When Du Mingen of Tianzhu was discussing the affairs of the Portuguese, Daming's side also quietly began to enter autumn.

To the north of the Great Wall, on the vast grassland, with the arrival of autumn, the originally verdant grassland has gradually changed into new clothes.

The grass on the grassland began to turn yellow, but the cattle and sheep on the grassland were fat and strong, and it was the fattest time of the year.

Kikige rode his horse with his own Ejianmur, and his younger brother Batu drove a herd of cattle, sheep and horses in one direction.

"Kikige, I've heard that the town is very lively, and there are a lot of good things to eat and have fun."

Batu, who was only thirteen years old, looked very excited.

The thought of going to town thrilled him.

There were no towns on the grassland before, because the grassland people were nomadic and lived with water and grass, and there was no need for towns at all.

However, since the Tatar tribes were annexed to the Ming Dynasty and became part of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty began to build many towns on the grassland.

As the first grassland tribe to belong to the Ming Dynasty, the Naiban tribe was the first to appear on the grassland.

These towns were built to facilitate trade, and there were three days of the month when they were marketed, and the people of the steppes could come here with their cattle, sheep and horses and sell them.

Then buy what they need here in the bazaar, there are a lot of merchants here, these merchants from the Ming Dynasty, they bring all kinds of things.

Grain, iron pots, salt, tea, medicines, beautiful clothes, etc., all the things that they had nowhere to buy before, were bought freely in these towns and cities, and the prices were getting cheaper and cheaper.

This allowed these steppe people to live a life that they could not have imagined before.

"Just know that you eat and play, you are already thirteen years old, Eji said, I will marry you next year, and you will be an adult by then."

Kikige looked at his brother and said helplessly.

The younger brother is very strong, and he has a very good complexion.

You can buy salt, tea and other things that are urgently needed in life, and the life of the grassland people is very comfortable.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty conquered the Tatar tribes, and also defeated the attack of the Warats, without war, she and Eji no longer have to worry about the safety of their younger brother, and their family can continue forever.

"Hmph~ I don't want to marry a daughter-in-law, what's the good thing about going to a daughter-in-law."

When Batu heard this, he immediately pouted.

"Marrying a daughter-in-law can give birth to children, and only when we have children can our family become bigger."

Kikige said.

"I don't want it, but I've heard that this world is very big, and I want to go to the Central Plains to see it."

Batu said unhappily.

"Haha, our Batu has grown up and grown into an eagle on the grassland."

On the side, Anmur, the mother of the two, heard it and immediately laughed.

She is very satisfied with her current life, grazing on the grassland, relying on the raised cattle, sheep and horses to support her family, and living a comfortable life.

"Why did you always have to fight and kill with Ming people before~"

"We go south every year to plunder, but every winter we still have to die a lot of cattle and sheep, a lot of people die, and there will be no food, no salt, no tea, and no iron pots."

"How good it is now, what you want, how good it is for everyone to get along in harmony."

She couldn't help but think of her husband in her heart, and thought of her husband who died in the Central Plains.

The husband who rode a war horse and took up arms went to the Central Plains to plunder, in fact, it was just grain, salt and tea for the winter, and if he could grab an iron pot, it would be a dream thing.

But now, there is no need to rob at all, they only need to use cattle, sheep and horses to exchange for a lot of grain, salt and tea, and there are so many iron pots in the house that they can't use them.

Drove the cattle and sheep to the nearest town.

At noon, next to a river, on an open grassland, buildings came into view.

"Haha, it's finally here~"

Batu rode his horse excitedly, and he was a little eager to go to the town on the grassland to have a look.

The long-term nomadic life has left these herders on the grassland with relatively few people.

But people are born to like to be lively, and these towns built by the Ming Dynasty on the grassland are the most lively places on the grassland.

As they got closer to the town, Kikige could see many people from all over the world, like them, driving cattle, sheep and horses.

Today is the day of the market only three times a month, and there are many herders who come here.

It's autumn, and winter is coming soon, so the cattle and sheep are fat enough to sell them for a good price, and then they can stock up on grain, salt, and tea for the winter. every day

Gradually, the town became clearer and clearer.

Batu could clearly see that the town was not large, it didn't take long to ride a horse to go around, and a city wall was built on the periphery of the town, and the Ming army in armor could be seen guarding the city wall.

Within the city walls, the town's buildings seemed very tall to Batu, with houses five or six stories high, glass windows glittering in the sunlight.

