In June, the midsummer sun was blazing, and the earth was as hot as a steamer. Four months had passed since Yang Guang pledged to fight for the Eastern Campaign. News came back from the front one after another. It was said that the Sui army fought hard at the beginning.

It went well. We launched the campaign in mid-April and won consecutive battles and victories on the Liao River.

At the end of April, the Goguryeo army was defeated and successfully crossed the Liao River. Sui Emperor Yang Guang personally led an army to besiege Liaodong City, while other Sui armies also made gains. Yu Juluo and Yang Yichen each led an army to quickly approach Pyongyang.

Judging from the news, Yang Guang's Eastern Expedition seems to have gone smoothly, but Gao Bufan knows that if history does not deviate, Yang Guang's Eastern Expedition will end in failure, so he does not pay much attention to the situation in Liaodong.

, after work, he only concentrates on running Yufeng Racecourse.

On the tenth day of June, the Animal Husbandry Supervision Office took a bath, and Gao Bufan once again rode his fast horse to the Yufeng Racecourse. At this time, the wall in front of Black Rock Mountain was under construction in full swing. Gao Bufan was not a miser, and he naturally had to spend the money he earned.

Of, Yufeng

The racecourse was the base where he would settle down in the future, and the safety measures must not be strict with horsemen. Therefore, in early April, Gao Bufan asked Wei Zheng to bring in Master Jiao to start the work. This time, the budget was absolutely sufficient, so Jiao Gui was happy to take on this project.

"My lord is here!" Wei Zheng was wearing a straw hat and supervising work under the scorching sun. When he saw Gao Bufan, he came forward to greet him.

Gao Bufan was dusty, threw the horse's reins to a servant, and asked with a smile: "The weather is very hot, thank you for your hard work, Mr. Wei, how is the progress?"

"It's not hard work, it's just a bit boring!" Wei Zheng said with a wry smile: "The foundation stones are more troublesome, so the progress is about average. The foundation should be completed by the end of the year."

"It doesn't matter if it's slow, the key is to be strong and strong!" Gao Bufan and Wei Zheng inspected the construction site, chatted with the foreman Jiao Gui for a while, and then walked to the house. They met several women from the Xi tribe who were very polite along the way.

Di Fu saluted and said, "I have met Mr. Gao and Mr. Wei."

Although their pronunciation is not very accurate, they can still barely understand the meaning. It can be seen that these Xi women have been coming to the racecourse for several months and have completely integrated into the life of the racecourse. And judging from the smiles on their faces,

I should still be very satisfied with life here.

As Dou Xianniang said, these women of the Xi tribe are really good at work. They are good at herding and milking, and are more capable than men. They just don't care about hygiene. It took Dou Xianniang nearly two months to slow down the work.

He slowly corrected their bad habits and allowed them to develop the habit of bathing and going to the toilet.

She has a habit of using the toilet conveniently, so it was not until the beginning of last month that Dou Xianniang left Yufeng Racecourse and went south back to Gaojibo. Of course, the main reason was that Lao Dou sent people to Cui several times. If Dou Xianniang didn't go back

, I guess Lao Dou will come to Gao Bufan’s house with a knife in person to cause trouble.

Besides, Gao Bufan and Wei Zheng entered the living room and sat down, and a maid served them tea. These maids were not Xiren, but were newly purchased and trained maids by Butler Xia from Ren Yazi, a total of thirty

They are responsible for taking care of the house, serving tea and water, etc. The women of the Xi tribe, who are thick-handed and big-footed, are good at herding, but they are obviously not good at waiting on people.

"Isn't Lao Xia here?" Gao Bufan asked while drinking tea.

Wei Zheng replied: "Lao Xia recently received a big business from a village, and he left the racecourse with his people early this morning to deliver the goods."

Gao Bufan let out a light sigh and said, "Lao Xia actually stepped in personally. It seems like it's really a big business."

Wei Zheng stretched out his hand and said, "Five hundred horses!"

Gao Bufan couldn't help but be surprised. You must know that it took Butler Xia more than two months to sell more than 500 horses. The largest order was only 50 horses. Now he is selling 500 horses in one order. Really

It's quite an exaggeration. After all, according to the black market price, it would be fifty thousand taels of silver. Which "hero" would be so generous?

Gao Bufan felt vaguely that it was not reliable, and quickly asked: "Where can I deliver the goods? Is it safe?"

Wei Zheng replied: "In the open space below Dashiling, the other party is an old customer. He has taken the goods twice before, once with 20 horses and once with 50 horses. He probably thought our horses were good, so he took them all at once this time.

Five hundred horses."

Hearing this, Gao Bufan became even more uneasy. He frowned and said, "Why don't you let the other party come directly to the racecourse to pick up the goods?"

Wei Zhengdao: "I have also asked Lao Xia, and it is said that the other party refused. After all, it is a black market transaction. It is normal for the other party to have concerns. This buyer is particularly cautious. He chose different delivery locations for the three transactions, but the first two were all

The money and goods were cleared on the spot, he was very trustworthy, you don’t have to worry, and Lao Xia also brought fifty people this time, and Gao Dalang personally led the team, so the safety is guaranteed!"

