn't nod or shake his head, he blinked his black grape eyes and stared at the horse.

Yongrong was a little worried, "Brother Xiang, this horse is fierce, I'm afraid it's..."

Cai Xiang waved his hand and interrupted him, "What is there to be afraid of? If you are afraid, don't make a living by selling horses."

Huo An still had a calm face, observing for a moment that the men used the method of harnessing the horse with the horse pole, and calmly took off the black shirt on the upper body.

Cai Xiang shouted, "Cricket, bring a good horse to Brother An."

Then he admired the three scars on Huo An's chest with relish, stroked his chin and said, "This can't be caught by a tiger, right?"

Huo An nodded, bent over to tie his trouser legs.

Aqiu brought a few men over to watch.

Soon, the cricket brought the black horse that Huo An rode yesterday, and brought a harness and a whip.Huo An didn't take the whip, but only took the harness, led the black horse, and pushed open the fence gate, which was as high as a person, and walked in.

Cai Xiang spread her hands, "Everyone back up, be careful not to get hurt."

Everyone backed away clattering.

Cai Xiang roared again, "Cao Feng, come back."

A man with a horse pole heard the sound, yelled, pinched the horse's belly and turned around, and the other four also turned around.

The gray horse took a look and saw that there was no one blocking it, and immediately ran wildly.

Huo An got on the horse, raised the harness pole, and lashed the horse's buttocks hard. The black horse was hurt and rushed out.

Cai Xiang narrowed her eyes, "Cricket, go and bring my horse."

(End of this chapter)