The portable magic tower of the Three Kingdoms

"Aren't male horses more powerful?" Zhang Fei didn't understand. Could it be that male horses are not good?

"As far as I know, the cavalry on the Xianbei side mainly ride mares. Mares have stronger endurance, and when necessary, they can use mare's milk to attack, which can meet the needs of long-distance raids." Zhang Shiping explained .

The main reason is that Xianbei horses are indeed not as tall as Liangzhou horses, nor are they as fast.However, the stamina is better, and the difficulty of breeding is lower. At this time, the stallion is slightly faster, but the stamina is average... It can only be regarded as average.

This one is slightly faster, but still not as good as the Xiliang horse, so the stallion looks a bit tasteless.

At the same time, if there is a desire to reproduce, it will be difficult for the group to reproduce with such a rare mares.

After a pause, he added: "Especially the mare has already given birth to at least five or six litters, and at most one or two more litters, it is estimated that it will be difficult to conceive again. The value is not high, so it was taken out. It is precisely because of this, To get them to lower the price."

"These Xianbei are really not good things!" Zhang Fei was suddenly stunned when he heard this, and then cursed.

"For trade between countries, if you can sell war horses to us, it's already very good. Wouldn't our rhubarb crossbows be destroyed rather than given to Xianbei people? In the end, it's all the same reason." Liu Tao didn't find it strange.

Even in future generations, the weapons that can be exported to other countries are either already relatively backward in technology, and more advanced weapons can already be replaced.Either it is a castrated version, just like in a beautiful country, the guns in the gun shop are all weakened.

This is the case with the goods sold to their own people, not to mention the weapons exported.Xianbei can sell war horses, so he must take precautions.

Here, Liu Tao was most moved by Dawan. A large number of hard-earned BMWs were sent here. The male and female horses were all available, and the stallion had not been castrated. That was the treatment of the Dahan court as a friend.

But having said that, the male horses sold by Xianbei were not castrated, so they are already very worthy of Liu Tao.

"Before there was no harness, even if you bought a war horse, you had to castrate it. It was just for better control and prolonging the time you could ride and fight. Now that there is a harness, there is no need to castrate the horse." Zhang Shiping said with emotion.

He still remembered that his grandfather said with emotion that Dawan had sent hundreds of hard-earned horses here before.But because of the needs of the war, he had to be castrated.It may also be due to the loss of the war, or other reasons, and now, the imperial court has lost all the bloody horses.

Just like their Zhang family's racecourse, there are some hybrids of Dawan horses left, and there are no purebreds.

The most proud thing is that the three horses Zhuifeng, Zihualiu and Taxuewuzhi were given to Liu Tao and the others.It is also thanks to Zhang Shiping who knows that the harness developed by Liu Tao can solve the problem of the restless spring period, otherwise he would not be willing to take it out.

"If you want to talk about cunning, we're actually not much better..." Liu Tao looked at a few businessmen, "Tell me how much you've earned. Although you're all on your own, don't even think about not paying business taxes!"

Yunzhong was already his territory, so he simply carried out reforms on tax issues.In agriculture, different taxes are levied according to different crops.The commercial part is also taxed according to the different commodities, and the export situation is slightly different.

For example, if you sell food in the cloud, the tax is almost zero.On the other hand, for those who export food, the tax is so high that these merchants will lose money; for example, when selling luxury goods in the cloud, the tax will be relatively high, and the export will be relatively low.

This means that the long-official department must constantly change the tax collection amount according to the specific prices and demand conditions of Yunzhong County.

Of course, Xun Yu complained about this problem. Liu Tao also said that the tax department will be separated into a department, and then it will specialize in reviewing the annual tax rate and collecting taxes according to the tax rate.

Before that, Xun Yu had to work harder, and he had to arrange some planners to help him.In the final analysis, Liu Tao's lack of people, the lack of talents in this area, is the real problem.

"Naturally they make a lot of money." Zhang Shiping smiled. Xianbei people are still a little more simple, and they are still a little tender in bargaining, so it is easy to figure out where the bottom line is. Even taxes."

To some extent, I still want to complain, everyone is a grasshopper on the same rope, why do they collect taxes so hard.If it wasn't for earning much more than before, I would have complained a few words.

It's just that he didn't think about it at all. Because of this border trade, they made a lot more profit than before. At the same time, the road from Yunzhong to Jizhou is almost smooth, and the border army personally ensures the safety of the border trade.

It can only be said that it has nothing to do with friendship, and it has nothing to do with reality. The greed of businessmen can never be satisfied.

"Brother Zhang, please understand..." Liu Tao probably knew that Zhang Shiping was a little dissatisfied with this change, so he had to say, "I am the governor of Yunzhong after all, and taxes are also very important to me. .”

"It's understandable, it's understandable..." Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang expressed their understanding one after another. Compared with just now, they calmed down after all. After weighing it, they could only let go of their dissatisfaction.

Liu Tao stayed with Beiyu for another day, and then announced new personnel changes:

Huang Zhong was transferred back to Yunzhong County to continue to be his thief Cao, and at the same time to control the bow and crossbow troops, Cao Xing was included under his command; Song Xian, Hao Meng and Hou Cheng were transferred to Beiyu, Wuquan and Wujin counties respectively to serve as governors. Duwei, under the command of General Huwei Guan Yu.

Counting Guan Yu and Zhang Liao, the defense lines in the eastern and northern areas should not be a problem.The key to the west is Xianyang County, which is guarded by Xun Fai, with Yin Yu as the master, and it will be quick to support if there is an enemy situation.

