After hearing this, he immediately smiled, and immediately said: "What business Mr. Li has, even if you say it, as long as this king has it here, Mr. Li can buy it." ”

Li Cai immediately said: "I know that the king has added 10,000 new cavalry, lacking sharp weapons and excellent battle armor, just what I can get for the king, of course, and refined salt." However, I still need a lot of horses, and I wonder if the king can exchange some more horses with me? ”

Badun immediately asked, "How many war horses does Mr. Li need?" ”

"Twenty or thirty thousand horses...... Li Cai said.

After listening to this, he frowned, last year Li Cai exchanged 10,000 sturdy war horses from him, although the Wuhuan people are not short of horses, but he is in the stage of outward expansion, and he also needs a large number of horses, if it is thousands of war horses, he will also grit his teeth and pass, but this time Li Cai Lion opened his mouth widely, and actually asked for 30,000 war horses, although there are many horse farms in his tribe, many of them are not yet adults, and his own people also need a large number of horses on the grassland, although he really wants to get some more weapons and armor, But if all the horses of their tribe are sold, how will they continue to roam the grassland in the future?

Moreover, the cycle of raising war horses is long, once 30,000 war horses are sold, I am afraid that within a few years, there will be no adult war horses for riding.

Li Cai was very shrewd, and at a glance he saw that Badun's face was embarrassed, and immediately asked, "King, is there any difficulty?" ”

"To tell you the truth, there are a total of 50,000 war horses in the horse farm under the jurisdiction of this king, and last year I gave 10,000 to my husband, and I used 10,000 for myself. There are only 30,000 horses left. Adult war horses. There are only more than 3,000 horses, and the rest have not yet been raised to adulthood, they are all foals, and they cannot go to the battlefield at all. Sir, I will ask for 30,000 horses this time, and if I sell you all the horses, my horse farm will be empty. Bun Dun didn't hide it, and immediately said his thoughts, Wuhuan people have a straightforward personality. Badun also regarded Li Cai as a guest of honor, so he was very friendly to him.

Li Caidao: "So that's the case......"

Suddenly, he had an idea, and immediately said to Badun: "King, since there is no one here, why don't you borrow horses elsewhere, Wuhuan has hundreds of thousands of people, and there must be hundreds of thousands of horses to raise, right?" If the tribes get together, 30,000 horses shouldn't be a problem, right? ”

He thought for a moment and said to Li Cai, "Mr. doesn't know anything." Over the years, we Wuhuan people have helped the imperial court to fight year after year. Hundreds of thousands of Wuhuan people raised very limited horses, and life on the grassland was relatively poor, although most herdsmen raised horses, but most of them had to exchange food with the Han people for their livelihood. In the past few years, Yuan Shao of Jizhou has been secretly buying horses at the border pass, and the king has repeatedly forbidden the sale of horses to the Han people without permission, and all horses should be concentrated in the hands of the adults of each tribe, and then sold in a unified manner. But last summer, the tribal leaders of the three counties of Youbeiping, Yuyang, and Shanggu did not obey my orders, and sold a large number of horses to Yuan Shao without permission, in exchange for a lot of money and grain, in addition, they also sent troops to help the Han people to crusade against Gongsun Zhan, I was angry, so I led the army to the three counties to conquer, after three major battles, they were finally defeated, but this battle also made me pay a painful price, a large number of horses were killed, and many herdsmen also fled to the Han border. Up to now, 60,000 horses raised by the entire Wuhuan people are considered good. Mr. wants 30,000 horses for one mouth, which is half of the horses raised by the Wuhuan clan, horses are the tools that herdsmen rely on to survive, without it, how can we live? ”

Li Caijian's words are also very reasonable, 30,000 war horses are a bit too much. In fact, Zhang Yan's task was only to buy 10,000 war horses, but Li Cai judged the situation and thought that Zhang Yan would definitely develop cavalry in the future, so at this time, the lion opened his mouth, hoping to buy 30,000 war horses at one time, and run back and forth at sea in the future.

Since Li Cai understood the current situation of the Wuhuan people, he felt that 30,000 horses were really a lot, so he asked, "What about 20,000 horses?" ”

"It's still a bit much!" Bunton said dejectedly, but, in the blink of an eye, Bunton's words changed, and he said: "However, 20,000 horses can still be considered, but adult horses are definitely not enough, do you want Mr. Pony?" ”

Li Cai didn't think about it, and immediately replied: "Yes!" As long as it's a horse, it doesn't matter what foal he is! Big deal, we'll raise it to adulthood when we go back. However, the price of a foal should be lower than that of an adult horse, right? ”

"Of course, if Mr. really wants a foal, then the king will immediately find someone to gather these 20,000 war horses for you, how about it?"

Li Cai nodded and said, "Okay, it's still the same, exchanging refined salt, weapons, and armor for horses, I don't know what the king thinks?" ”

"Yes, but this time, the price of the war horse will be doubled compared to the original!"

Li Cai was anxious and hurriedly asked, "Weishenme?" ”

"You Han people often say that scarcity is precious, and now the war horses raised by Wuhuan are only half of the original, if it weren't for the face of old friends, this king would not give you 20,000 war horses. Moreover, in addition to you, Yuan Shao also has to buy horses from Wuhuan, and the price is much more expensive than yours. "Badon is also a shrewd man, and he has a wishful thinking in his head.

