diymy Chapter 55: Taming, Dividends
Chapter 55: Taming, Dividends
The next day at noon, Xia Chengzong went to the Imperial Horse Stables to select Akhal-Teke horses.
The Akhal-Teke horse comes in several colors, including maroon, gray, reddish-brown, black, silver-white, and light yellow.
The two foals in the Imperial Stables were a chestnut-red one and a silver-white one.
The two foals were well-proportioned, with narrow heads and high necks. Although they were not yet fully grown, they were already very wild.
Upon seeing Xia Chengzong approach, the two foals immediately began to wag their tails and paw at each other, neighing incessantly.
The eunuch who had brought him there quickly stepped in front of Xia Chengzong and shouted, "Third Master, be careful!"
The silver-white colt suddenly turned sideways and kicked out with its hoof.
Startled, the eunuch tripped and fell to the ground.
The silver-white foal proudly reared up and neighed.
Although the Akhal-Teke horse is fine, it has a fierce temperament.
Xia Chengzong fell into deep thought.
This horse is not easy to tame!
Grandfather promised to give him a pony, but only on the condition that he could tame it.
Since he became famous, countless people have been secretly watching his every word and action.
Thinking of this, Xia Chengzong immediately made up his mind.
He directly spent 1,000 emotion points to exchange for the white horse taming ability.
He must tame the colt today, or the rumors will spread that he cannot even tame a small colt and is not a chosen one.
After exchanging for the White Horse Taming Divine Power, he still had over 10,000 emotional points.
If white is useless, he will spend 10,000 emotion points to upgrade it to cyan.
Fortunately, it was just a foal that was a little over a year old.
Having developed a talent for horse taming, Xia Chengzong was confident that he could tame it.
He lifted his foot and walked toward the silver-white colt.
The eunuchs accompanying him, including Xia Bei, were all terrified and their faces turned pale.
He quickly shouted, "Third Master Zong, don't go forward! It's dangerous!"
Xia Chengzong laughed and said, "It's alright, I have a special connection with this white horse."
Before he could finish speaking, he had already walked up to the white horse.
However, this white horse originally disliked the human cub in front of it.
But for some reason, I suddenly felt a sense of closeness to him.
It still showed some resistance when human cubs approached it.
However, when the human cub's hand stroked its back, it felt very comfortable and immediately liked the feeling.
Soon, the human cub began stroking its head, starting from its back.
The white foal felt increasingly at ease and couldn't help but raise its head and nuzzle affectionately into the human cub's arms.
This scene left the eunuchs behind them completely dumbfounded.
These two foals have terrible tempers; you have to be careful even when you get close to feed them, for fear of getting kicked.
When Master Zong arrived, it became so obedient and docile!
As expected of a prince of the imperial family, Master Zong is indeed blessed with great fortune.
Xia Chengzong was delighted to see the white horse obediently tamed.
He brushed the white horse's coat and then fitted it with stirrups and a saddle.
Generally, foals should be raised to around three years old before they can be ridden.
The Akhal-Teke horse has a much more majestic and taller frame than ordinary horses. Although it is only one year old, it is comparable to other foals that are two or three years old.
However, it is still not rideable, as it is not yet an adult.
Fortunately, Xia Chengzong was the same.
He was only seven years old and extremely light.
Therefore, after getting to know the white horse, he tried to leap onto its back.
He was prepared to jump off the white horse at any time if it couldn't carry him.
As a result, the white horse carried him easily and effortlessly.
Xia Chengzong squeezed his legs together lightly, and the white horse galloped excitedly.
The few eunuchs who had come with him hurriedly chased after him, but they could not catch up with him.
Xia Chengzong rode his horse all the way from the Imperial Stables to the Martial Arts Arena, attracting the attention of countless people along the way.
Inside the palace, who has ever dared to be so presumptuous?
Just as the eunuchs were about to stop him, they realized that the man on horseback was the Third Prince Zong.
This third son of the imperial family is the emperor's most beloved grandson.
It's a minor matter for him to ride a horse in the palace; if he startles the horse and accidentally injures the Third Young Master Zong, they would be guilty of a capital offense.
Therefore, no one dared to step forward to stop them.
The commotion eventually alerted Emperor Yonglong, who asked, "Dai Quan, go out and see why it's so noisy outside?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Soon, Dai Quan returned and reported the matter to Emperor Yonglong.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Yonglong couldn't help but chuckle.
"Since entering the palace, Zong Ge'er has always acted like a little adult. He is so mature that you don't feel like he is still a child."
"I didn't know he had such a childlike side; he's only seven years old!"
"From now on, he may ride a horse freely in the palace, just be careful not to let him fall off."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Meanwhile, Xia Chengzong rode his horse to the martial arts training ground, where a group of imperial grandsons were practicing martial arts.
They couldn't help but feel envious when they saw Xia Chengzong riding such a handsome and extraordinary Akhal-Teke horse.
Although this Akhal-Teke horse is just a foal, it is extremely fast, not much slower than an ordinary adult horse.
Xia Chengzong ran a few laps before slowly stopping, worried about tiring the foal.
Instructor Wei said, "Third Young Master is indeed extraordinary. I thought it would take you at least half a month to tame this colt!"
Hearing this, Xia Chengzong suddenly realized.
It turns out that it's normal to fail to tame a Ferghana horse on the first try; it's abnormal to tame it on the first try.
It turns out I was overthinking things.
However, he preferred to think more carefully rather than make a mistake due to negligence.
……
With the imperial court taking the lead, honeycomb briquettes quickly became popular in the capital.
Honeycomb briquettes are cheap and easy to use, and they quietly found their way into ordinary households.
As the saying goes, "ducks are the first to know when the river warms in spring." When a hot-selling product appears on the market, the first to be alerted are the merchants.
Like sharks that have smelled blood, they swarmed in and quickly flooded into the emerging market of honeycomb briquettes.
With the influx of this capital, the honeycomb briquette market quickly grew.
The expansion of the market required a large number of workers. Even with 20,000 disaster victims, it was still not enough, so they had to hire workers from outside.
In this way, the problem of the disaster victims was completely solved.
Merchants made profits, and the people of the capital benefited, achieving a win-win situation for all parties.
Of course, the one who made the most money was Prince Zhongshun.
After all, he was the first to make arrangements and gained an absolute advantage.
He not only owned a medium-sized coal mine, but also bought a large amount of coal face early on.
He monopolized almost half of the charcoal noodles on the market, and he could make money lying down without doing much work.
At the end of the year, classes were suspended and the children went home for the holidays.
Prince Zhongshun sent a bonus of ten thousand taels of silver.
Prince Chungjang refused to accept it, but Prince Chungshun insisted on giving it to him.
He made it clear that if it weren't for Brother Zong, he would never have made such a plan in advance and would never have been able to earn so much money.
After several refusals, Prince Zhongzheng finally accepted the silver.
With this 10,000 taels of silver, the Prince's financial difficulties could be greatly alleviated.
This made Prince Zhongzheng even more satisfied with Xia Chengzong, and he even felt somewhat guilty.