The fish was unwise and didn't answer, and Wen Chou was a little embarrassed.

But it's no wonder that others asked, he asked too abruptly.

The horse is so attributed, and directly asking about its provenance has obviously involved the secret of the deer collar. Besides, the two families were separated and merged before, and the relationship was far from being intimate, and it was strange that Yu was not wise enough to tell him and the plate.

"Can the deer collar provide horses for a long time?" Yuan Shao asked.

"Yes, it's not."

"What do you mean by that?"

"The population is too small."

Yu Buzhi sighed and said, "At present, the number of horses is only a thousand, which is comparable to a medium-sized horse herd, and it is temporarily unable to export war horses to the outside world. My disciple Xi wanted to take a hundred horses to form an elite cavalry squad, but I didn't agree. At the beginning, they were well versed in military affairs, and they knew that these horses would have to be raised for a few more years, and the population would be larger, so they would continue to provide horses this year. ”

Yuan Shao was slightly disappointed, nodded slowly, and said, "At least three years." ”

Yu Buzhi glanced at Yuan Shao, frowned, and said, "Mo Qianze and fishing, at least five years is enough." ”

It's no secret that the natural growth rate of a herd is a little bit of a herd's production information, and you can roughly calculate the growth of a certain herd. Yuan Shao is a powerful prince, and the production area of the war horse is under his rule, so these basic information are naturally well known. The monthly natural growth rate of the medium-sized horse herd is 2%, and the population of 1,000 horses can only reach 2,000 after three years.

In other words, the number of medium-sized horses has doubled in three years.

Yuan Shao said that he would raise it for at least three years, apparently in his eagerness to form a small elite cavalry army with horses.

But the fish is unwise, but he is unwilling to let the horse be slaughtered so quickly.

The number of horses in the herd increases month-on-month, and naturally the larger the population, the more horses are added every month, and it snowballs. From the perspective of population growth, it is natural that the later the horses are slaughtered, the better, and even if they have to be slaughtered, the less they are slaughtered, the better. Even if the herd enters the slaughter stage, the size of the population must be maintained, a thousand horses are raised for three years to be slaughtered, even if it is only half of the slaughter, the population size returns to the original point, in addition to selling a thousand horses, everything returns to the original point, what is the meaning?

What's more, when the number of horses grows to a certain extent, the size of the herd will also increase.

A 1,000-horse herd is a medium-sized herd, but if it grows to 2,000 horses, it will be upgraded to a large herd.

Large herds will have a 3% monthly natural growth rate, which is 1% higher than that of medium herds.

Don't underestimate this 1%, but take the example of population growth: it takes three years for a medium herd to double in size, and two years for a large herd! Moreover, this growth advantage will be reflected every month, and the longer the period and the larger the population size, the more obvious the growth advantage.

If the horses remain unslaughtered for five years, the number of horses will exceed 4,000.

Even if half of the sales are sold, the size of the large herd can still be maintained, which is very beneficial to the subsequent growth of the herd.

That's why the fish prefer to keep the horses for a few more years.

Touching a soft nail, Yuan Shao looked as usual, and coughed lightly: "What price are you going to sell?" ”

"The cost of horse breeding is very high, and the deer collar is just beginning to explore, and it is not clear whether the cost can be reduced in the future, with the current breeding cost, each horse is at least 10,000 gold." Yu Buzhi said calmly.

When several Jizhou civil and military officers next to them heard this price, their faces suddenly fell.

Horses are strategic materials, the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty only produce horses in the three states of Liang, and, and You, in the south of Shenzhou, which is far away from the place of origin, it is very common for a high-grade war horse to sell for six or seven thousand gold, but the origin will not be so expensive, and the horse production area in the north, a high-grade war horse is also 3,500 to 4,000 gold. Yuan Shao's forces have been in control of the state, the horse production land is in hand, there is a lot of convenience in the purchase of war horses, although the horse is better than the ordinary high-grade war horse, which makes everyone refreshed, but at first glance the price of a single horse is as high as 10,000 gold, many Jizhou civil and military still have the feeling of being unwise as a wronged leader.