However, what Bun Dun said was true, half a month ago, he had just sold 3,000 war horses, which were sold to Yuan Shao.

This time, Bun Dun has also learned well, knows that he has bargained with Li Cai, and has also figured out Li Cai's psychology, the whole Wuhuan, he has so many horses here, who in the rest of the tribes dares to have such a big horse farm?

Gradually, Li Cai felt that Badun was also a mercenary person. However, he didn't say anything, but agreed to Badon's request, but the foal could not be changed, and the price was half of the original price of the adult horse.

Bunton nodded, without any opinion, after all, raising horses is not a simple matter, whether it can be raised, is still a question.

In that part of Xuzhou, the weather is completely different from that of western Liaoning, and it is not suitable for raising horses at all.

Bang Dun felt that he was not losing money in this business. And for Li Cai. He doesn't lose either. Because of the weapons of steel, what he has is that several smelters in Xuzhou have already formed a production line, and several smelters together can produce a thousand weapons every day, and the quality is also very good, on average. Each of the five smelters produces 200 weapons per day.

After the two discussed, Li Cai and Badun still made an appointment to trade in the old place, in Tuhe County, a subject country of eastern Liao. Because, the fleet led by Li Cai was docked on the shore of Tuhe County, and the ships were loaded with weapons, battle armor and refined salt.

Trading was still carried out in the old way, with only 5,000 horses traded at a time, and 20,000 horses traded in four times.

Li Cai exchanged a stone of refined salt, a sharp sword, and a fine battle armor for an adult horse, and he originally brought supplies loaded with 10,000 war horses this time. However, due to the sudden doubling of the price of horses, he could only transport 5,000 horses back to Xuzhou at a time.

And Li Cai. He continued to stay in Tuhe County, waiting for the return of the fleet, and then re-making the second, third, and fourth transactions.

Half a month later, the fleet docked again in Tuhe County, and Li Cai sent someone to inform Badun and ask him to change things.

Bun Dun kept his promise and sent people to drive 5,000 war horses to trade with Li Cai in Tuhe County.

On the day of the transaction, a handsome knight riding a white horse suddenly broke into everyone's sight, and behind this young man, there was a group of fierce and vicious cavalrymen, all brandishing sabers, shouting and chasing the handsome knight on a white horse.

The transaction was in progress, and Li Cai suddenly saw such a scene, and immediately asked his entourage to put on a defensive posture and look at the white horse knight from a distance.

Seeing that the white horse knight was waiting for the battle, he changed direction, and Li Cai could clearly see that the white horse knight's horse was tired enough, and the speed was obviously not as good as the pursuers behind.

Soon, the pursuers behind caught up with the white horse knight, the tired white horse knight, simply restranded the horse, holding a spear shining with silver light, turned around, one returned the horse pistol, and stabbed a pursuer under the horse, a shot pierced the heart, and immediately died.

Then, the white horse knight was surrounded by the rest of the pursuers in the heart of the camp, but the white horse knight was not afraid at all, and immediately stood motionless in the same place, rushing left and right, puffing and stabbing three shots in succession, and the three pursuers all fell off their horses with a scream.

When the rest of the men saw that their companions were dead, they turned their horses around and walked away.

The knight on the white horse put away his spear, took out a bow and arrow hanging near the horse's neck, drew the bow and arrow, and with a "whoosh" sound, a black feathered arrow galloped out, shot directly through the throat from the back of the pursuer's neck, fell directly from the horse, twitched a few times, and then stopped moving.

Such a scene was clearly seen by Li Cai, Li Cai saw that this white horse knight was strong in martial arts and skilled, even if he let people withdraw his defense, he shouted at the white horse knight over there: "Strong man!" ”

When the white horse knight heard Li Cai shouting there, and saw that there was a group of ships behind Li Cai, he thought of a way to escape from this place, so he took the initiative to meet him, and asked, "What is the matter with me, sir?" ”

"In Xia Li Cai, I saw the strong man's extraordinary skills just now, and I admired him, I don't know the strong man's surname?"

"Under Zhao Yun."

"It turned out to be Zhao Zhuangshi." Li Cai saw that Zhao Yun's clothes were tattered, shivering in the cold wind, and the war horses under the seat were also exhausted, so he said, "The strong man is sleepy and the horse is tired, it is noon now, and my subordinates are already living and cooking, why don't you come with me, rest for a while, and fill your stomach?" ”

When Zhao Yun was hungry and physically and mentally exhausted, he fled all the way from Yijing to here, just to avoid Yuan Shao's pursuit.

At first, Yuan Shao still had the heart to recruit Zhao Yun and sent someone to persuade Zhao Yun. But Zhao Yun was unwilling to do things under Yuan Shao, not to mention that Gongsun Zhan, who had the grace of knowing him, also died in the hands of Yuan Shao, he said that he would not do anything, and decisively refused the messenger sent by Yuan Shao.

Later, Yuan Shao's strategist came up with an idea, saying that Zhao Yun's martial arts were strong and brave, and if he couldn't use it, he would be killed.

Yuan Shao then announced the news of buying Zhao Yun's head with a lot of money, but as soon as the news came out, Zhao Yun fell into the target of public criticism, no matter where he went, someone would ask for his life, so he simply ran to Liaoxi, wanting to hide in the grassland for a while, but happened to meet Li Cai here.

"Since Mr. is warmly invited, then Zhao Yun is better to be respectful than to obey his fate." (To be continued......)