Chapter 644 633. Buying a horse
Bena City Horse City is located near the southeast corner of the poor area of Bena City.
It is only one street away from the slave market in Bena City, which is considered the largest horse trading market in Bena Province.
Because it is close to the slums, this should be regarded as one of the worst areas in Bena City.
The magic caravan of Luther's family was surrounded by a group of people as soon as it arrived at the gate of the horse market. The coachman tried to use his whip to disperse the crowd coming up from the seat, but those people didn't care about the coachman's scolding. The carriage was forced to stop at the gate of the horse market.
This group of people surrounded the compartment of the magic caravan, and one person stretched out his hand and pulled the compartment door open. They looked like hungry refugees who saw the free food, and shouted at Suldak, Hathaway and others in the compartment. shouted:
"My lord, do you want to buy a war horse?"
"I have high-quality war horses in my hand, all of which are selected from the ranch in the Gliava area of Salta Province. Would you like to take a look..."
"My lord, would you like to take a look at my Qinglin horse? Although it is a retired old horse, it is absolutely no problem to bring it back to the racecourse for breeding."
"My lord, I can find you any kind of horse you want..."
Several people in the carriage came to the horse market in Bena City for the first time.
Beatrice and Hathaway had never been to this kind of place before, and they were almost speechless when they were shocked by a group of people swarming up outside.
The magic caravan was forced to stop, and Suldak was the first to jump out of the carriage. Seeing that Suldak was stern and didn't say a word, and he was clearly wearing the uniform of the guard battalion, the group of horse dealers dispersed angrily. Go find other nobles who are planning to buy horses.
Hathaway and Beatrice in the carriage also jumped out of the carriage with Suldak.
A group of people walked into the horse market, and there was a smell of horse dung everywhere. Fortunately, it was not summer, and there were no gadflies and flies.
Next door is the cattle and sheep market. The cattle and sheep in the market over there are mainly used for meat. When passing by, the wooden poles on the street are covered with **** fresh meat. Many citizens are willing to go here early to buy. Some fresh beef.
A groom followed behind Suldak. This groom specialized in raising horses in the Marquis Luther's mansion. It is said that he is very experienced in watching horses.
Hearing that Suldak wanted to visit the horse market in Bena City, Marquis Luther asked Suldak to take the groom with him.
The groom was taciturn all the way, and when he came to the horse market, he followed Suldak calmly.
Many horses in the horse market were surrounded by fences. Several horse farm owners leaned against the fence and chatted. It seemed that the topic was also related to horses. There was some fodder scattered in the manger beside the fence, and several horses huddled together. The rest of the horses couldn't squeeze through. There are also some horses tied to wooden stakes. Most of these horses in the horse market are the most common ancient Bolai horses, and there are also some tall draft horses. War horses such as Qinglin horses and black scale horses are rare.
There are a lot of people in the horse market. If someone stops by the fence, the owner of the horse farm will come over and introduce the basic information of these horses, and some people will complete the transaction and take the horse away.
The road here is very muddy, the boots stepped on it, and the soles of the feet were covered with mud. Fortunately, Hathaway and Beatrice were both wearing swordsman light armor and long leather boots, but even so, the two of them were full of mud. Dirt roads are also very difficult to walk on.
Not too far from the entrance of the horse market, Suerdak stopped in front of a fence. Inside the fence was a very majestic Qinglin horse with a good coat color and excellent body shape and muscular lines. The horse attracted many onlookers, and the owner of the horse stood in front of the fence, bragging about the Qinglin horse very proudly.
The Qinglin horse belongs to the very high-quality war horse of the Green Empire. It has a stronger physique than the ancient Bolai horse. Its explosive power and sprinting ability when running are much stronger than the ancient Bolai horse. It is only in terms of endurance. , Qinglin horse is slightly inferior to ancient Bolai horse.
I didn't expect to meet such a good war horse when I first entered the horse market.
Suldak stopped and stood behind the crowd to listen to the introduction of the horse owner:
"It was brought back from the plane of Kenda. The original owner was to construct a knight. It died in the hands of the demon swordsman in the battle of the seal in the Vala Valley. The horse was also injured at the time. It came back from the frontline battlefield. He was almost skinny at the time, and he was transferred to me several times, and I raised him carefully for nearly half a year, and now he has recovered and is in very good condition."
