?In the far suburbs of Yecheng, Yuwen Wen and his group were visiting the Horse Prison. In the Horse Prison ranch, groups of war horses were galloping. The endless plains were common in the north, and the "southern landlords" who were used to seeing the mountains when they went out were marveling.

"This... I'm afraid there are no less than ten thousand horses in this ranch!" Zhou Faming sighed. When he saw such a large horse prison, he had no time to think about anything except envy.

"It is said that there are 20,000 horses, and I don't know whether it is true or not..." Yuwen Wen smiled. The scale of the Imperial Horse Prison he had seen in Guanzhong was no smaller than that in front of him. The cavalry these days were like tanks in later generations, and were an important pillar of a country's army's strength.

"The Northern Dynasties are indeed many cavalry..." Zhou Faming was a little lost. Although he is now a member of Zhou, his subconscious mind is still the idea of ​​the Southern Dynasties. After all, his ancestors have been officials of the Southern Dynasties for generations, and it is not possible to completely reverse it in a few years.

The Southern Dynasty ships and horses were guarding the Yangtze River with its powerful naval forces, and the Northern Dynasty galloped on the battlefield with large-scale cavalry. The Southern Dynasty was more miserable in most cases because there were not enough horses, so there were not many.

When the Southern Army has few horses and the ratio of infantry and cavalry is better, it is usually twenty to one, that is, when it goes to war, the infantry and cavalry are 100,000, of which less than five thousand cavalry are less than ten thousand. In some rare cases, it can reach ten to one, which is only ten thousand. Compared with the Northern Dynasty cavalry with tens of thousands of cavalry, it is short of breath.

It is not enough to have a cavalry that can only be used for one horse, but it is not easy to use one horse just in case. If one person cannot be used for two horses, there must be some horses for one horse. Otherwise, the cavalry of one person and one horse will be disabled after a bad battle. It is not uncommon for Northern Dynasties to have one man and three horses.

The attack speed was fast, and the speed of the horse was galloping for two or three hundred miles a day and night, and two horses were killed and the third one was put into the final battle. The Northern Dynasties used this extremely violent tactic, which repeatedly caused great losses to the Southern Dynasties' army.

"Don't be dazed, go and see your own horses!" Yuwen Wen waved his hand and said proudly. There were horses they bought in the corner of the ranch.

"Eunuch, these horses will not be transferred by others, right?" Tian Yilong asked. He could only "understand" about horses. When he entered the horse market, his eyes turned black. Fortunately, someone helped him, he chose some good horses. What he feared most now is the good horses he bought, and was transferred by others when he was fostered in the ranch.

"Don't worry, it's all marked. Besides, Zhang Tou led people to watch day and night, and no one dared to do anything randomly." Yuwen Wen didn't care. Seeing Zhang Dingfa who was patrolling the horses, he waved his hand first, then took Zhou Faming and Tian Yilong to look at the horses.

"I thought I wanted to reproduction and reproduction when I bought a male and female horse. But I went through such a big trouble, and I was not afraid that the distance could not relieve my near thirst?" Zhou Faming asked. He admired Yuwen Wen's strong financial resources, but was also surprised that this person actually bought a stallion and went back to breed and reproduce.

There is no serious grassland in Bazhou, so there are so many flat horses. Even if you find a piece of land to stuff it, the horses will not be able to move. No matter how many horses are born, you have to go to the battlefield for several years. Relying on these horses as cavalry mounts, I am afraid that the food will be cold at that time!

"Ten birds are worse than one bird in the hands." Yuwen Wen replied, "Now Shannan Prefecture County can obtain allocated horses from the court, and can also purchase them sporadically from horse vendors, but the guarantee is still needed."

Zhou Faming didn't say it anymore. This person had more money and more ideas, and he could not refute it. No one could tell when the battle between Zhou and Sui countries would end. If it had been fought for decades, Yuwen Wen would have a vision to buy horses to breed.

While watching the horses, Yuwen Wen listened to Zhang Dingfa's introduction. Since the other party bought the horse, he arranged for people to take turns to the ranch to take duty day and night, and he was preventing problems. Of course, each horse has already marked it to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the situation.

Tian Yilong was worried about something wrong, and Yuwen Wen was more afraid of horses being dropped than anyone else. Zhou Faming bought more than a hundred horses, Tian Yilong bought dozens of horses, while his horses were thousands.

It is rare to come to Ye, a famous northern city. Yuwen Wen was fully prepared to buy a lot of money in Yecheng. The one he wanted to buy the most was naturally the horse. Zhang Dingfa, who was fully responsible for the purchase of horses, spent countless money after several days, and bought more than 2,000 war horses of various colors to win the horses.

Yuwen Wen, who spent a lot of money to buy a horse, caused a big sensation in Yecheng. His popularity was second only to the sale of rare "glazed treasure mirrors". For a time, everyone from all walks of life knew that "Yuwen Feiyang" came to the horse market in Yecheng. When will he not be slaughtered at this time?

Buying horses and selling horses is very knowledgeable. Horse buyers and horse sellers are intriguing each other. They are suddenly "the devil is one foot taller" and "the devil is one foot taller". There are so many twists and turns in the belly of a profitable businessman. Don't deal with a wealthy man like Yuwen Erlang who is rich and well-off.

Using common methods to fool the prodigal businessmen is a serious slander for the craftsmanship of the unscrupulous businessmen. They have practiced to the point of using secret medicine. A sick horse who is not very weak, after taking the carefully prepared secret medicine, he is energetic and radiant, and looks like a good horse.

I spent a lot of money to buy it home, but I fell to the ground and died within half a month. The buyer had no place to cry. If he came to the door with great momentum, the profiteers looked innocent: "The horse is jumping around in my hands. You died in just over ten days after you bought it. I also accused me of killing me. I want to go to the government to beat the drum to seek justice!"

