Chapter 55 The Han family is about to perish, and this person must be the one who can bring peace to the world!

A black-topped boat moved like flying, swaying through the turbulent waves, and undulated on the endless river.

Liu Yu and Zhang Yulan sat on the bow of the boat, first looking at the distant and ethereal green mountains on both sides of the bank, then Liu Yu's eyes gradually moved forward and sighed softly.

"Ahead is Xiangyang City, with picturesque green mountains. I never thought that besides Luoyang, there is such a paradise in the Han Dynasty."

Zhang Yulan blinked: "Xiangyang City is not only picturesque with green mountains, but also the 'Master Qiao' is waiting for you? I heard that his temper is very weird!"

Zhang Yulan is right...

Qiao Xuan, a former Taiwei, had an extremely eccentric personality. He did not make friends with wealthy families or relatives, and he always opposed the eunuchs, making him unpleasable.

However, his temperament was inexplicably compatible with Cao Cao's. The two were not only masters and apprentices of the Imperial Academy, but also close friends. They had been friends for many years!

Even Cao Cao's name was given by Qiao Xuan.

Otherwise, Cao Cao would not be Cao Cao, but "Cao Cao", also known as "Miaode".

Of course, in terms of official career, Qiao Xuan is also very similar to Cao Cao. Qiao Xuan did not rely on his family, but relied on defeating "Xianbei", "Goguryeo" and "Southern Xiongnu" during the Huan Emperor's reign. He was promoted step by step and successively served as Yin of Henan, Yin of Henan,

Shaofu, Dahonglu, Sikong, and finally became Taiwei.

The interaction between him and Cao Cao occurred when he was enrolled in Luoyang Imperial College.

At that time, Qiao Xuan was the president of Taixue and was in charge of all the students of Taixue. "Taixue" has always focused on "scholars, and their salary is among them." Entering Taixue was equivalent to getting a pass for an official career.

But at that time, Cao Song was just a Sili school captain, in charge of public security in Luoyang...

Regardless of his official title, origin, or Cao Cao's reputation as a "Warcraft boy" when he was a former official student at Imperial College, it seemed that he was destined to miss the Imperial College.

Cao Song was also worried about his son, so he took the gift box to visit Qiao Xuan.

Qiao Xuan refused to let Cao Song send the gift box in at all.

Outside the door... there have long been piles of gift boxes from various families. Qiao Xuan refuses to take any money, oil or salt...

Cao Song's son went to Taixue...Qiao Xuan even vetoed it.

——"I, Mr. Qiao, never intercede for anyone. Colonel Sili should have heard of it a long time ago."

Of course Cao Song knew that he would not have made this move if he had any other option, so he lowered his head and presented his son's name, which Qiao Xuan originally wanted to refuse.

When I saw the small letters "Cao Man" and "吉利", my eyes lit up.

Cao Song was good at observing words and emotions, and he immediately felt that there was a turn for the better, and quickly added, "This is the name his grandfather gave him. It's a bit earthy, and it's easy to make a living!"

In name, he is talking about dirt, but in fact, he is throwing out his adoptive father "Cao Teng" and trying to borrow his face.

You must know that Cao Teng, the former Zhongchang Shizi, advocated that the empire reuse scholars, and Qiao Xuan was one of the people who were reused. At that time, eunuchs and scholars were in an alliance.

Of course, Cao Song had no idea whether Qiao Xuan would give "Cao Cao's grandfather" face.

What surprised Cao Song was that after hearing the name "Cao Man", Qiao Xuan changed his previous refusal and accepted Cao Cao as his imperial student.

Cao Song thought it was the kindness of his father, but he never thought that it was Qiao Xuan who knew the name "Cao Man" early on.

Previously, during the first calamity of the Party, Cao Song, as the commander of the Sili School, under the order of the emperor, searched for Party members everywhere.

It just so happened that one party member was Cao Cao's official teacher. His name was He Yong and his courtesy name was Boqiu. He was a famous person in the world!

