Chapter 239: Can a war horse be trained like this? Shocked guests ()

The fire horse had a very fierce temper. After Zhao Xing rode on it, it shook wildly, trying to throw Zhao Xing off.

"Chichi~"

The flames on the mane were burning and spreading along Zhao Xing's body. Zhao Xing now looked like a living Ghost Rider.

"You're quite fierce." Zhao Xing smiled slightly and then raised his hand.

"Zizizi~" Thunder instantly covered the entire palm, and then slapped the horse's head fiercely.

"boom!"

With a thunderous blow, the fire horse was immediately dizzy and the flames on its body dimmed.

Just when Zhao Xing thought that this guy had behaved himself, unexpectedly the fire horse suddenly gained momentum again and leaped towards the strong wind wall in front.

At this time, Zhao Xing's body was swaying sideways, at 90 degrees to the ground.

The flamingo breathed fire again, and its body muscles swayed at a unique frequency, trying to shake off Zhao Xing.

"Get down here!"

Zhao Xing fiercely kicked the horse’s belly.

"Eh~"

The flamingo's body suddenly fell downwards.

The golden bones were fully developed and weighed a thousand pounds. Zhao Xing used a martial artist's trick, the Thousand-Pound Weight, and immediately caused the Fire Horse to suffer heavy damage.

It felt like it was carrying a mountain, unable to fly, and slowly fell towards the plains below.

"Puff~"

Both the man and the horse fell to the ground, and a big hole was smashed in the grassland.

"The Infinite Underground Palace!"

Zhao Xing used the Underground Palace Technique, and more than 200 horses, including the Fire Horse King, all seemed to have entered a quagmire. Their speed dropped sharply and finally all stopped.

Only the horse king was able to struggle a few times in the pit.

Seeing that this guy was still not behaving himself, Mr. Zhao lost his patience.

His eyes gradually changed, and the murderous spirit he had cultivated on the battlefield was suddenly released.

Then a golden light flashed on his hand, and a ring-shaped mark was released.

"Submit, or die." (The Words of the Beasts: Flame Horse)
Zhao Xing activated the Mantra of Ten Thousand Beasts, and let out a roaring sound. He held the slave seal in his hand and looked at the Horse King below.

He believed that this cunning horse king would understand.

If it doesn't understand, he can only use the Slave Seal Technique by force. However, Zhao Xing's Slave Seal Technique is not sophisticated enough. If he continues to use it, the fire horse is likely to die.

Even if the slave mark is successful, the flamingo will go through a very painful time.

Because the principle of the slave seal method is to leave a spell in the body of the alien beast, so that the alien beast lives in fear and pain all the time, and thus surrenders.

The advantage of the slave seal method is that it works quickly, but the disadvantage is that it will wear away the spirituality of the beast, turning it into a complete tool.

Therefore, it is generally only used for ferocious beasts and king animals that are naturally brutal.

"Nigh~" The Flame Horse King knelt down on his front legs. He chose to submit to the new king.

Yes, in the eyes of the Fire Horse King, Zhao Xing is a Fire Horse and their new king.

Zhao Xing jumped from the pit back onto the Fire Horse King, then put a thunder chain on its horse face and put a lightning horse bit on the Fire Horse King.

Zhao Xing pulled gently, and the Fire Horse King jumped out of the pit obediently.

"Whoosh~" It raised its front hooves high, and Zhao Xing sat on its back, set off by the flames, like a god from heaven descending to earth.

"Bang!" The horse's hooves stepped down, the ground shook, and a ring of fire spread out from the surroundings.

All the fire horses heard the command, ran over, and knelt down around Zhao Xing.

"Lord Zhao is so awesome..." After Ling Ruoxue flew over and saw this scene, she couldn't help but have stars in her eyes.

"It's a waste of talent to have the military minister of agriculture raising horses." Cao Jiang couldn't help but sigh as he watched Zhao Xing easily tame the Fire Horse King.

The Fire Horse King is a sixth-grade exotic beast! Cao Jiang had chased it for several hours before, but couldn't get close because he had no confidence in winning.

This kind of horse king who grew up in the wild is very powerful. If it weren't for the help of Tianma Naga, he might have been injured now.

But when Zhao Xing arrived, he took control of the situation in an instant and subdued the Fire Horse King.

Tao Anchun was in doubt: "He just used the Ten Thousand Beasts Mantra, and he also uses the Three-Ring Slave Seal..."

Cao Jiang said: "Yes, what's wrong?"

Tao Anchun looked at Cao Jiang and said, "Have you forgotten what he did after taking office?"

Cao Jiang was shocked: "You mean, he learned this on the spot?"

Tao Anchun said: "The military's transfer order only has one month's preparation time at most, which means that he only knew where he was being transferred to one month before he took office."

"Including this month, he has only been learning animal taming for three and a half months!"

"Hiss..." Cao Jiang took a breath of cold air.

…………

"Your humble servant is Cao Jiang." "Your humble servant is Tao Anchun."

"Greetings to Zhao Sizheng, congratulations to Sizheng for taming the flaming horses."

The two men ran over respectfully and saluted Zhao Xing.

"Please stand up, my lords." Zhao Xing smiled.

He conquered not only the Fire Horse King, but also the hearts of Tao Anchun and Cao Jiang, two sixth-rank Si Nong.

Otherwise, Mr. Zhao wouldn't have gone through so much trouble.

No matter where you are, your own strength is the bottom line!
Princess Youruo supported him, but if he didn't show some ability, these people would only be respectful on the surface, not to mention pretending to obey him but actually disobeying him. They would not be convinced in their hearts when he did things, and would not follow him wholeheartedly.

