After this reception banquet ended, Liu Juntao was also drunk, so he stayed on the spot under the arrangement of Xue Tong, the chief military officer of Datong Town.

Early the next morning, after Liu Juntao finished washing, Xue Tong came to greet him with a group of officials from Datong Town.

Liu Juntao is the governor of Shanxi, and the governance office is also in Datong Town, so Xue Tong naturally wants to take a good look at his superiors.

Regarding Xue Tong's initiative to get closer, Liu Juntao naturally did not refuse, and said with a smile: "General Xue is diligent in his duties, and the governor has written it down!" ”

Xue Tong's heart suddenly burst into joy when he heard this, and he grinned at the pace of his feet and said, "This is what the last general should do!" ”

Saying that, Xue Tong offered to send Liu Juntao back to the Governor's Palace.

This governor's palace was originally the yamen of the Datong prefect, but later the Datong prefect moved to another place and rebuilt a yamen, and it was vacant.

When the news of Liu Juntao's appointment as the governor of Shanxi came, it was renovated and became Liu Juntao's Shanxi Governor's Palace.

It didn't take long for Liu Juntao to come to the front of the Governor's Mansion accompanied by Xue Tong, only to see that it occupies a large area, and there are two oak trees not far from the gate.

Liu Juntao entered the governor's palace under the support of Xue Tong and others, and as soon as he entered the gate, there was a wall inside, three feet wide and six feet wide, one foot six feet high, two corners of the east and west, and there were cabinet doors.

This Governor's Mansion is located in front of and behind the palace, with the main gate, the lobby, the second hall, and the third hall as the central axis, and the other buildings basically maintain symmetry.

It was divided into several sections for the office of the Governor's subordinates.

Liu Juntao strolled forward, and Xue Tong was also accompanied by the left and right, introducing the layout of the Governor's Mansion to Liu Juntao.

Liu Juntao listened and watched, and saw that the lobby was five rooms and seven frames, and the layout was also quite martial, and the second and third halls were also exquisitely laid out and luxuriously decorated, which was far stronger than his own general military mansion in Jinan City.

When everyone came to the second hall, they all sat down to rest, and Liu Juntao did not mean to let everyone leave immediately.

After talking for a while, Xue Tong approached Liu Juntao and said: "The governor has worked hard all the way, and now the end of the backyard has ordered people to clean up, but this governor's mansion is empty, do you want to recruit a few servants to serve?" ”

It turned out that when this was still the Yamen of the Datong Prefect, there were all servants, but after the Datong Prefect left, those servants were all dispersed.

Liu Juntao smiled when he heard this: "This matter will be arranged by Xue Zongbing, Xue Zongbing will do things, and the governor can still be trusted!" ”

Now Liu Juntao's most familiar person in Shanxi is Xue Tong, since Xue Tong wants to get closer to himself, then he might as well give him more opportunities to prove his loyalty.

Sure enough, Xue Tong was very happy when he heard this, and said in a loud voice: "Don't worry, the last general will definitely handle things well!" ”

Everyone talked for a while, Xue Tong and the others were about to say goodbye and leave, Liu Juntao came yesterday, according to their ideas, at least a few days off before dealing with official business, but Liu Juntao stopped Xue Tong and other generals of Datong Town and said: "General Xue Bing, at night, you bring me the documents of Datong Town." ”

Hearing Liu Juntao say this, not only Xue Tong was a little surprised, but also the generals of Datong Town around him were also surprised.

Xue Tong naturally didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly arched his hand and said, "The last general understands!" ”

At this time, the structure of the Shanxi Governor's Mansion had not yet been formally established, so if Liu Juntao wanted to comprehensively rectify the military affairs of a province in Shanxi, he could only start with Datong Town nearby.

After Xue Tong and other generals left, Liu Juntao came to the backyard, and it seemed that there were a few entrances and exits along the way, and there were many rooms, Liu Juntao also saw Guo Muying's mother and son, and the family rested for a whole day, until Xue Tong came to ask for a meeting in the evening.

