Fu Qin starts with a plan

Chapter 474 Coming and not being indecent

Fan Xiliang brought Tuoba Lei and his party to the horse farm, and the first thing they saw was the horse training ground.

Because this horse farm is newly built, the whole horse training ground looks very brand new, even the Xianbei envoy who is very familiar with the horse farm can't see anything wrong.

But the horse trainers here are very disdainful, so they shake their heads frequently.

At this moment, a Xianbei envoy said mockingly: "The horses here are no good, are they the native horses of the Central Plains?"

"Ashamed." Fan Xiliang said modestly: "I don't know horses, I only know that these are Central Plains horses."

"Central Plains horses can't do it." The messenger taunted again, and then joked: "Central Plains horses are far behind our Xianbei horses, let alone compared with Xiongnu horses. I really don't know if you are How did you defeat the Huns!"

Hearing this, Fan Xiliang laughed: "We need good horses precisely because there are no good horses."

"You wouldn't have robbed the horses of the Huns, would you?"

"That's not true." Fan Xiliang explained: "The ability to defeat the Xiongnu all depends on the proper command of His Royal Highness, and the great power of the new army."

"Of course, His Royal Highness also got some good horses by chance. Many horsemen have seen these horses and said they are good horses. They are taking good care of them and hope to breed good offspring."

"Whether it is a good horse or not is not up to your horse master!" Tuoba Lei said arrogantly: "How many good horses can they see!"

"That's right." Fan Xiliang said with a smile: "Then ask your envoy to help identify it."

"Where is the horse?"

"just in front!"

While talking, a group of people walked past the horse training ground and came to the pasture where the horses were raised.

At this moment, a horse master walked over leading a steed.

Fan Xiliang stopped and introduced: "This is the good horse I want the envoy to identify."

Hearing this, several Xianbei envoys showed an impatient look, but when they walked into the horse in front of them, they were immediately attracted by it.

Especially Tuoba Lei who was walking in the front, his eyes were straightened.

"This is." Tuoba Lei seemed a little unbelievable.

Fan Xiliang smiled, took a few steps forward, raised his hand and said, "I would like your envoy to make a proper identification."

"Humph!"

Tuoba Lei snorted coldly, he was no longer in the mood to be courteous to Fan Xiliang, he walked directly to the horse, and stretched out his hand to stroke the horse's neck.

I saw that this horse was very tall, far surpassing any prairie horse he had seen.

Moreover, although the horse was tall, its limbs were slender and slender, and it was a horse breed that was good at running long distances.

"Where did you get this horse?"

Tuoba Lei turned his head to look at Fan Xiliang with a serious expression.

It could be seen that he seemed to realize something.

But Fan Xiliang still had a modest smile on his face, and said, "Didn't you just say that? This is what His Royal Highness got by chance!"

Hearing this, Tuoba Lei gritted his teeth.

He knew that it was impossible to get such a good horse by accident, and he also knew that Fan Xiliang would not tell him easily.

But he had no choice but to continue to observe the horse in front of him, hoping to get more information from the horse.

Tuoba Lei opened the horse's mouth, looked at her teeth, and bent down to measure the horse's legs.

As he saw, it was indeed a fine horse.

Not only better than the horses of the Xianbei people, but even better than the horses of the Huns.

In Tuoba Lei's view, this is a rare good horse.

They had never seen such a fine horse, nor had they even heard of such a fine horse.

But it is impossible for them to admit that this is a Central Plains horse.

Seeing that Tuoba Lei did not speak, Fan Xiliang looked at his companion with a smile on his face, and asked lightly: "What do you think of this horse?"

"This"

Tuoba Lei's companion naturally also saw that it was a good horse, but they refused to admit it, so they could only keep silent.

"It's just average, similar to the horse we rode here." Tuoba Lei pretended to be impatient and said something, and suddenly looked at the horseman, intending to find a place in his horse, so he asked the horseman: "Are you a Hun?"

"Are you blind?"

Master Ma said a little unhappy; "I'm also from Xianbei!"

"Are you from Xianbei?"

Tuoba Lei was a little surprised.

Because there is not much difference in appearance between the Xianbei people and the Huns, but the costumes are slightly different.

This horse master is wearing ordinary clothes, just looking at his appearance, he really can't tell.

But the horse master didn't seem to want to talk to Tuoba Leiduo on the issue of race, so he just snorted coldly and said, "Just now, from your tone of voice, it seemed that we looked down on our horse. This is a thousand-mile horse. Do you have good eyesight? Don't say you are the same as me." I'm from Xianbei, I'm afraid of losing face!"

