Lao Wu's request was actually what Shao Xi wanted to mention, but Shao Xi saw that the old king was already so down, so he was embarrassed to speak for a while.

But Lao Wu is getting old, so he doesn't care about losing face, and he must not do a loss-making business.

But when he asked like this, Aziz seemed a little embarrassed, now that they had gotten into this field, he really couldn't think of anything he could exchange for the Jingyuan Empire.

In fact, the conditions proposed by Lao Wu are not too excessive, although the premise of cooperation is that the Shazhi Kingdom has use value for the Jingyuan Dynasty, but at the same time, it is also to save the Shazhi Kingdom from danger.

There was originally a mutual exchange of interests between countries, how could it be possible to only let the Jingyuan Empire pay unilaterally?

Aziz asked with some humility: "I also know that I can't accept your country's help plainly, but I don't know what your country needs?" A few guests may wish to come and hear if we can serve your country. ”

Aziz even used the word "potency", which shows how humble the country of Saori has become.

has been trampled on the dignity of Loulan Country all the year round, as long as someone can make Shazhi Country survive, he, as a king, will have no complaints even if he kneels and begs for him.

It can only be said that this is the sorrow of a small country, and for the sake of his own people, even the king can only beg others in a low voice.

When Aziz asked this, he stopped Lao Wu, and Lao Wu thought about it for a long time, but he didn't think of anything valuable that the Shazhi Kingdom could provide to the Jingyuan Empire.

Now that even the grapes they grow themselves have to be used to make wine and pay tribute to Loulan, what else will there be?

Such an inconspicuous small country is not worth mentioning at all in front of the Jingyuan Empire, can they still be expected to come up with something amazing to impress the emperor of the Jingyuan Empire?

Lao Wu is a typical question, he doesn't know the answer, and he doesn't know what he wants when he asks for others, which makes the scene embarrassing for a while.

But Shao Xi knew very well what he wanted in his heart.

"Horses! I heard that there are abundant horses in the Western Turks, which is exactly what I need in the Central Plains, I wonder if His Majesty has a way to get it? ”

Hearing this request, let alone Aziz, even Lao Wu felt that Shao Xi had something wrong with his brain.

It is true that the West Turks are rich in high-quality horses, but the question is how can people easily let you get such an important strategic resource to the Central Plains?

Originally, the Western Turks had great ambitions for the Central Plains, and the cavalry of the Western Turks was also world-famous, and they wanted to rely on their iron cavalry to sweep the Central Plains in the future.

How could they possibly provide the Central Plains with high-quality horses so that the cavalry of the Central Plains would be strengthened? Isn't this a stumbling block for yourself?

Lao Wu felt that Shao Xi was simply thinking about fart, sitting here in broad daylight and talking in his dreams.

Even if the Western Turks have too many horses to run out, they would rather kill and eat meat than sell them to your Jingyuan Empire!

Besides, even if people can sell them, how can the national strength of the Sand Weaving Country be able to purchase horses in large quantities?

Even if you have the financial resources, won't your large purchase of horses attract the attention of the Western Turks and the Loulan Kingdom? How is it possible for such a small country to buy such an important strategic resource?

Doesn't this mean that they are clearly telling others that they want to develop their military strength?

Anyone with a brain can't do such a thing! How could this kid make such an unreliable request?

Looking at the expressions of Lao Wu and Aziz, Shao Xi knew that they must have thought that they were crazy, and they had such a blatant idea of fighting the horses of the Western Turks.

But Shao Xi naturally had his own plans, so he asked Aziz with a smile: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, the West Turks are rich in high-quality horses, and they use horses extremely frequently.

"Thus many horses have their hooves broken before they are still in their prime, and these horses that have been broken have either been killed for their flesh or left for breeding, and in any case can no longer be used for riding.

"There should not be many horses of good breeds that are not used in battle, there should not be many of them who can be left for breeding, and the rest cannot be killed all, do such horses appear in large numbers in Loulan Country?"

When they first mentioned horses, Lao Wu and Aziz both felt that Shao Xi was wishful thinking, but at this time, when they heard Shao Xi inquire about the horses that had been eliminated by the Western Turks, the two of them were even more confused.

Isn't it a sheer head problem that you are going to buy instead of the horses that are available, but the horses that have been eliminated and cannot be used?

People won't sell the horses they buy from others, so they buy what they don't want, but what's the use of buying these horses?

