Chapter 529: Shopping with Tickets

Zhangjiakou in March is still very cold, still a piece of dry yellow, and occasionally a few bits of green are dotted in this dry yellow world.

The horse market, which had been closed for several months, has reopened.

People from many tribes near and far have gathered here, ready to change some daily necessities necessary for life to go back, once the Ming Dynasty retreats for too long, their life will definitely not be able to live, no tea to eat, people will go crazy, no iron pot, no hot milk, no salt and cloth, can only be a savage.

This is a school field, the leaders of the Imperial Association Army, large and small, and the co-leaders have gathered here, and everyone has heard of one thing, that is, the horse market is about to reopen, so everyone is beaming, dressed politely, and try to freshen up as much as possible to look civilized.

"I heard that this horse market is going to reopen!" A small leader of the Imperial Association said.

"That's for sure, it's spread all over the world, the horse market is reopened, can there be a fake?" Immediately another person said.

"I heard that now this city is open to our Imperial Army, and no one else has a share, is this true?" Someone inquired.

"This, not necessarily, if it is only for our Imperial Army, then why are so many other tribes here today? It's obviously not for our Imperial Army. Someone said.

"No, I probed the tone of the Mandu Governor a few days ago, and he said, this time, the imperial court has been fighting for this matter for a long time, or His Majesty has opened an opening for our imperial army, and specially opened the border market, otherwise, with the strength of the Jin merchant case a few days ago, this horse market will be reopened so quickly? But don't forget, the Ming Dynasty and Dajin fought hard......" Another leader of the Imperial Alliance also swore an oath.

"Morte, what about the big gold, believe it or not, I'll tell the Mandu Governor to go and let you eat the whip......" Another leader of the Imperial Alliance next to him immediately threatened.

"Donglu, Donglu, I am wrong, you must not tell the Mandu Governor, otherwise, I will eat the whip......" The leader of the Imperial Association who had just said the wrong thing immediately laughed.

"I think it would be great if the emperor of the Ming Dynasty could pay us a military salary? It doesn't have to be as tall as Mandudu's new army, a tael of silver a month is enough......" said the other.

"Yes, yes, yes......"

"Yes, we should mention it to the governor, just with the seized point, it is not enough to eat!" Immediately someone was in favor.

……

There was a lot of talk on this school field. Suddenly, there was a voice: "Mandu Governor to ......." The leader of the Imperial Association stopped talking and began to wait for Man Gui's arrival.

Man Gui strode up to the stage and looked around at everyone.

“…… Stand up for me......" Man Gui looked at the scattered tribal leaders under the control of the Imperial Cooperative Army, and said with some disgust, he was now used to seeing the neat and uniform queue, and he was very disgusted by this rabble-like line arrangement.

The leaders of the tribes of the Emperor's Cooperative Army tried their best to stand in a good position, so as not to provoke the Mandu Governor to be angry.

"Today's horse market opens, let's not say much if there are more, come to people, read the name, read the one who reads it, come up to get the ticket, get the ticket, the horse market will officially begin......" Man Gui looked at the lazy team in this place, and was disgusted, originally prepared some rhetoric, but now I don't want to say it, directly let these people get all kinds of tickets, and these people naturally know the "benefits" of this ticket.

The leaders of the tribes of the Imperial Association looked at Man Gui puzzled, first happy, then puzzled, and asked each other what was going on, why did they still have to get tickets? Could it be a military ticket? Money? Many people were excited.

"Has the Borzi tribe arrived?" A small official behind Man Gui saw that his adults said that they were going to start invoicing, so he didn't hesitate and immediately started reading according to the list.

"It's here, it's here." The leader of the Borzi tribe ran up and issued a military ticket? This thing is really unusual, I just don't know how many votes they can send, this military ticket is always valuable, no, how many military tickets are worth how much silver!

"Borji tribe, this month, a total of 200 catties of food stamps, 100 catties of tea stamps, 20 catties of sugar stamps, ...... cloth stamps, ...... salt stamps, ...... gun stamps, 20 ...... needle stamps, 1,000 catties of wine stamps......" The voice of the little official was very loud, although the border in March was still windy and sandy, but it could not hide his voice.

Food stamps? Tea ticket? Cloth tickets? What is this? The Imperial Alliance Army was dumbfounded.

"Governor, can these votes be used as silver?" The leader of the Borzi tribe cautiously asked, why are these votes still so finely divided? ,

"These are not to be used as silver, but they are worth more than silver." Man Gui said happily to the leader of the Borji tribe, with some playfulness in his eyes.

