Shi Heng, the governor of the right capital, Cao Jixiang, the eunuch of the division, and Xu Youzhen, the deputy governor of the left, discussed and decided, so Xu Youzhen came forward to find an opportunity to contact Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town.

After the three of them finished discussing, they also set a basic bottom line, that is, Shi Heng could give up installing people to enter the Gyeonggi garrison, but Liu Juntao could not take charge of the Gyeonggi garrison.

Of course, if Liu Juntao wanted to collect more men in the capital faster and more, Shi Heng could provide some help, but correspondingly, Liu Juntao also allowed Shi Heng to arrange some men to enter the Gyeonggi garrison.

The purpose of these conditions is only one, that is, to prevent Emperor Jingtai from fully controlling the more than 100,000 Gyeonggi garrisons!

Xu Youzhen took the results of the discussion between the three of them, so he found a soldier and asked about Liu Juntao's whereabouts and situation.

It didn't take long for Xu Youzhen to learn that Liu Juntao was basically sitting in the Fengtai camp, busy with training and reorganizing the Gyeonggi garrison.

Seeing this, Xu Youzhen made a difficulty, after all, it was impossible for him to go to the Fengtai camp with a swagger, so he would definitely be caught by the imperial historian in the court, and Xu Youzhen would also get into unnecessary trouble.

So, Xu Youzhen waited for the opportunity, and it didn't take long to get the news that Liu Juntao had left the Fengtai camp and was going to go to the military arsenal in the capital two days later to check the reserves of the Gyeonggi army.

Hearing the news, Xu Youzhen was also ready and waited around the arsenal in advance.

The next day, Liu Juntao took a hundred heavily armored iron horsemen into the capital, and after entering the city, he first went to the military department to report, and reported the recent military affairs to Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, and then left the yamen of the military department and went straight to the arsenal.

This time, Liu Juntao not only had to check the reserves of the capital's arsenal and check whether the physical armament was equal to the data on the books of the military department, but also had to do some things for himself.

Although at this time, the Yushan Town Military Bureau and other military battles were all of huge output, and compared with other firearms equipped by the Ming army, the firearms equipped by the soldiers of Shandong Town were powerful, high rate of fire, and very advanced.

However, as the largest and most comprehensive arsenal of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Juntao has always thought that this is a "treasure chest", and does not believe that there is no "magic weapon" in the Ming Dynasty, and there must be powerful firearms in the arsenal!

Therefore, Liu Juntao wanted to take the opportunity of this inventory to take a look at the situation in the arsenal of the capital, and if there were really powerful firearms, Liu Juntao would not mind spending some effort to get some "samples" back.

On this day, Liu Juntao led people to work in the arsenal of the capital for a whole day, but what made Liu Juntao very disappointed was that there were many firearms in the arsenal, but basically they were firearms such as bowl-mouth guns and mountain splitting guns.

Even the muskets directly equipped for the Shenji Battalion were all arquebuses, far less sharp than the flintlock pistols equipped by the soldiers and horses in Shandong Town.

In desperation, Liu Juntao also sighed slightly and said secretly; "It seems that I am still a little anxious, and I overestimate the level of firearms and equipment of the Ming army at this time."

Indeed, at this time, although the Ming army was also making every effort to develop firearms, it was still in the stage of technology accumulation.

It was not until the end of the Ming Dynasty that the Ming army developed firearms such as Miru guns, bird guns, thunderbolts, Franc machine guns, and Hongyi cannons while combining Western firearms technology.

At this time, the only firearms in the arsenal of the capital that could make Liu Juntao somewhat interested were some rockets.

The power of these rockets is also debatable, and they are not the big killers such as "Ten Thousand Tigers Running Together", "Jiaolong Going to Sea", and "Divine Fire Flying Crow" equipped in the late Ming Dynasty.

However, in line with the principle that talking is better than nothing, Liu Juntao still discussed with the squire of the military department who came with him, exchanged some fine bird guns for ten bundles of rockets, and prepared to go back to the military department to study it.

After the event, Liu Juntao and his party went out of the arsenal of the capital, and after separating from the squire of the military department, Liu Juntao was ready to go to the inn to rest, and he would go to the military department again tomorrow, ready to check the situation of the craftsmen under the military department, and see if he could select some skilled craftsmen to go back when the time came.

At this time, for Liu Juntao, talent is the most important, and even a strong backing for his own development.

