When two assault vehicles appeared at the southern entrance of the horse road with a full of bundled silk short coats, the caravan of Wang, Huang, Tian, and Jin from Gansu Town had been waiting for a day and a night.

"Wow, Ghost Speed!" When a Wang family guard standing on the rubble of the ruins saw the outcropping assault vehicle, he screamed and collapsed on the ground, and a long convoy lined up on both sides of the avenue, and the crowd suddenly became noisy, and people fled in a hurry to the back.

Fortunately, Zhao Wuliang and they had seen the world once, and under their loud explanation, the noisy people calmed down for a long time, and the guards invited their respective masters out of the carriage, and then went to search for the coachman on both sides of the avenue.

Passing above the vines full of earthy yellow flowers, two assault vehicles drove down the road, and a sergeant stepped down, carrying a small iron bucket, along the open space at the entrance, first drew a large piece of ground with white gray water, and within the white line, it was not allowed to enter at will without permission.

Sun Xiaoming took a guard, two big men in black with bright box cannons stuck in their waists, hard-soled cowhide military boots stepped on the inside of the white line, and looked at the chaotic caravan opposite with indifferent eyes.

At this moment, Sun Xiaoming knew very well in his heart that the reason why the hundreds of guards with guns and knives on the other side did not dare to cross this white line easily, not because he was afraid of them, but because he was afraid of the flag on the stone fort behind him, and the flag that was snatched from the grassland.

What they are afraid of is the Mongolian Tartars on the steppe.

Even if he and his companions can kill these family guards, what's the use? Thinking of this, Sun Xiaoming's straight waist couldn't help but pause slightly, and his eyes darkened a lot.

It's still not strong enough, the big boss is right, in this world, there is no knife in your hand, and a dog can squint at you.

Behind them, two guards took out the silk short coats packed in the car one by one and stacked them on the ground; Two carts of ten packets, a total of 500 pieces, were thrown in an open space full of gravel and grass clippings.

"Merchant, come here," Sun Xiaoming and the other guards shouted loudly after unloading the goods, and then hundreds of pairs of surprised eyes.

Soon, surrounded by the family guards, Tian Guanglin ran over first, and the other three deacons, with their messy clothes and hats, followed quickly with nervous faces.

Wang Gui, who was dressed as a personal guard, took out the small bag behind his back, took out the account book again, and Tian Guanglin skillfully checked the quantity and price of silk cotton coats and pocket watches, and asked him to press the seal after seeing Tian Guanglin nodding; staring at the guards of the houseguard, with Wang Gui's greeting, he moved out of the way.

The guards looked at the assault vehicle not far away in awe, and were reprimanded by Tian Guanglin, so they quickly put the silk cotton coat on their shoulders and ran quickly towards their own convoy.

Of course, the guards of the convoy also began to drive the wagons to the vicinity of the white line, unload the goods and carry them into the clearing.

At this time, the merchants understood that the future trade with the stone fort of the horse road would be carried out here, and the vines and grass on the road had cut off their expectation that they would be able to see the stone fort.

Tian Guanglin brought grain, ale wine, and cloth this time, and after calculating the price, he took out a stack of silver tickets, which was exchanged for this batch of goods.

Tian Guanglin, who was going to make a few words with Wang Gui, saw that Wang Gui, who was serious, didn't want to say more, so he could only sigh secretly and point to the two small baskets, "Brother Wang, that's the dried fruit I gave to my little sister, and some pastries, I'm ashamed of the rest, brother,"

Regarding the anger of Wang Dongliang and the Huang family, the Tian family didn't think about helping Xiao Ye at all, and even stopped the reporting of some news.

The news that Tian Xiuxiu gave birth to a child, Xiao Ye passed it to Tian Guanglin in Gansu Town through Huang Fugui as soon as possible, but he was still indifferent, and he didn't even say a kind word, but it made Tian Xiuxiu sad.

took out a small bag from his sleeve pocket, Tian Guanglin handed it to Wang Gui, "Anyway, I am the elder of Fengwei, this longevity lock, I will trouble you to bring it over, brother, thank you here,"

When he said Ximen Fengwei, Wang Gui's face showed a hint of emotion, he thought for a moment, took the small bag and carefully put it into his arms, and arched his hand at Tian Guanglin, "My big boss has an order, the price of the silk cotton coat next time will be raised by one percent for the Tian family caravan, brother, you have to look carefully, don't look at it if you have nothing to do with it,"

Wang Gui followed Wang Dali, and traded with the merchant many times at the Madao checkpoint, so he was naturally familiar with Tian Guanglin, if it weren't for the fact that the merchant was really chilling this time, how could he dare to treat the elders of the third lady like this.

