In the early morning of the next day, in Youyu County, almost all the people with heads and faces in the entire Datong Mansion passed through the Shenhekou Pass.

Today is an auspicious time when the plaque is hung in the mutual market and officially put into use.

Regardless of what the future of this mutual market will be, after all, this place was established by the current emperor himself, so it should have attracted the attention of many people.

Even within the Datong Mansion, a Tongzhi who was in charge of salt and grain commerce was sent to pay the ceremony.

Of course, this fellow acquaintance only came to pay respects, and he had no other purpose or plan.

Although judging from the subordination situation, Zhouchen, a fang market engaged in commercial and trade activities, should belong to the jurisdiction of Datong Prefecture.

At present, this colleague who is in charge of salt and grain business can be said to be fully qualified to interrogate and even control this mutual market.

However, in reality, this is not the case, even if this mutual market is under the rule of Datong Mansion, but this is by no means qualified for the Datong Mansion to interfere.

You must know that Zhou Chen was ordered by Emperor Hongzhi to come here to try to establish a mutual market.

Except for Zhou Chen himself, only Emperor Hongzhi or the envoys sent by Emperor Hongzhi could meddle in this mutual market.

Therefore, even if that Tongzhi was an official in charge of the salt and grain business in Datong Prefecture, he could not speak at all in this mutual market.

The time is gradually approaching, and the people who came to watch the ceremony and hang the plaques are almost all there.

At this moment, all the guests gathered in front of the main entrance of the market, which was a square arch made of huge bluestone slabs.

The arch was topped with a large piece of bright red cloth, and there was a plaque to be unveiled later.

Underneath the arch is a very large wooden table with sheep's head, pig's head and cow's head on display.

But whenever something major happens, there is basically no lack of sacrificing heaven and earth.

Among them, it is natural that the three animal sacrifices are the most solemn at the moment, which is prepared by the county Cheng Su Tong himself, in order to be used to sacrifice heaven and earth at the auspicious time.

Approaching three o'clock, the time to hang the plaques in the mutual market is finally coming.

All the guests present burned incense in order, and a long queue was discharged from high to low according to their status.

Zhou Chen is the plenipotentiary person in charge of this city, and he also serves as the magistrate of Youyu County, Jinyi Wei Qianhu, and Youyulin Wei Jian Army.

Therefore, even if Zhou Chen is not the person with the highest official rank in the field, he is still the first to burn incense and sacrifice.

Looking at all the people present, Tie Shaotang, the commander of Right Yulin Wei, was the one with the highest official rank.

With an official rank of up to the third grade, he is naturally second only to Zhou Chen in the second position, followed by the one who came to watch the ceremony on behalf of the Datong Mansion.

As soon as the hour came, the old mage who was in charge of presiding over the sacrifice immediately shouted loudly: "The auspicious time has arrived, and the sacrifice begins!" ”

Zhou Chen, who was at the forefront, began to burn incense and worship heaven and earth, followed by Tie Shaotang and the Tongzhi of Datong Mansion.

When all the people who came to watch the ceremony stepped forward in turn to burn a stick of incense, this part of the sacrifice to heaven and earth can be regarded as the end.

The old mage who was in charge of presiding over the sacrificial ceremony, and his beard was gray, and he sang loudly again: "The sacrificial ceremony is completed, and the plaque is displayed!" ”

At this time, Zhou Chen walked alone to the huge square arch, raised his hand and grabbed the red cloth that had fallen from the top of the arch.

With a strong pull, the red cloth silk hanging directly above the arch was immediately ripped off by Zhou Chen.

Immediately afterwards, a huge ironwood plaque with a deep color was revealed, which was engraved with four quaint seal characters of 'Northern Xinjiang Mutual Market'.

This plaque was written by a calligrapher in Datong Province and carved by one of the most skilled carpenters.

The four big characters of the Northern Xinjiang Mutual Market show a rugged and heroic atmosphere, which is very much in line with the surrounding environment where this mutual market is located.

As for the name of the Northern Xinjiang Mutual Market, it was taken out by Zhou Chen himself.

The name embodies Zhou Chen's deep wish for this mutual market, and he hopes that this mutual market can become the largest mutual market in the northern Xinjiang of the Ming Dynasty.

Handing the red cloth in his hand to the others around him, Zhou Chen slowly walked to the bottom of the arch, and he explained loudly to everyone present.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the auspicious time has passed, the Northern Xinjiang Mutual Market has been completely opened.

This mutual market in northern Xinjiang was established by the current saint who was grateful for the difficult trade between the Ming Dynasty and the grassland pass, so he personally instructed the official to supervise the establishment.

Before the official left Beijing, the saint had personally admonished the official about three principles, that is, fairness! Fair! Public!

The official can now promise that as long as it is in this northern Xinjiang market, there will only be buyers and sellers.

Whether it is the nomads on the grassland, or the merchants and people of our Ming Dynasty, this official will inevitably treat everyone equally!

The official will never take any special care of the people and merchants of the Ming Dynasty, nor will he discriminate against the nomads on the grassland.

Within the Northern Xinjiang Mutual Market under the rule of this official, everything is based on the principle of fair, just and open business transactions.

In order to make the Northern Xinjiang Mutual Market successful, the official specially invited the Fan Tian family, one of the eight major families of the Jin merchants, to help with all their might.

Coupled with the concerted efforts of large and small merchants in Youyu County, the shops and goods in the northern Xinjiang mutual market can be said to be extremely complete.

In addition to the contraband such as arms and weapons that were prohibited by the imperial court, it can be said that most of the commodities and goods circulated in the Ming Dynasty can be found in the northern Xinjiang mutual market.

Okay, the official won't continue to say anything more, so if you're interested, go into the mutual market and have a look! ”

Because Zhou Chen's voice is blessed with this profound internal strength, even though this place is very vast, everyone present still completely heard every syllable and every word that Zhou Chen said.

For a moment, everyone present couldn't help but feel a strong sense of curiosity in their hearts, could it be that most of the commodities and goods circulating in the Ming Dynasty could really be found in this Northern Xinjiang Mutual Market?

You must know that in addition to the spectators of the Ming Dynasty, there are also many herdsmen on the grassland who rushed here to join in the fun.

After these herdsmen heard Zhou Chen's words, they were the most excited crowd in the field.