Chapter 128: Selling Horses for Grain and Grass

Mi Zhu was a little stunned when he heard this, he really didn't expect Liu Zhang to speak so bluntly, Mi Zhu stood up and bowed down and said: "Zhu spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and hopes for the champion Hou Haihan!" ”

"It's okay, it's that Ben Hou didn't make it clear!" Liu Zhang waved his hand and smiled: "Actually, Xuzhou doesn't need to buy all the horses!" ”

"Oh? Dare to ask the champion Hou, what is the meaning of this? Hearing Liu Zhang say this, Mi Zhu suddenly became interested.

Liu Zhang smiled and asked, "Dare to ask Zizhong, how many soldiers in Xuzhou can ride horses?" ”

"This..."Mi Zhu frowned: "I'm afraid it's not much!" ”

Liu Zhang asked again, "Since you don't know how to ride a horse, you naturally bought a horse to train riding, I don't know if I'm right?" ”

"It's nature! If you don't know how to ride a horse, of course, you have to learn and practice hard! Mi Zhu was quite puzzled by Liu Zhang's question.

Liu Zhang said: "Zizhong doesn't know, the better the horse, the more violent the surname, if it is a thousand miles of horses, often need the rider to tame himself, dare to ask those beginners, how many people can control such a fierce horse?" It's better to get some inferior horses and medium horses for the soldiers to train their riding skills, and then use the best horses to equip the cavalry, I don't know what Zi Zhong wants? ”

"This..."Mi Zhu said very embarrassed: "Champion Hou, I really don't know how to ride a horse." However, Tao Envoy Jun asked to buy a high-grade war horse, and it is not easy to change it in Xia, so it is better to sell your remaining high-grade war horse to Zaixia! ”

"Zizhong doesn't have to be like this!" Liu Zhang asked with a smile: "How many war horses does Tao Yuanjun want, you name a number, I want to think of a way!" ”

Mi Zhu was a little embarrassed and said: "Tao Yuanjun means that the more the merrier!" ”

"Uh..." Liu Zhang looked at Mi Zhu in a cold sweat, he really couldn't imagine that Tao Qian had such a big appetite. High-grade war horses are in high demand in the Central Plains, and hundreds of gold may not be able to buy one. A thousand horses are at least 100,000 gold, and 10,000 horses will cost a million gold.

Seeing that Liu Zhang's eyes were a little weird, Mi Zhu suddenly thought of the expensive war horse, and he said with some embarrassment: "Champion Hou rest assured!" Tao Envoy Jun is willing to exchange grain and grass for your war horse! ”

Liu Zhang smiled and said: "Since Tao Envoy Jun is sincere, how about selling him a thousand high-grade war horses first, and then giving you a thousand medium-grade war horses to train cavalry?" ”

"How does this work?" Although the most expensive medium war horse is only fifty gold each, but a thousand horses also cost a lot of money, since Mi Zhu is a gentleman, he does not want to take advantage of Liu Zhang in vain.

"It doesn't matter, anyway, the horses that are waiting for this are also stolen by the soldiers. If not, I'm going to grab it again! Liu Zhang waved his hand, looking indifferent, his horses were all stolen from Karasuma, and he still had plans to rob the Qiang and Xiongnu!

"I can't imagine that the famous champion Hou is actually a robber!" Mi Zhu was in a cold sweat when he heard this, but a crisp voice came from behind him. As soon as this voice came out, Mi Zhu was horrified.

Liu Zhang took a closer look, and the person who spoke turned out to be the scholar behind Mi Zhu. I saw that the scholar had red lips and white teeth, and a small face with melon seeds was crystal lovely. And the hand of the guard behind Mi Zhu froze in mid-air, and he wanted to cover the scholar's mouth, but he didn't have time.