Seeing Suldak looking this way, he stretched his neck and introduced to Suldak:
"Look at how tall it is and how tight its muscles are. If it is on the battlefield, it must be an excellent horse that runs very fast!"
Suldak was a little moved, and asked, "How much are you going to sell?"
Seeing that Suldak seemed to be very interested, the owner of the horse immediately separated from the onlookers, went to Suldak, invited him to the fence, let him feel the majesty of this blue-scaled horse up close, and let him stretch out his hand After touching the blue scales on the horse, he straightened his chest and said proudly: "Fifty gold, I will buy this horse for only fifty gold! Of course, this set of saddles is mine, and it will not be a gift." For you!"
Suldak didn't know how much a blue-scaled war horse cost. When he heard the price quoted by the owner of the horse, he was slightly startled and said, "Um, it's so expensive..."
He took a closer look at the Qinglin horse. The horse was not timid, and it was obviously a trained war horse.
Suldak asked the groom behind him: "How about this Qinglin horse?"
The groom of Luther's house narrowed his gray eyes and took two steps forward, squeezed in front of the fence to observe carefully, the horse owner tried to explain to him, but was stared coldly by the groom, and then looked embarrassingly Take a step back.
The groom whispered in Suldak's ear: "This is a retired horse. Due to long-term battles on the battlefield, its body has accumulated a lot of hidden injuries. Even if it is bought back, it won't last long."
The owner of the horse obviously heard what Luther's groom said, but he didn't refute.
Just whispered beside Suldak: "Even if it can't go to the battlefield, it is still a good horse. It can be brought back to the pasture as a stallion. It will definitely help you earn back the cost."
The owner of the racecourse smiled, his face turned red and the other turned pale, and stopped talking.
Surdak didn't just buy one horse this time. He wanted to build a cavalry battalion, and he needed at least hundreds of horses.
Seeing that the groom was indeed very experienced, he resolutely gave up on the Qinglin horse.
Sulda took Hathaway and walked forward for a while. The ancient Bolai horses in the fences on both sides looked a little thin. The groom followed Suldaak and gave these skinny horses a very mean price: a bag of wheat There may be no problem, but if you want to carry a knight in full armor, it is estimated that these horses will lie down on the spot within twenty steps.
Skipping the group of skinny horses, Suldak saw a Gubolai horse with a tall skeleton tied to a wooden stake in front, which looked very powerful.
The owner of the horse enthusiastically introduced the situation of the horse to Surdak, saying that it was a very experienced horse.
The groom of Luther's family walked up to the horse without saying a word, stretched out his hand and pulled the thick lips of the old horse, carefully looked at the teeth inside, patted the horse's head and said to Suldak: "This horse Almost eighteen years old!"
The owner of the horse looked at the groom in embarrassment, and watched Suldak and his party leave.
Ordinary war horses gradually entered old age after fifteen years of age, and this horse was obviously eliminated from the battlefield.
There is a group of huge horses in the fence at the end of the horse market, but there is no one next to this fence. This group of horses is obviously more energetic than other horses in the horse market. In such a cold day, they can still be in the fence. Feel free to move around.
"Why is there no one here?" Surdak was a little strange.
The groom from Luther's family came up again and explained to Suldak: "These are all crossbreeds of northern warhorses and local horses, and they are all selected and eliminated. They look strong and tall, but when they arrived It is very afraid of heat in summer, and there is no flesh on its thighs, which means that its endurance and explosive power are very poor, and it can’t run at all when charging. If you don’t believe it, you can walk around the field.”
After stopping the groom's evaluation, Suldak was a little frustrated. There are nearly a thousand horses in such a big horse market, except for the horses eliminated on the battlefield, they are just some miscellaneous horses.
"There don't seem to be any good horses here..."
"There are still a few Gubolai horses that can be trained to become war horses! But even if I can pick them out, the owners of these horses are not fools, and the price will definitely not be cheap." The groom looked at the fence around the horse market.
Suldak made up his mind to buy some high-quality war horses, so he said: "As long as you can become war horses, it doesn't matter if the price is more expensive!"
