At the north gate of Shuofang City,

"Big brother, what are you doing with so many people in front of you?" A passer-by saw a lot of people in front of him, and he couldn't squeeze through, so he asked a person in front of him to arrive.

"Oh, I heard that the Governor's Mansion has issued a notice, and the mutual market will be opened in three days, which is the trading rule." The man in front of him looked back and said:

"Everyone is quiet, this is the notice of the Governor's Palace, read it to everyone immediately," said a soldier in a loud voice, standing in front of the notice: the crowd soon fell silent.

"Shuofang Governor's Decree! Shuo Fang mutual market, three days after the first day of June officially opened, after the first day of each month to open the market, other days are small markets, all the rules regardless of the crowd, regardless of the name of the family, without discrimination, the first inside and outside the market, no fights, disturb the market, if there is a dispute can be dealt with at the market management office, the next day shall not be cheated, shoddy, large transactions must be registered with the management, pay all taxes, Shuo Fang management office for everyone to guarantee, to ensure that everyone Shuo Fang range of transactions fair, safe, small transactions can be rented in the market, according to the booth charges, Thirdly, tax evasion shall not be allowed, if found, small transactions will be warned, and large transactions will be directly confiscated from the goods, and fourth, cattle, sheep, horses, and live animals shall be placed outside the market and guarded by special personnel free of charge,"

"The exchange ratio of goods, large transactions in the market trading hall to negotiate, small transactions in the stall to discuss, all registered by the management office as a guarantee, shall not be shoddy, backtracking, forced to sell and buy,"

At the same time, this edict was posted in the bazaar, everywhere in the city gate, and soldiers specially read it aloud, and all the tribes in the steppe and the big caravan in the Central Plains were sent by special people. Everyone said that there was no objection and thought it was very good, but in fact, the ancient merchants paid more attention to credibility, as it were.

Feng Daiwen selected more than 200 literate people from the tens of thousands of troops in Shuofang this time to be responsible for filling in the bazaar transaction documents, that is, a simple sales contract, and dispatched 1,000 elite soldiers to maintain and take care of the bazaar, 10,000 vine armor troops to guard against the Turks, and Shuofang City was also fully armed.

The trading hall is a row of houses like board houses, with no walls in the middle and all pillars, and there are many display tables in it, which are filled with samples to be traded, and more than 100 interpreters are also ready to translate languages for everyone.

On May 30, the day before the exchange of markets, the governor's office of Shuofang.

"Dudu, Xue Yantuo, Jieli Khan. Tuli Khan, Hui sent someone to ask for a meeting," the guards came in and reported:

Zhang Gongjin and Feng Daiwen, who were discussing the matter, glanced at each other, and Feng Daiwen instructed the guards: "Take them to a house separately,"

"What do you mean by what do you mean by them coming now," Zhang Gong said solemnly:

"I'm either here to trade or ask for help, hehe, just take a look," Feng Daiwen said:

"Who do you say will be the seer?" Zhang Gongjin knew what to expect, and asked:

"Let's meet Xue Yantuo and Hui Hui first, they should be here to trade," Feng Daiwen thought for a moment:

"Okay, let's go meet them first." Zhang Gong respectfully to:

"Xue Yantuo tribe Yi Nan Khan's son Dadu set to see the governor, my lord" A burly steppe man saw the two of them enter the house and stood up and saluted in fluent Tang dialect: Xue Yantuo grassland tribe always has more than 100,000 people with armor, it is the largest nation outside the Turks, and it has always been controlled by the Turks.

"Haha, please take a seat, this is General Feng Daiwen, the deputy governor of the Shuofang Governor's Mansion, the Governor of the city welcomes you to come to Shuofang, I don't know if your ministry has something important to do when you come to Shuofang." Zhang Gongjin said haha, by the way, he introduced Feng Daiwen:

"I came to Datang Mutual Market on my father's orders, but my tribe is far away, so I have only arrived now, please forgive me!" Generous set explained:

"Haha, it's okay, it's okay to come from afar, the young patriarch can rest assured that the transaction is, and the governor of Bendu guarantees fairness and justice," Zhang Gongjin pretended to be happy:

"Actually, this time I came down to ask Datang for something," Dadu said in embarrassment:

"The young patriarch said that it doesn't matter, if we can help, we Datang will definitely help," Zhang Gongjin said:

"In fact, my Xue Yantuo tribe has always been inclined to be friendly with Datang, but our tribe has been oppressed by Jieli, so we have to obey his orders, and now Jieli's strength has dropped greatly, and we can finally get rid of control, but after all, our tribe has always been poor, and I want to ask Datang to support us with some weapons, grain and grass to get through this most difficult time." Dadu pretended to be poor with a bitter face: Of course, maybe he was really poor.

"This, to support you, this is a matter related to the country, which requires you to go to Chang'an to write to the sage," Zhang Gong was embarrassed:

"That's right, young patriarch, the merchants from Shuofang are all from all over the Tang Dynasty, and they don't belong to the government, but since the young patriarch is here, we can't let you go home empty-handed, and the weapons and food you need can be exchanged for you first." Feng Daiwen saw that Zhang Gong was embarrassed, so he said:

"Thank you Feng Dudu, it's just that you can change a little more weapons, can you get a little cheaper, the tribe is too poor," Dadu set slightly with a request:

"There is no problem with trading more weapons, but the prices are set, this really can't be changed, Goguryeo, but my Datang is short of manpower now, you can grab some prisoners everywhere to exchange, such as Jieli's people, of course, the people who are good with my Datang are all their own family after all, of course, I won't admit this when I go out," Feng Daiwen said with a smile and whispered:

"Really?" Dadu set his eyes wide and asked: After all, it is very common for large tribes to annex small tribes on the grassland, tribe to tribe, Eastern Turk and Western Turk to steal and plunder, and there are people from the Western Regions who run farther away.

"Of course it's true, young and strong, women and weak people, but the price is different, but don't worry, we use captives to help build a city, roads, and give them a lot of food, and they don't have to worry about starving to death in winter and freezing to death, and they will have Datang status if they work for Datang for a maximum of five years, and they will also give them land, and it is better to go directly to us, if you don't believe it, I can take you to see." Feng Daiwen seduced him to:

"That's good, after all, many of them are from our grassland, and there are still many captives in our tribe, some from Gaochang and some further west." magnanimity says:

"If there is someone from my Datang who also asks the young patriarch to send it back, of course we will take out the corresponding things in exchange, in order to show our sincerity, wool, we are willing to buy it for two cents and a pound, and we will collect as much as we want." Feng Daiwen made another condition that Dadu couldn't refuse.

"Wool? Thank you Governor, thank you so much. Although I don't know what Datang is doing with their useless wool, Dadu still hurriedly expressed his gratitude and agreed, after all, this is a costless income.

"Haha, the young patriarch doesn't have to be polite, this is our Datang's care for friendly friends." Beautiful words can be said, Zhang Gongjin said on the side:

"Yes, yes, we will be Datang's best friends." Dadu set hurriedly replied:

"Okay, the young patriarch will rest in the mansion with peace of mind, and see how many things he wants to change tomorrow. I'll take my leave when there's something else to do. Feng Daiwen gave Zhang Gongjin a look:

"Well, thank you for your hospitality." The generous thank-giver said:

"Who are you going to see now?" Outside the door, Zhang Gongjin asked Feng Daiwen:

"It's better to go and see the Hui people first," Feng Daiwen thought for a while:

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