Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 113 Doing Business Part 1
The matter on Yuan Shu's side has finally been finalized. As for what Gongsun Xu wants, they have to wait for their private negotiations.Others, however, couldn't wait to talk privately.

Gao Lan finally stood up impatiently and toasted Gongsun Xu: "General Hussars is famous all over the world at a young age, which is really the envy of my generation. Seeing General Hussars proudly gifting a horse today, I, Gao Lan, Knowing the gap between myself and General Hussars, come, General, I respect you."

Gongsun Xu picked up the wine glass again, although he didn't like Yuan Shao, but this Gao Lan was a pure soldier, Gongsun Xu appreciated it very much.Gongsun Xu also responded to Gao Lan and was about to sit down after a glass of wine.

Gao Lan also blushed and said: "I heard that General Hussars captured a lot of war horses this time. I wonder if we can buy some horses from the general? General, just ask, my lord will not treat the general badly."

Gongsun Xu also smiled and shook his head when he heard this, as if telling Gao Lan that he didn't want to sell the war horse yet.In fact, Gongsun Xu was eager for these people to snap up his war horses. Gongsun Xu had already brought enough mounts for this alliance, and capturing so many war horses would be a burden. many.

The war horse that is precious in the eyes of others is not so precious in the eyes of Gongsun Xu.Instead, Gongsun Xu valued food, population, and skilled craftsmen.As far as war horses are concerned, Gongsun Xu has horse farms in Liaodong, eastern Xianbei, Sanhan and other places, and currently has a total of nearly 50 war horses.

Besides, the grassland is so big, if there is really a shortage of horses, Gongsun Xu can lead his army to plunder those grassland tribes. After all, the central and western Xianbei are still in a non-unified state, which is very suitable for Gongsun Xu to send troops. There are few horses, anyway, Gongsun Xu is strong enough now, and how many people can stop him.

Therefore, Gongsun Xu was also very worried in his heart. There are so many war horses, what should we do?The food and grass consumed by so many war horses is not a small number. If this continues, Gongsun Xu can't wait to slaughter a war horse and eat it.

However, Gongsun Xu still put on a bitter face and said: "The lord has already spoken, how can I postpone it, but the horses I captured this time are actually not many after the settlement. After all, I also lost a lot of people. If you If you want too much, I can't agree to it. Besides, I only know how to march and fight. I don't know anything about the business of war horses.

Moreover, the troops under my command have contributed a lot this time, and our Youzhou Army has a tradition of rewarding the soldiers with cattle, sheep and horses. I don’t have enough gold, silver and silk this time, so I can only reward the soldiers with horses. This, do you clear? "

Gao Lan was about to start a conversation here, but on the other side, Yuan Shu immediately said excitedly: "Hehe, nephew, it's a pity that you use war horses instead of gold, silver and silk to reward meritorious soldiers. It's too wasteful. Besides, soldiers! Even if you get horses, cattle and sheep, you have to exchange them for money before you can send them home. Why don’t you exchange them with me? I do have a lot of gold, silver and silk.

Moreover, I know a bit about the business of war horses, so let my uncle do the math for you. In the Central Plains, low-grade war horses can be sold for more than 120 gold, and medium war horses, such as ordinary grassland war horses, can be sold for 160 to [-] gold. Gold, those who have been on the battlefield can be sold for [-] to [-] gold, and the best war horses can be sold for more than two hundred gold. Of course, it goes without saying that the first-class war horses have been on the battlefield, the price will only be higher.

The minimum price for a tall horse in Xiliang is two hundred gold, and those who survived the battlefield can usually ask for three hundred gold.Among the war horses that my nephew captured this time, they were all prairie horses that had been on the battlefield and tall horses from Xiliang. The price is not low.

If I want to continue to buy war horses from my nephew, it will be the same price. If the price is lower, it will be that my uncle is taking advantage of you.Of course, if nephew you save face and give me a low price, then uncle and I are lucky, hehe, you are the seller anyway.The price is up to you. "

Of course, Gongsun Xu understood that Yuan Shu was speaking for himself. In fact, this high price was only available in Jiangdong, Huainan and other places that lacked war horses. If it was in Jizhou, or even Bingzhou, there would be no such high price. Therefore, Yuan Shu's statement about the Central Plains region is actually sloppy.

Gongsun Xu put on a very teachable look, as if he finally understood something.Here, Gao Lan can't wait any longer. Regardless of whether Yuan Shu's words are right or not, there are only a few places that sell war horses. It's not that there are no war horses in the Central Plains. It will foam at the mouth, which is incomparable to the horses of the prairie, let alone the tall horses in Xiliang.

If you want to form cavalry, especially heavy cavalry, you must buy horses from the grasslands or Xiliang. The horses in other areas are not enough to be cavalry mounts. Even if you use such horses to form cavalry, most of these cavalry Will be played to death by the opponent.

