Beidi County, Xinping County, and the junction of Dongqiang tribes.

The remnant sun is like blood, the wind and sand are full of sky, and such damn weather always appears here in the barren sand city from time to time.

"Purr~~"

The heavy war horse sounded leisurely, and on the rolling mountain beams, a ghostly horse appeared, a knight dressed in a Han costume, wearing a sword at his waist, a spear at the horse, a longbow on his shoulder, and three or five feathered arrows poked out from behind his shoulder, piercing the sky.

If Xiao Tian, who was engaged in scouting, was present, he would definitely be able to see at a glance that this person was also an extremely good scout.

"Huh~~"

The knight drank his horse, and stood solemnly on the mountain beam like a wolf, staring at the bottom of the mountain with a sharp gaze for a moment. Not far down the hill is a bustling market. The Qiang people came and went here to sell furs, livestock, genuine medicinal herbs, and exotic jewelry, while Han merchants sold silk, salt, iron, tea and other goods from the Central Plains to trade with them.

This trading office is the exchange that Meng Da set up with the funds of Fufeng County when Ma Yue crossed the grassland. But later, because Fufeng County experienced Li Kanchengyin's rebellion, Ma Chao urgently transferred Meng Da back to Fufeng to preside over government affairs, so the construction of this exchange was shelved.

I never thought that in the days of Meng Da's absence, the Qiang people of Dongqiang, the people of Xinping County and the Liu family of Beidi County took the initiative to complete the remaining projects, and opened a wide mutual market here to trade with each other.

In the bazaar, a Qiang man looked left and right, took off the tiger skin on his body as if nothing happened, waved it three times in the air, and shouted and sold: "Tiger skin, good tiger skin, buy it as soon as possible~~"

Those Han people saw that the tiger skin was indeed good, and after a while, they gathered a bunch in front of the Qiang people. But when they saw that the Qiang people did not have a fixed stall, they shook their heads and left.

The Qiang people were very puzzled, they thought that the tiger skin they had worked hard to get could be sold for a good price, and then buy some new things from the Han people for their mother-in-law and son, but they didn't want to, those Han people actually saw a lot of people and sold a lot. This made the man wonder, and when there were no buyers around, he quickly found a Qiang man with a stall and asked.

It turned out that this place had been in business for more than a month, and at first the Han people were short of catties and catties, and they were abducted and deceived, so that the Qiang people almost led their troops to sweep the exchange. Later, the Qiang people also learned to pass off shoddy and fake as true, so that the county soldiers of Beidi and Xinping counties almost ended up with this old nest.

Helplessly, both sides were afraid of the prestige of the Ma family in Fufeng County, and finally Ma Chao, the eldest son of the Ma family, gave an idea to establish a chamber of commerce composed of Han and Qiang people to adjudicate trade disputes that occurred in the exchange. The small matter is directly judged, and if the big thing rises to the point where someone dares to deliberately damage the good normal trade of the exchange, then it will be subject to the collective crusade of Xinping County, Beidi County and the Dongqiang tribe, and even, the eldest prince of the Ma family also released a bold statement that 30,000 Xiliang Iron will ride on the pillow and wait for the Dan, and will help the Chamber of Commerce to suppress illegal traders at any time.

This Xiliang, who has the ability to provoke the alliance of the three counties and two clans? Therefore, later, those reputable traders gradually set up fixed stalls here in the name of their own owners: for example, the white horse stall of the leader of Baima Qiang Zhongjian, the Tsing Yi stall of Tsing Yi Qiang Rigu Deji, the Liu stall and the Fu family stall in Beidi County, etc.

For this kind of Qiang people who only come to buy and sell occasionally, they can go directly to the Chamber of Commerce to sell, and if the price is unfair, they can also go directly to those stalls that need to sell, and those stalls are not only responsible for selling goods, but also responsible for purchasing. And like him, he sells independently, and at first glance, he has no reputation, and everyone is naturally reluctant to buy from him.

The Qiang man suddenly realized that he would immediately go to the Chamber of Commerce. Happily, the price given by the Chamber of Commerce was also appropriate, and the Qiang people were too lazy to run, so they sold it directly to the Chamber of Commerce. Then he also learned to be smart, and went directly to those stalls with famous names, bought some Han clothes, food, and children's wooden horses and wooden swords, and happily carried them away.

On the mountain beam, the Hanfu knight saw all the actions of the Qiang people, and his eyes were cold for a moment, and he turned his horse away, and quickly disappeared behind the mountain beam.

Half an hour later, a knight in bright armor appeared on the mountain beam again, and the scout beside him whispered: "General, this exchange has been in operation for a long time, and its assets are very rich. ”

Poor scout, he could only see from the scale of the exchange and the behavior of the Qiang people that this exchange was very prosperous, but he couldn't figure out why this exchange could run so smoothly.

And the well-armored general didn't seem to be a good thinker, and when he heard the scout's report, the sharp broadsword was raised in his hand, and he swung forward heavily. After that, a group of cavalry appeared like a shadow behind the general, all with spears in their hands, and the sharp blades reflected the remnant sun in the west, and a dazzling cold glow rose up.

"Woo woo woo~~"

On the watchtower set up outside the bazaar, the sharp-eyed officers and soldiers stationed on the mountain immediately spotted the cavalry on the mountain beam, and immediately sounded the trumpet to warn, and for a time the low and loud horn sounded in the sky.

"Huh~~"

A feathered arrow swept through the air, coldly piercing the throat of the warning officer.

"Uh~~"

The officers and soldiers let out a half-scream and fell from the watchtower, and the low and desolate sound of the horn came to an abrupt end.

"The thieves are coming~~ The thieves are coming~~" The sharp-eyed trader shouted: "Damn, if you let Lao Tzu know which tribe cut off Lao Tzu's wealth, Lao Tzu will definitely let the leader destroy these bastards!" ”

And a guy in Liu's stall next to him was also angry: "You Qiang people are arrogant and unreasonable, and you don't know how much money this exchange has made you!" ”

The Qiang man fell into a daze, but after a while, he shouted like thunder: "Let your mother's bullshit, open your dog's eyes and see, that's our Qiang army?" That's you treacherous Han Chinese who made the poison! ”

The guy stretched out his eyes to take a look, and sure enough, he saw that the thieves were all dressed as Han Chinese, and he was immediately speechless. muttered in a small voice: "Which guys who don't open their eyes dare to provoke the Mao Xi Liangma family?" ”

At this time, the shopkeeper of the stall was in a hurry, and he had to give the guy a slap: "It doesn't matter if he is Han or Qiang, if he dares to rob the trade office this time, then he won't live long!" Why don't you hurry up and inform the county keeper?! ”

And after the Qiang man heard this, he was also a rin, and he didn't want the goods, so he immediately led his horse and galloped towards the north: "Damn! Lao Tzu didn't let the leader destroy you bastards, Lao Tzu will be Han people in the future! ”

It was only at this time that the residents and merchants in the center of the bazaar finally came to their senses, and I don't know who was the first to shout. In an instant, the whole bazaar exploded, panicked people rushed to flee for their lives, wolves rushed to the pigs, vendors dumped, tea shops and wine tables overturned to the ground, materials and goods were scattered, and the whole bazaar was already in a mess~~