The Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 108: Born for you

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Since Li Xian's people can't tame horses, and no one of his own can tame horses, Zhu Youjian is ready to do it himself. He faintly felt that this was a rare and good horse. The more difficult it was to tame, the stronger the horse's feet.

Zhu Youjian performs magical skills silently, forming an aura to protect himself around his body. "Lord Li, I will try to see if I can tame this'snow fire'."

"Guest, three horse trainers have fallen from its back, broke their legs, and left the horse training industry forever." Li Xian is not underestimating Zhu Youjian, but no professional horse trainer has conquered the snow. Fire', can this young boy brother be tame

Wang Mujiu also came to Zhu Youjian's side: "Master, no."

Zhu Youzhen whispered in Wang Mujiu's ear: "Don't worry, I have magical power to protect my body, so I won't get hurt."

"Guardian, or else, I will sell'Xuehuo' to you first, how do you tame it, and the guest officer will take care of it?" Li Xian didn't want a fourth horse trainer with a broken leg to appear on Xuehuo.

Hehe, Li Xian is to evade safety responsibility. Zhu Youzhen didn't care too much, "Please ask Li proprietor to make an offer."

"Eighty two." Li Xian opened his thumb and index finger.

"Eighty taels?" Zhu Youjian couldn't believe his ears. How could such a valuable'Xuehuo' only cost 80 taels? Nowadays, the market price of an ordinary war horse is 80 taels, and there is still no market. A hundred taels can be bought.

"Guest, to be honest, this horse, I have lost a lot, and now I don’t expect to make money, so I just buy it at the price." Li Xian didn’t know why he told the truth in front of this young man. There is a feeling that this young man is different from ordinary businessmen, and he can't tell what is different.

"Okay, then I will use Dongzhu Li's horse market." Zhu Youzhen slowly approached'Xuehuo', and the magical arts around his body had been forced to'Xuehuo'.

'Xue Huo' may have felt something strange. It tilted its head and glanced at Zhu Youjian, then shook its ears, and its long tail flicked two rattles in the air.

"Be careful, guest officer!" Li Xianbi stretched out his right hand, trying to stop Zhu Youjian again, but he didn't make any move. He is now more nervous than Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian was still approaching, only one step away from'Xue Huo'.

'Xue Huo' showed no new disgust, and Zhu Youjian did not force his horse back like a horse trainer. He stretched out his right hand and gently wiped it from the horse's mane to the horse's back, and then from the horse's back to the horse's buttocks. The magical power has been poured into the body of the'Xuehuo'.

'Xue Huo' didn't move, all of the senses seemed to be closed at once.

Zhu Youjian wiped it twice again, and saw that Xue Huo was not disgusted, and then took the rein from Xiao Er's hand, stepped on the saddle with one foot, and rushed on the horse back like the wind.

'Xue Huo' just shook his head, seeming to shake off the dewdrops that did not exist on his forehead.

Zhu Youjian flicked the reins, and the'Xuehuo' slowly moved under the traction of the reins, with an elegant posture like a dressage in the Olympics.

Li Xian's eyes widened long ago, but he didn't yell out this time, as if he had forgotten to yell.

"Drive!" Zhu Youjian clamped his horse's belly and issued an instruction to speed up the movement.

'Xue Huo' also followed the hoof and ran on Li Xian's horse market.

The horse market is not much smaller than an authentic horse training factory, but there are many stalls blocking it, and Zhu Youjian still can't let Xuehuo give out its maximum energy.

"Call..." After a few laps, Zhu Youzhen slowly stopped'Xue Huo'. 'Xue Huo' didn't seem to be full of joy. It raised its head and raised its head with a long roar. The snow-white pony tail flicked twice, and its head turned back, rubbing Zhu Youzhen's thigh twice before it stopped steadily. It really stands as loose.

Zhu Youzhen turned over and got off his horse, patted Xue Huo on the neck, and handed the rein to Wang Mujiu.

"Guardian?" Li Xian came to his senses now. "This'Xuehuo' seems to be born for the guest officer. If you rush here, it will be given to the guest officer today." He is now the same as Zhu Youjian. His interest is far greater than his interest in horses and silver.

"Haha, Dongzhu Li, how embarrassing is this? This is a famous horse!" Zhu Youjian and Li Xian handed it over.

"Quan is to make a friend." Li Xian also bowed his hand. "By the way, until now, Li has not yet asked the guest official Gao's name."

"It's easy to say." Zhu Youjian also looked up at the sky, "Lord Li, it's noon now. Why don't we find a restaurant and let me do the party. Let's drink and talk?"

"Okay, then Dengyun Tower, it's not cheap there. I want the guest officials to spend more money and contribute to Shaanxi's taxation, haha, haha."

The two walked side by side, and Zhu Youqian asked: "President Li, does Dengyun Tower also pay taxes?"

"As the guest official said, which shop in Xi'an does not pay taxes? My horse market also needs to pay taxes." Li Xian was about to make friends with Zhu Youzhen, treating him as a friend from the bottom of his heart, and restored his usual boldness.

"Will the merchants object?" Zhu Youzhen guessed that the merchants must have a painful process from tax exemption to tax payment.

"Of course against. At the beginning, the merchants collectively went to various yamen in Shaanxi to make trouble, but Mrs. Sun came forward to explain in person that there were soldiers watching and supporting them. In addition, the people in Shaanxi did not have food at that time, and the merchants also I get used to it slowly." Li Xian is also elegant, just like the'Xue Huo' just now.

