After traveling through time, I took command and led the troops to conquer the mountains and rivers.

Chapter 58 Buying a Horse
There are endless mountains on the border between Dazhou and Nanman. If someone is passing by, it's okay to take a carriage.

But if the horse team is doing business and pulling heavy or large objects, they can only rely on horses and camels.

Yu Jia came forward without hiding his identity from the businessman and directly revealed his identity.

The money provided for the supplies needed by the army was sufficient, so the merchants were happy to do their work.

The two reached a friendly negotiation and the business went smoothly.

I started buying carpets and ended up buying furniture.

For a time, Nanman furniture became popular in the Bashu area.

Who doesn't know that General Li Yanzhao, the prince of the army, lives an elegant life and the things he uses are sure to be good.

The second team of soldiers led by Yu Jia became really busy for a while.

They rented a store in Mengcheng, specializing in selling Nanman specialties, especially furniture, which was the hottest business.

From the beginning of February to the end of May, the Nanman merchants realized something was wrong.

Every time merchants from the Zhou Dynasty came to buy goods, they not only bought huge items, but also bought their strong horses.

The reason given by others is also very normal. The journey back is difficult and transporting it by horse-drawn carriage may leave flaws.

Nowadays, these items are popular in the Great Zhou Dynasty. If there are any traces of them, they will be difficult to sell.

At first, the Nanman merchants felt that the Zhou people were spineless, but later they purchased a huge number of horses, so they quickly reported it to the county magistrate.

When the county magistrate thought about it, he realized that his whole house had been stolen even though he was selling it for nothing, and the news reached Mu Zha Ling's ears.

When the merchants of the Zhou Dynasty entered the goods and prepared to leave the customs, they detained them together with their horses and men.

At first, the merchant of Dazhou did not admit that there was anything wrong with what he did.

Mu Zhaling sneered repeatedly, "Do you need such tall and strong horses to transport supplies?"

"This horse is more expensive than the furniture you bought this time. What are you trying to do?"

Then he killed the Zhou merchants and threw them at the border.

Early in the morning, the sentry discovered the abnormality and brought back the body of the Dazhou merchant.

Li Yanzhao's eyes were splitting when he looked at the corpse, and he immediately called Yu Jia, who was in charge of purchasing, "How many horses have been bought so far?"

Yu Jia felt very sad when she saw the corpse, and had to suppress her heart and replied angrily.

"Eight hundred and sixty-three have been bought!"

After three months of non-stop buying horses in this way, I still didn't buy enough 1,000 horses.

"Almost!" Li Yanzhao asked Xiang Lin Gongxun.

"What do you think of the meritorious service?"

Lin Gongxun clasped his hands in his fists and said, "General, this much is enough. You can strengthen your training from now on!"

Yu Jia's mind was spinning, "General, the Southern Barbarian cavalry is extremely fast and fierce. If we train as an equestrian instructor normally, we may not be up to expectations!"

"But the best instructor in our army is only at this level!" Lin Gongxun thought thoughtfully.

He turned to look at Yu Jia, "You don't want to capture Nanman soldiers and become our army's instructors, do you?"

As soon as these words came out, Yu Jia did not express surprise, but Li Yanzhao raised his voice.

"How can this be?"

He looked at Yu Jia, "What can you do?"

Yu Jia looked at the corpse on the ground. In the past few months, she had become very familiar with the leader of the caravan, so she also had a good understanding of the situation in the caravan.

"There are people from the Zhou Dynasty and Nanman in the caravan, and there are also people who are good at riding."

"Muzaling killed the people in the caravan this time, and there are also their relatives in the remaining caravans in our country."

"Everyone is looking for a living. Mu Zha Ling insists on cutting off other people's lives. How can he not arouse hatred?"

Li Yanzhao thought for a moment after hearing this, "I'll leave this matter to you!"

Yu Jia takes the order!

When Yi Jia walked out of the tent, Li Yanzhao asked Lin Gongxun, "What do you think of her?" Lin Gongxun narrowed his eyes, "She has a quick mind and is a good material!"

Li Yanzhao's thoughts flashed by, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Yu Jia returned to the Mengcheng store and found Acheng, the waiter.

Acheng's brother went to Nanman with the caravan two days ago, but the news has not been sent back yet.

As soon as Yu Jia walked into the store, Acheng came over and said, "Shopkeeper, business is very good today. There are only two sets of tables left for sale."

"When my brother and the others come back, we can also replenish new supplies!"

Yu Jia looked at the simple and honest thin young man in front of her and didn't know how to speak.

Seeing Yu Jia's ugly face, Acheng hurriedly moved a chair and asked, "Is the shopkeeper tired?"

"Acheng, stop working so hard. You may have to do other tasks recently!"

Acheng suddenly became panicked, "Shopkeeper, is there something I didn't do well?"

He grew up living with his brother in a mountain valley. A few years ago, he was captured by the Nanman and sent to fight, and he lost half his life on the battlefield.

After finally leaving the military camp and following his brother to Mengcheng to settle down, will he have to live a life of uncertainty again?
"Acheng, listen to me!"

Her eyes were full of sadness, "You live in our country, can we treat you differently?"

Acheng shook his head quickly, "No, they are even better than the Nanman people who treat us!"

"But the Southern Barbarians don't care about brotherhood!" Yu Jia's eyes turned red.

"I got the news today that the head of the house and twenty-two of his assistants were killed by the Nanman army. No one survived!"

"What?" Acheng said incoherently as his whole body was shaking.

"Then my brother, was my brother also killed? It's impossible. How can a Nanman kill a Nanman?"

Yu Jia knew this was cruel, but she still let him face reality and took him into the military camp.

Yu Jia didn't want to face the tragic scene at all, so she turned and returned to the camp.

She paid for the caravan's funeral arrangements, finished disposing of the items in the store, and then handed over Acheng's new mission.

Acheng refused at first because he was really afraid of the killings on the battlefield.

Yu Jia told him that he would not be allowed to go to the battlefield, but would only let him train the cavalry and teach the cavalry how to deal with the Southern Barbarian cavalry.

Besides, Nanman also had a deep hatred against him.

Acheng then reluctantly agreed.

Lin Gongxun looked at the timid young man in front of him and doubted his ability.

"Is this okay?"

Yu Jia said confidently: "The person I choose will not be wrong!"

Sure enough, as Yu Jia said, after Acheng got on the horse, he seemed to be a different person, with eyes as bright as a torch and decisive killing.

"Oh, you really have such momentum!"

"Hey hey hey!" Yu Jia saw that Lin Gongxun was very satisfied with Acheng, so she reminded Lin Gongxun.

"Then Captain, don't forget what you promised me before!"

"What?" Lin Gongxun looked confused, "What did I promise you again?"

"Ah?" Yu Jia stamped her foot. She didn't realize that she was in the form of a little girl at this time.

"You promised me to get horses and change our weapons for us!"

"Oh!" Lin Gongxun deliberately lengthened his voice.

"That's what you're talking about!"

He paused and continued: "But weren't we talking about giving you a reward after you bought a thousand horses?"

"How can I give it to you if you haven't bought enough for a thousand horses?"

(End of this chapter)