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Chapter 29 You are the man and man

Chu Yu and Baoer have realized Huo Hai's ability to lie with his eyes open. What surprised them was that when they left the court, Zhen Ping and Guo Yong actually gave Huo Hai two plates of gold and 50 pieces of fine silk.

You should know that the yellow metals of this era are not directly linked to copper coins. In fact, a pound of gold is worth at least 10,000 yuan. In more cases, it can even be exchanged for 15,000 yuan. This pound refers to a kilogram of gold.

A plate of gold is about thirty lumps of gold per pound, and two plates of sixty, which is a hard currency of more than 600,000 yuan.

As for the mature silk, also known as training, it is the highest level of silk fabrics. In this period of rising prices, a pair of stock is worth three to four thousand coins. However, double-layer training like this, dyed with beautiful colors and specially used for winter clothes, may more than double the value to more than eight thousand coins.

In other words, when the two of them got it, they were gifts worth millions, which was a bit too heavy.

After all, the gentry during this period only seemed to be around one million yuan when they married their daughters and high-ranking officials married their wives.

"Why are you still standing there? You took the things away!" Seeing that Chu Yu and the others didn't dare to pick them up after seeing these things, Huo Hai shouted to them.

"I'm afraid I can't..."

"I told you to accept it, and you will accept it." Seeing that Chu Yu was still hesitating, Huo Hai shouted at her again, then stood up and bowed to thank Zhen Ping and Guo Yong.

When the two saw Huo Hai accepting these gifts, their smiles became a little eager, one left and one right, holding his arm until they sent him out of the restaurant and watched him walk away from the door before turning around.

If nothing unexpected happens, they will immediately let the chef, or even doctors who know all kinds of herbs, identify what Huo Hai put in the pot of meat soup that they had not finished drinking.

But what they couldn't imagine was that even Huo Hai himself couldn't get these things out now, let alone the chefs and doctors of this era!

"Young Master, they gave you such a valuable gift for no reason. You must have no good intentions. You shouldn't accept it." Chu Yu, who had tied sixty gold lumps into a bun and carried it on his back, walked away and headed towards Huo Haidao, who was walking in the front.

"I'm afraid this is the difference between you, those of you who are not from high origins and the powerful people of the gentry. They know what is valuable and can invest heavily, and you... hey! I guess I won't be able to teach you for the time being." Huo Hai shook his head and sighed.

Xu Chang, who knew that his intelligence level was far from Huo Hai, was not as entangled as Chu Yu. He used fifty horses to pick up more than forty horses with a bamboo stick. The remaining few were pinned by Baoer with two arms under his armpit. When Chu Yu leaned his head and thought about what Huo Hai meant, he asked, "Sir, are these trainings transported to Heishan with cows and horses?"

Huo Hai nodded and said, "Yes, maybe only in Montenegro can we do what we want to do freely, so not only those livestock, but also the believers who live in the city now. If there are no regular businessmen or errands, you will also let them go to Montenegro with us."

"In this case, I'm afraid I will need one day to prepare." Xu Chang frowned.

He still needs to ask whether the people in the county town are willing to go to Heishan one by one before he knows that Zhang Bao had previously given him the task of lurking in the county town. When the Yellow Turban Army revives, they can take down the city as internal and external forces.

"It doesn't matter, we are all young and strong, and there are cattle, horses and livestock to travel with us. We must have walked faster than Wangdang and they will go. After waiting for a day before we set off, we can catch up with them halfway." Huo Hai thought of the hundreds of old, weak women and children he asked Wangdang to take away in the city. He probably might not have been halfway through the previous journey. He spoke.

"What about now? Should we go back to our residence or to the livestock market?" Xu Chang asked again.

"Of course I'm going to the livestock market. You can't let your local general pick all our good horses away." Huo Hai speeded up his trail after thinking about this.

"I understand. They think that what you master, young master, are valuable. They want to make friends with you, and try to take advantage of your son..." Chu Yu, who had a beat slow reaction, lit up his eyes after Huo Hai accelerated his pace and shouted after Huo Hai.

Huo Hai turned to smile at her, but didn't say anything. It seemed that she was not hopeless. She could teach her well and take on a great responsibility.

Sure enough, in the livestock shed, Zhang Bao, who was dreaming of forming a cavalry, spent the whole afternoon selecting horses.

When the deal was completed, Chu Yu and the others didn't have time to tell whether these horses were good horses. Now after looking closely, they found that there are indeed a thousand horses, but there are only more than 300 horses that can be used for cavalry riding. Most horses are either thin, or cracked horses, or ten-year-old thin horses, are okay to pull carts and transport goods, but it must be difficult to gallop wildly.

As for cattle, most of them are yellow cattle and yaks, with only a few buffaloes, and half of them are small buffaloes that are over one year old and cannot be cultivated.

