Qian Jin Mai Gu

In the Spring & Autumn Period， there was lord who liked the good horse very much. He wanted a horse that can run thousands of miles in one day. However， he did not buy any good horse in three years even if he raised the offer to 500 kilograms of gold.

A minor servant recommended himself， saying that he could find the lord a good horse within three months. He did find a good horse before the deadline， but when he arrived here to pay for the horse. The horse was dead because of illness. In spite of that， the servant spent half of the price buying the bones of the horse.

The lord was furious with this， but the servant explained he did this to show the world that the lord wanted to buy a good horse so much that he could even spend a large amount of gold on the bones of a dead horse. Then， people with good horses were more likely to sell the horse to him.

Indeed， after the news was spread， the lord acquired three good horses within one month.endprint