Chapter 128 Talking about selling horses for grain and grass
Chapter 128 Discussing selling horses in exchange for food and grass
Mi Zhu was a little stunned when he heard this. He really didn't expect Liu Zhang to speak so straightforwardly. Mi Zhu stood up and bowed and said: "Zhu uses the heart of a villain to judge the heart of a gentleman, and he still hopes to win the championship Hou Haihan!"
"It's okay, I didn't explain it clearly!" Liu Zhang waved his hand and said with a smile, "Actually, Xuzhou doesn't need to buy all the horses!"
"Oh? May I ask the champion, what do you mean by this?" Hearing what Liu Zhang said, Mi Zhu suddenly became interested.
Liu Zhang smiled and asked: "May I ask Zizhong, how many of the soldiers in Xuzhou can ride horses?"
"This..." Mi Zhu frowned and said, "I'm afraid it's not much!"
Liu Zhang asked again, "Since I don't know how to ride a horse, I naturally buy a horse to train my riding skills. Am I right?"
"It's natural! If you don't know how to ride a horse, of course you have to learn and practice hard now!" Mi Zhu was quite puzzled by Liu Zhang's question.
Liu Zhang said: "Zizhong didn't know something. The better the horse, the more violent its temperament. If it is a thousand-mile horse, it often needs to be tamed by the rider. I dare to ask those novice soldiers, how many of them can control such a fierce horse? Why not get it first?
Let the soldiers train their riding skills with some inferior horses and medium-sized horses, and then use the superior horses to equip the cavalry. I wonder what Zhong wants?"
"This..." Mi Zhu said in great embarrassment: "Marquis Champion, I really don't understand horses. However, Tao Shijun requested to buy a high-quality war horse, and I can't change it. Why don't I sell the remaining high-quality war horses to you?"
Come on down!"
"Zizhong doesn't have to be like this!" Liu Zhang asked with a smile: "How many war horses does Tao Shijun want? Just tell me the number, and I will think of a solution!"
Mi Zhu said with some embarrassment: "Tao Shijun means that the more, the better!"
"Uh..." Liu Zhang looked at Mi Zhu with a cold sweat. He really didn't expect Tao Qian to have such a big appetite. High-quality war horses are in short supply in the Central Plains. You may not be able to buy one for a hundred gold. A thousand horses are at least 100,000 gold.
Ten thousand horses cost one million gold. Although Xuzhou is rich, it is not rich enough to throw away one million gold!
Seeing the strange look in Liu Zhang's eyes, Mi Zhu suddenly thought of how expensive the war horses were. He said with some embarrassment, "Don't worry, Lord Champion! Tao Shijun is willing to exchange grain and grass for your war horses!"
Liu Zhang smiled and said: "Since Tao Shijun is sincere, how about I sell him a thousand high-grade war horses first, and then give you a thousand medium-grade war horses to train cavalry?"
"How can this be done?" Although the most expensive of medium-sized war horses is only fifty gold each, a thousand horses cost a lot of money. Since Mi Zhu is a gentleman, he does not want to take advantage of Liu Zhang in vain.
"It doesn't matter. Anyway, my horses were snatched by the soldiers. If they are gone, I'll go and grab them again!" Liu Zhang waved his hands with a nonchalant look on his face. His horses were all snatched from Karasuma, and he also
There is a plan to rob the Qiang and Huns!
"I didn't expect that the famous champion was actually a robber!" Mi Zhu broke into a cold sweat when he heard this, but a crisp voice came from behind him. As soon as this voice came out, Mi Zhu was horrified.
Liu Zhang took a closer look and saw that the person speaking turned out to be the book boy behind Mi Zhu. He saw that the book boy had red lips and white teeth, and a small face with melon seeds. The hands of the guard behind Mi Zhu were frozen in the air. He wanted to cover the book boy's mouth, but failed.
Not in time.
