In terms of value, a good horse could be exchanged for two bottles of perfume and ten pieces of soap. This was considered a normal trade.
The perfume in the glass bottle was not cheap at all.
In terms of practical use, the other party was a gift. The big stallion was indeed useful. The Winged Knights had a lot of horses and used them for breeding.
Even if it was a gift from the other party, a person with such a big horse would not use it to exchange for perfume. He must have other horses at home.
Not long after, a large group of people came over.
They were all riding horses. Judging from the condition of the horses, they were all good horses.
They did not have weapons in their hands, but they had earthen baskets with eggplants, cucumbers, and other vegetables in them.
The Winged Knights went up to receive the baskets and checked them.
The group of people dismounted. There were a total of thirty-three people. Judging from their clothes, they were living a good life.
However, after a person in his fifties dismounted, he was placed on a rattan chair and carried away by the others.
A young man in his twenties who was at the front waited for the search to be finished before he came to Li Yi alone.
"Greetings, Li Dongzhu. My family's surname is Wang. We are originally from Yinzhou. My name is Wang Ling.
My family rears horses for a living and is proficient in riding and archery. Twenty years ago, the Turks attacked Sheng Zhou.
My father gave ten horses to Andaomai's troops to resist the Turks.
The situation on the battlefield changed. When my father arrived, he was coincidentally involved in the battle. The cavalry from both sides were like shooting stars.
My father sent the horses out while he drew his bow and attacked the enemy with the Tang dynasty's border army. They won.
My father killed three enemies. His right thigh was hit by an arrow. He was in a hurry to remove the arrow and thought that he had removed it all … "
Wang Ling explained the situation. When his father removed the arrow, the tip of the arrow was broken and remained in his body.
At that time, his father was in his twenties. He also had a fever. Gradually, the wound healed.
He continued to rear horses. Due to his contributions in killing the enemy, even if he was not a soldier, he was still a meritorious officer.
It was not easy to kill three enemy cavalrymen. His father even gave him ten horses when they shot at each other on the battlefield.
He gave his father a rank three meritorious officer, a winged cavalry captain.
Sheng Zhou, Liangu County. Li Yi's hometown was a little north of Shenmu County. It was cold in winter and the weather was not good in spring and autumn.
In the past five to six years, his father's leg hurt. He could not continue living in that environment. Hence, he moved to the south of the Yellow River.
There were plains and mountains here, so they could continue to rear horses.
Nowadays, in addition to some vegetables, alfalfa was usually planted in greenhouses.
He didn't care what other people's horses ate in winter, but his horses had to have grass and silage.
His father's leg was in pain. When he heard that Li Yi's team was coming, he hurriedly gave the best stallion in the house to Li Yi, hoping to meet him.
Sure enough, he made the right bet.
"You want to take it out? We don't have enough equipment in the car. You need to follow me back to Zhuangzi. I want to see the situation around the thing clearly. "
Li Yi agreed after hearing that. This meant that the tissue around Wang Ling's father's leg continued to grow.
The pain was probably due to the pressure on the nerves. Otherwise, it would be fine. It was like a pearl, wrapped up layer by layer.
"Li Dongzhu, how much do you need? My family will give it to you now. "
Wang Ling heaved a sigh of relief. He was indeed a godly doctor. No one else dared to touch it, but the godly doctor said that he would take it out when he returned.
"I will keep your stallion and use it to breed with the Winged Knights' stallion. I will also give you two diesel lamps and provide you with 50 catties of diesel every month."
Li Yi said the price, gave the item, and always provided diesel.
Wang Ling recalled that he had asked for how much to treat his father's illness, not how much to exchange for the stallion, right?
"Li Dongzhu, I just asked for the price of removing the arrows for my father." Wang Ling emphasized.
"When injured for the country, the treatment is free. Coincidentally, your father is also a winged cavalry captain. The Winged Knights also have the word winged cavalry. This is fate."
Li Yi waved his hand. He couldn't accept this money.
Wang Ling was kind enough to give him a stallion. When he was involved in the battle, he immediately joined the battle and even killed three enemies.
If he didn't go, he wouldn't have encountered the enemy. If he didn't help, he wouldn't have been injured.
Wang Ling went and fought. Now that he was alive, he fought with his life on the line.
How could the Turks' equestrian archery skills be bad? It could only mean that Wang Ling's father's equestrian archery skills were better.
Of course, the Tang dynasty would take care of the injuries they suffered when fighting for the country.
He represented the Tang dynasty. He just needed to take a metal object, take an X-ray, cut a hole, take it out, and raise it.
"Thank you, Li Dongzhu." Wang Ling bowed to the ground. When he raised his head, his eyes were red.
"I should be the one thanking your father for fighting for the country. Without your father and others' blood, how could there be peace in the rear?
Your father will go with the troops to Hongnong first. I will check the situation on the way. Two people from your family will be enough.
In the future, if you have any problems at home, you can go to the Li Family Zhuangzi to find me. "
Li Yi promised that he would take care of things if he had any problems.
Sheng Province was north of Yinzhou. Wang Ling's father was obviously afraid that Sheng Province would be lost and then the Turks would attack Yinzhou.
He might as well give him something. He couldn't lose Sheng Province.
He was very smart and dared to fight for his own survival.
If he didn't give such a person benefits, the other soldiers would be bitterly disappointed.
Wang Ling hesitated and said, "I want to plant carrots and feed them to the horses."
He knew that carrots were already planted in the south. They needed to wait for seeds to be planted.
In the north, it was very difficult to extract seeds for carrots. They didn't need seeds and could be eaten.
He wanted to plant a dozen seeds in the greenhouse and reward the horses with carrots.
His family also raised poultry, hatched them on the stove, and planted soybeans.
Everything was to serve the horses. If pepper wasn't too expensive and couldn't be planted in the north, he would have used pepper to reward the horses.
"Okay, I will send someone back and send you a batch first. Cut the carrots and leave some behind. They can still grow.
You have horses that need to be bred. Bring them to Zhuangzi. Zhuangzi has good quality materials. Breed them and raise them before coming back. This … "
Li Yi suddenly paused when he was talking about breeding horses.
He slapped his forehead. "I forgot. How could I forget such an important thing? Your big stud horse is good. It looks like it can breed a thousand mares a year."
"Ah?" Wang Ling's eyes widened as he stared at Li Yi in disbelief.
His family raised horses. He had already memorized how many horses he could breed a year.
A thousand horses a year? Three horses a day? In less than a year, the horses would be useless in half a month.
No, it was impossible to breed three horses a day. That wasn't urine.
"Manual. I have the technology to help with manual labor. That … your horse can breed a thousand a year. It's easy.
My technology is mature and very convenient. It just needs someone to operate it. It's a little troublesome.
Does your family want to learn? If you do, I can … "
Li Yi thought of inoculating horses manually.
"No, my family doesn't want to die." Wang Ling shook his head quickly. He didn't want to learn.
A male horse breeding a thousand mares a year was a heaven-defying ability. After learning it, he would be taken away.
It was fine as long as he could breed. When the time came, he would send his mares over.
"Li Dongzhu, my family still has a few stallions. Although they can't be compared to Big Gao, they are not bad. I will send them to Zhuangzi. They can breed a few thousand horses a year. "
Wang Ling was willing to offer his horses. Big Gao was the name of a big stallion. It was easy to understand.
At that time, the number of horses in the Tang dynasty would increase rapidly. Even donkeys would be used to breed mules.
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