One Piece of Song Dynasty

After Li Xin quickly finished writing the letter, she handed it to Zhang Rong: "Send this letter to Shopkeeper Qian quickly and let him prepare in advance."

Zhang Rong cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Lord."

After Zhang Rong sent the letter, he came over and said with a smile: "Master, what kind of treasure is it? Even shopkeeper Qian didn't tell me in detail."

Li Xin smiled and said, "I want to know. You'll know when you get there in a few days."

Early the next morning, Li Xin took Yu Liyan, Zhang Rong and a fleet of forty ships to Cangzhou on time.

On the boat, Yu Liyan asked: "Husband, where are we going this time?"

Li Xin replied: "Go to Cangzhou to meet your old acquaintance Shopkeeper Qian."

Yu Liyan snorted coldly: "Huh, my husband is always telling lies. My husband didn't go to Cangzhou simply to meet Shopkeeper Qian and the others."

Li Xin said: "This time, the main purpose is to see Shopkeeper Qian, but I also want to get back the treasures stored in Shopkeeper Qian's hands."

Yu Liyan became interested and said, "What kind of treasure does your husband keep with shopkeeper Qian?"

Li Xin thought for a while and said, "You should have seen this baby before, and you have seen it often before."

Yu Liyan thought for a long time and said: "I often see too many things and can't think of them. Husband, please tell others."

Li Xin shook his head and said, "If you don't tell me now, you will know when you meet me in a few days."

Yu Liyan rolled his eyes at Li Xin and said, "Oh, if you don't want to say it, don't say it, huh."

After receiving Li Xin's secret message, Qian Sheng immediately called for Suo Tao: "Commander Suo, the master and his fleet will be arriving in a few days. We have to prepare in advance."

Suo Tao was surprised: "So fast."

Qian Sheng said: "Yes, someone informed the master's family that the imperial army was about to requisition the horses. The master's family may have been anxious, so they hurriedly brought the fleet to transfer the horses."

Suo Tao nodded and said, "That's right. We have more than horses stored here. The imperial court will definitely requisition our horses if they want to make the Northern Expedition."

Qian Sheng waved his hand and said: "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Commander Suo has sent people to watch at the pier these days. He will light torches at night so that even if the master's fleet arrives at night, he can still see the pier. Let’s arrange for some horses to go to the dock on the first day of the day. With so many horses, we may not be able to transport them all at one time, and it should take two times to complete.”

Suo Tao cupped his fists and said, "Okay, Shopkeeper Qian, I understand."

Three days later in the evening, Li Xin's fleet arrived at the Cangzhou pier as scheduled, and Qian Sheng, who had received the news in advance, was already waiting at the pier. After Li Xin took Yu Liyan off the ship, Yu Liyan said: "Long time no see, shopkeeper Qian." ."

Qian Sheng clasped his fists and said, "Long time no see, Master and Second Madam."

Yu Liyan looked around and asked, "Why don't you see Commander Suo?"

Qian Sheng replied: "In reply to the second lady, since I have come out, someone needs to take care of me in the city. Commander Suo will stay in the city."

Yu Liyan said: "Oh, so that's it."

Li Xin waved her hand and said: "Okay, madam, we will chat later. Let's do business first. Qian Sheng, are you ready?"

Qian Sheng cupped his fists and said, "Master, everything is ready."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Okay, let's load the ships overnight. It's not good for people to see such a huge fleet here during the day. We will leave immediately after loading."

Qian Sheng said, "Yes, Master, let someone bring me out right now." After saying that, Qian Sheng held up a torch and walked around, and then someone came out with the horses.

Yu Liyan said in surprise: "It turns out that the treasure my husband mentioned is the horse."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Yes, these horses are all good horses. They are all my treasures. They are also my capital against the Jin Army in the future."

Qian Sheng asked: "Master, how many horses are you planning to take away this time?"

Li Xin said: "These forty ships will definitely not be loaded at one time. They will be loaded in two times. This time two thousand horses will be taken away, and this time all the mares will be taken away first."

Qian Sheng nodded and said, "Yes, my master."

Li Xin asked: "How many mares are there in these two types of horses?"

Qian Sheng replied: "I have two hundred ordinary Mongolian mares and one hundred Ujimqin mares."

Li Xin said thoughtfully: "Okay, you have done a good job in the past few years. All the horse herders are here, right?"

Qian Sheng pulled over an old man and said, "Yes, they are all here. This is the old man Ma who was sent by his hometown to take charge of raising horses."

Old Man Ma clasped his fists and said: "I have met the master's house and the second lady. Where are we going to the master's house?"

Li Xin replied: "Uncle Ma, we need to change a place to raise horses. That place is more suitable for raising horses than the current place. When we get to the new place, you will have to raise tens of thousands of horses for someone."

Old Man Ma patted his chest and said, "Okay, Master, just take care of it. I'll leave the horse raising to you. I'll be sure to raise tens of thousands of horses for you in a few years."

Li Xin smiled and said: "Okay, then I will wait for the good news from Uncle Ma. Qian Sheng should start loading the ship quickly. It will take a while to load the two thousand horses."

Qian Sheng cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Lord."

Under the command of Qian Sheng and the horse herders, one horse began to board the ship. The two thousand horses were loaded for two hours. By the time they were finished, it was already the end of the ugly hour.

After finishing the installation, Li Xin asked: "Qian Sheng, how many horses do you have left?"

Qian Sheng replied: "When I go back to my master's house, there are still fifteen hundred horses."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Okay, next time we will take them all away at once, so I will leave first, and we will come back in about seven or eight days to take away the remaining horses."

Qian Sheng cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Master, someone knows."

Li Xin led the fleet away. Zhang Rong looked left and right on the boat, touched this one and looked at that one. After finishing it, he ran to Li Xin and rubbed his hands and said, "Hey, lord, can you give me some help?" Will there be a horse?"

Li Xin said: "I want it, but I won't give it to you. Let alone your navy or the infantry, these few thousand horses are not going to be given to you. These are stallions. We will wait until tens of thousands of horses are raised in the future." Besides, what kind of horse do you want as a sailor?"

Zhang Rong said hey: "Other navy forces may not need horses, but our water ghost team does. Our water ghost team still needs to go ashore. Once we have horses ashore, we can complete the task faster."

Li Xin shook his head and said, "Even if what you say is reasonable, it won't work now. Let's talk about it later."

Zhang Rong said with some frustration: "Okay, lord."

Four days later, the fleet arrived at the Jeju City Pier. At this time, the Jeju City Pier and the military camp had been completed after more than half a month of construction. When the fleet arrived at the pier, the pier was empty. At this time, the navy fleet had already gone out to patrol the sea. .

After hearing the news, Zhai Jin was waiting at the dock. After the ship stopped, Li Xin took Yu Liyan and others to get off the ship first, followed by the horseherds and their horses.

When Zhai Jin saw Li Xin and others disembarking from the boat, he clasped his fists and said, "My Lord, Second Madam."