Originally, the Jizhou Mansion was dissatisfied with the deer collar and letting Gongsun Zan go, but now he felt that he was slaughtered, and the new hatred and old hatred were added together, and he looked at Yu Buzhi and the others, and gradually became cold again.

"It's fair to have a single horse of ten thousand gold." Feng Ji's voice rang out.

Feng Ji is Yuan Shao's confidant, with outstanding intelligence, and his status in Jizhou Mansion is respected, and he is deeply trusted by everyone. Seeing that Feng Ji suddenly said that the price of the horse was fair, those Jizhou civil and military who resented the deer and led the lion to open their mouths couldn't help but froze, wondering why he made such a judgment.

Yuan Shao nodded in approval: "Unique, strange goods, it is indeed not expensive." ”

"Brother Benchu is really courageous." Yu Buzhi laughed.

"Selling goods." Yuan Shao also laughed: "You want ten thousand gold, I have no opinion; You want to raise a herd of horses for five years, and I have no problem with that. Sell me at least 2,000 horses in five years, you don't think you have a problem, do you? ”

"Two thousand? Too much! Yu Buzhi flatly refused.

"Sell Jizhou Mansion for 2,000, you still have 2,000, and it's still a large herd of horses." Yuan Shaodao.

Yu Buzhi said angrily: "Brother Ben, we are also looking forward to changing the cavalry with horses." If you take half of it, how can I have a horse to redress the troops? ”

"It's not wise to be too guarded, there are horses in the hands of the deer leader, and it must not be a big deal for your department to change clothes a little later. You see, a horse is worth ten thousand gold, and my lord has not bargained with you, but he has made a lot of money. Chen Lin relied on the fact that he had often dealt with Yu Buzhi and others before, so he was familiar with his face, and interjected with a smile.

"For the deer leader, a strong military is far more important than accumulating wealth and goods, otherwise the deer collar would have been wiped out long ago." Xu Shu's voice sounded, he looked at Chen Lin and said, "Kong Zhang, do you see that Zhulu Ling seems to be short of money recently?" ”

Chen Lin's expression froze.

Even if he wanted to facilitate the deal, he couldn't refute Xu Shu's words.

This is an ironclad fact.

There are only facts, and it is the most difficult to argue.

Zhulu Ling's all the way to the present, has experienced countless hardships, even the main base has been besieged many times, and several times have survived, if it were not for the courage and good fighting of the Zhulu Army, the territory is afraid that it would have been wiped out. Even if there is often a shortage of money in the deer territory, he has never frowned when he spends money on army building, which is related to the survival of the territory. Moreover, after Yu Buzhi became the Taishou of Ba County, he was qualified to use part of the wealth of the famous city of Ba County, and the regular troops of the territory were promoted to a major step, the overall combat power of the troops was significantly improved, and the military expenditure was relatively reduced.

"There is another situation, I might as well make it clear to my first brother."

Yu Buzhi said solemnly: "These horses, Gongsun Bogui also took a fancy to them. ”

There was a sudden silence in the venue, and the atmosphere suddenly became solemn.

Feiyu Linggang privately indulged in Sun Zhan, which made the Jizhou Mansion fall short, and the Jizhou Mansion was full of righteous indignation, Yuan Shao, Chen Bing, and Zhang Wu were just waiting for the fish to be unwise to give an explanation. It was not easy to ease the situation, but Yu was unwise but said these words openly, and Jizhou Wenwu would naturally be angry. Not only were the generals furious, but even Yuan Shao's face was gloomy.

Yu Buzhi didn't seem to notice that everyone's expressions were wrong, so he took a moment to say: "Zhululing has no intention of getting involved in the dispute between Jizhou and Beiping, it has always been like this. ”

"Zixi's private indulgence with Sun Bogui is our fault."

"The leader took responsibility for his mistakes and paid the price."

"That has already been revealed."

"The position of the leader remains the same, and we will continue to remain neutral."

"Therefore, Jizhou Mansion is still a friend of Zhululing, and of course Beiping Mansion is also."

"Good things should be shared with friends."

"The Jizhou Mansion wants to buy a horse, for the sake of friendship, I will sell it; If Beiping Mansion wants to buy it, of course I will sell it too. Yu Buzhi stopped, looked at Yuan Shao and said, "Brother Benchu, is there a problem?" ”8)