Liu Wei's purpose of taking away these two hundred Xiliang war horses is actually very simple, these war horses can be used for transfer, can also be used to feed their stomachs, and can even be sold to black market merchants to earn a large amount of money in case of emergency.

Liu Wei knew that there was a long way to go to the north, so he had to take precautions and make adequate preparations in advance.

Liu Wei never thought of using these mounts to recruit troops, because with Liu Wei's current situation, this is simply an impossible task.

The daily maintenance cost of war horses is extremely amazing, and people who are idle can't afford to raise so many war horses.

With two hundred war horses on the road, the goal was too big, so Liu Wei immediately asked Chai Shao to go north along the official road and ask the merchants he met along the way about the location of the nearby markets.

Liu Wei decided to find a nearby market and dispose of a batch of war horses first, so as to relieve some unnecessary burden on the team.

Chai Shao did as he said and walked all the way north along the official road.

Liu Wei and others drove all the horses to a mountain col, where they could hide their whereabouts and rest here.

Half an hour later.

Chai Shao went to the pre-agreed mountain col to report to Liu Wei, and said: "Thirty miles north of the official road, there is a huge manor, and the minister expects that the owner of the manor should be a wealthy man, and His Majesty may go to talk to him about horse sales." ”

Liu Wei nodded silently and asked, "Have you ever found out the roots of the other party?" ”

"The owner of that manor is surnamed Wei, and his family lives in the east of the river and is quite famous in the local area." Chai Shao said.

"Wei Bo is a famous man in Guanzhong, and it is rumored that the Hedong Wei clan is the late general Wei Qing." Yang Xiu said lightly.

"What is this person's reputation?" Liu Wei asked.

"There are few good names."

Liu Wei nodded, and then pulled Tang Ji over on the horse, and said, "Let's go, follow me to meet him for a while." ”

Seeing this, everyone turned over and got on their horses one after another, and followed Liu Wei all the way to the north.

When Liu Wei and his entourage came to the outside of Wei's Manor, Liu Wei rolled his eyes speechlessly, looked sideways at Chai Shao, and said, "You call this manor?" ”

Chai Shao smiled and said, "The minister just glanced at it from a distance. ”

The so-called manor in Chai Shao's mouth in front of him is actually a small city at all, with a city wall about five feet high, which has explained a lot of problems.

When Liu Wei and his party came to the city, Zhuang Ding at the head of the city immediately became vigilant, where had they seen such a galloping scene of thousands of horses, but now that they saw it, they became more and more nervous.

Liu Wei looked sideways at Yang Xiu on the side and said, "Dezu, it's time for you to play." ”

Meanwhile.

The housekeeper and the head of the nursing home who came in a hurry were also engaged in a heated discussion.

Wei Jian, the steward of the Wei Mansion, put his hands on the battlements, and his eyes were full of greed when he looked at those ownerless war horses.

Liu Zhen, who was more than fifty years old in the Weifu Nursing Hospital, acted quite cautiously, and saw that Wei Jian's old mistake had been committed again, so he hurriedly reminded: "Put away your unrealistic and careful thoughts as soon as possible, the horses behind the other party are all war horses of good quality, and those who can have such good horses are by no means idle, you don't want to cause trouble to the lord." ”

Wei Jian frowned, squinted at Liu Wei and the others under the city, and said coldly: "The other party is only six people, if we can deal with them unknowingly, at that time, we will naturally die without proof." ”

"Even if you can deceive others, can you deceive yourself? Besides, there are so many pairs of eyes in the city, and if anyone can't be drunk, they will leak their mouths, and at that time, how should we deal with ourselves? Liu Zhen said.

When Wei Jian heard this, a sincere smile suddenly appeared on his face, he patted Liu Zhen's shoulder with a smile, and said, "Listen to people's advice to eat well, this time I will listen to you." ”

Liu Zhen breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "The lord is out to visit friends, and the house still needs me to take care of it for a few more days. ”

Wei Jian nodded thoughtfully, and said, "What Liu Huyuan said is extremely true. ”

"I'm keeping an eye here, you go down and rest first." Wei Jian smiled and invited Liu Zhen down the city.

In the Wei Mansion, the division of labor between Wei Jian and Liu Zhen is very clear, Wei Jian is responsible for managing the daily life of the Wei family, and Liu Zhen is responsible for leading a group of family members to manage the security issues in the Wei Mansion.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Zhen was coaxed down the city by Wei Jian so easily.

When Wei Jian persuaded him to go down to the city to rest, Liu Zhen didn't think much about it at all, because in his opinion, he was the leader of all the families in the Wei Mansion, and if he didn't speak, others would not be able to mobilize the families stationed in the city.

However, Liu Zhen made thousands of calculations, but only one thing was missing, that is, people's greed.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the value of a ploughing horse was about 8,000-20,000 yuan.

The value of an ordinary house is about 1-30,000 yuan.

The value of a good mansion is about 4-150,000 yuan.

And the value of a war horse is about 3-100,000 yuan.

To sum up, it is easy to derive the value of a war horse.

The price of a war horse can almost buy a good mansion in a county other than the capital.

Just imagine, you have hundreds of guards with swords, but the other party only has six people, plus two hundred war horses, in such a chaotic world where etiquette and music are broken and the law is very unsound, if you encounter such a thing, can you rob it?

It is worth mentioning that in the late Han Dynasty, most ordinary people would do some side jobs, and this side business was robbery.

When the farming is busy, the people will obediently farm at home, and whenever the farming is not working, the people will take up arms and go to the nearest transportation artery to the village to earn extra money.

In such an environment, in the face of the temptation of such huge wealth, if you don't rob it, then there are really ghosts.

Liu Zhen had just stepped down from the city with his front feet, and before he had walked ten steps away, there was an immediate sound of bows and arrows at the head of the city.

Seeing this, Liu Zhen hurriedly stepped up to the top of the city, looked at Wu Jian with an innocent face, and asked angrily, "How did you promise me just now?" ”

Wu Jian spread his hands helplessly and said, "I swear to God, I really didn't say anything and didn't do anything." ”

Wu Jian told the truth, from beginning to end, he did not speak, let alone make any directional movements to everyone.

The people at the head of the city simply spontaneously launched an attack on Liu Wei and the others.

Wu Jian silently glanced at Liu Wei and the others who hurriedly retreated (in fact, they retreated but not chaotic), and said, "Wealth is moving. ”

Wu Jian said, smiled and pointed to the Weifu family members who ran down the city one after another, and said, "Look, you can't blame me this time, right?" ”

Liu Zhen closed his eyes helplessly, and sighed: "You must do things beautifully, and you must not leave the slightest trace." ”

Things have developed to this point, and it is pointless to stop it, even if Liu Zhen is the leader of the courtyard in the Wei Mansion, he does not have the courage and ability to be the enemy of everyone.