After this incident, Cao Jiang and Tao Anchun were really convinced.

What is there for a young superior who has a good background, is capable, and is reasonable to be dissatisfied with?
This is a perfect thigh!
Even the innocent Ling Ruoxue could see Zhao Xing's extraordinaryness, and followed the uncles in paying respects.

"It's getting late, my three lords, let's go back to Tuquan Palace first."

"Yes."

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In Tuquan Palace, Dong Yuanqiu and Bao Shiqiu were questioning Zhang Tao.

The sky on Lu Island suddenly became bright. With such a large-scale change in the weather, it was natural for the two of them to come and check it out.

"The Pegasus from Tuquan Palace has not returned. What is going on?"

"Sir, I don't know." Zhang Tao said, "After I brought Lord Zhao here, I went back to guard the door."

"Master Zhao is here too?"

"Where is Lord Tao?"

"He should be going with Lord Zhao to look for Pegasus."

The two were asking questions.

Suddenly, a fiery red color approached rapidly from the horizon.

“Da da da da da~”

The vibration of fire power in the air made Dong Yuanqiu and Bao Shiqiu alert immediately.

After seeing the herd of flamingos, the two were immediately horrified and scared to the point of almost drawing their weapons.

As for the ninth-rank warrior Zhang Tao, he was in even worse condition. The scorching hot air made it difficult for him to breathe.

"My two lords, run!" Zhang Tao shouted.

"Why are you running!" Dong Yuanqiu pretended to be calm. "I died in front of you. I died in the line of duty. I'll be promoted one level. My family can get the pension of a fifth-rank official!"

"If you die in the back, it will be considered dereliction of duty, and you won't get any compensation!"

Zhang Tao wanted to cry but had no tears. You are high-ranking officials, but I am only a ninth-rank official.

How much money does he make as an official? He didn't expect that he would risk his life!

But this fear did not last long.

Dong Yuanqiu stared ahead for a while, then suddenly looked excited and laughed out loud: "Hahaha!"

Bao Shiqiu saw it a little late, but then he also laughed: "Hahahaha, I never thought that this group of flamingos could be tamed!"

"Boss, quickly open the Fire Palace!"

The Dragon Horse Prison used to raise flamingos, but they thought the breed had become extinct ten years ago.

Unexpectedly, there was still a group of them alive, and they were conquered and brought back by Zhao Xing!

"What? I don't have to die?" Zhang Tao was no longer panicked. He leaned on his spear and became confident again.

"Xu~"

Zhao Xing pulled the reins and ordered the Fire Horse King to stop.

Then more than two hundred fire horses stopped.

"Sir!" Dong Yuanqiu flew over excitedly, "The Fire Palace is open. I will lead the way for you, sir."

He wasn't really shocked, but more excited.

Dong Yuanqiu had served in the army for two years and knew how powerful the military agriculture officer was.

Zhao Xing is the military minister of agriculture, so it is natural for him to be stronger.

"Yeah." Zhao Xing nodded, then slowly rode his flaming horse into the Fire Palace.

It is called a palace, but in fact it is just a larger stable.

Zhao Xing chose one of the largest rooms, opened the fence, and let the Flame Horse King walk in.

The free-spirited Horse King was unhappy again and hesitated to move forward.

"Hmm? Do you want to come in?" Zhao Xing raised his hand.

A trace of fear flashed in the Flame Horse King's eyes, and he ran in immediately.

After entering, he grinned at Zhao Xing.

"You are quite spiritual." Zhao Xing smiled. Among all the fire horses, this one is the most spiritual.

Zhao Xing locked all the fire horses in the Fire Palace.

When I came out again, the Pegasus had also returned to its nest.

And there were many more officials outside the palace.

They rushed here after discovering the strange phenomenon in the sky.

Ling Ruoxue kept chattering and bragging, and in less than half an hour, these people all knew about Zhao Xing's feat of taming the Horse King.

"Congratulations, Lord Zhao, for subduing the Fire Horse King!"

When a group of officials saw Zhao Xing coming out, they congratulated him in unison.

Zhao Xing took a quick look and saw that there were more than 150 officials present.

Only a small number of the elite backbones of Longma Prison are here.

At this time, Zhao Xing also started his first fire after taking office.

"Tao Anchun!"

"I'm here." Tao Anchun immediately stepped out.

"Longma Prison is an important place. The weather has changed suddenly. How should the Ministry of Agriculture react?"

Tao Anchun said without hesitation: "All the agricultural officials above the eighth rank should rush to the abnormal location, check the situation and maintain order."

"If you are unable to maintain it, you should report it to your superiors. If your superiors notify you, you should rush to the scene as soon as possible."

"Very good." Zhao Xing sneered, "It is now the end of the official Xu hour. All the eighth-rank and above Si Nong who have not arrived after Xu hour will be dismissed!"

"Master Tao, you come and count. At the first hour of the night, I want to see the list of people who have been dismissed!"

"Yes." Tao Anchun responded.

Then the scene became extremely quiet, and Zhao Xing stood on the steps of the Huolie Palace, waiting quietly.

Whatever he does, he seeks to maximize profits and kill two birds with one stone.

Why did he go against the weather for three hours and do it on such a large scale?

It's not just about finding Tianma, it's also a test.

Let’s see how the administration of Longma Prison is.

When they first take office, the people under them will pretend to be something, and it is impossible to tell whether they are human or not.

But now more than two months have passed and he has done nothing, and some people's true colors have been revealed.

As time approached, officials arrived at Tuquan Palace one after another.

When it was exactly 11:00 PM, Zhao Xing suddenly opened his eyes:
"time up!"

