Chapter 34 Ma Shi encounters an accident
Censorate!
Pei Min looked at the "Wu Zi" by the sub-saint Wu Qi with great enthusiasm. The military tactics of the ancestors were profound and difficult to understand.
Pei Min had read the masterpieces of "The Art of War", "Wu Zi", "Wei Liaozi" and other military science several times before. He could understand the literal meaning, but he did not understand the profound meaning of it.
As Xue Ne taught him through words and deeds and taught him the experience of leading troops, he gradually became able to understand the meaning of words and words.
In the Battle of Jincheng not long ago, Pei Min personally visited the battlefield for the first time.
Tubo was not good at siegeing cities, but for the sake of Jincheng's wealth, they had to choose to siege cities. This move gave Pei Min the opportunity to practice.
After a hard battle, he was tired. However, Pei Min himself benefited greatly. When he was about to fight, he had a general like Qilixu who gave him experience. The experience he learned after the war was not something that Xue Ne or military books could teach.
With the knowledge learned in this battle and the contents mentioned in the military books, you will have new insights.
This practice is the only criterion for testing truth, and this is not bad at all.
Pei Min brought all the military books he had collected to the Censorate and planned to read them again.
It’s really not his fault for dereliction of duty, it’s so boring.
There are not many things happening to the Censorate, especially after a series of major cases, the Censorate has been completely circulated.
The opposite side dared to pull eleven fourth-rank officials out of the Malay Censorate in one breath. No one dared to commit a crime at this time, civil and military officials who were furious to punish Li Longji, who was punishing the Central General in anger.
Now it’s like during the crackdown period, officials from all over the country were honest and obedient like cats.
The officials did not commit any crimes, and the Censorate had nothing to do, so Pei Min had to spend time reading for personal gain: this was a long time.
Until Shen Shi, Pei Min stretched heavily, informed him, and left the Censorate.
It's not time to get off work yet, but today he has something to do, so he wants to go to the West Market to check in and leave early.
The West City of Chang'an is as lively as ever, with vendors all over the streets, and people are crowded with people coming and going, and people with yellow and blue eyes can be seen everywhere.
Pei Min went straight to Ma City: These Heavenly Kings Zhongsi followed him to practice military skills and were very hardworking.
In order to reward him, Pei Min decided to give him a foal and practice horse racing. A truly good rider needs long-term training. It is extremely difficult to practice riding the day after tomorrow. Unless like Pei Min, who has a good martial arts foundation since childhood, has a stable foundation. Otherwise, even if he learns riding, he will be able to sprint or run a long distance, the advantages and disadvantages of riders will be clearly reflected. The reason why nomadic cavalry is powerful is because they have a unique living environment.
The people do not have that condition, so naturally they cannot blame them. Now that Pei Min has this condition, there is no reason to ignore it.
Walking along the long street, Pei Min found that most of the horses parked outside each family were adult horses, and very few underage foals. He was just a little familiar with the superficial horse-like technique, but he was going to take the martial arts exam, and Xue Ne taught him urgently. It was effective for growing adult horses, but one unformed foal was no longer included.
Just as I was feeling sad, a figure of an acquaintance suddenly appeared in the afterglow.
"Aviye!"
Pei Min called out and walked up. The other party was Aviye, a businessman who was in trouble in Jincheng. If it weren't for the escort of the two merchants Aviye and Savoy, even if Jincheng was defending, he would have to pay a huge price. Pei Min was very grateful for their help.
When he said goodbye to Kendrick, Pei Min asked Kendrick to thank him and gave him his address so that Aviye could find him if he had something to do, and he could ask him to have tea and chat with him if he had nothing to do.
It was only more than a month later that Aviye and Savoy had no news. Pei Min thought they had already done their business and returned to their respective countries, but they did not expect to meet in this city.
"Master Zhongcheng!" Aweiye saw that it was Pei Min, so he hurried up to salute and say hello.
Pei Min smiled and said, "Have you not returned to China yet?"
Aweiye said respectfully: "I have to stay for a few more days when I came back. This year, Chang'an is more prosperous and has more good goods than when I came five years ago. I need to plan well and sell the horses that I rewarded to us here, buy more camels, and bring more goods back. After this trip, I may not come again in ten years." Five years ago, the Tang Dynasty was the time when Princess Anle was at the worst of the Tang Dynasty. Buying and selling official positions was rampant and the political situation was extremely unstable. Corruption in Chang'an became a trend, and the situation at that time was naturally incomparable to this time.
At this time, an ugly fat man with a big belly walked out of the store. He was like a ball, full of fat, not tall, and was over five feet tall, but the horizontal meat was at least 300 kilograms away, so fat that he didn't even have a neck, his eyes narrowed into a gap, and he squeezed out a smile and said, "I, Gong Yingli, I have seen Pei Zhongcheng, Zhongcheng visited the small shop, the small shop is Shenghui, the small shop is Shenghui..."
Looking at the fat man who is harmless, Pei Min nodded, remembered the purpose, and said, "Can the store have foals for sale? I want a foal, at least I have to have a breeding horse breed, and the price is not a problem."
