Chapter 1228: Collection of Horses (a reward for the book friend "Si Qinglanyu")
The waiter said, "Doctor Zhou, don't be fooled by the fact that these two horses are old, but they pull things very steadily. They're not very old, only twenty-three years old. They should still live for about ten years. Isn't there a saying that goes, 'An old horse knows the way, blah blah...'"
Manbao looked at it, and finally turned his gaze to the pony beside him despite Koko's strong objection.
The waiter sighed when he saw it and said, "Doctor Zhou, this pony's foundation isn't very good. Look at its hooves and teeth, there are some defects. But don't worry, its parents are both good horses, and its brothers and sisters are all good too. If you want to buy it, there's still a high chance that it will produce a good horse in the future..."
Xiao Shao glared at the guy.
Well, the guy also felt that he couldn't cheat the customers brought by his friend, and he knew that this Dr. Zhou was his friend's master, and Xiao Shao would have to follow her to learn medicine for a long time in the future.
He looked around and saw that the other servants in the yard weren't paying much attention. Then he lowered his voice and said, "Doctor Zhou, if you really want to buy a horse, then buy an old one. Although they're old, they're ready to use right away. They're also hardworking and not very expensive. I can give you my lowest price: twenty-eight taels."
"This pony is different. It's young and looks like it can live another thirty years, but it doesn't have a good foundation. Not to mention whether it will be useful when it grows up, it's not even certain whether you can keep it alive."
Manbao asked Keke, "Can you support him?"
Koko is not from the laboratory, so he has no objection to the host spending a small amount of money to buy an inferior horse. He just feels a little sorry for the possible loss of the bonus points of high-quality genes.
So it scanned back and forth among several horses, and finally selected a pony with the best genes and said, "Buy it."
Manbao immediately pointed to the smallest horse and asked with a smile, "How much is this one?"
The guy took a look and saw that it was a foal that was less than two months old. This foal was unlucky when it was first born. Its mother had a difficult delivery, so the foal kicked its eye in the chaos after it was born. Its eyesight is a little bad, and it is also very thin, so it should have been disposed of at the stable.
But his boss was reluctant to give him up, thinking that if he kept him alive and sold him to the country folk to pull carts, he would earn some money, so he sent him to the shop. He smiled and said, "He's young, so he only needs twelve taels."
Manbao's eyes narrowed with joy, and he waved his hand and said, "That's it."
She said, "The price of the horses is too different. I thought they would cost more than a hundred taels."
The clerk didn't mind the low price and explained to Manbao with a smile, "It depends on the type of horse. Generally, horses worth over fifty taels are good enough for the battlefield, and those worth over a hundred taels are considered fine horses. Don't underestimate the horses we keep outside the shop because they're expensive. In fact, the better horses are in the stables. Some fine horses, especially stallions, are worth thousands of gold."
Manbao's eyes rolled and he asked, "What about the peacock at Bifangkou?"
The waiter said proudly, "How can they be compared? Peacocks are for viewing, but a thousand-mile horse is worth a fortune. He can only pray for a hundred ships with one peacock. Our boss said that there was an emperor who offered 200,000 taels of gold and a horse made of gold to buy a horse, but he still couldn't buy it."
Xiao Shao was shocked when she heard this. "Why is a horse so expensive?"
Manbao said: "A Ferghana horse."
The clerk was disappointed to see that Manbao actually knew this, but he still clapped his hands and said, "Yes, it is a Ferghana horse. So you see, how can this peacock be compared to a horse?"
Manbao nodded. "That's right. I've only heard of emperors fighting for horses, but never for peacocks."
Manbao paid the money and took the horse away.
Xiao Shao looked at the pony and felt a little conflicted. She couldn't ride it, so should she put it in the carriage?
Before he could come up with a solution, Manbao went back to look at the peacock, but this time it had stopped spreading its tail feathers and was leisurely walking around in the wooden fence.
Manbao looked at it for a while, then turned to ask Xiaoshao, "Is it possible that officials can be sold among the people?"
Xiao Shao shook her head. "I don't know about that, but since they dare to ask for it, they obviously know that someone is selling it."
Manbao nodded and walked away with the horse.
Back in front of the carriage, Xiao Shao looked at the horse in her hand. Man Bao had already waved and said, "You go back by yourself. Give me the medicine box. This place is not far from my restaurant. I will go find my family."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Shao took the medicine box down and gave it to Manbao.
Manbao walked back unsteadily, carrying the medicine box on his back and holding the pony in his hand.
Koko was looking for a suitable place along the way. Finally, after walking for a while, Koko found it. He then guided Manbao and the pony to turn into an alley. After walking for a while and turning again, the alley they entered was even smaller. When they went further in, they found that there were high walls on both sides and there was no door.
This was a dead end. She walked forward a bit and Koko said, "It's safe here. No human can see here within my scanning range."
Manbao squatted down and touched the foal, and asked Koko to take it along with the rope.
The pony disappeared from the ground in an instant. Everyone and the system waited for a moment. When there was no sound, Koko said, "It seems the Encyclopedia still needs to calculate the points."
Manbao turned and walked out, saying, "Guess how many points it can get?"
Koko would never do such a subjective thing, so he refused to guess.
In the end, Manbao did not go to find Zhou Wulang and the others. Instead, she walked back to Changqing Lane with her medicine box on her back, holding some snacks she bought on the way.
She was safe all the way from the outer city to the inner city and back home. It seemed that no one really wanted to kill her, otherwise today would be a great opportunity.
Most of the assassins who had tried to assassinate them before were dead, and the rest were captured by Jingzhao Prefecture. Even the two assassins who drowned at the bottom of the lake were fished out.
It seemed that all the forces left by the King of Yizhou in the capital had been eliminated.
Manbao knocked on the door and walked in carrying the medicine box. His little face was red because he had walked all the way. At this time, only Mr. Zhuang and the Xiang brothers were at home.
Xiang Chao was bored and was looking for Daji to talk to. Xiang Mingxue borrowed a book and was reading it. Mr. Zhuang was taking a nap in the sun in the yard. When he heard footsteps, he looked up.
Seeing that it was Manbao who came back, he only took a look and asked, "What have you been doing?"
Manbao put the medicine box aside, sat down opposite Mr. Zhuang and said, "Sir, I have a question for you."
She carefully described to her husband the contrast between Second Madam Cheng's attitude today and in the past, then asked, "I'm just a doctor. Second Madam Cheng and I have always been a doctor-patient relationship, both before and now. Why was she only polite to me before, but now treats me with respect? Is it simply because my biological father was posthumously awarded the title of Governor?"
Mr. Zhuang sat up from the recliner, patted her head, and said with a smile, "That's not what you want to ask. What you want to ask is why doctors are weaker than officials, right?"
Manbao suddenly realized, "Sir, you are really amazing. I've always felt that the question I asked was not quite right. That's right, why are medical officers inferior to civil and military officers?"
See you tomorrow, good night
(End of this chapter)
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