Xuandegong's orders quickly spread throughout Jingnan, but strange movements continued to rise and fall. In just a few days, bandit rebellions broke out in Changsha and Lingling. Since most of the original garrisons in the two places were drawn north, they actually dealt with the difficulties for a while. The bandits once besieged Quanling and almost cut off the Xiang River. Therefore, the Left General's Mansion had to send the military advisor Zhuge Liang to the south to take charge of Linying; Huang Zhong, a veteran general who is famous in Jingnan, led a thousand elite troops to accompany him, trying to eliminate the bandits as soon as possible.
In such a tense atmosphere, Lexiang County, which is still stable, will inevitably be affected.
According to Lei Yuan's order, Deng Tong's troops were transferred to Bailizhou in the north of Lexiang to guard in order to prevent the direction of Jiangling from changing. A new checkpoint had been built in the Sanhekou area bordering Wuling, and hundreds of additional troops were added to guard against him. As for the townships, lis and docks in various places, there was no problem. With a large number of grassroots officials transferred from the Lei family's troops, no movement could be hidden from Lei Yuan and Jiang Wan's eyes.
However, dealing with the situation is on the one hand, and on the other hand, the matters that should have been promoted cannot be stopped. Sometimes, it is necessary to deliberately show peace and calm people's hearts.
In late March, Shamoko led his exiled tribe and finally achieved a decisive victory over the mountain barbarians. More than twenty villages were successively captured, and nearly 5,000 men, women, young and old were included in his governance. The reputation of the Wuxi Barbarian King was greatly shocked. In the past three or five days, several large-scale gentry sent envoys to Shamoko and expressed their intention of obeying him.
The Jingman's various relationships have always been loose, and if the strong rise, the various relationships will be attached to alliances. This has been the norm for thousands of years. Considering the limitations of the terrain and the backward management ability of the Jingman, they were unable to form a large tribe as one. Therefore, Shamoko readily accepted their subordinates, agreed on time, place, and held alliances from all parties.
Time is today.
The location is under the jurisdiction of Lexiang County, located in a huge market south of Lexiang County.
This market has a name called "Lexiang Market", which was built by Lei Yuan after he served as the Hujingman Captain. The position of Hujingman Captain does not seem as eye-catching as a general or a prefect, but in Lei Yuan's view, this is the greatest compensation given to him by Xuande Gong. With this position, Lei Yuan can openly and large-scale trade with the Jingman tribe, adjust and control the Lujiang Lei family became the only reliable hub for Han and Man exchanges, and then gain huge benefits from it.
The ironware, lacquerware, pottery, cloth, salt, etc. needed by Jing Man; the raw lacquer, medicinal materials, wood, copper and iron materials, animal skins, animal tendons, buffaloes, etc. produced by Jing Man will be traded under the control of the Lei family in Lujiang, and Jing Man's huge human resources will gradually be included in the established track in the process... Everything has been arranged, and even the chiefs cannot choose.
This alliance will be the best start.
The successive victory made Shamoko very clear about his greatest advantage, so he also hoped to show his advantage to his allies through this alliance. With his support, the alliance expanded from a ritual full of symbolism to a large-scale commercial exchange between Han and Manchus. Not to mention that in Lexiang County, the news came out ten days ago, so the merchants who had been dormant for a long time finally appeared.
At noon that day, a team of dusty merchants arrived at the market.
The scale of the businessman was not large, with about ten people, carrying two big carts and five or six horses. The leaders looked extraordinary, and they were obviously not ordinary merchants. This was also common. There were always a wealthy family behind the merchants. A noble soldier wanted to take the opportunity to come to Lexiang to see the situation and then find opportunities for trade. That was a good thing, so the soldiers simply checked the road intent and let it go politely.
Lu Yin is naturally true, but the name of the person registered above is fake. Although this group of people who are headed by the merchants are children of wealthy families, they come from Nanjun. They are the outstanding contemporary figures of the Pang family in Xiangyang, Nanjun Gongcao Pang Tong.
When Pang Tong saw the Lexiang City, he was slightly stunned.
This big market is really not small. The front of the wall built with logs is about two miles away. There are people entering and leaving the main entrance and vehicles are constantly traveling. Pang Tong noticed that the sound of wheels rolling is heavy, and it is obvious that many vehicles are loaded with supplies, and the people accompanying the vehicle seem to be in good mood.
When Pang Tong and others arrived at the main gate, another soldier with swords and shields blocked the road. Then a special city official came to check the items accompanying him. After a brief record, he issued a bamboo plate as a credential. Pang Tong had a good eye and noticed that the bamboo plate was in duplicate, and the other was placed on a very grown shelf next to the main gate. It should be used as a comparison when leaving the market.
After entering the market, the shape I saw was quite different from the market I saw before. There were extremely open space yards and continuous shops.
The roads were very smooth, but because of the crowds and the convoys of transporting goods, the group stopped and moved quickly.
In such a war-torn year, it was beyond Pang Tong's expectation that the great clans of Jingxiang who followed Duke Xuande to the south must have gained a lot of benefits from commercial transactions... These families have abandoned many industries in Jingbei, and Duke Xuande should give some compensation.
Pang Tong looked at the surrounding shops with great interest and picked a few to go in and take a walk. The shops were all in a unified specification, with two in front and behind, and the front was open. There was a large shop with horizontal arrangement occupying several consecutive rooms. Various goods were piled up in the shop, mainly untreated animal skins, which smelled sour. Pang Tong hurriedly retreated and looked up at the high-rise flag curtain in front of the shop. In addition to Chinese characters, there were also barbarian figures turning in the curve; and those who stood at the door shouting to attract customers were actually several Jingman dressed in Han costumes.
I think this shop belongs to a powerful coach from Jingman. They actually do business by themselves, without the agent of the Han caravan? The barbarians are vulgar and fierce, how can they do these things that attract merchants? I’m afraid that there will be a verbal conflict, so they will fight? Pang Tong couldn’t help laughing.
The servant beside him suddenly pulled Pang Tong's sleeve.
Pang Tong turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Look at that."
As the servant pointed, Pang Tong saw a small schoolyard on the other side of the market. At the entrance of the schoolyard, soldiers patrolled. The smoke and dust rolled in the schoolyard. More than a hundred soldiers were divided into two teams, each of which arranged their own formations and collided with each other. The sounds of shouting and killing almost overwhelmed the shop's shouts.
This is the garrison responsible for the security of the city. He is practicing. He uses the army to maintain order in the city. He thinks that no matter how vicious Jingman is, he dare not act rashly. When the alliance is in the afternoon, he is afraid that there will be more troops coming to suppress. Pang Tong couldn't help but frown: In this way, there will probably be variables outside the original plan.
Chapter completed!