Gao Kaishan's name is very domineering and looks very domineering. He is over 1.85 meters tall and can be described as the word "graceful". He has a national face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a straight nose and square mouth, and a clear edges and corners, which are five or six points similar to Gao Bufan, but he looks harder and bolder. Gao Bufan's face combines the characteristics of his mother, so he is relatively softer and more handsome.

Gao Kaishan is 47 years old and has a son in middle age. There is only Chen, the wife of the Yuan-married family. The two have been very affectionate since they got married and rarely blush. Even in modern times, they can definitely be regarded as a model couple. This is very rare.

As Gao Bufan expected, Gao Kaishan was indeed a sucker yesterday and accompanied Yu Wenhua and his group to the city to eat, drink and have fun. He spent hundreds of taels of silver alone, not counting the few good horses he gave out. If he hadn't had a few glasses of wine, he would have been so painful that he would not be able to sleep last night.

Just like most ordinary middle-aged men, Gao Kaishan also carries the burden of supporting their families on their shoulders, and runs and works hard every day, just for the few taels of silver. Opening a horse farm seems to be glorious, but only he can understand the worries in it. Almost all year round, he also has to risk being held accountable by the court at any time. In the year, he only has hundreds of taels of silver. If a group of foals dies well, he may have to pay the money in it.

The early years were better, but the horse farms became more and more difficult in the past two years. First, the court reduced the purchase price of war horses too low, and second, a new horse farm was opened in the neighboring county. The competition between the two sides further squeezed the profit margin of the Feiying Horse Racecourse.

According to the estimates of Mr. Xia at the beginning of the year, the Flying Eagle Race Farm is likely to be in vain this year. Unexpectedly, the house was leaking and raining all night. Just as the horse was about to slaughter, Yu Wen and the plague god actually came to fight Qiu Feng. As soon as they opened their mouths, they were 3,000 taels of silver. This was almost the profit of the horse farm for four or five years. Gao Kaishan almost turned pale.

Fortunately, Gao Kaishan's surrender yesterday seemed to be in vain. The magistrate of Zhou from Xi County came forward to plead for him with great righteousness, and at least reduced the 3,000 taels of silver to 2,200 taels.

Gao Kaishan calculated it for a while. He could barely get the money. The heart that he kept holding finally relaxed. In addition, he drank a few more drinks during the meal, so he fell asleep after getting home and didn't wake up until the sun was at midnight the next day.

"Where has Fan'er been?" Gao Kaishan took the sobering soup handed over by his wife Chen and asked while drinking.

"I drove more than a dozen horses into the city early in the morning."

Gao Kaishanqi said, "Why did he drive so many horses into the city?"

Chen sighed: "Didn't the family urgently use money? Yesterday, I planned to ask Mingcui to sell the jewelry for some money, but I happened to be caught by Xiaofan and didn't sell it in the end..."

Chen repeated what Gao Bufan said yesterday, and finally said with red eyes: "Xiaofan is a child who has been sensible since he was a child. Today he rushed into the city. I guess he wanted to sell it for some money and help his family get through the difficulties. Alas, it's hard for him at a young age."

Gao Kaishan smiled bitterly when he heard this, "Xiaofan has been very independent since he was a child and never caused trouble for us. Now he wants him to worry about his family. It's useless for me, my father."

Chen held her husband's hand and comforted him: "Don't say that, the boss has always relied on you to shelter from the wind and rain. You should be a hero who is roaming on the battlefield, but for my sake, I live in a corner and worry about some things about food, rice, oil and salt every day..."

Gao Kaishan reached out to cover Chen's mouth, and did not let her continue talking, and said softly: "I am very happy to have you in this life, not to mention that I still have Xiaofan now. God is actually not very good at Gao Kaishan, and I am very content."

Chen couldn't help but lean into her husband's arms, and the latter patted her back and said, "Xiaofan is right. We are the men at home, and we will take the blame first when the sky falls. You don't have to worry about money, I will find a way to deal with it."

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Horses on the horse farm are divided into third-class war horses, second-class field horses, and third-class horizontal horses. War horses are the best, with explosive power and endurance, suitable for use on the battlefield, while field horses are second-class and can be used for daily work, such as plowing fields and pulling carts.

As for slow horses, they are the worst, either too thin or flawed, such as lameness and rotten teeth, or hard-to-dry, and even the daily work of ploughing fields and pulling carts is not competent.

Every year, a group of wild horses are eliminated, and the final outcome of these wild horses is mostly sold to restaurants and restaurants to kill meat. Of course, some people will buy wild horses and go back to do some light work.

Early this morning, Gao Bufan asked Gao Shou and Gao Ren to drive more than a dozen horses to the county town, preparing to sell them for some money, and by the way, see if there are any other ways to make a lot of money.

