Datong out of the customs a road, two hundred miles to the north, there is a place called Jining outside the plug, it is at the foot of Yin Mountain, there are many names that make people dream.

The Ming people who went out of the fortress called it Xinghe Road, which was its name in the early Ming Dynasty.

The Mongols who lived here called it Jining Road, which was its name during the Yuan Dynasty.

Earlier, this was Youzhou Dai County, and it was in the clouds of Bingzhou, and Wang Changling said that the easternmost part of Yinshan Mountain, which did not teach Hu Madu Yin Mountain, was the Daqing Mountain here.

From here, walk west along the valley, and walk another 200 miles, is the key to the entire Mongolian steppe in the majestic mountain range, the city of Naturalization.

The land of the Ming Jin Kingdom is extremely fertile, surrounded by mountains, there are three hundred miles of land in the bansheng, there is an endless resident grassland, from the north to the south, the naturalization city is not so much the city of Alta, but the northernmost pass of the Ming Dynasty, because the Tumo River is the ancient Eile River.

It is rare to have such a tall mountain range as Yinshan on the flat plateau, coupled with the meanders of the Yellow River in Shannan, which makes Shannan extremely superior in both grazing and farming.

The death of Alta brought this grassland into a new era.

The era when the Han people marched northward.

In Jining, the place where the first post station was established last year, welcomed the first resident shop this year, called the Export Firearms Shop.

The owner of the shop is a young Beiyang Army small flag officer, Yuncheng people, the son of Shanxi salt merchants, named Wang Yue, the family is engaged in salt, grain, coal, silk and iron smelting industry, since childhood like to dance guns and sticks, follow the martial artist to learn a martial arts, before the adult with the family to run into the Beijing coal business route, just waiting to grow up to take over the management of this stall, as a result Wanli put the coal card.

In a fit of anger, Wang Yue was also very interesting in a fit of anger, he actually followed the recruiter from Beiyang to recruit troops in a fit of anger.

This kind of well-born and well-educated soldiers are good seedlings in the eyes of officers, and they can be generals in the future, so they also devote themselves to training, and they have learned a lot of new things in the two years in Beiyang, and they have mastered the skills of drawing and Mongolian language very well.

The flag army he brought was not the Beiyang Army, but a small banner drawn from Tianjin Wei, and a general flag allowed him to make up a small banner of barely able to pass the eyes of the elite people, driving ten carts to Jining to open a firearms shop.

This belongs to the Beiyang Military Government of the export firearms shop on the grassland does not look lonely, next door is the Ming Dynasty new Jining Station, not far in front of the door is the pine forest river that flows all year round, under the arch guard of the surrounding herdsmen's dome, the firearms shop, barracks, grain store, and warehouse in the deep ditch high base guard the post station.

There were more than a dozen carts parked outside the high wall at this time, and there was no Beiyang specialty package of military supplies in the convoy, indicating that this was a caravan that had completed the transportation task of Naturalization City, Wang Yue, who was holding his hands behind his back, squinted his eyes and squeezed his nose, and said with a smile: "I knew you had to come back." ”

"Don't you know, at that time, Baihu asked me to choose, choose to open a shop in Jining or Naturalization City, we fell in love with Jining at a glance, why? Because the road to the north of Guihua City is not easy to walk, you have to climb the mountains, and it is different to turn back from Jining and go north, it is easy to walk. ”

"No, you're back again."

Wang Yue smiled, walked to the door with open arms, and asked: "How about it, your caravan has five guns, and the grassland in the north is not very peaceful, where can I not have a few firearms to defend myself and buy a few if I want to trade?" ”

In front of him was a caravan from Shanxi, the leader of the caravan was bitter and hateful, groped for five crumpled guns from his arms, ignored Wang Yue, a small flag officer, and discussed how many guns to buy.

Wang Yue interjected again and said, "Contemptible people remind you that the gun ticket can only be used once, whether you buy a five-pole gun or a one-shot gun, in order to prevent smuggling firearms outside the city, you have to give me five tickets." ”

"And smuggling miles outside the plug!"

It's good that Wang Yue didn't speak, but as soon as he said this, Shang Jia's eyes widened and he said angrily: "You go to smuggle, a broken fire gun sells for five taels of silver, you smuggle one for me, how do you say smuggling!" ”

This export firearms shop is a government property, subject to the unified pricing of the imperial court, and the private sector cannot hold firearms, so this arms shop is the only shop in the core country that sells firearms to the people.

First of all, the merchant must hold a certificate issued by the county where his household registration is located, proving that he has a fixed industry, a fixed clan, and his wife and children are all in his hometown, including the information of the industry, the employment of caravan laborers, etc.

At the same time, they need to prepare a certain number of knives, spears, bows and other weapons according to the scale, and bring the gun ticket issued by the Beiyang Military Government to Datong, and the Datong government will stamp the gun ticket, and the person who holds this gun ticket can legally buy firearms at this time.

The imperial court didn't care where the merchants would sell their goods, but they divided several areas into several areas, first of all, the Ming Jin Kingdom, each herding tribe had a Ming army local governor garrison, the main roads all had post stations, and there were also Ming and Jin joint garrisons between the post stations to patrol fixedly.

It was relatively safe, and the price of the corresponding goods was not too high, because there were too many caravans coming.

If you want to make money, you have to get the Ming Jin Kingdom, and go to the north to sell, most of the tribes grazing in those places only have a little contact with the Ming army, and the merchants go less, and the price of the goods sold is high, and there is also a certain danger.

If there is danger, you need to have a good weapon to defend yourself, so the imperial court issued a ticket.

But there is no place to recognize the ticket within the Great Wall, and it is not allowed to carry any firearms when leaving the customs, and there is only one firearms shop in Jining, which is Wang Yue's shop.

The ticket only means that the bearer has the right to buy firearms, and if he wants to buy it, he still has to use silver, and the way Beiyang Ye Mengxiong prevents businessmen from smuggling firearms out of his mouth is simple and rude - not to prevent it.

He knew that he couldn't prevent it, and once he got to those places, the most valuable goods on these merchants were the firearms they exchanged for their tickets.

Therefore, Ye Mengxiong chose to let the imperial court get a piece of the smuggling pie.

Regardless of whether you smuggle or are robbed, it is enough for the court to earn more silver than the firearms that are discarded.

Syllable!

Seeing that the merchant planned to come and see the goods after discussion, Wang Yue happily clasped his hands together and said, "Please come with me and come into our store to have a good look." ”

"The last time you came, you were not very satisfied with the Yongle firecracker, it doesn't matter, the small store has recently received better goods."

What was put on the table was an enlarged old-fashioned firecracker: "The Beiyang Ordnance Bureau Wanli ten-year maker Jia dedicated Wanli Shenshuo, compared with the old specifications of the firecracker, the caliber has been increased, the gun tube is very sufficient, the charge is more, and the ammunition is more, compared to the Wanli Shengun, I prefer to call it Lieutenant Zhenshuo, because it is a small Zhenshuo general held by a pole." ”

"Are you afraid of seeing a shirtless horse bandit running towards you outside the fortress with a horse and a sword? It's right to be afraid, but if you have it, you don't have to! With our special small cartridge, we can guarantee that thirty small iron pellets will be covered with blood on his face within thirty steps. ”

"The best lieutenant Zhenshuo, give ten gunpowder cartridges, Tong Su is not bullied, and the products are good!"

Wang Yue raised his eyebrows and looked at Shang Jia: "As long as the silver is eleven taels, it will be yours." ”