Compared with the two mutual markets of Anning Fort and Jingbian, Su Tiancheng attaches more importance to Anning Fort here, the geographical location here is better, and there are many farmers nearby, Anning Fort is a place where the border garrison exists, of course the garrison must choose a favorable location, in terms of facilities, Anning Fort is also stronger than Jingbian.

A more important influence is that Anningbao was changed to a place where the Ming Dynasty and the Mongol tribes traded with each other, indicating the idea that the guards in Shaanxi, including the border army, may have to be changed, and according to the rules of the imperial court, when it comes to the border army and the border pass, no other action is allowed.

Su Tiancheng's choice of Anning Fort has the meaning of testing the waters.

Although it is only the reform of the trailing army and the border army in Shaanxi, it may involve all parts of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji and Fan Wencheng are smart people, they know that the Dao encourages the guards in other parts of the Ming Dynasty to unite to resist, so that Su Tiancheng can lose face, and even be investigated and punished by the imperial court, Su Tiancheng himself has noticed this, and when he does it, he still has to have more than sixty percent certainty.

The commanders of the Ningxia Guard, the Ningxia Left Center and the Right Guard, and the Left and Right Central Guards have been secretly detained, and the officers of these guards have been sternly warned that if they leave the barracks and their posts at will, they will be dealt with by military law, and even their families will suffer.

Song Sijun is a businessman, and he is Su Tiancheng's confidant, and he definitely invites Su Tiancheng to participate in such a big event as the opening of the mutual market, not only Su Tiancheng, but also Xu Eryi and Sun Tai.

Su Tiancheng and Xu Eryi went to Anningbao to attend the opening ceremony of the mutual market, and Sun Tai and Pu Kaiqiang went to Jingbian to attend the opening ceremony of the mutual market.

On February 24, Su Tiancheng and Xu Eryi came to Anning Fort.

Not long ago, Su Tiancheng was here. From here, he entered the Hetao area, and the gap between the two was not long, and when he came here again, he couldn't believe his eyes.

The castle has completely changed its appearance, and the original castle is not very large. The focus is on the garrison, including the families of the officers, and now Song Sijun has built temporary city walls again on the periphery of the castle on the basis of the previous ones, and the reason why they are called temporary city walls is that these city walls are still in the process of construction and have not been completed, but the shops inside. All stood up.

There are too many people in Fort Tranquility.

In the market, there are merchants of the Ming Dynasty, and there are also shops of a few Mongolian tribes, and a large number of goods have been transported in, and batches of war horses, sheep and so on can be seen everywhere.

There are many tents outside the castle, as well as inns and restaurants under construction, and men dressed in Mongolian tribal costumes. In and out, it looks busy. They need to negotiate and trade with the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, of course, according to the rules, they must wait until the mutual market officially starts before they can trade, but they negotiated in advance. After the market opens, you can save a lot of time by trading immediately.

A large number of convoys are also waiting here, living in makeshift tents, for the future. They have a lot of business, transporting supplies from the interior to here, and from here to the Hetao area.

Everything in front of him made Su Tiancheng feel gratified, the situation here is very similar to the special zone a few hundred years later, he believes that as long as there is a profit stimulus, it will not take long for the scale of the mutual market to become larger and larger, and the scope of coverage will become wider and wider, and the two places of Anningbao and Jingbian will definitely develop into large towns.

In fact, after Song Sijun asked Su Tiancheng, he had secretly told the leaders of the Xibe tribe and the leaders of the Daurian tribe that since the expenses were in the market, they would have to take into account the interests of the tribe and forcibly prevent the rest of the tribes from entering the market, which was unwise and unlikely, and the best way was to allow them to enter the market, but they needed to pay a certain amount of money to the tribe, and the court could be accommodating in this regard, as long as there were two letters of introduction from the tribal leaders, they could enter the market for trading.

The leaders of the two tribes, after thinking for a while, understood the mystery inside, and couldn't wait to kneel down for Song Sijun, of course it was good to have such an opportunity to make money, the tribe had nothing to lose, and it was still able to receive money, which was much stronger than relying on conquest and looting.

It is impossible for the leaders of the tribe to understand the deep meaning of this, let alone the Tao of the Tao, what it means for their tribe to have a long period of comfort and pleasure.

There were a lot of people, but everyone's expressions were very calm and not nervous, thanks to the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion who patrolled all the time.

In order to ensure the safety of the mutual market and prevent the occurrence of vicious incidents, Su Tiancheng's requirements for Jiang Ningying are very clear: we must ensure the safety of the mutual market through the greatest efforts, but do not interfere in the operation of the mutual market.

Stationed at Anning Fort is Xiong Zijian.

Xiong Zijian is also quite painstaking, 10,000 soldiers, the camp is divided into two parts, east and west directions, there are twenty patrols every day, uninterrupted patrols, including at night, once the mutual market begins, it is not necessarily divided into day and night, some goods from Mongolia or the mainland, when they arrive in the middle of the night, will also trade.

