Liang Xiao looked overjoyed, and immediately asked Jiang Fuxue to play with Duan Yunsleeve, and took Gu Pingxiu to see Ma Shang.

He now has money on hand, he can spend some money to try out the cavalry in advance, and he can't wait until he is thirsty to penetrate the well later, it will probably be too late.

It also took several months for horse merchants to transport horses into Beijing.

Recently, he spent a thousand taels of silver to buy a piece of wasteland in the capital in case of emergency.

Wu Tumu, a horse merchant in the Western Regions, was pacing back and forth in Liang Xiao's lobby at this time, almost catching up with the frequency of running.

It wasn't until Gu Pingxiu brought Liang Xiao that Wu Tumu greeted him warmly: "You are the boss of the first-class emperor Liang?" I heard you need a good horse? ”

Liang Xiao nodded and said, "I need to be able to buy some horses for cavalry." ”

Wu Tumu immediately recounted his intentions, and the more he spoke, the more angry he became.

"Our caravan came from the Western Regions, went through hardships, bypassed the sight of Beihu, those horses are also good horses that have just come of age, but we didn't expect that the military department of the capital secretly sent people to coerce and lure us, hoping to sell them at the price of the inferior horses, or sell them at the original price but give them sky-high kickbacks!"

"We are grateful for the kindness of the Great Zhou Gaozu back then, and risked our lives to travel through mountains and rivers to show goodwill to the Great Zhou, but as a result, they didn't even allow us to meet Your Majesty, because we couldn't give them enough benefits!"

Liang Xiao frowned and looked at Gu Pingxiu: "The Holy Lord knows about this?" ”

"I know, but what the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of War mean is that these horse merchants are all of different races, asking for prices, and they are insatiable......" Gu Pingxiu became more embarrassed the more he said, and added, "It's thanks to the boss that I paid attention to the horse merchants, so I accidentally learned about it!" ”

Liang Xiao said in a deep voice: "I now understand why the army is always in urgent need of excellent war horses, and it is these ministers of the DPRK and China who eat people and do not spit out bones to get in the way!" I will tell the Holy God about this! ”

Wu Tumu waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter who we sell it to, as long as we can make some hard-earned money...... Boss Liang, do you need a war horse? This time we brought 500 fine horses! ”

Liang Xiao considered that his printing house had not yet taken shape, so he nodded and said, "I will send someone to inform Your Majesty of this matter first." ”

Duan Yunyi was reviewing the folds in the imperial study, and soon received this urgent report, his eyebrows furrowed, his eyes turned cold, and then he sighed.

"This military department official should be replaced as soon as possible. But it is difficult to dismiss them from their posts and investigate them, after all, there is only one side of the horse businessman's words, and there is no other ironclad evidence......"

After thinking about it for a moment, Duan Yunyi immediately wrote a handwritten message and sent someone to send it to Liang Xiao.

"Boss, the Lord means that in the future, all the horse merchants will be negotiated by you, and then the court will buy the war horses! As for how many horses you want to buy from them, it's up to you! ”

After Liang Xiao got the edict, he was finally relieved and went to a horse farm in the capital with Wu Tumu.

Ebony is full of anticipation.

The war horses of their caravan, the cost of fostering them in the horse farm alone is a lot of money.

If you don't sell it, you won't even be able to earn it back!

In the horse farm, Liang Xiao looked at the fat and strong horses in the Western Regions, and was secretly surprised.

At first glance, it is a good horse.

Fifty Xuanwei took turns riding these five hundred horses, galloping through the wide horse farm, and in the blink of an eye, they roared.

"It's worthy of the BMW of the Western Regions! Mr. Etumu, you make a price! Liang Xiao praised.

Wu Tumu breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "The original price we set was one hundred and fifty taels per horse!" ”

"Horses are good horses, but they're also too expensive! One war horse in our army is only one hundred taels! Gu Pingxiu frowned.

Wu Tumu explained: "I think you can also see that these are just adult war horses, and they can serve for eight to ten years!" The point is, they have a docile personality! If it weren't for Boss Liang's kindness, we would even want to bid two hundred taels and one horses! ”

Gu Pingxiu was about to bargain, but was stopped by Liang Xiao: "One hundred and fifty taels, it is indeed not expensive, after all, there are too few good horses in Da Zhou." ”

Hearing this, Gu Pingxiu was depressed.

That's not a small amount of money, 500 horses is 75,000 taels!

It wasn't until Liang Xiao glanced at him that he quieted down.

Because he and Liang Xiao had just gotten along for a short time, the tacit understanding was insufficient, so Liang Xiao agreed on some codes with him.

Make a look, which is the code that Liang Xiao agreed with him: he must have a deep meaning.

Even Wu Tumu was a little confused, looking at Liang Xiao, he couldn't believe that this Yipin Emperor Chamber of Commerce was so refreshing.

Liang Xiao said again: "Mr. Wu Tumu, have you tasted my sugar and the pastries of the Dingguo Marquis's Mansion?" ”

Wu Tumu was stunned for a moment and nodded: "I tasted it, it is indeed a rare good product!" ”

Liang Xiao then said: "You came all the way from the Western Regions, and if you are a newcomer, you can't return to the Western Regions immediately, so you have to stay here for a while, right?" ”

Wu Tumu said: "We also have this plan, after selling these horses, we will buy some goods from Da Zhou, send them back to the Western Regions, and then sell them to the Persians at a high price, such as silk and porcelain, this is no secret!" ”

"In all fairness, do you think the Persians would like sugar?" Liang Xiao asked.

"It will take at least half a year for sugar to be shipped to Persia, right?" Utumu worried.

"My white sugar, as long as it is not damp, will not deteriorate if it is stored for more than one year, it is not a problem, and if it is sealed, it can theoretically be stored for ten years!"

"How is that possible?" Ebony was taken aback.

"There is no water in the sugar, are you from the Western Regions and still don't understand this principle? Why do those jerky last for months? You people from the Western Regions should know the principle very well, right? ”

Wu Tumu thought for a moment and said, "Can you let me see a large amount of white sugar?" ”

"I've already brought it!" Liang Xiao turned around and greeted Xuan Wei.

The two Xuanwei came over with a large jar of white sugar and a large jar of rock candy respectively.

"Such a large particle? This is? Wu Tumu looked at the rock candy stuffed by Liang Xiao in his hand.

"This is rock sugar, which is larger than white sugar, and as long as it is sealed at the factory, it can be stored for more than a year or two without deterioration."

Liang Xiao said, inviting Wu Tumu to taste rock candy.

Wu Tumu put the rock candy in his mouth, and after a while, he nodded excitedly: "It's a good product!" ”

Liang Xiao said: "In this white sugar, there is almost no moisture, and there is a lack of conditions for deterioration. I know you can't wait a year and a half, you can observe and judge for yourself. Think about how salt is preserved. ”

Wu Tumu looked at the handful of white sugar in his hand, swallowed his saliva, and was excited.

If this thing is shipped to Persia...... I'm afraid the price will increase several times!

"At present, the market price of white sugar is 400 Wen, and I will exchange it with you at the same price of 390 Wen to offset part of the cost of the war horse, what do you think?" Liang Xiao asked.

Gu Pingxiu was taken aback.

Isn't this a strategic thing?

But soon Gu Pingxiu was relieved.

This new product, at today's high price, cannot become a strategic material.

In order to become a strategic material, at least the army can save it in large quantities only after the price is close to the people.

Wu Tumu grasped the white sugar in one hand and the rock sugar in the other, and the heavens and men were at war in their hearts.