In the early morning, the fresh air is refreshing, and a thin layer of green mist covers the earth, like a light veil on the girl's body, exuding a unique style in the haze. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

On the bank of the river, the huge Qilin City stands on the land on the shore, like a dazzling pearl.

At this time, it was just an hour, and there was already a crowd of people in Qilin City, and the noisy sound of people spread all over the world.

Tang Kee Grain Mill is a small shop located in the middle of Donglin Street, East District, Qilin City, specializing in grain purchase and resale business, and the whole store is less than 100 square meters in size.

Don't look at this shop is not big, but it is one of the few major grain mills in the entire Qilin City, and the big warehouse not far from the grain mill is their warehouse, which can hold hundreds of tons of grain, and a large amount of grain is sold through Tang Ji Grain Mill every day.

In the grain mill, Su Jiaxiang, the owner of the grain mill dressed in a cloth robe, was crackling and calculating yesterday's harvest.

"Pedal Pedal ~"

"Sir!"

There was a sound of hurried footsteps, and Dongzi, the little servant of the grain mill, hurried over from the street to the north, and shouted to Su Jiaxiang with a flushed face as soon as he entered the house before he had time to take a breath.

"Dongzi, didn't you go buy breakfast? Why did you rush back in such a panic! ”

Su Jiaxiang frowned slightly, glanced at Dongzi, who was empty-handed and looked flustered, and reprimanded angrily.

"Sir! Fast! War horses are being sold outside the North City, let's hurry up! ”

Dongzi didn't care about his master's scolding, but still said to Su Jiaxiang in a hurry.

"Selling war horses? Really, who's selling? How many? ”

Su Jiaxiang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he stood up and asked with shortness of breath.

"In the open space outside the north city gate, there is the Yangwu army selling horses, and there are tens of thousands of war horses! A lot of people went! Dongzi said hurriedly.

"What? Tens of thousands of war horses! ”

Su Jiaxiang was stunned when he heard this.

"Hurry up, sir! If you go late, it may be gone! ”

Seeing this, Dongzi didn't let Su Jiaxiang be in a daze, and immediately pushed him and urged.

As Dongzi, who came to Qilin City with Su Jiaxiang and the two to develop the Tang Ji Grain Factory, he knew very well the purpose of their coming here, didn't he just want to purchase some military materials that the lord was in urgent need of in Qilin City, and now that such a good opportunity was placed in front of him, how could he let it go.

"Alright, alright, alright, I'll get some silver!"

Su Jiaxiang reacted when he heard this, nodded again and again, and then went to the inner room to get the silver.

"Pedal Pedal ~"

"Quick! This way! ”

"A high-quality war horse, 10 taels of gold each"

"I want 50 horses!"

"I want 40 horses!"

。。。。。。

When Dongzi took Su Jiaxiang to feel outside the north gate of Qilin City, Su Jiaxiang was suddenly shocked by the scene in front of him.

I saw that in the open space less than 100 meters away from the city gate, nearly 30,000 war horses of various colors were densely gathered in this open space, and thousands of men dressed in the costumes of the northern ethnic minorities were busy pacifying these war horses and dividing them into different numbers of horse groups.

And on the outskirts of the open space where the war horse was, a large number of merchants who had heard the news were gathering around a pile of desks, bargaining with the staff at the desks.

"10 taels of gold for a war horse? Let me see how much gold I have? 1, 2, 3 。。。。。。 Here is a golden ticket of 3,000 taels of gold, and I want 300 war horses! ”

The businessman on the far right, dressed in fancy clothes, watched a businessman from all over the country take these war horses away, and his eyes were almost red, and he hurriedly took out a stack of golden tickets sold by General Yangwu's Mansion and said to the staff in front of the desk.

These are all high-quality war horses! This Yangwu army is actually so openly peddling such a large number of war horses outside Qilin City!

In ancient times, cavalry was the king of the battlefield, and strategic materials such as war horses were strictly controlled by major forces and have always been scarce items.

In the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, where horses are not produced, where can such a good thing be encountered.

Although the price of 10 taels of gold is slightly higher, as long as it can be transported back smoothly, a war horse can earn 5 taels of gold.

It's a pity that this sale is only temporary, and he must settle the full amount on the spot, otherwise he really wants to eat all these war horses in one go. I knew that I would encounter such a good thing, so I would bring more silver when I went out.

Looking at the tens of thousands of war horses in the clearing, the merchant's eyes were blood-red, and his heart was full of chagrin.

At the city gate, Guo Yuan, Xiang Lang and others stood under the city wall surrounded by a group of brocade guards, watching the fiery scene in front of them.

"Governor Shi, is it really good for us to sell all these high-grade war horses directly?"

Looking at the back of a businessman who happily left after buying dozens or hundreds of war horses, a trace of worry flashed in Xiang Lang's eyes.

