The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Second more.

—

"Buy a horse?"

"Buy a horse."

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "You know a horse dealer in the North? Do you want to buy a horse from a horse dealer at a low price, and then resell it?"

Gao Su shook his head, dropped a sentence, and said, "No, no, no."

"what is that?"

Gao Su glanced at the old guard who was kneeling in the school beside the door, grabbed Xun Zhen, walked into the courtyard, ordered his entourage to wait in the courtyard, entered the hall, and sat opposite Xun Zhen before continuing to say: " When I say buying horses, I don’t buy horses from northern horse dealers, but from villagers.”

"A villager?" Xun Zhen was completely confused.

The horse is the head of the six animals, and it is the foundation of the army. The folk horse-raising industry in the Han Dynasty has always been very prosperous. You, Bing, Liang, Jizhou and Guanzhong areas have many grasslands with lush water and grass, and many wealthy families specialize in animal husbandry. For example, the hero of ZTE, the famous general Fubo Ma Yuan, went to the border county alone to engage in field animal husbandry when he was young. "There are tens of thousands of cattle, horses and sheep." Most of the horses used by the imperial court, the army, the localities, and the people came from these places.

Compared with these places, Yingchuan is located in the inland. Although there are a few wealthy families who raise their own horses, they are all petty, and they are not large enough to compare with the frontiers. In other words, if you want to do horse business in Yingchuan, there is only one way, that is to buy at a low price from a horse dealer in Beidi, and then sell it at a high price. At this time, listening to Gao Su's meaning, he actually planned to buy it from the local villagers?

What's the use of buying this? Can it be resold to the Northland again?

The weather after the new year is cloudy and sunny. Today is another cloudy day, the hall is cold and cold, and the cold wind is blowing in, and it is freezing cold. Xun Zhen and Gao Su knew each other very well, so she didn't need to pay respects in front of him, she tugged at her robe, wrapped her feet that were kneeling under her hips, and tugged at the belt again, wrapping her clothes even tighter. Some, making it more close to the body, felt a little warmer, and asked: "Zixiu, I don't understand what you mean. You said to buy horses from the villagers?"

"right."

"Sold to the county."

"Sold to the county?"

Gao Su flicked off the sleeves of his robe, stood up on the ground, glanced outside the courtyard, saw no outsiders, touched the jade belt in his waist, staggered to Xun Zhen's couch, sat down on his knees, put his hands on the table, Leaning forward, he attached to Xun Zhen's ear, and said in a low voice, "I got the news that the emperor will build a new stable within the month."

Xun Zhen said, "Buying a new stable?"

Gao Su moved back a little, grabbed the mat next to him, sat on his knees, and said triumphantly, "Zhenzhi, do you think I have enough friends? When I get the news, when something good happens, the first thing that comes to my mind is you. !"

Xun Zhen said, "Wait a minute, what does it mean that the emperor is going to buy a new stable?"

"You know that my family has a good relationship with Yangzhai Huang, right? You should also know that Yangzhai Huang is a relative of the emperor's mother, Mrs. Cheng, right? The news that the emperor is going to buy a new stable is the first time I I heard it from Yangzhai Huang's house a few days ago."

"Mother" is a nursing mother.

Since ZTE, there has been an unprecedented and unique phenomenon, that is, the emperor's wet nurse intervenes in politics. When filial piety and the emperor, Liang Wang's wet nurse provoked Liang Wang to rebel with demon words. Emperor Xiao'an's nurse Wang Sheng was even more powerful for a while, and slandered that he framed his foreign relative Deng's family, almost wiped out their clan, and was awarded the title of Ye Wangjun, and then forced the famous minister Yang Zhen to death, and slandered the crown prince, causing him to be deposed. It was not until the death of Emperor An and the enthronement of the new emperor that the Madonna and Child Wang were convicted and moved to Yanmen. When he was filial to the emperor, there was another nurse, Song E, who was in charge of politics. After Song E, the wet nurse of Emperor Xiaohuan also had a period of chaos in government. In the current dynasty, when the son ascends the throne today, and the next year after he ascends the throne, he will take care of his grandmother Xie, that is, "Zhao Rao, the wet nurse, is the king of the Ping family". Zhao Rao colluded with the eunuchs, and together with Cao Jie, Wang Fu, and other general servants of the middle school, made up the empress dowager, and committed corruption and abuse. The death of party members Li Ying and Du Mi, and the second party-inflicted disaster, were not unrelated to this person.

When today's child's wet nurse is not only Zhao Rao, but also this Mrs. Cheng.

Mrs. Cheng's power is not as powerful as Zhao Rao, but she is also very close to the emperor, and is a very talkative person in the palace and in the court. This can be seen from the unreasonable condition that Yangzhai Huang, who used her power a few years ago, almost forced the then prefect of Yingchuan, Chong Fu, to promise them "seeking to occupy the mountains and lakes". - This kind of brush can also be regarded as a famous official in the world. He was the son of Situ Chonghao. In the original history, in the first year of Chuping (190), Xun Shuang was worshipped as Sikong. The father and son were successively ranked third, and could be called dignitaries.

Gao Su said that the inside information that "the emperor will build a new stable" was obtained from Mrs. Cheng, so there should be no mistake.

