Chapter 107: Dragon-Blood Horse

Really joined the River Po Office?

And established in the county?

What you think of comes to you.

Liang Qu knelt on one knee, listening with joy.

The whole thing is like lying at home, eating, drinking, and sleeping, and the high-welfare fishing job he had been thinking about suddenly fell on his head.

What's more outrageous is that after observation, the superiors decided to designate the surrounding area as a new development zone, open a branch near your home, and you can join the job nearby.

The transportation for commuting is also prepared for you, a dragon-blood treasure horse produced by the Great Shun!

Sold to many countries, a famous trademark, consuming a handful of forage for a hundred-kilometer acceleration!

The envoy finished reading, closed the scroll, and held it out flat.

Yang Dongxiong stood up, took the imperial decree with both hands, bowed, and retreated.

"Congratulations to Master Yang, congratulations to Master Yang."

The envoy bowed and congratulated, and the serious atmosphere suddenly became harmonious.

Yang Dongxiong carefully put away the imperial decree and smiled: "The envoy has traveled a long way, I have already asked people to prepare food, why not come in and rest?"

It's not that Yang Dongxiong has eyes and ears everywhere and knows the whereabouts of the envoy carrying the imperial decree like the back of his hand.

The envoy group sent one person to gallop on horseback yesterday, notifying the Yang Mansion in advance, so as not to lose etiquette before the holy decree.

After entering Pingyang County, the envoy group also calculated the time to rest for a while, ensuring they arrived on time.

It's all routine.

Facing Yang Master's invitation, the envoy politely declined, and only after three refusals did he agree, leading everyone into the Yang Mansion.

Liang Qu and a group of senior brothers stood in two rows, welcoming them.

After the envoy and his followers all entered, Xiang Zhangsong poked Liang Qu with his elbow: "What is the Pinyin Method? Why didn't you tell us?"

Everyone had merit in resisting the Ghost Mother Sect, with official positions and silver taels.

How come you have an extra Pinyin Method? A dragon-blood treasure horse? The official position given is even better.

Getting rich behind the brothers' backs?

Dragon-blood treasure horses are the iconic treasure horses specially bred by the Great Shun, divided into six grades according to performance.

Although he didn't know what grade of treasure horse was rewarded, even the lowest sixth-grade dragon-blood treasure horse was several times better than ordinary steeds!

The sixteen-li road from Yixing City to Pingyang Town, a dragon-blood horse could run two round trips in the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn without resting.

Ordinary people can't come into contact with dragon-blood horses at all, usually only supplied to officials in office, and all taken back after retirement.

Those who can continue to hold them after retirement are rewards as special honors.

Liang Qu coughed: "It's just a method of learning characters, a bit better than the fan-cut method, learning characters faster. I reported it to the mountain chief at the academy, just thinking about getting some invention award."

Everyone present had read books and knew what the fan-cut method was, and were even more confused.

Something used since the ancestors' generation, can it still be innovated?

Xiang Zhangsong pursued: "Better than the fan-cut method? How much better?"

"Uh..." Liang Qu scratched his temples. "Learning characters four or five times faster?"

"???"

What method can make people learn to read and write four or five times faster!?

The senior brothers were incredulous.

Seeing that everyone was about to continue asking, Liang Qu hurriedly interrupted: "Don't talk about it, don't talk about it, the envoy is still waiting for us."

"Hmm, go in first, we'll talk about this later."

Second Cao Shixiong Yu Dun spoke, and everyone stopped pursuing, following closely into the Yang Mansion.

The remaining few servants leading the horses followed at the end, moving the rewards in, and then leading the dragon-blood horses to the stable.

Liang Qu looked at the tall horses and was very eager, wanting to see his new mount up close, but it wasn't the time, so he had to accompany the envoy to eat first.

The front of the Yang Mansion became empty, and the townspeople who were watching the fun dispersed, talking everywhere about the majesty when the angel came.

In the hall, the eight senior brothers took turns pouring wine for the envoy, and the envoy praised them one after another.

When it was Liang Qu's turn, he was pulled by the wrist by the envoy, who looked him up and down carefully.

"This is Master Yang's ninth disciple, right? Truly as fresh as a willow in spring, as brilliant as the morning glow! Extraordinary!"

Liang Qu didn't know what medicine the envoy was selling in his gourd, so he kept saying he was overpraised.

"Not so." The envoy shook his head. "The Emperor praised your Pinyin Method endlessly. This dragon-blood horse is not the full reward. In a few months, the imperial capital academy will fully promote the Pinyin Method, and verifying the effect will surely benefit the future."

"What exactly is this Pinyin Method?"

For a time, even Yang Dongxiong was curious. What method could be exchanged for a dragon-blood horse? And it wasn't the full reward, just the beginning?

Since it had come to this, Liang Qu explained it, drawing a few Pinyin symbols on the spot for everyone to see.

The envoy added: "Compared to the ordinary fan-cut method, learning this method can be four or five times faster! You can complete character recognition within a year."

Yang Dongxiong raised his eyebrows: "So much?"

The envoy nodded.

