Just when the Chahar army was setting off for the expedition, Su Yal took several Chahar soldiers and rushed to Qingcheng first.
On the day when the city was built, Qingcheng was the pearl on the grassland.
After the Tiger Character Banner occupied Tumut and Qingcheng, Qingcheng became more and more prosperous, with constant trade. Even merchants from the Rakshasa Kingdom would bring their country's specialties to Qingcheng to do business.
This has made Qingcheng, the pearl of the prairie, a bustling economic center. Even Zhangjiakou, which was once the most prosperous, is worse than it.
When Qingcheng was still in the hands of the Mongols, Ming merchants had to rely on the horse market between the Ming and Mongols if they wanted to do business. Only a few Ming merchants who could come to the grasslands to do business had good relations with the Mongols. Only the Ming Dynasty businessmen could do it.
Nowadays, Qingcheng is open to the public, and traders can travel between the grasslands and the Ming Dynasty. There are also forts along the road to protect the caravans, and the safety of the caravans is guaranteed.
As for the hostile relationship between the Tiger Flag and the Ming Dynasty, it cannot stop the businessmen. As long as there is enough profit, these businessmen are like hyenas on the grassland. They will only flock to the country when faced with profits.
With more merchants coming and going, there will naturally be more carriages and horses hauling goods, causing congestion on the streets in Qingcheng.
After Zhao Yutu came to Qingcheng, in order to solve the congestion in the city, he opened a place outside the city for bulk goods transactions.
Several large car shops were built nearby to accommodate businessmen.
When wealth gathers, people gather.
Many traders also began to start small businesses outside the city, and built simple sheds to attract passing merchants.
"This is Qingcheng? It's much more lively than our Baicheng."
Su Ya'er and his party arrived outside Qingcheng. A soldier in the team looked around, and his eyes could hardly see through the lively scene around them.
"Pay attention to your identities. When you get here, don't say that you are from Baicheng." Su Yaer reminded the few soldiers around him in a low voice.
They are now herdsmen from the Harashen tribe, and they came to Qingcheng to purchase daily necessities such as salt and tea for the tribe.
Since the opening of Qingcheng, herdsmen no longer need to wait for Ming people's caravans or when the market opens to exchange cattle and sheep for things like salt and tea.
Nowadays, herdsmen can come to Qingcheng to buy these things at any time. Even iron pots, which were rare in the past, can now be purchased at any time, because the Tiger Character Flag does not restrict the sale of iron tools.
Su Yaer and his party followed the team entering the city and entered Qingcheng.
The main roads in Qingcheng are paved with bluestones. The streets are bright and cleaned every day. There is not a single trace of livestock manure on the streets.
The collected manure is hauled away by special trucks and stored for later use as fertilizer.
"General, would you like to eat something first? Everyone is hungry." A soldier in the team rubbed his stomach with his hands as he smelled the aroma of rice.
Several other soldiers also looked at Su Yal expectantly.
In order to arrive at Qingcheng earlier, they slept in the open air and ate hard food. Now they could smell the aroma of hot food coming from the street, and they couldn't help but twitch their index fingers.
Su Yaer hesitated.
Thinking that he and others had already arrived in Qingcheng and were not in a hurry to see Omubuhong, and his stomach was also rumbling, he nodded and agreed to find a place to eat first.
The bustling Qingcheng has no shortage of restaurants and teahouses.
There are not only Mongolian delicacies, but also Han delicacies, and snacks can be bought on the street.
"Shopkeeper, give us a bowl of noodles each." Su Yaer did not enter the restaurant, but led people to a noodle vendor on the street.
"Guests, just wait a moment. They'll be ready soon."
The noodle vendor looked back and said hello, put the prepared noodles into the hot pot, stirred it twice with a spoon, and then covered the pot.
After a while, several bowls of hot noodles were served.
"Hurry up and eat!" Su Yaer greeted, picked up the kuaizi in the bamboo tube, took a bowl and ate it.
The noodles that had just come out of the pot were a little hot, and I gasped while eating them.
A few people who hadn't had hot food for a long time couldn't stop eating it.
Soon, a bowl of noodles was in my stomach.
"The shopkeeper, one more bowl, no, two bowls." The Mongolian soldier who finished the meal first asked the shopkeeper for two more bowls of noodles.
"Okay, please wait a moment."
The vendor put the noodles into the pot again and started cooking.
In the end, everyone ate three bowls of noodles in a row, and Su Yaer ate four bowls of noodles alone, which made them feel full.
After paying for the meal, Su Yaer led the horse and left from the vendor's stall with a few soldiers.
"General, should we find someone to inquire about the location of the Khan's Palace?" A soldier whispered to Su Yar.
They were all coming to Qingcheng for the first time, and they were not clear about the location of the Khan Palace. Moreover, given the prosperity of Qingcheng, they were dazzled as soon as they entered the city, as if they were cowering when they entered the city.
Su Yaer said: "No, I know where the Khan Palace is, you just need to follow me."
This is not his first visit to Qingcheng.
Although Qingcheng is more prosperous than the last time he came, the layout of the city has not changed much.
At the moment, they are still in the outer city, while the Khan Palace is in the inner city of Qingcheng.
According to memory, Suyar led people to the street outside the Khan's Palace.
As soon as we entered this street, we could clearly feel that the number of Tiger Flag soldiers were hiding, and there were teams patrolling the street from time to time.
This made him sure that he was not looking in the wrong place.
When they entered the inner city, all the bows and arrows they brought were taken away by the tiger-shaped flag guards guarding the inner city, leaving only the leather armor and short daggers on their bodies.
"General, there are so many soldiers and horses with the Tiger Flag here, there is no way for us to get close to the Khan Palace." The soldier following beside reminded him in a low voice.
In fact, without his reminding, Su Yal had already discovered that it was impossible for them to go to the Khan Palace openly, otherwise they would not be able to escape the eyes of the patrols on the street.
"No hurry, let's go to the Silver Buddha Temple first." Seeing that he could not go directly to the Khan Palace, Su Yaer decided to go to the Silver Buddha Temple not far from the Khan Palace first in order not to attract attention.
However, he took the chance and hung the dagger as a token on his waist, facing the side of the Khan Palace.
Holding the horse, he led the people outside the Khan Palace. When passing the Khan Palace, he stopped for a few breaths and fiddled with the dagger on his waist before walking over.
The Silver Buddha Temple was jointly built by Alatan Khan and Sanniangzi. A huge statue of Sakyamuni Buddha was cast in silver and was consecrated by a certain third generation and then enshrined in the temple.
There are many Yellow Sect monks in the temple, and many Mongolians like to come to the temple to worship Buddha. Among the many Mongolians who worship Buddha, Su Yar and others are not outstanding.
