Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao and Liu Bei help me to ascend the throne

Chapter 55 The Han family is about to perish, and the person who secures the world must be this one!

A black-covered boat was moving like flying, swaying through the turbulent waves, and undulating on the endless river.

Liu Yu and Zhang Yulan were sitting on the bow of the boat, first looking at the distant green hills on both sides of the river, then Liu Yu's eyes gradually moved forward, and said softly.

"In front is Xiangyang City, and the green mountains are picturesque. I never thought that there is such a paradise besides Luoyang in the Han Dynasty."

Zhang Yulan's eyes blinked: "Xiangyang City is not only picturesque with green hills, but there is also 'Master Qiao' waiting for you? I heard that his temper is very weird!"

Zhang Yulan is right...

As a former captain, Qiao Xuan has an extremely eccentric personality. He doesn't make friends with wealthy families and relatives, and also fights against eunuchs everywhere.

However, his temperament is inexplicably compatible with Cao Cao. The two are not only mentors and apprentices when they were Taixue, but also close friends, friends who have forgotten their years!

Even Cao Cao's name was given by Qiao Xuan.

Otherwise, Cao Cao is not Cao Cao, but "Cao Cao", the word "Miao De".

Of course, in terms of official career, Qiao Xuan and Cao Cao are also very similar. Qiao Xuan did not rely on his family, but on Emperor Huan's dynasty. Shao Fu, Da Hong Lu, Si Kong, and finally became a Taiwei.

And his communication with Cao Cao happened at the entrance of Luoyang Taixue.

At that time, Qiao Xuan was the head of Taixue, who was in charge of all the students of Taixue, and "Taixue" always paid attention to "scholars, among them, salary", and entering Taixue was equivalent to getting a pass for official career.

But Cao Song at that time was just a Sili captain, in charge of Luoyang public security...

Regardless of his official title, background, or the title of "Warcraft Boy" when Cao Cao studied at the Imperial Academy, it seems that he is destined to miss the Imperial Academy.

Cao Song was heartbroken for his son, so he brought a gift box to visit Qiao Xuan.

Qiao Xuan refused to let Cao Song send the gift box in at all.

Outside the door... gift boxes from various families have long been piled up, Qiao Xuan doesn't take any money, oil and salt...

Cao Song's son went to Taixue...Qiao Xuan even vetoed it.

——"I, Qiao, have never interceded for anyone. Captain Sili should have heard about it long ago."

Of course Cao Song knew that if there were other ways, he would not have made this move, so he lowered his head and presented his son's name, which Qiao Xuan wanted to refuse.

But when he saw the small characters of "Cao Man" and "Auspicious", his eyes lit up.

Cao Song was good at observing words and expressions, and immediately felt that there was a turning point, so he quickly added, "This is the name his grandfather gave him. It's more earthy, so it's easy to support!"

In name, it is talking about soil, but in fact, it is throwing out the adoptive father "Cao Teng", trying to borrow his face.

You must know that Cao Teng, the Zhongchang servant at the time, advocated that the empire should reuse scholars, and Qiao Xuan was the group that was reused. At that time, eunuchs and scholars were in an alliance.

Of course, whether Qiao Xuan would give "Grandfather Cao Cao" this face, Cao Song had no idea.

To Cao Song's surprise, after hearing the name "Cao Man", Qiao Xuan changed his refusal just now and accepted Cao Cao as a student.

Cao Song thought it was the kindness of his father's generation, how could he have imagined that it was Qiao Xuan who knew the name "Cao Man" early on.

Previously, during the first disaster of the party, Cao Song, as the lieutenant of Sili, wanted the party members everywhere under the order of the emperor.

It just so happens that a party member is the teacher of Cao Cao's official school. His name is He Yong, and his style is Boqiu. He is a celebrity in the world!

Cao Cao found out the route and loopholes of his father's arrest of party members, and notified the teacher He Yong in advance. Under his father's nose, he helped him and other teachers escape from Luoyang.

