Liu Bei had three people who helped him a lot in the early days, Mi Zhu was one, and the other two were Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang. It is recorded in the book that the two provided Liu Bei with horses, gold, silver, iron, and other things, and they belonged to the big merchants, which shows that their ability is not small, but it is strange that the names of these two people were not mentioned in the later period.

Bai Yang has been thinking about how Liu Bei got the funding of these two big businessmen, and gave fifty good horses, five hundred taels of gold and silver, and one thousand catties of iron, which is not a small amount, and then these two people disappeared without a trace, which is really intriguing.

However, no matter how Liu Bei operated at the time, since these two people let themselves meet, they can't let it go.

As the saying goes: Snakes have snake paths, and rats have rat paths. Since they sell horses, there is definitely no shortage of horses, as long as they give them enough benefits, horses will be sent to their base in a steady stream.

"The two gentlemen are really capable people, and they can only sell horses from the north."

"This son is polite, and the two of us will eat together, and eat together."

"If you don't dislike it, you can come to my mansion and sit down, and we can talk freely."

"Childe, we wanted to go, but now this ......"

Seeing the other party looking at those war horses, Bai Yang laughed and said, "Don't worry, I bought all these horses of yours, and I won't miss you a point, how about it?" ”

"Then thank you so much, Childe, we will give you a nine-percent discount, these horses are all excellent war horses, in good health, and there is no problem at all."

"That's good, two, please!"

"Childe, please first!"

A few people talked and walked, and after a while, they came to the gate of the Taishou Mansion. Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang saw that everyone had actually come to the Taishou Mansion, and looked at Bai Yang with shocked expressions.

"Don't be nervous, although this official is the Taishou of Changshan County, he is usually very protective of you merchants. Merchants are the bridge that runs through the north and the south, and the people who balance the allocation of materials and goods in various places. ”

"Lord Taishou is too polite, I can't thank you enough."

After the two knew that Bai Yang was too guarded, although Bai Yang was still as gentle as ever, the two immediately became a lot more nervous.

In the living room, after Jia Xu instructed his subordinates to make a pot of tea, several people sat opposite each other.

"Two gentlemen, where did you get your horses, have you ever heard of sweaty horses?"

Su Shuang felt that he should be an introvert, and after listening to Bai Yang's question, Zhang Shiping immediately replied: "Lord Taishou, we are all horses trafficked by the Huns in the Northland. Don't look at the fact that there have been many horses in the Central Plains since Emperor Wu, but until now, these horses lack wildness and are abandoned after a few battles on the battlefield. Therefore, if you want to talk about horses or horses in the land of the Huns, you don't look at these horses as small, but you should think carefully about their practicality. This horse is stout, hardy and drought-tolerant, and can grow in extreme weather with a very low disease rate. ”

After Zhang Shiping finished speaking, he thought for a while and said to Bai Yang: "As for the sweat and blood BMW you said, the two of us must know it, for this sweat and blood BMW Emperor Wu went to Dawan Kingdom twice, which shows its prestige." This kind of horse is also domesticated in various places now, but it is very rare compared to the past. After the defeat of Dawan Kingdom, many sweat and blood BMWs sent to Dahan slowly disappeared in the process of interbreeding with each other, and now there are very few purebred sweat and blood BMWs, and many people are proud of having a sweat and blood BMW, but in Zhang's opinion, in the Central Plains, the current purebred sweat and blood BMW can have a palm is good. ”

After listening to Zhang Shiping's introduction, Bai Yang also roughly recalled what he knew. In fact, sweat and blood BMW is not the best choice for Baiyang now, first of all, its rarity, that is, there are not many in the Dawan Kingdom, let alone the Han Dynasty. And I heard Zhang Shiping say that the purebred ones are even more rare, and the preciousness must not be much in the royal family.

Bai Yang still knows a little bit about horses, everyone only knows that sweat and blood BMW is good, its endurance is strong, and it is fast, but it has a very big disadvantage that it is slender, and its weight-bearing capacity is not strong relatively speaking. In the current era of cold weapons, soldiers fight on horseback, wearing armor and carrying weapons, and the total weight is quite large, so many generals are willing to choose stout horses. This is when the nobles of later generations rode daily and competed, and the sweat BMW was definitely a pretty good choice.

As far as Bai Yang knows, the thousands of Xiongnu tombs found in later generations show that the Xiongnu had a special affection for horses. Accompanying the burial with a horse's head is an important custom of the Xiongnu nation, and the horse is not only a symbol of wealth, but also the source of the competitiveness of the Xiongnu nation.

Horses had a twofold identity in the life of the Huns, the first being that horses were mainly used as a means of transportation in peacetime. The second is that in times of war, it is immediately converted into a war horse.

Judging from the physical objects unearthed from the tombs of the Xiongnu in later generations, the Xiongnu horses have slightly short bodies and large heads, which should belong to the later Mongolian horses or the Mongolian horses of later generations and the current Xiongnu horses have a certain origin.

As we all know, although the Mongolian horse is not very tall, it has also been shown by history that it is full of physical strength, endurance, fast movement, and very adaptable to the highland environment. Therefore, if the Xiongnu horse is similar to the Mongolian horse, it has an advantage over other horse breeds.

These fine horses, coupled with the advanced horse tools invented by themselves - 'pedals' and 'horseshoes', can greatly enhance the combat ability of their own army. All, relatively speaking, the Hun horse is more suitable for its own large-scale equipment of troops.

Of course, sweaty BMWs also have their own advantages, just like Zhao Yun, a light, skillful, and speed-based general, or a light cavalry equipped with leather armor, equipped with a sweaty BMW, can directly increase the combat effectiveness several times. Don't say anything else, just say that the distance is fielded, the sweat and blood BMW is fast, whether the two sides want to fight or not is according to the other party's wishes, you are better than the other party and want to fight hard, but the other party does not fight, just drop you and run, you can't do anything about the other party.

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Su, I want to make a deal with the two of you. You sell horses to the Central Plains, and I will take all the orders as many as you come. ”

"Taishou-sama, this is good! We really don't want to run around, it's a waste of time and we can't make a lot of money, if you want us to give you a 10% discount. ”

"Haha......, I also have requirements for all the transactions, these transactions must be good war horses, if you have a relationship, it is best to find a way to bring back some sweaty and bloody horses back in Dawan Kingdom, how many you want."

"Don't say it, we still know some people in Dawan Kingdom, Lord Taishou, do you think this will work. Su Shuang and I have been selling horses for many years, and then I will go to Dawan Country and let him go to the north, so that the speed is fast and will not delay your efforts. ”

After Zhang Shiping finished speaking, he thought about it and said to Bai Yang: "But you have some people to protect our safety, after all, after we are divided into two groups, there will be half less guards, and the priceless treasure of the sweat and blood BMW will definitely not be safe along the way." ”