Li Zuoche is talking about the environment for raising horses.

Zhao Xie possessed a lot of knowledge that humans of this era did not have, and he knew that in terms of breeds, Mongolian horses and Dawan horses were superior to horse breeds in the Han region.

Dawan Ma is far away in the Western Regions, which is currently unattainable.

Although the Mongolian horse is not large, it has a strong endurance, and its long-distance running is its specialty, and its forage requirements are lower than that of other horses, and it can withstand harsh natural conditions.

Zhao Xie's most direct enemy is Liu Bang, who needs excellent war horses to form cavalry, and will need to face the powerful Xiongnu in the future, so he must prepare as soon as possible.

He planned that after taking the Yan Kingdom, he had to find a way to capture the Mongolian horses, and in addition to the war horses, there were also stallions and mares for breeding.

Zou Tang said: "King, you can send someone to envoy Yan to buy war horses." If Zhao Guo wants to implement the monopoly of salt and iron, he should be able to come up with a sum of money, as long as he is willing to pay a high price, it should not be a problem for Yan Guo to sell us one or two thousand horses. ”

He made appropriate recommendations based on his official position.

Zhao Xie waved his hand and said, "No need, the widow has his own plans." ”

Zou Tang didn't understand why the king would refuse this very appropriate suggestion.

Overall, Teng Qi took good care of the horse farm, Zhao Xie encouraged him, and then set off back.

After returning to the palace, Zhao Xie was still thinking about the war horse in his mind, he entered the study, hung up the drawn map, and looked at the Yan Kingdom, Donghu, and Xiongnu in the map.

How can I get a good horse?

Yan is only more suitable for raising horses than Zhao Guo, and horses are the same breed as Zhao Guo, so they can only find ways in terms of various forces in the grassland.

The cavalry of the Zhao State itself will not have any advantage compared with the nomads, and after the occupation of the Yan State, if the cavalry is sent into the grassland to seize the war horse, it will be more difficult, and if you want to capture the stallion mare, it will be even more impossible.

Zhao Xie was thinking about how to seize the Mongolian horse's independent breeding and breeding.

If the cavalry enters the grassland, it is difficult to say whether they will win or lose, let alone seize the horses, Zhao Xie sometimes walks back and forth, sometimes sits down, racking his brains, it is really difficult to think of a good way, and his heart is depressed.

There was a knock on the door.

"King, it's time to eat!" This is Zhao Qian's voice.

Zhao Xie looked at the window, it was already evening, he opened the door, and Zhao Qian was standing in front of the door.

"King, dinner is ready!"

Looking at her worried husband, Zhao Qiandai frowned lightly and said with concern: "King, what's the trouble?" ”

As she spoke, she unconsciously saw a large map hanging up, which was very different from what she had seen before, and immediately stepped in, her eyes looking at each other carefully.

Zhao Qian was surprised and delighted, this map drawing method is very different from the previous maps. However, it looks and feels much better this way, and the city, passes, and terrain are depicted more accurately.

There are also many domain names that I have never heard of, as well as various national forces outside the Central Plains.

What is it to the west of the Qin State, she had only heard of the dog Rong before, and had never heard of the "Yue Clan"; For the north, she had only heard of the Xiongnu before; The place further east of Liaodong was originally Jizi Joseon.

Zhao Qian asked curiously, "King, where did you get this map from?" Is it from God Haotian? ”

Zhao Xie came to her side and said, "Immortals only appear in my dreams, and I drew them according to his instructions. ”

Zhao Qian looked at the part of the map about the Zhao State, the previous Zhao State was much larger, and the territory included the current Dai State and the northern part of the Western Wei State.

"It's only to blame Xiang Yu for being unfair and assigning a large piece of land to my Zhao State to Wei State; That hateful Liu Bang, Zhao Guo has not committed any crime against him, but he wants to invade my Zhao State. King, you have worked hard, and there are gods to help, the concubine believes that Zhao will be able to regain strength, defeat Han Xin, and recover the territory. ”

Zhao Qian naturally didn't know about Li Zuochejin's strategy of seizing the world dedicated to King Zhao, as well as King Zhao's ambitions, she only knew that her husband worked day and night to defend Zhao State, and with Haotian God's help, Zhao Qian was more confident.

Zhao Xie said: "That's natural, I will make Liu Bang pay the price!" ”

When talking about Liu Bang, he immediately showed a fierce gaze, and said in his heart: "You Surabaya Pavilion Chief, I must play you to death!" ”

Zhao Qian looked at the map again, once the territory was recovered, it would be bordering the northern nomads again.

"Hopefully, we'll get along with the tribes of the north! Why are they so greedy? What they need, just exchange it with our Chinese people! Plunder! ”

Both Zhao and Qin had defeated the Xiongnu before, and Zhao Qian knew this.

Before the Han Dynasty, there was no such thing as Han Chinese. Since the Zhou Dynasty, there has been the title Huaxia, which is used to distinguish it from the surrounding barbarians.

I only heard Zhao Qian say again: "King, after we recover the territory, we can send people to the Xiongnu to negotiate with them, and let them exchange materials with us, so that there is no need to meet each other." It is the common people who suffer from the war. ”

Her wishes are beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

Negotiation? Zhao Xie had a flash of inspiration, and then thought about the fate of tribes like Donghu and Yue.

The Donghu were a powerful tribe in the eastern part of the North.

At this time period, it was not long after Maudun killed his father, Tou Mandan, and the northern grasslands had not yet been unified.

Zhao Xie clearly remembered that Mao Dun showed weakness to Donghu at the beginning, making King Donghu despise Mao Dun. Now, on the surface, Donghu is the most powerful force in the north, and Mao Dun will soon suddenly launch a thunderous offensive against the paralyzed Donghu.

It's impossible to negotiate with Maoton, so why not negotiate with Donghu? At the beginning, Zhao Xie got into a dead end, always thinking about how to seize the good horse, and did not think about the feasibility of solving the demand through negotiation, as long as he tried his best to fight for it, maybe the negotiation might be successful.

Donghu is a large ethnic group, and under the large ethnic group, it is divided into multiple tribes.

Negotiations to Donghu can be two-pronged, and if the king of Donghu refuses to sell his horses, he can also negotiate with his tribes. The Xiongnu, Donghu, Turkic, and Mongol regimes belonged to tribal groups, and each tribe had a certain degree of autonomy, and did not belong to a centralized system like the Central Plains Dynasty.

Zhao Xie remembered that after Mao Dun destroyed Donghu, only two branches, Wuhuan and Xianbei, escaped in time. They moved to Xianbei Mountain (now the Great Xing'an Mountains) and Wuhuan Mountains (the southern part of the Great Xing'an Mountains today). Later, they called themselves Xianbei and Wuhuan people.

As for the time period in which Mao Dun destroyed Donghu and unified the grassland, Zhao Xie did not find out a very specific time in modern times, only knowing that it was probably around the time of Xiang Yu's death.

Thinking of this layer, it is even more imminent to seize the Yan Kingdom, and it is necessary to contact Donghu and make a deal before Mao Dun destroys Donghu.

This requires both military action as soon as possible and qualified diplomats.

For Zhao Xie, whether it is facing Liu Bang or obtaining a good breed of horses, time is very urgent.