"Dudu, this, this, this ......" Borji saw the smile on Man Gui's face, and was afraid of Man Gui's coercion, so he didn't dare to ask too much.

"Don't worry, since you are the Imperial Army, Your Majesty should take care of it, and you will not suffer a loss......" Man Gui said with a smile.

"That's, that'......," the Borzi tribal leader immediately agreed.

"To tell the truth, if it weren't for the Imperial Army, Your Majesty would not have opened this horse market at all, do you think that when our dynasty and Donglu are fighting for life and death, they will also open a horse market to communicate with Dongyu? Deliver supplies to Dongyu? Man Gui still said with a slight smile.

Man Gui's smile made the tribal leaders present feel chills.

"Your Majesty Shengming, Your Majesty Shengming......" Borzi said again and again. The big and small leaders below couldn't tell what was going on today, and they all followed.

"I want to give you an opening, but also to prevent someone from communicating with Dongyu, don't you think, is it difficult?" Man Gui continued to say with a smile.

"That's, that'......" Borzi retorted.

"That is, we must not only let you live your life, but also strictly guard against the captives, but also strictly guard against the flow of weapons and grain to the east, so there is this ticket, and if you buy things in the future, you have to use this ticket to buy the corresponding things. ......" Man Gui said with a smile.

"Ahh ……”

"Huh......"

The leaders of the large and small tribes were even more surprised, this was something they had never heard of before.

"Dare to ask the governor, that is to say, this time, we only got a pile of paper, nothing else, let's live with the Ming Dynasty, work for the Ming Dynasty, in the end, you have to buy something with a ticket, this, the governor, this is too much to take our imperial army as an outsider, since our imperial army has defected to the Ming Dynasty, it will naturally give your life to Your Majesty, why does the governor distrust us so much?" In the Imperial Army, a more sober person came out and began to reason with Man Gui.

"It's ......"

"That's it, we thought we were going to divide the silver, but I didn't expect it to be a pile of paper, and this ball is used for ......."

“…… The Ming Dynasty didn't treat us as human beings...... "In the Imperial Army, some people immediately became noisy, and suddenly heard that they had to rely on tickets to buy things in the future, and that was the net worth and life in the hands of the Ming Dynasty!" Immediately it became noisy.

"Silence!" The attendants beside Man Gui shouted again and again.

The noisy voice immediately quieted down, and they all looked at Man Gui to see what Man Gui said.

"Hehe, are there any of you who don't want to be in the Imperial Army? You can leave now, our Ming Dynasty never forces people, if you want to get out, get out immediately, and leave what you want, just do what Your Majesty says, Your Majesty wants to open this opening for you, but under the pressure of the courtiers to win it for you, you dare not appreciate it......" Man Guiwei smiled, at this time, still want to struggle? Is that possible? A bunch of goods waiting to die.

The tribal leaders looked at Man Gui with a posture of not wanting to do it and getting out, looking at Man Gui with a strange smile, and they were even more uncertain, whether Man Gui would make trouble on the spot and slaughter them all, one by one under the pressure of Man Gui, they didn't dare to attack, however, this kind of neck pinching in the hands of others, but it was really not easy, once this ticket really came true, then they wanted to eat two or two more rice, they had to go through the consent of the Ming Dynasty, that was a complete loss of freedom, completely reduced to the Ming Dynasty's thugs.

"I have said it, my reputation with Your Majesty has always been very good, and it is not that I have not given you a way out, haven't you been making trouble for a salary? Although there is no salary this time, but these tickets are better than salaries, more valuable, Borzi, your tribe doesn't need a few pots a year, you see, you are now taking this pot ticket to buy a pot, but you can buy it for only two taels of silver, but if you don't have this pot ticket, you have to pay at least four taels of silver, that is the price of a first-class horse, you calculate, just this pot ticket, you don't have to do anything, you make a net profit of two taels of silver, that is double the price, what about other things? The military tickets that Your Majesty has given you, in fact, are all deserved by you, and you give these tickets to those tribes who don't have tickets, and get a few thousand taels of silver this year, but it's really not difficult, Your Majesty is very thoughtful for you......" Man Gui said with a smile.