With the meaningful words, Tian Guanglin naturally understood the deep meaning in them, and a slight flush flashed on his face for a while, and he thanked him again and again; The inside story of the white flute paper, Xiao Ye has kept it a secret so far, if he is not grateful, he will not be able to be a man.

gave Tian Guanglin a few orders, and Wang Gui took the account book and put it back in the car; The various goods in that list are missing for Madao Stone Fort, and they are also the goods that are prioritized for trading.

The goods that are not on the list are also dragged to the end of the transaction when the merchant pulls them, and this practice has formed a practice at the horse road checkpoint.

The two assault vehicles left with a full load of grain, and the remaining goods in the white coil were taken care of by their own Tian Jiajiawei, and by the way, this open space of more than ten zhang long and wide was carefully guarded.

The success of the Tianjia caravan transaction also made the other three families put their minds at ease, everyone found a good place, the family guard set up a tent, put the unloaded goods, if the transaction can be completed quickly, the convoy should quickly turn back to Gansu Town, the next batch of goods to come.

Although the Chamber of Commerce monopolized the transaction with Madao Stone Fort, the competition between the various chambers of commerce was everywhere.

"Brother Guanglin, you have taken the first bite of the benefit, congratulations," the deacon of the Huang family walked in front of Tian Guanglin, and said with a smile, he didn't pull any good goods this time, and the big porcelain rough tank was a full five carriages, accounting for more than half of the goods.

It seems that he will not be able to trade with Wang Gui until the end, and it would be false to say that he is not depressed.

And the deacon of the Wang family, who was pulling oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and the deacon of the Jin family, who was carrying several carts of medicinal materials, also came up to Tian Guanglin to pull the topic and listen to the news he had gotten.

"No, three pocket watches, new and brand-new goods," Tian Guanglin knew what they thought, and simply showed out the small bag, and then pointed to the silk cotton coat on his carriage, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Okay, I can earn thousands of eight hundred on this trip, but I have to pay taxes when I go back, and it is difficult to do business,"

Tian Guanglin, who was satisfied with the jealousy of the three families, scattered a list for a few people, greeted his own convoy, and slowly went up to Shiguantun, his Tian family's old shop on the mountain, which can be used now, and the small amount of money invested in the past, now it seems that the vision is still very long-term.

As soon as the Huang family's convoy moved, the three merchant deacons suddenly realized, and hurriedly instructed their guards to run up the mountain, they had to quickly circle those abandoned military houses and warehouses, otherwise it wouldn't take long to regret it.

Shiguantun, the shops of the Huang family and the Wang family belonged to their owners, Zhang Zichang looked at those big merchants helplessly, occupying the military houses in those tunli, the warehouse east of the stone fort, and even the B stone fort guarding the mountain crossing, was also occupied by the Wang family.

Only the land temple, because of the fear of Ximen Xiao's temperament that would be repaid at night, the merchants still cautiously did not make up their minds, but just went in and put incense on the pillar.

Fortunately, Tian Guanglin, the deacon of the Tian family, came to Zhang Zichang first, spent a small amount of money, and occupied a row of military houses in the stone fort of No. A as a warehouse; The rest of the second half of the fort was still in Zhang Zichang's hands, and he and the sergeants lived there, and the rest of the place was abandoned.

Hu Shibiao's family has already packed their baggage, and someone will come over tonight to pick them up and go to Madao Stone Fort; Hu Shibiao, who resigned from the post of one hundred households, recommended Zhang Zichang to the thousand households, although he has not yet replied, but this is a grassland close to the Tartars, and no one will think about it.

Now that the four major merchants have gone to Shiguantun, if they want to take advantage of them, I am afraid that the first one will have to meet the anger of the thousand households.

The large amount of goods stored in the stone fort of the horse road was transported little by little, which aroused great enthusiasm among the merchants, and no matter how late the two fairy-like vehicles were transported along the road to the goods, there were guards waiting outside the white line of the enclosed open space.

After a few transactions, the timid guards also got used to the assault vehicle that could levitate on the ground, but they didn't dare to approach.

However, the biggest headache for the four major merchants is that Wang Gui's flat face has not had much expression, which makes the fire/gun transaction expected by the merchants impossible to mention at all.

When Tian Guanglin gave baskets of apples, walnuts, and dried fruits to Wang Gui with a smile on his face for the third time, the deacons of the other three merchants realized that their enthusiasm did not meet the standards of others.

Tian Guanglin, who secretly obtained tens of thousands of pieces of white flute paper again, also resumed his activities of providing intelligence to Xiao Ye, but the news he took out was not of much interest to Xiao Ye.

The civilian uprising in Jiangxi, oh, is a rebellion, and the momentum seems to be bigger, but Xiao Ye doesn't even know where Jiangxi is, let alone how much sympathy he has for those civilians who dare to attack the yamen with hoes.

