Kou Ji didn't hear Xiang Minzhong's words, and entered the room. Amid Xiang Minzhong's noise, he watched Xiang Minzhong's expression and asked about Xiang Minzhong's condition.
After learning that Xiang Minzhong, as usual, had no life concerns, Kou Ji sat in the room for a while.
When Xiang Minzhong shouted and was tired, he accompanied Xiang Minzhong to chat about some household things, then got up, arched his hands, and left.
Just out of Xiang Minzhong's bedroom, he didn't take two steps.
Send Madam to the maid beside him, holding a box, and handing it to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji took the box and sneered and ran away to the maid next to his wife, covering her mouth.
Kou Ji opened the box suspiciously, saw some papers and medicine bottles in it, opened one at random, and his face turned black.
It reads impressively.
Tian Ling Guan Sheng Zi's Secret Recipe...
You don't need to read more, and you know that the other papers in the box have similar things written on them. In those medicine bottles, 80% of them contain secret medicines that can help the birth of children.
Kou Ji crumpled the paper in his hand into a ball, threw it into the box, and took the box out of Xiangfu.
Get in the carriage and go all the way back to the house.
At the entrance of Maxing Street, when Kou Ji was about to find a secluded place to drop the box in his hand, a group of people blocked Kou Ji's path.
"Brother Kou Xian?"
A soft cry sounded outside the carriage.
Kou Ji opened the curtain, looked out, and saw a familiar but unfamiliar figure.
The familiar is his cheeks, the stranger is his clothes.
When that figure saw Kou Ji, his face showed great joy.
Kou Ji said unexpectedly: "Brother An?"
It was Qingtang Anziluo who blocked Kou Ji's way.
An Ziluo wore a leather armor, a felt hat unique to Qingtang people, and a scimitar around his waist, looking very heroic.
An Ziluo was very happy when he saw Kou Ji. He did not wait for Kou Ji's invitation, and ordered the Qingtang soldiers behind him to follow behind the carriage. He climbed into the carriage, entered the carriage, and appeared opposite Kou Ji.
An Ziluo gave Kou Ji a big hug when he was stunned.
After releasing Kou Ji, An Ziluo smiled and said, "Brother Kou Xian, we had a good-bye in the past, and now, two years have passed. See you again, you have become the chief of the Ministry of Management of Song Dynasty."
Facing the enthusiastic An Ziluo, Kou Ji was a little uncomfortable, but he still smiled: "Look at Brother An's dress, I'm afraid Brother An's status in Qingtang is not low, right?"
An Ziluo smiled brightly with one-handed hammer chest, and bowed slightly towards the direction of the palace, "Thanks to His Majesty the Song Dynasty, I am allowed to Zanpu, canonize me as a guerrilla general."
Kou Ji nodded thoughtfully.
The guerrilla general is obviously the name of Song Dynasty.
Presumably, An Ziluo has another official position under the tent.
After all, Da Song's canonization of Qingtang Zanpu Jiao Si Lao was not high, so Jiao Si Lao could not give too high a canonization to the generals under the tent.
Of course, this was only true when officials from Qingtang arrived in the Song Dynasty.
When they were in Qingtang, they had their own system and rules for officials.
Kou Ji smiled at An Ziluo and said: "Brother An can get the attention of the court and let the court make an order to be promoted to the guerrilla general. It is gratifying."
An Ziluo smiled brightly and said: "This is what I used to fight and fight bravely on the Xixia battlefield."
Kou Ji smiled and nodded, and asked, "Brother An is here in Bianjing, why is it?"
Hearing this, An Ziluo said with a serious face: "I am here to offer cattle and sheep to the Great Song Dynasty by the order of the praise of my clan."
Kou Ji was taken aback and smiled.
At the end of the year again, all the vassal countries should indeed come to the Song Dynasty to fight the autumn wind... It's time to pay tribute.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Noble Zamp, I can send you to offer cattle and sheep, presumably the unpleasant things that happened to the noble have been settled, right?"
The unpleasant thing Kou Ji was referring to was when Qingtang was helping Song Dynasty to attack Xixia, Qingtang talked about the Wen Buqi rebellion.
An Ziluo is Jiao Si Lao's confidant. If Jiao Si Lao is worried about life, An Ziluo would never appear in the Song Dynasty.
Kou Ji mentioned Qingtang's warmth and strangeness, and An Ziluo's face became cold.
He gritted his teeth and said: "Wen Buqi is a rat. When I led my troops to attack Xixia, he joined the rebellion of the unpredictable clansmen and put my clan Zamp in the well, almost killing my clan. general.
It's a pity that he is ambitious, but he doesn't have enough strength.
He knew that I was bringing the troops back to help, so he personally led the troops and horses to destroy me.
