After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.
Chapter 609: Suppressing Bandits and Making Money, Treasury [8]
Good pasture, like good horse breeds, are both hard-to-find products in the Wei Dynasty.
When Emperor Taizong of Wei was alive, he found three kinds of fine horses for the country, which made the reputation of the Wei cavalry so powerful that it intimidated the barbarians.
But raising horses requires a lot of food, and grass is one of the main foods for horses.
However, the grass in Wei was only average, while the grass in foreign countries was abundant and durable, and the horses never lacked grass to eat. When there was more grass, the horses grew stronger than those in Wei.
According to historical records, Emperor Taizong of Wei once led a large army to fight against foreign countries. Whenever he saw foreign war horses, he became jealous and wanted to take the foreign horse breeds and pasture for himself.
However, horse breeds and forage seeds are considered strategic materials in all countries. Even if countries trade with each other, caravans must be strictly searched several times when leaving the country.
Once the private storage of seeds is discovered, at the very least all the caravan’s belongings will be confiscated, and at worst it may lead to a war between the two countries.
"Four Green Pastures?" Dai Qianhu squatted down hurriedly to check the grass. After a moment's scrutiny, he said in surprise, "It really is the Four Green Pastures recorded in the book!"
The Great Wei suffered from a lack of good forage grass, so Emperor Taizong of Wei once ordered that the atlas of the four green forage grasses be sent to all parts of the Great Wei, hoping that the four green forage grasses would also grow within the territory of the Great Wei.
In order to find this superior forage grass, an imperial decree was issued that anyone who discovered the four green forage grasses would receive 100 taels of gold and their family would be exempt from taxes for 20 years.
The twenty-year tax exemption is mainly aimed at caravans, hoping that the caravans will dare to take the risk of smuggling the Four Green Pastures back to Wei for this reward.
Because the reward was so generous, people from all over the country even went to the government office to pull out weeds to seek verification.
In short, a lot of jokes were made, but the real four green pastures were not found.
"Hahahaha, foreign countries have been guarding against our Great Wei for more than a hundred years, but who would have thought that this grass seed would be brought to our Great Wei by the East Desert spies! God bless the Great Wei, His Majesty Taizong can rest in peace now."
"We must report this good news to the capital as soon as possible. His Majesty will be very happy when he receives the news!"
"Our emperor conquered the world on horseback, and he knows the importance of good fodder. He will definitely reward you." Dai Qianhu patted Uncle Qin on the shoulder and congratulated him in advance: "Brother Qin, your contribution in finding fodder is safe. Wait for the reward. There will be 100 taels of gold, and you can be exempted from tax for 20 years!"
"Your Majesty is wise. Thank you for asking for merit on my behalf." Uncle Qin smiled on the surface but cursed in his heart. If he valued the forage so much, why didn't you reward him with an official position?
Nonsence!
The Wei officialdom appoints officials entirely based on family tree. A clean man like him who hates evil has no desire to be a lowly official in the Wei Dynasty.
While they were talking, Uncle Pang also went to look at the pasture grass, and at this moment he said, "It is indeed Siqing Pasture Grass... The Qin family has made another contribution."
I don't know what the last half of the sentence means.
In short, the Qin family is indeed lucky, and you can’t deny it.
He reminded Dai Qianhu again: "Dai Qianhu, we have to go to the mountain stable to find horses."
The bandits confessed that if the horses were not outside, they must be in the stable inside the mountain.
"Wait!" Uncle Qin shouted again.
Uncle Pang was not happy and asked, "What are you waiting for?"
Uncle Qin: "Wait until everyone calms down."
Dai Qianhu had rich combat experience. After hearing this, he looked at the quiet surroundings and suddenly felt a chill in his body. He asked, "Everyone, is there a new poison array ambush in the mountain? Is it possible that even the Red Hall boss and his men don't know about the poison array?"
Everyone was stunned after hearing this... The Dongmo spies are not fools. It is impossible for them to leave so many horses to them for nothing. They will definitely set up an array to kill them.
After they died, they would sneak back and take the horses away.
If they were so excited that they lost their minds and rushed into the mountain, they would surely die inside!
Thinking of this, everyone's excitement disappeared, leaving only fear.