The better ones stayed and bred by themselves, and the rest could only be killed and eaten for meat.

No matter how good the horse is, the hooves are broken, and except for some that can barely be used to pull the cart, the rest is completely useless.

Such horses are brought back to the Central Plains from afar, and nothing else is really useless except for pulling out the big ones in the smelt and selecting some good ones for breeding.

What's the point of getting these horses back, costing manpower and money but not for combat?

Coming here to buy such horses is simply a good money boy, who comes to give money to others, but buys the most useless things in people's hands.

If it weren't for Lao Wu knowing Shao Xi too well, with Shao Xi's behavior, Lao Wu would even suspect that he was an enemy.

"If I'm not mistaken, you mean that you want to buy those horses from Loulan that have been eliminated by the Western Turks.

"Such horses have been rewarded a lot by the Western Turks, but even the people of the Loulan Kingdom themselves are complaining that these rewards from the Western Turks have become a burden to them."

Although Aziz didn't know the purpose of Shao Xi's inquiry about these horses, he was very clear about the fact that Loulan Kingdom had a large number of Western eliminated horses, so he told Shao Xi the truth.

What made him wonder was that Loulan Guo himself regarded these horses as a burden and a burden, why would Shao Xi be interested in this?

Who knew that Shao Xi was very excited when he heard Aziz say this.

"Really? Does Your Majesty know why the Western Turks would give such horses to Loulan in large quantities? Why did these horses become a burden to them in Loulan?

"Even if they can't use it themselves, can't they kill and take the flesh? How can you listen to what Your Majesty said, it seems that the Loulan Kingdom is still very troubled by these horses rewarded by the Western Turks? ”

Aziz saw that Shao Xi was so interested in this matter, and although he didn't understand what he meant, he still patiently explained to him: "Although the Western Turks are powerful, they are not as rich as the Central Plains.

"As their minions, the Loulan Kingdom pays tribute to it every year, and the Western Turks can not take out anything too decent as a gift in return, and they are reluctant to give the best horses to the Loulan Kingdom, so they give these useless horses to the Loulan Kingdom as a reward.

"These rewarded horses are not of much use to the Loulan Kingdom, but as a reward from the Western Turks, the Loulan Kingdom does not dare to slaughter wantonly, so they can only be raised like this.

In this way, over the years, the Western Turks kept sending the horses they had eliminated as a reward to the Loulan Kingdom, and the result was that although the Loulan Kingdom had a large number of high-quality horses, it could not replenish the cavalry.

"They have kept these unused horses all year round, and although they complain and have to accept these so-called rewards every year, they cannot say anything, and in the long run these horses have become a serious burden on their country."

After hearing this, Shao Xi felt a burst of schadenfreude in his heart, this Loulan Kingdom really deserved this retribution.

People say lick the dog, lick the dog, lick until there is nothing left.

Loulan Guo was willing to be a minion and wanted to be attached to the powerful Western Turks, but he didn't expect that in the end, not only did he not get the benefits of bullshit, but instead became someone's garbage can.

They even had to accept a large number of horses that had been eliminated by others, and they were completely reduced to a retirement home for Western Turkic war horses, and they could only be regarded as deserving of it.

However, this is great news for Shao Xi.

"If, as Your Majesty said, most of these eliminated war horses that the Western Turks have given to the Loulan Kingdom are in their prime, but they can no longer be used for riding due to the damage of the horses' hooves, will these horses be able to recover after recuperation?"

Aziz shook his head and said, "The horse's hooves are damaged, and although they can be restored after recuperation, the horses have four hooves, and the recovery is different, even if the broken hooves are restored, they can no longer be used as cavalry mounts."

"Some horses have become lame because of the damage to their hooves, and they have become lame horses, and they have become useless horses altogether."

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Shao Xi's face.

When I was on the grassland, I had pondered the horsehoe, but the smelting technology on the grassland was too backward at that time, and iron was a very precious thing for the grassland people, so Shao Xi just thought about it at that time.

After returning to the Central Plains, there were not as many opportunities to ride horses as there were on the grassland, so the matter was left behind by himself.

Now it seems that to solve the problem of war horses in the Central Plains, horseshoes will become the key.

As long as the horseshoes are popularized in the Central Plains, then these war horses that have been eliminated by the Western Turks will be transported back to the Central Plains, and the horseshoes will be repaired to become ready-made war horses.

