Chapter 212: Making a Business
"Yuan Chao, you are a good general, so it shouldn't be bad to drink, right?" Cao Wenzhao came to the big tent of the Yuan Dynasty and asked the Yuan Dynasty with a smile.
"General Cao, since you say so, then I can only sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman." Yuan Chao spoke, making a gesture of please.
Please sit down.
Cao Wenzhao also smiled, but he was disrespectful, and sat on the main seat.
The food and wine were tasted.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors, the two of them also opened the conversation.
"I said General Yuan, I really like the soldiers and horses of your firearms battalion."
If our soldiers and horses can be as sophisticated as your firearms battalion, then we are not afraid of fighting with the Jin army, let alone fighting the outcasts.
Yuan Chao naturally knew that Cao Wenzhao liked good soldiers, but these soldiers and horses were not an object that could be given away casually.
Therefore, the Yuan Dynasty should eat wine and wine, and eat vegetables and vegetables, but not talk about soldiers and horses.
Cao Wenzhao saw that he couldn't pry away the soldiers and horses from here, so he had to think of other tricks.
"General Yuan Chao, since your subordinates are so good, can you help me train some soldiers and horses?" Cao Wenzhao still didn't give up.
Yuan Chao still looked like it was none of my business, and continued to eat and drink there.
Cao Wenzhao was also scratching his ears and cheeks, and he didn't know how to let Yuan Chao help him.
"If he has absolute overwhelming authority, then naturally what he says, he Yuan Chao will listen to something."
"But obviously I can't bring an absolute overwhelming advantage to the Yuan Dynasty." Cao Wenzhao himself was secretly pondering in his heart.
"Then since I can't give the order, I can only discuss it with him."
"Yes, just talk to him about the conditions and see what he needs." Cao Wenzhao began to make up his mind with a new idea.
"I said Brother Yuan Dynasty, you and I are both people in the army, and I don't like to go around any bends, I'll tell you the truth, I want my soldiers and horses to be able to receive your training, I hope you can help me, of course, I won't let my brother help in vain, what do you need, just say it, brother, I will try my best to help you achieve it." Cao Wenzhao gritted his teeth and said his request, usually even if he is the boss, he easily does not ask for anything, but this time he wants to ask for something with a young man, which seems very embarrassing.
When Yuan Chao heard Cao Wenzhao's words, his heart was only slightly satisfied.
"General Cao, you and I are familiar at first sight, how can we see each other like this."
"We are all good brothers, naturally we have to help each other, if you need your brother's help, your brother is naturally willing to serve."
"But as soon as the eldest brother said it just now, I thought about it like this, I really have something to do, and I want the eldest brother to help." Yuan Chao also talked about his chips.
Cao Wenzhao smiled in his heart, hey, this young little general, it seems that he really can't underestimate him, he can't afford to be early in his attitude, he has his own opinions.
"Say, I'll see what makes my good brother embarrassed." Cao Wenzhao also wanted to hear about the conditions of the Yuan Dynasty, if it was easy to realize, it would naturally help the Yuan Dynasty to achieve it, both parties would benefit, if it was something embarrassing, it would be a big deal that the two parties would break up and not be able to get benefits.
"Since my brother asked, then I'll say it." Yuan Chao rubbed his hands
"Big brother, that's the case, the younger brother himself is in the Central Plains, although he has trained a batch of good birds, firearms, soldiers and horses, but he also knows the importance of cavalry in the process of this war, so the younger brother also tightened his belt and developed more than 500 cavalry, but now he has encountered a bottleneck in development."
"The reason is that there are too few horses in the Central Plains, the price is too expensive, these hundreds of war horses, I mostly paid for them, and now let me spend a lot of money to buy them, it is indeed a little distressing, and there is, in the Central Plains, even if I am willing to pay a lot of money, it is still not easy to buy good horses, this younger brother's team is affected, I believe that the eldest brother will not sit idly by, right?" Yuan Chao said what he thought, that is, war horses.
"Horses?"
"Cavalry?" Cao Wenzhao himself was thinking there.
Cao Wenzhao's own troops, which were all brought from the emperor, as the elite of the imperial court, soldiers, horses, money and food were also given priority, so Cao Wenzhao did not know that firewood, rice, oil and salt were expensive.
However, he has been at the border and the Central Plains for a long time, so he naturally knows that the price of horses in the Central Plains is high, and the horses in the frontier are relatively cheap.
Not to mention anything else, I have a lot of horses in my hands, and I know a lot of generals and border people, and they all have a lot of horse resources.
"If I can match the gap and the price is more appropriate, then why not do it myself?" Cao Wenzhao also nodded slightly when he thought of this.
"Okay, since my brother has this idea, then I, as the eldest brother, will try my best to help my brother."
"Tell me how many horses you need, how much you can pay for a horse." After Cao Wenzhao finished speaking, he leaned back, his eyes closed slightly, and he looked like he was listening.
After Yuan Chao heard this, he also began to figure out how much money was appropriate.
The price of horses, in normal times, is about ten taels of silver.
Who made the world turbulent, so the horses also climbed?
Now the price of horses in the mainland has come to more than 20 taels of silver per horse, or even 30 taels of silver per horse.
"And how much should I give?"
"Forget it, just give him a slash or two."
"Big brother, we all know that usually this horse is the price of ten taels of silver, and now, I buy a horse from my eldest brother, can my eldest brother not give me a cheaper? Big brother, ten taels of silver, do you think it's okay? Yuan Chao was calm and relaxed, and said the price as if he was very reasonable.
"What? How much do you mean? ”
"Ten taels? Which emperor did you say about the price during the reign of which emperor? The price is too low. When Cao Wenzhao heard the price of the Yuan Dynasty, Cao Wenzhao, who was about to close his eyes and recuperate, had round eyes.
"Yuan Chao, at this price, I didn't make a head, you can't buy any horse in anyone's hands." Cao Wenzhao also said firmly.
Yuan Chao saw that this price was not playing, and he knew that he was estimated to have more.
"Brother Cao, don't be in a hurry to refuse, if my price is low, we can talk about it again, you have to remember, I don't buy one or two horses, I want a thousand horses, two thousand horses, or even more horses, if Brother Cao can run it, even if each horse is deducted a little bit, it can make Brother Cao gain something." Yuan Chao saw that the price could not work, so he began to play the number of cards.
This is not the Yuan Dynasty bragging, according to the Yuan Dynasty's plan, if there is a suitable channel to introduce horses, the Yuan Dynasty does not say anything else, plans to come 1,500 horses first, even if he makes other projects tight, he must give priority to ensuring the development of his own cavalry team, so that he will not regret everything on the battlefield because of the cavalry.