Outside the Xuzhou military horse farm, dust was flying, and people shouted and neighed.

The military horse farm built in the east of Gushi City is quite complete and is built completely according to standards, which can accommodate nearly a thousand war horses.

Next to it is a huge forage farm, which is also specially equipped for this military horse farm, storing a large amount of hay.

The fire trench and firewall divide the entire forage yard into multiple parts. The strict entry and exit system is completely in accordance with the rules of the military camp, which is also to prevent intrusion into the enemy's detailed work and scouts from destroying it.

A dirt road separates the horse farm from the forage farm. The towering sentry tower and the sergeant standing on the top of the sentry tower show the extraordinary importance here.

Horse dealers were making noise outside the horse farm, stretching their necks to inquire with each other to see if there was any update, and waiting for the possible elimination of war horses to be resold.

A batch of horses coming from the northwest were inspecting the field, and more than a hundred horses were being shouted by the servants and rushed into the field.

The Persian Hu merchant with a beard looked at the Sogdian merchant with a gloomy face, and looked at the smug back of the Sogdian merchant, and couldn't help but spit.

"Boss, these Sogdian merchants are becoming more and more rampant and ignore our existence at all. If this continues, the situation that the leader and the others finally opened in Huaiyou will be taken back by them." Another bearded Hu merchant was wearing an indigo robe and was fluent in Guanzhong dialect and said angrily: "Or, let's go find someone..."

"No!" Hu Shang, wrapped in a headscarf, shook his head, "No, it's not possible now, it's not worthy of this. Who made our war horses not enough? Huaiyou's requirements are high, the number is large, and time is so tight. Now the Dangxiang people and the Tubo people are constantly fighting, and our horse sources are also constantly interrupted. Lord Jiang is now expanding the cavalry, so the demand for war horses is urgent, which gives these Sogdians a chance."

"What should I do? Let these bastards rob our business. If they are stuck in Huaiyou, wouldn't this path we have worked hard to open up to make wedding clothes for them?" Hu Shang, the indigo robe, said indignantly.

"At present, we can only bear it, but they can't insert it in the Shouzhou Kiln. The leader has already borrowed a lot of money from Guanzhong for the sake of defense. The leader awarded all the porcelains of the Shouzhou Kiln to the adults for this purpose, for two years, and are not affected by the increase in the kiln." Speaking of this, Hu Shang, who was wrapped in a headscarf, couldn't help but show a look of pride on his face, "This shows that the defense trusts the adults most in Nashin and Karim. The Sogdian merchants have always wanted to establish this relationship, but they still failed to do so."

"Here, come, come again!" A strange shout came from the other end of the road. At the end of the road, smoke and dust were everywhere. It was obvious that a large number of livestock could stir up such a large amount of dust. Of course, the horses could come here.

Hu Shang's face, wrapped in a headscarf, changed slightly.

This is the second batch of horses to enter the market today. Judging from this posture, the number of horses in this batch will not be less than one hundred.

Judging from the quality of the horses sent by these Sogdians, at least eighty of them would pass the test.

This also means that one hundred and fifty horses entered the military horse farm one day alone, and the other forty or fifty horses were also acquired by the defensive captor's envoy, but they were used as military horses.

Although one or two hundred war horses are not a big number, I have transported three or five hundred strong horses to Huaiyou once, but this is a critical moment. Everyone knows that now is the time when Huaiyou urgently needs horses. Whoever can transport war horses for the defense and guard envoy's mansion can become the guest of the defense and guard envoy's mansion.

He was not worried about anything else, but he was worried that the Sogdians would gain a foothold here and compete with their own side in the future, which would be a big trouble.

It has to be admitted that these Sogdians still have some means.

Now that the wars in the northwest continue, the horse source of the Dangxiang people was cut off, but the Sogdians could get horses from the Shatu and Tuyuhun people, and in terms of price, it was not even much more expensive than the war horses transported by the Dangxiang people in the northwest. This is no wonder Huaiyou is very satisfied.

Compared with Northwest horses, these northern war horses are larger in size and may have slightly worse endurance, but their impact is stronger, especially the short-distance sprinting speed is faster, which is also a major advantage for cavalry.

You can't sit still like this and wait for death.

I don’t know when the war in the northwest will stop. If this team continues to wait, it is not a solution, and I have to find another way out.

If the Sogdians can open up the channels between Hedong and Tuyuhun people, then they can find a way from the Khitans. Didn’t the Xi people I met in Guanzhong just sell horses? I heard that the Xi people are quite popular under the Khitans, especially in the Hepingzhou area of ​​Jizhou, which is also a good horse farm. You can find a way. Yes, that’s it, bring a batch of Shouzhou yellow porcelain and try your luck in Pingzhou, Jizhou.

