One day later, Xu Wei received Dong Zhuo's apology at Yanmen Pass.

Xu Wei was very happy to see these war horses and said: "Dong Zhuo is really a particular person. He said that he would pay for the Xiliang war horses, but he really got all the best war horses, which are a head taller than our Mayi war horses!"

No wonder Xu Wei was so happy. When comparing Mayi's war horses with the war horses brought by Dong Zhuo, Mayi's war horses were just mules. The difference was too obvious. Xu Wei had always wanted to get armored heavy cavalry, but steel was no longer the main weapon.

Yes, war horses are the most important thing. Without tall horses, they cannot bear the weight of the armor. So Xu Wei's armored heavy cavalry has never been successfully formed, and now the Xiliang war horses that Dong Zhuo got have finally given Xu Wei hope.

So he said to his men: "Dong Zhuo is a generous man, and we must also be fastidious. Let's get 100 pieces of woolen cloth, a piece of plate armor, and a steel knife as gifts for Dong Zhuo. At the same time, we should ask him

Are you willing to do business with us? We can exchange their specialties from Mayi for their Xiliang horses!

As long as he gets a few thousand Xiliang horses, his armored heavy cavalry can be formed!

Three days later, Xu Wei's gift arrived at Dong Zhuo's camp!

After Dong Zhuo's cronies learned about it, they came over to watch out of curiosity, and were shocked by Xu Wei's generosity. Woolen cloth can be sold for 5,000 yuan in Luoyang City. It is a rare and high-quality product. This woolen cloth alone is worth 500,000 yuan.

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The armor is handsome in shape, emitting this cold light, and you can see beautiful patterns on the sword. These are rare treasures, and they are favorite things for warriors. Wearing these armor and steel swords on the battlefield is equivalent to gaining an extra life.

These treasures are worth more than hundreds of thousands of dollars in Luoyang City, which means that Xu Wei's gift family exceeds one million. You must know that selling Situ to Cui Lie today only cost 500 dollars. These gifts are worth one-fifth of a dollar.

Situ, this is just a meeting gift. Even if Dong Zhuo's 10 Xiliang war horses are the most expensive, they are worth 200,000 yuan. They returned the gift more than five times. They didn't know whether to say that Xu Wei was taken advantage of, but it was really generous!

Dong Zhuo looked at Xu Wei's gift with great interest and said, "You, Commander Qu, want to buy Xiliang war horses?"

Niu Gui nodded and said: "After the general's war horses came to Mayi, our commander discovered that the horses in Mayi were not as tall as the Xiliang war horses, so we wanted to buy 5,000 war horses!"

Dong Zhuo smiled and said: "You, Commander Qu, are the enemies of the Han Dynasty. The purpose of annexing the state in the future is to guard against you. Wouldn't giving you war horses strengthen your strength? Do you think this general will do such a cocoon?"

Niu Gui smiled and said: "I believe that the general cannot refuse the goods from Mayi!"

Then he looked at the generals around him and said with a smile: "Which general is willing to offer his own sword to compare with my sword in Mayi?"

Niu Fu said carelessly: "I'll do it!"

After speaking, Niu Fu took out his sword and said confidently: "My sword was made by a famous craftsman in Luoyang City. It was made using Bailian technology. It blows hair and breaks hair, and cuts iron like mud. It cost me 200,000 yuan to make it."

Come out!"

Niu Gui also smiled and took out his sword and said: "This sword of mine is Mayi's standing weapon. Mayi made tens of thousands of them. It didn't cost as much as the general, only 10,000 yuan! Let's take a look now.

Which of us has a better sword?"

After saying that, Niu Gui slashed at Niu Fu, and Niu Fu immediately blocked it with his sword, and then the two of them slashed each other dozens of times.

The sound of "ding, ding, ding" not only sounded in the big tent, but after half a day, both sides were exhausted, and then they stopped!

Niu Gui confidently showed Dong Zhuo and the others his sword.

The surrounding generals took a deep breath! The gap was too big. They found that Niu Gui's sword only had some small holes, while Niu Fu's sword had turned into a saw. Obviously Niu Gui's 10,000 yuan sword was better than Niu Fu's.

A 200,000-dollar combat knife is much better!

Niu Gui handed his sword to Niu Fu and said, "I broke the general's sword, so I will give this sword to the general as an apology!"

Niu Fu looked at his saw-like sword and threw it on the ground angrily, but he didn't have the nerve to pick up Niu Gui's sword!

Dong Zhuo said: "If others give you an apology, you should continue it!"