"Ahh ……”

"Ugh! ……”

There is also such a saying, the leaders of the Imperial Association Army, large and small, immediately discussed, there is such a good thing, if it is really like this, it is really more reliable than that military salary, they have also asked the Ming Dynasty for "salary" before, even if they have it, how much can they get? Even if the Ming Dynasty really paid and distributed it to their names, there was not much money, but now it is different, just one Borzi tribe can get thousands of taels of silver a year, so what about them? Is it almost possible to get this silver? Covering up is much more cost-effective than asking for any salary. ,

"Governor, is this really that much?" The leader of the Borji tribe thought for a moment and asked in embarrassment, he couldn't figure out whether the Ming Dynasty emperor treated them well or badly.

"Hehe, if you want to have more silver, there is only one way, that is, to be a good errand and work hard to kill the enemy for Your Majesty, the greater the credit, the more this vote will naturally be divided, and now the votes are divided according to your merits last year, Your Majesty only looks at the merits, and it is easy to say anything if you have merit, salt, tea, wine, sugar, cloth, grain, ironware, pastures...... Whatever you want, I can give it, but if you are cheating and trying to live in a foolish way, then I'm sorry, this ticket is not ......," Man Gui said.

"......" people underground, and there are many discussions, is this a good thing or a bad thing?

"Lord Governor, what if I want to make a grenade? Can I get it? The leader of a small tribe asked aloud, loud but distinct, with caution in his tone.

"Don't worry, you can change it, you can exchange the extra tickets for other things, such as Ouchi-made muskets, grenades, it's no problem......" Man Gui said with a smile, the problem of grenades, he is really not afraid of others saying that he smuggled arms to people, these grenades, even if they are not used, after two years, they will gradually begin to "wake up", and the power of gunpowder will gradually decrease, maybe wait a few years, whether the grenade can be released, maybe not to mention, let alone the musket, A musket without ammunition might as well be a burning stick.

"Wow......"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was talking about it again, so it seems that the Ming Dynasty is really not stingy, but they didn't treat them as outsiders, and they became excited.

"Governor, I don't know how many votes our tribe can receive, let's get the tickets so we can change things!" The leader of a small tribe of the Imperial Concord couldn't wait, clamoring for a ticket to buy something.

Man Gui waved his hand, and the little official on the side immediately understood and began to continue the work of invoicing.

The border market is not only open in Zhangjiakou, but also in Xifengkou.

Zhangjiakou this border city and Xifengkou are not the same, Xifengkou outside, after last year's "cleaning", and basically the Imperial Army, not the Imperial Army, or become a trophy, but this Zhangjiakou is different, the east can pass Liaodong, the north is connected to Lin Dan Khan, the west, it is connected with the Woer Dusi, Tumut Tribes, and the situation of Xifengkou is completely unusual, for those tribes who have not yet mastered, it is naturally impossible to kill with a pole, and make it the same as Xifengkou, therefore, this side carries out the "rationing system" The situation is very different from Xifengkou, in addition to the various tickets of the rationing system, there are also "bargaining" other than tickets, you can buy materials at a high price, this "bargaining" is usually more than twice as much as buying things with votes, which not only does not lock the material channels of those tribes, but also makes the Imperial Cooperative Army have a lot of room for profit in this, urging the Imperial Cooperative Army to fight for the ticket.

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The border market was reopened, and many tribal herdsmen came to exchange things.

"Pot ticket, what pot ticket?" A herdsman from a certain tribe came to the border market happily, he took a fancy to a pot and was ready to buy this pot back, but when he asked, the little second who sold the pot asked him for a pot ticket, and he couldn't touch it.

"Yes, now, if you don't have a pot ticket, I can't sell the pot to you......" The shopkeeper said confidently.

"Why? Shall I not be able to give the money? The herdsman hurriedly asked.

"It's not a matter of silver, now that there is no ticket, who dares to sell something to you, a crime of arrest will be deducted, we still want to eat a few more bowls of rice......" The shopkeeper didn't care about the silver in the herdsman's hand.

"If you don't sell it, you won't sell it......" The herdsman is also a hard temper, seeing that this family refuses to sell, he looked back, it seems that there is another family not far away that is also selling pots, and he is not going to buy it here, but if he changes it, he will not believe it, and he will not buy anything for nothing, so he will not buy it from you, and see what kind of silver you make.

This shopkeeper watched the herdsmen turn around and leave, he didn't care at all, and laughed secretly in his heart, this idiot, he thought that he could buy it elsewhere, but he didn't know, now in this horse market, don't look at so many merchants doing business, in fact, there is an owner behind it, and it is impossible for you to shop around. RO！ ~！