Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 221 We Are Regular Army
Big food horses are very common in the big food country, and the price is not expensive. After long-distance sea transportation, the price is much more expensive. There are still 3000 taels for a horse. This horse is bred with a price of 50 taels of silver for friendship. The market price is 40 taels. Not surprising.As for the pony produced on Guangxi Road, the estimated price is ten taels or eight taels of silver, but in the north, rare things are the most expensive, and they are sold to rich people as pets, and there are still three or forty taels.If it is a pony used for farm work, it is the price of a small donkey, seven or eight taels of silver.

Chai Lin said: "Mr. He, you are being polite. We came here to save Brother Zou Yuan. It is fate to save you by the way. You don't have to be so polite. This horse is still yours. Let's talk about the price when we get to Cangzhou. I bought them all."

"Thank you so much, Master Chai." He Qi was very moved. There are really good people who are not greedy for money these days.

When Chai Lin and the others came to the beach, He Qi vomited unceasingly as he watched the corpses of pirates all over the floor. These pirates were beaten by some unknown thing, and their death conditions were miserable.

Ruan Xiaoqi led people to search for the pirate treasures on Niutou Island. The total mess was less than 3000 taels of silver. Obviously, this place was just a temporary lair for pirates.

Some of the silver boxes had the word He written on them, and a follower next to Yuanwai said in a low voice, "The 2000 taels of silver belong to us."

He Yuanwai wanted to kick him in the butt, he was really ignorant.The silver was stolen by the pirates, and if they beat the pirates, it was their loot. It is inappropriate to say this now, and unfortunately they will lose their lives.

Chai Lin said: "Don't worry. As I said just now, we are a regular army. If it is confirmed that it belongs to you, we will return it to you intact."

He Qi said: "Don't blame the owner of Chai Zhuang. His subordinates are ignorant. A total of 2000 taels of silver was snatched by pirates. If you seize it, it will be the spoils of your army. We don't want it."

Chai Lin said: "Battle Commander Ruan, check the silver."

There are four cash boxes with He written on them, and the silver is also newly minted, at twelve pieces, which is easy to count.However, it is obvious that the pirates have already divided part of it, only 500 taels.

Chai Lin said: "Since it is confirmed that it is He Yuanwai, please accept it."

The soldiers brought the money over and put it in front of He Yuanwai. He Yuanwai was very surprised, and there were still big soldiers who were not greedy for money, but Chai Zhuangzhu's expression did not look like a fake.

"No, no, no, we can't ask for it. Money is something outside of our body. You saved our lives. We definitely can't ask for a little bit of money." Yuanwai He said.

Chai Lin said: "Yuanwai He is a businessman from Quanzhou. We will have many opportunities to cooperate in the future. I will forget about this trivial matter, and don't mention any kindness. In fact, doing business with integrity is better than anything else."

He Qi said: "The owner of the Chai village is right."

At this time, the six steamships chasing the pirates at sea also returned. Most of the pirates had sunk into the sea. A small number of pirates ran too fast and fled to an island in the north. Due to the unknown terrain, they could not attack by force.

Chailin looked at the sun in the west and it was already afternoon, and it would be dark in a few hours.

Chai Lin said: "This place is a lair of pirates. It's not safe to spend the night here. Let's go back to Dengyun Mountain for one night, and return to Cangzhou tomorrow."

"Okay, Villa Master Chai saved me and my brothers, so he happened to go to my village to treat us well." Zou Yuan said.

He Yuanwai's caravan and horses also boarded the ship, and the Zou family will stay temporarily without mentioning it.There were very few captured in this battle, only thousands of taels of silver, six 15-meter-long centipede ships, and nothing more, and more pirate ships had been sunk.

He Yuanwai and Chai Lin were in the same boat, and when they got on the boat, they felt strange. There was no oars in this boat, and the wind was not strong, and it was running fast.

Yuanwai He asked: "Master Chai, why is this boat running so fast?"

"It uses a kind of mechanical power to power the ship. We call it a ship." Chailin explained.

Member Wai He didn't ask any further questions, and Chai Lin wouldn't explain it to him in detail. It's a secret at the moment.

A hundred miles away, it took only an hour to reach the small port of Dengyun.