At nightfall, Liu Juntao and his entourage rode to an inn, ready to rest for the night, but saw that Xu Youzhen, the left deputy capital, was already waiting here with two small servants.

Liu Juntao frowned slightly when he saw this, turned over and dismounted and walked over.

And the hundred iron cavalry soldiers behind Liu Juntao also turned over and dismounted, everyone's movements were uniform, under the sonorous iron armor, all the soldiers stood on the left side of the war horse, holding the knife in one hand and leading the horse in the other, mighty!

Seeing this situation, Xu Youzhen was shocked in her heart, and her eyes when she looked at Liu Juntao were also full of awe.

Originally, Xu Youzhen knew that Liu Juntao led the troops well, and the soldiers under his command were also very strong, but he didn't expect that Liu Juntao was so strong, and the soldiers and horses under his command were like heavenly soldiers and generals, which was daunting!

Just when Xu Youzhen was secretly frightened, Liu Juntao had already walked up.

Xu Youzhen hurriedly calmed down, squeezed out a smile from his shocked face, and said with his fists clenched: "Xu Youzhen, the imperial history of the left capital, has seen General Liu!" ”

Liu Juntao also smiled, and arched his hand and said: "It turned out to be the left deputy capital Yushi, Lord Xu!" ”

When Liu Juntao said the word "deputy", he deliberately emphasized his tone, Xu Youzhen's face suddenly became a little ugly, but he still smiled and said: "Mr. Liu has worked hard for several days, and he specially set up a good banquet here, ready to relieve Mr. Liu's fatigue!" ”

"Oh?"

Liu Juntao understood in his heart that Xu Youzhen was probably here for the reorganization of the Gyeonggi garrison, so he asked: "Then I don't know, is the right governor also here?" This town is very worried about the right governor! ”

Listening to Liu Juntao's unkind tone, there was a trace of dissatisfaction in his words, Xu Youzhen was also a little anxious in her heart, this has not officially started to talk, is Liu Juntao going to turn him away thousands of miles away?

"Hehe, the right governor didn't come over this time, entrusted him to reward Liu Zongbing, and when he has a chance in the future, the right governor will definitely set up a banquet and have a drink with Liu Zongbing!"

Liu Juntao saw that Xu Youzhen always greeted him with a smile, although he looked down on Xu Youzhen's personality very much, but so far, the two have no direct conflict of interest, as the saying goes: reach out and don't hit the smiling person, so Liu Juntao is not good at doing too much.

So, Liu Juntao said: "In this case, the governor of the right side owes the town a drink!" ”

"Haha! That's nature! Mr. Liu, please! ”

"Please!"

Xu Youzhen invited Liu Juntao into the inn, and the two went up to the private room on the third floor.

And the two little guys brought by Xu Youzhen greeted the hundred iron cavalry soldiers behind them, and sat in the hall on the first floor, where more than a dozen tables of good wine and food had been placed.

Of course, there were still ten iron cavalry soldiers who did not sit down, but went directly to the third floor and stood guard outside the door of the private room.

Xu Youzhen didn't pay attention to this, but just had a polite conversation with Liu Juntao and sat down with each other.

After the two sat down, Liu Juntao looked at the table full of good wine and food, and said: "The military affairs of this town are in the body, so I won't drink the wine first." ”

Seeing this, Xu Youzhen was not reluctant, so he asked the shopkeeper who was serving on the side to remove the wine jar, and then said: "Remove all the drinks on the dozen tables downstairs!" ”

"Gotcha!"

The shopkeeper turned around and went out.

At this time, Liu Juntao asked with a smile: "Okay, there is no one else here now." If there is something, Lord Xu can say it straightforwardly. ”

"Haha!"

Xu Youzhen said with a smile: "Mr. Liu is really bold! Under admiration ......"

Liu Juntao saw that Xu Youzhen was about to start complimenting himself at length, so he waved his hand and said, "Lord Xu, our time is very tight, don't go around in circles, if there is anything, just say it!" ”

Xu Youzhen touched her chin slightly embarrassed when she heard this, and after laughing dryly, she said: "Mr. Liu, I can't hide it, I was entrusted by the governor of the right capital to discuss cooperation with Mr. Liu!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Juntao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and then laughed, and the sound almost shook the window.

"Cooperation? What qualifications does he Shi Heng have to talk about cooperation with this town! ”