Uncle Yu Wancheng and Zhang Tian exchanged greetings at the gate for a while, and Yu Wancheng suddenly remembered an important matter that he hadn't said yet, so he turned around and said to the old man Yu Xiaochun, "Father, I just got the news! This time, because of the Imperial City’s relationship, our Boshui City’s cattle competition has been advanced! At present, the Guan family, Mei family, and Tang family have learned the news in advance, and they have started to prepare in the first three days! Only the Pan family, Lei family and It was too late for our Yu family to get the news!" Yu Wancheng wiped the sweat from his brow while eagerly waiting for the old man's order.

"What? Why is this cattle competition so early?" The patriarch of the Yu family, Mr. Yu Xiaochun, showed a look of eagerness on his usually calm face. After he coughed lightly, he said slowly: "I See if they got in touch with the members of the Zhang family secretly, so they got the news in advance... Well, it must be so!" Mr. Yu stroked his gray beard, his brows condensed into a Sichuan character, and he thought to himself, " If it hadn't been for Wan's being deposed from Zhang's family, today's incident might not have happened at all! Even if it happened, we would have known about it earlier and could have prepared earlier!" Thinking of this, old man Yu glanced at the anxious Yu Wan City, stabilized his emotions and said: "How about this, you hurry up and send people to prepare to buy materials. This time, the quantity of Hajin must be sufficient. You can find as many skilled craftsmen nearby as you can. Let those companies take them away, there must still be craftsmen who have cooperated with us in the past, if the number is not enough... try to find some handy ones, you hurry up!"

"Cow competition?" Zhang Tian on the side couldn't understand it very well, and murmured to himself in confusion.

Old man Yu loosened his frown, looked at his grandson, and explained with a faint smile: "Grand grandson! It's no wonder you don't know, not many people in the city know about it! The place of the cattle competition, It is in the land of the royal family outside the city. The equipment for the competition is an iron ox that is imitated from our cultivated land and made according to the standard size specified by the royal family. However, the head of the ox is lowered and its horns are facing forward. Hit the head tree of the Nanyu fruit tree in the Nanyu Mountain outside the city, and use the number of fruits that fall to determine the share of harvest on the mountain this year."

The old man paused and continued: "Nanyu fruit is a rare fruit unique to Nanjun's Sishui country. The fruit tree is more than thirty feet tall, tall and firm, growing among rugged mountains and rocks. It is hard to hurt by swords. Nanyu fruit bears fruit Ordinary people can't climb on the thin branches of this tree at all. Even if they climb to the high place, the mountain wind is too violent to pick the fruit. They can only be shot down by impact. The old branches that bear fruit slowly fall off , and regenerate new branches every year to bear fruit. This fruit is a tribute to the royal family. The skin is hard, and the golden flesh inside is very delicious. One is hard to find!"

"In addition, the number of fruit trees on the mountain is fixed. For some reason, it is difficult for new trees to grow. Only once a tree is destroyed by thunder will a new tree grow. Therefore, the number of trees remains the same, a total of one hundred and ten Eight. These trees are enclosed and guarded by the royal family under the jurisdiction of Dadu. Only the fallen fruits can be picked up. The unfallen fruits will be slowly absorbed by the fruit trees to provide nutrients for the next year's fruit. The head tree is the largest one The trees are three points harder than iron. Every time the imperially appointed farmers—Guan family, Mei family, Tang family, Pan family, Lei family, and Yu family draw lots to determine the order, each family hits three times, and the number of falling determines the picking of other farms. The proportion of fruit trees. In addition, the amount of hajin determines the hardness of the horns. In previous years, there were families whose horns were broken by impacts. Naturally, the picking share of such families will be less..."

"So that's the case!" Zhang Tian nodded.

"Come... come... come in quickly!" Mr. Yu asked the two to sit down in the lobby, and then asked the servants to arrange the two people's accommodation...

Not long after, there was a loud noise from the gate of Yu Mansion. It turned out that uncle Yu Wancheng and Steward Yu led the hired craftsmen to the door, and now Yu Mansion became busy inside and outside...

Zhang Tian's uncle, Yu Wancheng, trotted in to report at this time: "I told my father that I bought five catties of Ha Jin at a higher price. I ran all over the city, and I heard that Lei's house, who went after me, snatched it." Three catties, all other materials are missing!"

At this time, Steward Yu also trotted in, "Speak to the old man, the craftsmen have already made arrangements! They will start working tomorrow, and the servants in the competition will still be those from last year. We will feed them with food in the next few days!"

"Well, I see, you go down!" Yu Xiaochun nodded in satisfaction.

"Yes!" Butler Yu turned and walked out.

Zhang Tian rolled his eyes, followed Steward Yu out secretly, and trotted all the way to catch up with Steward Yu. "Wait a minute... Yu Guanshi, where is the bull used for last year's competition?"

"Ah, in the barn behind the left wing in the backyard, the door is unlocked, so go by yourself, Young Master Zhang." Butler Yu said politely.

Zhang Tianxing ran away in a hurry. Naturally, he was young at heart, and he liked to watch the excitement. He wanted to see what the so-called "out-of-the-box" was like.

Zhang Tian quickly ran to the barn, gently opened the door of the barn, and what he saw was a big cow, as fat as an elephant.The lower abdomen of this cow is hollow, and the four hooves are connected to two iron pillars, which are probably used for lifting.Its whole body gleamed with dark metallic light, smooth and radiant, as if its flesh would vibrate when it walked, and it seemed that every muscle was wrapped with strength.The only shortcoming is that the two corners have already been broken, leaving only a small half.The remains of two bent and broken horns were thrown at the corner of the nearby underground, which shows that the force of the impact at that time was definitely very violent.

Zhang Tian stepped forward, reached out and picked up the two broken horns, and shook them a few times in his hands. It seemed that the objects were quite heavy.Zhang Tian turned around, humming an unknown song, walked out of the barn slowly, and walked towards the study.

Soon, triumphant laughter sounded from the study, "Could it be that the young master's headache is not cured? He's got nervous again?" The maid Xiaoyu, who was sweeping the floor outside the room, couldn't help thinking in her heart that she would run to talk to the queen later. Mrs. Wan from the room will report.

The door of the study room was pushed open with a "bang", and the maid Xiaoyu's eyes widened. She saw the young master Zhang Tian holding a book in his hand, laughing loudly and walking in figure eight steps, walking towards the front hall, with a "gudong", The maid Xiaoyu was so frightened that she sat on the ground, patted her chest with her small hands, and let out a sigh of relief: "Could it be that the young master lost his mind and went crazy... Scared me to death..."

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