Although Qin Xiao was vaguely aware of something, Qin Ji's words still surprised him.
Whether it's horse racing or breeding, he can't be said to be proficient in it. He only knows a few things. After all, when he was in Jiazijian, he could deal with all kinds of people every day. Qin Xiao learned some knowledge with his heart, such as simple medical skills and even chess skills.
, but some are just for fun, like the legend of Lion Cong. He only listens to it as a story and doesn't ask for the truth.
However, he also understands that matching horses to horses is actually not a simple matter.
"You don't believe it?" Qin Ji frowned when he saw the young man's look of astonishment.
Qin Xiao shook his head and said: "No. It's just that I'm a little weird."
"Tell me." Qin Ji drank from a cup and said with a smile, "What's so strange?"
Qin Xiao said very carefully: "Lion Cong came from the Western Regions and is almost extinct. Now even in the Western Regions, stories about lion Cong are rarely heard. I heard people say that throughout the ages, there have been many types of horses, including many.
There are many extremely rare horses and horses, but the rarer the horse, the harder it is to survive. Countless rare breeds of BMW have become extinct, and future generations don’t even know that many BMWs once existed in the world. This lion is one of them.
The leader, but like many BMWs, after disappearing from the Huhu Kingdom, it is rare to hear of the existence of the Lion Cong in the world."
"You are right." Qin Ji sighed: "The lion Cong is indeed extinct in the Huhu Kingdom. Even some people who are good at horse riding cannot recognize the lion Cong when they see it, and regard a BMW as a bad horse. I grew up in
In the border area, we have seen the bravery of the grassland people. They are good at fighting, and half of the credit goes to their horses. The grassland people regard horses as their companions and cherish them very much. On the other hand, in our Central Plains dynasty, although there was no shortage of horses in the past dynasties,
, but horses have always been used as tools. As long as a few good horses are raised and sent to the hands of high-ranking officials, they eat and drink well, and are raised like beauties. Such an environment, even if it really exists
The Pegasus came down to earth and was raised as a useless person with no merit."
Lu Xiaolou didn't care about the two of them, just minding his own food. When he heard this, he interjected: "There is some truth to this."
Qin Ji only focused his interest on Qin Xiao and ignored Lu Xiaolou. He looked around and then lowered his voice and said: "In the seventeenth year of the sage's accession to the throne, a hundred thousand cavalry from Tusun tribes came south to invade, and the people at the border were in ruins.
, countless people died tragically under the horseshoe scimitars of the Tusun people, which made people resentful. I was still young at that time, and I thought in my heart that if I want to force those turtles from the Monan grassland to Mobei, they will no longer be able to
To invade the Tang Dynasty wantonly, we, the Tang Dynasty, must have a strong cavalry. To equip such cavalry, we must have excellent war horses."
"Uncle Ji has such an ambition, which is admirable." Qin Xiao heard this and was in awe, and said softly: "Compared with other grassland tribes in our Tang Dynasty, the others are not far behind, that is, there is a gap in war horses.
.Nowadays, the best war horse breeds in the world are in the hands of the grassland tribes and even the Wutuo people. Only we lag behind them in terms of horses. If we don't have our own war horses, it will be really not easy to deal with the grassland tribes."
Qin Ji nodded with a smile and said: "When I was young, my idea was very simple, just to find the best horse breed. My father has been raising horses for people all his life, and he also knows how to breed horses, so I have been exposed to some since I was a child. I heard about it when I was a child.
There is a magical horse called the Lion Cong in the Western Regions, and I have seen the speed of a real feather horse with my own eyes. At that time, I thought, if the advantages of these two horses can be combined, how powerful will the resulting war horse be? However,
When others heard my idea, they laughed at me. Not to mention that the lions have long been extinct. Even if they are really alive in the world, it would be extremely difficult to successfully breed them."
Qin Xiao went to the grassland this time to find the source of horses. He accidentally met this man on the horse road tonight, and he was naturally full of interest. He smiled and said: "How can a sparrow know the ambition of a swan?"
"Well said." Qin Ji was very happy and said: "If others think you can't do it, you have to show them. Nothing is difficult in the world, as long as there are people who are willing. When I was in my twenties, I ran to the Western Regions and wanted to
Looking for the legendary lions, I traveled all over the Western Regions and endured all kinds of hardships. I ran around there for eleven years. The emperor paid off and I actually found a few lions. Unfortunately, people in the Western Regions thought that
The lion cockerel has been extinct for a long time. When I discovered it, these lion cockers were abandoned...!" At this point, he suddenly burst into laughter. There were still two tables of customers in the wine shop, although they were far away.
