It turned out that this merchant called Ma Jin was a merchant selling furs and cloth on the surface. But it's actually a horse dealer who sells horses.

There are three places where horses are produced in Dahan, namely Liangzhou, Bingzhou, and Youzhou. At present, Yuan Shao controls Bingzhou, Youzhou, and most of the horses are concentrated in Yuan Shao's hands.

In Liangzhou, Bingzhou, and Youzhou, a good war horse is worth no more than one gold. Selling horses to the Central Plains is four hardware.

Because although Cao Cao controlled the Central Plains, the Central Plains did not produce horses, and Cao Cao's horses were obtained through Liangzhou and traded with Liangzhou heroes.

The horse went to Jingzhou, Bashu, and Yangzhou in the south, and it was worth ten gold.

Huge profits.

In addition to the long distance, Yuan Shao controlled the output of war horses, Cao Cao controlled the output of war horses, and it was even illegal to sell horses to Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and Bashu in Cao Cao.

Only a few people with high energy or a small number of smuggling war horses and horses can sell horses to the south after avoiding the crowds.

This is called Ma Jin's merchants, who use the war horse as a horse for pulling a cart, and secretly Chen Cang came to Xinye, not only because of the scheme, but also because of the vast energy.

After the horse came to Xinye, he immediately found Mi Zhu. The two had a secret conversation and set the price of the war horse at fifteen gold.

Originally, Ma Jin set the price of the war horse at eighteen gold, Mi Zhu exerted his eloquence and forced it to fifteen gold, Mi Zhu actually wanted to lower the price more ruthlessly, but Ma Jin had already spoken, this is the limit, the price can not be lower, otherwise it will not be sold.

A horse is worth no more than one gold in Youzhou, Liangzhou, and Bingzhou, and it is only ten gold when sold to the south, but it costs fifteen gold to sell it to Guan Ping.

This is obviously when Guan Ping is wronged.

But it's a fact that Xinye lacks horses, and if he doesn't lack money, isn't it appropriate to be wronged?

Don't want a horse anymore?

Without horses, how did Zhao Yun build cavalry? How to cross the Central Plains?

This knows that it is a big wrong, this knows that there is a pit ahead, and it has to be a big wrong, or it has to jump into the pit.

Besides, there is another thing that makes Guan Ping and Mi Zhu excited, this person called Ma Jin, who claims to be able to come to Xinye once a month, and there are fifty war horses each time.

Fifty horses a month, six hundred horses a year.

Six thousand war horses in ten years.

At first glance, this sounds very inefficient. But at present, in the case of a shortage of horses, Guan Ping, the unjust leader, must also be done, not to mention that there are channels for a steady supply of war horses.

Thirteen years before Jian'an, if Guan Ping could muster up 2,000 cavalry, it would be a great boost to the combat power of Xinye's side.

Cavalry, even with 2,000 men, can do a lot of things. The battle of Guandu, hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides. Cao Cao was able to win by sneaking up on the black nest with light horses.

Of course, the horse has to be bought, even Mi Zhu, a literati who is considered incompetent by Liu Bei, also knows to buy it, let alone Guan Ping.

Guan Ping agreed to this and sent someone to call Zhao Yun over. Because although Guan Ping also understands horses, he doesn't understand them very well. Xinye's most powerful war horse expert is Zhao Yun.

Not only this batch of horses, but if Ma Jin continues to supply new field horses in the future, he needs Zhao Yun's palm eyes to identify the age of the horse, and the strength and weakness can be used, so he will pay for it.

lest you buy old horses, weak horses, sick horses, and make real wrongs.

Taking advantage of this effort, Guan Ping inquired about the history of the horse.

First, Guan Ping was quite curious about the origin of Ma Jin, after all, under the control of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, this Ma Jin could send fifty war horses at one time, and it could be endless, which shows that the energy is vast.

This person claims to be from the Central Plains, and his accent is also from the Central Plains. But it may also be people from Hebei, people who can eat very openly on both sides of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

Guan Ping not only wants horses, but also other things, so he wants to hear the truth and reality.

However, this Ma Jin is very old and spicy, and in the face of Guan Ping's inquiry, he coped with it without leaking. Guan Ping spent a lot of saliva, and his mouth was dry.

I just didn't ask for any useful information.

Guan Ping also believes that the name of this Ma Jin may also be fake.

It's all fakes inside and out.

Guan Ping was a little stupid and decided to give up exploring the truth. Instead, he said things directly, Guan Ping straightened his posture, and arched his hand and said: "Mr. Ma has a lot of energy, can you help me get some women over?" ”

Ma Jin glanced at Guan Ping in surprise when he heard this, and then said with a smile: "I didn't expect that the little prince and marquis were young, but he was also a romantic person. ”

Speaking of this, Ma Jin smiled heartily again: "I have a lot of beauties, Huan Fat Yan is thin, what kind of little prince does he like?" ”

Guan Ping was stupid when he heard this, you guessed it, I really want beautiful women to serve in groups, but if I really bring back so many women, I'm afraid my mother will beat me.

On the face, Guan Ping shook his head and said: "I don't want beautiful women, as long as I can marry ordinary women, fifteen to thirty years old." ”

Fifteen to thirty?

If it weren't for Guan Ping saying that he didn't want beautiful women, Ma Jin would almost mistakenly think that this little prince had a unique taste. According to Guan Ping's words, Ma Jin had a guess in his heart, so he asked: "How many people does Xiaojunhou want?" ”

"Six thousand." Guan Ping blurted out his debut.

