leonardwarren 0175: Who Suffers?
0175: Who Suffers?
The soft sunshine makes people lazy.
At this moment, teaching is taking place in the yard for literacy in Baihua Manor.
The teacher on the podium is from Misty Garden, named Tai Fei, a snake subhuman, with beautiful purple curly hair, and purple eyes are very good-looking.
She is also one of Lian Xin's adopted children, and the fox girl will teach the adopted children how to read.
Qiao Ji directly asked the people to come over and asked them to teach the knights how to be a vassal.
The content of the lecture this time is the word 'loyalty', and the teacher of the snake tribe demihuman is talking about the loyalty of knights.
"I think you should know that many poor people can only barely support their families with the money they earn all their lives, and some even don't have enough to eat or wear warmly..."
Tai Fei stood on the podium and said excitedly, "But after you become knights, Lord Viscount will give ordinary people a life that ordinary people can't live in their entire lives..."
These little brainwashing stories were all written by Qiao Ji for her in advance, and Snake only needs to polish them a little before telling them.
Tai Fei's storytelling ability is very strong, and the attention of the people below is all attracted by the story told by the snake girl.
"Master Viscount gave us the opportunity to learn how to read, we should take good care of it, so you should stop whispering to waste your kindness."
Tai Fei put her hands on her hips imposingly, frowned and continued, "Okay, let's continue to explain how to write this character and the words that can be formed......"
"I really shouldn't have done it. I'm really sorry, Lord Viscount."
"We should take advantage of this opportunity of literacy "037". I will study hard from today on."
"Yes, yes, I will copy these words a hundred times when I go back."
The young people in the class were all very upset.
Tai Fei is very good at teaching. Once the people below start to wander and whisper, she will explain those little stories to them.
However, after listening to these short stories, those knights would feel a little guilty, so they began to listen carefully, and they were particularly motivated to learn.
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Qiao Ji and Lian Xin were standing at the window outside the classroom, listening to the teaching disturbance coming from inside.
"Master, Tai Fei is the best learner among the group of children, she is really good at dealing with those naughty people." Lian Xin smiled while covering her pink lips.
"Indeed, he is a talent." Qiao Ji smiled in satisfaction.
He listened outside the yard for a while, then turned around and left with the people.
"Tap Tat Tat..."
"My lord, the knights should start training horseback riding, and..."
Lian Xin shook her long orange hair and reminded softly, "And we need a lot of horses to arm the knights."
What they lack most now is war horses, and the meat problem has been solved two days ago.
Qiao Ji narrowed his eyes and asked, "Where are the most war horses?"
He does know that many war horses are needed now, and they are still powerful ones.
Otherwise, they would not be able to afford the little giant demi-human knights, let alone the knights who had to wear a suit of armor.
"Horse market." Lian Xin said bluntly.
Horse Market: A small market for selling horses. There are horse merchants from all over the world who bring horses to the imperial capital for sale.
Of course, the quantity will not be too much, it is equivalent to an exhibit. If you decide how much you want, you will bring the corresponding number of war horses after paying the deposit.
"Okay, let's go and have a look." Qiao Ji thought for a while and said softly.
He thought that with the money from selling the porcelain bowls, he should still be able to buy a batch of horses.
If it’s not enough? If it’s a big deal, I’ll sell another porcelain bowl.
Since the bowl was sold last time, people everywhere are asking who the magic fox is.
In addition to being curious, some people also want to buy another porcelain bowl like that.
"Tap Tat Tat..."
Qiao Ji took Lian Xin, Lei Nai and others into the carriage, and Shi Da drove the carriage away from Baihua Manor.
An hour later, a group of people came to the big market in the outer city, and the horse market was next to the big market.
The entire horse market is almost composed of stables, and all kinds of horses are kept in large and small stables.
The horse seller would rent a stable and wait for someone to ask for a price.
"A lot of horses." Lei Nai blinked his black eyes curiously.
She had heard of the horse market before, but she had never been there before, and now she looked around, and there were horses everywhere, black, brown, white and so on.