Gao Lan immediately said: "What the general later said is reasonable. This business must be fair. Besides, the general hussars captured the horses by himself. How can we beat the general hussars? Everything is determined by the general hussars. The price is that, or, it can be replaced with grain and grass. I wonder what the Hussar General thinks?
In my opinion, even if General Hussars got gold and silver, he would probably reward the soldiers or use them to buy food and grass. If the soldiers got gold and silver and sent them home, they would mostly use them to buy food. Anyway, the final settlement is with food and grass. , why not directly exchange grain and grass for war horses?In this way, General Hussars can save a lot of energy, right?It is also a good thing for the soldiers. "

Gongsun Xu nodded after hearing this, with a flattered look on his face, and then continued: "General Gao Lan is really righteous, but I really can't sell too many of my war horses, otherwise, my son from Youzhou will become an infantry. "

After hearing this, Gao Lan laughed and said: "General Hussars is joking, and naturally I, Gao Lan, will not open my mouth like a lion. Since the general has repeatedly stated that there should not be too many, then I will reserve [-] horses from General Hussars on behalf of my lord." How about it, the Hussar General must be able to get seven thousand horses."

Gongsun Xu laughed and said: "Hehehe, there are [-] horses, but after selling [-] horses, I am afraid that there will be no more sales. You also know that horses are the most easily damaged , a good BMW, if the horse's hoof is broken, the horse will probably be useless, at most it will become a stallion, don't you think?"

Gongsun Xu's meaning is very obvious, there are war horses, but there are only so many, if you, Yuan Shao, buy them all, the others will have no more.

Cao Cao immediately stood up and said: "I said, General Gao Lan, you are too arrogant to speak up. You just said otherwise, and you can get [-] horses. How about it, I will buy [-] horses from General Hussars." Horses, of course, are priced according to the general's price."

Yuan Shu actually wanted to buy more warhorses from Gongsun Xu, and it would be worth it if Gao Lan had so many words. Immediately, Yuan Shu and others also echoed Cao Cao, complaining that Gao Lan had bought too many horses.

With so many bosses opening their mouths, Gao Lan who works for others is naturally not able to persist, so Gao Lan quickly apologized and said with a smile: "In this case, let's only buy five thousand horses, no less, or I will go and can't explain it." , I also ask General Hussars to think of a way to help. This time, I, Gao Lan, owe the General a favor.

I think General Hussars should be able to do it, so please give me some face. Every general wants to lead thousands of troops to defeat the enemy, and I am the same as Gao Lan. Please, General Hussars, think about it Think of a way, I am grateful to Gao Lan. "

Everyone quarreled, and finally, Gongsun Xu decided to sell five thousand horses to Yuan Shao and three thousand horses to Cao Cao with a look of hesitation. For them, it is dispensable, so most people only buy two or three hundred horses.

After the discussion, Gongsun Xu continued to sell and give away, but there were still [-] war horses left. Gongsun Xu did not plan to keep all these foodies that would eat up five soldiers in a day. Gongsun Xu had no shortage of war horses. , The reason why he said that in front of others was entirely to fool others. Gongsun Xu still wanted to make more money in the war horse business after that.

After the reception banquet was over, Gongsun Xu sent Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei to choose horses for Yuan Shu. Cao Cao, Gao Lan and others couldn't wait, so they hurried back to get the money. If they came late, all the good horses would be taken away.

Who doesn't know that Yuan Shu is short-sighted, if he says a few nice words to Zhao Yun, or gives Zhao Yun some benefits, and then asks Zhao Yun to pick up all the tall horses in Xiliang, then other people will just stare blankly. .

There is no way, it is really troublesome to have a business opponent like Yuan Shu, and what is even worse is that he has such a good relationship with Gongsun Xu. At this time, even Cao Cao couldn't help complaining, what kind of shit luck did Yuan Shu have? , I usually can't see what great ability he Yuan Shu has. It's completely unreasonable why Gongsun Xu likes to get so close to him.

After working hard for nearly four days, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others ordered more than 1 war horses from Gongsun Xu. If all of them were paid off, Gongsun Xu would make a total profit of nearly 200 million gold. There is a lot of money, most of which are settled in grain, and everyone has only taken half of the planned amount so far, and the other half has to be exchanged for grain, grass or gold and silver.

When there was no shortage of food and money, Gongsun Xu thought of a crooked idea. Yuan Shu and others originally wanted to exchange food and grass for war horses, but Gongsun Xu had too much food and grass, and escorting food and grass was also a burden. Now, Gongsun Xu didn't want to sell so many war horses anymore. Managing the war horses was much easier than escorting food and grass.

This made Yuan Shao and others very anxious. This Gongsun continued to backtrack, and everyone could only follow behind and say good things.In any case, in the world, only Gongsun Xu was able to sell such a large sum of war horses, and he sold tens of thousands of high-quality war horses at one time. Such a beautiful thing can be said to be rare.

Although Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others were in a hurry, Gongsun Xu had a calm expression on the contrary. As for what Gongsun Xu wanted, everyone couldn't figure out the situation for a while, so they could only play by ear.

(End of this chapter)