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Xiliang has nine golden tribes. Except for the golden Maha royal family, the other eight golden tribes occupy one side, and the golden Nashi tribe sits in the Gulaqin grassland.

The Xiliang prairie is divided into three areas, the Gulaqin prairie controlled by the Nashi tribe in the west, the Mangha prairie controlled by the Qingtan tribe in the south, and the Qingluo prairie controlled by the Maha royal family. In other words, Qingluo Prairie has the largest area, and it is also the birthplace of Xiliang Maha Zang. The area of ​​Gulaqin Prairie plus Mangha Prairie is only comparable to that of Qingluo Prairie.

Although the Xiliang cavalry is famous all over the world, Xiliang is not rich in horses everywhere, and only these three grasslands can produce purebred Xiliang horses.

The selection of war horses in Xiliang is very strict, and not all horses can meet the standards. For all countries, cavalry is the most terrifying combat force, but it is not easy to form a powerful cavalry army.

Xiliang attacked the Qin Dynasty, known as one hundred thousand cavalry, but only half of the real cavalry, and in the process of crossing the desert, lost a lot of horses, that is the cavalry legion that Xiliang spent many years of manpower, material and financial resources to form, it can be seen that Xiliang Although it is rich in horses, the number of war horses produced will never be as large as people imagine.

Among the three major grasslands, although the Qingluo Prairie is located in the middle and has a vast territory, compared to the number of elite war horses produced, it is not as good as the Gulaqin Prairie.

Therefore, although the number of cattle and sheep turned in to the Gulaqin Grassland is not large every year, it has to supply a large number of war horses to Qingluo City, which has become a major burden on the Gulaqin Grassland.

For the chief officer of the Nashi tribe, in addition to assisting the patriarch in handling the government affairs of the Gulaqin Grassland, the most important task is to supervise that the Gulaqin Grassland can turn over the war horses every year, so in the Nashi tribe , a special horse supervision camp was set up under the command of the Da Zhiguan, all of whom are masters of horse appraisal. These people often lead people around the Gulaqin grassland. As long as they see a good horse on the grassland, they can pay for it. Acquire them, or even forcibly recruit them.

The reason for the early establishment of the Supervising Horse Camp was actually that Qingluo City did not want to see the Gulaqin Grassland warhorses grow stronger, and collected good horses back to the Qingluo Prairie, thereby reducing the strength of the Gulaqin Grassland warhorses. Laqin is rich in strong war horses, and there is more or less a threat to Qingluo King City.

It's just that the horse officials in the horse camp soon discovered a way to make money from it.

The horses in the grassland are divided into official horses and private horses. The official horses are the special grasslands designated by each tribe, and the official horses are kept for handing over.

The source of the official horses naturally came from the private horses of the herdsmen at first. Once the private horses of the herdsmen gave birth to cubs, special personnel from the tribe would go to check them. They will spend a lot of property to buy them, and then send them to the official horse pasture for domestication.

When the official horses grow up, they will be screened again. Only two or three out of ten horses can become offering horses. The selected horses will be sold in the horse market regularly opened by the tribe, and they will be sold first to this horse market. The herdsmen of the tribe will sell the rest to other tribes who lack horses, especially the mountain tribes, who are seriously short of horses and have a very strong need for horses.

In addition to official horses, many grassland herdsmen also own their own personal property, such as cattle and sheep, such as horses, which are passed down from their parents, and some are rewarded for their work.

The horse officers of the horse supervision camp inspected the good horses in the Gulaqin prairie, and found the trick to make a fortune, that is, every horse is a good horse, and blackmails the herdsmen on the grassland.

In addition to regular inspections of official horses, what they are most interested in is wandering in the grasslands, looking for ordinary herdsmen. Once they catch them, as long as they are horses that can still be seen, they will flock to them, claiming that they are identified as excellent horses and suitable for use. War horse, make a show, according to the rules, you have to buy the horse at a very low price.

Such a price is often less than [-]% of the value of the horses. For herdsmen, horses are indispensable for grazing, and horses are the most precious property of individuals, so disputes will naturally arise. Horse officials are all arrogant and unreasonable people, but some herdsmen Arguing will be even more unreasonable, and horses will be forced to be requisitioned. Often at such times, the herdsmen are in a weak position and cannot compete.

After forcing the herdsmen to a point of no choice, the horse officials acted like good people, saying that if they were really reluctant to part with the horses, they had to take out some belongings, so that the horses could be kept without forced requisition.

The herdsmen really had no choice but to take out their belongings to keep the horses, and the horse officials made a lot of money from this.

The herdsmen were naturally dissatisfied with this, and the patriarchs of all ethnic groups also hated these horse officials who ate human blood. They once approached the patriarch of the Golden Tribe to resolve the matter. The officials often use the name of the court to suppress the patriarch, but they also know that it is not good to do too much, so they also impose a little restraint on the prison camp. But it never stopped.

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The chief officer of the Gulaqin Grassland is in charge of the prison camp, and the prison camp is wandering around, one is to blackmail property, and the other is indeed to find good horses, but not all the good horses found will be used as official horses When sent to Qingluo King City, the real good horses among them are often detained by the big officials and become their own private possessions.

Men on the prairie, the biggest hobby is horses. The chief officer of the Gulaqin prairie has two hobbies, one is women, and the other is horses.

