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Why are war horses sold so expensive? Isn't it because the south doesn't produce war horses?

Why doesn't the South produce war horses? Of course, it was because there were no fertile pastures, and the southern roads were rugged, not suitable for war horses.

But Hanzhong is a big plain.

More importantly, Hanzhong is currently underpopulated. A lot of the land has become wasteland. Why can't you enclose some barren fields, plant grass, and raise war horses in captivity?

This is Guan Ping's logic.

But it should also be more difficult to do. First of all, there needs to be mares, and there are a large number of mares.

Why do Liangzhou, Youzhou, and state produce war horses? Isn't it because of these three places, where there are many populations of horses? All barbarians have horses and naturally produce horses.

For example, Guan Ping bought three hundred mares and some stallions. It takes about a year for these three hundred horses to be pregnant and give birth, and it takes three years for the foals to be born to be war horses.

That is, horses in captivity, it will take at least four years to harvest the first war horses. And even if you choose excellent genes, you may give birth to ordinary horses.

Therefore, only a large enough population can produce enough war horses. The cost of enclosure and horse breeding is too high, time cost, financial cost, and labor cost.

Therefore, there are very few people who raise horses in the south.

Even the princes are rarely able to raise horses on a large scale.

In the historical Shu Han, there was a large-scale cavalry in Eastern Wu? Never.

It's not impossible for Guan Ping to raise horses in Hanzhong, but it is time-consuming and laborious, and at first glance, it is better to use all the infantry.

But in the long run, cavalry is still a must. Not to mention anything else, the cavalry led by Zhao Yun is still in Xinye.

But that was to deal with Cao Cao's southward journey. Zhao Yun's cavalry is needed, which may be useful at critical moments.

When the battle of Xinye is over, Guan Ping will transfer Zhao Yun into Hanzhong, and then go south to fight Bashu. When a large-scale cavalry force enters the Chengdu Plain, it can also be crisscrossed.

Not to mention, if troops are sent to Guanzhong and Liangzhou in the future, the role of cavalry is not comparable to that of infantry.

On the one hand, Guan Ping had to buy war horses from Liangzhou, and on the other hand, he also had to buy good mares and stallions to build a steady stream of cavalry.

There is a good saying.

Cao Cao cannot be killed. It takes a long time to fight Cao Cao and Cao Wei, so you don't have to panic if you stock up on food first.

Speaking of this, the cloth business must not only be done, but also bigger. After all, it costs a lot of money to buy war horses, buy mares, and raise horses.

You have to be able to afford it.

Yan Pu, Li Zhong understood, no wonder a long history, a businessman was summoned at the same time. This matter needs to be done by two people together.

In terms of cloth, Yan Pu came forward to vacate the factory and recruit female workers. Li Zhong could be responsible for going south to buy cooked silk thread to make silk cloth.

Horse aspect.

Yan Pu was in charge of enclosing the land, and Li Zhong was in charge of buying horses.

In terms of cloth, there is not much of a problem. Li Zhong even wanted to expand his business for a long time, after all, the five of them also had thirty percent of the dry shares.

But the problem of horses is still huge.

Li Zhong thought for a moment and said cautiously: "General Ming." Although Hanzhong and Longyou have Qishan Road to connect, the road is smooth, and it is easier to transport horses. The princes of Liangzhou also did not control the war horses. But it's a long journey after all. There were only two or three hundred war horses transported from Liangzhou in January. It's only two or three thousand horses a year. Among them, there are very few mares, after all, the people of Liangzhou also know that mares can give birth to foals. Not to mention. Qishan Road is connected to Jinniu Road. A lot of horses also went to Bashu. We buy maybe three or four hundred mares a year, or even less. ”

When Guan Ping heard this, he was furious, and these merchants actually transported horses to Bashu???? Don't I have the money to buy a horse?

Guan Ping also heard about this for the first time, and suddenly had an urge to intercept Yangping Pass and prevent the merchants from going south. But Guan Ping endured.

The magical Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Liu Zhang actually ignored him for occupying Hanzhong. I'd better not provoke. After all, I still have a lot of problems to solve.

This year, I may have to fight with Cao Cao in Xinye, and it is not good to make enemies on all sides.

"Buy at a markup, whether it's a stallion or a mare, buy at a markup. Let the merchants of Liangzhou continue to transport horses over. ”

Guan Ping gritted his teeth and said.

Who are we?

We just have a lot of money.

If I buy it at a higher price, the merchants won't give Liu Zhang a horse, right? If I buy it at a higher price, the merchants in Liangzhou will be willing to send more horses over, right?

As the saying goes, money can make ghosts grind, Guan Ping, a rich man, has done a lot of things with money. Such as the new wild population, war horses, materials and so on. For example, the problem of ploughing cattle, the problem of the wives of Cao Jun's troops.

Having money is not everything, but not having money is absolutely impossible.

"No."

Li Zhong has been with Guan Ping for so long, and he also knows the style of his boss. What can be done with money is not a thing, so I am not surprised, and I promised.

Li Zhong has Li Zhong's problem, and Yan Pu also has Yan Pu's problem. After Li Zhong finished speaking, Yan Pu arched his hand and said, "General Ming." Although there are many wastelands in Hanzhong, they are not in pieces. Raising horses, on the other hand, requires a place to gallop. And such a large-scale horse breeding also needs to recruit people who can raise horses. I'm afraid it won't be able to do it for a while. ”

"Advertise to recruit horse breeders, and give them a high salary. Buy land. Choose a place, buy all the wasteland and fertile land, and circle it into a large horse farm. By the way, it is also necessary to recruit officials and guard against anyone stealing horses. Guan Ping said without hesitation.