But I didn't expect that after he left, my sister led the warriors of my clan to rescue Zanpu.
He and I were in Miaochuan and fled in embarrassment when I was beaten.
When our tribe Zanpu organized his troops and came to encircle him, he could only lead the remnants to escape.
I spent more than half a year dealing with this rat in the Hehuang area before cutting it under the horse. "
Since then, Qingtang has unified, and Jiao Si La has become the true king of Qingtang.
An Ziluo didn't say this sentence, it was Kou Ji silently added after listening to An Ziluo's recount.
Kou Ji said with emotion: "Brother An can get rid of this evil thief, it is really not easy."
An Ziluo nodded seriously.
Kou Ji invited An Ziluo to ride a carriage to the Kou Mansion. After he was seated, Kou Ji asked Kou Zhong to prepare a table of wine and food, and asked An Ziluo to have a drink.
While they were chatting, they talked about what happened during the two years of their absence.
With in-depth discussions, Kou Ji discovered that An Ziluo seemed to admire Chong Shiheng very much.
When he mentioned the battle in Xixia, he kept his words on the ground.
Kou Ji silently remembered this matter in his heart, and if he could use it in the future, he would have to use it.
An Ziluo came to see Kou Ji this time, but he didn't have any appeals. He just looked for Kou Ji, a good brother who had helped Qingtang, to reminisce about the past.
The two drank until the evening before Kou Ji sent the slightly drunk An Ziluo away.
After An Ziluo left, Kou Ji just returned to the main hall, Kou Zhong appeared beside him.
"Little Master..."
Kou Ji asked: "What's the matter?"
Kou Zhong handed Kou Ji a sheepskin.
Kou Ji took the sheepskin and looked at the words on it, slightly surprised, "An Ziluo gave me a hundred good horses, just outside the city?"
Kou Zhong nodded and said, "While you were drinking with the Qingtang man, one of his entourages found the old servant and gave the old servant this roll of sheepskin. Leading the old servant to the outside of the city, Took over the one hundred good horses.
Now the horse is lying on Zhuangzi outside the city. "
After a pause, Kou Zhong added in a low voice, "The old servant has seen it specially. Those 100 good horses are all good horses. Although they are not the best horses, they are three points better than ordinary horses.
More importantly, the one hundred horses have not been castrated. "
Kou Ji raised his brows and said in a deep thought, "He knows I need a horse?"
Kou Ji once promised to help the Tiger Army and get enough horses within three years, but he only told a few trustworthy people among the soldiers and civilians of Baozhou, and it was impossible to spread it out.
The soldiers and civilians in Baozhou will not leak the news, so where did An Ziluo know that he is short of horses
He also sent him a hundred horses that have not been neutered
Kou Zhong didn't know what Kou Ji was thinking. After he heard Kou Ji's question, he groaned: "Little master, you need a horse. Very few people know. Few people in the Song Dynasty know that. People in Qingtang certainly don't know.
The old servant guessed that 80% of the time he felt that I was short of horses in Song Dynasty, so giving you horses is far more precious than giving you gold and silver. "
Kou Ji thought about it, and felt that Kou Zhong was right, and nodded: "It should be so..."
Kou Ji almost thought that An Ziluo's hands and eyes could reach the sky and he could detect his most secret news.
Kou Ji put away the sheepskins and told Kou Zhong: "You send someone to secretly send this hundred good horses to Baozhou, and give them to the old head of the guard patrol."
Kou Zhong nodded, hesitated, and said to Kou Ji: "Little Master, Zhang Yuan wrote a few days ago saying that Yuyou's injuries have healed and he asked to return to Beijing with Yuyou. Do you agree?"
Kou Ji thought about it and smiled, "Let them return to Beijing quickly, now is the time to use them."
Kou Zhong laughed in a low voice: "The old servant asked more, I don't know what the young master intends them to do?"
Kou Ji was taken aback, staring at Kou Zhong, smiling but not smiling: "Since I was promoted to Rank 4, you have rarely asked me anything. Why, do you want to be active?"
Kou Zhong smiled and nodded.
Kou Ji said unexpectedly: "Following Madam to do things, you are tired, or the Madam scolding you?"
Kou Zhong shook his head and said, "That's not..."
Kou Ji pondered: "Then you are still thinking about moving?"
Kou Zhong couldn't laugh or cry: "Young Master, you don't need to guess. The lady is very kind to the old servant. If it wasn't the old servant who insisted on rejecting it, she would also like to introduce Guan Guan from the inner house to the old servant to live with him."
Kou Ji said in a puzzled way: "Then you don't want to live a stable life in the house, and you want to go out to work..."