"Haha!" Just when Mi Zhu thought that Liu Zhang was going to go crazy, he heard Liu Zhang laugh and say: "This little girl is right, she is a robber!" Why can those foreigners rob us Han people, but we Han people can't rob them? They did the first year of junior high school, and they did fifteen years of it! The ancients said: Those who kill people will always kill them! Those foreigners have robbed us for hundreds of years, and it's time for us to rob them! ”

"Uh..."Mi Zhu and the three of them were stunned, since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed Confucianism alone, the etiquette of the Han people is heavy, but the blood surname is gradually fading. In later generations, those so-called Confucians clamored to convince people with virtue and repay grievances with virtue, and the idea of retribution like Liu Zhang's eyes was rude and immoral in the eyes of those so-called Confucians. Not to mention that Liu Zhang thinks he is a robber! However, in the Han Dynasty, the blood surnames of the Han people may have faded a lot, but they have not reached the level of pedantic. Even if Liu Zhang's robbery of foreign tribes is announced, most people will still praise him, and at most some corrupt Confucians will have different opinions.

"Champion Hou is really admirable!" Mi Zhu is known as the ancient gentleman, naturally not a rotten Confucian, he sighed: "If there are a few more champions like the Great Han, this border will be stable!" ”

"Zizhong's words are wrong!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "If there are a few more candidates, this border will be unstable, but it is just the unlucky foreigners!" That's right! Since this young lady dared to interject in front of Zizhong, she must not be an ordinary person! Zizhong brought her here, but did not introduce her to Ben Hou, which violated Ben Hou's hospitality. Not only that, but the guards behind Zizhong seem to be quite extraordinary! ”

Champion Hou laughed! This is the little sister Mi Zhen, and this guard is the younger brother Mi Fang! Mi Zhu arched his hand and said: "My brother and sister have been pampered since childhood, if there is anything offended, I hope that the champion Hou Haihan!" ”

"Zizhong doesn't have to be like this!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Since you are Zizhong's younger brother and sister, how can you stand aside, please take a seat!" Come on, serve tea to Zifang and Miss Mi! ”

"Thank you, Champion Hou!" After Mi Fang and Mi Zhen saluted very generously, they sat down under Mi Zhu.

Liu Zhang said with a smile: "I see that Zifang is also a military general, I don't know if there is a good horse?" If not, how about sending Zifang a horse when you go back? ”

"Really?" Mi Fang is very happy, although he is the son of the Mi family, but he doesn't like dancing and writing, and he doesn't like businessmen to operate, he just wants to be a powerful general. It's a pity that there are no good horses in Xuzhou, and even if there are, it is not Mi Fang who can get them. You must know that Tao Qian's two sons, Tao Ying and Tao Cheng, are also martial artists, but the Mi family does not dare to compete with them.

"Ahem... Zifang! Mi Zhu coughed, he knew that Mi Fang wanted a good horse, otherwise he would not have brought him to Bingzhou, but he didn't want to accept Liu Zhang's gift, this is not a gentleman's temperament not to be fed, but he felt that Liu Zhang was a little too enthusiastic.

"Uh..." Seeing the reproachful eyes of the eldest brother, Mi Fang lowered her head.

Seeing this, Liu Zhang waved his hand and said, "Zizhong, I want to make you a friend and give your second brother a good horse, it's nothing!" Even if it's a thousand-mile horse, it's just a few thousand gold, if you even give this little face to Benhou, it is to look down on Benhou! ”

"This..."Mi Zhu smiled bitterly: "Since this is the case, it is disrespectful!" Zifang, thank you yet! ”

Mi Fang's eyes lit up when he heard this, he raised his head and hugged his fists and said, "Thank you Champion Hou!" ”

"No!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "In fact, Ben Hou also has something to ask for, Xuzhou wants horses, but Bingzhou wants grain, and although Jizhou is a large grain-producing state, it is close to the border, and it is really not worth exchanging horses for grain, so Ben Hou uses money to collect grain in Jizhou." In Xuzhou, Ben Hou wanted to exchange horses for grain. Of course, the price can be cheaper! I don't know what Zi Zhong wants? ”