Lu Gang frowned and pondered: "Junior brother's method, you only need to remember seventy or eighty pronunciations. Compared to the thousands of combinations of fan-cut, just in terms of pronunciation, it is a hundred times simpler."

Xu Zishuai was puzzled: "Why couldn't I think of such a method when I was learning characters?"

"If junior brother had brought out this method earlier, I wouldn't have had to learn characters so hard."

The envoy laughed: "That's exactly why the Emperor praised it so much. This can be called simple in the Emperor's heart."

Hearing this, everyone envied.

Cups and dishes were intertwined, and the sky gradually darkened.

Several maids moved several nine-branched bronze lamps with beast heads silently, illuminating the room brightly.

Until the end, the envoy revealed two important pieces of news.

"The county government team has already been selected and is on the way, still needing more than half a month. The River Po Office and Demon Hunting Division are slightly faster, and can arrive within ten days. Among them, the manager of the River Po Office is still an old acquaintance of Master Yang."

"Oh, my old acquaintance?" Yang Dongxiong was slightly surprised, and was about to ask who it was, but saw the envoy shake his head and not speak, selling a pass.

Yang Dongxiong had to suppress his curiosity.

"Besides this, there is another important matter. The grain from the surrounding prefectures of Huaiyin Prefecture will arrive tomorrow. At that time, it will be the time for Pingyang County to widely accept the population. Master Yang needs to pay more attention.

The Emperor said that if Pingyang County develops well enough in the next few years and the population reaches one hundred thousand households, it may not be impossible to call it Pingyang Prefecture."

Everyone felt a chill in their hearts. This is a big piece of news.

Whether it is from a town to a county, or from a county to a prefecture, there are very few examples, let alone from a town to a prefecture.

The opportunities are countless.

The imperial court is going to fight the Ghost Mother Sect, Liang Qu thought.

This approach is like building a majestic pass in a dangerous place in the border area to resist the barbarians and protect the rear.

Although it is not as exaggerated as building a majestic pass on flat ground, it is about the same.

No wonder they would specifically set up a River Po Office and a Demon Hunting Division.

Ordinary county towns don't have these two institutions; prefectures do.

Now Pingyang County is like a key-supported area. There is no big support, the imperial court doesn't have so much energy and finance, but small support will definitely be continuous, becoming a pig on the wind, attracting many ambitious people, and seizing the opportunity to jump into the privileged class.

After the envoy left, everyone was drunk.

Liang Qu followed Yang Dongxiong to the stable.

Under his feet was the sound of dry grass breaking, and the faint smell of livestock drilled into his nostrils with the night wind. Several servants held torches to provide light.

In the stable, all the horses subconsciously avoided the four tall horses in the middle.

According to the envoy, all four horses were fifth-grade dragon-blood horses. It didn't matter which one was rewarded to Liang Qu and which three were rewarded to Yang Dongxiong.

Yang Dongxiong let Liang Qu choose for himself.

"This..." Liang Qu scratched his head. "Master, you help me choose one. I don't know anything about horse knowledge."

Advancing too fast is like this, many supporting things can't keep up.

Hu Qi could teach other apprentices when he was at three barriers, and Liang Qu was also about to be at three barriers, but his knowledge reserve was much worse. He could teach, but it would definitely not be as careful and comprehensive as Hu Qi's.

Yang Dongxiong smiled and shook his head, took a torch, looked at them one by one from the front of the stable, turned over their teeth, lifted their hooves, smoothed their hair, and felt the muscle texture of the steeds.

Finally, he led out the third jujube-red horse from left to right: "Just this one, a stallion, the temper will be fiercer, you need to spend more time to grind."

Liang Qu was overjoyed: "Thank you, Master, for choosing the horse!"

Even someone who doesn't understand horses can see at a glance that this is an extremely rare steed.

Following the envoy group for more than a month, the hair color was still as bright as new, the eyes were bright and alert, full of vigilance, and there was no sign of fatigue at all.

The jujube-red hair all over its body would definitely dance like flames when running.

Although the other horses couldn't see fatigue, in terms of feeling, they were not as energetic as the one in front of him.

"Nothing, but I want to remind you that the saying 'a horse is not fat without night grass' is not just talk. You really have to get up at night to feed the horse, and there is the ratio of feed, when it should eat, when it shouldn't eat, four times a day or five times, do you know?"

Raising a horse is a very troublesome thing, and there are many points to pay attention to, including getting up at night to feed the horse at a precise time, which is not something an ordinary person can do. Otherwise, if it loses a little weight, it is a loss of dozens of taels.

Wealthy families often have special horse servants, who must be trustworthy and able to endure hardship to serve.

There are three horse servants in the Yang Mansion to ensure that the horses can get meticulous

There are three horse grooms in the Yang residence, ensuring that the horses can receive meticulous care.

Liang Qu chuckled: "I know this, but the house in Yixing City hasn't been repaired yet, and there's no stable to keep horses. I still have to ask Master for help with raising the horses, and help me feed them for a month or so."

"Hahaha." Yang Dongxiong laughed, "I knew you kid could do it. I'll raise them for you for two months. If you don't take them away by then, the horses will be mine."

"Thank you, Master!"