The caravan transported so many horses, which is that he had the opportunity to learn how to ride horses.

Of course, Zhang Chi would not miss this opportunity, so after setting off the next day, he pulled Santong to teach him how to ride along the way.

If computer, English and driving are three skills that modern people must master, then in that era there were also three skills that were essential for celebrities, namely drinking, talking, and riding a horse. Otherwise, they would not be called famous people.

Of course, Zhang Chi is not a problem, let alone talk. Before traveling through time, he was the person who could talk the most about the bar, but he only lived in the city since he was a child, but he never had the chance to come into contact with this horse riding.

Santong grabbed the horse's reins and touched the horse's mane and said to Zhang Chi: "When riding a horse, remember to relax. You cannot pull the reins too tightly. Your body must rise and fall according to the rhythm of the horse, and the horse will be obedient."

Zhang Chi saw Santong stroking the horse's hand extremely gentle, as if he was stroking a woman's body, with deep affection. In fact, Santong was a bandit on the border between Daqin and Dajin, and it would be great that she could survive. She had no chance to contact women. If Zhang Chi hadn't known this, he would probably think Santong was a master.

"I know, it needs to be gentler, just like treating women, right?"

After Zhang Chi finished speaking, Santong grinned and smiled, but her face turned red. Santong's face was black, and it was red in the dark, like a pig's liver soaked in blood.

"It seems that the young master must be a good player in the flower group." Zhang Chi turned around and saw that it was the guard commander Du Ximing.

"This horse control technique is indeed similar to treating women. Good riders are good at fighting for a long time. People will not be tired, and horses will not be tired either. They will rise and fall with the bumpy rhythm of the horse under their crotch. No one will sweat when they rush to the hundreds of miles. But if they don't understand the mystery, ride the horse, run with their horses, and only walk for a few miles, they will be short of people and horses and they will be powerless to fight again." Du Ximing talked happily.

Zhang Chida admired him. It turned out that the flower clan is the best. He said: "General Du is very optimistic. The so-called toughness cannot last long. If he is too tough, it will definitely be difficult to last."

Du Ximing bowed to Zhang Chi with a look of heartfelt expression.

Only Santong was stunned by the side as if he was listening to a book of heaven. How could he think of it? Two people could talk about horses so much.

Zhang Chi felt funny when she saw Santong's expression. There is no sex education in this era, and there is no AV to watch. Santong has never touched a woman, and it is reasonable to not understand. Zhang Chi patted Santong on the shoulder and said, "When you meet the woman you like in the future, you will know that the more nervous you work harder, the worse the effect, and the more freehand you make, the more casual you are, the better."

Zhang Chi thought in his heart that he didn't want to kick me. After holding the reins, he turned over the horse decisively and held the reins freely, his expression was exactly the same as an old rider. Du Ximing said: "Youngziguo is very human. He can be so handy when riding a horse for the first time."

Zhang Chi was so happy to get on the horse when he saw it so easy. He thought that like a woman, the most difficult thing was the moment he got on. As for the process after getting on, it should be very simple.

Zhang Chi sat upright on the horse's back and let the horse walk slowly. He felt the horses slumped together while walking, and felt quite relaxed. When he remembered the feeling of the generals riding the horse's whip, he whipped it on the horse's butt with a "pop".

But the horse was not a woman after all. As soon as the horse ran, it really scared Zhang Chi. He felt the sound of wind rushing into his ears. The rhythm of the bumpy horse's back suddenly accelerated, which made Zhang Chi's butt hurt. Zhang Chi was shocked, and threw all the words behind his head, clamping his legs tightly, for fear of falling off the horse's face.

Fortunately, Santong specially selected a relatively gentle horse for him, and he didn't run very quickly. Zhang Chi tried his best to maintain balance on the horse's back, but how to stop the horse was a big problem.

It was at this moment that a carriage suddenly came over from the side. Zhang Chi couldn't even stop the horse, let alone control the direction of the horse's head. When he was nervous, he pulled the reins back with his hands. However, he didn't expect that the horse was not as obedient as before. He lowered his head violently, and Zhang Chi was surrounded by the reins, and his center of gravity was unstable and he fell directly from the horse's back.