"Such a good horse, if you have the opportunity to see it in this life, it's not bad, and you dare to speak nonsense!"

"you!"

Hearing Master Ma's words, Tuoba Lei was so angry that he couldn't speak.

The rest of the Xianbei envoys were also a little embarrassed, especially the envoy who had ridiculed the Central Plains horse just now, and immediately stood up: "This horse is indeed good, we admit it, but improving the horse breed will not happen overnight. A long time, right?"

"Yes, that's right, even if it is an improved horse breed, not every horse is like this, I think this is a good horse!" Another Xianbei envoy seemed to have grasped a certain key, and hurriedly echoed.

When Tuoba Lei heard the words, most of his anger disappeared immediately, and he looked at the Xianbei envoy who stood up with appreciation.

However, before the Xianbei envoys were too happy, Master Ma sneered again: "Who told you that this is an improved horse breed?"

"Ok?"

"Who told you there was only one good horse?"

"what?"

The Xianbei envoys had smiles on their faces, but their bodies froze instantly, as if petrified.

The horse master gave them a disdainful look, and immediately whistled towards the pasture.

Not long after, the sound of galloping horseshoes spread throughout the valley like thunder.

All the Xianbei envoys followed the prestige and saw the same good horses appearing in front of them. Roughly estimated, there were at least a thousand horses.

Obediently burrowing!
is this real? !

All the Xianbei envoys widened their eyes, and couldn't believe what they saw.

They never expected that there are so many excellent horse breeds in the world.

Compared with food and rugby, the Xianbei people on the grassland love horses more. In their eyes, so many horses are like thousands of peerless beauties, which dazzles them.

"We have so many Maxima, do we still need to improve?"

The horse master looked at his compatriots like looking at a country bumpkin, and then showed a smug smile: "Only those who have never seen a good horse will think about breeding a horse all day long!"

"This"

The Xianbei envoys were speechless.

"In the future, the knights of the Great Qin will ride thousands of miles of horses, not to mention the destroyed Xiongnu, even you Xianbei, you can only envy."

After saying this, Master Ma looked at the Xianbei envoys with disdain, and led Ma Yang away.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Zhao Kun was sitting at the Lion House Racecourse, eating shaved ice and watching the game.

Beside him, Zheng Man waited on him carefully.

"call"

Zhao Kun exhaled white air into the air, then turned to look at Zheng Man: "Zheng Dianke seems to be related to Lao Chang Feng Zheng Guo?"

"Zheng Guo is my father." Zheng Man replied cautiously.

"So that's it, I said that you are somewhat alike."

Zhao Kun nodded suddenly, and said again: "Your father has made great contributions to Daqin, especially in water conservancy, which is very remarkable. Why don't you learn water conservancy from your father?"

"Returning to His Royal Highness, my minister is not as talented as my second brother in water conservancy. My father often said that water conservancy is related to the Qin State's eternal career, and it must not be careless. My character is not suitable for such a major event." Zheng Man replied respectfully.

"Is your father all right now?"

"After Zhao Gao and Hu Hai rebelled, he retired and returned to his hometown. Now he and his second brother built a hut in Zhengguo Canal to observe the water situation every day."

"Ah."

Zhao Kun hummed and didn't say any more.

Such a veteran has his own plans, and he doesn't want to interfere with the path chosen by others.

Just like that, the two were silent for a while, and the Xianbei envoys who were watching the horses came to the viewing platform in disgrace.

"Everyone."

Seeing the Xianbei envoy approaching, Zhao Kun put down the shaved ice and greeted them.

But the Xianbei envoy seemed to be hit hard enough that he didn't hear Zhao Kun's words at all.

So Zhao Kun cleared his throat, raised his voice, and shouted again: "Messengers?"

"Ok?"

This time the Xianbei envoys heard it clearly, and then looked up at Zhao Kun.

"I have seen His Royal Highness."

Tuoba Lei led his companions to salute Zhao Kun.

Zhao Kun waved his hand and asked with a warm smile, "What do you think of those horses?"

"This"

Tuoba Lei hesitated for a moment, and replied sincerely: "Prairie people love two things in their lives, one is a beautiful woman, and the other is a good horse that gallops on the grassland. The horse of His Royal Highness is a good horse!"

"What do you mean by this, I have a good vision?"

"Of course." Tuoba Lei said enviously, "With these good horses, Daqin's cavalry will be stronger."

"Although horses are good horses, they are far from enough to equip an army, and they need time to breed." Zhao Kun waved his hand with a smile.

"That will happen sooner or later, His Royal Highness is humble."

"Ha ha."

Zhao Kun smiled noncommittally.

