Three days later, the colorful porcelain lamp and several other colorful porcelain objects were delivered to the palace, which was deeply liked by the nobles.
Zongti offered one hundred and twenty taels of gold for these pieces of colored porcelain. Of course, the rewards given by the palace were not worth the price. Zongti was filled with joy because the relationship behind them brought more benefits than just a mere hundred and twenty taels of gold.
Soon, King Murong Sheng summoned Zongti. He was overjoyed when he learned that Jin merchants had come to renew the business of exchanging knives for horses. He gave Zongti the official title of Sixth Grade Minister and asked him to be responsible for negotiating with Shanxi merchants.
For Zongti, it was a blessing from heaven, an unexpected joy. Whether it was because of the colored porcelain or the business of exchanging knives for horses, this surprise came from Yang Anxuan.
The territory of Yan Kingdom has been greatly reduced, and there are only two ranches left. Zongti takes Changyang Ranch to the north of Xuanlong City in Yang An.
Changyang Ranch is about thirty-six miles long from east to west and more than ten miles wide from north to south. It has more than one million cattle and sheep grazing and more than 60,000 war horses.
It's June, when the water and grass are plentiful. Looking around, you can see the vast green carpet under the blue sky and white clouds, which makes people feel open-minded. Cattle and sheep are strolling among them, horses gallop from time to time, and the fragrance of grass and flowers comes with the wind, which makes people intoxicated.
They rode horses and galloped on the grassland, but even Zongti was going crazy. They galloped five or six miles and stopped on a low hill.
Zongtillo was slightly out of breath, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile: "Back then, I could ride a horse for two to three hundred miles in a day, but now I am out of breath after only traveling so long. I am really old."
Yang Anxuan's eyes followed the group of horses galloping past. There were about a hundred horses in this group. Judging from the speed of running, they were all good horses.
Zongti followed Yang Anxuan's gaze and said: "Nearly half of the horses grazing on the pasture are trained war horses, ready to be reined up for the battlefield at any time. There are more than 20,000 war horses in the pasture, so there is no need to worry about insufficient war horses for exchange. "
Yesterday, Yang Anxuan and Zong proposed an agreement to continue the exchange at the price of one knife for one horse. Yang Anxuan increased the number of exchanges to 600 per year.
Yang Anxuan revealed to Zongti through Qi Hui that the colored porcelain business could also be exchanged for horses, cattle and other items. This proposal made Zongti very excited.
After discussing with the nobles in the palace, Zongti replied to Qi Hui that one horse could be exchanged for two taels of colored porcelain, and two cows could be exchanged for one tael of colored porcelain. Only Zongti himself knew whether there was any difference in price.
The land route was exhausted, so Zongti and Yang Anxuan discussed transporting goods by sea. They would go out to sea from Feiru County in Liaoxi County (now Qinhuangdao), enter the Yellow River and go to Yanshi City to exchange goods.
However, Zongti proposed that Yan State did not have a navy, and Yang Anxuan had to provide cargo ships to transport cattle and horses. Yang Anxuan was interested in training as a navy, and he readily agreed after negotiating the freight.
Seeing Yang Anxuan staring straight at the galloping horse, Zongti smiled and said: "Mr. , Mr. Xuanlang might as well pick one as a return gift from me."
Yang Anxuan changed his name to Qi Xuan, and Zongti called him this name, which could also be used to deceive others. Yang Anxuan was overjoyed. He had changed his war horses several times, all of which were obtained from the Qin people. The most recent one was captured from the Qin army during the Battle of Luoyang.
The horse is a good horse, but it is mediocre and not a great horse. When Yang Anxuan captured Yao Chong, he captured the war horse he was riding. It was as fast as flying and ran like a ball of flames. Unfortunately, Yao Chong was spared and the horse was returned to him.
"Thank you very much." Yang Anxuan's brows were happy, he whipped his horse and whipped his horse and left a message, "I'll go look for it first."
The horses were driven to run, and Yang Anxuan soon discovered a chestnut horse. Chestnut horses are the most common, and are divided into red chestnut (maroon, red horse), yellow chestnut (yellow fat) and light chestnut (silver mane).