"Master Tao, let's compile the list!"

After saying that, Zhao Xing created a cloud that covered the entire Tuquan Palace. Anyone who had not entered Tuquan Palace, no matter if they were farmers, warriors, or any other professions, were all on Master Zhao's elimination list.

Even if it is one meter away from Tuquan Palace, it is not allowed.

"Master Zhao, we are only one step late!"

"Master Tao, let me in!"

"Humph, a mere sixth rank, why are you showing off?"

"Who does he think he is to have the right to fire me?"

"Let's go back. I want to see how he ends up!"

There were a few people outside Tuoquan Palace. Seeing that Zhao Xing was so ruthless, they simply went back.

They had only heard that Zhao Xing and Princess Youruo had some relationship, but they didn't know the details. So they decided to just give up and leave.

"Sir, the list has been counted." Tao Anchun handed over a document. "A total of 249 people."

Zhao Xing took the list, without even looking at it, and went straight to Tuquan Palace and burned the document on the statue of Dai Zong.

Let him pass it on to Chongming Prefecture.

Yes, Zhao Xing did not have the right to dismiss officials of the seventh and eighth ranks.

Only the provincial capital has the right to appoint and dismiss low-ranking officials.

For middle-ranking officials, they need to report to the central government for approval. If they are military generals, the decision will be made by the military department.

The high rank can only be decided by Emperor Jing.

For this kind of thing, there is no need to bother Princess Youruo. Just report it to Chongming Prefecture and be done with it.

On the third day after the report was submitted, a ship arrived from Chongming Prefecture.

All the officials on the list submitted by Zhao Xing were taken away, dismissed and investigated.

The speed was so fast that even Sun Shizhao on Wan Island was frightened when he saw it.

"Over 200 seventh and eighth rank officials were all dismissed with just one word from him?"

"The power of this Marquis Yuan Rang is greater than I imagined." Sun Shizhao murmured to himself.

He was so efficient that he even suspected that Zhao Xing would remove him without any problem.

Unless he is an honest official with no faults to be found, any flaw in government affairs can be enough to serve as an excuse.

If it was just a minor mistake, he wouldn't be demoted to the lowest position, but being transferred from the main officer position, demoted, or even directly demoted are not consequences he can afford.

"Go, go ask Lord Yuan Rang if the Dragon Horse Guard is short of manpower now."

"If we are short of people, we can first transfer some people from the Wandao Agricultural Supervisory Office to fill in."

The clerk next to him asked, "Sir, would you like to bring a gift?"

Sun Shizhao kicked the clerk on the leg and said, "Asshole, do you want to kill me? This Marquis Yuan Rang clearly wants to be a good official, why would he accept a gift?"

"He can accept a transfer, but he will never accept a gift from a county lord like me. He might even think there's something wrong with me!"

"Yes, I spoke out of turn." The clerk went out quickly.

…………

Half of the backbone personnel of Longma Prison are missing, but this is not a problem because Longma Prison doesn’t have much to do right now.

Even if it's half as much, it can still run perfectly.

However, Zhao Xing still had to prepare for the future plans.

On this day, Zhao Xing summoned four sixth-rank officials: Tao Anchun, Dong Yuanqiu, Cao Jiang, and Bao Shiqiu.

"The current Longma Prison has barely enough staff, and its various operations are not on track."

“But after that, there will be a big change.”

"If Longma Prison wants to achieve results, it needs the help of all the adults."

"Now I will clarify the responsibilities of each department."

Zhao Xing opened the document.

"Sir Cao, you are still in charge of Tuquan Palace. If any palace is damaged, you must immediately report it for repair. I will use all the 81 palaces in Tuquan Palace."

Cao Jiang was shocked: "Sir, there are only three palaces in use in Tuquan Palace, and the rest are sealed. It's too hasty to open eighty-one palaces at once."

Zhao Xing smiled and said, "I'll give you a tip-off. These eighty-one palaces are not enough. Before the end of the year, there will be tens of thousands of high-quality young beasts arriving from the Dragon Horse Prison."

"It will increase to 50,000 after the new year. You can figure out how many palaces you need to expand."

Fifty thousand high-quality young beasts. This is the specific number that Princess Youruo agreed to.

Although she does not directly hold government power, she can provide private sponsorship. The Twin Islands are her territory, so the sponsorship is legitimate.

"Fifty, fifty thousand?" Cao Jiang's voice began to tremble. If the base number is fifty thousand, it might increase several times within ten years!

When did the Twin Dragon Horse Prison have such a scale? It must have been traced back to the Cheng'an period!

"Yes, yes." Cao Jiang stood up from the table and bowed to the ground, "I will do my best, even if it means breaking my own bones, to repair the homes of these young beasts."

Zhao Xing joked, "I still have some use for Lord Cao's bones, but I can't use them as beams in Tuoquan Palace."

After Cao Jiang took his seat, Zhao Xing looked at Dong Yuanqiu again.

"Master Dong."

"The subordinate is here."

"You are in charge of Chenghua Prison, but you won't have much to do in the short term. I heard that your Four Self-Learning Methods are quite impressive, is that right or not?"

Chenghua Prison is all about etiquette performances, and now the Gemini Longma Prison can't get much business at all.

Probably it was during the sacrifice ceremony in Wandao County that people would pull Tianma over to do a show and entertain themselves.

It would be better to let Dong Yuanqiu do something else.

Dong Yuanqiu said respectfully: "Compared with you, it's nothing."

Zhao Xing looked at Bao Shiqiu again and said, "Master Bao, your Ksitigarbha Guiyuan Method has reached the first level of high level. I heard that the establishment of Tianma Lake Pasture was all done by you."