Only then did Niu Fu take over the sword!

Dong Zhuo continued: "Will you, Mayi, provide us with such swords and armor?"

Niu Guidao: "This is natural. General, you are not worried that we will increase our combat effectiveness by getting the Xiliang war horses. Now that you have also obtained the armored saber, your combat effectiveness will be even greater, so you don't have to worry about the imbalance of strength between the two sides!"

Dong Zhuo smiled and said: "Since you Qushuai is so sincere, how could I refuse to accept it? The deal is settled like this. Not only do I want your iron armor sword from Mayi, but I also want your woolen cloth from Mayi. As long as it's from you

I want Mayi’s specialties, so I’ll use Xiliang war horses to pay the bill!”

Generals who don't know how to do business these days can't develop at all. Don't look at Dong Zhuo who took refuge with Zhang Rang, but Zhang Rang will not refuse to accept money just because Dong Zhuo is one of his own. Zhang Rang's principle is that only those who accept your money are his own.

, will help you be a protective umbrella. No one is your own person without a donor!

Thirty percent of Dong Zhuo's military expenses were taken away by the eunuchs. Without his own caravan, Dong Zhuo could not even support his troops.

But even so, he was willing, because the nobles had gone too far. Don't look at the fact that Dong Zhuo was now a member of the eunuch faction. During the Xiping period, Dong Zhuo also sought refuge with Yuan Wei, who was from a noble family. With the help of Yuan Wei, Dong Zhuo successively

After serving as the governor of Bingzhou and the governor of Hedong County, it can be said that he has become the highest position after the three ministers and nine ministers.

But the wealthy nobles were even more greedy. Not only did they take half of his military expenses, but they also despised him as a vulgar warrior. They thought that he was a gentleman and he did not share in the good deeds. He took a lot of the blame.

Dong Zhuo saw that he had no future with the noble gentry, so he took refuge with the eunuchs before and after the Yellow Turban Uprising, becoming a notorious eunuch.

There are really many eunuchs, who get paid to do things, so he can be promoted no matter whether he wins or loses a battle over the years. In less than five years, he was promoted to the position of a former general. In the Han Dynasty, he was a high minister, and he was the same as the nine ministers.

In terms of level, if he were on the side of the powerful noble clan, he would never be able to have his current status!

Of course, it cost Dong Zhuo more to be promoted. He could become a former general because he paid 100 million yuan to Zhang Rang. Therefore, if Dong Zhuo had no other financial resources, he would not be promoted, and his soldiers would not be able to maintain their status.

Such elites now!

The arrival of Niu Gui made Dong Zhuo keenly realize that he could also do business with Mayi. Mayi's woolen cloth had caused a craze in Luoyang City, and the armored sword could also improve the combat power of his men. These were what he wanted.

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And he also has the specialty Xiliang war horses that Lei Gong wants. It is not difficult for him to get Xiliang war horses at all. He is a local snake in Xiliang and has a good relationship with the Qiang people. It is easy to get some Xiliang horses.

, such a transaction is beneficial to both parties!

So after the two parties negotiated, Xu Wei ordered 3,000 Xiliang war horses before Dong Zhuo! At the same time, a non-aggression agreement was reached!

But before the deal was completed, Xu Wei hurried back to Mayi because the Xianbei people plundered the Tengjia army again.

Xu Wei rushed back and rushed to the meeting hall.

At this time, Wang Lei and other military generals have all arrived, and administrative officials such as Wang Laohan and Zhang Baiqi have also come across the country. The Tengjia Army now is not just two or three cats. There are dozens of high-level people gathered together, and everyone is divided into civil and military groups.

Sitting in two factions, it has the momentum of a party-state!

Xu Wei asked: "The Xianbei people have not been afraid, so they still dare to come to Mayi?"

Wang Ge said: "There is a drought on the grassland, and many herdsmen can no longer survive. Naturally, they will rob us of Mayi!"

Wang Lei also followed up and said: "The Xianbei people have learned their lesson this time. They no longer attack Mayi with hundreds of thousands of people, but divide into hundreds or thousands of people to attack us. When they grab something, they run away.

Our army is running away, and although we haven’t suffered much loss yet, it has seriously affected our construction!"

"Where did the Xianbei people robbed?" Xu Wei asked worriedly?

Wang Ge said with a serious face: "Chengle, Wujin, Yuanyang, Dingxiang, Xianyang, Wuquan, Beiyu and other counties!"