This horse is a silver-maned horse with light chestnut coat and white mane. There is a shooting star between the eyes of the horse. The silver-maned horse's four hooves are tumbling, its long mane is flying, leaving other war horses behind, and it is an extraordinary horse.
After following the horse for six or seven miles, the silver-maned horse's speed continued, but Yang Anxuan's horses could not keep up.
Yang Anxuan pointed at the silver-maned horse to the herdsmen following him and said, "Just choose it."
The herdsmen were given an explanation first, holding nooses in their hands, and surrounded the silver-maned horse from the side.
Two quarters of an hour later, five nooses were tightened around the horse's neck. The silver-maned horse refused to submit and pulled the noose rod.
Rushing here and there, the grass was stirred up with smoke and dust. Some people were dragged off their horses by it, and they refused to let go and pulled hard on the ground.
Yang Anxuan arrived and praised: "What a fine horse."
He immediately jumped off his mount and approached the silver-maned horse from the side. When the silver-maned horse saw someone approaching, it kicked and clawed, frightening the herdsmen and shouting loudly to prevent Yang Anxuan from approaching.
Yang Anxuan ducked past the rear hooves kicked by the silver-maned horse. He flashed to the horse's side, grabbed the horse's mane and flew up, landing on the horse's back.
The silver-maned horse was frightened and jumped up, trying to throw Yang Anxuan off its back.
Yang Anxuan clamped the horse's belly tightly with his legs, firmly grasped the horse's mane with both hands, and responded to the horse's movements almost instinctively with his mind free.
The silver-maned horse jumped and jumped for a while, unable to shake Yang Anxuan off its back. Yang Anxuan shouted to the herdsmen: "Let go of the noose."
The noose was loosened, and the silver-maned horse was free and galloped forward as hard as it could. The wind whistled in his ears, and Yang Anxuan felt the strong muscles of the horse as it galloped.
Suddenly, the silver-maned horse suddenly turned to the left, and its inertia almost threw Yang Anxuan off the horse. Yang Anxuan immediately reacted when his butt left the horse's back. His true energy sank and his breath circulated. He adjusted his posture with the help of the grip on his hands and continued to gallop forward with the silver-maned horse.
The silver-maned horse toiled on the grassland for half an hour, and finally resigned to its fate and slowed down its pace. Finally, it stopped by a stream, snorted twice, and lowered its head to drink water.
Yang Anxuan jumped off the horse and patted the horse's neck lovingly. The horse was covered in sweat after all the tossing.
The silver-maned horse turned its head to look at Yang Anxuan, its eyes were as clear as a deep spring, and the white shooting star on the tip of its nose was particularly eye-catching.
When the herdsmen arrived and saw Yang Anxuan training the fierce horse, they all showed admiration.
When the silver-maned horse stopped sweating, Yang Anxuan personally washed and combed the horse's hair with a brown brush. The horse snorted comfortably and touched Yang Anxuan's head affectionately from time to time.
Yang Anxuan stayed at the ranch for more than 20 days, training the war horse he named Chai Xing with the help of herders.
Feeding, drinking, and washing, Yang Anxuan does everything with his own hands. These days, he is almost inseparable from the star chaser, and a tacit understanding and relationship between man and horse are established.
Half a month later, Chai Xing put on the saddle and bridle. Yang Anxuan is riding on a horse, using small movements of his feet to control the star chaser to gallop, jog, adjust the direction left and right, and use his arms like fingers, which is extremely satisfying.
Just when Yang Anxuan was happy and no longer thinking about Shu, Zongti returned to the pasture and sent someone to deliver a message to Yang Anxuan. The fleet from the Jin Dynasty docked at the entrance of Feiru County.
Yang Anxuan and Zongti drove 200 horses to Feiru County together, preparing to hand over the 200 iron-cutting knives they had brought.
On the way, Zongti pointed to the strong man beside him and introduced him to Yang Anxuan: "Mr. Xuanlang, this is Brother Quanzizhena."
Then Brother Zhena saluted Yang Anxuan on horseback and said, "I have met Mr. Xuanlang. I heard that my father often mentioned Mr. Xuanlang's name."
