On the day of the opening, it happened to be the beginning of summer.

Many places in Yanhua have the custom of eating duck eggs in Lixia, which is also called "Lixia".

There were several baskets of duck eggs in the latest batch of materials transported by the dart bureau, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter, Xu Yin was worried that it would not last long, so she simply cooked a large pot full of spiced braised eggs on the day of the opening of the market.

The braised egg stall is located at the entrance of the market, and the people who come and go are the first to see this stall, and the first to smell is the fragrance of braised eggs.

Tartars rarely eat duck eggs, and even if they do, they are wild duck eggs, and at this moment, they are completely captured by the fragrance of braised eggs.

In this world, there is still something more fragrant than roast mutton?

"How do you sell it?"

"Five cents a piece, or an item of equal value."

"Wuwen?" One of the Tartars had just sold a basket of wool and earned dozens of yuan, and immediately counted out five yuan arrogantly and asked for a braised duck egg.

"How? Is it tasty? The companion on the side looked at him blankly and asked.

"Good times! It's so delicious! One more! ”

I didn't finish one and asked for another again.

The taste buds are completely conquered!

When others look at it, what are they waiting for, buy!

The group ate several in a row before touching their stomachs that were two or three minutes full, and continued to walk forward.

Hey? Where is the good food? Sweet ...... Hiss! Saliva is pouring out!

Fortunately, the sheep children stayed at home, and if they came to the market with them, they would not be so hungry that they would roll on the ground.

Following the sweet smell, they came to the end of the market, where there was a simple stall selling sugar gourds.

Bazaar, how can there be no sugar gourd!

Xu Yin didn't have time to wait for the hawthorn to be transported from the south, so she took local materials and used local pears, apricots, and jujubes to make a batch of assorted fruit sugar gourds.

Among this group of people, there is a Tartar who is particularly fond of sweets, as long as ten wen a bunch, he just sold a cistanche tree, he is drumming, immediately asked for a bunch, and squinted his eyes happily when he ate: "Delicious!" Two more skewers and bring them back to the sheep baby to eat. ”

When the others saw this, they also followed you in two strings and I bought three strings.

In this way, I walked all the way, bought a bunch of new food, purchased all the sugar, soy sauce and other seasonings required by the boss (mother-in-law) of the family, and two horses of silk that were said to be produced in the Nanban, which were cut into clothes and worn cool.

All that added up cost them a sheep, a can of goat's milk, a few bundles of wool, and a few handfuls of cistanche.

The Tartars who came to the market were quite satisfied.

Similarly, the people who came to set up stalls or catch the market were also very satisfied.

They exchanged wild dates and apricots picked in the mountains for sheepskins, which were made into jackets to wear in winter.

I exchanged the domestic chicken for mutton of the same value, and the other party also gave a spoonful of goat milk.

Use an earthen pot and exchange it for a wool felt hat......

In this way, the Tartars are still quite easy to get along with.

There are firearms battalion soldiers patrolling back and forth, and the common people are much bolder, and this time it is not over, and they are looking forward to the next big gathering.

And if you want to say that you have benefited the most, you naturally have to count Xu Yin.

She sent the maids and servants in the house to set up many stalls in the market.

The products sold are not only Nanban specialties, but also grain, cloth, mountain goods from the south and other scarce materials in the northwest.

Countless sheepskin felts were exchanged, and a few live sheep.

One of them is a female ewe, who is in the milk production period and plans to take it home to try making milk powder.

In addition, several baskets of wool were gathered.

Xu Yin asked a young man who sold her wool why he didn't sell cashmere?

The other party was stunned for a long time: "Someone wants this thing too?" ”

"Yes, you can bring it over next time, and I will give you a higher price than wool."

"Good, good." The other party agreed, carried the basket on his back, carried the burden, and went back happily.

In short, the first market after the opening of the big market, the people inside and outside the customs were very satisfied.

There was no disruption of order.

Even if some people were holding back their stomachs and trying to wreak havoc, they couldn't help but stop when they saw the firearms battalion patrolling with loaded guns and ammunition, until the market closed and all parties were safe.

Seeing this, the Tatar king no longer hesitated, and expressed his willingness to negotiate peace with Yan Kejin.

The news of the peace between the Tatars and Yanhua soon reached the ears of other foreigners such as Beiqiang and Ronghu.

At first they couldn't believe it: the belligerent Tartars actually negotiated peace? What kind of benefits does Yanhua give?

So spies were sent out.

Yan Kejin turned a blind eye to this, closed his eyes, and even talked about the materials traded with the Tartars in front of the spies.

The spies heard it in a fog: they knew oil, salt, and sugar, but what were soy sauce and canned food? What else is a soy fiber quilt? Is that a futon or something to eat? And beautiful white porcelain, such a precious thing is willing to be traded in the gate? Isn't it expensive? Really?

The spies braved the mosquito coils to go back, and the foreign leaders listened to their reports, almost as if they hadn't heard them, and they were still confused.

I simply found an opportunity to inquire about the Tatar king.

After this inquiry, they finally got the information they wanted.

Yanguan is actually open to outsiders!!

Foreigners are now allowed to enter the customs and trade!!

One by one, they were shocked.

Really?

It can't be a trap, right?

The other foreigners felt that the Tatars must have been fooled, and sooner or later they would be caught by Yan Kejin's urn.

They are waiting to see a good show.

But waiting and waiting, he didn't wait for the news that the Tatars were swallowed up by Yanhua, but found that the living materials of the Tatars were enriched at a speed that was visible to the naked eye.

Every time there is a big market, they go to the Yanguan market to exchange condiments, cotton and linen, and all kinds of canned food.

Not only that, but Tartar even opened a workshop selling cheese, milk chips, and toffee outside the Yanguan City Gate.

The people in the city need to use candy to marry their daughters-in-law and have children, and they will go to this Tartar-owned shop to order it.

The living standards of the people in the city are also improving day by day.

In autumn, I heard a jaw dropping news:

The people of Yanguan have grown juicy and sweet watermelons and a high-yield grain called potatoes in the sandy loam land, with a yield of 30 stone per mu.

Thirty stone !!

When the news spread to the outside of the gate, how could the foreigners still sit still.

Thirty stone per mu yield...... How many seasons of wheat has to be planted to reach this amount!

They wanted to come in and grab it.

But it is said that General Wei Zhen invented a weapon called artillery, which is extremely powerful, and before attacking the city, he first weighed whether his own flesh and blood could withstand the artillery bombardment.

A group of foreigners: "......"

Just kidding, of course I can't bear it!

Don't want to wait any longer!

Wait any longer, and the benefits will be taken by the Tatars.

Therefore, one by one, they came to negotiate peace with generous gifts and sent envoys, just to exchange materials with the customs and to buy high-yield grain varieties that could survive in the sandy loam, even if they were willing to exchange them for sweat and blood.

This result made the soldiers stationed in Yanguan breathe a sigh of relief.

Xu Yin and Yan Kejin looked at each other with smiles.

See, high-yielding grain varieties and trade are indeed the most effective ways to quell the war.

"At this rate, this year's Chinese New Year, the soldiers will be able to take turns to go home to visit relatives and have a reunion with their families." Xu Yin said with a smile, "You can also bring a knife of meat back." If the road is far away, the meat can't be carried, so they will be exchanged for silver taels. ”

Yan Kejin's eyes were also full of smiles: "Hmm." ”