Therefore, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang chose to fund Liu Bei, which allowed Liu Bei to have the hole card to make a fortune, after all, according to various historical records, Liu Bei relied on this investment to pull out a team of hundreds of people, and was able to rescue Dong Zhuo at that time, and officially became a military attache in the establishment. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As for the later Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, although their whereabouts are also unknown, it is also said that Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang hung up an idle post under Liu Bei, and they can be regarded as evolving from businessmen to officials, which can be said to have gained a lot...

And now, what Liu Xin didn't expect was that Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang actually took refuge in He Jin, which really made Liu Xin feel a little incredible.

But then again, today's world is just a parallel world, people like Jiang Wei and others have deviated from the track of history, so Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, two businessmen who don't play much, have changed their fate, that's nothing, and Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang took refuge in He Jin, which is not in conflict with Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang's funding of Liu Bei later, after all, the most basic quality of a businessman is to share the risk, don't put your eggs in one basket, after all, the cunning rabbit three holes, The businessman will not make a desperate bet and put all his chips on He Jin.

Therefore, Liu Xin asked Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang to sit down, and said: "Zhang's shopkeeper, as well as Su's shopkeeper, you should also know the identity of this king, and you should also know that this king has become the assassin of Yizhou, and he will go to Yizhou to take up his post soon, and he will also use troops against the barbarian tribes in the south of Yizhou." ”

Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang sat opposite Liu Xin with some restraint, after all, the hierarchy of the Han is very strict, businessmen like Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, in front of Liu Xin, they are naturally three points shorter, but Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang also know that today is a great opportunity for their own careers, as long as they have a relationship with Liu Xin, then it will be of great help to their future development, and they can soar to the sky, maybe they can get rid of the identity of a businessman and become an official.

Therefore, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang quickly understood what Liu Xin meant, after all, Liu Xin's words were very clear, he was about to return to Yizhou and the barbarian war in the south of Yizhou, and businessmen like Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang could not run up to be soldiers, so Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang already knew Liu Xin's purpose for finding himself, that is, to do business with himself, and it was a business related to the war.

And what do you need to fight a war, first of all, it must be food, after all, "the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first" is not a joke, but Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang understand very well that Liu Xin did not come to buy food for him, after all, food can be bought everywhere, and the boundaries of the two of them, that is, the grain output of Bingzhou and Youzhou is not high, especially in the last few years, there have been large-scale droughts and locust plagues in Hebei, which has led to a significant decline in grain production, and it can even be said that it is beyond making ends meet. The grain in Hebei is still high, and it has always been necessary to transport it from other places, so it is impossible for Liu Xin to buy grain from the two of them.

However, although it is impossible to sell the grain of Bingzhou and Youzhou, after all, the price is too high to sell, but Bingzhou and Youzhou are both border areas of the Han Dynasty, with fertile prairies, and the nature of the prairie is a rare good horse in the Central Plains, which is a guarantee for Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang to make a fortune.

And at the beginning, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, the two Zhongshan fellows, bought horses from the local area together, and then sold them to Luoyang to earn the difference, so that they accumulated a lot of wealth little by little, so that they were qualified to take refuge in He Jin's hands, after all, if you want to take refuge in He Jin, the general, you still have to have some qualifications.

And after taking refuge in He Jin, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang's business went to a higher level, because Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang were just two small businessmen without backing, and they were not qualified to trade with foreign races on the border of the Han Dynasty, after all, those Han soldiers on the border, if they found that the merchants who did not get the "permission" were operating on the border, they would unceremoniously take down these merchants for "treason", and it would be a good result to be raided at that time...

Therefore, in the past, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang could only buy some horses of average quality in Zhongshan City, and the quantity was not guaranteed, and it was good to have fifty or sixty horses at a time, which was enough for Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang to lead a team to Luoyang to do business.

And now, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuangke, who have taken refuge in He Jin, have developed, and now Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, who have obtained the "permission", naturally choose to go to the border to trade with the foreign races, after all, the horses of the foreign races are far better than the horses purchased by Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang in Zhongshan in terms of quantity and quality, and the price of the horses of the foreign races is also very low, which makes Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang make a lot of money.

And now, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang both know that Liu Xin wants to trade horses with him, and depending on the situation, Liu Xin's demand is not small, otherwise he would not let He Jin call the two of them, and if nothing else, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang both know that they want to do a "loss-making business"...

The reason is very simple, the horse business earns the price difference, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang bought a large number of high-quality horses at a low price on the border, and then transported them to Luoyang City, they can easily increase the price several times, and they can be sold quickly, after all, the price level in Luoyang City must be much higher than that on the border, just like the price of a local horse in Luoyang, it is enough to buy two or three good horses on the border, so this is a huge price difference between the two places, and it is also the biggest way for merchants to make profits...

And now, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang both understand that the transaction between the two of them and Liu Xin must say that nothing can be increased, after all, the identity and status of the two parties are seriously unequal, even if Liu Xin does not give money, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang have to obediently send enough horses to Liu Xin, this is the prestige of the king of Chengdu, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, the two businessmen, it is impossible to disobey.

