"How is the situation of the horse?" After sending Bu Dugen away, Liu Tao was of course concerned about the trade results. This time, the caravans, which were used to following the caravans in the Yunzhong trade route, were more of the Zhen family, Zhang family and Su family.

"They are all good war horses and can be put into use, but... there are almost no mares." Zhang Shiping, who was counting horses, replied that he came to preside over this trade in person.

He bargained the war horse of twenty guan to fifteen guan. However, the transaction was mainly in the form of goods for goods, so these representatives of Xianbei did not feel much. At most, the materials that can be exchanged have become less, but there is no concept of how much they are.

Liu Tao couldn't help but sigh that these two people are worthy of going to Youzhou to engage in border trade. However, they used to trade with Wuhuan, but this time they traded with Xianbei.

"Don't the stallion be stronger?" Zhang Fei didn't understand. Is the stallion not good?

"As far as I know, the cavalry on the Xianbei side mainly rides mares. The mare has stronger endurance. At the same time, when necessary, they can use horse milk to attack, which can meet the needs of long-distance raids." Zhang Shiping explained.

The main reason is that Xianbei horses are indeed not as tall as Liangzhou horses and cannot match their speed. However, their endurance is better and the difficulty of raising them is lower. At this time, the speed is slightly faster, but their endurance is average... It can only be considered average.

This one is a little faster and still not as good as the Xiliang horse, so the stallion seems a bit useless.

At the same time, if you are willing to reproduce, it will be difficult for such a rare mare to reproduce.

He paused and added: "Especially, the mare has had at least five or six births, and at most one or two births, it is probably difficult to get pregnant again. The value is not high, so it is taken out. It is precisely because of this that they can lower the price."

"These Xianbei are indeed not good things!" Zhang Fei suddenly realized when he heard this, and then cursed.

"It is already very good to sell war horses to us through trade between countries. Aren't our big yellow crossbows better than to get them for the Xianbei people? After all, it's the same truth." Liu Tao didn't find it strange.

Even in later generations, weapons that can be exported to other countries will either be relatively backward in technology and have more advanced weapons to replace. Or they will be castrated versions, just like a beautiful country, the guns in gun shops have been weakened.

This is the kind of goods sold to the people of our country, let alone the weapons. If Xianbei can sell war horses, it must also take precautions.

Liu Tao was most moved by Dayuan. A large number of sweat-blooded horses were sent here, with both male and female horses, and the stallions had not been castrated. That was really treating the Han court as a friend.

But then again, the stallions sold by the Xianbei were not castrated, which was already worthy of Liu Tao.

"In the past, even if you bought a war horse, you had to castrate it. It was just to better control and extend the time you could ride and fight. Now that you have a horse harness, there is no need to castrate the horse." Zhang Shiping sighed.

He still remembered that his grandfather sighed that Dayuan had sent hundreds of sweat-blooded horses to come. However, due to the demand for war, he had to castrate. It may also be because of the loss of war or other reasons. Now, the imperial court has lost a sweat-blooded horse.

Just like their Zhang family’s horse farm, there are only some hybrids of Dayuan horses left, and there are no purebred ones.

The most proudest one was Zhuifeng. The three horses, Zi Hualiu and Paxue Wuqi, were all taken out for Liu Tao and the other three. Thanks to Zhang Shiping, the horse harness developed by Liu Tao can solve the problem of spring restlessness, otherwise he would be reluctant to take it out.

"If you want to be cunning, we are actually not much better..." Liu Tao looked at several businessmen, "Tell me, how much they have made, although they are all considered their own people, don't even think about paying the business tax!"

Yunzhong is already his territory, so he simply reformed the tax issue. In terms of agriculture, different taxes are levied according to different crops. The commercial part is also taxed according to different commodities, and the export situation is slightly different.

For example, if you sell food in the cloud, the tax is almost as low as there is no. On the contrary, if you export food, the tax is so high that these merchants have to lose money; if you sell luxury goods in the cloud, the tax is relatively high and the export is relatively low.

This means that the chief official should continuously change the tax amount based on the specific prices and demand conditions of Yunzhong County.

Of course, Xun Yu complained about this issue. Liu Tao also said that he would separate the tax part into a department, and then specifically review the annual tax rate and collect taxes according to the tax rate.

Before this, Xun Yu had to work harder and had to arrange some planning officials to help him. After all, Liu Tao lacked people and lacked talents in this area, the real problem was the lack of talent.

"Of course I made a lot of money." Zhang Shiping smiled. The Xianbei people were still a little more simple, and they were a little more tender in bargaining. It was easy to find out where the bottom line was. "Current officials are counting goods and counting taxes based on the tax rate."

I would like to complain a little bit. Everyone is a grasshopper on the same rope, so why do they collect taxes so harshly? If I hadn't made much more money than before, I would have to complain a few times.

But he never thought that because of this border trade, they made a lot more profit than before. At the same time, the road from Yunzhong to Jizhou was almost unobstructed, and the border troops also personally ensured the safety of border trade.

It can only be said that it has nothing to do with friendship, it has nothing to do with reality, and the greed of businessmen will never be satisfied.

"Brother Zhang, please understand..." Liu Tao probably knew that Zhang Shiping and others were a little dissatisfied with this change, so he couldn't say anything, "After all, I am the magistrate of Yunzhong County, and taxes are also very important to me."

"It's understandable, it's understandable..." Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang expressed their understanding. Compared to just now, they calmed down and after weighing the pros and cons, they could only let go of their dissatisfaction.

Liu Tao stayed in Beiyu for another day, and then announced new personnel changes:

Huang Zhong was transferred back to Yunzhong County and continued to be his thief Cao, and at the same time he commanded the bow and crossbow tribe, and Cao Xing was transferred to Beiyu, Wuquan and Wujin County respectively as the commander, and was governed by General Huwei Guan Yu.

Including Guan Yu and Zhang Liao, the defense lines in the eastern and northern areas should not be a problem. The key to the west is Xianyang County, which is guarded by Xun Jue, and Yin Yu is the chief clerk. The enemy situation has appeared in the clouds of support.

Besides, there is Wang Shizai in Wuyuan County, and the west side should be safe. Moreover, because the Yellow River flows by, as a natural barrier, the Southern Xiongnu in the Xihe River will be blocked by the Yellow River if they want to cross Wuyuan County and break into Yunzhong County.

"In other words, even if Yunzhong County cannot be considered an iron barrel, the defense problem has been solved." Liu Tao summarized, "In addition, the Xianbei will not go south in spring and summer, and we have enough time to develop before autumn and winter."

What I care more about is that according to the information he has seen, the Xianbei will attack in December. I just don’t know whether this attack is Budugen or Kebineng. If it is the former, according to the current butterfly effect, it is no longer worth worrying.

What I am really waiting for is now mid-February and almost March, but it still hasn't come...
Chapter completed!