Thinking of this, Hu Shang felt a little hot.

It’s just that you need to plan the route carefully, and you also have to ask the leader to help you clear it.

There is no problem with the Khitan relationship in Heshuo, but after crossing Heshuo, you can either go to Daliang and then take the route of Shenzhou, Nanyang, but the road is a bit far.

Either you go to Pinglu, but you have to pass Yanyun. The world of Yanyun is not good now and the risks are very high. Or you can only go down along Mizhou, but you have to enter Haizhou and Sizhou. This is the territory of Xuzhou. I don’t know what the relationship between Huaiyou and Xuzhou is now.

But no matter what, I have to go there, and by the way, it can be regarded as a better sales channel for porcelain on Huaiyou.

However, the north is full of droughts, and the best goods are grain. I can find the source of grain here, but this transportation is a big problem. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh. What a good money-making business, but unfortunately he couldn't make the money by watching it.

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Just as Persian Hu merchants were thinking about how to fight against the invasion of Sogdian merchants, the military horse farm was filled with laughter and extremely lively.

Seeing another group of northern war horses entering the field, and quickly sent their men to inspect the situation, Huang Jing felt as sweet as if he had swallowed a mouthful of stone honey.

Purchasing has always been a shortage of fat, but Huang Jing was negligent and did not dare to neglect any of it. The orders pressed on his neck could fall down at any time like a guillotine.

The adults ordered to purchase a batch of war horses in the shortest time, and the number was not limited, and the more the better. After the war horses in Xiazhou arrived in the early stage, he thought he could breathe a sigh of relief, but he didn't expect that the above said that it was not enough. According to the above estimate, at least 5,000 war horses would have to be purchased within three months.

This almost scared Huang Jing.

Five thousand horses?! This is not five hundred horses. Even if the horse source of the Dangxiang people in Guanzhong is not broken, it is impossible to transport five thousand horses in three months!

Now that the wars in the northwest are constantly happening, the Dangxiang people have cut off the supply of war horses in Guanzhong. If they want to purchase horses, they can buy one or two hundred horses from Daliang and Nanyang in a sporadic way, which is the best place. Where can they buy 5,000 horses?

But the superiors issued strict orders and asked him to do everything possible to solve the problem. He had no choice but to run around to find channels.

Unexpectedly, I found this path in Bianliang.

At the beginning, Huang Jing didn't have much hope.

Although Sogdian merchants had great skills and had broad paths, and had a deep relationship between Hedong and Daliang, these five thousand war horses were not a small number.

They may be able to gather three or five hundred war horses for themselves at Daliang, but no matter how many of them, it would be difficult. After all, Daliang itself also needs a large number of war horses.

But soon Huang Jing realized the skills of these Sogdian merchants.

In less than a month, the first batch of horses came from Shenzhou. Although the number was only 300, Huang Jingxiao was still surprised.

The second batch of horses came from Caizhou, which made Huang Jing look at the skills of these Sogdian merchants again.

You should know that Caizhou is in a state of hostility with Huaiyou, but such a group of as many as 450 war horses actually crossed the border like this.

Later, Huang Jing learned that it was said that a major official from the Daliang military sent a direct message to Caizhou. Caizhou had no choice but to open the road and let the horses pass through.

The number of the third batch was even larger. Nine hundred war horses came from Guangzhou, Shenzhou, Nanyang, and the number was pretty good.

Today, this batch is the fourth batch, and it is expected that nearly 600 war horses will come one after another in the past few days.

The source of the war horse was not what Huaiyou paid attention to, but Huang Jing still found some clues, and the sources seemed to be very mixed, which was a bit strange.

These Sogdians are almost omnipresent, and they can be seen wherever they have business.

They had visited Wenzhou before, but Gushi was too small at that time and was not worthy of their investment. But now it is different. Wenzhou is the largest livestock distribution center in Huaiyou, especially the Huaiyou Army Horse Farm, which is located here, and the Huaiyou Cavalry is also conducting training and marshalling here, so it undoubtedly has become the most concentrated place for horse traders.

Huang Jing has always been wondering where these Sogdian merchants got such a large number of war horses.

As of today, they have transported nearly 1,400 war horses to themselves in just two or three months. In addition, there are probably more than 2,000 war horses. Even if some unqualified war horses are eliminated, at least 1,800 war horses are still there, which is quite terrifying.

Moreover, Huang Jing also asked the people below to inspect the horses to help, which was very complicated.
Chapter completed!