Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

One of these two divine horses is dark brown and the other is snow-white. Although they are horses, their body curves are full of beauty.

Even people who don't know horses can recognize their beauty.

In the eyes of horse lovers,

These are like two immortal fairies with peerless looks and figures,

It's still the kind of slightly fruity one.

And there are bridles between their necks,

On the bridle, the horse's forehead straps, cheek straps, nose straps, pharyngeal straps, and neck straps all have exquisite gold accessories.

There is even a golden ball bell under the horse's head. When the horse shakes its head, the bell jingles.

Rong Xian muttered as if he was possessed:

"I'll knock!"

"God!"

"Beautiful! So beautiful!"

The two divine horses raised their hooves in confusion and snorted. In the eyes of horse lovers, they looked like beauties posing.

It’s not that these distinguished disciples have never seen good horses before, they really have never seen such a beautiful one.

Zheng Jun looked at the horse and whispered: "These two little vixens, God!"

Xu Zaijing broke away from the beauty of the horse and came to the imperial city officials and bowed his hands: "Master Gao Yunqing, what are you doing?"

The official from the imperial city returned the greeting and said, "I have seen Wu Lang. This was sent by name from the Yelu family of Northern Liao Dynasty. With your Majesty's permission, it was sent to you."

"This is too expensive."

"Your Majesty said that this is nothing compared to promoting the prestige of our country. Wulang, these two are horse attendants who live and die with horses. They are very good at raising horses. Whoever the owner of the horse is, their master is who they are. "

Gu Tingye looked at the horse's belly rudely and said in a low voice: "Brother Jing, I almost want to be your horse."

Seeing Gu Tingye's actions and words, Zhang Fangling and Qi Heng, who were approaching, also looked at the horse's belly. Well, he is really a vixen.

Liang Liulang directly hugged Xu Zaijing's legs and said: "Brother Jing, you are my brother! Brother! Can you let me touch it?"

Liang Han was picked up by Xu Zaijing with one hand and said: "Liang Liulang, you can touch it, but please wipe your saliva."

Looking at the group of noble disciples from Bianjing who were dressed in luxurious clothes around them,

The third man with a beard next to the horse attendant looked at them with some surprise. He tried his best to check their identity through the last name in the title.

Duke of Ying, Marquis of Zhongjing, Duke of Qi, Marquis of Fuchang, and Marquis of Yongchang.

The distinguished young men were commenting on the horses, while the women began to get on the carriage.

Xie and Hualan followed their mother-in-law and stepped onto the carriage. She looked at the two amazing horses in front of the carriage and nodded.

Then she saw the familiar person next to her,

In less than a breath, she was right with the information.

"Mother-in-law, that seems to be my brother-in-law, from Zhending Mansion."

Hearing this, Mrs. Sun in the carriage was stunned for a moment, and then walked out. This was a relative.

Seeing Mrs. Sun and her two daughters-in-law approaching, Gu Tingye and Rong Xian quickly moved out of the way.

A bunch of greetings from aunt, eldest lady, and sister-in-law.

The three Suns all smiled in return. Looking at the bearded young man dressed as a military attache next to the horse attendant, Sun said:

"Is this a brother from the Yi family of Zhending Mansion?"

Hearing Sun's words, Gao Yunqing on the side cupped his hands and said: "Madam, what I said is that the villain is about to introduce me."

Mrs. Sun looked at Gao Yunqing and smiled. The young man with a beard hurriedly bowed and said: "Zhending Mansion Yi family, Yi Ziyan has met his aunt! Everyone, please be polite."

Xie and Hualan on the side quickly returned the gift,

Liang Han curiously asked Xu Zaijing in a low voice: "This is it?"

When Xu Zaijing heard about Zhending Mansion and the Yi family, he knew their identities:

"My eldest brother's brothers-in-law are all married to girls from the Xie family."

The surrounding teenagers suddenly realized that when they saw Yi Ziyan saluting, they all bowed their hands and said in return: "I've seen Brother Yi."

Yi Ziyan, who knew their identities, quickly returned the gift.

"Brother Jing, Master Yi understands Bei Liao dialect, and it was Master Yi who escorted these treasures back to Bianjing. Since they are all relatives, I will resign."

"Sir, walk slowly."

The rest of the distinguished young men from Bianjing sent their servants back to report to their parents, and they went to Xu's house today to admire the 'stunning beauty'.

"Mother, baby, I miss you"

Princess Pingning looked at the people who were all young men and there were no girls, and then looked at the expectation in her son Qi Heng's eyes, and she nodded.

Qi Heng and his father both breathed a sigh of relief.

Qi Yiqiu patted Qi Heng and raised his chin. Qi Heng jumped happily and followed the team, shouting: "Brother Jing, take me for a ride."

Hearing Qi Heng's voice, Xu Zaijing lowered his head and stretched out his hand, then gently put Qi Heng behind him and sat on Liju's horse with him.

