Gao Junliang felt a little nervous.
What does this guy want to do by asking for a war horse?
The war horses are actually not a big deal. Although the law prohibits the private sale of war horses, who cares about it? Every year, more war horses are sold privately than those supplied to the court, and some are even sold outside the border.
You can imagine the quality of Qingzhou horses.
Although Feng Siyuan had a firm grip on the Qingzhou horse quota, Gao Junliang was a prefect after all, so it was no problem for him to get dozens of war horses.
The key is what Zhao Lin wants the war horse for.
"Sir, what do you want the war horse for?" Gao Junliang asked.
"Of course it's for my men. Do you think they'll be killed and eaten?" Zhao Lin glanced at Gao Junliang dissatisfiedly. "Is that even a question?"
Gao Junliang smiled awkwardly and said, "I thought it had other uses."
"If the quantity is large enough, it can be used for other things." Zhao Lin said nonchalantly.
Gao Junliang laughed dryly, returned the banknote, and said, "It's only twenty horses. Just consider it as a greeting gift from the officer to you, sir."
Now that the decision has been made, Gao Junliang plans to do it thoroughly.
Zhao Lin nodded in satisfaction, but didn't accept the banknote: "As long as you have this intention, it's fine. I never give orders to people for nothing. From now on, you will know what kind of person I am."
"Thank you, sir." Gao Junliang put the banknote away.
He asked, "When are you going to the other palace, sir?"
"Let's go now without delay." Zhao Lin said.
The duty of the inspector was to inspect the four directions to prevent anyone from committing corruption under the pretext of the flower and stone tax.
As long as no problems are found, Zhao Lin does not need to meet those prefects.
After separating from Gao Junliang, Zhao Lin found a blacksmith shop and had a meteor hammer made for him. The hammer was smaller than a fist and had a chain tied to the back, which was perfect for hiding in his sleeve.
This was the inspiration he got from the assassin being killed by a gold medal yesterday.
A long gun is too conspicuous and difficult to carry with me, so I can only bring this.
Sudi was speechless: "Are you really going to do it?"
Zhao Lin nodded and said, "I will kill anyone who dares to block my way."
Sudi worriedly said, "Isn't this too radical? The prefect is not the county magistrate. Even if you use the pretext of celebrating the emperor's birthday as a shield, the ministers in the court will not let you go."
Before, he wanted to kill the governor, and now it's the prefect. Although it's a downgrade, it's still not a trivial matter.
It was just like the Central Inspection Team in Zhao Lin’s previous life suddenly killed a municipal party secretary for no reason. It would be strange if there wasn’t an uproar.
Zhao Lin smiled and said, "Just in case."
The two men left and began to inspect other prefectures and counties.
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"These guys are so slick. They appear obedient on the surface, but secretly they don't restrain themselves at all. I really want to kill them with a sword."
Coming out of the last prefectural office of Yu'an Prefecture, Su Di said to Zhao Lin.
Zhao Lin chuckled, "It's not that easy to become a prefect. We're just cutting off his source of income. We're lucky we didn't smash the cups on the spot and call in five hundred assassins to watch us."
The news that Zhao Lin had killed Qiu Cheng had spread long ago. In addition, he had already met Feng Siyuan. No one knew what those prefects were thinking secretly, but on the surface they all smiled and greeted him, and believed whatever Zhao Lin said.
Especially when Sudi asked for ten guards from home, all of them were strong and sturdy, very tough and looked scary, so the prefects became even more obedient.
However, no matter how honest they are, it is not so easy to make them give up the fat meat at their fingertips, and they will have to continue to fight with wits and courage.
"I get angry when I see them. No wonder Daqi is getting weaker and weaker." Sudi said.
Zhao Lin nodded and said, "It's just that we don't have enough ability. Otherwise, we would have killed them on the spot and made an example of them. Who would dare to mess around again?"
So Zhao Lin has to work hard to climb up.
If nothing else, at least you won’t be bullied by others.
When the two returned to Qingzhou Prefecture, Gao Junliang had already prepared twenty war horses.
"These war horses are carefully trained at the horse farm. They have great endurance and are fast. They are top-quality war horses," Gao Junliang introduced.
Zhao Lin was very satisfied looking at the twenty tall horses.
"Please look at this, sir."
Seeing that Zhao Lin was satisfied, Gao Junliang felt relieved and quickly said to Zhao Lin.
Someone brought a horse. The horse was very tall, taller than the twenty horses, with a strong body, pale fur mixed with other colors, and four hooves as big as bowls. Every time it struggled, the person leading it became nervous.
“Good horse!”
There was a strange look in Zhao Lin's eyes.
"This is a good horse that I found specially for you, sir. It is said that it could run for four or five hours straight without resting. But it has a very fierce temper, and more than a dozen horse trainers have failed to tame it, so I spent two hundred taels of silver to buy it. If you want to ride it, you have to find a horse trainer to tame it." Gao Junliang said.
"Need not."
Zhao Lin walked around the horse, took the reins from the person leading the horse, and suddenly turned over and rode on the horse.
"Sir, be careful, this horse is very fierce, don't let it hurt you." Gao Junliang shouted quickly.
Sigh...
The horse let out a long neigh and suddenly raised its front hooves, trying to throw Zhao Lin off.
Zhao Lin clamped his legs together and did not move no matter how the horse struggled and jumped.
"Haha, just struggle as much as you can. Today you will belong to me." Zhao Lin laughed out loud.
The horse suddenly broke into a run, rushed out of the yamen like the wind, and soon disappeared from everyone's sight.
"My Lord, please come back soon!"
Gao Junliang was frightened. It would be troublesome if he hurt Zhao Lin.
"Zhao Lin!"
Sudi didn't care about anything else and quickly jumped on his horse to chase after him. His guards also mounted their horses and followed closely behind.
Gao Junliang suddenly woke up and ordered the yamen runners: "What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and chase him. If anything happens to Lord Zhao, I will not forgive you."
Sudi whipped the horse desperately, pushing the speed to the limit, not caring whether he would hit anyone, but when he chased out of the city gate, he didn't even see the shadow of Zhao Lin.
"What a fast speed!" Sudi was secretly surprised.
Gao Junliang, panting, caught up with his men and asked, "Where is Lord Zhao?"
"He ran away." Sudi said.
"Oh, if I had known this would happen, I would not have given the horse to you. What if it got hurt, Lord Zhao?" Gao Junliang said regretfully.
I wanted to show my courtesy, but who knew something like this would happen.
"Don't worry, Zhao Lin will be fine." Su Di said.
"I hope so." Gao Junliang said weakly.
If something really happens to Zhao Lin, all the investment these days will be in vain.
Time passed minute by minute, and it was getting dark. Zhao Lin still hadn't returned, and Sudi's face showed tension.
"Send everyone to look for him. We must bring Zhao Lin back." Su Di said.
Just as they were about to leave, a yamen runner pointed to the distance and said, "Look, Lord Zhao is back."
When everyone looked over, they saw Zhao Lin riding a horse, and the horse was galloping towards them with a cheerful gait.
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