Zongti rolled his eyes at his son and yelled, "When did my father tell you about Mr. Xuanlang? Don't be so smart."
Yang Anxuan laughed and said, "It's just a pleasantry, why should I take it seriously? Your son is mighty and majestic, and he has the air of a patriarch."
Zongti smiled happily and said, "Jun Xuanlang is ridiculous. Compared with his two brothers, that brother is more clever. When we were in Xinxi last time, I had intentionally asked him to go to Xinxi. Later, The Wei State occupied the territory and blocked the road, so they stayed there. This time Xuanlang Jun returns to the Jin State, can he take the son with him to Xinxi?"
Yang Anxuan said: "The old man is far-sighted and foolish, and he will naturally obey his orders."
Thinking of Yan's precarious fate, Zong Ti sighed, suppressed his smile and stopped talking.
Two midships and two large cargo ships docked at the port of Feiru County (1). Yang Anxuan and Zong Ti boarded the midships, and Yu Fei, Chen Yu and others who came with the ships came to greet them.
Yang Anxuan intended to build a navy, so Yu Fei and Chen Yujun selected 200 people from the army. Two midship ships took turns to eliminate water thieves and train them.
After receiving the news that Yang Anxuan asked the navy to bring 200 iron-cutting knives to Feiru County of Yan State to transport horses, Yu Fei and Chen Yu borrowed them from the Pei and Yan families.
Two large cargo ships, escorted by two midship ships, left the mouth of the Yellow River and headed for Feiru County in the State of Yan.
When Yu Fei and others were working as water thieves on the Yangtze River, they often left the Yangtze River estuary and entered the sea. They had experience in sea navigation. The ships sailed not far from the shore. When encountering wind and waves, they found shelter as soon as possible and did not encounter danger.
"When passing through Pingyuan County, the navy of the Yan Army (Nan Yan) wanted to stop the ship," Yu Fei said, "I fired two crossbow arrows at them and rushed over."
Yang Anxuan frowned. This trade route passed through the Yellow River between Nanyan and Wei. Although the Wei and Yan navy were not strong, they were still easily intercepted when traveling against the current.
Zongti also frowned and said, "I heard in Longcheng that King Fan Yang (Murong De) intended to proclaim himself emperor. The King of Heaven has sent envoys to Guanggu to question him."
Making friends from far away and attacking closely, Murongde proclaimed himself King of Yan at Huatai and was defeated by the Wei army. Then he turned east and captured the Qing and Gun lands of the Jin Dynasty. Last year, he led his army to kill Piluhun, the governor of Youzhou, and captured Guanggu City.
This Murong De was Murong Chui's younger brother and Murong Bao's uncle, and he was deeply trusted. However, when the Wei army attacked the Yan State, the capital Zhongshan was lost, and Murong Bao was defeated and fled to Longcheng, he proclaimed himself King of Yan, went south to capture Guanggu, and sought to proclaim himself emperor. She was a heroic figure.
Yang Anxuan remembered that he had watched "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" in his previous life. Murong De was the ancestor of Gusu Murong.
Murong De founded his country on the south bank of the Yellow River, bordering Jin. It was like a vicious dog next to his bed, which was more harmful to Jin than Qin. If he wants to pacify the north, he will inevitably have to fight Nan Yan.
It was still too early to do this. Yang Anxuan stood up with a smile and said: "When you come to Feiru, you must visit Jieshi. Let's also go and see the sea like Emperor Wu of Wei."
Feiru County (1), established in the Western Han Dynasty, has a famous scenic spot, Jieshi Mountain. It was the Jieshi Mountain that Emperor Qin and Han Dynasty visited. Cao Cao climbed the Jieshi Mountain on his way back from his victory in the northern expedition to Wuhuan and wrote the famous poem "Viewing the Sea".
Standing on Jieshi Mountain and overlooking the sea, Yang Anxuan felt that his mood was as turbulent as the sea. The heroic ambitions that aroused in Cao Cao's chest were also agitated in his chest. He would definitely calm down this troubled world like Cao Cao and bring peace to the people of the world. peaceful.
It's all gone, let's count the famous people, but let's look at the present.