"It's okay!" Mi Zhu said with a smile: "My Mi family is in the grain business, I can collect grain for the champion Hou in Xuzhou, but I exchange horses for grain, and transportation is a problem!" ”

"It's easy, too!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Ben Hou provides more bad horses to Zi Zhong to pull the car, with Zi Zhong's surname, he should live up to Ben Hou!" ”

"This is natural, thank you for your trust!" Honesty is the most important thing for businessmen, and Liu Zhang's trust makes Mi Zhu feel like a confidant. You must know that although Mi Zhu is a gentleman, when he negotiates business with others, he is often despised by other families, even if he is impressed by Mi Zhu's bearing at first, but as long as he knows Mi Zhu's background, the other party's attitude will often turn 180 degrees.

In fact, Mi Zhu wanted to be a businessman, but the Mi family started as a businessman. Mi Fang chose to be a military general, but Mi Zhu had no choice, he couldn't let his sister come out and show his face, which was also the reason why Mi Zhu gave up his family property to follow Liu Bei in history. Only by being valued by a prince, or having the merit of following the dragon, can the Mi family break away from the title of Shangjia. Otherwise, even if Mi Zhu is an official residence, outsiders still regard him as a businessman.

"Zizhong, Zifang is good at martial arts, I don't know how his martial arts are?" Liu Zhang suddenly changed the topic, which caught Mi Zhu off guard.

"The kung fu of the three-legged cat, what a tooth!" I don't know why Liu Zhang mentioned Mi Fang's martial arts, for the sake of prudence, Mi Zhu was appropriately modest!

"Big brother... You..."Although Mi Fang respects his eldest brother, Mi Zhu belittles his martial arts, and he is a little unconvinced: "Big brother, my martial arts are also the top in Xuzhou, except for Tao Ying, the second son of Tao Envoy Jun, who can compete with me?" Let's just say that Cao Bao, the defender of Xuzhou, is not my Shihe's enemy! ”

"Humph! There are so many fierce generals in the world! Mi Zhu glared at Mi Fang fiercely and said, "Then Cao Bao is a waste, what is there to be happy about being stronger than him?" As for Tao Ying, he is just a gentleman, you can't even beat him, and you dare to say that he is the best? ”

"Why should Zizhong be like this!" Liu Zhang shook his head with a smile and said: "Ben Hou just wants to know how Zifang's martial arts are, if he is outstanding in martial arts, let him come to the state army as a general!" ”

"Does Master Hou mean what he says?" Mi Fang's eyes lit up after hearing this, in fact, he had long wanted to join the army, but there was no war in Xuzhou, and it didn't make much sense to join the army. However, Liu Zhang is different here, Mi Fang can hear that Liu Zhang seems to be preparing to use troops against foreign tribes.

"It's a count!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "It's just that there are two requirements: one is that your martial arts are really good, and the other is that your eldest brother agrees." ”

Mi Fang looked at Mi Zhu with a blank look when she heard this, and Mi Zhu sighed and said, "As long as you can pass the Champion Hou level, I won't stop you!" ”

Mi Fang was overjoyed and said: "Champion Hou, how do you say that martial arts can join the state army?" ”

Liu Zhang smiled: "It doesn't need to be too high, as long as you can support a hundred moves under Ben Hou, Ben Hou will allow you to join!" ”

"This..."Mi Fang said with some embarrassment: "How bad is it if I hurt Master Hou?" ”

"Hurt Ben Hou?" Liu Zhang laughed and said: "Go to the school with Ben Hou, save your kid from talking all day long!" Let me tell you, Ben Hou's martial arts are at the bottom of the generals of the Bingzhou Army. If you can't even accept the hundred tricks of Ben Hou, you should give up being a general, so as not to ruin your own surname! ”

(To be continued)