I didn't expect that in my eyes, something that had fallen behind so much that it could no longer be left behind, could now play a key role here.

In this way, it seems that making horseshoes, repairing horseshoes and putting iron palms on horses has become a core technology at present.

However, this thing cannot be exposed until the war horse is brought back to the Central Plains, and if the repair technique of the horse's hooves is mastered by the Western Turks, it will only make their cavalry stronger.

A small horseshoe may become the key to the general trend of the world.

"Since these war horses eliminated by the Western Turks have become a burden on the Loulan Kingdom, then I suggest that Your Majesty might as well simply take over the matter of raising horses and take the initiative to release these eliminated war horses that they regard as a burden for the Loulan Kingdom.

On this condition, they were asked to open the water source and salt lake to the country of Saori, so that the secret digging of wells and salt wells in the country would be well concealed, and with these wells and salt wells they would no longer be held back by them in the future.

"On the surface, it seems that Sha Zhiguo shared the burden of raising these war horses for Loulan Kingdom, and secretly removed the old, weak, sick and disabled to be stocked on the surface for them to see, and those healthy war horses could be sold to us secretly.

"In this way, we have obtained war horses, you can solve the problem of survival, and you can secretly accumulate wealth to secretly accumulate strength for future wars, and take the opportunity of raising these war horses to secretly train their own cavalry.

"One day, when the troops of my Jingyuan Empire are overwhelmed, Your Majesty can lead the people of the country to overthrow the Loulan Kingdom with us inside and outside, restore the national prestige, and become a great power in the Western Regions."

Shao Xi's meaning Aziz seemed to understand, but he didn't seem to fully understand, he still couldn't figure out what was the use of Shao Xi asking these horses whose hooves had been seriously damaged to go back?

In addition, although the matter of rearing war horses for Loulan Kingdom sounds feasible, how can the fact of selling a large number of war horses to the Jingyuan Empire not be discovered by Loulan Kingdom?

Seeing that Aziz was still a little hesitant, Shao Xi simply confessed to him.

"Maybe Your Majesty doesn't understand why I'm interested in these eliminated war horses, don't hide it from Your Majesty, in fact, I have a way to repair the horses' hooves, but this method can't be told to anyone at the moment.

"In the future, when necessary, I will naturally have someone teach the method of repairing the horse's hooves to the people of the Saori Kingdom, but before we can do so, we must first get those war horses.

"As for the sale of these horses to the Central Plains, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry too much, since they have the opportunity to throw these burdens on you, they naturally won't care too much about whether the number of horses is reduced.

"In addition, I will arrange for the caravans of the Central Plains to come and go here in the name of business, bribe the officials of Loulan State, and take away a batch of worthless horses in their eyes when they leave, I think this is exactly what they want.

"These horses that the Shazhi country raises for them, as long as there seems to be a huge number on the surface, it is enough, and we will arrange for people to transport the really healthy prime-age horses back to the Central Plains in batches, and this matter will never affect the people of the Shazhi country."

As soon as Shao Xi said this, Aziz was really a little moved, it turned out that the Central Plains guest in front of him actually had the method of repairing the horse's hooves, no wonder he was so interested in those war horses that were eliminated by the Western Turks!

If the horses' hooves can be repaired, these horses can return to the battlefield, and they are all some prime-aged horses that have been trained, and they can be used when they are brought back.

It is no wonder that Shao Xi will let him take the opportunity to secretly train his cavalry by raising war horses for the Loulan Kingdom, and as long as the horse's hooves are repaired at that time, the cavalry of the Shaweaving Kingdom will be able to immediately have the same good war horses as the Western Turks.

As for secretly selling the war horse to the Jingyuan Empire, Shao Xi also dispelled his concerns.

It is estimated that Loulan Guo never dreamed that what they had always regarded as a burden would eventually become the biggest capital for Sha Zhiguo's turnaround.

"Now that you have thought things through so thoroughly, we, the Sorian Nation, are willing to cooperate with your Jingyuan Empire.

"However, if I take the initiative to raise horses for Loulan Kingdom, I will have to find a way to let them take the initiative to come to me, if I take the initiative, it will inevitably arouse their suspicion."

Shao Xi slapped his chest confidently.

"You don't have to worry about this matter, I'll do it, I'll let Loulanguo take the initiative to come to you."