Uncle Pang nodded and said, "The spies in Dongmo are cunning and have always been on guard against bandits like the Red Hall boss. Even if the spies have already withdrawn from here, they will definitely leave traps inside the mountain to trap anyone who wants to enter the mountain."
The chief looked at Uncle Qin and said sincerely, "Thanks to Brother Qin for waking us up. We almost got too excited about the wealth of the bandit camp and fell into the trap of the spies."
Manager Pang said, "Don't praise him, Dai Qianhu. The most important thing now is how to get the horses. If there is really a new poison array in the mountain, will the horses be poisoned to death? That's nearly two thousand horses!"
The value of a horse is more than dozens of people, and there are nearly two thousand horses. If we can't get these horses, not to mention them, even His Majesty will be so angry that he will vomit blood!
"Captain, I will take five people in and release the horses!" Li Zongqi, the confidant who was accompanying him, pleaded, determined to get the horses even at the cost of his life.
The chief commander scolded him: "Why are you pretending to be a hero? Horses are hard to come by, but your lives are important too!"
In fact, he was almost dying of anxiety.
At this time, Uncle Qin said anxiously, "These horses have been locked up since last night. A whole day and night has passed. They must be starving..."
Uncle Qin looked at Uncle Pang, Doctor You, Doctor Zheng, and Uncle Ahe, and said, "You are all experienced doctors. Can you come up with a medicine to attract livestock?"
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
He told his plan: "If we can make a medicine like this, mix it with four green grass, tie it with a long rope, and let a horse carry it deep into the mountain, we can first lure the horses out, and secondly, we can use the horse to test whether there is a new poison array in the mountain. If there is a new poison array, the horse that enters the mountain can also destroy it."
When these words came out, everyone's eyes lit up, and Dai Qianhu praised again: "Brother Qin is really good at strategy!"
Uncle Qin chuckled: "Don't brag, Dai Qianhu. If you really appreciate me, just give me a few horses after you get the batch of horses."
Uncle Pang: "How many? Two or nine? Those are horses raised by spies, most likely war horses, each of which will be of great use to the court. How dare you ask for them!"
Uncle Qin was very angry: "If Dai Qianhu dares to give it, I will definitely dare to accept it. If you don't believe me, let Dai Qianhu try!"
"You!" Uncle Pang was almost angry to death. This was the bad thing about the Qin family. They took advantage of their merits to get great benefits.
Doctor You hurriedly said, "Manager Pang, let's prepare the medicine quickly."
Uncle Ahe raised his hand and said, "I have ready-made animal-attracting herbs in my medical bag. Just mix them together and add some green grass to lure horses."
Mountain people have to deal with animals in the mountains every day, so mountain doctors carry several medicines for hunting, luring animals, and treating snake venom in their leather medicine bags.
Dai Qianhu was overjoyed: "Lao He, I'll give you a credit!"
Uncle He smiled, but because he rarely saw outsiders, he was a little shy. He squatted down quickly, opened the leather medicine bag, and opened the three prescriptions with the help of the torchlight. After carefully picking out some herbs, he handed the three prescriptions to Doctor Zheng: "The remaining herbs are very attractive to herbivores such as horses. Bake them to stimulate the medicinal effect, and then mix them into the grass."
"Oh, thank you." Doctor Zheng took the three prescriptions, took out a small copper tripod, and used a torch to roast the herbs with Doctor You.
Uncle Pang picked out the forage grass and selected the parts that the war horses loved the most. After the medicinal materials were ready, he mixed them into the forage grass. He made three big bags of horse attractant medicine to mix with the forage grass.
"Captain, these two horses are old and relatively weak. We can use them to wade through traps." General Li led the two old horses over.
Dai Qianhu: "Tie the medicine mixed with hay to the horse's back, and put one horse in first. If that doesn't work, put another one in. Horses are expensive, so we have to save some trouble."
"Yes." Li Zongqi responded, first fed the old horse an antidote that had been used to break the poison array, then tied a horse-luring medicine bag to the horse's back, and comforted the old horse before personally driving the thinner old horse to the big cave entrance in the mountain.
The entrance of the cave was large and deep, like the mouth of a giant snake, but Lao Ma was experienced in combat and was not afraid at all, so he dived into the mountain.
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