Chapter 54: Horses for Horses

With the dyed horse pit Gongsun Zhan, Li Chen can be said to have no psychological burden at all, anyway, this old boy can't pee in the same pot as himself.

And the matter of dyeing horses, to put it bluntly, is a psychological effect. Whether it's a white horse or a black horse, his foot strength is the same, Li Chen really can't understand why Gongsun Chan has to bother with the white horse.

Looking at Li Chen, he was not entangled at all.

Although Li Chen is not good at riding horses during the day, he is good at riding horses at night.

For example, the horse he rode this night, Li Chen has always been Reba, and Nazha is also in it. There's nothing to find fault with this thing.

"Yuanlong, how many horses do we have in Xuzhou?" Li Chen looked at Chen Deng and asked in a deep voice.

Now under Li Chen's command, the Wenchen who took the shot are Chen Deng and Liu Bowen, and now Liu Bowen is responsible for handling Xuzhou's government affairs, while Chen Deng is responsible for Xuzhou's finances.

How many horses and how much grain are there in Xuzhou City, it is right to ask Chen Dengna about this kind of thing.

Chen Deng calculated a little in his heart, and slowly said: "Lord, at present, there are still 3,000 healthy horses in Xuzhou City, if it is transported, there are many horses used to pull carts, but these horses may not be able to trade." ”

"There are still 3,000 horses."

"Sure enough, this city is big, and if you want something, you still have it."

"It's like a woman's, you can only squeeze it out if it's big enough, if it's too small, you can't squeeze it if you want to."

Li Chen paused, and said, "Leave a thousand healthy horses for the scouts, and then dye two thousand white horses out." ”

"It's just Yuanlong, we just had a conflict with Liu Bei, I'm afraid that Gongsun Chan may not be able to trade with us easily."

As soon as Li Chen's words came out, Chen Deng immediately said with a smile: "Lord, you put your heart in your stomach." I can guarantee that as long as the news of the large number of white horses in your hands spreads, Gongsun Chan will beg us to make a deal at that time. ”

There is a saying that as the saying goes, scarcity is expensive, war horses are scarce resources in this era, and white war horses are even more scarce in scarcity. So once Gongsun Chan knew that Li Chen had enough white horses in his hands. Then, according to Gongsun Zhan's fanaticism for white horses, he will inevitably find ways to trade with Li Chen.

For Li Chen, it is best for Gongsun Chan to take the initiative to come to the door. After all, let the other party take the initiative to come to the door, and he will definitely be able to grasp the greater initiative. However, what Li Chen wants now is not just Gongsun Chan to come to the door, but to ask Gongsun Chan to come to the door as soon as possible.

The recent heavy rain near Xuzhou is over, and after the heavy rain hears that the muddy state of the road improves, Cao's army may launch an attack on Xuzhou at any time.

Li Chen wants to buy horses as soon as possible, and then complete the expansion of the army. Otherwise, when Cao Cao really called, he was asking for something about the horse. The light cavalry fought guerrilla warfare in great depth, and the heavy cavalry fought frontal assault warfare.

But neither the lancers, nor the light cavalry, nor the heavy cavalry, could defend the city. If Cao Cao wants to surround Xuzhou, it will be useless for him to ask for cavalry.

Li Chen said with a worried face: "Yuanlong, time is not waiting for me, this matter must be implemented as soon as possible." ”

Chen Deng smiled and said to Li Chen: "Lord, when will you be able to turn two thousand black horses into white horses? ”

Li Chen pondered for a while, and then secretly calculated in his heart: "It takes half an hour to dye a horse, but this matter cannot be leaked, and it can only be dyed by trustworthy people." ”

"According to the number of Jinyi guards, one day, at most two days is enough."

Counting the time as eight or nine and not far from ten, Li Chen hurriedly replied: "One day, at most two days is enough." ”

Chen Deng nodded, and then Duo Li Chen said, "Lord, like this." When the 2,000 horses have been dyed, you have the general take the horses around the city, and remember to be louder. ”

The business of this era was basically controlled by the family, and the rules of the family were generally the eldest son or the better son. Most of the disciples who are not successful in the partial house are arranged to their own chambers of commerce to be responsible for making money for the family.

Most of these families will choose a large warlord force to take refuge. Just like the Chen family took refuge in Li Chen, the Mi family took refuge in Liu Bei. Even those families who have not taken refuge in the warlord forces on the surface are secretly inextricably linked with these warlord forces.

So, it can be basically concluded. Among these families in Xuzhou City, there must also be people who have business dealings with Gongsun Zhan.

Merchants extend in all directions, once a large number of white horses appear in Xuzhou City, those families associated with Gongsun Zan will inevitably seek benefits in it.

A day later, 2,000 dyed horses were slaughtered, and the speed of slaughter was comparable to that of the water pigs in the previous life.

After two thousand dyed horses were slaughtered, Cheng Yanjin immediately drove the horses around Xuzhou City. Soon, Li Chen got two thousand white horses, and the news that he was going to form a white horse Yicong spread.

Outside of Xiaopei, on the boundary of Yuzhou.

"Xuande, don't you really go back to Beiping with your brother?" Gongsun Zhan looked at Liu Bei and said seriously.

"Senior brother, I won't go with you. After all, the governor of Youzhou is still Liu Yu, and if I go, I will only make trouble with you in vain. Faced with Gongsun Zhan's invitation, Liu Bei refused.

Liu Bei rejected Gongsun Zhan's invitation, and what Liu Bei needed was a foothold. But he couldn't plot against Gongsun Zhan's Beiping, because Liu Bei prided himself on benevolence and righteousness, and the whole world knew that Gongsun Chan was his senior brother. Now he has nothing but the name of benevolence and righteousness, and if he plots against Gongsun Zhan, then even the last benevolence and righteousness will be lost.

Gongsun Chan invited again and again, but Liu Bei repeatedly refused, and Gongsun Chan had no choice but to let him go. The two naturally parted ways, Gongsun Zhan went straight to Beiping, and Liu Bei stayed in place and was a little confused.

Thinking about it, Liu Bei sighed heavily and said, "Let's vote for Cao Cao." ”

Xuzhou and his entourage Liu Bei can be said to have accompanied his wife and folded his troops, not to mention that Xuzhou did not arrive, and his original plain county was gone.

On Gongsun Zhan's side, just after separating from Liu Bei, he saw a guard riding in front of him and said: "Lord, Li Chen in Xuzhou has two thousand white horses, and it is said that he will also form a white horse servant?" ”

"What? Li Chen is so shameless. First, he used his subordinates who looked similar to Yun Chang to deceive Xuzhou, and now it is difficult to ruin my name as a white horse. Gongsun Chan said angrily.

"You also tell the Zhang family to find a way to exchange this white horse. Tell them that I will exchange 10,000 healthy horses for 2,000 white horses. Gongsun Chan commanded.

The Zhang family is the spokesperson of Gongsun Chan in Xuzhou, and usually sells some horses, of course, most of them are civilian horses.

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