Legend has it that the horse in ancient times had two wings and was named Tianma. It could run on the ground, swim in the water, and fly in the sky. It was a very powerful animal. Later, it became a royal horse in front of the Jade Emperor's Palace.
Because of the favor of the Jade Emperor, the Pegasus gradually became arrogant and often acted recklessly. One day, the Pegasus left the Heavenly Palace and headed straight to the East China Sea to break into the Dragon Palace. The turtle guarding the palace gate led the shrimp soldiers and crab generals to stop him. The Pegasus became angry and kicked the turtle to death.
The matter was reported to the Heavenly Palace, and the Jade Emperor ordered the Pegasus to have its wings cut off and pin it down under the Kunlun Mountains, where it would not be allowed to stand up for 300 years.
More than 200 years later, the first sister of mankind, Renzu, was passing by the Kunlun Mountains. The gods in the Jade Horse Garden of Tiangong gave Tianma a message and told Tianma how to get out from under the mountain. When Renzu passed by, Tianma shouted: Be kind.
Human ancestor, please come and save me. I am willing to go to the human world with you and serve you for the rest of my life.
After hearing this, Human Ancestor felt sympathetic, and followed Tianma's advice and cut down the peach trees on the top of the mountain. Hearing a loud noise, Tianma jumped out from the bottom of Kunlun Mountain.
In order to thank Renzu for saving his life, Tianma came to the human world with Renzu and served him all his life. He usually plowed the fields, pulled carts, and carried things, working as he pleased. In times of war, he wore armor and saddles, conquered the battlefield, and worked with his master.
Through life and death, he has made meritorious deeds many times.
From then on, horses and people became inseparable good friends. When the Jade Emperor was preparing to choose the twelve animal zodiac signs, the horse became one of the animals recommended by humans. The Jade Emperor also allowed the horse to be a horse because of its meritorious service and atonement for its sins and its help to people.
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Although the story is just a story, it also highlights the importance of horses.
The thing Liu Mingzhi had to deal with when he went to Yangzhou this time was the horse business run by the Liu family in Yangzhou.
Horses were extremely expensive in the Dalong Dynasty. It should be said that they were very expensive in all dynasties. An ordinary horse costs more than ten taels of silver, and a slightly better horse costs thirty or forty silver.
As for the war horses, they are expensive. Five or sixty taels of silver is the normal price. It is not easy for the Dragon Dynasty to ride a horse. You must first have money.
However, with the little money the common people earned, it was difficult to maintain a family's livelihood, and they could not even think of buying something as valuable as a horse.
The Liu family's horse farm is outside the city of Yangzhou. The horse farm is home to more than a thousand fine horses that have just come from the Bingzhou horse farm in the northwest. The horses raised by the Liu family have always been in hot demand and are priceless. Every year, there is an endless stream of businessmen buying BMWs.
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However, there was a big problem this year. The Liu family's BMWs were unsaleable, and only a dozen of the more than a thousand fart BMWs were sold. You must know that raising a good horse requires feeding better food every day than people eat.
With more than a thousand BMWs in hand, he was losing hundreds of taels of silver every day. Lao Ma Ma Biao, the owner of a racecourse business in Yangzhou, had to write to the owner of the family, Liu Zhi'an, for advice.
Ma Biao was sitting at home with a frown on his face. The head of the family handed the Liu family's racecourse business into his own hands. Originally, this was a great good thing. No one could ask for such a good thing. The first two years were indeed good, and it also helped the Liu family.
I made a lot of money, but something went wrong this year.
"Master Ma, Master Ma, the young master is here."
The servant's report made Ma Biao's expression even more ugly. What kind of virtues did his young master have? Ma Biao was not deaf. How could he not know that it was not a joke to let a playboy with no knowledge of shit handle the business of the racecourse?
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However, Ma Biao did not dare to delay. After all, he was his young master. It was natural that he should go out to greet him. What if he had not seen him for so long and the young master had changed his temper.
The master is not the kind of person who doesn't care about the overall situation. The horse business is an important source of income for the Liu family. He must have deep intentions in sending Liu Mingzhi here.
The real meaning of this bullshit is that Liu Zhi'an was so angry and confused. After Liu Mingzhi left, Liu Zhi'an felt so regretful that he regretted it. If he asked his son to handle the business of the racecourse, wouldn't it just add to the chaos?
"Quick, go out and greet us."
Looking at the decent hinterland in front of him, Liu Mingzhi was not surprised at all. If a good house is better than his own house, then it is a luxury house.