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He was a little far away and didn't pay attention here, but Qin Ji laughed loudly, and those people immediately looked over and looked at him, thinking that this person was mentally ill.
Qin Xiao marveled inwardly, thinking that in order to find Lion Cong, Qin Ji actually wandered in the Western Regions for eleven years. This perseverance is really beyond the comparison of ordinary people. His ability to finally find Lion Cong is naturally related to his perseverance.
"But it's a good thing those people don't know the goods, otherwise if they really knew that those horses were lion horses, I wouldn't be able to bring them back." Qin Ji smiled and said, "Lion horses are priceless treasures. Even if I sell myself, I can't buy them."
Pick up one."
Qin Xiao asked softly: "Uncle Ji brought the lion Cong back to his hometown for breeding?"
"After returning to my hometown after traveling thousands of miles from the Western Regions, those lions were all safe and sound. This shows that their endurance is amazing." Qin Ji sighed: "It's a pity that everyone who saw it made fun of me and said that what I brought back was just
How could I get a few horses, and even a peerless horse like the Lion Cong? How could I get several horses at once? They don’t believe that those horses are Lion Cong, they are really blind." Looking at Qin Xiaodao
: "You have a sharp eye and are not very old, but you can tell at a glance that the two horses today are from lions. Your eyesight is much better than those self-righteous guys. So far, you are the only one who can tell that they are lions."
At this point, it was as if Yu Lei, who had been suppressed for many years in his heart, burst into tears, picked up the wine glass, and drank it all in one gulp.
At this time, Qin Xiao finally understood why Qin Ji was so excited today and why he knew everything about him.
Qin Ji spent more than ten years and went through hardships to find Lion Cong, but he was ridiculed by others and did not even admit that what he found was Lion Cong. This is like a person who has made great achievements after going through hardships, but not only is he not recognized by others, but
After being ridiculed all the time, you will naturally feel lonely and aggrieved.
Today, without anyone's prompting, he said the three words "Lion Cong". For Qin Ji, who had always been aggrieved and depressed, it was of course like a sudden burst of rain after a long drought, and he instantly felt that he had found a soulmate.
"Uncle Ji, your two horses were bred together. Does that mean the breeding was successful?"
Qin Ji nodded and said: "The lion Cong is a horse from the Western Regions, and the true feather horse is a grassland horse. Although they are both fine horses, they are still very different. It is very difficult to breed them directly, and grafting is needed in the middle. After I came back, I used the lion Cong directly with the real horses.
The breeding of feather horses all failed, so I tried various methods and finally found a short-eared horse from Moxi for a second breeding. Just last year, I finally succeeded." Having said this, he became excited and said: "Those two horses outside
, which is the result of sixteen years of hard work. I have personally tested that they can carry hundreds of kilograms of weight effortlessly, and their short-distance sprint speed within a hundred steps cannot match that of a real feather horse.
, but after a hundred steps, the real feather horse will no longer be able to catch up."
"It's hard to find such a BMW, let alone a hundred taels, or even a thousand gold." Qin Xiao sighed.
Qin Ji said: "When everyone saw its appearance, they concluded that it was a bad horse without even trying it. I spent sixteen years and worked hard on it, but they denied it with just one sentence. Ordinary people who have no knowledge will just
Well, I went to find two famous horse physiognomists, but they only glanced at them twice and were not even willing to comment. As a result, no one cared about the dozens of horses in the horse pen, and I was also confused for a time.
Frustrated." He shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "But I have been doing this for sixteen years and cannot give up halfway. I still want to continue to improve, but it is a pity that after all these years of hard work, I have completely ruined my ancestors' wealth. If I want to continue
To improve horse breeds, nothing can be done without money, so I have no choice but to take two horses to Pingcheng Horse Market, hoping to find a buyer and buy the money so that I can continue to improve them."
Qin Xiao suddenly realized, and then he understood why Qin Ji sold horses in the horse market.
"It's a pity that there are not many people in the world who really know horses." Qin Ji sighed with helplessness on his face: "I have been in the horse market for almost a month, and people come and go every day, but my eyes fell on these two horses.
There are very few people on the horse. If such a magical horse is sold for twenty or thirty taels of silver, it would be an insult and blasphemy to them. Hanging out for a hundred taels will make them feel wronged, but there is nothing I can do." Then he said.
: "But Brother Qin is the first one to recognize the goods. I won't sell those two horses, but will give them to my brother."
Qin Xiao asked with a smile: "Is there still a lion in Uncle Ji's house?"
"There are still more than thirty horses." Qin Ji said: "I don't have much money on hand now. The important thing is that these lions eat a lot, and there are dozens of horses."