Because it rained heavily last night and the road was muddy, Gao Bufan rode Qingyun in the front, while Gao Shou and Gao Ren were rushing the horses behind uneasy. Although he thought the young master was unlikely to sell them, the two guys were still a little worried, so he worked very hard today, for fear of making the young master angry.

The big green horse under Gao Bufan's crotch was indeed majestic. He was covered in black and could not find any miscellaneous hair. He was one big taller than an ordinary horse. His four hooves were slender and powerful. He ran like a cloud on the muddy official road. He could jump out more than ten meters away with a slight lift. The slow horses were panting and could not keep up with it. Therefore, every time he walked, Gao Bufan had to tie the reins and wait, which made the big green horse very unhappy and kept shaking his head and sniffing.

Gao Shou and Gao Ren are not all in nowhere. At least they are very good at driving horses. They whip the horses from left to right, driving the horses steadily.

The county town of Xixian is nearly forty miles away from Feiying Horse Farm. At around 8 a.m., Gao Bufan and his group finally arrived outside the city, but the scene in front of them was a bit disgusting.

But the bustling road into the city was filled with people, most of whom were unclothed refugees, with pale faces and dull expressions, moving towards the city gate like walking corpses. There were many people who were dragging their families. There were more than a dozen stagnant corpses lying in the mud on both sides of the straight road. It was probably all refugees who were starving or dying from illness. Some of them had already smelled stench. Groups of green-headed flies were buzzing around on it, which was very terrible!

Gao Bufan subconsciously held his breath, and Gao Shou and Gao Ren had already covered their noses!

In fact, it is impossible for the guards to let these refugees enter the city. The reason why they blocked the straight road to the city was just to occupy a favorable position and wait for the employer to choose.

From time to time, decent clothes come out in the city. Among the refugees, they choose coolies to work in the city. The wages are so cheap that they can be ignored. Even if they only need to take care of food, some strong bodies are relatively easy to be selected. Of course, those with good looks are also easy to be selected. However, most of these people have to sell themselves as slaves. If they are lucky, they can only go to brothels and brothels to sell their flesh, and from then on, they will be in a dark state.

"Get out of the way, don't block Mr. Gao's way!"

The officers at the city gate obviously recognized Gao Bufan, waving spears and water and fire sticks to drive the refugees to the straight road, freeing up the road in the middle.

Gao Bufan raised his hand and threw a string of Wuzhu coins to the servants. Then, under the hopeful eyes of the refugees, he led his horse to the city gate, and felt a little confused. When he passed by a woman holding a baby, he finally couldn't help but put his hand in his pocket!

The woman was disheveled with hair, dirty and tattered, unable to see clearly, and could not tell her age. The baby in her arms was probably not half a year old. The sparse hair was like the decaying dead grass in winter, making hoarse and weak crying. She was probably hungry. Her little brain subconsciously arched her to the woman's shriveled chest, but the adults had no food, so where did they get the milk to breastfeed?

Seeing Gao Bufan reaching into his arms, the hope in the eyes of the woman holding the baby became stronger, and the refugees with dull eyes around him instantly became shiny, and they rushed towards the woman holding the baby, like a group of hungry wolves who smelled blood.

Seeing this, Gao Bufan frowned and decisively gave up the idea of ​​giving money, because even if he gave it, he probably wouldn't be able to save the woman, and maybe he would harm her. The ugliness of human nature are the easiest to show when hungry.

Gao Bufan retreated from his arms, empty, and the refugees were disappointed. Some even cursed in a low voice. Gao Bufan turned a deaf ear and called Gao Shou and Gao Ren to drive the horse into the city gate.

The head of the officer who was in charge of guarding the city gate came forward to see this and said with a smile: "Fortunately, the refugee mother and son didn't give the money just now!"

"Why?" Gao Bufan asked knowingly.

The head of the service whispered to the refugee corpses and said, "Bo, someone gave a handful of copper coins before, but several died in the fight. Once this person is hungry and anxious, he will be similar to a beast. He bit his ears and eyes, and does everything he can. Therefore, if the young master gave the money just now, he might have killed the mother and son."

The officer leader's narration was very indifferent, and he obviously did not take the death of refugees seriously. Gao Bufan frowned and asked, "Why did so many refugees suddenly come?"

The officer said, "Some time ago, the downstream Zhangnan County was flooded. Tens of thousands of houses collapsed, and countless casualties were killed or injured. I heard that even half of the city wall collapsed, so most of these refugees came from Zhangnan County. It is said that there are more disaster-stricken places in Shandong. Our Qing County is pretty good and has basically not been affected. So, refugees have all come here!"
Chapter completed!