"Forty-five thousand, nothing to do, continue to buy, at least three hundred, no, at least five hundred good horses, this is the minimum, if you can't put it in the house, put it on Zhuangzi, take care of it by a special person, and then let those parts practice the art of riding and archery." I wrenched my fingers, well, as long as it is a problem that can be solved with money, it is not a problem, and now for Ben Gongzi, who earns tens of thousands of dollars a month, money is a number.

"If it's such a large amount, then the old man thinks that Gongzi should buy it directly from the Turks, and the cost of such a large amount can be reduced to at least fifty percent." Li Yan narrowed his eyes and calculated, and said with a gleam in his eyes.

"Uh, buy it with the Turks? Could it be that the old housekeeper, you have a way? Ben Gongzi couldn't help but ask with some curiosity. Although now, the Turks have been greatly cleaned up by the Great Sui Dynasty, and the Turks have bowed to the Great Sui for a long time, but between the grassland and the Great Sui, it is still not very peaceful.

"Hehe, the prince has forgotten, the old man, but he has a lot of friendship with the Turkic Khans on the steppe, and there are several brothers with different surnames." Li Yan showed a hint of pride on his face.

"Qimin Khan dyed many times with the old prince to join forces against the Dulan Khan, and in the end, the Qimin Khan became the lord of the Eastern Turks, because the two of them have joined hands many times to fight, help each other, and the old prince is about brothers, and now the first Khan, but also the old prince taught archery, regarded as a teacher, respected as an uncle......"

Hearing Li Yan's story, I couldn't help but pat my forehead, yes, my father is a sinister man who is both civil and military, it was he who fooled the Qimin Khan so much that he couldn't find the north, obeyed him, opposed Dulan, defected to the Great Sui, and fought against Dulan Khan many times, and finally became the king of the Eastern Turks.

My father has contributed a lot, so he has won the trust of this Qimin Khan, and wishes him like a brother, and his son Du Ji is not only my father's apprentice, but also greatly admires my father's intelligence.

Just when my father was, Du Ji also specially sent an envoy to condole, which was definitely the only one among the ministers of the Great Sui Dynasty. It also proves that Du Ji is at least not the kind of person who is completely ungrateful, although he will betray Da Sui in the future, but now, he still maintains a relatively friendly relationship with Da Sui.

"Well, I need at least five hundred to six hundred good horses. In this matter, I'm afraid that you have to go out of the housekeeper, and I really don't feel at ease when others go. ”

In any case, if 500 to 600 good horses can be purchased at half the price, then Ben Gongzi can save almost 200,000 yuan, and this amount of money can not be used for all the purchase of horses, I still have a lot of important things to do.

And the reason why Li Yan was sent was that he had always served as the captain of my father's personal army, and when he was on the grassland, he always followed my father's side, and naturally, he would also know how my father dealt with the first Turks

"Childe, if you really want to trade with the Turks, if you can come up with some iron tools and scimitars, then it will go more smoothly." After thinking about it, Li Yan whispered to me. But these words made my heart sink slightly.

At the turn of the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Turks became more and more powerful, and their sword soldiers, although used on the bodies of their fellow clansmen, also fell on the necks of the Han people.

"No, no one knows when these weapons will be on the necks of our Central Plains people." I shook my head and slowly but firmly refused, and after thinking about it, Li Yi also nodded a little heavily. "What Gongzi said is that those Turkic people are all jackals, so they have to be guarded against."

"Well, get a few of those iron stoves, refurbish the hearth inside, and use other fuels for heating, and besides, get some more gifts, and you can give them to the Shibi Khan for me. Come to think of it, it should be able to attract his attention. Ben Gongzi touched his smooth chin, and finally decided to take out some novelty gadgets and give them to the Shibi Khan, believing that the novelty gadgets made in Ben Gongzi's mind will definitely make these Turkic barbarians red-eyed.

"Childe Takami, if Childe you take action in person, it would be great. By the way, the son, the wife of the Shibi Khan, is Princess Yicheng, the princess is very favored by the Khan, in the past, the old man has also heard that Princess Yicheng likes calligraphy and painting, if you are a child, you ...... "The old guy narrowed his eyes, no matter how he looked at it, he looked like a scheming fox.

However, this idea really made my eyes shine, I remember that when Yang Guang was trapped in Yanmen by Shibi Khan, it was Princess Yicheng who wrote a letter to coax Shibi Khan to retreat, although it was a foolish method, but it was enough to prove her status in the heart of Shibi Khan.