"I am only trying my best to help you."

Zhao Xing nodded: "You two, reclaim the wasteland on the island, fertile land above level 5, the more the better. I will evaluate your performance accordingly."

"Yes."

"Master Tao."

"The subordinate is here."

"You were originally in charge of the God Feeding Bureau, but now in addition to being in charge of the God Feeding Bureau, you also have to assist me. Next year, I will start to establish the God Selection Department."

When these words were spoken, the four officials, including Tao Anchun, shuddered.

Tao Anchun also didn't reply for a long time.

Why.

I was really scared by the previous supervisor.

Originally, there were more than four sixth-rank officials in the Longma Prison. In total, there were thirty-eight officials from the sixth rank!

However, as the previous supervisor failed to qualify for the Ten Thousand Beasts Competition preliminaries, the remaining thirty-two sixth-rank officials were either demoted or transferred.

When he took office as the inspector, he was exiled to a deserted island in Ming Dynasty.

God have mercy on me, Tao Anchun and his friends can’t even find the place called ‘Minghuang Island’ on the map!

Those are not the native territories of the Great Zhou, but the territories of vassal forces.

In order to qualify for the preliminaries, they had to restore the [Divine Chosen Department], and the previous supervisor had worked hard for eight years.

For them, it was a nightmare eight years.

It has been three years since the previous supervisor left, and these people still haven't recovered from the psychological trauma.

Now that Zhao Xing has come and said he wants to restore the God's Chosen Department, how can they not be afraid?
"Master Zhao," Tao Anchun said in a deep voice, "Should we consider the matter of the God's Chosen Department in the long run?"

Seeing that these people were extremely frightened, Zhao Xing knew that it was useless to say anything now, so he decided to wait until these people saw hope.

"That's fine, it's all next autumn anyway," said Zhao Xing.

Princess Youruo promised him that she would rebuild the God's Chosen Bureau next autumn, so there was no need to rush now.

Hearing this, Tao Anchun and others breathed a sigh of relief.

They are really afraid of this kind of commander who is bold and daring.

Not only did he lose his job, but he also had to watch the fat and white war beasts he had raised die in front of him. That was a very unpleasant feeling.

Just as they breathed a sigh of relief, Zhao Xing changed the subject: "Let's not talk about the God's Chosen Department first, but the current laissez-faire approach of Tuoquan Palace also needs to be revised."

"From today on, I will be responsible for the training of Pegasus and Flames."

In Tuquan Palace, there were originally more than a thousand high-quality exotic beasts, but only the Pegasus was in a group. The rest of the races were only thirty-four each, which could not form a large scale at all.

Now Zhao Xing has to prepare in advance. Even if he doesn't achieve any results, he has to practice first.

The animals that Princess Youruo sent over were all cubs, and it takes time for them to grow up.

He can't just rely on the 'teacher's wife halo' to get things done, he has to produce some results to avoid embarrassing himself.

"Whatever your Excellency commands." Tao Anchun knew that he couldn't persuade him, so he could only compromise.

In short, Zhao Xing has just entered this business, and is not as capable as his predecessor. As long as he doesn't do the Gu-raising stuff and keeps an eye on it himself, nothing big can happen.

………………

On December 15th, he inspected the Pegasus Palace and obtained the Flamingo.

On December 17th, officials who are lazy and corrupt will be purged.

On December 18th, Zhao Xing began to train horses.

He released both the Pegasus and the Flamingo and took them to an open space in the wild.

The person responsible for assisting him was Ling Ruoxue, who had originally released Tianma.

"Lord Zhao, what are you writing?" Ling Ruoxue walked over holding Naga's hand on the grass next to Tianma Lake.

There was a pavilion next to it, and Zhao Xing was writing on the table.

Ling Ruoxue came over and saw a title on it: "Military Training Plan for Exotic Beasts."

"The True Words, the Law Chapter." Ling Ruoxue scratched her head because she couldn't understand the rest.

She also learned the Mantra of Ten Thousand Beasts, but...

In the Mantra Dharma, are there commands such as 'stand at attention', 'at ease', and 'go straight in step'?

"Lord Zhao, is this your improvement to the law?" Ling Ruoxue asked.

"Yeah." Zhao Xing nodded.

"Lord Zhao is so amazing that he can even revise the True Word Decree." Ling Ruoxue said excitedly.

She wasn't exaggerating on purpose, she just really thought it was amazing.

Creating your own spells and modifying existing spells are both amazing things!

"I don't know how effective it will be yet." Zhao Xing said, "Let's start with simple things."

In fact, Zhao Xing adapted more than just the Mantra of Ten Thousand Beasts.

He combined the 'Seal Chapter' of the Nuyin Method with the Mantra Method.

"Try the effect first."

Zhao Xing put away the books and went to the grass.

At this time, there were ten fire horses in front, eating fire chestnut grass with their heads down.

Zhao Xing stretched out his index finger and slid it in the air, and then ten peculiarly shaped golden marks appeared in front of his eyes.

Compared to the brutality of the slave seal method, the fluctuations emitted by these marks are relatively gentle.

But it still aroused the vigilance of these ten fire horses.

They subconsciously want to escape.

"go with!"

Zhao Xing stretched out his hand and pushed, and ten golden seals fell into the fire horse's body.

"Whew~" "Whew~"

The flamingo barked twice, as if it had been bitten by a mosquito.

However, this level of pain is nothing to a flamingo with thick skin and flesh.

So they lowered their heads and ate grass again.

Zhao Xing saw this and immediately shouted, "Stand at attention!"

The sound waves were transmitted at a unique frequency, instantly activating the decree within the flamingo's body.