The groom walked around the horse market again, and helped Suldak pick out less than 30 ancient horses, just as the groom said in advance , the owner of the horses is obviously unwilling to sell these good horses, but Suldak is a nobleman, they can't refuse a nobleman without reason, so they raise the price a little bit, each horse is almost The high price of more than 20 gold, Suldak almost didn't counter-offer, so he bought the horse selected by these grooms, and spent a total of nearly 800 gold.
If three months ago, this was almost all of Suldak's property, but now it is an insignificant amount of money to Suldak, at least for the gold coins stored in the treasure room, eight hundred gold coins is indeed It's nothing.
Looking at the reluctance of the owner of the racecourse, it is obvious that this price is also reluctant to sell.
The groom hired two helpers at the horse market, and the three of them drove the thirty horses out of the horse market, and said to Suldak when they came outside the horse market: "I guess there are only so many good horses that can be drawn to the battlefield here." Many, unless a new race owner arrives, there is no need to come again within half a month."
Seeing that Suldak seemed a bit incomprehensible, he said: "Now the Grimm Empire has very strict control over war horses. It is difficult for war horses from good horse farms to flow to the market. Now there are only these old horses left in the horse market. There is no way."
"Master Marquis said, Sir Baron, if you can't buy war horses in the horse market, you can go to the manor outside the family city to pick some." The groom reminded tactfully.
Suldak lowered his head and thought for a while, looked firmly at the horses behind him, and insisted, "Let's get these first!"
These horses cannot be fostered in the city of Benar, but can only be temporarily fostered in the manor outside the city of the Luther family. The groom drove the horses out with two temporarily hired helpers. It can be firmly mounted on the horse's back without a saddle.
They had to drive the horses to the manor outside the city before dark, so they left in a hurry.
There are two ways to transport them back to Hailansa. The first is to take a magic airship. This method is convenient and fast, but Suldak needs to pay a high shipping fee. The other way is to directly I rushed back to Hailansa City from Bena City by land, but it is currently winter, and there has been a heavy snowfall recently, so it is obviously inconvenient to go by land.
Now they can only pay the expensive shipping fee to transport these war horses back to Hailansa City by magic airship.
He boarded the magic caravan waiting outside the horse market with Hathaway and Beatrice, and sat in the carriage, thinking that there was not even a decent horse market in Hailansa City, Suldak scratched in pain. Even if you want to buy a horse at a high price, you can't do it. I believe that there should be no horse dealer in Hailansa city who would dare to deceive him like this.
Seeing that Suldak seemed to be worried about buying a horse, Hathaway looked at him with magnificent eyes, and asked with some doubts: "Why don't you accept my father's gift?"
Surdak stretched his legs, took off his muddy boots, and casually threw them on the floor of the carriage.
Then he said to Hathaway: "Although those horses did not serve in the army, I guess they should be the reserve of the legion. Once a war of planes breaks out, not only knights will be lost in each battle, but more horses will be lost. I If we get five hundred war horses from Marquis Luther, I guess at least half of the army’s reserve horses will be taken away, and if these horses cannot be replenished in time in the future, it will affect the continued combat power of Luther’s army.”
Actually, Suldak didn’t say anything, that is, it didn’t want Marquis Luthor to have some influence over his personal armed forces.
"So I want to look around, maybe someone is willing to sell it to me! You don't have to worry about my wallet, I found a group of salamanders over there, if I can hunt them all, I should be able to get a lot of money. "Suldak patted the money bag on his waist on purpose.
If Beatrice knew that Suldak's biggest magic crystal was the money that the Gophero family was cheated out of, she didn't know what she would think.
Suldak continued: "Next, I want to go to Constantinople. Marquis Luther said that there should be the armor I need."
Hathaway's eyes lit up, and she said excitedly: "My aunt happens to live in Constantinople, and I want to go with you, so I can visit my aunt along the way."
"...Um, to have you accompany me all the way, of course I wish for it!" Suldak said while holding Hathaway's hand.
But in his heart, he secretly complained. Every time he came to Bena City, Aphrodite summoned him with the summoning contract circle. If he and Hathaway rushed to Constantinople, he would definitely be with him day and night. It can't last that long...
(end of this chapter)