"Ma Biao respectfully welcomes the young master. The young master has worked hard after traveling and traveling."
"Uncle Ma, don't be too polite. You are the elder. I, a junior, have no need for such etiquette."
When Ma Biao saw Liu Mingzhi's appearance, he couldn't help but nodded secretly. The dandy young master had grown up and knew how to be considerate.
"Master, please go to your house and rest first."
"There's no need to rest. I'm not particularly tired. Since the old man sent me to handle business at the racecourse, don't delay. Let's go to the place where Uncle Ma is entertaining guests. Let's chat while we're there."
"Master, please." Ma Biao was confused when he saw a black-faced man next to Liu Mingzhi. Who is this? The master didn't say anything in the letter.
"Master, this young master?" Ma Biao had to be cautious and be careless in the horse business, otherwise the hard work of the year would be in vain. More than a thousand horses worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, even though the Liu family is the richest man in Jiangnan, his family
A great cause is also a great loss.
"Oh! You see, I forgot to introduce you to Uncle Ma. This is my good brother Qi Shan, the son of the Jinling Governor's family. He is not an outsider."
Qishan? Isn't the son of Qi's governor named Qi Liang? Ma Biao was a little confused, but with Liu Mingzhi as his witness, he naturally didn't dare to be too suspicious.
Liu Mingzhi sat in the first place: "Uncle Ma, tell me about the situation."
Ma Biao did not waste any time and explained the Liu family's business situation at Yangzhou Racecourse.
The Hong family is a wealthy family in Yangzhou. Although it is not as good as the Jinling Liu family, it is still considered a wealthy gentry in Yangzhou.
The Liu family has been running the business of selling horses at the racecourse for more than ten years in Yangzhou, and it has always been smooth sailing. Naturally, the Hong family has been keen on it for a long time. Last year, they came to discuss with Ma Biao, hoping to invest in the horse farm business and jointly run the business. They were willing to spend 20
Ten thousand taels of silver were used to invest in the Liu family horse farm business.
Ma Biao naturally disagreed. There had been no natural disasters or man-made disasters at the Liujia Racecourse. He had sufficient financial resources and no need to replenish the capital holes. How could he allow others to interfere in his business? Once two voices appeared in the business field, things would often go wrong.
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Therefore, Ma Biao did not report this matter to Liu Zhian. He knew Liu Zhian's temper and was most afraid of others interfering in his own business, so he rejected the Hong family's request on the spot.
Their face was refuted, and the Hong family's faces were naturally not good-looking. The most important thing was that the horse business was not successfully involved. Seeing the money flowing out, the Hong family was certainly not willing to accept it.
He left Ma Biao with the words "we'll see" and left.
Nothing happened for more than half a year, and Ma Biao gradually forgot about this incident.
Just when the horses were ready to be sold this year, the Hong family obtained more than 2,000 wild horses from unknown sources and transported them to Yangzhou for sale.
You must know that Hu horses are naturally more popular than Central Plains horses. Hu horses have stronger endurance and physical strength than Central Plains horses. Hu horses are the first choice for the Dragon Dynasty to supplement their war horses. However, Hu horses are in short supply, and even those who want to buy them cannot
There is no place to buy them, and the grassland prohibits selling horses to Dalong Dynasty.
Whenever Hu horses flow into the Dalong Dynasty, the price of each horse is as high as one hundred taels of silver, and the demand exceeds supply. However, the Hong family bought these BMWs for only ninety taels of silver each, although they still made a profit.
, but coupled with the various losses incurred during the transportation of the horse, it is not cost-effective at all and can be said to be thankless.
The Liu family's BMW and the most expensive horse only cost eighty taels of silver each, but they are not as popular as these wild horses.
Therefore, the BMWs transported by Yangzhou carriages from Bingzhou Racecourse were unsaleable this year, and the number sold was pitifully small.
Liu Mingzhi frowned as he listened to Ma Biao's words.
"Hu Ma is selling at a low price. Does the Hong family want to squeeze my Liu family out of Yangzhou?"
"No, young master, you also know that Jiangnan is not suitable for raising horses. Horses are in short supply in Jiangnan. I have built such a large horse farm in Bingzhou and raised several good horses. Every year, a batch is shipped to Jiangnan for sale. But
This year, the Hong family has plotted against them. There are more than a thousand good horses, and the feed they eat every day is a huge loss. I am worried to death."