He scanned it several times, and after confirming that there was no horse, he asked: "Where is the horse?"

Seeing Liu Chan's confused look, Sun Li felt a little embarrassed and said, "Maybe... maybe the third brother took him out to herd."

He knew that Liu Chan came here with great interest, but saw such a scene. Liu Chan must be more or less disappointed.

But now he had no choice but to wait for the person who took the horse out to come back to find out what was going on.

When Liu Chan heard this, he didn't think much about it. He seemed to suddenly realize: "That's it. In this case, we won't go through."

He paused for a moment and then said: "But... I have a few questions to ask you."

In fact, he came here not to see the horses, but to see how the racecourse was being built.

Now that the racecourse is right in front of him, where the horses are is not what he should be concerned about now.

Sun Li quickly said: "Young Master, may I ask?"

He was afraid that Liu Chan would blame him, and wished that Liu Chan would quickly change the subject.

Liu Chan said seriously: "The first question is, how many horses can be raised in such a large horse farm?"

Sun Li immediately said: "If they are adult horses, you can raise three thousand, and if there are young horses, you can raise up to four thousand."

"Huh? Why are there so few?" He seemed to be too surprised by the answer Sun Li gave, and he almost blurted out the question.

Sun Li quickly explained: "Young Master, although this horse farm looks very big, raising horses is not simply about raising them, it also requires training. And the space required for training is larger than the space required for feeding.

There is a lot of space, so considering the needs of horse training, it is not appropriate to raise too many horses in this horse farm.”

After listening to Sun Li's explanation, Liu Chan roughly understood.

He nodded and said, "What you say makes sense. The second question is, how long will it take to fully utilize this racecourse?"

Sun Li didn't quite understand this time. He asked doubtfully: "I wonder what the young master means by making full use of it?"

Liu Chan heard this and explained: "That is to say, if we want to raise three thousand horses here, how long will it take to do it?"

In his view, since this racecourse has been built, it cannot remain empty forever and must be used to its full potential.

Sun Li didn't know what was going on, so he raised his head and looked at Guan Yu, as if he was asking Guan Yu for instructions.

I heard Guan Yu suddenly say: "Adou, let me answer this question."

"Huh? Is there any twists and turns in this?"

When Liu Chan heard this, he couldn't help but feel doubtful and had an idea.

However, he did not speak, but quietly waited for Guan Yu to explain.

Guan Yu paused for a moment, and then said: "Firstly, our place does not produce horses, and secondly, it is far away from the place where horses are produced, so once a foal appears on the market, it becomes a hot commodity. We want to

Buying a horse from Xiang is not an easy task."

In today's war-torn times, trade is often not smooth, and horses are very important strategic materials. Therefore, various places have implemented strict controls on horse dealers taking horses out of the country.

Of course, in order to make huge profits, there are also countless horse dealers who take desperate risks and bring high-quality northern horses from the north to Jingzhou, Yangzhou and other places for sale.

And more of them are horse dealers who brought southwestern horses from Yizhou into Jingzhou.

It's just that the road to Shu has been difficult and dangerous since ancient times, and there are many passes. Most of them are blocked by one man and cannot be opened by ten thousand people.

Although horse dealers want to pursue huge profits, they still put their lives first.

So most of them went down the river by water and brought their horses to Jingzhou to sell them.

Although taking the water route solved the obstacle to customs clearance, it also came with the biggest problem.

That is because the space on the ship is small after all, and they can only carry a few horses at a time.

Such a quantity is naturally more than enough for ordinary people, but it is completely insufficient for an army like them.

This is the reason why when Liu Biao was in control of Jingzhou, he only had one hundred thousand naval troops, and his infantry and cavalry were rarely mentioned.

After listening to Guan Yu's explanation, Liu Chan immediately thought of a way. He suggested: "Second Uncle Guan, do you think we can unite with those horse dealers?"

"Unite? What does that mean?"

Although Guan Yu could understand the literal meaning, he didn't understand what Liu Chan meant by the alliance!

In this era, there is another thing that Liu Chan does not understand.

That is, since ancient times, the status of businessmen has been very humble. Although they gambled their lives and gained huge wealth, they did not gain social status.

It is fundamentally different from the era he lived in before.

What people today admire is serving as an official, but in the era he lived in, what he admired was "money"!

He said with a serious face: "Since these horse dealers are selling horses, they will sell them in the busy market or sell them directly to us. If they can make an agreement with us, they will transport the horses to us directly. For them,

, there was no loss, but the selling speed was accelerated.”

After hearing this, Guan Yu's frown slowly relaxed.

He originally thought that Liu Chan was going to do something "colluding with businessmen", but now it seemed that it was just a pure business, so he was relieved.

He smiled and said: "What Adou said is not unreasonable! If we let them send the horses directly, our racecourse can be used faster."

He gave a rare sigh of praise, then turned around and said to Sun Lida: "I'll leave it to you to discuss this matter with the horse merchants. Is there any difficulty?"

When Sun Li heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little moved. He didn't expect that Guan Yu would hand over such important authority to him. This was undoubtedly a sign of his respect and trust.

He quickly said: "There is no difficulty!"

Liu Chan was still a little worried when he saw Sun Li agreeing so quickly. He quickly said: "In order to ensure that this matter is completed, you can give these businessmen some benefits."

"benefit?"

Sun Li now became a little confused again. He didn't know what the measure of benefit Liu Chan mentioned was.

Liu Chan explained: "You can let them choose the best horse possible, and add 10% or 20% to the usual price. As for how much is appropriate, it's up to you to decide."

Although Liu Chan has never bought a horse, he knows the common characteristic of businessmen, which is to pursue profits.

A general horse dealer must consider the needs of the people he sells and select horses of different breeds.

Some horses are suitable for carrying loads and are used for plowing fields and carrying goods; some horses are suitable for running and can be used as war horses.
Chapter completed!