Chapter 95: Horse Trading
Huangfu Chaobo's words immediately drew Gongsun Zan's reprimand.
"Stop talking nonsense, how can you, a stranger, be able to discuss important matters in the court? Next time, if I let this general hear such rebellious words again, I will definitely not get around..." Although Gongsun Zan was scolding Huangfu Chaobo, but there was some inexplicable excitement in his tone, and it was just a show to say so.
Huangfu Chaobo knew that this fire should be enough, and if more firewood was added, something would go wrong. So he accepted it when he saw it, and said: "That's that, if I didn't know that the general is a magnanimous person, I would never have said such heartfelt words. Oh, by the way, General, I don't know if I called you here, what's the matter?" order?"
"The general saw that you brought a lot of white horses into the customs." As he said that, he looked at the horses behind Huangfu Chaobo, but he didn't expect to see three Xianbei people. Hu people?"
"General, please calm down. Listen to the next sentence. These three Xianbei people were originally prisoners. Because I was short of manpower, I took them as slaves and used them for my grazing. As for this person. "Speaking, Huangfu Chaobo pointed to Hu Yandu, and said: "I saw that he still has some strength, and after using it for a while, he found that he was still loyal, so he was accepted as a servant, but the general can rest assured, Those who are not of our race must have different minds. I will always keep this in mind. Besides, in the territory of Youbeiping, there is a general on the white horse. What kind of tricks can they come up with? The general knows it, just like us These people from small families are not like the generals, who will gather when they ascend the heights, so they have to capture a few prisoners and use them first."
"Hmm..." After hearing Huangfu Chaobo's words, Gongsun Zan's complexion improved a lot. Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but sweat a little, and he was finally relieved at this time. But in my heart I kept cursing. Damn, you belong to the donkey, this face will change as soon as you say it. I'm old, it's really fickle. . .
Gritting his teeth, Huangfu Chao said: "General, I know that the general needs white horses to form a white horse righteousness. If the general does not dislike it, I am willing to donate these twenty white horses to the general, which can be regarded as doing my part to defend the border. In addition, There are still a few good horses here, and I am honored to meet all the generals today, and I want to give each general a good horse, and I hope you will accept it as a mere gift."
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help frowning. Who doesn't like war horses? Although they are not fine horses and BMWs, good horses are much better than war horses, aren't they? You know, now the white horses are basically used in the army. There are only a few generals who have good horses, and now everyone has one horse. No one has too many good horses. So everyone looked at Gongsun Zan eagerly. Gongsun Zan originally wanted to buy these horses at a low price, but he didn't expect that the other party would give him a good horse from District 27 before he even asked. He agreed without thinking too much.
So, Huangfu Chaobo asked the two slaves to hand over the twenty white horses and light-colored horses to the cavalrymen of the white horse righteousness, and he handed over the good horses in his hands to each of them one by one. Get acquainted with everyone.
Originally, Gongsun Yue wanted to get these horses, but as soon as they met, Huangfu Chaobo praised him from top to bottom. He suddenly felt that Huangfu Chaobo was quite to his taste. As soon as he opened his mouth, he went up to hand over the war horse, and felt embarrassed again. So he praised Gongsun: "Brother, look, we took so many other people's horses at once, and it's embarrassing to take them for nothing, don't you think we should reward him with something?"
"Yes, yes, Huang...Little brother Huangfu, right?" Gongsun praised;
"Back to the general, my surname is Huangfu, and my name is Chaobo. I don't know if the general has any orders?" Huangfu Chaobo said immediately;
"Well, I don't want to get your horse for nothing, so let me tell you what you want. As long as I can do it, I will definitely agree to it."
"The general is serious.
These war horses below were originally intended to be dedicated to the general, so why would there be any request," Gongsun Yuezai next to him kept winking, Huangfu Chaobo pretended not to see it, thinking how dare I keep mentioning it to you Request, isn't that the birthday man hanged himself, impatient to live?
"It's okay, since I'm going to let you speak, you can speak..." Gongsun Zan was stubborn, and insisted on letting Huangfu Chaobo speak.
Huangfu Chaobo thought for a long time, what do you want? money? Impossible, it was promised as a gift, isn't it courting death to pay back the money? If you want to be an official, please, please, I will not be an official with you either. treasure? It doesn't work to pretend. After thinking about it for a long time, he didn't know what to ask for. Suddenly, Huangfu Chaobo saw a few Xianbei slaves behind him. Well, Gongsun Zan should still have Xianbei prisoners in his hands, so I just want to come and forget it.
"Since the general said so, I'm going to be rude. Well, my subordinates are really short of manpower. I don't know if the general has any Xianbei prisoners in his hands. If so, can you give me a few? A few days ago A few died when I took the Xianbei slaves to the horses, and I am still thinking about what to do next time."
"Well, second brother, do we still have Xianbei prisoners?" Gongsun Zan himself didn't know about it. So he turned around and asked Gongsun Yuedao;
"Brother, didn't we catch more than 300 people from the grassland last time? More than 100 people died when the city wall of Xuwu was being built, and now there are 170 or 80 people. I originally said they killed them, but you I'm afraid that Lord Inspector might scold him, so I'm still imprisoned in Xu Wu's barracks." Gongsun Yue said;
"Well, let's go back to Xu Wu now, and you can go and give all these Xianbei captives to this little brother. Oh, that's right. Little brother, can you still catch white horses there? If so, you How much is there, how much will I want. Of course, I will buy it from you in the future. By the way, third brother, what is the official price of the horse now?"
Damn, you fucking let go of the shopkeeper. Don't know anything. Huangfu Chaobo cursed in his heart, but he was still very happy to hear that Gongsun Zan wanted to buy his own horse. After all, this is a big business. Ha ha. . . Just wait for the money later. . .
"Brother, our war horses are all level 40, and the official price is usually 20,000 coppers, but because we buy them within the court, they are usually 10,000 coppers, but I heard that they generally charge about 30% of the price for horses. It looks like 6,000 copper. If it is a good horse of level 40, the official price is 40,000 copper, and the closing price is 12,000 copper." Gongsun Fan said;
"How about this, your future horses will be sent directly to my barracks, and I will give you the price of horses received by the government. In addition, the Xianbei we captured will not be killed in the future, and they will all be treated as extra heads for you. ..." Gongsun praised;