Otherwise, he came to Qingyun and called Brother Qingyun, and was pulled onto the horse.

Seeing the smile on Qi Heng's face, Princess Pingning shook her head helplessly:

"Go home."

Following Sun's carriage,

Xu Zaijing let Qi Heng hug his waist, looking at the horse attendant running beside the horse, he turned his head and said to Yi Ziyan:

"Brother Yi, is this how these two horse servants followed them to Bianjing?"

"Wulang, no, they came here on horseback. They are also very good at raising horses. A horse got sick on the road. The brothers of the Ai family were a little helpless, but they were cured by the two of them."

Talking on the road,

A group of top dignitaries from Bianjing entered the Xu family's gate on horseback.

As soon as Mrs. Sun got off the carriage, she directly ordered the chef of the Xu family to prepare for the banquet. These noble young people, seeing that they would not be able to leave for a while, would definitely have lunch at the Xu family.

Looking at the many noble young men walking by, Chu Zhan, who was warming himself in the Xu family's gatehouse, poked his head out. When he saw the turn, he revealed the two horses:

"Be good."

Master Dumu, who was taking care of the Xu family's horses in the stable, limped out and wanted to see what was causing all the noise.

In his single eye, he did not see the various young people dressed in gorgeous and expensive clothes, but only saw the two extremely handsome horses.

Seeing the young man wearing a shabby sheepskin coat next to the horse, he narrowed his eyes, shook his head in disbelief and whispered: "God."

Because it was his own thing, Xu Zaijing did not immediately circle around the two divine horses. Instead, he and Yi Ziyan lay on the wooden fence beside the racecourse.

In the warm sunshine of winter,

Looking at the two young horse attendants who looked at the extremely luxurious brocade clothes of the young people from the Duke's mansion with a cringing expression,

Xu Zaijing asked: "Do these two teenagers have names?"

Yi Ziyan looked at Xu Zaijing in surprise, smiled and said, "You actually asked for names! Yes, one is called Alan Sanwu, and the other is called Li Quan Xun Shu."

"What a strange name."

Looking into Yi Ziyan's eyes, Xu Zaijing asked: "Brother Yi, what's wrong? You always look at me like this."

Yi Ziyan shook his head, as if to shake away the thoughts in his mind: "It's nothing, I'm just imagining things."

Everyone's attention was on Shenju. The one-eyed master came to Qingyun and whispered a few words.

Soon, the Xu family's master mason and carpenter, who were celebrating the New Year at home, were called over, and the utility room next to the cabin next to the stable began to be renovated.

Previously, Xu Zaijing's horse tried to get in front of the two divine horses, but was pulled away by the groom.

The offspring of Liju was released. It combined the advantages of its parents and started to have fun on the racecourse.

Looking at the little Liju who still didn’t know how enviable his future fortune would be, the onlookers all cast jealous glances at the pony:

"A waste of natural resources"

"Horse chewing peonies"

royal palace

Queen's bedroom

Listening to the emperor giving Xu Zaijing the gift from Northern Liao Kingdom, she frowned and said:

"How do I remember that such a handsome foal has some different opinions in Beiliao?"

The queen had a look of recollection on her face,

The female officer next to the queen kept rolling her eyes and said:

"My servant seems to remember that it was recorded in a travel journal that it seems that only the daughter of the Yelu family would ask to marry a man."

After having a sumptuous lunch at Xu's house at noon, everyone went to the racecourse and watched three horses running in the field.

The young Qi Heng watched intently.

Several people who are good friends have already reserved the offspring of these three horses, and the estimate will be left to the Xu family.

There is no shortage of horses in every family, but there is really no such handsome one.

In the afternoon, everyone said goodbye.

Yi Ziyan was the last to leave.

During the meal at Xu's house just now, he had already met many distinguished young men in Bianjing.

Especially the Zhang, Gu, and Zheng families of the Northern Army of the Great Zhou Dynasty. If you want to say there are any benefits, then I really don’t know.

But there's definitely no harm in getting used to it.

He came happily to the racecourse, and when he was about to give some instructions to the two horse attendants in Bei Liao dialect, he saw a groom communicating with two young men in Bei Liao dialect skillfully.

Seeing that there was an interpreter in the Hou Mansion, Yi Ziyan said goodbye and left the Xu family.

In the afternoon, Xu Minghua returned to Xu's house with a solemn expression.

As soon as he entered the mistress's courtyard, he was told by Mrs. Sun that his friend from the stable at home was inviting him.

Xu Minghua changed into the casual clothes at home and said, "Prepare some good food and rice and bring some wine."

Arriving at the racecourse, I entered a very warm cabin with a roaring fire.

When Xu Zaijing saw his father, he quickly stood up and bowed:

"Father."

"Well, sit down."

"Brother Yin, what's wrong? Want me to come over?"

"Looking at your face, is there something important going on in the court? Just now when Brother Jing told me about the entrance to the palace, you guys were called back."

Soon, the door was opened again, food was put on the table, and wine was delivered.