Cao Cao found out his father's route and loopholes in arresting party members, notified the teacher He Yong in advance, and helped him and other teachers escape Luoyang under his father's nose.

When the master and apprentice were parting, He Yong said goodbye to Cao Cao and did not forget to mention to his companions - "The Han family is about to perish, and this person must be the one who will bring peace to the world!"

Later, this sentence reached Cao Cao's ears, and Cao Cao was quite embarrassed!

How did he know that He Yong and a group of party members were able to escape from Luoyang because his father, Cao Song, had deliberately let them go.

Cao Cao is just following the trend!

It was precisely because of He Yong's comment that Qiao Xuan got to know the name "Cao Man", and even made an exception to allow him to enter Imperial College.

The two are both teachers and friends, and they have been friends for many years!

Besides Qiao Xuan's character, he was kind to the people he liked but cold to the people he disliked. Among the scholars, he was notoriously difficult to deal with!

Liu Yu just thought of this and wanted to chat with Zhang Yulan about this weird old man!

at this time…

The merchants on the same ship were talking.

——"Have you heard? The imperial court has set up the official title of "騄饥斤拷", and from now on the horses from each county will be brought back to the imperial court!"

——"Of course I heard that from now on, we can only use donkeys and mules to transport goods. Alas... I heard that the last batch of good horses left on the market were sold for 20 yuan from 20,000 yuan.

Ten thousand yuan has doubled ten times!"

——"Alas, business is getting worse and worse!"

At the end of the conversation, the two merchants remained silent and just shook their heads helplessly.

Zhang Yulan blinked and murmured: "Two hundred thousand dollars?"

No wonder she was surprised.

Although...according to some records, the price of horses also rose to over 200,000 yuan during the Han Dynasty.

However, since the establishment of Guangwu Zhongxing, horse prices have been relatively stable.

Horses in Bianjun are cheaper, with the average price ranging from 2,500 yen to 10,000 yen depending on the quality of the horse;

Horses from the mainland are more expensive, with the average price ranging from 5,000 to 20,000 yuan.

Purchasing some good horses from the border counties and selling them in the mainland made huge profits. Therefore, there were many horse dealers in this era!

The reason why horse prices are not high is another reason.

The cost of raising a good horse is prohibitive.

As the saying goes, "A horse will not fatten without night grass." Raising a good horse often requires several people. Based on the feed that a horse eats in a year, the stables for raising the horse, and the hard expenses of the grooms, a surprising conclusion will be drawn.

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——The cost of raising a horse for one year is enough to support a person for 44 years!

Of course, according to the deduction in "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic and the Economy and Society of the Han Dynasty" published by Capital Normal University, the price of a cow is 45,000 yuan, which is more expensive than a horse.

But cattle can plow the land and produce food for a long time!

Horses are used for transportation. They are an absolute luxury in this era and they purely consume food!

It is no exaggeration to say that the price of a good horse now reaches 200,000 yuan, which is already the peak price of horses in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

"Husband..."

Zhang Yulan opened her white teeth lightly and whispered: "I heard that you and the Wuji Zhen family in Hebei have stockpiled a large number of horses, as many as a thousand. The price of horses is now at its peak. If you sell it, you can make a lot of money.

Woolen cloth!"

Hearing this, Liu Yu smiled slightly, but shook his head and did not reply.

"What? Husband...am I wrong?" Zhang Yulan looked over.

"Of course that's not right." Liu Yu chuckled and said with a smile: "The peak price of a horse is not 100,000!"

"That is…"

--"two millions!"

ah…

Seeing Zhang Yulan's extremely shocked look, Liu Yu's eyes were still as calm as water.

For a moment...

What he was thinking of was a sentence mentioned in the Fifty Years of Han Dynasty in "Zi Zhi Tong Jian".

——"In the spring, in the first month of the year, the chief minister of the palace is first appointed, and he receives the horses from the prefecture and the country. He is a powerful man, and he has one to two million horses!"

——Two million! It’s a real two million!

Haha, one hundred thousand?

Where did this happen?

If you sell it, you will lose money.

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Chapter completed!