"Go and ask the price." Qiao Ji led the girls into the crowd.
Shi Duo didn't dare to act rashly, so he walked over with the optimistic carriage, observing the surroundings with a pair of sharp eyes all the time.
Qiao Ji walked to a stable and asked politely, "How much is your war horse?"
The horse dealer glanced at several people before answering, "Four gold coins."
"Yeah." Qiao Ji just nodded, and led the girls away to other stables to ask prices.
After more than ten minutes, Qiao Ji and others asked several companies, and generally found that war horses were relatively expensive.
"These war horses are too expensive. An ordinary war horse costs three or four gold coins, and a good one costs more than a dozen gold coins.
Lei Nai lowered his head and stretched out his hands to count, and said in surprise, "If you arm six hundred cavalry, you will need seven or eight thousand gold coins."
"We still need ordinary draft horses. Even a draft horse would cost five or six silver coins." Lian Xin thought that many carriages would be used in the future.
"Yes, a horse is also very important."
In addition to war horses, Qiao Ji really needed a batch of draft horses for transporting the Jiede Chamber of Commerce in the negative mountain.
"My lord, I just asked someone to inquire about a family, and I heard that his war horses are not bad."
Lian Xin looked into the distance on tiptoe, pointed to the front right and asked, "Shall we go to his house?"
"Okay." Qiao Ji also didn't like walking aimlessly.
"Tat Tat Tat..."
Qiao Ji took the girls to the house that the fox girl was inquiring about.
He glanced at the war horse, and asked blankly, "How much are your war horses and harness horses?"
"A war horse costs ten gold coins, and a draft horse costs eight silver coins each." The middle-aged horse merchant smiled with yellow teeth.
"Ten gold coins for a war horse is too expensive, isn't it?" Lian Xin immediately retorted.
The middle-aged Ma Shang looked at Qiao Ji and the others carefully, then shook his head in a deep voice, "Nine gold coins are the minimum for you, and I won't accept any lower."
He recognized this young man as an aristocrat, and he would not deceive people in terms of temperament.
"Eight gold coins for one horse, I want six hundred horses."
Qiao Ji didn't talk nonsense with the horse dealer, and started to bargain, "And I also need three hundred draft horses, each of which costs four silver coins.
He knew that the other party was testing, and the price of nine gold coins was a bit inflated.
"I want to order a batch of war horses for training today."
Without waiting for the horse dealer to speak, Qiao Ji added calmly, "If there is no problem in the future, I will order another batch of more war horses."
Generally, formal knights must have two horses, and four days are not enough.
The two horses are not both war horses, but one walking horse and one war horse.
Usually, when riding a horse, you can spare no effort on its horsepower, or let it carry some equipment. When changing a horse in wartime, you need to rely on explosive power.
"No problem, the horse will be delivered within a month." The middle-aged horse merchant agreed without hesitation.
He felt that although a war horse didn't make much money, but fortunately, the quantity won, so he didn't want to continue to care about the price.
Moreover, the middle-aged horse merchant Rang Yili wanted to do long-term business.
Generally, nobles have their own channels for buying horses, and even have their own horse farms.
Otherwise, if you continue to bargain and miss this order, the middle-aged horse merchant may not be able to encounter such a big order again this year.
"Well, I'll give you a deposit first, and send it to Baihua Manor when the matter comes." Qiao Ji said flatly.
"Okay, first give me a hundred gold coins as a deposit." The horse merchant said with a smile on his face.
Lei Nai turned around and took out a bag of gold coins and parchment, and said, "Count the number of gold coins, and sign the contract if there is no problem."
The horse merchant immediately tore open the bag and began to count. After a while, he raised his head and said, "The quantity is correct."
He took the parchment and looked it up and down, and signed the famous minister after confirming that there was no problem.
"Tap Tat Tat..."
Qiao Ji didn't stay where she was, and continued to hang out with the girls. 0
Since it was still early, there were many people who came to Mashi, most of them were servants of some nobles.