With the return of the five major battalions, such as the Shaking Mountain Battalion and the Guards Battalion, nearly 30,000 more war horses came outside Qilin City, all of which were the high-grade Hequ horses that Sima Yu drove from the 4 Weapons in order to speed up the march.

The five battalions are all infantry, and most of the officers and men in the battalion are not good at riding, and the reason why they know how to ride horses is that they were all learned when they entered the camp after joining the army, and they are okay to hurry, if they want to be used as cavalry, they cannot meet the standard of cavalry without a year and a half of training.

Therefore, after rushing back to Qilin City, Li Yanzhang and the others had to hand over all these war horses to Guoyuan for disposal.

"Now the total population of my Yangwu army is only 100W, although a large amount of fertile land has been reclaimed under the rule, but the grain production is not much surplus, coupled with the continuous wars in the surrounding area, the consumption of just supplying the army is already a little difficult, if it is not for the support of the lord, it is impossible for my Yangwu army to expand so rapidly.

And now, not counting these 30,000 war horses, there are already nearly 100,000 horses in the current territory alone, 15,000 war horses, more than 80,000 pack horses, plus these 30,000 war horses and 40,000 pack horses that will arrive later, my entire Yangwu army already has more than 170,000 horses, which will only be a huge burden for us, and we simply can't feed so many war horses. Rather than being dragged down by these treasures, it is better to sell these highest-cost war horses, after all, there are not so many riders in my territory now, and it is impossible to form a large-scale cavalry in a short period of time. A war horse is worth 10 taels of gold, and 30,000 war horses are 300,000 taels of gold, which is also a huge amount of money for our army.

Hearing this, a strange look flashed in Guo Yuan's eyes, and he explained to Xiang Lang on the side.

Guo Yuan could understand Xiang Lang's mood at this time, because the sale of war horses was sent to him by Sima Yu in advance.

In fact, when he first heard this order, he and Xiang Lang's reactions were also the same.

If he didn't know some of Sima Yu's hole cards, he wouldn't approve of Sima Yu's approach.

After all, in the era in which they originally lived, war horses had always been scarce in the country and everywhere, and they had never seen any Central Plains dynasty and forces sell war horses on such a large scale.

"However, although we have gained a lot of money in a short period of time and solved the food crisis, it will also make us miss a great opportunity to increase our military strength. There are a lot of merchants lurking in the city, and these are all high-grade war horses, if they fall into the hands of the surrounding forces, they will definitely increase their strength, no matter how much wealth they have, if they don't have enough strength to hold it, it's just to make a wedding dress for others."

Xiang Lang shook his head when he heard this, still unwilling, and didn't understand why the lord would give such an order.

Since Guo Yuan ordered the public peddling to the present, only an hour has passed, and thousands of war horses have been sold, exchanged for more than 10,000 taels of gold, as the commercial center of the entire upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Qilin City's throughput capacity has been fully revealed at this moment.

The speed at which wealth was collected was really shocking, but Xiang Lang felt even more sorry for these sold war horses.

"Haha, Juda, do you really think that the lord sells war horses like this just to make money? Our sale of war horses is a temporary announcement, and all of them are cash transactions, just to avoid large-scale purchases after various forces are prepared. Now most of these businessmen are retail investors, and what they are looking at is just the market of war horses, and the quantity purchased is not much, so they cannot form a scale, and they will not do much to buy them back at a large price.

Even if someone wants to eat all these war horses, it is impossible, how can people from other forces be willing to fall behind, and they will inevitably buy desperately, so as to avoid falling behind and competing with others, the price paid will inevitably be not small, and a huge amount of money will be spent, but the war horses they get are only a few thousand at most. Just by the time they survive until the cavalry is formed, the financial resources spent will be enough to make their development far behind our Yangwu army, and there will be a shortage of materials and unstable people in the territory. And with this gold, whether it is the development of the territory or the expansion of the army, it will be greatly developed, and when the enemy retreats and we advance, what will they do to fight against us? ”

Looking at Xiang Lang's slightly depressed expression, Guo Yuan couldn't help laughing heartily and explained to him, and he had to admire Sima Yu in his heart, this is an upright conspiracy, and someone has seen through the secret, but he also has to step in.

"Good plan!"

Xiang Lang was shocked when he heard this, and then he came to his senses and said in shock.

This method of throwing out tens of thousands of war horses to contain the surrounding forces is by no means something that ordinary people can imagine, and it requires strong courage and courage.

Things were as Guo Yuan expected, with the news of the sale of war horses in Qilin City, a large number of merchants poured into Qilin City from Qilin County that day, and the transaction volume of war horses in one day exceeded 10,000.

While other forces were desperately scraping together money to purchase war horses, several major projects in the territory of the Yangwu Army, which had received sufficient funds, were launched quietly.