This horse is different from the North Horse and West Horse, all of which are literally meaningful. Western Horse refers to horses from the West, and North Horse naturally belongs to horses from the North.
Because of the environment, the characteristics of the Western Horse and the Northern Horse are very different. The Northern Horse is short but has sufficient endurance and is good at riding and shooting, while the Western Horse is tall and strong, with strong explosive power, and is suitable for charging. With Wang Zhongsi's performance in history, the Western Horse is the most suitable for him.
Gong Yingli nodded: "Coincidentally, I really have a foal in my hand. The price may be more expensive. But I can guarantee that it will definitely make Zhongcheng worth the money."
"Okay! Go and take it and show it to me!" Pei Min made great contributions and received a lot of rewards. The benefits of officials in the Tang Dynasty were second only to the Song Dynasty, and also belonged to the level of high salary and honesty. Now his monthly salary is calculated by later generations to be nearly 300,000 yuan, and the funds in the palace are still very abundant.
Seeing that Gong Yingli went to handle the matter personally, Aweiye said softly: "The Gong Dong family is very kind in business. Most of the horses in the store are good horses, but they are a bit incorrect." He had no disgust towards Pei Min, but was full of respect. Although Pei Min borrowed his guards to the battlefield with a bit of domineering attitude, the rewards he should have given afterwards were not reduced at all. He was an honest gentleman.
The saying of chivalrous spirit is not popular in the West now, but with the collapse of the Roman Empire, Western barbarians emerged one after another, and they entered Rome and Arab Empire and merged with it. These barbarians brought courage and tribal loyalty, and gradually formed a trend similar to chivalrous spirit, which is the origin of chivalrous spirit.
Aweiye was infected with some infections. After arriving in Chang'an, he specially learned about Pei Min's deeds.
Aweiye was respectful to Pei Min, who had done many big things at a young age. Seeing that Gong Yingli was willing to flatter Pei Min, he specially reminded him.
"How do you say this?" Pei Min asked curiously.
Aweiye said: "I also heard that the Gong Dong family has close ties with the Western horse thieves. Most of the horses sold were stolen from Tubo, Western Regions, and Tuqishi."
Pei Min thought to himself. As long as he didn't steal from their Tang Dynasty, everything had nothing to do with him. He had no time to deal with other countries' affairs, but as Aweiye said, Gong Yingli had a lot of good horse resources. He was determined to form an elite unit similar to the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the Xuanjia Army, and the Beiwei Army, and excellent war horses were indispensable.
Gong Yingli came with a red foal. The foal was covered in blood-red, extremely conspicuous, and there was no trace of miscellaneous hair on her body, but her four hooves were like snow. From the color of the fur, it was undoubtedly a good horse.
Gong Yingli said: "This is a breed of Tianshan's bloody horse. It must be a rare good horse when adults are born, and the price will double. If Pei Zhongcheng didn't need it, I will never take it out."
Pei Min said: "Min, the kindness of Gong Dong's family, has been recorded. Min loves BMWs and horses. If the boss has a top-notch horse in the future, he can send it to my house. As long as it falls into my eyes, I will give you a good price."
Gong Yingli was overjoyed. As Aweiye said, the source of goods he had was not right, but they were all good horses of high quality. A good horse is hard to buy and expensive, and it is not something that ordinary people can afford. He is not short of goods, but only buyers. The more buyers, the more prosperous his business will be.
Pei Min invited Aviye to visit his mansion. Aviye couldn't help but say, "Call Kendrick together? He was in the blacksmith shop not far away and said, "Why haven't you come yet?"
Pei Min was already enthusiastic and hospitable, not to mention that he had helped him with his foreign friends, so he naturally did not hesitate: "Go and see, don't have anything to do."
The sword and gun warehouse was right across the street from Ma City. Aweiye took the lead and came to a blacksmith shop. He saw the blacksmith shop rummaging through boxes and cabinets, and there were weapons and iron ore everywhere. Five or six blacksmiths were cleaning up everything.
"That's it!" Aviye looked at the situation in the blacksmith shop, but did not see Kendrick's people, and had a bad premonition.
Pei Min stepped forward and asked, "Boss, what's wrong?"
The blacksmith said with a bad look on his face: "Don't mention it. A Hu man brought a good knife to me a few days ago and made an appointment to come to pick it up today. However, Mr. Wu also took a fancy to the knife and wanted to buy it. He started fighting with the Hu man. Both of them were powerful and could not do anything to each other, but he made a big mistake in my shop and smashed my shop. The Hu man's sword money had not been paid yet. In order to repair the gap in the knife, it was useless to waste my efforts and lose a lot."
Pei Min hurriedly asked where they were now.
The blacksmith said, "I took it away by the officers and soldiers, and I don't even see where this is. How can I let them be rampant at the foot of the emperor?"
Aweiye came up and said, "The Hu man is my friend. I will pay for half of his losses from his knives."
Chapter completed!