Of course, there are also nobles who personally choose their favorite war horses, but there are relatively few of them.
A few people walked aimlessly to the side of the horse market.
"Huh? That's it?" Qiao Ji was amazed to find a group of about a hundred sick and tall horses.
Each horse is taller and more powerful than ordinary war horses, and all of them are black and shining.
Seeing the young man staring at the horse, Lian Xin introduced softly, "Master, these are war horses smuggled by barbarians, also called barbarian horses, and each one seems to cost twenty gold coins.
"These tall and big horses can be used as mounts for some little giants, and they can also be used as heavy knights.
Qiao Ji squinted his heterochromatic pupils, thinking inwardly.
When the horse dealer saw Qiao Ji and the others stopping by, and then at the young man's gorgeous clothes, his eyes lit up instantly.
He walked over with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said courteously, "Your nobleman, buy a lightning horse.
The horse dealer has been standing all morning today, and so far none of the horses have been sold, and now they are selling one horse at a time.
"Let me take a look first." Qiao Ji walked over with a blank expression, and began to inspect the group of wild horses.
He found that in this batch of wild horses, in addition to being a little unaccustomed to the environment, some of the horses' hooves were also injured.
Hehe, these are minor problems, and Ji Ya can't bear the turbulent emotions.
He has pharmacy, and soon found that this is a small problem, but it is a big problem for people who don't understand.
You must know that the horseshoe is very important to the horse, and the more important thing is the war horse. Naturally, the horseshoe is injured and cannot go to the battlefield.
Feeding alone is very expensive, let alone maintaining war horses.
"How much is a war horse like this?" Qiao Ji asked calmly.
The smile on the corner of Ma Shang's mouth became even wider, and he learned that Qiao Ji had the intention of buying...
He immediately quoted, "Fifteen gold coins."
Lian Xin immediately rolled her eyes when she heard that, and asked in a bad mood, "All your horses are sick, all of them are sick horses, how dare you ask for fifteen gold coins?"
"Then...that's thirteen gold coins. The horse merchant knew he was wrong, and he was at a loss for words.
"The price is ten gold coins." Qiao Ji reported the price with a blank expression.
"No." The horse merchant's face also collapsed.
Ten gold coins was his purchase price, which didn't include the transportation cost, it was a blood loss.
"I didn't buy you a horse, but I want all your horses now, one gold coin for every forty." Qiao Ji said in a flat tone.
"5.5..." Ma Shang obviously hadn't reacted yet, and was completely stunned.
"My lord can't. This batch of war horses are all sickly. It's really not worth ten gold coins a horse. If they all die, we will lose a lot."
Lian Xin became anxious in an instant, and persuaded, "That will cost you a thousand dollars.
How many gold coins.
Hearing what the fox girl said, the horse merchant gritted his teeth subconsciously, and immediately responded, "Okay, ten gold coins are only ten, I will suffer a bit.
He was afraid that Qiao Ji would change his mind, and losing money was better than losing everything.
"Lei Nai, give me the deposit." Qiao Ji suppressed the corners of his mouth that wanted to laugh as much as possible at this moment.
"Yes." Although Lei Nai felt puzzled.
But he had no choice but to do so, and ordered the horse dealer to drive the horses to Baihua Manor before making the payment.
"Tap Tat Tat..."
Lian Xin looked at Qiao Ji who had turned to leave, and walked around on the spot for a while before following up helplessly.
"It's really good, I met a fool to help me solve this batch of illnesses.
When Ma Shang saw the people leaving, the corners of his mouth were smiling so much that it almost covered his ears.
"Tap Tat Tat..."
Lian Xin kept up with Qiao Ji's pace and said puzzled, "My lord, why did you buy these horses? We are at a disadvantage.
She turned her head and saw the smiling face of the horse dealer, and she was so angry that she wanted to tear his mouth open.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Only then did Qiao Ji smile heartily, "It doesn't matter who suffers.
(3 updates, the fourth update of the positive code).