The personal battalion, reconnaissance battalion, light cavalry battalion and those who were rescued all went ashore.The Shuijunying still stayed on the boat, Zou Run said: "Battlefield Commander Ruan, Commander Xu, you also bring your brothers down to drink a glass of water and wine to relieve fatigue."

Ruan Xiaoqi said with a smile: "The naval army regards the ship as their home, and we are used to it. We sleep in the cabin at night. After a while, we can prepare some meals and send them to us."

Zou Yuan and Zou Run slaughtered pigs and sheep, and invited Mrs. Gu, Sun Xin and others to have wine and celebrate with Chai Lin and others.

The next day, ten warships from the Water Army Camp carried soldiers from the Reconnaissance Battalion and the Qingqi Battalion to the waters near Niutou Island again. Unfortunately, they wandered around without any results. The pirates had already retreated, and there might be lairs elsewhere. And know.

Zou Yuan and Zou Run were very grateful. Zou Yuan said: "Master Chai, thanks to your help this time, otherwise I would have died. From now on, I will follow the leader of Chai Village when I climb Yunshan. frown."

Chai Lin said: "Brother Zou Yuan, you're welcome. The matter here is over. We're going back. I'll leave the wood to you. In addition, we need to find out more about the whereabouts of the pirates secretly, and find them to kill the grass and roots. As the saying goes, I would rather do it for a thousand days." Thieves, don’t want to defend against thieves for a thousand days, it’s too tiring to defend against thieves.”

"Don't worry, brother, I will definitely complete the task." Zou Yuan said.

"Although we have won this battle, we are actually fighting a war of confusion. We don't know who the pirate leader is or where he comes from. Brother Zou Yuan had to take the trouble to pull a net on the seaside of Dengzhou, from the fishermen , dock workers, restaurants and inns to investigate pirates.”

Zou Run was a little confused, and said, "Brother, aren't all pirates at sea, on islands?"

Chai Meng said: "Brother Zou Run is wrong. Pirates have to go ashore if they want to eat and drink, sell their stolen goods, and find women. Dengzhou is a good place for them to come because of its traffic from north to south, and there are many businesses near the port. From these aspects If you start with it, you should be able to quickly investigate the clues."

Zou Run suddenly realized that he only thought about the pirates at sea, but he didn't expect them to go ashore too.

Chai Lin and the others didn't make this trip in vain. They transported five boats full of red pine timber when they returned.

Yuanwai He couldn't say anything in front of Zou Yuan. Now that he sailed away, Yuanwai He couldn't bear it anymore, so he came to Chai Lin and said, "It turns out that the owner of Chai Zhuang is building ships. My firm has good paint. , are all cut from lacquer trees, very poisonous, just right for boats, to deal with all kinds of seashells. There are also various small cork materials, which are most suitable for making landing rafts."

The lacquer produced in Fujian is cut from the lacquer tree. The lacquer is poisonous, and it can be used to prevent corrosion and insects when applied to wood, especially sea-going ships, where there are too many shellfish and barnacles, etc., so it must be preserved with paint.

Chai Lin said: "I'm an amateur in purchasing such things. When I arrived at Chaijiazhuang, the trading company talked with you. I guess there are a lot of things you need. It is our common goal to transport goods from north to south. Let's talk about horses, big food horses, If you get off the horse, can you get a lot of it?"

He Yuanwai clasped his fists and said: "Back to the owner, you can get big food horses. This kind of horses can be raised for speculation and sold for money. Our rich people in Song Dynasty like this horse. It runs fast on the racetrack and has a good gait. Beautiful. However, this horse is too delicate. It eats and drinks carefully, has thin skin, and needs to live in a warm circle in winter. Besides, this horse is thin and easy to get sick. It cannot be used as a war horse or a cart horse. Raise some, and crossbreed with the local Hebei horses in the north, you can breed good-looking horses, and the profits are quite high. It is enough for me to get a few stallions for the owner, and there is no need to get too many."

Chai Lin was convinced that although the big food horse ran fast and charged fiercely, it would be fatal if it was used as a war horse. In the winter, you have to bring a quilt to it, otherwise you are afraid of catching a cold.

"Is it possible to get a lot of horses? The good-quality horses can be sold to rich people as playthings, and the poor-quality horses can be used to pull carts and carry things for farm work." Chailin said.

(End of this chapter)