Outside the town, there are a lot of sheepfolds built of wood, and in each sheepfold, you can see a lot of cattle, sheep and horses, and at the same time, there are many merchants bargaining with these herdsmen, as if they are discussing the sale of cattle, sheep and horses.

The herdsmen who came later were very skillful in opening a sheepfold that was not in use, and then hurried their cattle, sheep and horses away, and soon someone would come to him to discuss the sale.

At the same time, you can also see many herdsmen using horse-drawn carts and ox carts to pull carts and carts of wool, these wool piles are very high, but they are very sought-after, and before they arrive in the town, there are Ming people riding horses to discuss the purchase of these wool.

Through the large gates, you can see the bustling scene of the town.

There are a lot of people inside, there are many shops, teahouses, restaurants, etc., people come and go, and it is very lively.

"How many people, it's so lively~"

Batu was excited, but Eji and his sister hadn't come yet, and he didn't dare to go in alone, so he hurried back.

"Sister, the town is too lively~"

"There are so many people~"

Batu said excitedly.

"Of course it's lively, today is the day of the market, and many people will come."

Kikig nodded and said as a matter of course.

She's been here a few times, and each time it's getting more and more lively.

"Wait a minute, don't run around, don't rush in, and help drive the cattle, sheep and horses into the sheepfold, and when the cattle, sheep, horses and wool are sold, we will go again, and then I will take you to eat noodles, the noodles are delicious."

Kikige was a little uneasy.

"I know, I know, you've said it all I don't know how many times."

"It's not annoying~"

Batu replied absentmindedly, waving his whip and driving the sheep and horses towards the town.

Soon they were on the outskirts of the town, and Kikige, who was very experienced, opened a sheepfold in advance and drove the cows, sheep and horses into it.

These sheepfolds are free to use, specially used for herders to buy and sell cattle, sheep and horses, after all, cattle, sheep and horses are very inconvenient to buy and sell, and it is much better to be fixed in the sheepfold.

Nearby, Kikige and Batu's mother were haggling with several merchants, and as soon as they arrived, they were immediately surrounded by merchants buying cattle, sheep, horses, and wool.

"Sell me the wool, I'll pay the price of ten cents and one hundred catties~"

Hu Jin, a wool merchant, said to Anmur in the grassland dialect that he had just learned.

"Ten pounds and one hundred catties, the price has risen again~"

Anmur was silently happy in his heart.

Wool was not used to come before, but now it has become an important source of income for grassland herders.

Cattle, sheep and horses all need time to slowly breed and herd sheep, and there are not too many in a year, but wool is different, after shearing wave after wave, the more it is sheared, the faster it grows.

Now that they can sell it for money, the herders will also continue to shear the sheep, hoard the wool, and sell the wool to the wool merchants when the market comes.

"I'd like to ask the other businessmen again."

Anmur is not in a hurry to sell, there are many merchants here, but they have a rule between each other, whoever comes into contact first, others cannot go over to intervene, and only if the herdsmen do not agree, no one can go to contact again.

"In this way, I will pay the price of eleven yuan, and there will definitely be no one here who will pay a higher price than mine."

When Hu Jin heard this, he suddenly raised the price a little helplessly.

If Anmur went to other merchants, in the end he would have no share of the wool, and there was no choice but to increase the price.

"No, no, my wool is only sold to the Wang family firm or the Sangong firm, and the price given by you merchants is too low, and there is a shortage of catties and two."

Anmur still shook his head, the grassland herdsmen who often come here know that the prices given by these merchants outside are actually relatively low, and the fair prices are not lacking in the commercial houses that open shops inside.

Like Wang's firm, this is a firm opened by the Wang family of the Beijing Caiyun Textile Factory, specializing in the purchase of wool, the price has always been fair, and there will be no shortage of catties or two, and the herdsmen on the grassland like to sell wool to them.

Even though sometimes the prices offered by the merchants outside are higher, everyone trusts the merchants inside, because they are never short of pounds and twos, and they will not deceive the herdsmen.

Hearing Anmur's words, Hu Jin suddenly felt slightly helpless.

This is no longer one or two, and the opening of the grassland town market has also attracted many businessmen to do business on the grassland, which is naturally indispensable to some mouse feces, which makes the life of small businessmen like Hu Jin not easy.

Because the deceived herders don't trust them as small traders at all, they trust the big dealers who value their credibility.