When Xu Wei heard about these county towns, he looked strange and said: "That's not right! These county towns are not from Yunzhong County. They came to our Mayi like this. I don't remember that we occupied these county towns!"

When Wang Ke heard this, he said without changing his expression: "Qushuai, they are not occupied by us, but the local Han people who surrendered to us! The Han people in Yunzhong County now have no support from the court, and have been repeatedly oppressed by the Xianbei people in recent years.

, last year we defeated the Xianbei people, and the people in these places approached people with high prestige and asked us to protect Yunzhong County!"

But Xu Wei doubted: "The Han people will invite us, but the Hu people will also invite us?"

Yunzhong County not only contains the forces of the Han people, but also the forces of the Xianbei and Huns. It can be said that it is a very complicated place where the three parties meet, so Xu Weicai does not want to occupy Yunzhong County!

Wang Ke knew that Xu Wei was suspicious, so he carefully told Xu Wei about the current trends on the grassland!

Ever since Xu Wei divided his cattle, sheep, and wives, the herdsmen on the entire grassland began to become restless. Last winter alone, many Xianbei people who could not survive took refuge in Mayi. Zhao Rong, the captain of Pingcheng, did not think much about it. After all, Mayi always lacked

The labor force and the Tengjia Army are from the lower class, and they don't care whether they are barbarians or not. After all, everyone is the target of oppression by the noble clans.

It's just that Zhao Rong didn't expect that he would recruit 30,000 Xianbei people in one winter! And after spending a winter, these Xianbei people really thought that they were members of the Tengjia Army. When spring warmed and the flowers bloomed, these Xianbei people

People spontaneously formed small tribes, and then occupied the pastures of the former and Lian Wangting. So without Xu Wei knowing, he had thousands of miles of pastures in the desert!

Other officials in Mayi found that this was possible, so they started to use their brains to find ways to expand their territory. They sent people to contact the people of Yunzhong County and asked them if they wanted to join Mayi.

The people of Yunzhong County were naturally overjoyed to have such a thigh to hug, and if they didn't hug it immediately, they sent their representatives one after another to beg the Tengjia Army to occupy their territory.

So without Xu Wei knowing about it, Yunzhong County was occupied by the Tengjia Army. As for the barbarian forces, it was even simpler. As long as they were told to divide cattle and sheep, divide pastures, and divide wives, these barbarians would immediately

He rebelled against his own tribal leaders and followed Mayi's soldiers to hang these barbarian leaders.

And the most pitiable ones are the Huns! Although they are separated from the Tengjia Army by the Great Wall and the Yellow River, they can go to work in the territory of the Tengjia Army!

Then they saw fields full of wheat planted by Tengjia Army, a small group of cattle and sheep, and these all belonged to the herdsmen of Mayi, especially when they knew that these were the cattle that were distributed last year.

The sheep were obtained by dividing the wives. When the news came, the Huns were extremely envious.

So the herdsmen at the bottom of the Huns secretly contacted each other, elected a representative, and came to Mayi to beg them to occupy the Huns' territory and give them pasture, cattle, sheep, and wives!

Some impatient people even killed their tribal leaders themselves and then invited officials from Mayi. Of course, there are many people who simply want to replace the tribal leaders themselves, but these people do not have high prestige and cannot convince the public at all.

, on the contrary, women killed each other because of the robbery of cattle and sheep, and in the end they had no choice but to ask officials from Mayi to support the division of cattle and sheep!

As for the matter of attacking local tyrants and dividing their fields, Mayi has done so much that it already has a complete set of procedures.

Officials from Mayi came to the territory of the Huns with a dozen soldiers and a few literate men, and then quickly divided cattle and sheep according to head count, and the pastures were also divided according to one thousand acres per household, and then Mayi's transportation team also

He followed them and helped them make houses, stables, and wooden fences with wooden molds, taught them how to stack silage fodder, and taught them how to shear sheep and exchange them for money in Mayi! He also organized them and conducted military training.

It can be said that as long as these herdsmen are integrated into Mayi's economy, their lives will quickly get better, which will allow officials from Mayi to quickly accumulate huge reputation!

So winter had just passed, and Qiangqu was horrified to find that his Wangting Tengjia Army was only separated by the Yellow River, and all the people on the north bank of the Yellow River became members of the Tengjia Army.

The Huns were already in trouble. They didn't even dare to shout at the Tengjia Army. He didn't even dare to summon the Huns' cavalry to settle accounts with Xu Wei. He could only acquiesce that the territory north of the Yellow River was occupied by the Tengjia Army!
To be continued...