Without waiting for Kou Zhong to speak, Kou Ji squeezed his chin again and said, "Speaking of which, Guan Su in the inner house has been alone for a long time. You are also alone now, and it would be nice for the two of you to live with each other."
Kou Zhong's old face was bitter, and he said, "Little young master, don't toss the old servant's bones. The old servant is used to it alone, but I don't like to have one more person lying next to the old servant's bed."
Kou Ji hummed: "I think you are suspected of being a prisoner..."
Kou Zhong surprisingly did not refute.
Kou Ji's eyes widened in astonishment, and he was really right.
Kou Ji stared at Kou Zhong blankly, wanting an answer.
Kou Zhong hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice, "As long as there are people from criminals, there will always be some heels. Maybe that day, a son or daughter will pop out of that corner.
The old servant didn't care about having an extra worry, because he was afraid that he would be forced to reveal the secrets of the mansion after he had the worry. "
Hearing this, Kou Ji was stunned for a long time without saying anything.
Like Kou Zhong, he promised his life to the loyal servant of Kou Mansion. He really didn't know what to say.
He is not qualified to scold others for being foolish and loyal.
After all, people are loyal to their grandchildren.
Boasting loyalty is a bit of a loss of conscience.
They worked loyally for the Kou Mansion, and he did it for decades, but the Kou Mansion hadn't done anything for him.
Kou Ji pondered for a long time, and finally sighed and looked at Kou Zhong and said, "These years... I have wronged you..."
Kou Zhong grinned and said with a bright smile: "No grievance... No grievance at all. It is the honor of the old servant to serve the two generations of masters and young masters."
Kou Ji said in a very complicated heart: "What kind of outstanding person I am..."
Kou Zhong said proudly: "In this city of Bianjing, there is no one who can compare to you, the young master. You are not a distinguished person, who counts?"
Kou Ji shook his head without arguing, and asked: "Can you tell me why you want to move?"
Kou Zhong hesitated and said frankly: "The year is here, and the young master is coming back. There are many young masters and wives. After arriving in the mansion, they fight for favor with each other, and the old servants are waiting for them and have a headache."
Kou Ji was taken aback for a moment, and smiled helplessly: "I have a headache when I see them..."
Kou Zhong murmured: "You can't beat or scold you. It's better to hide."
Kou Ji nodded in agreement, "We two find something to do to hide from them."
Seeing that Kou Ji also wanted to hide, Kou Zhong hesitated and said, "Madam's side..."
Kou Ji groaned: "I will let her know when I look back, and let her hide."
The two were silent for a moment, and smiled at each other.
Kou Ji carried his hands on his back and walked to the Sijun Garden. Kou Zhong also happily handled the affairs of the mansion.
After Kou Ji returned to the Sijun Garden, he didn't rush to rest, but sat in the study to calculate secretly.
He had the thought of helping Baozhou get horses early in the morning, but he was busy all the time and had no free time to do it.
Seeing An Ziluo today made him think of a way to easily get horses without being too busy.
There are horses in the Song Dynasty, but there are not many.
When Taizong Zhao Guangyi was in the dynasty, he obtained tens of thousands of horses from the Liao people, and the number of horses in the Song Dynasty jumped to more than 200,000.
During the reign of the first emperor Zhao Heng, the horses were left alone, and all the horses of the Song Dynasty were driven to the capital and distributed to the prisons and herdsmen.
Under the supervision and shepherding, most of the good horses were bred into bad horses abruptly.
The first year of Tianxi.
Xiang Minzhong couldn't stand Ma Zheng in the court, and he was unwilling to offend the first emperor Zhao Heng.
There was a memorial, bluntly saying that there were too many horses in the imperial court. Every year, raising horses cost countless money and food. Some of these bad horses should be selected and sold to the people.
The number of horses raised by the imperial court dropped sharply from more than 200,000 to 100,000.
From the time when the first emperor Zhao Heng came to the throne, until the death of the first emperor Zhao Heng, the number of court horses did not increase much.
Even after selling a batch of bad horses, the horses of the imperial court dropped sharply by half in an instant.
And this half of the horses are still in the hands of the prisoners, and they are only for the use of the imperial army.
If Kou Ji wants to get a horse, it is absolutely impossible to get it from the supervisors.
So when he had the idea of getting a horse, he set his sights on the neighbors around Da Song.
The Liao State was obviously undesirable, and the court had been dealing with horses in the Liao State.
But the Liao Kingdom sold to the imperial court, always castrated horses.
Kou Ji shot the horse, and 80% of the horses were also castrated.
Xixia was not good either. Great Song Gang called Qingtang and Ganzhou Uighurs and beat Xixia for a while. How could Xixia let Kou Ji, the courtier of Song, engage in horses from Xixia
Only Qingtang and Ganzhou Uighurs are left.