"Will Shaanxi merchants move to other places? The nearby provinces do not need to pay taxes." Merchants have always been tax avoidance. If Shaanxi merchants relocate to other provinces on a large scale, then Zhu Youjian's industrial plan to rejuvenate the country , But discounted in Shaanxi.

"After all, there are too few people like this. First, it is not easy to develop a new market. Second, Mr. Sun personally guarantees that, in addition to paying taxes, the government will protect the interests of merchants. In other words, merchants will only use the money they used to honor officials. Paying taxes didn't increase much. This Lord Sun is really a rare good official!" Li Xian laughed.

Zhu Youjian nodded slowly. No matter how good this policy is, in the final analysis, there must be someone who implements it. If the people who implement it will misunderstand the thinking, no matter how good the policy is, it will be useless.

They had already walked to the Dengyun Tower. Zhu You found out that he had five entourages, but Li Xian was alone, "Lord Li, why didn't you bring any entourage?"

"Haha, on my site, I still worry that the guest officer will not eat me? This Dengyun Tower is not bad for cooking ingredients." Li Xian smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Haha..." Zhu Youjian also laughed, "Mujiu, find a place to eat by yourself, and come back after an hour."

"The son..." Wang Mujiu hesitated.

"Don't worry, Xi'an is not a cannibalistic place. I want to talk to Dongzhu Li alone."

"Yes, son." Wang Mujiu bowed and left Dengyun Tower with the four of them.

Xiao Er greeted the door: "President Li, but do you want an elegant room? How many people are there in total?"

"Old place. Two people." Li Xian Xi's words are like gold.

"Okay. Li Dongzhu, please come with me." Little two generals Li Xian and Zhu Youjian invited them to a small room on the south side of the second floor by the window.

"Little Er, make a good pot of tea." Li Xian is obviously very familiar with this Dengyun Tower.

"Yes, the proprietor." Xiao Er closed the door and went out, and then came in again. On the tray in his hand was a delicate white jade pot and two white jade cups. "Proprietor, this guest officer, what do you want to use? The younger one should arrange it."

"Little Er, add a few more of your specialty dishes. This guest official is a rich man, don't save him." Li Xian also glanced at Zhu Youjian.

"Okay, I'll prepare for the younger one, and wait for two of you to use it." Xiao Er brought the door to the door.

Li Xian looked at Zhu Youjian, smiling silently.

"Does Li Dongzhu want to ask me the origin of my name?" Zhu Youzhen also smiled.

Li Xian picked up the white jade pot, first poured a cup of tea for Zhu Youjian, and then also poured a cup for himself, "If it is not convenient for the guest officer, you don't have to force it."

"It's nothing, I promise, when I leave this house, I will give you the answer you want. Now, please allow me to keep a little secret."

"Okay, son, let's get along with each other. Let's replace wine with tea. Let's take one."

"Okay, let's go one." Zhu Youjian and Li Xian touched their cups. "Dongzhu Li, I not only admire the boldness of Dongzhu Li, but also admire Dongzhu Li for going to Yeerqiang and other places in person, which is thousands of miles away from Daming!"

"Haha, it's nothing, just ask for a living in these places."

"Dongzhu Li, can you introduce Ye Erqiang?" Zhu Youzhen finally reached the point.

"How much does the guest officer know about Ye Erqiang? Has the guest officer been to Ye Erqiang?" Li Xian held up the teacup again with his hand and took a sip.

"To be honest, I have never been to Ye Erqiang. What I know about Ye Erqiang, I only know that it is a country established by Mongolian descent." Zhu Youzhen did not lie, he only knew that Ye Erqiang was the descendant of southern Xinjiang. , Around the Taklimakan Desert.

"How did the guest officer know Ye Erqiang? Is there someone in the family doing business there?" Li Xian's body leaned against Zhu Youjian.

"No, Li Dongzhu can rest assured that no one of my family will do business in Yeerqiang, and no one will do business in the future." Zhu Youzhen did not know how to dispel Li Xian's concerns.

"Oh, let me briefly talk about Yerqiang! Yerqiang is established by the descendants of Mongolians, but most of the residents of Yerqiang are not Mongolians, but white people called Aryans. They have blue eyes. , Red hair, very different from our Han people."

"Oh, do they believe in religion?"

"Believe, it turned out to be all white sects. In recent years, **** has also risen in Yarkand. The two sides have fiercely competed against the people, and even armed conflicts will occur." Speaking of this, Li Xian is also thoughtful, no Know whether he is also involved in religious disputes in Yarkand.

"Baijiao? ****?" Zhu Youzhen was puzzled. When did these unknown religions appear here

"Actually, both the Baijiao and the **** believe in Allah, they are just different sects." Li Xian also didn't know much about religion. In order to avoid trouble, he tried his best to avoid conflicts with various sects.

"So that's the case." Zhu Youjian understood. No wonder that later generations of southern Xinjiang always have rebellions. It turns out that white people and their religion have taken root in southern Xinjiang for hundreds of years. "Then Yarkand is more to the west? Does Dawan still exist? What happened to Bukhara and Kazakh?" The history of Central Asia is too complicated, and the integration and division of various ethnic groups will happen sooner or later. Without a dedicated person to study, Zhu Youzhen really does not know what is happening in Central Asia now.