"Haha!" Just when Mi Zhu thought Liu Zhang was about to get angry, he heard Liu Zhang laugh and say: "This little girl is right, I am a robber! Why can those foreigners rob us Han people, but we Han people can't rob them?
?If they did the first grade of junior high school, they should have done the fifteenth grade! The ancients said: Those who kill people will always be killed! Those foreigners have robbed us for hundreds of years, it is time for us to rob them!"
"Uh..." Mi Zhu and the others were stunned. Ever since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed hundreds of schools of thought and only respected Confucianism, the etiquette of the Han people has become more and more serious, but the bloodiness has gradually faded. In later generations, those so-called great Confucianists all clamored to conquer others with virtue and repay evil with virtue.
Liu Zhang's idea of retribution was rude and immoral in the eyes of the so-called Confucian scholars. Not to mention that Liu Zhang considered himself a robber! However, during the Han Dynasty, the bloody nature of the Han people may have faded a lot, but it has not yet reached the
The level of pedantry. Even if Liu Zhang's behavior of robbing foreigners was made public, most people would still praise him. At most, some corrupt scholars would have different opinions.
"The Champion Marquis is really admirable!" Mi Zhu was called a gentleman in ancient times, so he was naturally not a corrupt scholar. He sighed: "If only there were more people like the Champion Marquis among the big men, the border would be stable!"
"Zizhong's words are wrong!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "If there were a few more people, the border would be unstable, but it's just the foreigners who are unlucky! That's right! Since this young lady dares to interrupt in front of Zizhong,
She must not be an ordinary person! Zizhong brought her here but did not introduce her to me, which is contrary to my hospitality. Not only that, the guards behind Zizhong seem to be quite extraordinary!"
"The champion is joking! This is my younger sister Mi Zhen, and this guard is my younger brother Mi Fang, also known as Zifang!" Mi Zhu cupped his hands and said: "Brother, my younger sister has been pampered since childhood. If I have offended you in any way, I hope you will."
Champion Hou Haihan!"
"Zizhong doesn't have to be like this!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Since we are Zizhong's younger siblings, how can we stand aside? Please sit down! Come and serve tea to Zifang and Miss Mi!"
"Thank you so much, Champion!" Mi Fang and Mi Zhen saluted very generously and sat down below Mi Zhu.
Liu Zhang smiled and said: "I see that Zifang is also a military general. I wonder if he has a good horse? If not, how about I give Zifang one later?"
"Really?" Mi Fang was overjoyed. Although he was the son of the Mi family, he didn't like to write or write, let alone business management. He just wanted to be a powerful general. Unfortunately, there were no good horses in Xuzhou. Even if there were, Mi Fang couldn't get them.
. You must know that Tao Qian's two young masters, Tao Ying and Tao Cheng, are also martial people, but the Mi family does not dare to compete with them.
"Cough... Zifang!" Mi Zhu coughed. He had known that Mi Fang wanted good horses, otherwise he would not have brought him to Bingzhou, but he did not want to accept Liu Zhang's gift. This is not the integrity of a gentleman who does not accept the food that comes from him, but
He felt that Liu Zhang was a little too enthusiastic.
"Uh..." Mi Fang lowered her head when she saw her elder brother's reproachful look.
Upon seeing this, Liu Zhang waved his hand and said: "Zizhong, I want to make you a friend. It's nothing to give your second brother a good horse! Even a thousand-mile horse is only worth a mere thousand gold. If you even have this,
If you give me face, you are looking down on me!"
"This..." Mi Zhu smiled bitterly and said, "In that case, it would be disrespectful to refuse! Zifang, thank you so much, Lord Marquis!"
Mi Fang's eyes lit up when he heard this. He raised his head and cupped his fists and said, "Thank you so much, Champion!"
