Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 213 Divine Beast
The Tianxiong Army now has more than 1000 and two hundred horses. For an inland army of nearly 1000 people, this is a considerable number--many troops only have horses for generals and servants, and not necessarily It is a war horse.However, the number of mules and horses was relatively small, and there was no way to do it. The [-] or [-] horses and the weapons and equipment of tens of thousands of people almost wiped out the entire wealth of the Tianxiong Army.Now that Lu Xiangsheng has money in his hands, he naturally wants to buy more mules and horses.It would be useless to rely on the imperial court, so he entrusted several horse dealers to help find the source of horses, and if he got one, he counted as one.

One day, Lu Xiangsheng was negotiating with a horse dealer about buying horses, when his attendant suddenly came to report: "Commander Yang, please see me!"

Lu Xiangsheng was stunned for a moment: "Which Commander Yang?" He remembered that among the three guard commanders under his supervision, none had the surname Yang!

The attendant said: "Commander Yang of Wuyang Guard!"

It turned out to be the big horse monkey!

This guy took people to Mongolia again in late June to trade with the Mongolians. In his opinion, the imperial court's ban was like air, and he ignored it.But now it’s not the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, many prohibitions have lost their binding force, and the court’s requirements have also been lowered accordingly, as long as he can support the thousands of soldiers of Wuyang Guard, [-] to [-] military households, and do some money from smuggling The living court just turned a blind eye, and even Wu Yong didn't think there was anything wrong with him.Now it seems that he has made a lot of money again, so he made a special detour to Daming Mansion to show off.Lu Xiangsheng said "excuse me" to the horse dealers, and walked out quickly to meet Yang Menglong, who was wearing a nondescript leather hat, with a horizontal knife on his waist, and a dog-leg knife on his thigh, leading a tall bikini The camel was standing outside the gate with a few entourages smiling, and those entourages were also leading the camel with a blank expression on their faces. Looking at the saddle of the camel, you can tell that this guy is quite interested in camels. With a wave of his hand, this group of fierce light-clothed flying knights turned into camel riders, as depressing as they could be.Lu Xiangsheng was secretly amused, cupped his hands, and said, "Long time no see, why are you riding a camel?"

Yang Menglong said with a smile: "Camels run fast and steadily, and they can go without eating or drinking for a long time. Such a good means of transportation, don't use fools!" He looked up at the plaque hanging high at the door, tilted his head The head said: "I said boss, your mansion is not very good, it is shabby! Another day I will send someone to help you build a luxurious building, made of reinforced concrete, seven stories high, and equipped with glass windows, it is guaranteed to be better than this. Much better!"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Then I would like to thank you in advance! Come in and sit, don't I invite you?"

Yang Menglong said: "No, no!" He stuffed the reins and whip into his hands, and strode in. Seeing his air, he was more casual than going back to his own home.Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said to the servant: "Go, take these camels to the stable and put them in order, so that these strong men can also rest for a while."

The servant promised and went to take the reins, but Cao Jun shouted: "You can't put the camel in the stable!"

Lu Xiangsheng was startled: "Why?"

Zhong Ning cupped his hands and said, "Your Excellency, I don't know, this camel has a strange smell, and the horses will be restless when they smell this smell. If they are placed in the stables, all the horses will struggle desperately!"

Lu Xiangsheng found it interesting: "Is there anything else?" Fortunately, there was an empty stable, which was just suitable for housing these camels. He confessed and went in. As soon as he turned around and walked a few steps, he heard "poof" Then the servant got angry and yelled: "It's your uncle, I'm kindly serving you, but you dare to criticize me, your uncle!" It seemed that he was really angry. Regardless of Lu Xiangsheng's presence, he kept saying "It's your uncle's". .Lu Xiangsheng turned around curiously and saw that the servant holding Yang Menglong's camel had yellow and white bubbles all over his head and face, emitting bursts of strange smell. But the servant was so angry that he pointed at the camel and yelled, And the camel looked up at the sky with a disdainful and arrogant look, which actually had a bit of Yang Menglong's charm!Zhong Ning and Cao Jun were all grinning wildly and gloating about the camel's misfortune. Obviously, they had suffered from the camel. Now that they saw others being sprayed, they were naturally gloating about the misfortune.The servant was sprayed in the face and was so angry that he gritted his teeth and kicked the camel's leg!Zhong Ning's expression changed and he quickly pulled him aside. The next second, the camel's hoof grazed the tibia of the ill-tempered servant, causing heartbreaking pain.The servant screamed: "This... this beast can kick people!?"

Zhong Ning snorted: "Of course! This guy has a very bad temper. If you kick him, he will definitely kick you. If you don't kick him, it won't stop! I advise you not to mess with him. You kick him and he'll be fine." , it gives you a kick, I'm afraid you can't bear it!"