In Xiao Ye's eyes, even if he has suffered a great grievance, it is okay to take revenge, but rebelling against the official court is a serious crime that cannot be forgiven, his ancestors are the hundred officers of the imperial court, and if he wants to rebel against his ancestors, first of all, his father-in-law can carry an inkstone to smash his own stove.

He is still the big leader of the Galen tribe, and this official title is still rewarded by the imperial court in the final analysis, although there is no salary, but the grassland has been listening to the announcement for a long time, and in his opinion, he has taken a great advantage, so he snickered with his head.

The occasional tragic scene in his dream was enough to arouse Xiao Ye's vigilance, but he was only protecting himself now, and he would never want to take risks.

Even if the court boss dares to hurt Xiao Ye, Xiao Ye will remember it in his heart and find an opportunity to cover his face to slaughter his whole family, but at present, he doesn't want to mention any rebellion at all, at least his subordinates will not be too interested; What's more, although the Ming Dynasty has signs of gradually weakening, the emaciated camel skeleton is still there.

As a last resort, Xiao Ye will not be saddled with irrelevant infamy, which is the same as the psychology of those rebellious poor people.

Not to mention anything else, if the government side comes up with certain benefits, the Mongol Tartars secretly join forces with the border army, and they can make his two stone forts disappear at one time.

In order to survive in the cracks, Xiao Ye does not have much confidence to erect enemies on both sides; Otherwise, even if Jiang Jie ran back to his hometown to retire, he would be able to send guards to chase him and destroy his entire family.

For now, Xiao Ye, who knew that he had done something excessive, began to cautiously restrain himself from letting his subordinates do dirty work again.

The dark clouds are in the sky, and the rafters that come out are rotten first, so let's accumulate strength with our heads stuffy first; However, Xiao Ye didn't dare to forget the things that should be remembered, and he would talk about it when the limelight passed.

As for the news brought by Tian Guanglin, the Beijing division began to drop the border army to form battalions and conduct drills, but Xiao Ye attached great importance to it; If you want not to be pulled as a training target for the battalion, you can only strengthen your own strength.

It just so happened that most of the badges made in the blacksmith shop were completed, and Xiao Ye took this opportunity to adjust his troops.

After two days of discussion, Xiao Ye and Xin Rulin, Wang Ziliang, and Xiao Ye decided to draw on the establishment in the book of infantry drills and began to integrate the thousand-man team under their command; In fact, these thousand-strong teams have never been full, and the Tartars who took refuge are still not as reliable as the Ming people in Xiao Ye's opinion.

Under the commander's account, there is a war barracks, the left battalion is stationed in Madao Stone Fort, based on Wang Meng's thousand-man team, thousands of households and a hundred households, the chief, the army chief, and two deputy thousand households, the title of 50 people is cancelled, and all the original 50 people are transferred to the cavalry battalion, and the treatment remains unchanged.

Mixing more of their own backbones with the cavalry of the two tribes is Xin Rulin's simplicity, and Xiao Ye readily agreed.

The right battalion was stationed at Eagle Claw Fort, and thousands of households were Liu Shuihe.

The former military camp was stationed in Gujiabao, a thousand households Wang Hu.

After the military camp was stationed at Bailong Lake, thousands of households Duding. The three battalions were basically infantry-based, with only one and a half cavalry.

The Chinese military camp lives in Madao Stone Fort, including the communication team, the medical hall, the private school, the logistics team, the personal guard team and the guards, as well as the famous staff room, which is directly managed by Xiao Ye, and even Xu Wangliang, who is far away in Bailong Lake, is also assigned to the logistics team.

The 3,000 cavalry of the Galen tribe and the West Wedge tribe were registered as a separate cavalry battalion, and Xiao Ye's guards must go to verify it during the next expansion, and iron medals and badges were issued before they could be included in the register and paid.

The Night Owl Banner Team is still not included in the war barracks, the heavy machine guns and lightning guns it has are a big weapon in Xiao Ye's hands, and it is still doing shady dirty work for Xiao Ye, even if it is incorporated into other war barracks, Qin Shi will not be convinced, so he will be stationed in Eagle Claw Fort first.

Selecting some people from the pro-guard team to set up a Shenche battalion is just Xiao Ye's idea, and there are no conditions yet, so we can only delay it.

The Shi family's shop is Xiao Ye's private property, needless to say.

When the guards of the two of them rode their horses to the grassland in four groups, they not only brought boxes of badges, but also brought the news that the annual sergeant drill competition in the Chinese military camp was about to begin.

The location of Dabi this time, Xiao Ye chose the Galen tribe, and after Dabi, the Galen tribe will move to the north.

On a vacant land in the southeast corner of Madao Stone Fort, the plaster floor here was smashed off, and more than a dozen strong craftsmen brought selected soil from the valley and spread it on the ground the size of half an acre, and under the command of Hu Shibiao, they began to prepare to build a warm cellar.