Ma Jin was convinced of his guess, and said with a smile: "Xiao Junhou is the more than 5,000 Cao troops who surrendered for the first battle of Bowangpo? ”

"Only women can make men fall to the roots." Guan Pingran said.

Ma Jin thought for a moment and said, "Six thousand people are too many. The Huns, the Wuhuan people, the Goryeo people, is it okay for women in these places? ”

Guan Ping knew that there was a door when he heard this, and he couldn't wait to nod immediately: "As long as it's a woman, it's okay." ”

"Two thousand dollars per person, it is impossible to send six thousand at a time, and it will be sent over one or two years one after another, how about it?" Ma Jin thought about it for a moment and said.

2,000 yuan to buy a woman of appropriate age, whether it is Han, Huns, Xianbei, or Wuhuan, it is definitely expensive.

But considering that Ma Jin wanted to gather these women from Youzhou, Bingzhou, and even Liangzhou, and then transport them to Xinye, the travel expenses and losses required.

and the necessary profits.

Without profit, how would a merchant be willing to buy and sell?

In addition, Guan Ping can no longer handle the matter of sending a wife to the soldiers independently, Ma Jin can be said to be an unexpected joy, and he is the only person who can do this.

So Guan Ping thought about it for a while and agreed to the matter.

Anyway, thanks to the blessing of Mi's wine, Shinno's finances are not in difficulty at present. Although the purchase of war horses in large quantities and the purchase of women of the right age did not cause financial difficulties.

If you have money, you can spend it.

Xinye's money was used to buy slaves and maids, and supplies.

After negotiating the matter, after a while, Zhao Yun came. Zhao Yun was training in the military camp before, and when he heard that Guan Ping was looking for him, he didn't say anything, so he was very puzzled, but he immediately put down what he was doing.

As soon as he heard that there was such a good thing, Zhao Yun immediately couldn't sit still.

Soon after, Guan Ping, Zhao Yun and many entourages went to the north of the city. Soon after, the group arrived at the resting place of the Majin caravan in the north of the city.

Zhao Yun deserved to be an expert on war horses, and as soon as he arrived at the scene, he recognized what kind of horses these horses were.

"Most of them are Youzhou horses, and a few of them are Bingzhou horses, and they are all good horses." Zhao Yun couldn't wait to step forward and touch the horse, gentle and infatuated as if he was touching a woman's chest.

And it's a big pig's trotters, touch this one, touch that one.

Are most of them Youzhou horses?

This person called Ma Jin has a lot of energy on Yuan Shao's side.

Guan Ping was thoughtful, but it didn't matter, no matter who it was, as long as he provided a good horse, not a sick horse, an old horse, or a weak horse, it would be.

The transaction was established, and Guan Ping gave the merchant of Ma Jin a thousand gold according to the previous contract, saying that he was a little distressed when he paid the money.

Although Mi's liquor and the prosperity of Xinye have brought a lot of financial income, the daughter is not a small amount.

But when Guan Ping watched Zhao Yun stroke the war horse, after the action, this distress disappeared.

It's time to give Uncle Zhao a cavalry.

After handing over the war horse, Guan Ping and Ma Jin agreed on the future business, as well as after the connection. Guan Ping asked the personnel to send fifty war horses to Zhao Yun's military camp.

But he took Zhao Yun back to the Mansion of the Marquis of Hanshou, and the two sat down in Guan Ping's study.

"Uncle Zhao. There are now more than 500 cavalry under your command, with two horses, one war horse, and one horse. More than 500 recruits can be recruited to free up the horses and train the recruits. Anyway, this merchant called Ma Jin can send fifty war horses in January, and in December, he can gather enough war horses for five or six hundred people, and I will send people to Bashu, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou to have a look and buy horses. Enough for one person and two horses. First, expand the number of cavalry to 1,000 people. Within three years, it will be expanded to 2,000 people. ”

Guan Ping didn't tell his uncle about it, and went straight to dry goods.

Support, support uncle, you expand the cavalry, expand with all your might.

Of course, Zhao Yun was excited when he heard this, he was elegant on the outside and fierce on the inside, and he was actually very calm when he encountered things, but the cavalry has always been his favorite type of soldier, and it was his dream to be able to command a cavalry like the White Horse Yicong.

So it's hard to get excited.

But after being excited, Zhao Yun also calmed down and asked, "This matter, should the lord be enlightened first, right?" ”

Zhao Yun is very upright.

Guan Ping said disapprerovingly: "My father and son are one, I said it, and my father will not object." Get things done first, and wait for my father to come back before it's too late. ”

So Guan Ping took out a blank silk in front of Zhao Yun, then wrote down the official document, and then took out the big seal from Guan Yu's study, and then covered the official document, and blew it lightly, after drying the ink.

Guan Ping calmly handed over the official document to Zhao Yun and said, "Uncle Zhao, the official document is clear. Mr. Yin fully cooperated, and the manpower and material resources needed to recruit new recruits were given priority. Uncle Zhao, you can choose strong people with peace of mind and train them to become cavalrymen. ”

Zhao Yun was dumbfounded.

Is this called Father and Son?

Zhao Yun is a very upright person, so he did not take this official document. Instead, he stayed calmly in the mansion of the Marquis of Hanshou, until Guan Yu and Zhang Fei came back, Guan Ping mentioned the matter, Guan Yu did not stop it, and handed the official document written by Guan Ping to Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun happily went to recruit troops.

And Guan Ping was trained again for using Guan Yu's big seal.

However, Guan Ping is used to it, his skin is rough and his flesh is thick, and although he is trained, there is no big problem.