Besides, there is still Wang Shi in Wuyuan County, so the west side should be safe.Moreover, because the Yellow River flows through, as a natural barrier, the Southern Xiongnu in Xihe, if they want to cross Wuyuan County and enter Yunzhong County, will be blocked by the Yellow River.

"That is to say, even if Yunzhong County can't be counted as an iron barrel, the defense problem has been solved." Liu Tao concluded, "In addition, Xianbei will not go south in spring and summer, and we have enough time to develop before autumn and winter. "

What is more concerned is that according to the information he has read, there will be a Xianbei attack in December.I just don't know whether it was Bu Dugen or Ke Bineng who attacked.If it is the former, according to today's butterfly effect, it is no longer a concern.

The thing I was really waiting for, it seems that it is now mid-February, almost March, and it still hasn't come...

Just when he was feeling emotional, the soldiers on duty outside rushed to report: "General, there are envoys from Luoyang coming outside!"

Chapter 321 Going to the Front Line

"Hey, I didn't expect it to be Qian Huangmen, but he was promoted?" Liu Tao came outside the yamen, saw Qian Fu who hadn't seen him for a long time, and stepped forward to greet him with a smile.

"Accept the prefect's precious words..." Qian Fu also smiled when he saw Liu Tao, "Long time no see, the prefect's demeanor is still the same."

In fact, where did Gao Sheng come from? Who wants to come to such a ghostly place in the cloud?So they pushed back and forth in private, and finally found that the relationship between Qian Fu and Liu Tao was not bad, so they sent him here.

Qian Fu is just a small yellow family, he is soft-spoken and has no way to refuse, so he can only come obediently.

"Come, come, don't talk outside, it's warmer inside." Liu Tao then motioned for him to follow him in.Qian Fu didn't object either. The weather in mid-February was mainly on the side of the cloud, and it was still a bit cold.

Qian Fu was really touched, Liu Tao regarded him as a guest of honor, and even gave him a taste of the new butter tea here.This thing is really delicious, salty and delicious, it is a taste that I have never enjoyed after living for more than [-] years.

Liu Tao said that if he likes it, he can bring some tea bricks back when he goes back, and he will also teach him how to make butter.

Of course, it’s not that kind. The main reason is that Qian Fu will drive the rich and powerful in Luoyang to learn how to drink tea and like to drink tea, and when the demand soars, not to mention Bashu, it is estimated that Jingzhou and Jiangnan will start to grow tea one after another.

Only when the scale of tea leaves increases can the price drop. Therefore, the current ones can only be regarded as investments.

Another point is that this tea brick is still raw tea after all, and he doesn't know the fermentation process yet, so he can't make cooked tea yet.To be honest, he is not used to the taste of raw tea, so he made it into butter tea, using butter and salt to cover up the taste.

Qian Fu said he didn't want it, but of course he wanted it. He didn't expect that there would be such oil and water to scrape off in Yunzhong. After returning home, he would show himself well, and at least he could be arranged by a regular attendant.When the permanent attendant retires, maybe there will be a chance to become a new attempt...

He did not forget his mission, so he coughed lightly, indicating that he would read the imperial decree, and Liu Tao and others quickly shut up.

At this time, Qian Fucai took out the imperial decree and read: "Order Zhenbei General, Yunzhong Prefect, Duting Hou Liu Tao, to go to Chang'an within one month from now, and return to the command of Chariot General Zhang Wen. The affairs will be handed over to the county prime minister for the time being!"

"Just adjust it? We won't let us prepare the materials ourselves, right?" Liu Tao asked jokingly.

Although the supplies have been prepared, in order to deal with this battle, but seriously, why not blackmail if you can blackmail some?

"The meaning of the above..." Qian Fu thought for a while, and decided to leak the secret, "It is said that since the prefect took the initiative to go to the front line, you can only pay for the supplies in the past. When you arrive at the front line, there will naturally be supplies."

"Speaking of which, isn't Huangfusong the commander at the front? Why is it replaced by Zhang Wen?" Liu Tao asked.

"Half a month ago, Huangfu Song led the army to go out, but suffered a big defeat. Combined with the unfavorable suppression of bandits last year, His Majesty dismissed him. Jin Wu and Yuan Pang will be his deputy. Dong Zhuo will be the general who breaks the barbarians, and Zhou Shen will be the general who destroys the bandits, and will be under Zhang Wen's command."

In other words, Huangfusong no longer has any position, but has the title of Marquis of Duxiang to maintain his face.

It is said that further changes occurred in the war in 188 years of history, so Huangfusong had to be used again as General Zuo to deal with the rebels.If we really want to count Wen as the leader, the war did not make effective progress, and Zhang Chun and the Southern Huns were forced to turn against each other...

He didn't think much about it before, but now that Liu Tao thinks about it, he can't help but suspect that this Wen is not intentional, right?Dong Zhuo also started to perform better and better during his period. Is there really nothing tricky in it?

"There are so many capable people under Zhang Wen's command, why would you think of transferring me?" Liu Tao was a little curious, especially during this time, except for one month, he wrote a memorial every month, and there was no response.

"Zhang Wen's proposal. He said that there were too many cavalry on the side of the bandits, and he hoped that the cavalry from western Liaoning could be transferred to deal with the bandits. It's just that the western side of Liaoning is far away. At this time, the eunuch's memorial came over, so he thought that the cavalry from the eunuch could be transferred there. .” Qian Fu certainly didn’t mind revealing some irrelevant secrets.