Li Xue sat on a tall horse, dressed in a unique style, completely like a prince.
Her body was adorned with numerous and large gemstones, each seemingly priceless, clearly indicating her extremely noble status and position.
"What are you doing here?" A gatekeeper asked as the group approached.
Zhao Xian walked ahead, jumping off his horse, taking the reins, and went over.
“We come from the Kingdom of Xiuluo. We were passing through and came here to take a look. This is our Prince of Xiuluo,” Zhao Xian introduced, pointing to Li Xue.
"So it's Your Highness, my apologies for not recognizing you." After saying this, the leader didn't forget to bow to Li Xueshen.
"I heard from the city folks that this place is rich in yaks. Our prince is very interested in these yaks and plans to buy a few to take back to Huluo Kingdom. I wonder if they are sold here."
After Zhao Xian finished speaking, he took out a large silver ingot from his pocket and handed it to the minor leader.
This is a silver ingot worth fifty taels of silver. These people are incredibly wealthy, spending so much silver so easily.
He knew that there was a country called Huluo in the far west, where the people were very rich. He never expected to see it for himself today. They were not just rich, they were incredibly wealthy. A single jewel on the prince's clothes was enough for him to live on for several lifetimes.
He never expected that the prince of this country would be so eccentric, actually wanting to take a few yaks home to raise; it was unbelievable.
As the saying goes, money makes the world go round. The petty boss's attitude was initially quite good, but after receiving a tip of fifty taels of silver, his attitude became even better.
"Please wait a moment, Your Highness, I will go back and report, and I will get back to you immediately." The foreman turned and went into the farm.
After the leader went in, he came out a while later with a middle-aged man. The man was tall and strong, and it was obvious that he was a martial artist.
He approached Zhao Xian, looked him over, and asked, "You want to buy yaks?"
“We don’t have yaks in our country of Huluo. We heard that yaks are raised here, so we’re planning to buy a few to take back with us. We need four yaks, two males and two females. We don’t care about the price.”
Before the man could even speak, Zhao Xian handed him an old-fashioned pair of binoculars and explained:
"It's a pleasure to meet you. Here's a telescope that our country uses on the battlefield. On the battlefield, no matter how far away you are, you can see everything about the enemy clearly. Give it a try."
After Zhao Xian finished speaking, he began to teach him how to use the telescope. When the man could clearly see the distant scenery through the telescope, he shouted with joy.
This person was very intelligent; with just a glance, he knew the military value of this thing.
Seeing that the time was about right, Zhao Xian said, "I'm giving you such a good gift, you must not disappoint our prince, you must sell us a few yaks."
"No problem, just wait a moment, I'll have someone pick out four of the best yaks for you, two males and two females, I guarantee your prince will be satisfied," the man said excitedly.
Zhao Xian shook his head and said, "No, we have to choose them ourselves. Only in this way can we select the best yaks."
After a moment's hesitation, the man said, "That's no problem, it's just too messy inside. Let's tidy it up first before you go in."
Zhao Xian nodded and said, "Okay, hurry up and get things sorted out."
"Don't worry, it will be ready soon, you won't have to wait too long." After saying that, the man quickly walked back to the farm.
After a while, he came out and said somewhat apologetically:
"I'm sorry, it was too messy inside. I've kept you waiting. Now you can go in. Please follow me." After saying that, he led Zhao Xian and the others inside.
"Your Highness, let's go inside," Zhao Xian said.
Li Xue nodded, but she didn't speak, afraid of revealing anything.
The group passed through the gate of the farm. It was not spacious, and things were placed in a mess, as if it had never been tidied up. However, the further they went in, the more spacious it became.
After walking for a while, the area suddenly opened up, revealing a training ground that could accommodate thousands of people.
Next to the training ground were rows of neat barracks, and next to the barracks were piles of hay, piled up like small mountains.
This is clearly a military camp, not a farm. Anyone with a little common sense can tell at a glance, which explains why it's so heavily guarded.
The reason they were allowed in this time was because they had complete faith in their identities. In their eyes, these foreign princes and nobles only knew how to have fun and knew nothing else.
So we showed them the situation at the farm, but they didn't know anything about it, so there was nothing to worry about.
The group pretended to be curious as they looked around, but in reality, they were memorizing everything.
Judging from the size of the military camp here, one can roughly estimate the number of people here. Old Master Han was right; there are at least five or six hundred people receiving training here, or even more.
From the current perspective, this place seems empty, but in reality, most people are probably hiding in the barracks, not wanting them to see them.
Perhaps they were just training, but because we were coming in to select yaks, they had to temporarily hide in the barracks.
Zhao Xian glanced at Zhao Cheng, who immediately understood and began to listen carefully to the various sounds in the military camp. His hearing was excellent, and he could hear any movement in the camp.
After passing the training ground, we finally arrived at a row of cattle sheds. The sheds were full of yaks. Although there were quite a few yaks, they were obviously few compared to the scale of the farm.
Now another problem has arisen: so much fodder is piled up in the farm, and it's all at the military camp.
There wasn't much grass in the cattle shed; it was mostly thorny plants. Clearly, these thorny plants were the yak feed, and the hay was obviously not for the yaks.
So what are all those fodders used for? The answer seems obvious.
This hay is meant for the horses, but there aren't many horses here, so they don't need that much hay.
This is clearly a stockpiling of fodder, which will be consumed in large quantities later.
Does this mean that in the near future, a large number of warhorses will appear here, and once the warhorses arrive, it will be the time for Xiao Taiyuan to start a rebellion?
Without making a sound, the group went to the front of the cattle shed and began to select yaks. Soon they selected four strong yaks, two males and two females, which were perfectly suitable as breeding cattle.
Knowing that these people were wealthy, the people at the farm made an outrageous demand, asking for two thousand taels of silver.
Two thousand taels of silver could buy a hundred yaks. These people were really being unfair. Although Zhao Xian was heartbroken, he still had to pretend to be generous.
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