"No!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Actually, I have something to ask of you. Xuzhou wants horses, but Bingzhou wants grain. Although Jizhou is a big grain-producing state, it is close to the border. It is not worthwhile to exchange horses for grain. So
I am using money to collect grain in Jizhou. In Xuzhou, I want to exchange horses for grain. Of course, the price can be cheaper! I wonder what Zhong wants?"
"It doesn't matter!" Mi Zhu said with a smile: "My Mi family is in the grain business. I can collect grain for the champion in Xuzhou, but I have to exchange horses for grain. Transportation is a problem!"
"This is easy!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "I just need to provide more bad horses for Zizhong to pull the cart. With Zizhong's temperament, I will live up to my duty!"
"It's natural, thank you Champion for your trust!" Merchants value integrity the most, and Liu Zhang's trust made Mi Zhu feel like a confidant. You know, although Mi Zhu is a gentleman, when he discusses business with others, he is often criticized by other aristocratic families.
Even if he is initially impressed by Mi Zhu's magnanimity and is despised by the wealthy family, as soon as he knows Mi Zhu's origin, the other party's attitude will often change completely.
In fact, Mi Zhu wanted to be a businessman, but the Mi family started as a businessman. Mi Fang chose to be a military general, but Mi Zhu had no choice. He could not let his sister come out in public. This was also the reason why Mi Zhu gave up his family property and followed Liu Bei in history. He could only be defeated by one of the princes.
Only by paying attention to or having the merit of following the dragon can the Mi family be freed from the title of merchant. Otherwise, even if Mi Zhu is a first-rank official, outsiders will still regard him as a merchant.
"Zizhong, Zifang is good at martial arts. How is his martial arts?" Liu Zhang suddenly changed the topic, catching Mi Zhu off guard.
"The Kung Fu of a three-legged cat is nothing!" I don't know why Liu Zhang mentioned Mi Fang's martial arts. For the sake of caution, Mi Zhu was appropriately modest!
"Brother...you..." Although Mi Fang respected his eldest brother, Mi Zhu belittled his martial arts. He said with some dissatisfaction: "Brother, my martial arts are considered top-notch in Xuzhou. Except for Tao Ying, the second son of Tao Shijun, who else
Can you compete with me? Just say Cao Bao, the defender of Xuzhou, he is not even my close enemy!"
"Hmph! There are so many strong generals in the world!" Mi Zhu glared at Mi Fang and said, "Then Cao Bao is a waste, what's the point of being happy about being better than him? As for Tao Ying, he's just a playboy, you can't even beat him.
Dare you say top-notch?"
"Why should Zizhong be like this!" Liu Zhang smiled and shook his head and said, "I just want to know how good Zifang is in martial arts. If he is outstanding in martial arts, let him join the Bingzhou Army as a general!"
"The Marquis keeps what he says?" Mi Fang's eyes lit up after hearing this. In fact, he had wanted to join the army for a long time, but there was no war in Xuzhou, so joining the army didn't make much sense. However, Liu Zhang was different here. Mi Fang could tell that Liu Zhang seemed to be preparing to use troops against foreigners.
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"It counts!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "But there are two requirements: first, your martial arts is really good, and second, your eldest brother agrees."
Mi Fang looked at Mi Zhu eagerly after hearing this, Mi Zhu sighed and said: "As long as you can pass the test of champion, I won't stop you!"
Mi Fang was overjoyed and said: "Champion Hou, what do you think of the martial arts required to join the Bingzhou Army?"
Liu Zhang smiled and said: "It doesn't have to be too high. As long as you can support hundreds of moves under me, I will allow you to join!"
"This..." Mi Fang said with some embarrassment: "What if I hurt Mr. Hou?"
"Have you hurt me?" Liu Zhang laughed loudly and said, "Follow me to the school grounds, so that you don't have to brag all day long! Let me tell you, my martial arts skills are at the bottom among the generals of the Bingzhou Army. If I don't even have a hundred
Even if you can’t take any recruits, you should give up being a general, lest you endanger your own life!”