"Clap!"

In an instant, the ten flaming horses raised their heads and chests, with their hooves together.

The Flame Horse King looked at his people in confusion, wondering why the ten of them suddenly took such strange postures.

Is it because you are too excited about eating grass?

There was great confusion in the eyes of the ten flamingos, and they had no idea why they were doing such a strange thing.

They just feel that there is a force restraining them, and they will feel uncomfortable if they don't do this.

This strange posture lasted for a quarter of an hour.

Zhao Xing continued to conduct other tests.

About two hours later, he returned to the pavilion to summarize.

"Low-quality warhorses are too weak to understand complex instructions."

"But after I improved and integrated the Mantra Decree, I can now command them to perform some complex operations."

"With more training time, these fire horses will be qualified as war horses. They will be faster than following the Taifu Temple's method." Zhao Xing said secretly.

The main purpose of training a war horse is to remove its wildness and make it accustomed to obeying commands.

Once Zhao Xing has practiced it well, these war horses will be able to cooperate well even if someone else is in charge, without the need for casting spells.

The flaming horse has a natural skill - [Earth Fire Impact]. When should it be used on the battlefield and when should it not be used? This requires long-term cooperation between the rider and the horse.

"This kind of training can save the time for riders and horses to get used to each other."

“Once out of the stallion, the horses will be very obedient and cooperative.”

"Of course, if it's a creature with higher spirituality like the Fire Horse King, the problem will be different." Zhao Xing thought.

The Fire Horse King is too spiritual. If he encounters danger, he might sell out his master on the battlefield and run away.

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Starting from late December, the resources donated by Princess Youruo gradually arrived at Longma Prison on Ludao via cargo ships.

Princess Youruo not only sent baby animals, she also sent a group of people to help Zhao Xing expand the Tuquan Palace.

The 10,000 young animals are mainly horses, and there are four major varieties: dragon whisker horse, Pegasus, purple lightning, and fire horse.

Zhao Xing divided the island into several areas, established several planting areas, and began to cultivate plants suitable for these four species of BMW.

At the same time, the transformation of the land island was also put on the agenda.

But since it’s almost the New Year, we can only wait until after the New Year.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye it was the beginning of February of the twenty-first year of the Jingxin calendar.

Zhao Xing gave everyone in Longma Prison a holiday and only left one-third of the staff to watch over them.

Because the anniversary festival is the Spring Festival, it is the most important festival of the year.

Reunion, eating community meals, drinking community wine, wearing community clothes, worshiping community gods, blind dates...it will last for half a month in total.

This is the longest holiday among official benefits.

Zhao Xing left a clone in Shuangzi County and returned to Chongming Prefecture to celebrate the festival with his family.

Chen Shijie and Gui Niang were also invited by Zhao Xing.

Because there were only Lao Chen and Gui Niang, and they felt too lonely, they just decided to join in the fun.

As for Long Xiao, he was unlucky.

His superior left Long Xiao in Hongshi County on the grounds that he was alone.

The tone of the letter was also miserable.

On February 10th, Zhao Xing planned to go to pay a visit to Princess Youruo.

But Princess Youruo had already returned to the capital to reunite with Emperor Jing, and it was unknown when she would return. Ji Zixuan had also returned to her own palace, so the plan had to be abandoned.

On February 21st, Zhao Xing returned to Longma Prison on Gemini Island to continue his daily training.

On this return trip, Zhao Xing also included the cubs in training!

Originally, Dong Yuanqiu, Tao Anchun and others were against it, but when they saw that Zhao Xing was only practicing simple movements such as sitting, standing, lying down and walking, they had no choice but to follow Zhao Xing.

As for the original 500-odd adult Pegasus and Flames, they began to train in combat skills.

They have to be trained because they eat too well and are full of energy. If they are not trained, problems will arise.

In early March, Zhao Xing set about expanding the scope of the Ksitigarbha Guiyuan Formation.

Because the cubs’ food rations will soon be insufficient!

Although Princess Youruo was not in Bixian County, her orders were well executed.

By the beginning of March, the size of the cubs had expanded to the full quota of 50,000.

With the original scale of the grain planting area in Longma Prison of Shuangzi County, it was simply not enough to feed 50,000 hungry young animals.

Wen Sinong is not a military Sinong, and not counting Zhao Xing, the planting capacity of more than 700 Wen Sinong can only supply food for 15,000 young animals.

Tao Anchun from the Divine Feeding Department was so anxious that he cried out in panic. He found Zhao Xing to report the situation, and he looked like he wanted to cut off his own flesh to feed the young animals.

Mr. Zhao said, don't panic. Let me use the ultimate spell - [Master Youruo]

The next day, Chongming Prefecture issued a conscription order.

From the nearby Shuangzi Island to Donghuo Island, Zhoushan Island, Weng Island, Yongnan Island, Longbi East Island, Longbin South Island and Longbi West Island.

Three months' worth of food was requisitioned to feed 50,000 young animals!

This action once again refreshed Dong Yuanqiu, Tao Anchun, Cao Jiang and Bao Shiqiu's understanding of Zhao Xing's background.

They no longer resisted Zhao Xing's plan to rebuild the [Divine Chosen Department] and train war beasts.

Sun Shizhao of Taiwan Island was also greatly shocked.

Because the order to transfer supplies came from Chongming Prefecture, not from Princess Youruo privately.

Chongming Prefecture is an official government. How could an official order mobilize seven islands at once to deliver supplies to Zhao Xing? And it was so efficient?

Thighs! Super thighs!
Sun Shizhao immediately initiated an administrative dispatch and transferred people from the Wandao Sinongjian and Tiangongfang to help Zhao Xing's Longmajian.

