After a light lunch, continue the shopping time. \ Li Mu's plan for the afternoon was to find a shoe store, order a few pairs of leather shoes and boots, and then go to buy carriages and horses.
It was a little troublesome to order leather shoes, Li Mu didn't just care about himself, but also had to customize shoes for Chu Xue's family, because Chu Xue's mother and daughter didn't let a strange man look at their feet anyway, so they went to find a women's shoe store, which solved the problem.
Maybe it's because they have to work all day long, Chu Xue and her mother didn't wrap their feet, which made Li Mu very satisfied, to be honest, what Li Mu hated the most was the bad habit of "binding feet", and the degree of hatred even exceeded the braids on the heads of men in the Qing Empire.
After ordering shoes, Li Mu and his entourage went to the horse market to start the last task of the day.
Li Mu only opened his eyes when he got here, once Li Mu thought that Prometheus might be the largest horse in the world, but when he arrived at the horse market, Li Mu knew that he was lonely and unheard, and there were many horses larger than Prometheus here, and there was a horse with a shoulder height of more than two meters, and Li Mu felt like standing next to an elephant when he stood beside it.
Prometheus is the Shire Horse, the largest horse in the world, but not the most common.
The most common horses in the horse market are the Quarter horses, which are native to the United States and are based on English and Spanish horses and can be used for a variety of jobs: farming, plowing, herding cattle, driving and riding, and so on.
The race has since been called Quarter Horse.
The Quarter Horse is the finest small pony for herding cattle, and has an uncanny instinct to herd herds.
Mongolian horses are hard-working to win, usually the shoulder height of Mongolian horses is about one meter three, the weight is about 300 kilograms, although the size is small, the appearance is also very rustic, but Mongolian horses are hard-working, not afraid of cold, can adapt to the very extensive feeding management, strong vitality, can survive in difficult and harsh conditions.
Riding a Mongolian horse in the grassland area, you can walk about 60 kilometers in 8 hours, and you can also travel 50,100 kilometers a day for more than ten consecutive days, and the short-distance sprint ability is also good.
At the strong request of Yan Hu and Yan Shun, Li Mu bought Mongolian horses for Yan Hu and Yan Shun, and bought a total of four horses, two of which were to be used for driving.
Li Mu didn't want to buy a Mongolian horse, or even a quart horse, Li Mu's eyes were completely attracted by an Arabian horse with a black body.
The Arabian horse is the most beautiful horse in the world today and is known as the nobleman of horses.
The Arabian horse first existed on the Arabian Peninsula, it is the origin of all horse breeds in the world, it is the purest descendant of the horse class, and it is also the main basic bloodline of thoroughbreds.
The Arabian horse is slightly inferior to the thoroughbred, but it has great potential and stamina, making it the horse of choice for long-distance training and endurance training.
It is usually about 14,215 meters tall, with slender hair, an outstanding tail, and when it is excited, it will naturally show noble qualities.
The horse that Li Mu wants to buy is a standard Arabian horse, the owner of the horse introduced, this Arabian horse called "rock" is just four years old this year, and can accompany its future owner for about 25 years, with a height of one meter six or five, which is considered "tall" in the Arabian horse, the rock is black all over, without a trace of miscellaneous hair, the body is very strong, the limbs are slender and powerful, the hair on the body is very shiny, shining in the sun, and the hand will touch it with a halo of light spreading, just like the flowing Milky Way.
What attracted Li Mu the most was the eyes of the rock, the rock had a pair of big and surprisingly large eyes, the eyelashes were particularly long, and the deep pupils could simply reflect the shadow of a person, when Li Mu noticed the rock, the rock also looked at Li Mu, focused and quiet, like a personable gentleman, the kindness in the two big eyes simply flowed into Li Mu's heart, which made Li Mu unable to turn his eyes.
Of course, on the other hand, there is the high price of the rock, and the owner of the horse offers $2,800 for the rock, which is three times the total price of the four Mongolian horses just now. "$2,800 is too high, give me a floor price, don't play tricks on me."
That's when Will stepped in.
"Mr.
Sheriff, this price is the reserve price, I don't dare to ask you a high price anyway, and this price includes the price of the saddle sheath, which is handmade by a master craftsman, such a saddle sheath usually sells for 150 dollars here for 150 dollars, and now it is just a giveaway."
The owner of the horse bargained with Will with a bitter face, he really didn't dare to ask Will for a high price, the American officials in these years are not representatives of "honest and honest", especially the police, it is normal to eat and take cards, and the appearance of eating is ugly.
"What are you talking to me about the reserve price, is my request only worth $150 Conceicao, don't make me angry" Will said the name of the horse's owner word by word, the expression on his face was oppressive and intimidating.
"Mr.
Sheriff, this is really the lowest price, you should know how difficult it is to get a purebred Arabian horse from the Arabian Peninsula to the American mainland, if it were someone else, don't even think about it for less than $4,000, I also came with a saddle sheath worth $150, it really can't be lower" Concicao pleaded despite the dignity.
This result must not be satisfactory to Will, just when Will wanted to show the power of the sheriff, an arrogant voice suddenly sounded: "4000 dollars, I want it, master" Such an arrogant voice must belong to the little fat man.
As soon as Li Mu turned around, he saw a little fat man dressed as a cowboy standing behind him proudly, and his eyes looking at the rocks were also full of appreciation.
The little fat man was followed by Lao Zheng and Mike, Lao Zheng was holding a lot of things in his arms, and it seemed that he was also out to purchase, while Mike was sneakily squeezing his eyebrows at Li Mu, and it seemed that he was temporarily acting as the little fat man's translator.
"Uh-huh, this gentleman is bidding $2,500."
Mike translated it in a serious way, and wiped out the little fat man's bid by one thousand and a half between words.
It's really a good thing to eat Will didn't speak at this time, and stood in front of Concicao with his arms crossed and stared coldly at Concicao, Li Mu was furious when he looked at it beside him. "$2,500 $2,500 Okay, $2,500" Conceicao tossed and turned several times as if he wanted to cry without tears, and looked at Will with a pleading gaze: "Mr.
Sheriff, are you satisfied with this price?"
Concicao didn't pay attention to the little fat man's stubble at all, Concicao didn't know which onion the little fat man's "county prince" was, for Concicao, Will, the sheriff, was the one who could decide his fate, if he offended Will, then Concicao had better disappear from Springfield immediately, otherwise he wouldn't know how to die
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