The method is still simple and rude, throwing money.

Hire employees with high salaries and buy venues at high prices. If Guan Ping is an entrepreneur, he is also an entrepreneur who is easy to arouse the emotions of the crowd.

What else would you do but throw money at it?

"No." Yan Pu understood, and couldn't help but promise.

All in all, Guan Ping is in Hanzhong, and the money flows out like flowing water. In Fangling, Guan Ping raised nearly 3,000 teachers.

Support religious associations in Hanzhong and promote the development of Taoism.

Now I have to spend money to buy horses and raise horses.

and raise tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Guan Ping's income is actually good, let's not talk about Xinye's Mi's wine. Because of the income from Mi's wine, it was spent by Guan Yu. The tax of the Pingfang Mausoleum, plus the tax of Hanzhong.

Fangling weaving mill annual interests.

In addition, when he first entered Hanzhong, he obtained a lot of gold and silver wealth from Zhang Lu's warehouse, and raided Yang Bai and Yang Ang's brothers.

But it's too expensive.

By the way, Guan Pinggang remembered something again. Xu Shu bribed the barbarian king with 3,000 gold, and bribed a lot of money and grain every year, which was also a big expense.

All in all.

Guanping's territory is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more inputs, but the money is getting less and less. It's like a strange circle, and a strange circle is trapped in a strange circle.

Guan Ping will always be a rich man, but he will always be a poor ghost.

Money talks.

It's true.

Guan Ping tried and tested.

It only took half a month for Yanpu to enclose a large area in an area between Chenggu County and Nanzheng County. He recruited a hundred horse-keepers, a hundred handymen, and two hundred officials to guard and protect.

There were 400 people in total, taking care of one hundred and twenty-two mares that Li Zhong had scavenged everywhere, as well as ten good stallions.

It does seem like an exaggeration.

There are more people than horses.

But Guan Ping is confident that the scale of this horse farm will be expanded in the shortest possible time. Therefore, it is necessary to take precautions when it comes to personnel issues.

Guan Ping got the horse farm built, so he rushed out of Nanzheng City and went to the horse farm. He was accompanied by Zhou Xiong and 550 pro-soldiers.

Soon after, Sekihei arrived at the horse farm. This horse farm also has its own name, called "Hanzhong Horse Farm", and there is a chief official and some small officials who are responsible for the management here.

Enough to manage day-to-day affairs.

Guan Ping personally came to the racecourse, and the chief official here naturally led everyone out to greet him, and there were hundreds of people in the black. Guan Ping waved his hand and let everyone be exempted.

Then stand in the racecourse and look around.

Most of the places here are fertile fields, and small and semi-barren fields. The place is not flat, which is not conducive to the galloping of horses. Traces can be seen, and the horse farm is currently being filled.

It's winter and there's no grass either.

And to raise horses, you need not only forage, but also soybeans, eggs, and so on. It's hard to raise a war horse, and it's definitely even worse to raise a pregnant mare.

The chief official here is called Han Qing, who is a local scholar in Hanzhong, and he is respectful. Guan Ping said something to him and looked at the horse farm again.

The fence of the horse farm has been completed, but there are no buildings, and the hundreds of people live in tents and rudimentary stables.

In the future, as the scale increases, the horse farm here will definitely be more perfect. It will also be divided into small parts to facilitate separate management.

After that, Guan Ping asked Han Qing to find the most powerful horse breeder here, a horse breeder in his fifties, gray hair, named Wu Song.

Wu Song saw that Guan Ping was very restrained, and Guan Ping'an calmed him down, and then he calmed down a little.

"Mr. Wu. Although you are good at raising horses, I don't understand it. But there is some truth that I want to talk to you about. Guan Ping was very kind.

"Please show me what I am." Wu Song hurriedly said.

"This strong horse is paired with a strong horse, and the horse that is born is naturally more likely to be strong. But we should have been casual before, right? ”

Guan Ping asked.

"Yes." Wu Song nodded.

"Make a family tree later. I want to know who the mother and father of a war horse are, all the way back to the source. Can you do it? ”

Guan Ping asked.

"This !!!" Not only Wu Song was dumbfounded, but even Han Qing was dumbfounded. Is this kind of thing necessary? But Han Qing was an official after all, and his reaction was much faster than Wu Song's. He hurriedly bowed down and said, "Don't worry, my lord, every horse produced by Hanzhong Horse Farm in the future will be named, marked, and have a clear pedigree." ”

"Hmm." Guan Ping is very satisfied, what is this? That's the strength of execution.

Why can the emperor behave indiscriminately? Because of the Emperor.

Immediately, Guan Ping and Wu Song talked a lot about the bloodline of horses.

Guan Ping didn't do this nonsense, but he knew that there was such a pedigree in Europe. Thoroughbred horse breeding, as well as purebred pets, such as dog breeding, are delicate, serious issues.

The bloodline can't be messed up.

If Guan Ping wants to raise horses, he must raise the best horses.

Maybe I'll be able to make money by producing good horses in the future? By the way, how much did Uncle's Lu sell?

If you can sell some of the best horses while raising military horses, you may be able to fill some of the shortfalls.

Guan Ping thinks so.