As a traverser, Liu Bei knows what a big sinkhole a government-run enterprise is.

The government raises horses, and it's better to say less. If you raise a large number of horses, you don't have to think about it, there must be many drawbacks, such as worrying about someone stealing forage money, worrying about the groom's failure to do his duty, worrying about officials selling good horses for bad ones, or even simply selling the horses and then reporting a death.

At first, it may be better, but later, I am afraid that these fears will definitely happen.

Therefore, Liu Bei had no idea of jumping into the pit at all.

However, Liu Bei can't just say this.

If Liu Bei said that I can't trust the government to raise horses, it is equivalent to saying that he can't trust Jian Yong. If Jian Yong has a strong personality, he is afraid that he will commit suicide immediately to prove his innocence. Even if Jian Yong didn't commit suicide, it would be impossible to do it under Liu Bei's hands. You can't trust me, what am I still doing here? In today's troubled times, the monarch chooses the minister, and the minister also chooses the king.

Therefore, Liu Bei wanted to talk about a little strategy, so he patted Jian Yong on the back first, and said: "With Xianhe's great talent, how can he be simply a horseman." You have to take care of Ma Zheng's affairs. You can't leave anything else behind. ”

You are such a bull, how can you only be a horseman, since there are other important things to do, then there is no need to specialize in raising horses.

Sure enough, listening to Liu Bei say this, Jian Yong himself also felt that he seemed, seemed, probably could do more and bigger things.

Nodding, Liu Bei asked again: "Xianhe, how many of these horses are more than seven feet tall at the shoulders." ”

Jian Yong replied, "There are twenty-two horses. ”

"Sixteen of them are selected, and every ten tall mares are matched, and we will have a source of stallions in the future. It was then divided into two horse farms to prevent the plague. Xianhe must send people to take care of these two horse farms, and he can't ask others, especially people outside the Saiwai, to get the horses in them. ”

Jian Yong promised that the Han Dynasty had known about improving horse breeds for a long time, so there was no need for traversers to teach, and even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty launched a war in order to get excellent horse breeds.

There are eighty-eight horses in each horse farm, Liu Beixin said, this number is auspicious enough. He continued: "Also, pick out the best horses and give them to each of the people. Give each of the generals a horse that is more than seven feet high at the shoulder. For all the gentlemen, choose a tall and docile mare. ”

After talking a lot, Liu Bei finally came up with a good excuse.

It is recorded in the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms that Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping, the big merchants of Zhongshan, accumulated thousands of gold, sold horses and traveled around Zhuo County. The reason for the first lord is to use the disciples.

These two people, in fact, like Liu Bei's uncle, are optimistic about Liu Bei and have made an investment in Liu Bei, which is still an angel investment.

It's just that Liu Bei in history has been displaced for most of his life and has not been able to repay these people.

Now it's different, Liu Bei is already the lord of a county, so he naturally wants to repay investors, so as to attract more people to invest.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei said: "When I raised troops in Zhuo County, I was funded by Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping, businessmen of Zhongshan National University. The two men were big dealers in horses. I plan to use the remaining mares and the stallions that have not been castrated as capital and lend them to Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping. It can be regarded as repaying the support of these two people for me at the beginning. ”

"In addition, my uncle is kind to me, and now I can send someone to take my uncle's family and the clan over." This is another group of reliable helpers.

No one can say anything about Liu Bei's approach. This is a kind of gratitude, and it is very much in line with the values of this era.

Moreover, in the Three Kingdoms period, although merchants were also discriminated against, it did not reach the point of being like the Qin Dynasty. Historically, Liu Bei's biggest sponsor and supporter, the big businessman Mi Zhu, was hired by Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian. Therefore, Liu Bei wanted to lend Ma Quan to Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping, and there was no problem at all.

As for the castration of the war horse, Liu Bei naturally did not stay. What to keep for, the forage money alone is a lot of money every day, and even this is not a matter of money. You have to pay for someone to take care of the horses, and you have to walk the horses every day, so that you don't have to keep them useless.

Liu Bei's approach is to sell it directly, and only the soldiers are qualified to buy it, and those who are willing to pay for horses will definitely raise them well.

