Cao Zhang said, brushed his sleeves and walked outside.

When Cao Cao was there, not only Cao Zhi and Cao Pi competed for the position of the prince, but Cao Zhang was actually one of the contenders for the position of the prince.

Although he lost in the battle with Cao Pi, now that Cao Zhang has been reduced to serving Cao Pi's son, it is impossible for Cao Zhang to have no hatred in his heart.

But the state of Wei was established by Cao Cao, and Cao Zhang also made a lot of efforts, although Cao Zhang was a general, he was not stupid, knowing that if he fought with Cao Rui, the state of Wei would inevitably fall into a more dangerous situation.

In fact, now that Wei has reached this point, Cao Zhang's heart is even more anxious than Cao Rui.

But Cao Zhang has no talent, so he can only do his best, honestly be his general, and serve his nephew.

Now that the grassland is controlled by the Han Dynasty, and the Wei State has no horse source, the next time the Han attacks the Wei State, it may come from the grassland, and the cavalry will definitely be used at that time, Cao Zhang just wants to get more war horses and train some cavalry out, in order to resist the attack of the Han Dynasty at that time.

The very scarce number of war horses prepared in various places has made Cao Zhang very annoyed, and there are a lot of Hu people around Liucheng, and Cao Zhang originally thought that Liucheng could get more war horses.

But I don't want this Liucheng county order to sit on the treasure land and only get so many war horses, and now in order to tie him down, he doesn't even do business, how can Cao Zhang not be angry, according to his temper twenty years ago, Cao Zhang can't wait to cut this county order with a knife.

"What are you doing? Don't you want to bring Master Hou over? Seeing that Shi Chang was stunned in place, the county commander couldn't help but scold loudly.

The county commander caught up with Cao Zhang, and said with a flattering face: "Master Hou, it's not that I don't prepare war horses, it's just that there are not as many Hu people in Liucheng as I imagined." Later, you will see my performance, and I promise to take down all the war horses in the hands of the Hu people. ”

Cao Zhang snorted coldly and said, "I'm just giving you a chance, if you can take down these horses, I will forgive your sins!" ”

Soon, Shi Chang took Cao Zhang and the county order to the post station where Luo Xian and his party stayed.

"Master Hou, this is your lord!"

"You go in, I'll see how you behave!" Cao Zhang didn't understand Xianbei and didn't care about dealing with those Hu people, so he stood at the gate of the courtyard and observed.

Cao Zhang looked at the dozens of war horses placed at the gate of the courtyard, his eyes were full of love, and he said with a smile: "Sure enough, they are all good horses, these dozens of horses are all first-class horses, that is, when my Great Wei controls the grassland, those big tribes will not easily pay tribute to so many high-quality horses."

This tribe can easily get so many high-quality horses, it must be a big tribe, and it must befriend them in order to obtain a source of horses for a long time. Someone, tell me how the prefectural order was negotiated with them. ”

The county commander also found Deputy General Zhang, who could serve as the county commander of Liucheng during this period, so he would naturally be able to speak Xianbei words.

The county commander talked to Vice General Zhang: "I heard that you horses are going to be sold to Liaodong?" Liaodong is so far away, if there is three feet of snow in the cold land today, what is there to go, why don't you sell it to me, it won't let you suffer. ”

Vice General Zhang replied: "These war horses still have furs, we are going to sell them to the patriarch's friends, but our patriarch only agreed to sell them to his friends' furs, and these horses are only brought over to sell because his friends like them, and the war horses are just incidental."

Therefore, it is not impossible to sell it to you, but the price is more expensive. In addition, we have to leave a few horses for his friends, otherwise we will not be able to explain to the patriarch. ”

The county commander nodded and said, "Since your patriarch's friend didn't ask to buy a horse, what is there to stay, except for the one you ride, sell the rest to me, and the price is whatever you want." ”

Vice General Zhang groaned: "What you said is also reasonable, but the price has to be higher, otherwise we won't be able to explain it when we go back." ”

The county commander waved his hand impatiently and said, "Okay, okay, as long as you are willing to sell the horse to us, you can say whatever the price is!" ”

Vice General Zhang folded his hands and said: "We have a total of 75 war horses, in addition to our own use and leftovers, there are also 60 war horses, these horses are all good horses, and we will not sell a horse for less than 200,000 yuan." ”

"Two hundred thousand dollars? What do you say, you want to take advantage of the fire? When the county magistrate heard this, his eyes widened like copper bells, he has been an official in Liucheng for two years, and he has met a lot of horse sellers, generally only 10,000 to 20,000 yuan a war horse, at most no more than 50,000 yuan, 200,000 yuan is enough to buy ten horses!

At the gate of the courtyard, the soldier who could speak Xianbei also told Cao Zhang about the conversation between the two.

The soldier also expressed his opinion: "They all say that Hu people are stupid, I didn't expect to be so shrewd, a horse actually costs 200,000 yuan, is it crazy?" Ordinary war horses are only twenty or thirty thousand yuan, and the maximum is not more than fifty thousand. ”

Cao Zhang groaned: "You don't understand, the price of horses also depends on the situation, ordinary horses that pull carts are inferior horses, at most 20,000 yuan, and horses that can be used for cavalry combat are generally 20,000 to 100,000 yuan."

The finest horses are worth between 100,000 and 200,000 yuan, and these horses are generally ridden by the general and can be used to build armor and riding equipment. As for those BMWs that can travel a thousand times a day and eight hundred at night, they are even more difficult to find, and they can't buy them if they want to.

These horses are not the best of the best, but they are of high quality, and they can also be used to build armor and riding equipment, and they are worth about 120,000 to 150,000 yuan.

They are asking for a more expensive price, but my Dawei is not short of money, only horses, as long as I can win these war horses, and then win over these Hu people, not to mention 200,000 yuan is worth 300,000 yuan. ”

Here, Deputy General Zhang said to the county order: "I have already said that it will be more expensive, you say that the price is as you like, if you are too expensive, then I can't help it, I will pull these horses to Liaodong to sell." ”

The county commander shouted: "But you are too expensive, a horse is only 50,000 yuan at most, you actually ask for 20 yuan, although my Dawei is short of horses, but I will not let you ask for a price." A horse of 50,000, you have to sell it, and if you don't sell it, you have to sell it, otherwise don't blame me for being rude! ”

Since the grassland was controlled by the Han Dynasty, the Hu people rarely came to sell horses, even if they were sold, they were also the kind of inferior horses and inferior horses, and the price did not exceed 50,000, so the county order felt that the price of horses on the market was 50,000 yuan.

Coupled with Cao Zhang's side, the county order has the intention to perform, not only wanting to lower the price, but also wanting to take down all the war horses.

"Idiot!"

The soldiers on the other side also translated what the county commander had just said to Cao Zhang, and when he heard this, Cao Zhang was immediately furious. Although Cao Zhang is not a smart person, he also understands the current situation, and the tone set by the above is to win over the Hu people to buy horses, and buying horses is actually secondary, the important thing is to win over.

As long as the Hu people are brought over, are you afraid that there will be no war horses?

But this county order actually dislikes that people's war horses are too expensive, and wants to use tough means, no wonder he didn't get many war horses this year, it turned out that he didn't even implement the policy set by the top.