When things get big, the coroner will test the dead horse. It is impossible to find out the reason why the sick horse can be energetic. Therefore, it can only be inferred that the buyer is wrong in looking at the horse, or that he is not well cared for after buying it. Unless the buyer is strong and can suppress others with his power, he will be unable to do anything to the profiteer.

Yuwen Wen knew that although he often flew eagles and dogs in Chang'an and had seen countless famous horses, he was just half a bucket of water when he went to the horse market to buy horses sooner or later. Based on the principle of "You are more traitorous than him", Zhang Dingfa was authorized to be responsible for the purchase of horses.

Because of his "professional reasons", Zhang Dingfa has a good understanding of the horse market and dare not say all the tricks. However, after hearing and seeing, he is qualified to be called an "insider". He is the main person who buys books and checks day and night, while Zhang Dingfa also buys horses day and night.

He personally dealt with various horse vendors, watched the horses, bargained, inspected, and accepted. Zhang Dingfa took more than ten guards to make a round trip, bought the good horses, marked them and led them to the ranch to be kept in captivity, and waited for the time to take them back to Shannan Bazhou.

There were 1,100 war horses, including 513 male and female horses; there were 1,200 male and female horses, of which 625 male and female horses, whether for combat or for pulling carts, half of the maritimes bought by Yuwen Wen were used for breeding.

Male and male are yin and yang, mares are mares, and mares are stallions. Generally speaking, unless they are kept for breeding, most war horses will cast their way to avoid being difficult to control during the estrus period. Yuwen Wen specially chose a good breed of male and female horse.

Yuwen Wen bought a large-scale purchase in Yecheng, of course he wanted to ride a war horse, but breeding and breeding male and female horses is more important because he can choose on-site in the prosperous Yecheng horse market. If he waits for the horse to traffic in a small number of horses to Bazhou, the choice will be much smaller.

"How much money is left?" Yuwen Wen asked. He was the boss of the hand, and Zhang Dingfa took care of the matter of buying a horse, but he probably knew in his mind: the glass mirror he brought had probably not much left after the sale.

As expected, Zhang Dingfa put the bills in one go:

First of all, there are 513 male and female horses. Calculated by copper coins, 82,593 stakes were spent. The average price of each horse is about 161 stakes. This is because male and female horses should be used as stallions, so the variety you choose must be good, so the price is not low.

The war horses used for combat riding are 587, calculated based on copper coins, and spent 47,115 stakes. The average price of each horse is about 80 stakes. The horses bought are above the average level of war horses. They have good weight-bearing ability and can wear vests.

Then there is horse-harvesting. This type of horse is much cheaper than war horses. The price of breeding and sterile is not much different. Calculated by copper coins, it costs 9,841 jin, and the average price per horse is more than 8jin.

The cost of buying a horse is based on copper coins, totaling more than 139,500 guan. If it is rounded, it is considered 140,000 guan. It is all paid by selling glass mirrors. If it is really 140,000 guan, the weight of these money is not light.

However, Manager Liu has cooperated with the buyers of the mirror, and the cost of buying horses is deducted from the other party. The horse vendor went directly to these stores to check out and get money, which saved the cost of transporting copper coins or deducting the price among several companies.

The price of getting the horse is fourteen glass mirrors. Buying books and seeds and other miscellaneous expenses takes up one mirror, and three sides are given to the little emperor as gifts. Yuwen Wen now only has two mirrors left in his hand.

"The two mirrors can be sold for about 20,000 yuan, and with some money in hand, even if they are stranded in Yecheng until the end of the year, the money will be more than enough to spend." Yuwen Wen smiled and signaled Zhang Dingfa not to worry about such a "squandering" money.

"Mr., do you really have to leave after the New Year?" Zhang Dingfa asked. He knew something about Yuwen Wen. He was supposed to go back after the Double Ninth Festival on September 9th, but he was kindly kept by the emperor and had to get out after the New Year.

"There is no conclusion, why? Leader Zhang rarely revisits the old place, don't want to stay for a long time?" Yuwen Wen smiled, Zhang Dingfa shook his head when he heard this, but Zhou Fashang and Tian Yilong heard it, but he did not see any anxiety.

"It's rare to come to a famous city in the north once, and it's nothing to live for a few months." Zhou Faming had no idea of ​​going home. He was strictly controlled by his mother and second brother at home. He finally had the opportunity to travel far away just because he was not concerned about going back several months later.

The same is true for Tian Yilong. He had only traveled around Jiangbei prefectures and occasionally visited Yingzhou in Jiangnan. Now he has come to the north that is far away and has gained some experience, and he doesn't want to rush back.

Before he set out, he decided to "advance and retreat" with Yuwen Envoy. In addition to coming to Yecheng for the long experience, he was the company of Yuwen Erlang. After Zheng Pushe returned to Shannan first, he could only rely on them if he could barely "instigate" Yuwen Wen.

"By the way, Your Majesty is very interested in the two of you. If the time is right, you may not go to the palace to meet you, or you may go out for a trip and hunt!" Yuwen Wen smiled, his smile full of mystery.

Zhou Fashang and Tian Yilong looked at each other when they heard this. They were members of the nominal mission and came to Yecheng as a trip. In theory, no one would worry about it. Why did they get a name from the Emperor of Great Zhou?

"Empress, how could Your Majesty be interested in me both?"

"Well, of course, there is a reason for this. Two young heroes who are righteous and constantly encounter strange things. Let me tell you the whole story one by one..." Yuwen Wen's eyes narrowed and bent, like a fox who succeeded in his plan.
Chapter completed!