Chapter 14 Chapter Twelve

Gao Kangda's fake horse Later, in order to make Gao Kangda an expert in riding horses all his life, the adults made him a tall wooden horse, which was very beautiful.He rides a horse and makes it jump, gallop, gallop, and even dance; he also makes it take small steps, quick steps, strides, canters, short steps, flower steps, Gallop, camel, and wild ass; it is also called changing the color of its fur (as priests wear different cloaks on different festivals), brown chestnut, maroon, gray-white, mouse gray, light yellow, dark gray , bezoar, sickle flower, spot flower, black spot on white background, pure white and so on.

He himself used a trailer for a hunting-horse, a bed-stick for a day-horse, and a great oak for a shackled mule, Going to ride at home. In addition, he had more than a dozen replacement horses, seven stage horses.These horses, he made them all sleep beside him. One day, Monsieur de Bainansac came to visit his father with a full ceremonial guard, and on this day, the Duke de Funquepass ② and the Count de Muyi Wang ③ were also here.To be honest, with so many people, the house is significantly smaller, especially the carriage shed.Therefore, Master de Bainansack's steward and quartermaster in charge of supplies, wanting to know if there were any free carriage sheds in the house, went up to Gao Kangda, who was now a young boy, and asked him secretly. Where is the stable where the war horses are placed, thinking that the children must be willing to tell them anything.

Sure enough, he led them up the great castle staircase, through a second hall, into a wide corridor, and from there into a vast tower.They followed up the stairs, and the quartermaster said to the steward: "This kid has lied to us. Never seen a stable on the roof." The steward said: "You don't understand, but I know that in some places like Lyon, La Basmeite, Shinon, etc., the stables are all above the houses①, maybe there is a road behind the houses that can go up diagonally." .Let me ask to understand." He asked Gao Kangda: "Little boy, where are you going to take us?"

Gao Kangda replied: "Go to the stable of my war horse. This is it, just a few more levels." He led them through another hall before he led them into his room, opened the door, and said: "You see, here's the stable you want; here's a Spanish, that's a Hungarian, here's my Lavidan, and that's my fast pony." Then, he handed them a thick stick and said: "I'm giving you this Fritzian; he's from Frankfurt, and I'm giving it to you. He's a fine little horse, and can stand fatigue. Just take an eagle, half a dozen Spanish Long-haired dog, two more rabbit dogs, you will not be the king of quail and hare this winter!"

① De Bainansack means cheapskate. ② De Funkpas means gluttony. ③ De? King Mu Yi means greedy for drinking. ① Shinong Castle is built at the foot of the mountain, the second floor is level with the ground, and the carriage and horse sheds are generally located upstairs.In the other two places, the situation may be similar. ② Lavidan: a famous species in Gascogne. ③ Friedze: The eastern part of the Netherlands and the western part of Germany. At that time, Friedze's horses were to be sent to Frankfurt for sale. "St. John!" exclaimed both. "Now! He has made us miserable."

Gao Kangda said: "No, no, it's still far from suffering." Guess what these two do, run away in shame, or have a good laugh. They turned their heads and left in embarrassment. Gao Kangda asked behind: "Do you want horses?" "What?" they asked. "Five pieces of dung will make a mask for you," Gao Kangda continued. The steward said: "I can't burn it even if I put it on the fire today, because there is enough oil. Ah, my dear, you have treated us like cattle. One day, I think you must be the pope." Gao Kangda said: "Yes, I have become the pope, and you are the pope's son, and the clever-talking starling next to you is the ready-made grandson of the pope."

"All right, all right," cried the quartermaster. Gao Kangda said: "Hey! Can you guess how many flowers are embroidered on my mother's shirt?" "Sixteen flowers," said the quartermaster. Gao Kangda said: "This is not the word in the Bible, because there is a difference between the front and the back, and you have miscalculated." "When?" said the quartermaster. Gao Kangda said: "Just now when someone used your nose as the mouth of a bucket, pulled out a piece of 'muyi' excrement, and then used your throat as a funnel to pour the excrement down, because the excrement is about to deteriorate."

"My God!" exclaimed the steward, "we have met someone who can talk. Mister Clever Mouth, God bless you, your mouth is so eloquent!" Before they had time, they ran down and left the thick stick that Gao Kangda threw to them on the head of the stairs. Gao Kangda said from behind: "You guys don't know how to ride horses! Just when you need them, you don't need horses. If you go from here to Kayusac, would you prefer to ride a goose or a sow?" "I'd rather go drinking," said the quartermaster. As they talked, they ran back to the drawing room below, where they were all laughing like a swarm of flies when they told what had just happened.