Fortunately, the horse was not running fast, but Zhang Chi couldn't help but eat a mouthful of dust.

The curtain on the carriage was pulled open, and the ones sitting on the carriage were Huan Heng and Mrs. Chen.

"It turns out that he is this poor family man again, and it's ridiculous that he can't even ride a horse." Mrs. Chen said disdainfully.

After despising Zhang Chi, he put down the curtain without even giving him a chance to return the words. The coachman drove away and ignored Zhang Chi.

"Brother, you are not injured, are you?" Santong and Du Ximing had already run up and helped Zhang Chi up. Santong asked with concern.

Zhang Chi naturally would not have the same knowledge as this woman. She patted the dust on her body and smiled at Santong to show that she was fine. She looked at the carriage that Huan Heng and Mrs. Chen drove away, and asked Du Ximing, "Why is Mr. Huan not transporting goods on this trip?"

The trade between the north and the south is very profitable, so it is mostly monopolized by the aristocratic family. The Dachang Chamber of Commerce of the Wang family has been established for several years. Moreover, the court had the Shangshu Zuo Pushe Wang Guobao to handle the joints, so now it can transport so many war horses at once. However, other families also have dedicated people to engage in trade between the north and the south for a long time. Huan Heng represented the Huan family in Jingzhou, but did not transport northern goods. Instead, he returned to Jiankang with a caravan with bare hands. This is indeed a bit difficult to understand.

"It's a long story," Du Ximing said: "Huan Heng is not an ordinary businessman. The power of the Huan family is much greater than you think. I heard that you accidentally offended Huan Heng at the banquet that day. Huan Heng had thin eyes and long eyebrows. You can tell at a glance that he was narrow-minded and vengeful. He is a person who holds grudges. You should be more careful when contacting him in the future."

"Thank you, General Du, for his advice. However, I first came from the north and didn't know much about the wealthy families in Jiangdong. Please let General Du explain in detail for me."

"There are many wealthy families in Jiangdong, and the gentry in various places hold heavy troops, and the water is deep." Du Ximing sighed and said, "Huan Heng is Huan Xuan's relative. Huan Xuan inherited the title of Duke of Nanjun at the age of five. He has been raising his strength for so many years and has always had the ambition of being a disobedient. Now, not to mention fighting with the Hu people, even if there are frequent wars between the various clans, the major clans hold heavy troops, how can they not be without horses? Huan Heng did not transport any goods during this trip. I think he was going to have the idea of ​​fighting these thousands of horses."

Since Santong met the Taoist priest in the south of Huainan City with Zhang Chi, she has been worried about danger on the road. Now, when she saw Du Ximing say this, she immediately shouted: "Why not tell Miss Wang quickly so that Miss Wang can prepare early."

Du Ximing shook his hand and said with a smile: "Even I can see it, how can Miss Wang not know?"

"Since the Huan family is powerful, why didn't he buy it with the Hu people by himself? Instead, he wanted to attack the Wang family's horse?" Zhang Chi was puzzled.

"Of course they have been buying, but some things cannot be bought even if they have money. How could the Hu people sell a large number of war horses to me and Jin people and use these war horses to fight with them in the future? So the Hu people have a strict limit every year. I am afraid that the total number of horses traded by the Hu people with my Jin people in a year is only a thousand."

"How can Miss Wang buy thousands of war horses at once?"

"How can Miss Wang be the same as those mediocre talents?" Du Ximing said of Miss Wang with admiration: "Miss Wang prepared for the future. A few years ago, he had opened up a channel for horse sales in the north and south. I, Du Ximing, was arrogant by nature and had been conquered on the battlefield for many years, but never convinced others. But since I met Miss Wang, I learned that Miss Wang was the best in the world, and everything was right, and I had the talent to assist the country. Unfortunately, I was a daughter. But even so, Du Ximing was willing to serve me."

"I heard from Commander Du, I used to be a member of the army, but why did I be willing to come to a small caravan to be a guard commander?" Zhang Chi asked.