As a junior, Xu Zaijing hurriedly poured wine for the two of them.

Xu Minghua glanced at his youngest son and said:

"The palace has received news that Bei Liao and Heishui Jurchen fought several battles in the north. Bei Liao lost consecutively, and Black Water Jurchen's founding of the country is golden."

Seeing his old friend's surprised look, Xu Minghua continued: "Then the Kingdom of Jin, through our navy on Jingdong East Road, took advantage of the first day of the Lunar New Year to send me a large number of tribute treasures."

Xu Zaijing and his master were digesting this shocking news.

"By the way, what do you want me to say?"

The groom waited for Xu Zaijing to fill up his glass of wine, drank it all in one gulp and said, "Do you know the origin of the two dragon colts we got in our house?"

"Huh? What dragon colt?"

"Alan!"

After the groom finished shouting, a young boy from Beiliao, one of the two horse attendants, quickly appeared at the door. Looking at the two horses, Xu Minghua spilled all the wine in his glass.

"How come this horse looks so good-looking!"

The groom smiled bitterly and said: "How can the divine horse specially provided for the royal family in Northern Liao not be so handsome! But according to the records of my Yin family, this kind of divine horse mare is worthy of life and death.

Either it was the occasion when the top noblewoman of the Northern Liao royal family asked to marry a man, or it was the betrothal gift for the royal family to marry the queen. "

Xu Minghua and Xu Zaijing, father and son, have the same question mark faces.

"First of all, let's exclude the Yelu family who wants to marry Brother Jing. Then the only people with such a divine horse are the noble families who are being asked to marry."

Xu Zaijing nodded in agreement and said, "Master, are you saying that someone from the Yeluying family is going to become the Queen of Beiliao?"

The groom nodded: "He is still a direct relative of Yeluying, otherwise it would be impossible to give this kind of divine horse as a thank you gift."

On the second day,

Si hour (after 9 a.m.)

Xu Zaijing accepted the invitation and came to Xinzheng Gate in the west of Bianjing.

The horse race proposed by Liang Han around the outer city of Bianjing is about to begin.

The servants of each family began to disperse, and they went to the bridges and side roads along the way to stand in case they were blocked or took a side road.

Xu Zaijing and many other high-ranking officials and disciples were riding on horses, divided into several groups and talking. The topic was naturally about yesterday's affairs between Liao and Jin.

Although they are all young boys, they have elders in the center of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they know about this matter earlier than many low-ranking officials in the capital.

Everyone expressed their opinions.

Some say that we should take this opportunity to join forces with the Jin Dynasty to attack the Liao Dynasty, so that they can take care of themselves.

Some people say that we should take advantage of the civil strife to attack Baigao first, and then attack Northern Liao after destroying Baigao.

Some people say that two fronts, the east and the west, should be opened and war should be waged against the two countries, so as to avoid future troubles.

"I don't think our country should attack any country!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at the speaker with disgust.

"I said Chen Silang, you are too cowardly!"

"Hahaha"

Everyone laughed when they heard Rongxian's comments.

Xu Zaijing looked at Sanlang and Shilang of the British government, but they didn't smile.

"Third brother, this guy looks unfamiliar. Which family is he from?"

Zhang Fangsong said:

"In the Household Department, Chen Xian belongs to Chen Shangshu's family. He has always liked to watch arithmetic in the courtyard since he was a child. He is related to the Hai family, so he was dragged out by the court to join in the fun."

Chen Silang glanced at Rong Xian blankly and said, "Here, do you know how many thousands of dollars our government spent on the previous war against Bai Gao and Beiliao?"

"ah?"

"Do you know how much money I earn per year?"

"this"

"Once the war breaks out and northern merchants are cut off, how much tax revenue will be affected by the court? Do you know?"

"I"

After a few questions, the young people were almost as confused as Rong Xian.

Rong Xian glared and said, "What, you know?"

Chen Silang said numbly: "I don't know."

Hearing this, Rong Xian laughed, but before he could laugh out loud, Chen Silang said again:

"I only know that the Western Army had 200,000 soldiers that year, and the logistics and transportation expenses alone were 16.42 million yuan. I haven't read all the documents in the north and northeast, so I won't say anything nonsense."

"That year, I earned 38,790 million dollars on my first birthday."

"Can our dynasty destroy Bai Gao and Bei Liao in one year? If not, how much will it cost our dynasty?"

Hear the numbers,

Everyone looked at each other.

Some young people feel that what Chen Silang said seems to make sense, especially since he is the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance.

"It seems that what Chen Silang said is right."

"If you fight, you will die."

"How could those two families in the north be wiped out in one year?"

"If you look at it this way, in a few years, the treasury will be empty!"

Rong Xian lowered his head with a stern expression.

Gu Tingye, who was riding on horseback next to him, looked at Chen Silang with a frown. Then he came to Xu Zaijing and said, "Brother Jing, I think what he said makes sense, but I always feel a little uncomfortable."