Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 73 Xue Yantuo
At the north gate of Shuofang City,

"Brother, what are you doing surrounded by so many people?" A passer-by asked the person in front if he couldn't get through.

"Oh, I heard that the Metropolitan Government announced that the mutual market will open in three days. This is the trading rule."The person in front turned around and said:
"Everyone is quiet, this is a notice from the Dudu Mansion, read it to everyone immediately," a soldier stood in front of the notice and said loudly: the crowd quickly quieted down.

"Shuofang Governor's Mansion Order! Shuofang Mutual Market will be officially opened on the first day of June in three days. After that, the big market will be opened on the first day of each month, and the other days will be small markets. All rules will be treated equally regardless of crowd, regardless of ethnicity. The first market Inside and outside, no fighting or disturbing the market is allowed. If there is any dispute, you can go to the management office of the market to resolve it. On the second day, you can’t cheat or shoddy. Large transactions must go to the management office to register and pay taxes. Guarantee to ensure the fairness and safety of everyone's Shuofang area transactions. For small transactions, you can rent stalls in the market and charge according to the stalls. Cattle, sheep, and horses are placed outside the market in a unified way, and there are special personnel to guard them for free.”

"The ratio of goods exchange, large transactions are discussed in the trading hall of the bazaar, and small transactions are discussed at the booth, all of which are registered and guaranteed by the management office. No shoddy goods, backtracking, forced selling and buying,"

At the same time, this decree was posted in the market and around the gates of the city, and soldiers read it aloud specially, and sent it to all ethnic groups in the grassland, and the large caravans in the Central Plains.Everyone expressed no objection, and thought it was very good. In fact, ancient businessmen paid more attention to reputation, it is true.

This time, Feng Daiwen selected more than 200 literate people from the tens of thousands of troops in Shuofang to fill out the market transaction documents, which is a simple sales contract, and deployed 1000 elite soldiers to maintain and guard the market, and 1 Tengjia troops to guard against the Turks , Shuofang City is also fully armed.

The trading hall is a row of prefabricated houses, with no walls in the middle and only pillars. There are many display stands filled with samples to be traded. More than 100 interpreters are also there to translate languages ​​for everyone.

On May [-]th, the day before the market, Shuofang Dudu's Mansion.

"The governor, Xue Yantuo, Jieli Khan. Tuli Khan, Huihe sent people to see him," the guard came in and reported:

Zhang Gongjin and Feng Daiwen, who were discussing things, looked at each other, and Feng Daiwen ordered the guards to come: "Take them to a room respectively."

"Nephew, what do you mean they are here now," Zhang Gongjin said:
"I'm either here to trade or to ask for help. Hey, you'll know if you go and have a look," Feng Daiwen said:
"Who would you like to meet first?" Zhang Gongjin had a good idea and asked:

"Let's meet Xue Yantuo and Huihe first, they should come for a deal," Feng Daiwen thought for a moment:

"Well, let's go see them first." Zhang Gongjin said:
"The son of Khan, a barbarian of the Xueyantuo tribe, has met the governor, my lord," a burly prairie man saw the two entered the house, stood up and saluted in fluent Tang dialect: Xueyantuo grassland tribes always have armored men More than [-] people are the largest ethnic group besides the Turks, and they have always been controlled by the Turks.

"Haha, please sit down. This is General Feng Daiwen, the deputy governor of the Shuofang Governor's Mansion. The governor welcomes you to Shuofang. I don't know that your ministry has important matters to come to Shuofang." Zhang Gongjin said haha, and introduced Feng Daiwen by the way:

"I came to the Datang Mutual Market by my father's order. It's just that my tribe is far away, so I'm here now. Please forgive me!" Da Dushe explained:
"Haha, it's okay, it's okay to be a guest from afar, the young patriarch can rest assured that the transaction will be done, and the governor will guarantee fairness and justice," Zhang Gongjin pretended to be happy:

"Actually, I came here this time to ask Datang for something," Dadu said in a difficult way:
"Young patriarch, but it's okay to say, we Datang will help if we can," Zhang Gongjin said:

"Actually, my tribe, Xue Yantuo, has always preferred to make friends with Datang. It's just that our tribe has been oppressed by Xieli, so we have to obey his orders. Now that Xieli's strength has dropped, we can finally get rid of control, but after all, our tribe has always been poor. Please ask Datang to support us with some weapons, food and grass to get through this most difficult time." Dadu set up a bitter face and pretended to be poor: of course it might be really poor.

"Here, to support you with matters related to the country and the country, this requires you to go to Chang'an to write a letter to the saint," Zhang Gongjin said in a dilemma:

"It's like this, young patriarch, the merchants from Shuofang came from all over the Tang Dynasty themselves, and they don't belong to the government. However, since the young patriarch is here, we can't let you go away empty-handed. The weapons and food you need can be exchanged first. For you guys".Seeing that Zhang Gongjin was embarrassed, Feng Daiwen said:

"Thank you, Commander Feng, but can you change some more weapons and make them cheaper? The tribe is really too poor," Dadu set up slightly with a request:

"It's not a problem to trade more weapons, but the price is fixed. There is really no way to change it, Goguryeo, but my Tang Dynasty is short of manpower. You can grab some prisoners to exchange, such as Xieli's people, of course, and my Tang Dynasty. After all, if you get along well, you are all from your own family, of course, I will not admit this when I go out," Feng Daiwen said in a low voice with a smile:

"Really?" Dadu set his eyes open and asked: After all, it is very common for large tribes to annex small tribes on the grassland. It is very common for tribes to plunder, East Turks and West Turks to plunder. Westerners.

"Of course it's true, young and strong, women and weak, but the price is different, but don't worry, we use captives to help build cities, roads, and give them enough to eat, so they don't have to worry Starve to death in winter, freeze to death, and work for Datang for up to five years, they will have the status of Datang, and the land will be distributed to them, it is better to directly join us, if you don’t believe it, I can take you to see it.” Feng Devon tempted him to:

"That's good. After all, many of them are from our grasslands. Our tribe still has many captives, some from Gaochang, and some from further west." Da Dushe said:

"If there are people from my Tang Dynasty, please ask the young patriarch to send them back. Of course, we will exchange corresponding items. In order to show our sincerity, we are willing to buy wool for two cents a catty. We will accept as much as we have." Feng Daiwen Another condition was offered that Dadu could not refuse.

"Wool? Thank you, Commander, I really appreciate it." Although he didn't know what Datang would do with their useless wool, Dadushe quickly expressed his gratitude and agreed. After all, this is a cost-free income.

"Haha, you don't have to be polite, the young patriarch. This is our Tang Dynasty's care for our friendly friends." Zhang Gongjin, who can speak pretty words, said on the side:
"Yes, yes, we will be Datang's best friends." Dadu quickly replied:

"Well, the young patriarch can rest in the mansion with peace of mind, and see how much you want to change tomorrow. I will leave when I have something to do." Feng Daiwen gave Zhang Gongjin a wink:

"Very well, thank you, the governor, for your hospitality." Dadu said thankfully:
"Who are you going to see now?" Zhang Gongjin asked Feng Daiwen outside the door:

"It's better to go see the Huihe people first," Feng Daiwen thought for a moment:

"Okay, let's cool off the people of Jieli and Tuli, haha, let's go," Zhang Gongjin laughed:,,,,

(End of this chapter)