Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 577, Towns on the Prairie

While Du Mingen from Tianzhu was discussing the Portuguese affairs, Daming also quietly began to enter autumn.

To the north of the Great Wall, on the vast grassland, with the arrival of autumn, the original green grassland gradually changed into new clothes.

The grass on the prairie began to turn yellow gradually, but the cattle and sheep on the prairie grew fat and strong, which was the fattest time of the year.

Qiqige rode a horse, her Eji Anmuer, and her younger brother Batu drove a group of cattle, sheep and horses in one direction.

"Qiqige, I heard that the town is very lively, and there are many delicious and interesting things."

Batu, who was only thirteen years old, looked very excited.

He was thrilled at the thought of going to town.

There used to be no cities and towns on the grasslands, because grassland people are nomadic and live with water and grass, so they don't need towns at all.

However, since the Tatar tribes belonged to Daming and became part of Daming, Daming began to build many towns on the grassland.

As the first grassland tribe to belong to Ming Dynasty, the Naiman tribe was the first town to appear on the grassland of the Naiman tribe.

These towns are specially used to facilitate transactions. There are three days of regular market time every month. These people on the grassland can drive their cattle, sheep and horses here to sell them.

Then buy what they need in the market. There are many merchants in the market. These merchants from Ming Dynasty brought all kinds of things.

Food, iron pots, salt, tea, medicines, beautiful clothes, etc., all the things they had nowhere to buy before, can be bought casually in these towns, and the prices are getting cheaper and cheaper.

This allowed these prairie people to live a life that they could not have imagined before.

"Just know how to eat and play. You are already thirteen years old. Erji said that I will marry you a wife next year, and you will be an adult by then."

Qiqige looked at her younger brother and said helplessly.

The younger brother is very strong and looks very good.

You can buy salt, tea and other things that are urgently needed in life at will, and the life of grassland people is very comfortable.

Moreover, Daming conquered the Tatar tribes, and also defeated the attack of the Oirats. Without the war, she and Eji no longer need to worry about the safety of their younger brother, and their family can continue forever.

"Hmph~ I don't want to marry a daughter-in-law. What good is going to a daughter-in-law?"

When Batu heard this, he pouted immediately.

"Marrying a daughter-in-law can give birth to children. Only after having children can our family become bigger."

Qiqige said.

"I don't want it. I've heard that the world is huge, and I want to visit the Central Plains."

Batu said unhappily.

"Haha, our Batu has grown up and become an eagle on the grassland."

On the side, the mother of the two, An Mur, laughed when she heard it.

She is very satisfied with her current life. She grazes on the grassland and supports her family with the raised cattle, sheep and horses. She lives comfortably.

"Why did you always have to fight and kill Mingren in the past~"

"We go south to plunder every year, but every winter, many cattle and sheep still die, and many people die, and there will be no food, no salt and tea, and no iron pots."

"How good it is now, what you want, how good it is for everyone to get along in harmony."

She couldn't help thinking of her husband in her heart, thinking of the husband who died in the Central Plains.

The husband who rode a war horse and took up a weapon went to the Central Plains to plunder, but in fact it was only for the grain, salt and tea for the winter. If he could snatch an iron pot, it would be a dream.

But now, there is no need to rob at all. They only need to exchange cattle, sheep and horses for a lot, a lot of grain, salt and tea, and there are too many iron pots in the house.

Drive the cattle and sheep towards the nearest town.

At noon, beside a river, on an open grassland, buildings came into view.

"Haha, it's finally here~"

Excited, Batu rode his horse and hurried forward. He couldn't wait to visit the towns on the grassland.

The long-term nomadic life has allowed these herdsmen on the grassland to come into contact with relatively few people.

But people naturally like to be lively, and these towns built by Daming on the grassland are the most lively places on the grassland.

As she got closer to the town, Qiqige could see that there were many people like them coming here from all directions, driving cattle, sheep and horses.

Today is the day when there are only three markets every month, and there are many herdsmen who come here.

It's autumn, and winter is coming soon. The cattle and sheep are fat and can be sold for a good price, and then they stock up on grain, salt and tea for the winter.

Gradually the town became clearer.

Batu could clearly see that the town was not big, and it didn't take long to ride a horse to go around it. A city wall was built around the town, and Ming soldiers in armor could be seen guarding the city wall.

