At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 306
Gao Bufan didn't know how many years Xia Bangxian had followed his father, Gao Kaishan. Anyway, since he could remember, Xia Bangxian was the housekeeper, and he took care of everything related to money, so Gao Bufan nicknamed him Xia Caishen.Xia Caishen is always smiling, and his relationship with his father Gao Kaishan is not like a master and a servant, but more like a brother, so Gao Bufan never regards Steward Xia as a servant. Although he sometimes jokes a few words, he treats him like Treat and trust like an uncle.

Now that Butler Xia came to Zhuojun County, Gao Bufan immediately handed over the box of "soft food money" used for building the racecourse to him, completely becoming the shopkeeper.When Xia Bangxian saw the large box of gold, silver and jewelry, he couldn't help being surprised, and asked Gao Bufan where he got it from.

At this moment, even though Gao Bufan was not thin-skinned, he couldn't help but blush a little, and told the truth bravely. Xia Caishen immediately gave a thumbs up and praised the young master, as expected, "a cow is better than a cleft hoof", and then he put the box away with peace of mind. After accepting the gold and silver, he thought to himself: "People need a dowry to marry a daughter-in-law. Our young master didn't spend a penny, and the girl paid a dowry of tens of thousands of taels of silver for nothing. But then again, rebellion is a very lucrative business. Dou Jiande has only been working for a year, so he is so rich and powerful!"

Hey, God of Wealth Xia has a great time collecting money now, but when he learned the price of his young master marrying Dou Xianniang, he was trembling with heartache. He regretted accepting this box of jewelry back then, and regretted it so much that his intestines were green The kind, of course, these are things for later, let’s not talk about it for the time being, in short, Lao Dou is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and even the principal and interest are taken back, it is still the kind of compound interest!
In the afternoon, Gao Bufan was planning to go out of the city with Xia Caishen to watch the horses. The county magistrate of Jixian County brought someone to the door in person, asked in detail about the assassination on Changjie yesterday, and left after making a statement. He did not promise when the case would be solved. , although the attitude was polite, it seemed that it was just going through the motions. Of course, Gao Bufan didn't expect them to solve the case.

After seeing off the county lieutenant and a bunch of yamen servants, Gao Bufan and Xia Steward went out of the city and came to the place where the horses were camped. As soon as they dismounted, they saw familiar faces, and they couldn't help being a little surprised.

"Master Bufan! Master Bufan!" Han Xiaoyun yelled joyfully, ran up bouncingly, and took the reins from Gao Bufan very cleverly.

Gao Bufan rubbed the boy's head, and said with a smile, "Yes, I have grown taller and much stronger."

I haven't seen him for several months. Han Xiaoyun has indeed grown a lot, probably because of his adequate nutrition. He has become much stronger, like a little tiger.

"Master Gao!"

"Master Extraordinary"

At this time, Liu Qijin and Liu Gou'er also surrounded them, with admiring smiles on their faces. Behind them were more than 20 people including Han Laoshi and Liu Ying, all of whom were villagers from Liu'an Village who had participated in the battle in Liaodong.

"Uncle Liu, Uncle Han, Qijin, Gou'er, you are all here!" Gao Bufan said happily.

Han Laoshi is not good at words, he just cracked his mouth and smiled innocently, while Liu Ying said gratefully: "Thanks to Mr. Gao for going to Huaiyuan City to deal with it, General Yu let us go back to our hometown for Mr. Gao's sake, otherwise we They have to go to Goguryeo for the second time with the army, and they may all die there in the end.”

As soon as this remark came out, all the villagers showed gratitude.At this time Liu Ying sighed, and continued: "We just returned to the village, and found out that the county is forcing people to join the army again, so we had to go to the Flying Eagle Racecourse to find the owner of the Gaochang asylum. We might need manpower to open the racecourse, so I begged Steward Xia to bring us to seek refuge with Mr. Gao, and hoped that Mr. Gao would take us in."

After Liu Ying finished speaking, all the villagers looked at Gao Bufan anxiously. They didn't want to be conscripted into the army and sent to Goguryeo to die!

Gao Bufan smiled and said: "Of course, there is no problem. The racecourse is short of manpower, so you can stay at the racecourse to work in the future, but the racecourse has not been built yet. As the saying goes, everything is difficult in the beginning, so the conditions must be very difficult at the beginning. You guys have to think about it."

All the villagers immediately burst into smiles when they heard the words, and expressed that they were not afraid of suffering, no matter how difficult it was, how miserable would it be to die on the battlefield?

This kid Han Xiaoyun jumped up and down, and shouted happily: "Look at what I said, Mr. Gao will definitely take us in, Dad, when the horse farm here is built, we will take mother over as well."

Han Laoshi grinned and nodded. He was obviously very happy, and Gao Bufan was also very happy. These villagers are all young and strong who have seen blood on the battlefield. They are not comparable to ordinary people. They are excellent fighters without training. The security force of the racecourse was reduced, but unfortunately the number was less.

Speaking of which, the quota for war horses at Flying Eagle Racecourse this year has also increased by 850%, that is, [-] horses. After half a month of busy work, Gao Kaishan and Xia Steward finally got it together. The county was in charge of the accounts, so Gao Kaishan asked Steward Xia to bring the horses from the racecourse to Zhuojun to deliver them, and he also brought Han Laoshi and others along the way.

Next, Gao Bufan personally took people to the Taipu Temple to deliver the war horses, and this time he unexpectedly met Taipu Temple Shaoqing Yu Wenhuaji.Gao Bufan originally thought that this guy would make things difficult for him, but the result was unexpected. Instead of making things difficult, Yu Wenhuaji immediately sent people out of the city to inspect the horses at Feiying Racecourse, and then delivered them smoothly.

"Thank you, Mr. Yuwen!" Gao Bufan took over the stamped delivery document from Yu Wenhuaji, and after checking that it was correct, he handed it to Steward Xia to put it away.

Yu Wenhuaji snorted slightly, and said indifferently: "Inspector Gao Mu is polite, I'm just doing business. By the way, when will your Flying Eagle Racecourse be built in Zhuojun's racecourse, I will go to inspect it in person when the time comes. To determine the horse quota that your racecourse must hand in next year."

"Lord Yuwen, don't worry, on the day the racecourse opens, I will definitely invite you to have a drink or two, and leave!" Gao Bufan took Steward Xia Shi Shiran away after finishing speaking.

The two walked out of Taipusi's office, and Steward Xia immediately said strangely: "It's weird, Yu Wenhuaji went to our racecourse last year to play the autumn wind, and his face was as if he was [-], why is he so polite to you now, young master?" ?”

Gao Bufan also found it strange that Yu Wenhuaji looked at him with a little more fear, could it be that he started to be afraid of himself because he turned his back on the general in the Wenhua Palace last time and turned his face into disgrace?It's just... This guy is a hero who dares to kill even Yang Guang, isn't he so timid?
Gao Bufan really couldn't figure out the reason, and he didn't bother to think about it. In short, if Yu Wenhuaji didn't take the initiative to provoke him, he wouldn't ask for trouble. The first task at present is to get the racecourse well and raise the horses. With a solid base, and a horse in hand, naturally don't panic!
(End of this chapter)