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Chapter 51 Buying a War Horse

"Mi Hong has several caravans, including Bingzhou, Xiliang, and Youzhou horse production areas. His son is not an ordinary person, he is called Mi Liang. He is proficient in horse, cattle and donkey breeding, and is considered a talent. He grew up with a golden spoon in his mouth. He didn't know how to do things." Chen Gong said.

I really didn't expect that this young man who was owed to be able to raise big animals.

Lu Bu pulled the sheepskin map and looked at it in a daze, saying, "I really want to lead a light cavalry into Youzhou, so that we will no longer worry about horses."

When Chen Gong saw that his lord was going to be a criminal, he led a thousand cavalry to Youzhou, and quickly reminded him: "Although the cavalry moves quickly, it is not without enemies. Gongsun Zan's famous white horse Yi may not be able to compete with Yuan Shao's infantry. If our Xuzhou is well developed, we can train powerful infantry, and we can also spend money to buy horses."

Lu Bu spread his hands and said, "Where is the money? A real man is in his hand and can't resist hunger, cold and poor. Spending money is like flowing water. He is careful and spending it all by accident. Fortunately, there is no problem with the food and grass now, so we can be assured to recruit soldiers."

Chen Gong said: "It's easy to buy a horse. The horse vendor is waiting outside the tent. Mi Hong is here."

Lu Bu said: "What should I do if the public station says?"

Chen Gong shook his head and said, "It's hard to deal with it. These wealthy families are used to being arrogant and not taking the soldiers seriously is a common thing. If the lord cut off these people because of such a small matter, what's the difference with Cao Thief?"

"Stop doing this. The kindness of a sheep is slaughtered by others, and the kindness of an elephant is to spare your life. If you let him go so easily, all the amao and a dog will come to fight my soldiers. Where will I put my face?" Lu Bu said angrily.

Chen Gong said: "What does the lord mean?"

"These big businessmen have a wide range of hands and trade routes. I hope they can sell horses for us. If they don't have enough money, they can pay for bone soup noodles. Besides, for three to five months, the money will not be a problem. I will do bad people, and you will be good people." Lu Bu said.

Chen Gong couldn't help but shake his head, his lord's hot temper could not be changed.

"Where is Cheng Lian?" Lu Bu asked.

"The last one will be there."

"Put that kid out of the south city gate and slashed at noon. Remember to have a big formation." Lu Bu asked Cheng Lian to come over and mutter for a while.

Cheng Lian went out to prepare, but the Wooden Guard was not idle during this period, so he created a lot of things during this period. The 600 soldiers of Cheng Lian camp were all equipped with round shields, steel axes, and short swords. They were known as one thousand swords and axes, but in fact they were only six hundred. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, bragging was popular, and Cao Cao's army of 200,000 dared to brag into an army of 800,000.

Six hundred swords of shield soldiers opened the way, and four shirtless men, holding ghost-headed swords, rushed Mi Liang out of the city gate.

It was only then that Mi Liang realized that he was afraid. If he had known Lu Bu's reputation, he would have whipped his soldiers with a whip.

Mi Liang thought of slapping himself in the face with a slap.

The soldier holding the ghost-headed sword said, "Brother, don't be afraid, I have good sword skills and will not let you suffer."

"You're about to get it soon. Look at your bear-like appearance, skinny and bony. The executioner is full of flesh and a fierce look on his face. Where do you have it?" Mi Liang said.

"I'm hungry. I used to be very fat. I've been fighting for two years and have only had some full meals in the past few months, but don't worry, I still have the strength."

Mi Liang cried and was taken to the open space outside the gate of Nancheng City, and hundreds of people gathered to watch.

Many people asked, "Why are you cutting people?"

"The notice was not said, "I beat the soldiers for no reason, refused to apologize, and disrespect General Lu Bu, so I was going to chop them up." Another person said.

Mi Hong saw his son pushing him out of the city gate and was anxious, like an ant on a hot pan. At this time, Chen Gong came out and said, "Mi Hong, hurry up, my lord calls you."

"It's all about to be pushed out and cut, what's the point of calling me?"

"I'm confused, my lord is a person who wants to save face. Your son will whip the soldiers in front of him. How can you not be angry?"

"Yes, yes, I get it."

As soon as Mi Hong entered, he cried: "Sir, I am in my forties, I am just such a son. You can do it, so let it go."

"Come on, don't cry. You are not Liu Bei, and I am not soft-hearted. I want a war horse, so what do you think is better to exchange for?" Lu Bu went straight in with one sword.

When Mi Hong saw Lu Buti's request, he knew that his son was fine and at most he suffered a little.

Mi Hong said: "The general wants a war horse, so I will bring dozens of horses in the mansion, so why are you talking about exchanges?"

Lu Bu turned dark and said, "What do you think of this general as? Bandits or bandits. I am talking to you about business. I want to expand the Xuzhou army. A certain amount of cavalry is necessary. The horses needed are not dozens or hundreds. I want thousands or tens of thousands of war horses. What kind of goods do you think are better to exchange for?"

Mi Hong wiped the sweat from his forehead, and none of these warlords were easy to fool.

"There are many war horses in the north, Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Liangzhou, which produce tall horses. If it is considered the Xiongnu horses on the grasslands on the back, it is calculated in millions. There are many ways to buy horses, first of all, money, copper coins, gold and silver. An ordinary horse only costs more than a dozen guan in Youzhou, and only twenty guan is transported to Xuzhou. Secondly, tea, silk, and iron tools, and the exchange ratio is very high, especially iron armor, which can exchange three or four horses for a set of iron armor. The third is white wine. Whether it is Han or Hu people in the northern border, they like wine, especially high-strength wine, it is no problem to exchange a large jar of wine for another horse." Mi Hong said.

Chen Gong frowned when he heard this. Xuzhou couldn't afford to pay too much money. As for iron armor, it was too problematic. He didn't have enough iron armor to exchange horses. The wine was even more nonsense. He had to make wine and exchange horses. Isn't that going to seek death?

Lu Bu's eyes lit up and he said, "Put up the bone soup noodles and kerosene lamps and let the head of the Mi family see how it is."

"yes."

The personal soldiers took the bone soup noodles from the warehouse and soaked a bowl for Mi Hong in front of him. Mi Hong raised his nose and smelled it, and it smelled it.

Looking at the hand-held kerosene lamp, it was even more beautiful, with a crystal lampshade as transparent as nothing.

"The noodles are ready, eat noodles quickly." Lu Bu reminded the house.

Mi Hong took a bite. After all, he was a wealthy family. He had never eaten any noodles before. He felt that the noodles were average, but the noodle soup was too soulful and he drank it all.

"It's delicious. This thing is very good. I don't know if it will be broken. It will take more than twenty days to go from Xuzhou to Youzhou. There is also this lantern. How bright is it at night? What oil is added?"

Lu Bu said: "Each bag of bone soup noodle has its own packaging and will not break for half a year. As for the special oil used in hand lanterns, the brightness is very high, and the noble princes on the grassland must like to use it very much. In addition, white wine can also be provided to you, but I don't know if you have the ability to sell the goods."
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