Hu Shibiao, who is treated as a hundred households, now has no earlier ambitions, and his biggest wish now is that the family can live in peace and stability in this stone castle, and planting good vegetables for the leader is the greatest success.

It's just that after the two eldest sons of his family went to the private school, they came back every day to talk about marching, riding horses, practicing fire/guns, throwing iron, and even digging trenches, which made Hu Shibiao's heart twitch all the time.

The wind and sun in April were beautiful, except that there had not been a single rain, and the whistling northwest wind had weakened a lot, basically the battalions under Xiao Ye were at peace, and the speed of transactions between Wang Gui and the merchants was also carried out unhurriedly.

However, the Mongolian Tatars from the steppe, they went to the Eagle Claw Fort to trade horses, encountered a lot of trouble, from the Eagle Claw Fort to the east and west of the vine grass, completely blocked the road on the grassland, only a road planted with Coptis trees, connecting the passage between Gujiabao and Eagle Claw Fort.

So, after negotiation, the minerals, cattle and sheep and other materials transported by the Tartars were unloaded at the Gujiabao construction site, and Wang Hu's sergeant watched, Wang Dali sent craftsmen to put into the stone grinding at night, all of which were processed on the spot, and the few remaining medicinal materials and people were transferred to Eagle Claw Fort.

Directly north of the Eagle Claw Fort, the branches stretched into the vines and grass of the Gobi Desert, although the branches became more and more slender, but the momentum of spreading in all directions made the Tartar outposts have to avoid it from a distance, and they can only see the shadow of the stone fort in the distance, and it is extremely difficult to get close to it alone.

The vines and grasses that have not been fueled by the rain have become slender on the grassland, but the stingers on them are becoming more and more dense and sharp, and they are spreading around the roots of the grass, and if it were not for the conspicuous pieces of broken flowers, it would be difficult to distinguish them from a distance.

For the first time, the Galen tribe, who were implicated by the vine grass, had to consider leaving the southeast foot of the Altai Mountains, and they would bypass the eastern foothills and move to the steppe hundreds of miles to the north, where the cattle, sheep and horses would not be poisoned by the vine grass.

Xiao Ye, who received Aman's letter, beckoned the guards to carry two iron boxes and went to a communication team, where he stayed with Wang Ziliang all morning.

The messenger sent by Aman, with Xiao Ye's reply, hurried back to the Galen tribe, and the smoke and dust brought up by the horse's hooves outside the fort gate had not yet landed, and the messenger from the West Wedge tribe, riding a war horse foaming at the mouth, rushed to the Eagle Claw Fort.

"What, the West Wedge tribe was attacked?" Getting the letter whistle from Eagle Claw Fort, Wang Ziliang didn't dare to slack off, and went straight to the big leader's mansion out of the house.

Xiao Ye, who was holding a book in the study, listened to Wang Ziliang's report, although he didn't speak, a trace of joy appeared at the corner of his eyebrows, which still made the sharp-eyed Wang Ziliang see it.

"The West Wedge tribe is an ally of my Galen tribe, support is necessary, but you can't be in a hurry, you have to stretch the brothers, although they won't fight our idea, but this leader doesn't like to call the reckless bull who can't move,"

As he spoke, Xiao Ye pointed to the chair next to him and asked Wang Ziliang to sit down, the use of primary powerful potions can only make the recipient dare not think of hurting Xiao Ye, but for those with ambitions, Xiao Ye still can't relax his supervision.

Just like Huang Hanxiang, Xiao Ye can only let him take care of other things in his life, and he will never be allowed to get his hands dirty in military affairs.

"In the Galen tribe, the sergeant competition is going on as usual, the time, just a few days in advance," pinched a raisin in the fruit bowl, Xiao Ye thought for a while, "You go and inform Wang Gui, let Tian Guanglin find the information in Hami, and only then can you see the opportunity to go under the knife,"

"If there is no benefit, you must not do it, as soon as our soldiers come out, it costs a lot of money, and the account room doesn't care if we win the battle, what people want is a real capture, whoever writes a note/son is uncomfortable," shook his head helplessly, Xiao Ye twitched the corners of his mouth, and chewed the dried fruit slowly.

The family background is still too thin, Mei'er manages the account room, and now Xiao Ye has to take a large amount of materials and silver taels, and he has to discuss with her, not that he is afraid of the inner room, but Mei'er's proposal, Xiao Ye does not feel unreasonable, he has experienced the scene of being hungry, of course, he is worried that the soldiers under his command will not be able to receive food one day.

If you want to abide by Confucian benevolence and righteousness like a scholar, I am afraid that Xiao Ye will either be played to death by Jiang Jie, or he will be fooled by the merchant into becoming a hired laborer, not to mention the Mongolian Tartars.