Inside the city walls, the buildings in the town looked very tall to Batu. Each house was five or six stories high, and the glass windows shone brightly under the sunlight.

There are many sheepfolds built with wood outside the town. In each sheepfold, you can see a lot of cattle, sheep and horses. At the same time, there are many merchants bargaining with these herdsmen. It seems that they are negotiating cattle, sheep and horses. Things to buy and sell.

The herdsmen who came later were very skillful in opening an unused sheepfold, and then rushed their cattle, sheep and horses, and soon someone would come to him to discuss business.

At the same time, you can also see many herdsmen using horse-drawn carts and ox carts to pull carts and carts of wool. These wools are piled up very high, but they are very sought-after. Before reaching the town, Ming people came on horses to discuss buying these. The wool thing.

Through the wide gate, you can see the bustling scene in the town.

There are a lot of people inside, there are many shops, teahouses, restaurants, etc., people come and go, and it is very lively.

"How many people, it's so lively~"

Batu was very excited, but Eji and his sister hadn't come yet, and he didn't dare to go in alone, so he hurried back.

"Sister, the town is too lively~"

"There are so many people~"

Batu said excitedly.

"Of course it's lively. Today is the market day, and many people will come."

Qiqige nodded as a matter of course and said.

She has been here several times, and it is more lively every time.

"Wait, don't run around, don't rush in, you have to help drive the cattle, sheep, and horses into the sheepfold. After the cattle, sheep, horses, and the wool are all sold, we will go again. You go eat the noodles, the noodles are delicious."

Qiqige warned with some worry.

"I know, I know, you've told me so many times."

"Aren't you bothered~"

Batu replied absent-mindedly. He kept waving his whip and drove the flock of sheep and horses towards the town.

Soon, they came to the outskirts of the town. Qiqige was very experienced, and opened a sheepfold in advance, and drove the cattle, sheep and horses into it.

These sheep pens are free to use, and they are specially used by herdsmen to buy and sell cattle, sheep and horses. After all, it is very inconvenient to buy and sell cattle, sheep and horses, so it is much better to fix them in the sheep pens.

Beside them, Qiqige and Batu's mother were bargaining with several merchants. As soon as they arrived here, merchants who bought cattle, sheep, horses, and wool immediately surrounded them.

"Sell me the wool, I'll pay you ten cents and one hundred catties~"

Wool merchant Hu Jin spoke to An Mur in the grassland dialect that he had just learned.

"Ten cents and one hundred catties, the price has risen again~"

An Mur was silently happy in his heart.

No one used to come to wool, but now it has become an important source of income for grassland herdsmen.

Cattle, sheep and horses need time to slowly breed and herd sheep. In fact, there is not much in a year, but the wool is different. After shearing waves, the more you shear it, the faster it will grow.

Now that they can sell for money, the herdsmen will continue to shear the wool, hoard the wool, and sell the wool to these wool merchants when they arrive at the market.

"I want to ask other merchants."

Anmur is not in a hurry to sell, there are many merchants here, but they have a rule among themselves, whoever contacts first, other people can't go to intervene, only the herdsmen don't agree to let others go to contact.

"Well, I'll offer you eleven coins, and there's no one here who can offer you a higher price than me."

When Hu Jin heard this, she raised the price helplessly.

If Anmur went to other merchants, he would lose his share of the wool in the end, and he had no choice but to increase the price.

"No, no, I only sell my wool to Wang's or Sangong's. The price you merchants give is too low, and there is still a shortage."

An Mur still shook his head. Grassland herdsmen who often come here know that the prices offered by these merchants outside are actually relatively low, and the ones who offer fair prices without sacrificing the price are the commercial firms inside.

Like Wang's firm, this is a firm opened by the Wang family of Caiyun Textile Factory in Beijing. It specializes in buying wool.

Even though the prices given by these merchants outside are sometimes higher, everyone trusts the merchants inside more, because they will never be short of money, and will not deceive herdsmen like them.

Hearing An Mur's words, Hu Jin felt a little helpless immediately.

This is no longer a family or two. The opening of the grassland town market also attracted many businessmen to do business on the grassland. Naturally, some rat droppings were indispensable, which made life difficult for small businessmen like Hu Jin.

Because the herdsmen who have been deceived don't trust small businessmen like them at all, they trust big business firms that pay attention to reputation.

　Do you think this model is feasible?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)