Chapter 1217: Values
Akhal-Teke horses were rare horses from Western countries. After the Han and Tang dynasty, there were very few purebred Akhal-Teke horses that were imported to the Central Plains. Thus, even the appearance of a mixed-breed Akhal-Teke horse could cause a huge commotion.
In his later years, when Great Zhou’s Emperor Shizong obtained a mixed-breed Akhal-Teke horse from the Western countries, he cherished it greatly.
In the past few years, because the relationship between Great Jin, Great Zhou, and West Xia had been tense, the land trade routes had been cut off for a while. In addition, horses were difficult to bring along, so no one had brought horses from the Western countries in the past hundred years. In the past, Qi Haoran and the others had either snatched the horses from Great Jin or bought them from vendors who frequently traveled to Great Jin.
In the past ten years, Qi Haoran’s horse farm in the north had gradually expanded. Only then did Great Qi’s horse market flourish and no longer rely on imports.
But while horses were easy to raise, fine breeds were rare. The officials of the imperial court had heard Qi Haoran argue with the Minister of Revenue about funding to buy horse breeds, so they roughly knew that fine breeds fetched a high sum.
In fact, a third-generation Akhal-Teke horse cost a thousand taels of gold!
Mind you, not silver, but gold!
Though Imperial Physician Wang wasn’t adept at appraising horses, there were horse appraiser in the palace!
When the three children saw the red sweat on the horse and then looked at Scarlet’s handsome appearance, there were only three words in their minds: Akhal-Teke horse!
Furthermore, those three words were in bold red font!