Xue Tong brought two subordinates and brought a lot of books, only to see Xue Tong bow his hand to Liu Juntao and say: "Governor, the last general has brought all the books of Datong Town, inside and outside the town, Dingkou soldiers and horses, warehouses of grain and grass, ordnance and guns, etc., all here!" ”

Looking at this tall border army commander, Liu Juntao smiled and said, "General Xue has worked hard, please take a seat!" ”

Liu Juntao naturally knew that Xue Tong was still very capable, at least he could lead his troops to fight with the Tartars here in Datong Town, and he couldn't survive without some real skills!

Moreover, Xue Tong is also very familiar with the military affairs and defense situation of Datong Town and even the entire Shanxi, but his official luck is not good, and he has encountered the main army of Warat several times.

For people like Xue Tong, of course Liu Juntao has to use them.

After Liu Juntao asked Xue Tong to sit down, he looked at the document book carefully.

According to the statistics of the booklet, there were 39,323 officers and soldiers and 7,115 horses and mules in Datong Town.

In addition, there are more than 1,970 artisan households of various types in Datong Town.

In terms of weapons, Datong Town has more than 6,870 pairs of bows, 95,290 arrows, 3,186 pairs of armor, 814 tiger clothes and hats, and more than 39,110 large knives, waist knives, and rattan back knives.

In addition, there are 1,032 spears, 515 guns, 53 bronze cannons, 12 invincible guns, and 32 tiger tail cannons.

There are 7,187 catties and 9 taels of lead, 43,120 catties and 7 taels of gunpowder, 51,630 catties of wrought iron, 81,357 catties of pig iron, and 6,432 grains of pig iron.

Liu Juntao was old in the army and didn't believe in the data in these books, so he shook his head slightly, who knows if these situations are statistics on paper or real situations?

Liu Juntao didn't say anything immediately after reading it, but kept groaning.

Xue Tong has been watching Liu Juntao's expression, he has been in Datong Town for a long time, so he naturally knows all kinds of difficulties in this Datong Town.

Xue Tong naturally thought that the data up to these books were not real numbers, but in the face of the Tartar army that was constantly moving south, as well as the various immortals in Datong Town, he was also a general soldier.

But in the past few years, the combat power of Datong Town has not only not improved, but it is still deteriorating every day, Xue Tong doesn't know if Liu Juntao, who is very legendary, can the latest governor of Shanxi change this situation?

Xue Tong was looking forward to this.

After a long time, Liu Juntao raised his head and said to Xue Tong: "General Xue Bing, you will recruit all the generals in Datong Town tomorrow, and this governor will inspect all parts of Datong Town!" ”

From the next day, Liu Juntao, accompanied by Xue Tong and other generals, inspected all parts of Datong Town.

The northwest of Datong town is the military barracks, the horse shop, the southeast has the granary, the forage field, in addition to the south gate a few miles outside the post station.

These places are all the key points near the left and west of Datong Town, and Liu Juntao has seen all these places in a few days.

The barracks were sparsely populated and understaffed, and most of the sergeants did not know where to go.

Most of the horses in the horse shop are thin, the hay yard lacks hay and horse feed, and there are a few veterans left in the post post to guard!

And in the granary of Datong Town, there are only a few hundred stones of grain and rice left, which is enough for the army to eat for how many days?

In the next ten days, Liu Juntao walked one place after another, accompanied by Xue Tong and other generals, and everything in Datong Town was exposed in front of Liu Juntao.

Everyone in Datong Town was nervous, only Liu Juntao's expression was still calm, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The accompanying guerrilla generals Bai Yuxing and Tao Jixin laughed while watching, and the two of them said in unison: "Tsk, this Datong Town looks big inside and outside, but it is really inferior to our Shandong Town!" ”

Xue Tong's generals were all ashamed when they heard this.

Soon, the group entered the craftsman workshop under Datong Town, and saw that some craftsmen were lazily making weapons in their hands, which was completely incomparable with the hot scenes in the military war bureaus in various parts of Shandong Town.

They are also craftsmen, and compared with the craftsmen of the military bureaus in Shandong Town, the enthusiasm for work and the quality of weapons can be said to be one in the sky and the other on the ground.

Looking at the pale faces of those craftsmen, Liu Juntao didn't have the heart to punish them.

Finally, Liu Juntao came to the city wall of Datong Town, looked at the martial arts hall in the south of the city, and said in a deep voice: "General Xue Bing, recruit the soldiers of Datong Town tomorrow, I want to review the sergeants!" ”