Xun Zhen said in his heart, "Since today's son ascended the throne, he has been very tossed and moved a lot. When the second party was arrested, he was still young, and it can still be said that this matter has nothing to do with him, but he is already twenty-six or seven years old this year. , In recent years, it is the West Garden *, and it is also the Hongdu School. Last year, I just made Bigui and Lingkun two gardens, and this year, I will buy a new stable. Road. Xiyuan*, can't get promoted without money, and put the incumbent honest officials to death; Hongdu school, recruits seal painting and calligraphy apprentices, and offends all the Confucian scholars in the world. Zuo Bi Gui, Ling Kunwan, Qian They were all exploited from the common people. Now that they are buying new stables, I am afraid that there will be a lot of money to buy horses. . Disasters, have the common people already lost their lives?" Shaking his head, he thought helplessly, "The weather of the last days, the weather of the last days!"

Gao Su said, "Zhenzhi, why are you shaking your head? But don't you believe what I said?"

"Mrs. Cheng is the mother of the emperor and is always with the emperor. Since the news is from her, there will be no fake news. I believe it."

"The Son of Heaven is going to build new stables, so where do horses come from? They can only be transferred from various counties. Except for a few counties and foreign countries, most of the counties do not keep horses, so where do the conscripted horses come from? They can only be bought from the common people. Zhenzhi, this is the big deal I'm talking about!"

Gao Su was in high spirits, stretched out two hands, stood in front of Xun Zhen, and said, "This time I'm buying a horse, I'll tell you honestly, I'm just an errand. , in three days at most, they will start buying horses in the whole county. They gave me our township and agreed that every time they send them a horse, no matter whether it is a good horse or a good horse, as long as it looks good, every horse will be fine. Give them 100,000 yuan."

According to the market price, a horse is at most 10,000 to 20,000 yuan, and an ordinary good horse is only 40,000 to 50,000 yuan. Xun Zhen was taken aback and said, "Regardless of whether it is a good horse or a good horse, each horse will be paid 100,000 yuan? The Huang family is so generous?"

"You don't know the oil and water in it! Judging from the old example of Rihao and Guju, as long as the relationship is established, the horses collected for 100,000 yuan can be sold to the county at least five or six times!"

When Xun Zhen heard this, she understood what Gao Su meant, and said, "You mean that the Huang clan wants to 'Gu Ju' for this horse business?" - "Gu Ju", which means monopoly, "Gu, obstacle,覷, Zhuan, also refers to hindering others from selling and buying for their own benefit.” It mainly refers to the behavior of the powerful and tyrants to take over government transactions. It began in the former Han Dynasty and flourished in this dynasty. Tens of millions.

Gao Su shook his head again and again and said: "No, no. This is a big deal. There are many noble families in the county. Although the Huang family has Mrs. Cheng to rely on, they can't eat just by his family, and this county does not produce horses. The land, this time the emperor set up new stables, the main sources of horse tune are You, Liang, Bing, and Ji Zhuzhou. We are just a small head here, and the Huang family will not come even if they want to be worthy. I will tell you the truth. It's too late for the Huang family to get this news. Yangzhai Zhang family, do you know? It's Zhang Hou's family. I heard from the Huang family that they sent people to the northwest counties to buy horses in a big way at the end of last year. ."

"You mean that this time, there are other big players in the horse trading. The Huang family just wants to take this opportunity to make a fortune? And you plan to take the opportunity to make some money?"

"Exactly, the wealthy clan has the right to eat the big head, let's run for our lives and eat the small head."

"But we don't have many good horses in the county and the village. When the emperor builds new stables, all he wants are good horses. If a batch of horses comes, will the county accept them?"

"It's definitely not possible to measure too much. How about a smaller one? One or two hundred horses, two or three hundred horses are always possible."

Xun Zhen calculated in his heart, according to Gao Su, if this deal can be done, UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.com Huang's profit will be about five or six times, 100,000 yuan will be collected, 500,000-600,000 will be sold, and one horse will be sold. Horses can earn 40,000 to 500,000 yuan. According to the calculation of 200 horses, one can earn nearly 100 million yuan. Although since the time of crossing, he has put his life as the first priority and has no concept of money, but at this time he couldn't help but be stunned and said, "This, this,..."

Gao Su smiled and said, "What? Are you petrified?"

Xun Zhen was very emotional and thought: "Hao You Gu Ju, monopolizing government business, the profits are amazing. I heard that Quan Huan Wang Fu, who died under Yang Qiu the previous year, made his disciples in the county border Gu Ju's property, from the first year of Guanghe to the He was convicted and made a profit of more than 70 million in just one or two years. At the time, I thought this figure was a bit exaggerated. Looking at it now, he has earned a relatively small amount! ..., alas, all this money It's the fat of the people and the cream of the people."

He came from a later age, and his knowledge is far superior to the vegetarian. Although he was surprised by the high profits of Hao You and Gu Ju, he was not "stunned". Serving in the middle school is to save life, and to save life, both 'people' and 'wealth' are indispensable. Only with 'people' can we protect ourselves, and with 'wealth', we can gather people. Now I have Xu Zhong, Jiang Qin and all the country chivalrous men, with hundreds of trained limin in Fanyang Pavilion, can be considered to have some 'people', if something changes, they can barely protect themselves, but 'wealth' is not enough. There is not enough With money, it is impossible to gather more people, and it is impossible to train elite soldiers, and it is indeed time to think about how to make money."

He looked back, looked at Gao Su again, and asked with a smile, "Zixiu, what do you need me to do?"

—

1, Wang Fu.

The Wang Fu that Zhao Rao colluded with was the same person who was killed by Yang Qiu. The cruel official Wang Ji mentioned above was Wang Fu’s adopted son and was also killed by Yang Qiu.