Zheng Man at the side suddenly said: "Since your envoy thinks this horse is good, His Royal Highness is finally at ease giving it away."

"Send the Chollima to someone?"

Tuoba Lei was surprised.

"Yup!"

Zheng Man nodded with a smile and said: "The horses of His Royal Highness are only a little better than those of the Central Plains. Since the envoy thinks these horses are not bad, it is not impolite for His Royal Highness to give these horses away."

When Tuoba Lei heard this, he couldn't believe his ears, and looked at Zhao Kun excitedly: "His Royal Highness wants to send a horse?"

"Ah."

Zhao Kun smiled and nodded: "For Wuhuan."

"What?" Tuoba Lei stood up suddenly: "You gave the horse to Wuhuan?!"

"Your envoy is a little rude!"

Zheng Man cast a cold glance at Tuoba Lei.

Tuoba Lei was stared at coldly, and immediately realized his gaffe, sat down quickly, and hurriedly said to Zhao Kun: "Why did His Royal Highness give the horse to Wuhuan, these are rare good horses!"

"The etiquette of our Central Plains people is that coming and going is inappropriate. Wuhuan gave me a gift, so I naturally want to give them back."

Zhao Kun said with a smile, squinted his eyes and said, "I just plan to send a horse, so you don't have to get too excited!"

What come and go is indecent, we also gave gifts, okay!
Tuoba Lei shouted in his heart, still looking at Zhao Kun with excitement on his face: "His Royal Highness, please forgive me for being rude, but our Xianbei performance in the north is not worse than Wuhuan, why don't you send us?"

Hearing this, Zhao Kun frowned slightly, but remained silent.

Zheng Man explained: "Your envoy may have misunderstood. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent the horse not because of the war in the north, but as a gift from friends."

"friend?"

Tuoba Lei hesitated for a moment, and said, "Could it be that he represents the Great Qin Emperor?"

"of course."

"This"

Tuoba Lei was at a loss for words, feeling very unwilling, he suddenly stood up and saluted Zhao Kun respectfully: "His Royal Highness, I was in the Dianke Mansion before, and I have offended you a lot. I hope His Highness will not blame the Xianbei tribe for this."

"Your envoy misunderstood again. His Royal Highness did not blame anyone or any tribe. It was just a personal relationship with the Wuhuan envoy."

"Then why does His Highness the Crown Prince only want to be friends with the Wuhuan envoy and not my Xianbei envoy?"

"This is also the sincerity of the Wuhuan envoy."

"Sincerely?" Tuoba Lei frowned.

Zheng Man sighed and said, "To be honest, Wuhuan will regard me, Daqin, as the suzerain soon."

"what!?"

Tuoba Lei was taken aback: "You said that Wuhuan regards Qin as the suzerain?"

"I believe this time will not be too long."

Zheng Man nodded and looked at Zhao Kun.

Zhao Kun pondered for a while, and explained to Tuoba Lei: "Ubar helped me a lot in the matter of Wuhuan enshrining Qin as the suzerain, so I naturally want to give him a generous gift."

"Besides, this Lord is the prince of Great Qin. The future Emperor of Great Qin should give great love to the vassal state."

As soon as this remark came out, the Xianbei envoys immediately went into an uproar.

They didn't expect that Wuhuan would really become a vassal state of Qin.

Moreover, he also won the friendship of the future Emperor Qin and obtained a fine horse.

This astonishing news was like a bolt from the blue to Xianbei.

Because if there is a conflict between Xianbei and Wuhuan, Qin, the suzerain state, will inevitably intervene, and they will have great concerns.

In the future, when dealing with the Wuhuan people, I am afraid that we will have to be more cautious.

More importantly, Wuhuan has a good breed of horses, and their combat power will be greatly increased on the grasslands that rely on cavalry to fight.

The military gap between Wuhuan and Xianbei will also narrow dramatically.

This is definitely not good news for Xianbei.

Even in Tuoba Lei's view, this news is directly related to the next division of the territory.

After all, all the good horse breeds were given away, and it is not impossible to give away some good land.

Prince Daqin's attitude towards Xianbei is completely different from Wuhuan, which is not a good sign for Xianbei.

But Xianbei can't do anything about it.

"Why did things develop like this? What is the problem? We are obviously contributing the most on the battlefield!"

Tuoba Lei couldn't figure it out, and the Xianbei envoys couldn't figure it out either, and they all showed blank expressions.

The previous arrogance has long since dissipated, replaced by bitterness.

After a long while, Tuoba Lei looked at Zhao Kun in a daze; "Wuhuan really intends to treat Qin as the suzerain?"

(End of this chapter)