When the master and apprentice parted, He Yong bid farewell to Cao Cao, and he did not forget to mention a sentence to the fellow party members-"The Han family is about to perish, and this person must be the one who will secure the world!"

Later, this sentence reached Cao Cao's ears, and Cao Cao was quite embarrassing!
How did he know that He Yong and a group of party members were able to escape from Luoyang because his father Cao Song deliberately let them go.

Cao Cao is just pushing the boat along the way!
It was precisely because of He Yong's comment that Qiao Xuan knew the name "Cao Man", and even made an exception and allowed him to enter the Imperial Academy.

The two are both teachers and friends, and they are friends who have forgotten the years!

Besides, Qiao Xuan's character is kind and kind to those he likes, and cold to those he dislikes. Among scholars, he is notoriously difficult to deal with!
Liu Yu just thought of this, and wanted to chat with Zhang Yulan about this weird old man!

at this time…

Discussions from merchants on the same ship came out.

——"Have you heard? The imperial court has set up the official title of '騄骨五东', and from now on all the horses of the counties will be brought back to the imperial court!"

——"Of course I heard that from now on, you can only use donkeys and mules to transport goods. Alas... I heard that the price of one of the last batch of good horses in the market has changed from 200,000 yuan to [-] yuan , It has been doubled ten times!"

——"Oh, business is getting worse and worse!"

At the end of the chat, the two merchants said nothing, but shook their heads helplessly.

Zhang Yulan blinked her eyes and murmured, "200,000 money?"

No wonder she was surprised.

Although... According to some records, the price of horses also rose to 200,000 yuan during the Hanwu period.

But since Guangwu ZTE, the price of horses has been relatively fixed.

The horses in Bianjun are cheaper, depending on the quality of the horse, the average price is between 2500 and 1 yuan;

The price of horses in the mainland is higher, with an average price of 5000 to 2 yuan.

Buy some good horses from Bianjun and sell them in the mainland, and the profits are very considerable. Therefore, there are many horse dealers in this era!
The reason why the price of horses is not high is another one.

The cost of raising a good horse is beyond compare.

As the saying goes, "a horse has no night grass and is not fat", often raising a good horse will cost a few people, but according to the feed a horse eats in a year, the rigid expenditures such as stables and grooms for raising horses, you will come to an astonishing conclusion :

——The cost of raising a horse for one year is enough for a person to spend 44 years!
Of course, according to the deduction in "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic and the Economy and Society of the Han Dynasty" published by Capital Normal University later, the price of a cow is 45000 yuan, which is more expensive than a horse.

But cattle can plow the land, and can produce food for a long time in the future!

Horses are used for transportation. They are an absolute luxury in this era, and they are pure food consumption!

It is no exaggeration to say that the price of good horses has reached 200,000 yuan, which is already the peak price of horses in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

"Husband..."

Zhang Yulan opened her teeth lightly, and she whispered, "I heard that you and Hebei Wuji Zhen's family have stockpiled a large number of horses, as many as a thousand horses. Now the price of horses is at a peak. If you sell them, you can make a lot of money." Woolen cloth!"

Hearing this, Liu Yu smiled slightly, but shook her head without replying.

"What? Husband... am I wrong?" Zhang Yulan poked her head over.

"Of course it's wrong." Liu Yu smiled softly and said, "The peak price of a horse is not one hundred thousand!"

"That is…"

——“2 million!”

what…

Seeing Zhang Yulan's astonishment to the extreme, Liu Yu's eyes were still as calm as water.

For a moment...

What he thought of was a sentence mentioned in "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" Han Ji Fifty.

——"Spring, the first month, first set up the stables of Ji Ji, and receive the horses from the prefecture, the right and the right, one horse to 2 million!"

——2 million!It's a real 2 million horse!

Huh, one hundred thousand?
Where did this go?

If you sell it, you will lose money.

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(End of this chapter)