Of course, what if these people don't have the money to buy horses. It doesn't matter, Liu Bei can lend it to them, and he doesn't charge interest. In the future, if you have made meritorious contributions, you can also use your military exploits to pay off your debts.

In this way, most of the horses have been disposed of by Liu Bei, but now they have to be raised for a while.

At this time, Xi Zhicai said: "Lord, we should immediately report to the imperial court." ”

"Smack." , but it was Liu Bei who slapped his forehead and said in his heart, I am still a traverser, and I am not as good as the ancients, how can I forget the importance of propaganda. The prophet of Revolusson, rabbits eat chickens is well said, a good newspaper is worth an army of 100,000. The importance of propaganda can be seen.

Moreover, how did I forget, there is still Emperor Han Ling, the unjust leader. I can completely use the banner of offering horses to the court, pull all the war horses out, and go to eat the grain and horse feed of other counties. As long as you walk slowly on the road, wait until Emperor Han Ling returns to heaven, and then bring the war horse back, no. Even a cavalry can train it with such a trip.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei hurriedly said, "What Mr. said is reasonable. I should immediately report the victory to the court, and not only that, but I should also pay the court a tribute of 10,000 horses. Although the people present heard that Liu Bei was going to pay tribute to the court with 10,000 horses, they were all a little reluctant. But this is the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, and he can't say anything against it.

The next day, Liu Bei ordered Lubu to report the victory. The so-called Lubu report is that the official document is written on a piece of cloth, hung on a bamboo pole and reported all the way to the imperial court, and everyone can see it along the way, which means to show off his merits, or in Liu Bei's words, this is propaganda. Liu Bei ordered the officers and soldiers who reported the victory, and every time they went to a densely populated place, they shouted loudly: "Xuande Gong of the Plains, break Wuhuan Hu cavalry 100,000, behead 30,000, and capture 10,000 people." "The numbers of beheadings and prisoners are true, as for the 100,000 Wuhuan Hu horses, publicity, don't take it so seriously.

In addition to reporting the victory, Liu Bei went on another twist and turn, talking about the fact that he had captured a lot of war horses and wanted to pay tribute to 10,000 horses. It's just that there are so many horses, and it is inconvenient to transport them along the way, so I want to use thousands of soldiers and horses to escort them, so I have to ask the imperial court for instructions. Well, now even the soldiers' rations can be solved in other counties.

This propaganda show, no, it was Lubu's success, and the impact was far beyond Liu Bei's imagination. Because not long after Liu Bei Lubu reported his victory, Gongsun Zhan also defeated the rebels. Zhang Chun, Zhang Ju and others, abandoned their wives and children, and went away, and Gongsun Zhan knew that he was omitting men and women.

This time is different from history, in history, Gongsun Chan won first and then lost, and finally was besieged in Guanzi City in western Liaoning for more than 200 days, losing five or six out of ten troops, this time because of the heavy losses of the Wuhuan people, and did not set up an ambush to ambush Gongsun Zhan, it can be said that Liu Bei's crossing brought a butterfly effect that had a significant impact on history.

Although, Liu Bei knew that even without himself, Gongsun Chan could defeat the rebels.

But others don't know.

This gave the vast number of onlookers who did not know the truth a feeling of doing so. It was because Liu Bei defeated the Wuhuan people first and killed the Wuhuan Lord Qiu Liju that Gongsun Zan was able to defeat the rebels.

Otherwise, why did your Gongsun Chan fight with the rebels for a year and months, and he didn't get rid of the rebels. As soon as Liu Bei made a move, he immediately defeated Wuhuan and beheaded his chief.

As for the Wuhuan people and Gongsun Zhan who have been fighting for more than a year, and the veterans of the division are tired, few people can see this reason.

It's like a man who eats four loaves of bread and is finally full, but does the first three loaves of bread be eaten in vain? Of course not, there are no first three loaves of bread, what's the use of just eating the last one.

However, once it comes to the military, often everyone only remembers the last piece of bread.

Even, even Gongsun Chan himself felt that although he was able to defeat the rebels. However, if Liu Bei hadn't defeated the Wuhuan people first, I was afraid that it would have taken a longer time.

For a time, Liu Bei and Gongsun Zhan broke Wuhuan, and the name of being brave and good at fighting spread all over the world.