The Sims: The Emperor Raising Project

Chapter 57

Liu Bian's purpose of taking away the two hundred Xiliang war horses was actually very simple. These war horses could be used as a transfer, they could also be used to feed their families, and they could even be sold to black market merchants to earn a large sum of money for future use. needs.

Liu Bian is well aware that this journey to the north is heavy and has a long way to go, so he must plan ahead and make sufficient preparations in advance.

Liu Bian never thought of using these mounts to recruit troops, because judging from Liu Bian's current situation, this was simply an impossible task.

The daily maintenance cost of war horses is extremely staggering, and ordinary people simply cannot afford to raise so many war horses. If they can't maintain them meticulously, it would be more practical to kill them and eat their meat.

Taking two hundred war horses on the road, the goal was too big, so Liu Bian immediately asked Chai Shao to go north along the official road and ask the merchants he met along the way where the nearby market was located.

Liu Bian decided to find a market nearby and deal with a batch of war horses first, so as to reduce some unnecessary burdens for the team.

Chai Shao followed his advice and headed north along the official road.

Liu Bian and others drove all the war horses to a mountain depression, where they could hide their whereabouts and rest here.

After half an hour.

Chai Shao went to the pre-appointed mountain col to reply to Liu Bian, and said: "Thirty miles north of the official road, there is a huge manor. I guess the owner of the manor should be a man with a lot of money. Your Majesty may go and meet him." Let’s talk about the horse trade.”

Liu Bian nodded silently, and asked, "Have you ever found out the other party's background?"

"The owner of that manor is surnamed Wei, surnamed Ke, and his family lives in the east of the river, and is quite famous in the local area." Chai Shao said.

"Uncle Wei is a famous scholar in Guanzhong, and it is said that the Wei family of Hedong is the descendant of the old general Wei Qing." Yang Xiu said lightly.

"What's his reputation?" Liu Bian asked.

"There are few good names."

Liu Bian nodded, and immediately pulled Tang Ji onto the horse, saying, "Let's go, follow me to meet him for a while."

Seeing this, everyone got on their horses one after another and followed Liu Bian all the way to the north.

When Liu Bian and his party came to the outside of Wei's Manor, Liu Bian rolled his eyes speechlessly, looked sideways at Chai Shao, and said, "You call this a manor?"

Chai Shao smiled awkwardly and said, "I just took a look from a distance just now."

The so-called manor in front of Chai Shao's mouth is actually a small city, and the city wall is about five feet high, which has already explained many problems.

When Liu Bian and his party came to the city, Zhuang Ding at the top of the city immediately became vigilant. They had never seen such a scene of thousands of horses galloping. Now that they saw it, they became more and more nervous.

Liu Bian looked sideways at Yang Xiu, and said, "Dezu, it's your turn to play."

at the same time.

The butler of the Weifu who hurried over was having a heated discussion with the head of the nursing home.

Wei Jian, the steward of the Wei Mansion, put his hands on the battlements, and looked at the ownerless horses with greedy eyes.

Liu Zhen, the nursing home of the Weifu, is over fifty years old, and he acts quite cautiously. Seeing that Wei Jian's old problem has relapsed again, he quickly reminded him: "Put away your unrealistic thoughts as soon as possible, the horses behind the other party are all fine. Excellent war horses, those who can own such excellent horses are definitely not idle people, you don't want to bring misfortune to the lord."

Wei Jian frowned, squinted at Liu Bian and others under the city, and said coldly: "The opponent is only six people, if we can deal with them without anyone noticing, then, naturally There is no proof of death.”

"Even if you can fool others, can you fool yourself? Besides, there are so many eyes on the city, and it's impossible to guarantee that someone will slip up when he's drunk. Then, how should we deal with ourselves?" Liu Zhen said.

When Wei Jian heard this, a sincere smile suddenly appeared on his face. He patted Liu Zhen's shoulder with a smile, and said, "I will listen to people's advice to eat enough, and I will listen to you this time."

Liu Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "My lord is going out to visit friends, the mansion still needs me to take care of it for a few more days, we should be of one heart and one mind, and we must not cause trouble for nothing."

Wei Jian nodded approvingly, and said, "What Liu Huyuan said is absolutely true."

"I'm watching here, you go down and rest first." Wei Jian smiled and invited Liu Zhen down from the top of the wall.

In the Weifu, the division of labor between Wei Jian and Liu Zhen is very clear. Wei Jian is responsible for managing the daily affairs of the Weifu family members, while Liu Zhen is responsible for leading a group of servants to manage the security issues in the Weifu.

Because of this, Liu Zhen was so easily coaxed off the wall by Wei Jian.

When Wei Jian persuaded him to go down to the city to rest, Liu Zhen didn't think much about it at all, because in his opinion, he was the leader of all the servants in the Wei Mansion. servant.

However, Liu Zhen had calculated thousands of times, but only one thing was missed, and that was human greed.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the value of a plow horse was about 8000-20000 yuan.

The value of an ordinary house is about 1 to 3 yuan.

The value of a good mansion is about 4 to 15 yuan.

However, the value of a war horse is about 3 to 10 yuan.

To sum up, the value of a war horse can be easily obtained.

The price of a war horse can almost buy a good mansion in a county other than the capital.

Just imagine, your own side has hundreds of housekeepers armed with weapons, while the opponent has only six people, plus [-] horses. When you encounter such a thing, do you want to grab it?

It is worth mentioning that in the late Han Dynasty, most ordinary people would do some side jobs, and this side job was robbery.

The common people would farm obediently at home during the busy season, and when the farming was slack, the common people took up arms one after another and went to the nearest traffic artery to the village to earn some extra money.

In such a big environment, facing the temptation of such a huge wealth, if you don't grab it, then there will be ghosts.

Liu Zhen had just stepped down from the top of the wall, and before he had walked ten steps away, there was a sound of bow and arrow being drawn from the top of the wall.

Seeing this, Liu Zhen quickly stepped up to the top of the wall, looked at the innocent Wu Jian, and asked furiously, "How did you promise me just now?"

Wu Jian spread his hands helplessly, and said, "I swear to God, I really didn't say anything, and I didn't do anything."

Wu Jian was telling the truth. From the beginning to the end, he did not speak, nor did he make any directional actions to the crowd.

The people at the top of the city attacked Liu Bian and others spontaneously.

Wu Jian silently glanced at Liu Bian and the others who had hurriedly retreated (in fact, they did not retreat chaotically), and said, "Money touches people's hearts."

As Wu Jian said, he pointed at the servants of Weifu who ran down the city with a smile, and said, "Look, you can't blame me this time, can you?"

Liu Zhen closed his eyes helplessly, and sighed: "You must do things beautifully, and you must not leave any traces."

The matter has developed to this point, and it is meaningless to stop it. Even though Liu Zhen is the leader of the guards in the Wei Mansion, he does not have the courage and ability to be an enemy of everyone.

(End of this chapter)