The patrol team is a hundred people, majestic, the courage of the Jiangning battalion, everyone knows it, thinking about making trouble here, it is looking for death, and thinking that their lives are long.

The Jiangning camp also has a duty, that is, to collect taxes temporarily, which is also because the governor yamen has not had time to form a team, Yue Gaofeng is busy with this matter, and it is estimated that it will take a month before the officials who specialize in collecting taxes will take office.

With the escort of the Jiangning battalion, the surroundings of Anning Fort are very peaceful, and it really conforms to the name of this place.

On February 25, the tenth year of Chongzhen, Chen Shi.

The mutual market between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe was officially opened.

Su Tiancheng announced the opening of the market, and in an instant, the market was like a full-powered engine, running at high speed, and there were people trotting everywhere, including buddies and people from the Mongolian tribe, who were holding pieces of paper in their hands, and with this piece of paper, they went to the place temporarily set up in Jiangning Camp to register, and after paying the taxes for each transaction, they could get the passing sign, and then they set off with the goods.

Half an hour later, the waiting convoys began to get busy, of course, most of these convoys were brought by the merchants themselves, and they went to the Hetao area, transporting grain, salt and other daily necessities, and transporting to the interior were basically horses and sheep.

Su Tiancheng accompanied Xu Eryi and walked around the market.

Looking at all this, Xu Er sighed with emotion.

"Kun Yuan, I really didn't expect it, there would be such a lively scene, if it wasn't for the immersion, I wouldn't believe it anyway, when was there a time when this place was heavily guarded, and I always needed to worry about the invasion of the Mongol Tatars, look at now, the transaction is so prosperous, what big things will you do, I can't imagine it."

"The students did not expect that now is the season of green and yellow, the Mongolian tribe lacks food and salt, the trade must be hot, last year's winter wheat, finally a bumper harvest, temporarily solved the problem of lack of grain in Shaanxi, if not for this premise, this mutual market matter, is also a big trouble."

"I don't see it that way, the mutual market between Anning Fort and Jingbian has increased the silver for the imperial court, and it can also solve the vitality of many people, the mutual market is hot, and a large number of people are needed, and the people can come here to do things, and I also thought of the matter of dismantling the army of the guard, and the two places can also digest some, especially those who are old and frail, come here to seek a job, at least to support themselves."

Su Tiancheng didn't speak, it was a good idea to absorb some of the dismissed sergeants, but those who were old, weak, sick and disabled, in the early days of the mutual market, it was unlikely that they were looking for things to do here, and they needed to be young and strong here.

Xu Er thought of the mutual market, which moved Su Tiancheng very much.

It was late at night, and there were torches everywhere in the market, and the trading was still going on.

Xu Eryi stayed in the military camp of Jiangning Camp.

After Xu Er rested, Su Tiancheng walked out of the barracks.

Soon, Yue Gaofeng appeared beside him.

Yue Gaofeng's face was a little pale, and his eye circles were blue, and he looked tired.

"My lord, Xia Guan didn't expect that the mutual market was so hot, I originally thought that at most twenty or so people would be able to deal with it, but now it seems that fifty people will see if they can get busy."

"Don't worry, take your time, there is always a familiar process, everything is difficult at the beginning, grit your teeth and get through, it will be easy to do later, but you have to remember that the Jiangning camp can only help you for a month, and in this process, the people you recruit must follow and do things, and constantly familiarize yourself, the responsibilities of the Jiangning camp are different, if you collect taxes for a long time, it will have a great impact on them, and the mutual market is not a matter of one or two days."

"Xiaguan Zhilu said, everyone is doing things today, and they don't have time to eat."

A man with a black cloth on his face appeared beside Su Tiancheng.

"Report to your lordship, my subordinates have found a lot of suspicious people, suspected to be Houjin's spies, these people have appeared in Anning Fort for four or five days, they have not carried any transactions, nor have they carried goods, they just wander around the market every day, observe the surrounding situation, and talk to some merchants, how to deal with it, please show me."

"Zhilu Dao, as long as they don't disrupt the market, ignore them, let them go, you are the person in charge of the dark line of Anning Fort, remember your duties, the focus is to find out intelligence, whether it is involving the Mongolian tribe, the Later Jin, or even other places in my Ming Dynasty, don't leave it out, in addition, you must not be exposed, if it arouses the suspicion of others, leave Anning Fort quickly, understand."

Houjin really sent someone here, this is what Su Tiancheng is willing to see, Liaodong area, has been completely banned from trading, several fortresses are heavily guarded, Houjin wants to obtain materials, only through looting, although their food can barely be self-sufficient, but tea, salt, silk, iron and other materials, still lacking, taken in the Jiangning camp brave, in a short period of time, Houjin Tartars will not enter the customs, if you want to obtain these materials, only to Anning Fort or Jingbian, to participate in the mutual market.

Fighting is fighting, and the money that should be earned, Su Tiancheng will not refuse. (To be continued......)