Youyu County, located in the northwest border of the Ming Dynasty, is under the rule of Datong Mansion, the political envoy of Shanxi Chengxuan, and can be said to be one of the counties closest to the frontier in the Ming Dynasty.

More than 20 miles to the north from Youyu County, it is the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty's territorial defense line, and the pass built here is the Xiongguan Pass in the world.

In ancient times, it was also called Shenhekou, because the Ming Dynasty sent troops to fight against the Tatar Wara many times, so this pass was also called 'killing Hukou'.

And this is a general range of Zhou Chen's life in the next three to five years.

On the second day after receiving the county order from Emperor Hongzhi, Zhou Chen left alone with a team of 100 cavalry forbidden troops, rode all the way to this important town in the northwest frontier.

As for why Badao didn't follow Zhou Chen's side, it was because Zhou Chen had some things that Badao needed to handle, so he ordered Badao to return to Hanzhong, Shaanxi before he went to work.

For Zhou Chen's trip to the northwest border town to take office, Emperor Hongzhi can be said to attach great importance to it.

Not to mention the tiger talisman given to Youyu Linwei and the token of Jinyi Wei Qianhu, Emperor Hongzhi even personally sent a hundred cavalry forbidden army to escort Zhou Chen to Youyu County.

With the escort of these elite forbidden soldiers wearing battle armor, carrying war knives at their waists, and hanging bows and arrows on their backs, there were no blind little thieves along the way who dared to provoke Zhou Chen.

Although the road was rugged and long, Zhou Chen and his party finally arrived at the boundary of their inauguration safe and sound.

"Meet your lord!"

Just when Zhou Chen and the others had just set foot on the boundary of Youyu County, the figure of the sword suddenly appeared next to the official road, and he bowed to Zhou Chen and said.

"Stop!"

The moment he saw the figure of the sword, Zhou Chendang raised his hand and motioned for the team to stop and rest for a while.

And he himself turned over and dismounted, and walked out of a distance with the two of them.

Zhou Chen asked, "How is Lao Liu?" How's it going to happen to you? ”

"Childe, rest assured, your subordinates have done everything you commanded."

Ba Dao hurriedly arched his hand and replied: "After the subordinates returned to the Longmen Dart Bureau, they told me what you ordered, and Old Man Tong didn't say a word, and directly sent a dart head who was familiar with northwest affairs, as well as five shopkeepers who were very experienced in the management of Fang City.

Now that your subordinates have settled all of them in Youyu County, you can directly use a few of them after you take office. ”

When he had not left the capital before, Zhou Chen asked Badao to return to the Hanzhong Longmen Dart Bureau alone, in order to ask Old Man Tong for help.

Since Zhou Chen took over the burden of Youyu County Order from Emperor Hongzhi, he must handle the matter of opening up the mutual market.

But just relying on Zhou Chen himself, it is not realistic to open a mutual market that communicates the Ming Dynasty and many tribes in the grassland.

However, he didn't know if there were any officials who were proficient in this way in the Youyu County Mansion, so he made preparations before he went to work.

The business of Hanzhong Longmen Dart Bureau is all over the world, and there is naturally no shortage of talents who are familiar with business under the hands of Mr. Tong.

With the close relationship between Zhou Chen and Old Man Tong, there is no problem in borrowing a few talents from under him to help spread out the stalls in the mutual market.

No, as soon as Old Man Tong heard Zhou Chen's needs, he directly asked Badao to go to Youyu County to help with a dart head and five shopkeepers.

After listening to Badao's narration, the corners of Zhou Chen's mouth couldn't help but gradually curve, and he said with a smile: "Don't say anything else, Uncle Tong really has nothing to say to me." ”

After a sigh, Zhou Chendang turned over and rode directly on horseback, and he said loudly: "Since the talents who are preparing for the mutual market have arrived, then let's hurry to Youyu County and set off!" ”

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Chen raised the horsewhip in his hand, galloped along the flat and straight official road, and rushed straight to Youyu County.

Seeing that Zhou Chen, the leader, had already set off, the sword and the hundred cavalry forbidden troops were also riding their horses and whipping, and the group rushed to Youyu County.

At sunset, Zhou Chen and a group of more than 100 riders finally rushed to the gate of Youyu County.

Although the right jade city in front of him is only a county seat, its scale is no less magnificent than those passes on the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty.

Rough, resolute, and steady, all of these are the breath of Youyu County.

Clothed in the afterglow of the sunset, Zhou Chen and a group of more than 100 rode into Youyu County.

Their group did not have the slightest intention of covering up their movements, and such a large group of people entered the city, and almost all of them were elite soldiers wearing armor and swords, which naturally attracted the attention of many successful people.

It's just that perhaps because the city of Youyu County is located in an important frontier town, the people have long been accustomed to seeing all kinds of sergeants galloping back and forth on weekdays.

So these people only watched for a short time, and then they all dispersed, and there was no great sensation.

Even if it is located in the northwest border of the Ming Dynasty, this Youyu county is actually not so backward.

And because caravans often come to Youyu County, this small border city is still quite rich and prosperous.

As for why so many caravans came to Youyu County? That's for business, of course.

You must know that although the Ming Dynasty did not open the mutual market, there were definitely not a few caravans that traded with the grassland in private.

Even if it is a resource such as salt and iron that was strictly forbidden by the Ming Dynasty, there are absolutely a few things that are secretly smuggled into the grassland.

As the county closest to the border pass, Youyu County naturally attracts countless smuggling caravans.

In this way, the county town of Youyu will definitely become rich and prosperous.

Everyone looked at it, and this Youyu county town definitely didn't look like an ordinary border town.

The shops and restaurants in the city are spread all over the street, and the merchants and pedestrians who come and go on the street are also endless, and all kinds of cries and selling are endless.

In this Youyu County, not only the people of the Ming Dynasty lived, but also some Mongolians survived here.

The northwestern dialect is mixed with the Mongolian language, which makes the atmosphere on the street very lively.

Of course, even if this Youyu County is lively, it is not as prosperous as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, so Zhou Chen and the others didn't care about it at all, but rushed straight to the Youyu County Mansion.