Sun Shizhao was also a talented person. He understood that Zhao Xing was a powerful figure and would be promoted sooner or later, and there would be no conflict of interest between him and him, so his administrative dispatches even included people from the military department!
In Sun Shizhao's words, "We can't change the weather, nor can we adjust the terrain, and we can't raise horses, but we can always help with the rough and heavy work!"

This time Zhao Xing did not refuse because he really needed manpower.

Whether it is to regulate the land veins on the island or to build magic arrays and palaces, a lot of people are needed.

These people’s wages don’t have to come from Longma Prison, which is really thoughtful!

Don’t waste free labor.

In terms of fiscal spending, Sun Shizhao gambled his own future.

According to the rules of the Great Zhou Dynasty, county-level government offices (or county-level government offices) only need to pay 70% of the taxes they pay each year, and the remaining 30% can be retained in the local government treasury for the construction of welfare projects.

In some areas, the withholding amount is even more than 30%, such as the commercial tax and fishery tax in Shuangzi County, which can be withheld up to 50%. This is mainly because the Maritime Customs needs to store reserve funds to prevent bank runs.

Sun Shizhao allocated all of Shuangzi County’s financial savings over the past 20 years to Longma Prison!

This man is already gambling with his future. If the Longma Prison goes bankrupt, or if someone comes to Shuangzi County to run a run on him, his career as an official will be over.

Yes, bankruptcy.

The nature of Longma Prison is equivalent to a state-owned enterprise.

Raising horses for the imperial court was mainly to provide war horses to three directions: the army, the Taoist temple, and the royal family (purchased through imperial merchants, and few were raised for personal enjoyment, mainly to participate in various competitions and ceremonial priests).
Princess Youruo’s personal sponsorship does not need to be repaid and does not count as a debt; he did not even write a promissory note.

However, the supplies requisitioned by Chongming Prefecture from the Seven Islands are not provided free of charge, and Longma Prison will have to return them next year!

There are also the increased manpower expenses, materials for expanding the site, and the Ksitigarbha Guiyuan Formation that is about to be set up... Longma Prison is now heavily in debt!

Sun Shizhao not only allocated public funds, he also took out his own savings of many years and sold his property.

The housekeeper advised Sun Shizhao to think twice, but Sun Shizhao said: "He is a sixth-rank official who can leverage more than 10 billion yuan of funds. I am just adding icing on the cake. What should I be afraid of by giving him 10 million yuan?"

"I've been in the fifth rank for thirty years! I haven't moved in Gemini County for twenty years!"

"I originally thought that I had gone through two-thirds of my life and there was basically no hope of rising again, but now I have an opportunity. If I don't take a gamble, there will be no chance anymore!"

"Get lost! I'm risking my life on this gamble, so don't cry to me!"

…………

Sun Shizhao allocated funds, Princess Youruo sponsored, and Chongming Prefecture helped with loans. All in all, the amount exceeded 1.5 billion yuan, but not a penny of it came from Mr. Zhao.

After seeing the financial report of Longma Prison, Mr. Zhao couldn't help but sigh that he had been very petty in his previous life.

"Why did you get so greedy in your previous life? You just stole a few bucks, but now you can easily control 1.5 billion. This is fucking satisfying."

The entire Longma Prison was also in a state of excitement.

Both new and old officials have devoted their utmost energy to their work.

Tao Anchun, Dong Yuanqiu, Cao Jiang, and Bao Shiqiu were completely impressed by Zhao Xing's "ultimate magic".

Less than half a year after Zhao Xing came, the lifeless Gemini County was suddenly revitalized and looked full of vitality.

……

At the end of April, an enlarged version of the Ksitigarbha Guiyuan Array was completed, and half of the entire Lu Island was included in the scope of the Ksitigarbha Guiyuan Array.

Zhao Xing's original body kept performing the Ksitigarbha Guiyuan spell. At the beginning of May, the vitality of heaven and earth on Lu Island reached level five, barely reaching the level of a 'secondary treasure land'.

At this point, the cubs' rations no longer needed to be requisitioned, but there wasn't much left because the cubs needed to grow and their appetites continued to grow.

The timing and location have been adjusted to a relatively high level.

Zhao Xing began to carry out refined cultivation in the staple food planting areas.

The purpose is to shorten the growth time of the young beasts, and also to wait until there are more third-grade exotic beasts and then train them to the sixth-grade level.

He has planted all the seeds he bought from the military community, and the exotic animal food seeds that Chongming Prefecture applied for have also been cultivated on a large scale by Zhao Xing.

By the end of May, all 50,000 young animals had left the cub stage and entered a period of rapid growth.

By the end of June, the number of eighth- and seventh-grade war horses began to increase significantly.

Zhao Xing acted in a drastic manner, and many forces with a keen political sense also turned their attention to the Twin Islands.

On July 5th, Gemini Longma Prison finally welcomed its first batch of guests.

A clear water ship sailed into the Twin Islands.

Ji Zixuan was standing on the observation deck of the ship. Beside her were two men and one woman, all wearing Taoist robes. The two men were wearing blue Taoist robes, and the woman was wearing green Taoist robes.

These three were all chief officers from the Beast Taming Department of the Bishui Taoist Academy.

The internal divisions of the Taoist temple can be roughly divided into seven categories: ritual, music, martial arts, magic, charioteering, scriptures, and mathematics.

Among them, defense is a relatively important department.

It will train many kinds of talents, such as: chariot drivers, flying boat drivers, mechanical drivers, war beast drivers, magic weapon drivers (mainly large magic weapons)
The Beast Taming Department mainly trains warriors to tam war beasts, commonly known as "beast tamers".

