"That's right, there is a great shortage of good horses in our army, and there have been many wars recently, and the loss of horses is very serious, so I want to go back to Chang'an this time to solve this problem in person." Li Shimin said.

"Young horses?" Li Xiuning pondered for a while, "Second brother, have you thought about where to buy a horse?" ”

"This, I asked someone to inquire, there was no large-scale horse farm in the Central Plains, and the really good horses were only available on the side of the Turks in the Mobei grassland, but the Turks and our Han people are mortal enemies, and it is definitely impossible for them to sell horses to us, I am also having a headache for this matter, I came to you this time, I just want to discuss with you."

Xu Feng listened to it on the side, and felt that it was amazing, this Li Shimin would actually discuss with this Li Xiuning if he had something?

He really didn't find out anything brilliant about this Li Xiuning before.

As for horses, this has indeed been a problem for a long time in ancient China.

Because the Han people did not have good horses, they were always at a disadvantage when they invaded the barbarians in the north.

Raising horses requires a large enough pasture to herd horses, generally speaking, a horse needs an area of about one square kilometer to raise, if you raise thousands of horses at the same time, it will require a large area of grassland of several thousand hectares.

This is very easy to achieve in Mobei and the Mongolian Plateau, because those places are vast and sparsely populated, originally nomadic people, and ordinary people also have horses.

But in the interior of the Central Plains, all these conditions are difficult to achieve.

Because the Central Plains has always been an agricultural culture, every land that can be cultivated is used to grow crops, so that so many people can be fed.

Where to find such a large area of open land, to build a special pasture, so as to raise horses?

There is no such condition, and there is no such tradition.

Therefore, there has always been a lack of large-scale horse farms in the interior of the Central Plains.

But lack does not mean that there is none.

Those conditions are just that they are difficult to achieve, but as long as the government makes up its mind to really raise horses, it can completely deserve the grassland people.

Meng Tian of the Qin Dynasty led the Han cavalry, but the Xiongnu in the north were more than 800 miles away, and the Hu people did not dare to go south and herd horses.

During the Han Dynasty, Wei Qinghuo also abused the Huns with blood, and the Han cavalry at that time was more powerful than the cavalry in Mobei.

But after all, raising horses is not engraved in the nature of the Han people, and raising horses wastes too much land, which is not in line with economic interests.

Therefore, as long as it is peacetime, there will be no special people in the interior of the Central Plains to raise horses.

At this moment, Li Shimin said that he lacked horses, and Xu Feng was not surprised, but what was unexpected was that he discussed this kind of thing with Li Xiuning, could this princess have any way?

Li Xiuning said: "Second brother, I can take people to find a ranch, and I will definitely solve this problem for our family." ”

Li Shimin shook his head and sighed: "I'm afraid it's not that easy, I've already sent a lot of people to inquire before." ”

Xu Feng was a little puzzled, isn't there a Pegasus Ranch in this Tang world? It seems that in the original book, the Li family went to this Pegasus ranch to buy horses.

Why is it that Li Shimin and Li Xiuning seem to have never heard of it at all at this moment, is it because the transportation is inconvenient in ancient times, and the news is really too closed?

"Second Brother Li, I know that there is a place dedicated to raising horses." It was Song Yuzhi who spoke.

When Li Shimin heard this, his face couldn't help but swell with joy, and he couldn't help but take a step forward, "Yuzhi, where do you know where to sell horses?" ”

"Yes, I once heard my father talk to my brother." Song Yuzhi said playfully.

Xu Feng was speechless for a while, could it be that the news of this Pegasus Ranch was provided to Li Shimin by Song Yuzhi? It seems that it is also the Pegasus Ranch that Song Yuzhi went to with Li Xiuning in the original book.

But this Song Yuzhi is too stupid and sweet, his father is also a tyrant in the south, and he may not have the heart to compete for the world, so he easily revealed this news that can be regarded as a military secret to a person who is a friend for the time being, but the future is uncertain.

Naive, really naïve.

Xu Feng looked at Song Yuzhi's stupid appearance, shook his head, and muttered: "It's really big-chested, no, it doesn't seem to have big breasts." ”

"Hey, what are you shaking your head and muttering there? Isn't it another bad idea?! Song Yuzhi did not answer Li Shimin's words, but asked Xu Feng on the side.

Because of Xu Feng's small movements, she happened to be in her eyes.

"No, I didn't do anything." Xu Feng thought to himself, you brainless woman!

"You must be speaking ill of me, hmph, I'll settle accounts with you later." Song Yuzhi said and was about to answer Li Shimin's question again.

But she seemed to suddenly remember something, smiled evilly, and said to Li Shimin: "Second Brother Li, we are talking about these confidential things now, but how can there be an outsider here, this is not good." ”

Li Shimin naturally knew this for a long time, and he didn't trust Xu Feng in the first place, but because of his sister's face, it was impossible for him to let Xu Feng go out directly.

At this moment, Song Yuzhi mentioned that he just had an excuse and was about to open his mouth to invite Xu Feng out.

Unexpectedly, Xu Feng was the first to speak, "King Qin, I was on the side just now, and I had no intention of eavesdropping on the conversation between your brother and sister, but it seems that you have few horses?" It just so happened that I also had news from a horse farm. ”

After Xu Feng finished speaking, he glanced at Song Yuzhi fiercely, this little girl doesn't know if she is really brainless, or a prank, do you want to spoil my good deeds?

When Li Shimin heard this, he naturally didn't want to open his mouth to drive people away, he heard the news that Xu Feng also had a ranch, so he smiled at Li Xiuning: "Xiuning, you are really my lucky star, I was originally clueless about this horse matter, I thought about trying to discuss it with you, but I didn't expect that you really have two nobles here with the news of a horse farm, it's really good." ”

Li Xiuning also smiled slightly when she was praised, glanced at Xu Feng, and then at Song Yuzhi, but the smile on her face was not really happy, because she seemed to have discovered something between the interaction between the two.

"You also have information about the racecourse, don't talk big, you won't come when the time comes, see how you end." Song Yuzhi still said fiercely towards Xu Feng.

"You are allowed to have it, but I am not allowed to have it, and maybe, the horse farm we are going to talk about is the same family?" Xu Feng was not used to arguing with women, but this Song Yuzhi really made people want to scold her.

"Okay, then you have the ability to say it first." Song Yu was angry, and she was also very depressed, this Xu Feng! Why do you keep going against yourself!

Li Shimin saw that the two were about to quarrel, he naturally favored Song Yuzhi, and he also felt that Xu Feng would not really have news of the racecourse.

After all, he has sent someone to inquire about this for so long and there is no news about this, how did Xu Feng know about it?

If this kid says big things and brags, this is just the right time to poke him.

So he said: "Brother Xu, don't meet this girl Yuzhi, tell me the information about the horse farm you know, if the information is true, our Li family will definitely reward you." ”

Xu Feng waved his hand, "I do know this information, but I am not providing this information to you for the purpose of exchanging benefits, purely to thank the princess for taking care of me this month." ”