Da Zhiguan specially designated a horse farm less than 200 miles away from the history headquarters. The water and grass here are fertile, the rainfall is abundant, and there is a river, which is most suitable for raising horses. Da Zhiguan's golden-roofed tent was set up here. In this area, although it is claimed that good horses are raised here to be dedicated to the Maha royal family, this horse farm is actually the private horse farm of the Da Zhiguan, and there are more than [-] good horses in it, all of which are privately owned by the Da Zhiguan Horses, of course, are used as gifts for others, but they are even the personal horses that the big officials regard as life.

As the chief administrator of the Gulaqin Grassland, he is the largest administrator in the Gulaqin Grassland. His power is not lower than that of the Golden Patriarch, and the Jinding tent camp where he is stationed is within fifteen miles around. , except for the golden patriarch, no one can enter without a notification.

The Golden Tribe has a chief officer. For each chief officer, Qingluo Royal City will prepare [-] light cavalry. These [-] light cavalry are only allocated by the chief officer, and the gold patriarch has no right to transfer.

These light cavalry are all descendants of the Maha clan, and the chief officials of each tribe are definitely from the Maha royal family. The chief official of the Gulaqin prairie is the younger brother of the current king of Xiliang, called Maha Daqing, who is nearly fifty years old, is very scheming, firmly grasping the regime in the Gulaqin Grassland, and has been closely monitoring the Jinnashi family Zhang under his nose.

Moha Daqing took his own safety very seriously. Although Qingluo Wangcheng equipped him with 2000 light cavalry, he still felt that it was not safe enough. He once acted as a guard in the Gulaqin Grassland, and now he has a A guard of nearly [-] people, the equipment of this guard is very good, guarding around the Jinding tent, and dispatched rangers on the outside, the rangers will be tens of miles around the Jinding tent every day In order to ensure the absolute safety of the Golden Roof Tent.

Maha Daqing was under layers of protection, and lived in this pasture very comfortably and without any worries. He loved women and horses, because the Xiliang Kingdom began to learn Chinese culture very early, and many people also practiced calligraphy in an arty way. For painting, in Xiliang Kingdom, only nobles are qualified to read Han books. Maha Daqing was born in a royal family with a noble status, so he was naturally arty. When he was young, he found a painter to learn painting. He has great painting skills, but among the Maha royal family, he is also one of the few nobles who are proficient in painting.

What Moha Daqing likes to do the most, besides taking his dozen or so women for a ride on horseback, the other thing is that he likes to call his own women to his golden-roofed tent, in front of these women. He paints with brushstrokes, and every time he calls these women over, what he paints is always a horse.

The steeds in the paintings are also one of the many fine horses he raised.

For Moha Daqing, most of the horses in this horse farm are his life. Every time he gets a horse, he will take his own woman to watch it carefully, and then solemnly give it a famous name. And his women must remember the shape characteristics of the horse and its name, because after Maha Daqing draws the horse, whoever can be the first to say the name of the horse drawn will get a huge reward .

Because of this, what the women around him are most willing to do is to observe the shape characteristics of the horses in the racecourse, and then remember the name of each horse in their hearts, so that when Maha Daqing paints, he can get reward.

At dusk, Maha Daqing was painting in the big golden-roofed tent, surrounded by a dozen women with different appearances. Among these women, besides people from Xiliang, there were also women from other countries in the western regions. Some are tall and big, some are petite and exquisite, some are enchanting and tall, some are thin and slender, and some are plump and strong. At this time, these women are all staring at the scroll and watching Moha Daqing paint.

"It's Wanlifei!" Only a small part of the picture was drawn, and a plump woman couldn't wait to scream. Moha Daqing laughed, stretched out his hand and slapped the woman's fat buttocks, and said: "Wrong, This slap is a punishment, if anyone says something wrong again, they will take off their clothes and walk around the tent."

At this moment, a voice came from outside the tent: "Report, Flying Eagle sent a message, a troop of cavalry appeared from the south, there are 600 people, coming this way!"

Moha Daqing paused his brush, frowned, and asked loudly, "Who is it?"

"No news." The voice outside said: "It's just that the speed is extremely fast, and it will enter the restricted area soon!"

Maha Daqing put the writing brush away, put his hands behind his back, and walked out of the big tent. Outside the door, he reported to his cronies, Commander Duoji, two thousand commanders under his guard, and two commanders, all of whom were his cronies. , Sneered and said: "Five or 600 people? Who is going to die. Duoji, take someone up to meet him, see what's going on, find out the reason, and report to me quickly!"

Duoji gathered a team of light cavalry and led the team to meet the south. After walking less than twenty miles, he heard the sound of rumbling horseshoes in front of him, and saw a group of cavalry not far away coming here in darkness. Come quickly.

As soon as Duoji waved, the [-] light cavalry who followed him had been quickly distributed. It seemed that they were arranged in a fan shape, bowing their bows and setting arrows, drawing their bows to the full moon, aiming at the front, and waiting in full force.

The opponent's momentum continued unabated, and a person beside Duoji had already said: "Chief Commander, it seems that the people who came came from the Zhuoyan Department, and they played the moon flag!"

Although all the tribes in the grassland belong to the Daxiliang Empire, each tribe has its own tribal flag. The Zhuoyan tribe is in the Moon Lake area, and their tribal flag is the Moon Banner.

Duoji looked cold and stern, "Sure enough, they are from the Zhuoyan tribe. Who allowed them to gather troops?" He pulled out the scimitar at his waist, held the handle tightly, and said with a sneer, "Is the Zhuoyan tribe planning to rebel?" ?”