Over the years, who hasn't heard that Xiayang's trade is easy to do, and life is getting better.

If it weren't for the relative stability of Tianshui and the people being busy with the land in their hometowns, I'm afraid that some people would have packed up their luggage and gone to the side under the jurisdiction of Dong Bai and Tong Yuan.

Tong Yuan's expected effect was achieved, even if Ma Tie's side had to attack strongly, his soldiers would be afraid and it would be difficult to exert their original combat strength.

As soon as his identity shines, he is already invincible.

About half an hour later, a messenger from the opposite side, who was not wearing armor and was only carrying a sword, came.

Zhang Lu said to Tong Yuan, "Lord, Ma Tie sent someone over there." Shall we teach our messenger a lesson when they have wounded him? ”

Tong Yuan sighed softly and said, "Of course I want to take a bad breath. It's just that the people in the county are also watching, and our army should not provoke trouble. ”

"But don't let him into the city, just talk to him at the gates, and I'm not going to talk to these scouts. Xu Jian. ”

On the side, Xu Jian came out of the queue and replied: "The last will be!" ”

"You're relatively familiar with the situation here, so it's up to you to talk to him."

"No!"

Tong Yuan has two considerations for this arrangement, first, the other party is just a messenger, Tong Yuan and Zhang Lu are both at the level of generals, so there is really no need to talk about it in person.

Second, let Xu Jian, the son of Xu Rong, the famous general of the former Xiliang Army, appear, his identity is more appropriate, and the enemy will be afraid if he knows his reputation. This is also a kind of bright muscle in disguise, telling the other party that what we have is human hands.

Xu Jian really followed Tong Yuan's rhythm as soon as he came up, and came to report his identity. The envoy of the other party is a hundred leaders in the army, and he has been in Xiliang for so many years, how can he not know Xu Rong's prestige?

The envoys of the other party said with respect that they had come to carry out trade and were willing to trade normally with Xianqin County and the Four Seas Merchant Gang.

Of course, Xu Jian would not be simply fooled, he asked, "Since it is trade, why did you bring a lot of soldiers and horses, and also injured our envoys!" If there is no reply, Hugh will say that there will be a result in the court. ”

The envoy was slightly panicked, but he replied in a state beyond expectations, "Xu Shaojun doesn't know, I heard on the road that many bad people are pretending to be characters of the Xiliang Army, and these people are all evil, and we mistakenly think that the envoy is a liar, so we have this misunderstanding." ”

On that day, the envoy was quite strong, and he introduced the name of General Zhang Zhonglang. I thought it was incredible that General Zhang appeared here, and I thought it was a thief who deceived us, so I did it. ”

Xu Jian was also surprised, he didn't expect the other party to be able to make up such a reason, looking at this envoy who was obviously a military official in the army, how could he be as good at debating as a scribe?

The envoy didn't wait for Xu Jian's reaction, and continued, "We heard that there is a merchant gang from all over the world here, and we have come to establish trade contacts. We didn't destroy it along the way, and all the townships were as good as ever, and this is the proof. ”

Xu Jian knew that the information might be quite asymmetrical, so he relayed what the envoy had just said to Tong Yuan, Zhang Lu and others.

Tong Yuan said, "The situation is unclear now, but whether the other party said so when he saw our flag, or whether he really came to trade, in short, the overall situation has been decided." What do you think? ”

Zhang Lu is more experienced, and he proposed that although the other party lowered his posture, he still had to be careful here, and no matter what, he could not let the other party's people enter the city.

Although Xu Jian is young, he is also quite experienced. He thought that if the other party was a fraud, he would send spies into the city when the people returned from leaving the city. So it is necessary to take special precautions at this point.

The head of the Wang family was also there, and he suggested that a market could be temporarily opened outside the city, stipulating that there would only be two hours, and when these poor Ma Jiajun had no goods, they could naturally be sent out of the country.

Others, such as county lieutenants and officials, also put forward some methods, and everyone brainstormed and envisioned the whole process.

In the end, it was planned to start trading with each other for five days, two miles outside the city, for only two hours a day, and the rest of the time the county seat remained closed. In normal times, nearly 1,000 people in the county town remained armed, condescending, and also made a plan for the other party to steal the city.

Tong Yuan sent Zhang Lu to inspect the implementation of the arrangements of all parties, and on the other hand, he sent envoys from the Four Seas Merchant Gang to convey this plan.

Ma Tie's side was also happy, and agreed to the matter of trade, saying that the Anding side had long wanted to start trade with the Sanfu parties. It's really an honor to be able to bring General Pingbei to the line this time.

At this time, Wang Yi had been observing the cavalry in the distance from the city wall. If there is any change in these cavalry, even if it is a combat preparation, she will be aware of it.

However, the cavalry under Ma Tie did not mean to plunder. After all, after a big defeat in the past few months, who would want to be beaten by Weiyang Jun and Haoyang Hou.

Wang Yi also relaxed a little, maybe the land in the northwest will really get better? She knew it would be difficult, but maybe the man could do it.

But I didn't expect it to be him, no wonder there would be an enemy assassination, after doing so many things, and fighting a war to open up a lot of situations, there will definitely be a lot of trouble.

The first day of trade was carried out in an orderly manner, and it was a peaceful state. Ma Tie sold a lot of horses and weapons on his side, and it is estimated that they are so poor that they only have these goods.

It was getting dark, inside a tent outside the city.

Ma Tie said to the young scholar, "Mr. Yang, your idea to start trading is really good! ”

"We are most short of grain and beans there, you must know that the east has been sold at a sky-high price, and it can be bought here at a good price, which is really a solution to the urgent need."

The scholar surnamed Yang said, "This is also a coincidence, isn't the rule here in Xiliang that if you can fight, you will see blood, and if you can't fight, you will be hospitable?" ”

Ma Tie was slightly stunned, and then smiled and said, "Haha, Mr. Yang is really in a word." I didn't expect you, a famous farmer, to understand these truths. ”

"Humph! Isn't this what you little people made of you? These words were just silently recited in his heart.

In fact, he still has a lot of things that Ma Tie can't know.

For example, he was not surnamed Yang.

For example, the purpose of his coming here, and the lone poison trick he was about to unleash.

For example, in addition to having a relationship with Hongnong Yang, he also came to Ma Teng's command with the help of another big man.

For example, if Ma Tie knew about one of the three, I am afraid that no matter how reckless he is, he will not dare to keep this person for a few more moments.

The false is now called Yang Chen, and his identity is a side branch of the Hongnong Yang family, and he has shown excellent strategy and people's livelihood ability under Ma Teng.

The real one showed a chilling smile and said proudly: "Ma Tie, Ma Tie, soon you will know what it feels like to carry the pot." ”