hsntnovel Chapter 2398: 1 guan is not too much
Chapter 2398: 1 guan is not too much
Wang Xuance was a civil servant, and was definitely different from Wang Hongfu, a businessman.
However, after Prince Ji spoke, Wang Xuance could only nod his head. What was there for him to learn?
"My Lord, what is the significance of this warhorse?"
After talking for a long time, Wang Xuance still didn't understand what was so good about this horse?
Li Shen adjusted his sitting position and said:
“I tell you, this horse is no ordinary one. It is very similar to my father’s warhorse, named Shifachi.
This horse helped my father break through the siege, but was shot to death. My father was very sad.
You may not know the story of the Six Horses of Zhaoling Mausoleum, and Shifachi is one of them.
The horse was sketched by Yan Liben, carved by Yan Lide, and praised by Ouyang Xun, and placed in Zhaoling Mausoleum.
This...I won't go into too much detail, but you should know that this horse has a special meaning.
Over the years, my father has told me more than once about his heroic deeds, and he has mentioned the horse Shifachi many times."
Zhaoling? Wang Xuance was stunned at first. Of course he knew Zhaoling. It was the mausoleum built by His Majesty for himself.
When the queen was critically ill, His Majesty began to order people to build the mausoleum. Later, the queen recovered, but the construction of the mausoleum continued.
It has been under renovation for more than a decade and has already housed several ministers and nobles.
But Wang Xuance didn't know much about it. After all, it was the emperor's tomb and was not known to outsiders.
It is not surprising that Prince Ji, as a son, knew this.
Wang Xuance never expected that the person King Ji had always called Shifachi was actually the name of the BMW that had accompanied His Majesty in the war.
No wonder King Ji wanted it so badly.
But isn’t it a bit too much to sell it for 500,000 strings of cash?
"Your Majesty, in that case, why don't you present your majesty to me? Your Majesty's love for you is truly a good thing."
Wang Xuance suggested.
But Li Shen shook his head:
"Can good words be worth more than gold? I have given your Majesty a fine horse, the same as the one you rode in battle.
Have you forgotten the black Dayuan horse with white kicks that I gave to Your Majesty?
The horse among the six steeds was named Bai Ti Wu.
He died of exhaustion from a long-distance gallop. I don't remember the details.
This prince has already given one horse, so even a million strings of cash wouldn't be too much, right?"
His father had told him a lot of glorious history back then, especially about the six horses, but Li Shen only listened to the general idea and didn't remember the details.
He just knew that it was important to his dad.
One million strings of cash? Wang Xuance nearly had a brain hemorrhage. The highest level of cheating one's father must be Prince Ji.
How could he have the nerve to ask that? One million strings of cash could be used to fight a large-scale war.
This time, the Western Expedition of 100,000 troops did not cost even one million strings of cash.
His Majesty is truly merciful. He did not beat a child like this to death and allowed him to live for more than twenty years.
I can actually tolerate him harming others and then turning around to harm myself.
Seeing that Wang Xuance didn't say anything, Li Shen thought that Wang Xuance also felt that it was not excessive, just like him.
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Shitou, go out and see if Xue Rengui has trained the horse well."
Li Shen didn't know the habits of the new horse, so he needed a professional to tame it and understand its personality.
Li Shen definitely cannot do this job himself. The crotch-stuck incident that year left a psychological trauma on Li Shen.
So he handed the matter over to Xue Rengui, and asked him to ride it a few times first to see how it goes.
Shitou agreed and got out of the carriage.
"Your Highness, Sima Xue is back."
Soon, Shi Tou's report came from outside the car.
"Let's go, let's go take a look together." Li Shen said to Wang Xuance after hearing this, then got out of the carriage.
Standing on the shaft of the carriage, he saw Xue Rengui riding the fiery red horse galloping back and stopping next to Li Shen's carriage.
"Your Majesty, this horse is indeed a good one. It runs very fast and has excellent endurance. It is a rare good horse."
Xue Rengui rode it several times and also liked it a little, but he knew that this horse was not meant for him.
"Can I ride it?" Li Shen asked. This was the key point.
"My Lord, it should have been tamed before. Your Lordship can ride it."
Xue Rengui nodded.
Upon hearing this, Li Shen was immediately delighted and jumped off the carriage. Xue Rengui dismounted and led the horse over.
"My dear, can you let me ride you for a while? I will never treat you unfairly."
Li Shen touched the horse's neck and whispered a few words of comfort, then took the reins and climbed onto the horse.
"Ha!" With a shake of the reins and a push of the legs, the BMW immediately rushed out.
"Hahaha!"
In the blink of an eye, he ran far away, leaving behind only Li Shen's loud laughter.
"Ha~"
"Ha~"
The personal guards behind him immediately urged their horses to catch up and protect Li Shen's safety.
It was freezing cold and covered with snow. Li Shen didn't dare to rush in on horseback, so he could only gallop on the pipeline.
In just a moment, Li Shen had returned to the west gate of Xizhou City.
Then, under the puzzled gaze of the Xizhou City defenders, Li Shen made a big circle and started running back.
The soldiers guarding the city were all stunned and confused.
"Hahahaha, good horse, good horse."
After returning to the team, Li Shen patted the horse's neck several times to show encouragement and praised it highly.
During the sprint just now, the cold wind made Li Shen unable to open his eyes and his face hurt a little, which shows how fast he was running.
After getting off the horse, Li Shen came to the front of the horse and touched its face:
“From now on, you will be called Shifachi. With this name, you will reach the pinnacle of your life as a horse, with a status comparable to that of a prince.
No, you are definitely higher in status than Li Zhi. From now on, you will be my ninth brother. If you see him, you will kick him to death."
Li Shen was talking to himself while talking to Shifachi, which made the people around him frown.
A horse can have a status comparable to that of a prince. Isn't this an insult?
After enjoying it for a while, Li Shen finally felt a little cold and reluctantly returned to the carriage.
"Let him live with Xiaobai when we get back. Don't let him get frozen. This is a walking million."
After getting in the car, Li Shen gave an order to Shi Tou.
"Yes, Your Highness, I will take good care of it." Shitou obeyed the order.
Xiaobai, who came with Li Shen, is now living in the office, in a room specially vacated.
After the snow fell, Li Shen was afraid that Xiaobai would get frozen, so he ordered people to make arrangements.
A special servant is responsible for taking care of it every day, and he dares not be careless at all. Shi Tou will check on it from time to time.
"Hmph, if you can't take good care of him, I will send your son to the palace."
Li Shen snorted. He found that the idea of having the same surname as himself was not working. Shi Tou was given the surname Li, which was the same surname as his own, wasn't it?
So Li Shen now changed his method of threat, which is to send your son into the palace to be a eunuch.
Li Shen currently thinks this method is still very useful.
Sure enough, Shitou immediately promised after hearing this:
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will take care of it myself and will never let anything happen to it."
(I wanted to write about something that’s been trending online lately, but after much deliberation, I decided not to.
It seems to have calmed down now.)