Du Ximing smiled slightly: "It's a long story. I was the general of the Guardian of the Gate."

"But there are so many twists and turns in the middle, and I can't explain it clearly for a while." Speaking of this, Du Ximing shook his head helplessly.

"The young master is very talented, and even Miss Wang respects it very much. Is the young master aristocrat from the north and south?" Du Ximing seemed unwilling to talk about the past and asked Zhang Chi instead of the topic.

The Hu people in the north were rampant. The Hu people first came, and the wealthy gentry fled south, which was known as "the south-west crossing". However, there were also a few gentry who had never crossed south and were stranded in the north. Compared with the gentry in the south, it was much more difficult. The number of slaves who lost their country was small and had a low status. Therefore, after the Feishui War, northern gentry often fled to Jiangzuo, so Du Ximing asked this question just now.

"I am not a gentry, I am just a poor scholar. Commander Du should not look down on me." Zhang Chi said truthfully.

"It's not the best of aristocratic people, I hate the most of the children of aristocratic people." Du Ximing was also a commoner, and now he feels like he is getting along with Zhang Chi at first sight: "Miss Wang is valued by her young master, and she will surely be in the future to make a fortune."

"It's just that even if we are in power, we will always be bullied by the children of the gentry." Du Ximing said hatefully.

Zhang Chi knew that there was no imperial examination in this era, and it was the ninth-rank Zhongzheng system to select scholars, a family politics, and if he wanted to make a difference, he had to rely on the aristocratic family. Zhang Chi smiled bitterly, thinking that Du Ximing must have suffered and failed in the army because he was bullied by the aristocratic family.

But to be honest, Zhang Chi never thought about touching politics. Throughout history, the most filling pit was politics. Many heroes and beauties and beauties were filled in this bottomless pit, and they would never leave any bones. What Zhang Chi yearned for the most was to indulge in mountains and rivers, drink and talk about things, and make friends with famous scholars. There was no dynasty in Chinese history that was so transcendent in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. The reputation of the Wei and Jin Dynasties was definitely not a rash talk.

"Many horses are exhausted," Manager Li trotted over, shouting far away, "General Du, please see what to do."

"The journey I have traveled this day is not far, why do horses suddenly become tired?" Under normal circumstances, it is not easy to exhaust a healthy horse. Du Ximing was very strange: "Shopkeeper Li, please take me to see those horses."

Manager Li led the way and led everyone through the horse team. The fallen horses had already been gathered, and there were more than a hundred horses. Santong knew a lot about horses. He walked to a war horse, looked back and forth, squatted down and touched the horse's belly, and then said, "This is just a horse's diarrhea, diarrhea, so he is exhausted from being unable to walk."

When everyone heard Santong say this, they looked at the horse's feces carefully. As Santong said, these horses had diarrhea. More than a hundred war horses had diarrhea in collective diarrhea, which is not easy to see in normal times. Manager Li was already panicked and looked at Du Ximing and said, "General Du, so many horses fell ill at the same time. Could it be that some horses had a plague? What should we do?"

These war horses were transported from the north, and wars were often caused by the border generation. The Hu people just killed people and buried them. They were corpses long covered in the wild. The bodies were rotten all year round, which led to the rampant plagues around the border. So Manager Li asked this question.

"According to my opinion, none of these horses are sick, and they are not sick in theory," said Santong.

"Since it's not sick, I'm afraid someone has tampered with the forage." Du Ximing suddenly said: "If someone has tampered with the forage, I'm afraid..."

Speaking of this, Du Ximing kept silent.

"I'm afraid what?" asked Manager Li.

"If there are thieves coming to rob the horse, it will probably be in these few days."

"Maybe it was because Commander Du was too worried," said Li Jianguan. "These horses were transported back to Jiankang to serve as an army. The counties along the way had already greeted him. Besides, we also had 500 guards, and they were all on official roads. If we met a thief, only one person would hold the token of Miss Wang. We would quickly go to nearby counties and counties to transfer reinforcements. The Dachang Chamber of Commerce has also walked hundreds of times this year. I wonder how could there be thieves dare to come and rob the horses under this bright world?"
Chapter completed!