Don’t think that buffaloes can’t be fed in the north. Even in the colder Northeast region, buffaloes can survive. However, during winter, they need a warmer cowshed. Only after the weather gets warmer in spring can they go to the ground to work, otherwise they will easily get sick and their work efficiency is not high.

Scalpers are mainly used for farming, but they are attracted by Zhang Bao. He wants to make some cow tendons to make strong bows and cow leather to make armor.

However, all his plans were denied by Huo Hai.

If you want a war horse yak, you can exchange it for the population. Two hundred war horses and three hundred yaks are the limit that Huo Hai can give Zhang Bao. Zhang Bao only needs to mobilize the Taiping scholars from various counties to transport those people who can't eat and sell them to Heishan.

"No, why do you want so many people? Or the elderly, weak, women and children who only waste food." After hearing Huo Hai's request, Zhang Bao said in confusion.

After Huo Hai was silent for a while, he looked at him seriously and said, "What has your Taiping Sect gained if you want to succeed? Is it time, place, or people?

Let’s talk about the weather first. Now there is a severe drought every year. I don’t know what will happen next year. There is no grain output in the field every year. When war starts, what will everyone eat?

Even if the court does not send a large army to wipe out you, I may starve to death when the little food you stolen is finished.

Secondly, the territory is good, Hebei is flat, and you Taiping Cult are all poor people, so you will definitely not be able to organize a cavalry. At that time, when the cavalry troops of the court come, you will only be trampled by horse hooves.

Therefore, the only thing you can use as a breakthrough is harmony. If you do not think about the survival of the poor and get their loyalty and support, you will have no difference from committing suicide without successors."

After hearing Huo Hai's remarks, Zhang Bao was silent all of a sudden. There was a big difference between doing things and doing things. The talents of the three brothers were limited to organizing people to do things. If you really want to do things, you need a talented person like Huo Hai to help plan and make feasible strategic plans.

So, after recognizing the facts, Zhang Bao looked at Huo Hai and began to shine, and laughed, "Who said that there is no one in Taiping Sect to reconcile? Aren't you the one in Taiping Sect given to us Huang Tian? I agree with your conditions, as long as you don't think there are too many people and can't support you."

Huo Hai felt that the more he talked to Zhang Bao, the more this guy would tie himself up to Taiping Sect. For the sake of his life, he had to stay away from him, because Huo Hai did not think that his few words could change the Taiping Sect, and it would be even more impossible to affect the comparison of the combat power between the Han court and the Taiping Sect.

The specific preparations for travel must be prepared. The advantage of having cattle, horses and livestock is that you don’t have to worry about having bad luck for thousands of stones of food. Each cattle that can carry six stones of food on the back, and each horse that can carry four stones of food on the back, and they can walk easily.

As for those injured, sick, and young cattle and horses, they can not be taken away for the time being, because Xu Chang's base is still in the county town! When transporting things to Heishan in the future, I will take them slowly.

Therefore, in addition to the two hundred horses and three hundred cows that Zhang Bao wanted to take away, Huo Hai could also take away six hundred horses and five hundred cows, and the remaining one hundred horses and two hundred cows, which belonged to Xu Chang.

In addition, Huo Hai also had to take away all two thousand sheep, three thousand stones of essence and two thousand stones of grain. After all, there were many people in the Black Mountain that needed him to support him.

Xu Chang told him that five hundred young men went to Heishan with him. The difference between these young men and those led by Wang Dang is that most of them know how to play, and more than half of them can ride horses.

Before leaving, Huo Hai also made some purchases, using ten gold lumps to buy ten vans, and then using the remaining fifty gold lumps to buy a thousand linens and hundreds of sheepskins.

After all, during winter, in addition to food, clothing is the most important thing.

The next morning, more than 500 people drove a large team of more than 3,000 livestock and set off from Zhending County. At the gate of the city, Huo Hai did not unexpectedly see Zhen Ping and Guo Yong. They came to see Huo Hai off. They not only prepared wine, meat and food on the roadside, but also found beautiful maids to play and dance.

Huo Hai was very sure that he only needed to look at the faces of the maids, or to express a praise for their singing, dancing, music, and the instruments she played would be given to him by Zhen Ping and Guo Yong.

Unfortunately, Huo Hai did not have the habit of playing with the young loli. Chu Yu and Baoer around him were already very annoying. He always ate his own food. No matter how much he had, he couldn't bear it.

In addition, he could not understand the elegant meaning that came from the music of this era. Later Internet magical brainwashing songs were his favorite, so Zhen Ping and Guo Yong's people were not sent out.

However, when Huo Hai got on the carriage, they both said that after a while, they would definitely visit him when he settled in Montenegro.
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