The servant stared at the camel in amazement, trying to see what was different about this camel, but the camel also stared at him... It seems that this camel's temper is no better than his.He made a face at the camel, and suddenly the camel bit him, biting his right shoulder. The unlucky child screamed like a pig in pain: "The camel... the camel bit someone! The camel bit someone, help me!" Ah!!!" Zhong Ning and Cao Jun turned pale with shock, and hurried up to save people.At this time, Yang Menglong's angry roar came over: "You idiot, you owe me another pump, right? Let him go!" The camel let go of the unlucky child, raised his head and yelled into the mansion, Like complaining.The servant who was bitten badly by the camel ran away, and he dared not touch the camel again after killing him.

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and sighed with a smile: "It's true that people are divided into groups, and birds of a feather flock together. There is a kind of mount for the kind of master!" He strode in.

In the living room, Yang Menglong had already crossed his legs, grabbed the snacks in front of him and stuffed them into his mouth in large chunks, while two young maids waited on him, the expressions on his faces could only be described as "terrible".Seeing Lu Xiangsheng coming in, he didn't even wipe his mouth, and asked, "How is it, did you hurt anyone?"

Lu Xiangsheng sat down and said, "I'm afraid I'll have to rest for a few days...I said, where did you find such a strange camel? It has a worse temper than a human!"

Yang Menglong said proudly: "Hey, it's fun this way! How about it, you've sold a lot of potatoes and wheat, have you made a fortune? I've come all the way and saw a lot more merchants on the road!"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Well, I saved the grain for a year, sold the rest, and finally paid back the money owed to you and Mr. Cheng...By the way, what did you gain from this trip? "

Yang Menglong said: "Me? I set off with a caravan in late June. I climbed mountains and waded all the way to Yulin. I was full of sand! But the harvest is not small, you don't know, the people over there How stupid, a wine glass made of glass can be exchanged for three buffaloes from them, a jug of spirits can be exchanged for a horse, a jar of caramel can be exchanged for two sheep, and they even give away a few sheepskins!" Speaking of this, he beamed with joy, "It's a pity that you didn't go, otherwise you could have made a lot of money!" This guy sent a batch of potato noodles, black beans, salt, etc. Dongdong went to the outside of the Great Wall. At that time, the herdsmen had survived the winter with great difficulty. Both humans and livestock were skinny, and their eyes were shining with hunger. Therefore, the caravan did not spend much effort in exchange for 600 yuan with the grain they brought over. Many cows, more than 400 horses, and hundreds of camels, these are the trophies snatched from the Khalkha tribe after the defeat of the Khalkha tribe by various grassland tribes. As a result, Yang Menglong exchanged them with food .What made Yang Menglong dissatisfied was that these animals were too thin, more than [-]% died halfway, and he was so angry that he wanted to kill.After finishing the Nanyang Technical School, he personally took a large number of goods and ran to the grassland. In addition to the indispensable pig iron, salt, tea, cloth, etc., the goods he brought this time also added a lot of special products. For example, spirits made from potatoes, drinking utensils made of glass, and fragrant and sweet caramel are all good things.These special products surprised the herdsmen, and they rushed to buy them. The strong wine captured the hearts of the grassland men without any effort. It's sold out—it's too difficult to get some food on the prairie where supplies are scarce.Yang Menglong's transaction was a great success, and it can be said that he made a lot of money.

Yang Menglong was delighted when he said that, and Lu Xiangsheng was quite envious when he heard it, and asked, "How many animals did you get back?"

Yang Menglong sighed: "After all, what we can contact is a small tribe, and our ability is limited, and there are not many things we can exchange for. This time we spent a lot of effort to exchange for three hundred war horses."

Lu Xiangsheng asked: "Where are the cows? How many cows were exchanged for?"

Yang Menglong said: "I got more than 400 cows. I probably searched too hard. It is difficult for those small tribes to trade a large number of cows and horses. They proposed to exchange sheep, and I really don't want to try that kind of driving again." It feels like thousands of sheep are crossing the state and across the province, and I don’t agree.”

Lu Xiangsheng asked: "Then your harvest this time is not very bad?"

Yang Menglong said: "That's not true. Although they can't produce more cattle and horses, they still have a lot of good things, such as leather, tendons, and horns, all of which are very useful. I'm still in Yulin There is a workshop there, which specializes in purchasing the bones of various animals from the prairie, and then processing them into bone meal. Bone meal is a good fertilizer, and if you apply it to the fields, you will surely have a good harvest. By the way, I also got [-] camels! "

Lu Xiangsheng called out, "Four hundred camels!?"

Yang Menglong said: "That's right, they can't produce more cattle and horses, but there are still a lot of camels. I think this camel is big and can endure hardships and stand hard work. It is very cost-effective to buy it whether it is transportation or riding. I promised them to trade camels...hehe, you don’t know, camels are cheaper over there, even cheaper than cattle!”

Lu Xiangsheng could only smile wryly.In Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Qinghai, there are a large number of camels. They are famous desert ships, which can adapt to the harsh climate of the desert. However, they are not of much use in the desert, and they are omnipresent in the desert. The camel cavalry only had to be slaughtered when they arrived in the mainland, so few merchants would buy a large number of camels back.This product is good, whether it is useful or not, buy it when it is cheap!

(End of this chapter)