Great Qin continued to expand over the course of several hundred years, until a hundred years ago it finally unified the entire Western Regions and became the most extensive of the Seven Princes.

A few years ago, the twenty-year-old King Yingzheng of Qin became the lord of Great Qin, don't look at his age, but this person is eloquent and strategic, and he surrendered the internal ministers one by one, and under his leadership, the Qin army is even stronger, and his generals are gathered, like a tiger entrenched in the Western Regions, and he does not take Da Zhou in his eyes at all.

"What did the Great Qin envoy come to Liu Yuan for?"

After all, Liu Yuetian is the prince of Da Zhou, and everyone knows Da Qin's ambitions, do they want to hook up with Liu Yuan? Tianshui is an important pass between the Great Zhou and the Great Qin, if Liu Yuan takes refuge in the other party, then the Great Qin army will reach Chang'an directly without hindrance, and Chang'an will be in danger at that time!

After a while, a loud sound of gongs came from the direction of the city gate, and the gongs opened the way, indicating that there were very distinguished guests here, and the surrounding irrelevant personnel should immediately retreat.

Everyone heard the sound of the gong and rushed into the shops on the side of the road, and the doors of the shops also fell one after another, and the people inside could only look out through the cracks in the doors and windows.

I saw a group of mighty soldiers coming from a distance, the front was the soldiers of Tianshui County, led by Liu Cong, and the army that followed was completely different from the soldiers of Tianshui County, these people were stronger, one by one wearing armor, and their momentum was much stronger than that of the soldiers of Tianshui County.

In the middle of these soldiers, there was a four-horse horse-drawn cart, the cart was unusually gorgeous, obviously the distinguished guest, at this moment the curtain on the car was opened, and a man in his fifties poked his head out and was looking around, it seemed that this person was the messenger of Great Qin.

"This Great Qin's army is really extraordinary, and it is by no means comparable to the soldiers of Tianshui."

Liu Yuetian could see the superiority of the two at a glance.

A group of people soon passed, and when they were far away, the shops on both sides were open again, and the people went about their own business.

Liu Yuetian used the insight effect at the moment he saw the messenger just now, but the system promoted him before he got a name, so he couldn't gain insight into it, it seems that this system is not to use it if he wants to, such as such a "high-level" character must know the name, Liu Yuetian can only shake his head and take the small stove back to where he lives, it seems that it is the right thing to get some gold sand first.

Outside the Taishou Mansion, Liu Yuan led his generals to greet him, and when he saw the team coming, he hurriedly took the initiative to lift the curtain for the messenger in person.

"Lord Sima, I didn't expect you to come in person this time, it really made my Tianshui County shine!"

"Liu Taishou, this time it's the business of thousands of war horses, we don't have to worry about changing it to a trading house! Therefore, King Qin specially ordered me to come in person, and I also took this opportunity to get together with your old friend. ”

The other party walked out of the car with a smile, and the two walked into the Taishou Mansion together holding hands.

Liu Yuan had already set up a feast, and the two of them were chatting very happily when they pushed the cup and changed the lamp.

Soon, the topic got to the point.

"Lord Sima, those five thousand war horses are not a small number, there are often horse bandits on Funiu Mountain, you must be very careful, it is safe to bring these war horses into the city."

Liu Yuan poured a cup of tea for the other party and said with a smile.

"Liu Taishou, my 5,000 green horses are waiting ten miles outside the city, and there are 5,000 men and horses of my Great Qin Army to garrison, who dares to attack?"

"That's, that's, these five thousand green horses are worth two hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver, and I have ordered people to prepare them, when do you think they will .........?"

"Haha, Liu Taishou, this time you have picked up a big bargain, this war horse King Qin specially instructed, don't want silver taels, your more than 200,000 taels of silver are left."

The messenger raised his glass and took a sip.

"Don't want silver taels? What's going on? ”

Liu Yuan was puzzled.

"These five thousand war horses are all exchanged for grain, your Tianshui is a granary, there must be no shortage of food, this war horse is for nothing!"

The other party said with a smile.

"Just food?"

Liu Yuan listened, and the wine glass in his hand paused in mid-air.

Although the Western Regions occupy a vast area, it can be mostly deserts and wilderness, producing war horses, cattle, sheep and livestock, but the only thing that is lacking is grain, especially white rice, which is almost non-productive, and only a few places can grow wheat and make some pasta, but for the army, white rice is the main food, and without food, even if there are more war horses, it is useless.

Liu Yuan frowned slightly and thought for a moment and said, "Lord Sima is right, but ...... This year's harvest adults should also know that there is a drought in the Sili area, there is no grass within hundreds of miles, and our Tianshui has also been affected, this year there is only one stone of grain per acre, which is at least thirty percent less than in previous years, and there is really not much food, and Chang'an also made a will, let me prepare for disaster relief silver grain, the money is gone, we can still earn, if the food is gone, the people of Tianshui County will suffer. ”

"Liu Taishou, you don't have to tell me about your hardships, if you know the situation better than anyone today, the army is the most important, and the war horses are only available in my Daqin, but the grain thing, without your Tianshui, I can let Shenglong Commercial Bank go to Jiangnan to buy it, that is, Liu Bei of Yizhou, if he knows that I have five thousand war horses here, he will also obediently send grain, so you better hurry up and prepare grain and grass!"

"This .........!"

Liu Yuan's eyes were slightly closed, constantly thinking.

This war horse must be obtained, but the military rations in Tianshui County cannot be moved, and once the army is used, it may starve, and then there will be a military mutiny.

If he agrees to the other party's request, then the only way to scavenge these grains is in the hands of the common people, but if this is the case, the common people will definitely die in large numbers, which is very detrimental to their prestige.

What if you rob these 5,000 war horses yourself?

He is not afraid of the King of Qin, after all, Daqin is thousands of miles away from Tianshui, and if the other party wants to send troops to fight, he has to pass through hundreds of miles of desert, this grain and grass food is far from being comparable to five thousand war horses, but the other party has also brought five thousand elites this time, this is the elite army of Great Qin, even if he Tianshui has an army of 30,000, but if he really wants to fight, even if he wins, he must suffer heavy losses.

Liu Yuan's eyes kept flickering, and the other party didn't look at him, just eating food by himself.

Finally, he thought for a long time before nodding vigorously.

"Okay, grain is grain, fifty stone grain for one horse, five thousand horses is two hundred and fifty thousand stone grain, give me five days to prepare."

Liu Yuan finally made up his mind.

"Okay, Taishou is really happy, I thank you for King Qin first, then I will bother you in Tianshui for five days, and when the grain and grass are ready, I will deliver all the war horses to your .........."