"Cheng, that son will personally make two folding fans, well, make a few more, by the way, the more horses, the better, this son can not only keep it for himself, but also be able to ......" This son came to the side of the old fox Li Yan, and began to discuss with him what kind of gift to give to the Shibi Khan and his wife, so as to achieve the greatest effect.

"Brother Xian, the good horses in Luoyang City are at most five or six hundred, no matter how much they are, they are willing to bid four hundred yuan for each brother, can't you accept it?" Yang Shidao was looking at the bottom of his eyes at the moment.

After all, he is a son of a samurai family, although he loves literature, it doesn't mean that he doesn't understand the use of good horses that can be used as war horses, and no one will dislike the horses he owns more, only too little. No more than 20,000 horses were obtained from trading with the Turks every year, and some of them were crossbows that could not be used on the battlefield

Of course, there are also horse dealers from the grasslands and the Western Regions who go to Luoyang or Chang'an to sell horses, but the price of these horses is five or six hundred.

And now, Ben Gongzi faintly revealed a story about Ben Gongzi's desire to use his father's relationship with Shibi Khan to buy a batch of good horses from the Turks and use them as mounts for his generals.

The eyes of this noble son suddenly turned from red to green, from green to blue, even when he saw this son during this time, his expression always seemed very stiff, and Chai Shao, who thought that his son had ruined his marriage proposal, also showed a coveted expression at this moment.

"Impossible, brother, you don't know the way, those good horses that are only one hundred and five or six hundred times, most of them are twelve or thirteen-year-old horses, it won't take a few years, I'm afraid that they are so old that they can only pull the cart, and the younger brother is ready to go to trade, naturally it can't be like this, how can it be between four and six years old, in this way, a good horse can be used for ten years, is it not even worth eight hundred times?" This son glanced at Yang Shidao, this guy usually looks like a sincere person, but when he comes up with the question of money, he is like a ghost. It seems that he has been influenced too much by money worshippers like Ben Gongzi.

"You don't want to think about it, this year's horse market in Luoyang, a five-year-old horse, has risen to almost 1,200 per horse." Before I finished speaking, Li Jiancheng stepped forward, squeezed a flattering smile and said: "Brother Xian, having said that, after all, this is in Luoyang, if you buy it on the grassland, it will be three or four hundred at most, right?" ”

"Brother, you're too unauthentic, aren't you? Three or four hundred? Unless those Turks are all fools? The younger brother is thinking that with the help of his father's past relationship, maybe he can let the Shibi Khan lower the price, and the younger brother can also get some mounts for his own family soldiers, you are good, jump up and say that you want to buy it, but what is the difference between the money you give and the beggar, isn't the little brother's money silk not printed, buy you horses, and have to paste it for you? I gritted my teeth and glanced at Li Jianchengdao.

"The horse market set up by the court, where a good horse has to cost at least 700 yuan, and it doesn't matter if it's a three-year-old or a ten-year-old, and now the younger brother wants to get you a three-to-six-year-old mouth, hmph, that's it, since you don't want to pay, the younger brother is just too lazy to get that strength." I yawned lazily and hooked my finger at the girl, who brought the kettle from the stove and carefully poured me a cup of hot ginger tea.

"Brother Xian's words are wrong, we are not willing to pay, but the amount we want is not small, so naturally, I hope that it will be a little less, after all, the price of good horses has never been low." Li Jiancheng explained with a smile, but the ghostly eyes were communicating with Yang Shidao and the others.

"Anyway, the price of the younger brother is here, 800 yuan for three years old, one year old, 50 percent less, and the lowest price is 700 yuan for a good horse over five years old. If you want it, then you want it, and if you don't want it, even if you don't. This is the most difficult condition. Seeing that the lost friends got together again and muttered there for a long time without reacting, Ben Gongzi cleared his throat and turned their attention to affirm again.

"Okay, grandma's, Lao Tzu fights, I want one hundred and fifty horses." Liu Hongji puffed out his cheeks and gritted his teeth for a long time, slapped his thigh and shouted.

"Then I'll have two hundred horses. Hehe, Brother Liu, why don't you do it again? Xue Chengche also raised his eyebrows without showing weakness, well, these two brothers want to compete with each other, whether it is how many bowls they can eat for dinner, how many catties they can eat for meat, and how many glasses they can drink for wine, it seems that they are uncomfortable every day without struggling to get high.

I really don't know if these two brothers will go to the thatched house to pee farther and higher, and whose fart will be loud...... Uh, it's a disgusting game, but this son is drinking tea, so don't continue to make associations.

Anyway, this son is just like this buddy is playing a friendly game, and he can't develop too much thinking, he really has that idle effort, and it's better to develop how to solve my lifelong affairs, and my mother has made a military order for me