Naturally, there are beast tamers in the Bishui Taoist Academy. The Bishui Sect has a great influence in the East China Sea, so naturally they cannot be without beast tamers to conquer the sea.

Zhao Xing works at the Gemini Dragon Horse Prison, so Ji Zixuan naturally has to seek some benefits for her senior brother.

Normally, it is impossible for Bishui Taoist Temple to come to a small place like Shuangzi County to place an order.

But Ji Zixuan is Princess Youruo's person, and for Princess Youruo's sake, the beastmaster of Bishui Taoist Academy still dispatched three [Beast Tamers] to come and take a look at the situation.

"Zixuan, who is Zhao Xing from Longma Prison in Shuangzi County to you? You have mentioned him more than once." The middle-aged woman in green robe asked with a smile.

"You don't just think he's Liu Tianning's disciple, do you?"

The Bishui Taoist Academy did not have any hatred towards Zhao Xing because he was Liu Tianning's direct disciple.

Because Liu Tianning never came to attack Bishui Taoist Temple back then.

On the contrary, because of Princess Youruo, Bishui Taoist Academy is still somewhat close to Liu Tianning.

Liu Tianning is expected to become the leader of the ego faction. If Princess Youruo can marry Liu Tianning, it will be beneficial to both the Bishui Taoist Academy and the ego faction.

The sea is vast. How can our ego faction, in its search for the sacred branches and immortal trees of the world, neglect the exploration of the sea?
The Minister of Agriculture controls the finances of the country, so how could the Bishui Taoist Academy not want to obtain more financial resources from the dynasty?

Therefore, the people in power in Bishui Taoist Academy are all happy to see Youruo marry Liu Tianning.

"To be honest with Master Qin, Marquis Yuan Rang was once kind to me. When I went to Shiyang Cave Heaven, he helped me many times. That was how I was able to quickly stabilize my seventh-grade realm, and this year I was able to break through to the initial sixth-grade realm." Ji Zixuan said.

"Is it just a favor?" The green-robed woman Qin Hongying smiled, "Is there any private love?"

The other two male masters also teased, "Zi Xuan is the most outstanding graduate of the Taoist Academy in recent years. We must carefully examine you this time. If you are just average, it will ruin your life."

"Hey~ You can't say that." Another handsome-looking charioteer shook his head and said, "Looking at a man is like looking at a horse. You can't just look at the present moment, you also have to look at the potential in the future."

Being teased by the three teachers, Ji Zixuan was not shy at all, but said openly: "Then I'll have to trouble Master Wen and Master Zhai to communicate with him more and give his students some advice."

"Oh? You're really interested?" Qin Hongying was a little surprised. "Then we have to take a closer look this time."

…………

After chatting with the three masters of Bishui Taoist Academy, Ji Zixuan came to a room on another floor of the ship.

Here, there are also three figures resting.

However, they were wearing armor, military boots, and had swords on their waists. They were all military generals.

"General Xia, General Fang, General He, we will arrive at Gemini Island soon. Zixuan is here to report to the three generals."

"Thank you." Two of the generals were not enthusiastic.

Because their visit this time is just a political mission.

They are all high-ranking generals of powerful armies, and they already have stable channels for training and supplying war beasts.

In other words, they did this just to save Princess Youruo's face. In reality, they had no intention of buying any war horses or beasts from the Gemini Island this time.

But one of the generals, whose surname was Xia, was much more enthusiastic. "Thank you, Princess Chenxi."

Princess Chenxi is Ji Zixuan’s title of princess.

After she returned from Shiyang Cave Heaven two years ago, she finally gained the recognition of her family.

Her grandfather, King Chenglan, gave her a lot of land and real estate in Chenxi County.

Afterwards, she requested a title from the clan government, and it took a year to finally give Ji Zixuan the title of Princess Chenxi.

Of course, she only had the title of a princess, with little fiefdom and no vassal states.

But this title can at least increase her weight when she goes out into the world, so that she doesn't have to always use the title of an outstanding graduate of the Bishui Sect.

"General Xia, you are too polite. You have come from afar and are exhausted. Please forgive me if the hospitality is not good enough."

"Hahaha, I'm just a warrior, how can I be so delicate? It's a blessing to be able to ride on the princess's fragrant boat."

The other two generals disagreed in their hearts. It's fine if you lick Princess Youruo, but why are you so respectful to her, a student? You are at least a fifth-rank general of the Black Armor Army!

What they didn't know was that Xia Tong wasn't coming here for Princess Youruo's sake, and his presence had nothing to do with Ji Zixuan.

Xia Tong is Xia Jing's cousin and also serves in the Xuanjia Army.

At the end of the year, Xia Jing and Zhao Xing had a chat.

After learning that his good brother was raising horses, Xia Jing immediately asked his cousin Xia Tong to come and inquire about the situation. Regardless of whether it was good or bad, he would place an order first.

If it’s out of stock, then make a reservation. In short, you must support his good brother.

Originally, Xia Tong didn't take it that seriously, but last year, Xia Jing made many achievements in the battlefield of Pingman, and told his cousin about Zhao Xing's ability to analyze intelligence. Xia Tong was immediately amazed!
Being able to foresee the future situation from a lot of information and having such foresight, Zhao Xing's status in his heart immediately rose a lot.

What's more, there is the relationship with Xia Jing.

Therefore, Xia Tong traveled a million miles to the East China Sea in person, and placed some orders with Zhao Xing's Longma Prison in the name of the Xuanjia Army.

The war lasted until the 21st year of the Jingxin calendar. Many people had died and the casualties of war beasts were also increasing sharply.

