"How's the horses doing?" Sending Bu Dugen away, Liu Tao of course cared about the results of the trade. This time, the caravan, excluding the caravan that was accustomed to taking this trade route in the clouds, was more of the teams of the Zhen, Zhang, and Su clans.

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

Twenty times a war horse, he bargained to fifteen times. It's just that the transaction is mainly in the form of barter, so these Xianbei representatives don't have much feeling. The most items that can be exchanged have become fewer, but there is no idea how much is missing.

Liu Tao couldn't help but sigh, these two deserved to go to Youzhou specifically to engage in border trade. It's just that they used to trade with Wuhuan, but this time they traded with Xianbei.

"Isn't the stallion more powerful?" Zhang Fei doesn't understand, isn't the stallion bad?

"As far as I know, the cavalry on Xianbei's side mainly rode mares. The mare has greater stamina and, when necessary, can be impacted with mare's milk, which can meet the needs of long-distance runs. Zhang Shiping explained.

The main reason is that Xianbei horses are indeed not as tall as Liangzhou horses, and their speed is not comparable. However, the stamina is better, the difficulty of raising is lower, and the stallion is slightly faster at this time, but the stamina is average...... It's really just average.

This is slightly faster, but it is still not as good as the Xiliang horse, so the stallion is a little chicken.

At the same time, if there is a desire to reproduce, it is difficult for the rare mare to reproduce the herd.

After a pause, he added: "Especially since the mare has already given birth to at least five or six litters, and at most one or two more litters, it is estimated that it will be difficult to conceive 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 really not good things!" Zhang Fei was stunned when he heard this, and then scolded.

"The trade between countries, it is already very good to be able to sell us war horses. Wouldn't our rhubarb crossbow also be destroyed rather than given to the Xianbei people? At the end of the day, it's all the same. Liu Tao didn't think it was strange.

Even in later generations, the weapons that can be exported to other countries are either relatively backward in technology and have more advanced weapons that can be replaced. Either it's a castrated version, like in a beautiful country, where the guns in the gun shop are all weakened.

The goods sold to their own people are like this, not to mention the weapons that are exported. Xianbei can sell war horses, and he must also take precautions.

Here Liu Tao sighed the most is Dawan, a large amount of sweat and blood BMW was sent over, the male and female were ready, and the stallion had not been castrated, that was really the treatment of the Han court as a friend.

But then again, these stallions sold by Xianbei were not castrated, and they were already very worthy of Liu Tao.

"In the past, there was no horse harness, and even if I bought back the war horse, I had to castrate, just to better control and prolong the time that I could ride and fight. Now that there are harnesses, there is no need for horses to be castrated. Zhang Shiping sighed.

He still remembers that his grandfather sighed that Dawan had sent hundreds of sweaty and bloody BMWs over before. But because of the needs of the war, he had to be castrated. It is also possible that it was lost in the war, or for other reasons, but now, not a single bloody horse in the imperial court is gone.

Just like their Zhangjia horse farm, that is, there are some hybrids of Dawan horses left, and there are no purebreds.

The most proud of them were the three horses of Chasing the Wind, Zihua and Treading the Snow Wuqi, all of which were taken out and given to Liu Tao and the others. Thanks to Zhang Shiping, he knew that the harness developed by Liu Tao could solve the problem of the spring restless period, otherwise he would really be reluctant to take it out.

"If you want to talk about cunning, in fact, we are not much better......" Liu Tao looked at a few businessmen, "Tell me, how much you have earned, although they are all considered their own people, but don't think about not paying business taxes!" ”

Yunzhong is already his territory, and he simply reforms the issue of taxation. In agriculture, different taxes are levied depending on the crop. The commercial part is also taxed according to the goods, while the export situation is slightly different.

For example, if you sell food in the cloud, the taxes are almost none. On the other hand, the tax on grain exporters is so high that these merchants lose money; Another example is the sale of luxury goods in the cloud, the tax will be relatively high, and the export will be relatively low.

This means that the tax amount of the chief officials must be constantly changed according to the specific price and demand situation of Yunzhong County.

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

Before that, Xun Yu had to work harder, and he had to arrange some officials to help him. In the final analysis, Liu Tao's lack of people and lack of talents in this area is the real problem.

"Naturally, it makes a lot of money." Zhang Shiping smiled, the Xianbei people are still a little simpler, and the bargaining is a little tender, and it is easy to find out where the bottom line is, "At present, the accountant is counting the goods, and according to the tax rate, the taxes and fees are calculated." ”

It's still a little bit of a complaint, everyone is a grasshopper on a rope, why do you collect taxes so ruthlessly. If it weren't for the fact that I still earned a lot more than before, I would have to complain a few words.

It's just that he didn't think about it at all, because of this border trade, they earned a lot more profits than before, and at the same time, the road from Yunzhong to Jizhou was almost smooth, and the border army also personally ensured the safety of the 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 can never be satisfied.

"Brother Zhang, please understand......" Liu Tao probably also knew that Zhang Shiping was a little dissatisfied with this change, so he had to say, "I am the county guard of Yunzhong, and paying taxes is 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 in the end, and after weighing it, they could only let go of the dissatisfaction in their hearts.

Liu Tao stayed here 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 commanded the bow and crossbow troops, and Cao Xing was subordinated to him; Song Xian, Hao Meng and Hou Cheng were respectively transferred to Beiyu, Wuquan and Wujin counties as captains, and were under the command of Huwei general Guan Yu.

Counting Guan Yu and Zhang Liao, the defense line in the eastern and northern areas should not be a problem. The key to the west is Xianyang County, which is guarded by Xun Di, and Yin Yu is the main book, and the support in the past is also fast when there is an enemy situation.

Besides, there is still Wang Xi on the other side of Wuyuan County, and it should be safe to the west. Moreover, because the Yellow River flows, as a natural barrier, the Southern Xiongnu of the West River will also 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 can't be counted as an iron bucket, the defense problem has been solved." Liu Tao concluded, "In addition, Xianbei will not go south in spring and summer, and we have enough time to develop before autumn and winter." ”

What he cares about is that according to the information he has read, there will be Xianbei in December. I just don't know, this is coming, is it the root of the step or the ability to do it. If it is the former, according to today's butterfly effect, there is no need to worry.

What I'm really waiting for, seeing that it's mid-February now, and it's almost March, I still haven't come......

Just when he sighed, the soldiers on duty outside hurriedly came to report: "General, there is a messenger from Luoyang outside!" ”