Gao Bufan's uneasiness did not dissipate when he heard this. You must know that five hundred horses are not a small number. They are a large group when spread out. They are very eye-catching. Since the other party cannot see the light, how can they dare to drive so many horses across the state and provinces? Are you not afraid of encountering them?

Go to the government to inquire?

The more Gao Bufan thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, and asked: "How far is Dashiling from here? Did Lao Xia say when he will be back?"

"Dashiling is about sixty miles southwest. If everything goes well, Lao Xia and the others will be able to return before dark!" Seeing Gao Bufan's solemn expression, Wei Zheng suddenly became a little uneasy, feeling that the past few months had gone too smoothly.

, I was indeed a little careless.

Gao Bufan stood up and said, "Then I'll rush over and have a look!"

"I'm going with you!" Wei Zheng said quickly. Five hundred horses is not a small amount. If something happens to it, the loss will be huge. Of course, no matter how precious the horse is, it is not as valuable as a person. If the other party has evil intentions, then Butler Xia and the others

It's dangerous.

Gao Bufan said quickly: "Lao Xia is not here, Mr. Lao Wei is still in charge of the racecourse, and my horse is fast, I can get there in less than an hour!"

Wei Zheng also knew that he could not keep up and would not be able to help if something happened, and would only become a burden to Gao Feifan, so he nodded wisely and said: "Then please be careful, sir."

"Maybe I'm worrying too much, maybe Lao Xia is already on his way back to the racecourse." Gao Bufan comforted with a smile, then quickly left the house, rode on Qingyun and galloped towards the southwest.

Gao Bufan didn't know the specific location of Dashiling, but the traces of where the five hundred horses had walked were still very obvious. He followed the horse traces and ran for more than forty miles, when he suddenly saw a group of people coming out from behind a mountain col.

, he recognized at a glance that he was the man in the Yufeng carriage.

Gao Bufan was overjoyed at first, and then his heart sank, because this group of men and horses looked embarrassed and panicked, and many of them were injured by arrows. It was obvious that something happened!

"Lao Xia!" Gao Bufan rode up to greet him.

Xia Caishen's body was intact, but his face was extremely ugly. When he saw Gao Bufan, he couldn't help but be stunned and said: "Master, why are you here?"

Gao Bufan glanced behind Butler Xia and found that only half of the people were gone. Gao Shixiong, Han Laoshi and others were missing. He frowned and said, "I'm not worried. I came over to see what happened to the others."

?”

Xia Caishen said with a gloomy face: "We were hacked this time and the other party set up an ambush. Fortunately, Han Laoshi discovered it early, otherwise everyone would have confessed."

Gao Bufan's heart sank. Unfortunately, he guessed it. He quickly asked: "What about Shixiong and the others?"

"In the back, a few people were shot and wounded, but all our horses were snatched away!"

The thieves with a thousand swords robbed you, but this is still a black market, there is no place to reason, and they are not afraid of you reporting to the official.

However, Gao Bufan breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that no one was killed. After all, money is just a peripheral possession, and human life is precious. He asked: "Where did the other party come from?"

Xia Caishen shook his head and said: "Who in this business will reveal their identity, but that guy's nickname is Ma Sanduo, and he got in touch with him when he was in Bohai County. This guy is a professional broker, and he has always had a good reputation. Introduction

The buyer is also very reliable. Unexpectedly, something went wrong this time. It’s all because I’m too greedy. I don’t care!”

Butler Xia slapped his forehead in annoyance, and shivered with physical pain when he thought of the five hundred horses that had been snatched away.

Gao Bufan said calmly: "As long as the person is fine, if the horse is gone, it's gone. Uncle Xia doesn't have to blame himself too much. You take the injured back to the racecourse for treatment first, and I'll go see how Shixiong and the others are doing." After that,

Riding on horseback.

Butler Xia knew that he had extraordinary abilities, so he was not worried and hurried back to the racecourse with the injured person first.

Gao Bufan rode his horse for several miles and met Han Laoshi and others who were in charge of the rear. It turned out that Gao Shixiong had an arrow in his butt and was lying on the horse with his butt sticking out and groaning in pain, but he was swearing a lot.

Yes, it looks like it won't kill you.

"Boss Changqing... Ouch!" Gao Shixiong wanted to sit up when he saw Gao Bufan, but when he touched the wound, he immediately lay back on the horse in pain as if he was killing a pig.

Gao Bufan stretched out two fingers to pinch the arrow shaft on Gao Shixiong's buttocks and broke it after cutting it. The arrow shaft was made of bamboo and there was no mark on it. Gao Bufan threw it to the ground casually and asked: "Dog, does the other party have something?

How many people?”

Liu Gou'er shook his head and said solemnly: "The opponent set up an ambush in advance and released arrows behind the trees on the ridge. I didn't see exactly how many people there were, but the number of archers would not be less than fifty. Fortunately,

Uncle Han gave the warning in time, and the other party didn’t want to hurt the horse, otherwise the rest of us would have lost at least half of it.”

"His grandma, I have never suffered such a big loss. If I know where his bastard gang's lair is, I will kill all these bastard gangs!" Gao Shixiong said fiercely through gritted teeth.

A cold light flashed in Gao Bufan's eyes. The one who didn't open his eyes actually got the blame on himself. Naturally, the debt cannot be settled like this, otherwise everyone on this road will think that Yufeng is a soft persimmon.
Chapter completed!