RHE - Chapter 721: The Largest Horse Transaction in History!

Chapter 721: The Largest Horse Transaction in History!

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

If one thought back, the Great Tang once had an opportunity. If it had seized that opportunity, the Great Tang would have been able to obtain a large number of quality warhorses, amply preparing itself for the future wars.

That opportunity was the Turkic horse merchant known as Hulayeg.

But it was no easy task to find Hulayeg. His location was constantly changing. He might be to the north on the steppe, in the Anxi Protectorate, at Talas, in Arabia, or even on the Tibetan Plateau.

Wang Chong had only been able to catch his trail because he had the help of an old hand of the Western Regions in Yang Hongchang, a few clues from his last life, and various rumors, and had told Yang Hongchang to begin searching more than a month in advance.

Even more worrying was that Wang Chong was well aware that he had at most three months until this opportunity was completely lost. Hulayeg, in his arrogance, would end up offending the Western Turkic Ishbara Khagan and get himself and his clan massacred.

Without Hulayeg, no one else would be capable of obtaining a large number of quality steeds from the Turkic steppe. There was no one else like Hulayeg who had so many connections that he could open the horse trade with the Eastern and Western Turkic Khaganates.

The name of Hulayeg would become nothing more than a lament echoing over the steppe and the Western Regions.

And not long after his death, the two Khaganates would place a complete ban on any horse trading. Thenceforth, the Great Tang would lose its final chance and descend into a severe shortage of warhorses!

Thus, when Wang Chong heard that Hulayeg was in the Western Regions, he immediately set off. There were some things that had to be handled as quickly as possible, as such opportunities might never present themselves again!

"Who are you? Don't you know that this is my territory? Get out of here!"

A roar in Turkic interrupted Wang Chong's train of thought. Hulayeg

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Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 721: The Largest Horse Transaction in History!

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