Therefore, in the hearts of Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, this is already an ironclad loss-making transaction, because Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang both know that the horses that Liu Xin wants must need to be sent to Yizhou by the two of them, and Bingzhou and Yizhou are on the two opposite corners of the Han map, and the distance problem cannot be ignored. Because horses are living creatures, it is impossible to be transported on the cart like those dead things, and horses need enough manpower to be responsible for driving, if there are not enough manpower, it is easy to have accidents, and then a sufficient number of guards must be added, after all, the more horses, the larger the size of the convoy, then more guards are needed to protect the convoy, and finally we have to consider the food and clothing of this convoy, just those horses need to consume a lot of grain and grass every day, and it is necessary to calculate the time required from Bingzhou to Yizhou, The visual inspection should be about two months...

Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang thought about it so carefully, only to find that the money they needed to lose in this business was not a small amount, although it was not enough to make Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang hurt their bones, but it had already caused a huge impact on Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang's family background...

However, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang don't feel that they have suffered a big loss this time, after all, they can have a relationship with Liu Xin, a prince who is now hot in the Han Dynasty, which can't be bought for any amount of money, and Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang also understand that as long as they follow Liu Xin, this little money can be earned back soon, after all, those rare treasures from the Western Regions under Liu Xin, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuangke have been coveted for a long time, and now they may be able to get Liu Xin's authorization to report the Zhongshan auction like He Jin.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang were a little excited.

Therefore, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang nodded hurriedly, signaling to Liu Xin that they understood the meaning, and as the external representative of the duo, Zhang Shiping naturally said: "Lord Wang, whatever you need, just give it to you, you will definitely meet your needs, and the price is guaranteed, and the goods will be delivered to you in person!" ”

Liu Xin smiled, naturally guessed that Zhang Shiping would say this, and couldn't help but sigh again in his heart, it's still a bad old society, and it is a lot of benefits for me to be this prince.

However, Liu Xin on the surface is still light, after getting Zhang Shiping's assurance, he nodded and said: "This is very good, in fact, you should be able to guess what this king needs, that is your special product in the state - war horses, although the terrain in Yizhou is not suitable for running horses, but if you want to deal with those barbarian tribes that are all infantry, the cavalry still has a chance to play a miraculous effect, so this king wants to form a Yizhou cavalry unit, That's why I want to buy a batch of suitable war horses from the hands of the shopkeeper, and money is not a problem. ”

Zhang Shiping nodded again and again, and immediately said: "I see, it's not bragging, you bought the right person, you bought a horse, and Su Shuang met a small leader of a foreign tribe outside the Saiwai last time, and the little leader has already led us to himself, and is willing to buy more horses for us from other foreign tribes in the prairie outside the Saiwai, so the supply is very sufficient, I don't know what grade of war horse you need, and how much do you need?" ”

After listening to Zhang Shiping's words, Liu Xin couldn't help frowning, he didn't expect that this Zhang Shiping and Su Shuangdu were related to the tribes of different races outside the Saiwai, but as Zhang Shiping said, this is good news, because this means that Zhang Shiping has sufficient horse resources in his hands, so that Liu Xin can only buy horses from Zhang Shiping, which can save a lot of trouble.

Therefore, Liu Xin told Zhang Shiping about his needs, "Zhang's shopkeeper, what this king needs now is horses that can be used for fighting, of course, it would be great if there were stallions, as for the number, now if there are about a thousand horses, it would be the best." ”

After listening to Liu Xin's request, Zhang Shiping began to think in his heart whether Liu Xin's order could be eaten or not, because what Liu Xin wanted was a war horse that could be used to fight, which made Zhang Shiping a little difficult, after all, those foreign races are not stupid, although they will trade with these Han merchants and are willing to sell a large number of horses to themselves, but this does not mean that these foreign races will be willing to sell horses at the war horse level to themselves easily, after all, this is at least one in ten war horses, For a medium-sized Saiwai alien tribe, a thousand war horses is also their limit, so these Saiwai aliens will not sell the war horses in the tribe under normal circumstances, let alone the number of a thousand war horses that Liu Xin needs.

Therefore, Zhang Shiping, who thought of this, touched his head a little embarrassed, and said to Liu Xin helplessly: "Lord Wang, although I really want to take over your business this time, Lord Wang, you should also know that those foreign tribes outside the Saiwai will not sell horses at the level of war horses on a large scale, and you can honestly give you a bottom when you are down, that is, you have handled the trade of horses at the level of war horses so far, at most about one hundred and fifty horses, so in terms of your requirements, I am afraid it will be difficult to do it in Xia." ”

Liu Xin was actually prepared for Zhang Shiping's words, after all, in the final analysis, the foreign races are still in a state of being friends and enemies with the Han Dynasty, although they will trade with the Han in peacetime, but they may turn their faces and start a war with the Han at any time, so it is unlikely to sell a large number of horse-level horses, because this is undoubtedly collaborating with the enemy.

However, Liu Xin wants to buy war horse-level horses in the horse farms in the Han Dynasty, which is even more unrealistic, because most of the horse farms that can cultivate war horses belong to "state-owned enterprises", all for the purpose of providing war horses for the Han army, if Liu Xin only wants to buy more than ten war horses, it is still possible, but if he wants to buy a thousand war horses, it is impossible.

However, Liu Xin is already fully prepared and confident that those foreign races will sell war horse-level horses.

Liu Xin's confidence naturally comes from the modern items he brought from modern times, because Liu Xin's idea is very simple, since these things can be so popular in Dahan, then they should also be able to work in terms of foreign races.

After all, in this era, the alien races around the Han Dynasty were very respectful of Han culture, and many tribal leaders would be vassals and elegant, learning the costumes and customs of the Han Dynasty.