The Black Armor Army has a Dragon Cavalry Battalion, and they have a demand for mount equipment. Any missed orders can help Zhao Xing gain some political achievements.

Xia Tong agreed immediately: "Don't worry, Qilin'er, even if they are all lame horses, I will buy them for tens of thousands of yuan, cousin!"

Xia Jing smiled and said, "Cousin, please rest assured. My brother will never let you down. Just wait and see. In the future, my Xuanjia Army may be able to increase its strength greatly because of this."

…………

In this way, three groups of people, each with their own mission, came to the Longma Prison on the Gemini Island.

Before getting off the boat, Zhao Xing also got the news and rushed to the boat dock on Lu Island to greet the guests.

"Wow? What a grand ceremony." As soon as the boat stopped, the three pilots of the Bishui Taoist Academy noticed something unusual.

Because Zhao Xing did not come with people to greet them, but with a large number of war horses.

Two colors appeared in the sky, one was blue, which was the blue Pegasus with wings and feet on the strong wind.

The second is the color of dawn, which is the group of fire horses, without wings, riding on fire.

Two herds of horses flew over from the horizon in a mighty force.

Zhao Xing rode in a bronze chariot, with blue-eyed dragons and lions pulling the chariot in front, a herd of horses following behind, and a big cat standing on the chariot.

Such a strange combination flew towards the warship along the cloud path.

At first, Wen Ji and Zhai Zhong didn't pay much attention to it, but when they saw the leader of the herd in front of the horizon, they nodded slightly and said, "Not bad, they have raised a few good horses."

They were looking at Naga and Nata (named according to the customs of the East China Sea, they are the names of the Pegasus King and the Flame Horse King respectively). These two strange beasts already have quite a bit of charm.

When Zhao Xing got closer and could see more clearly, Qin Hongying, who was wearing a green robe, stared at the big cat on the chariot with her eyes lit up.

"What a mountain cat! It has actually reached the fifth level and cultivated its second form."

The three people from Bishui Taoist Academy all focused on the individual war beasts.

But Xia Tong, Fang Ze and He Wu, the three generals, have different focuses.

When the horses were blurred in the sky and only their silhouettes could be seen, Fang Ze and He Wu communicated with each other: "They are all low-quality exotic beasts, blue Pegasus and flaming horses, with average bloodlines."

The horses were halfway through their journey and could be seen more clearly. The two men raised their eyebrows slightly and said, "The horses are well-organized and marching in formation without fighting or grabbing. They are well-trained and not bad."

When the horses were close enough to be seen in detail, the two generals showed a hint of curiosity on their faces: "The sound of the horses' hooves blended together, and the hoofbeats were completely consistent. It was almost as if you could only see a single line. I thought there were only a few dozen horses, but there were actually 3,546?"

"This is because when they move forward, the amplitude of their swings is almost the same. Can a mere ninth-grade warhorse be trained to this level?"

After the herd of war horses fell to the ground, the three generals gradually felt shocked.

If they were in the sky, they could still hear the uneven sound of horse hooves, but after landing on the ground, the uniformity increased again.

The horses formed five square formations and marched in unison, without any sound at all.

But following a certain instruction from Zhao Xing, the horses suddenly performed very strange kicking movements.

"Da da da!"

The sound was sonorous and powerful, and with every step, circles of red light appeared on the ground.

A circle of green light appeared around the Pegasus formation.

The phalanx of fire horses and the red light under the phalanx of war horses gradually merged into one and actually formed an earth fire battle formation!
This is to integrate the power of all the horses into one, forming a blood and qi battle formation similar to that of a warrior!

"This... the fire horse's earth and fire impact can actually be integrated into one?" Fang Ze felt incredible.

He Wu stared at the Pegasus formation: "There are also Pegasus, a green Gangfeng battle formation appeared above their heads, damn, this has reached the strength of a fourth-level battle formation?!"

The two generals were completely shocked!

It is unbelievable that a low-quality warhorse can train a battle formation on its own in a short period of time!
Didn’t they say that the Gemini Dragon Horse Prison took only nine months to rebuild?

Before this, they even only had more than 300 Pegasus of the same breed.

How come it seems that this is not the case at all?!

"Stop!" Zhao Xing stretched out his hand and clenched his fist.

"Clap!"

After he made this move, all the formations made a final sound and the earth shook.

After that, they all stopped making any sound, and even the strange phenomena of strong wind and underground fire disappeared.

Xia Tong's blood boiled when he saw this scene. Although these war horses were of low quality, their discipline and obedience were beyond measure!

The training of the beast to this level was far beyond his expectations.

This is exactly what he likes as a military general!

"No wonder Qilin'er insisted on asking me to come here. This Marquis Yuan Rang can really come up with some new things wherever he goes." Xia Tong admired in his heart.

Zhao Xing, who was standing below, bowed and said, "Zhao Xing, the supervisor of the Twin Dragon Horses, welcomes all the distinguished guests."

shuh~
The Pegasus all extended their right wings as if in salute.

Seeing the different expressions on the people on the boat, Zhao Xing couldn't help but smile.

The fire horse marched in step and the celestial horse spread its wings in salute, which seemed to bring a little shock to the distinguished guests who came to visit.

Ji Zixuan observed the expressions of the people around her and couldn't help but cheer for Zhao Xing in her heart.

Senior brother is indeed senior brother. Even if he comes here to raise horses, he can still be different!
But I had no idea what kind of surprise I would get from the training plan he had previously promised to tailor for me.

　I'll write 12,000 words today. I can't hold on any longer. I'll try to get up early during the day. I've almost finished writing the minimum update for this month, and I still have some work to do next.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)