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They consume a lot of horse feed every day, but fortunately their horse feed is not selective, they do not need fine feed, and they can endure hardship, otherwise I would just watch them starve to death."
Qin Xiaowei pondered for a while and finally asked: "Uncle Ji, can this kind of lion Cong be reproduced in large quantities?"
"This is a bit difficult." Qin Ji said: "There are only more than thirty horses in my circle. If you want to breed, you need a large number of true feather horses. Now that the horse ban is implemented on the grassland, it is very difficult to get a large number of true feather horses. In addition, continue breeding.
It requires a lot of money and time...!"
"If you were given enough money and time, how sure would you be?"
Qin Ji was startled, and finally said: "With no worries, it will definitely be no problem to breed two thousand horses within three years. After three years, the horse breed will be formed and the number will be more and more. If you give me
In ten years, there will be no problem in raising 20,000 to 30,000 lions." After saying this, he smiled and said: "But this is just a joke. If you really want to raise lions, the money spent is not a small amount. Ordinary
The wealthy businessmen are also unable to afford it. Unless Taipu Temple can pay attention to it, the court can allocate a lot of money, and can also obtain a large number of war horses from the True Feather Department, otherwise everything is just a dream. We can just talk about it here, but in fact it is simply impossible.
accomplish."
"What if Taipu Temple or other yamen really pay attention to it?"
"It's very difficult. The appearance of the Lion Cong is too ugly. Even ordinary people can't look down on it, let alone be accepted by the court." Qin Ji chuckled, took a sip of wine, and said softly: "The Lion Cong is used to equip cavalry.
The soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty are also about face. They ride majestic tall horses and are naturally full of confidence. If they are equipped with lion horses, they will feel embarrassed. But having said that, if you really want to use lion horses to equip heavy armored cavalry,
, on the battlefield, you must be invincible."
"Such a good horse will be taken seriously sooner or later." Qin Xiao encouraged: "Uncle Ji, since it is bred between a lion Cong and a true feather horse, why does the new lion Cong not have the appearance of a true feather horse?"
Qin Ji immediately said: "It's very simple, because the lion's bloodline is too strong, its advantages can be passed down, but its ugly appearance can also be passed down. There is no perfect good thing in the world. Since its strengths are needed, we must accept it."
It has a few shortcomings." Then he said calmly: "But in my opinion, its appearance is not ugly, it is just strange, with curly body hair, and unique style, which is not comparable to that of ordinary horses." At this point, he walked out the door.
After looking at it, he finally said: "It's too late. If you don't go back, there will be no place to sleep. I've given those two horses to you. I hope you will cherish them. I'll leave first."
"Where does Uncle Ji sleep?"
"There is a charity hall in the city." Qin Ji said with a smile: "Those who have nowhere to stay can squeeze in there. It is better than sleeping on the street and freezing to death. After daybreak, the city gate opens, and I will leave the city and go home."
"
Qin Xiao put a piece of silver on the table as cooking money, then stood up and said: "I'll give it to you!" Without further words, he followed Qin Ji out of the wine shop. Lu Xiaolou put down his chopsticks and took the wine jar.
, drank it down in one gulp, then wiped his mouth and walked out the door.
Qin Ji went over and stroked the sparse manes of the two lions, very affectionately, and seemed a little reluctant to let go. Then he took a few steps back, sighed, and then said to Qin Xiao: "Treat them well." At this point, there were circles in his eyes.
It's actually a little red.
Qin Xiao knew that these two ugly horses were worthless in the eyes of others, but they were Qin Ji's heart. Seeing him like this, he knew that he really loved the lion Cong deeply, so he didn't say much and looked around.
There was no one around, so he took a few banknotes in his hand, stepped forward and put them into Qin Ji's hand. Qin Ji was startled, but immediately pushed them back, shook his head and said, "I keep my word, I don't want your money, you can just take it away."
"I accept these two horses, but the money is not to buy horses, but to help you improve horse breeds." Qin Xiao said: "Uncle Ji, we have the same surname and it is fate that we met in Pingcheng. And I also hope that you can
We will continue to improve the Lion Cong so that we, the Tang Dynasty, can have top-notch war horses."
"This...!" Qin Ji hesitated. For him, to continue his career, he really needed a lot of money. Qin Xiao's money could be called a timely help, but he only glanced at it twice.
The denomination of the bank note was clearly visible and the amount was quite large. It was really inappropriate to accept Qin Xiao's gift of silver like this.
Qin Xiao smiled and said: "But I have a suggestion, I don't know whether I should say it or not!"