December of the tenth year of orthodoxy, Yushan Town.

Seeing that the New Year was approaching, Liu Juntao summoned the stewards and backbones from all over the country back to Yushan Town to prepare for the annual meeting of Yushan Town.

Within a few days, Tang Yu, Liu Zi'an, Ma Lijun, Cui Ning, Xu Ping, Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, and Chen Ziping rushed back to Yushan Town.

And Guo Yongzhong, Zhang Baigui, Guo Muying, Gao Ran and others also came to Liu Juntao's house early to reunite with everyone.

During this period, Liu Juntao first asked everyone to speak freely and informed them of their respective affairs.

Tang Yu took the lead in informing the affairs of the Ministry of Commerce, at this time, the shops and several caravans of the Ministry of Commerce made a lot of profits, and the glaze and Liu's two pot heads of the Yushan Workshop were also very popular, not only in Shandong, but also in South Zhili, Henan, North Zhili and other provinces of businessmen are eager to buy, and even do not hesitate to send people to Yushan Town to queue up to buy.

At the same time, the new cement workshop built by the Ministry of Commerce has also been in full swing for two months, and the amount of Huangming brand cement in stock is quite large, which is enough for the construction of the new site in Yushan Town.

Hearing this, Liu Juntao was very happy and said, "Okay! Since this is the case, then there are Lao Guo members, and immediately recruit craftsmen to start building our new city in Yushan Town! ”

When Guo Yongzhong heard that the new city of Yushan Town was finally about to be built, he was already happy, and said with a smile: "Okay! It's on me! ”

Then, Guo Yongzhong talked about the affairs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

"This year is another bumper harvest year for the Ministry of People's Affairs, and now we have hoarded 150,000 stone of grain in Yushanji, and the seeds for spring plowing next year have also been selected.

Speaking of this, Liu Juntao said: "Since Guo Yuanwai said about next year's spring ploughing, then I will say one thing." ”

"Oh? What does Jun Tao command? ”

"Next year's spring ploughing, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will find a group of villagers to plant sorghum instead!"

"Switch to sorghum?"

Guo Yongzhong said suspiciously: "Juntao, hasn't the liquor factory been buying sorghum?" Is it still necessary for the Ministry of Civil Affairs to vacate farmland for planting? ”

Liu Juntao didn't speak, but looked at Tang Yu.

Tang Yu understood and said with a smile: "This is the case outside the staff, because the Liu's Erguotou produced by our workshop is now famous, and it is in short supply everywhere, so correspondingly, those big sellers of sorghum have also raised their prices one after another, causing the Ministry of Commerce to lose a lot of silver!" ”

"I see!"

Guo Yongzhong said: "It's just that in this way, what is the charter for the Ministry of Commerce to buy sorghum from the villagers? If the price is too low, I won't say yes! ”

Tang Yu smiled and said, "Naturally not!" The price at which the Ministry of Commerce buys sorghum from the villagers will never be lower than the price outside! Moreover, if the villagers are willing, they can also exchange sorghum directly for our Liu's second pot head. ”

"What's the change?"

Tang Yu said: "Now a stone of sorghum on the market costs about 240 Wen, and if it is large, 220 Wen or 200 Wen can be won, so the Ministry of Commerce is ready to exchange one stone of sorghum for three catties of Liu's two pots." ”

Guo Yongzhong thought about it for a while, and then said with a smile: "Okay! That's a good idea. Tang Yu, to be honest, did Jun Tao come up with this idea? You wouldn't have thought of such an idea! ”

Tang Yu said with a smile when he heard this: "The staff guessed correctly, this idea was really proposed by President Lian." ”

Everyone laughed when they heard this.

At this time, Liu Juntao remembered something, a few days ago, Cen Entropy, the chief physician of the medical care hall, came to him and talked about treating the wounds of the wounded in the escort team in the future.

Na Cen Entropy is in his forties, but he is a famous doctor in Dong'e County, and it is said that he used to open a medical clinic in Yanzhou Prefecture, but later he didn't know who he offended, so he hid in Dong'e County to avoid trouble.

Since Cen Entropy came to Yushan Town, he has been interested in the various differences of Yushan Town, and he is full of enthusiasm, combined with his experience in practicing medicine for more than ten years, as well as the fact that a large number of wounded may appear in the Yushan Town Escort Team at any time, he proposed to Liu Juntao the difficulty of dealing with wounds.

Liu Juntao also understands that at this time in the Ming Dynasty, once the wounds of the wounded in the army are not treated in time, they will soon become inflamed and pus, and there are no antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs in this era, and the common inflammation in later generations can take the lives of a large number of wounded soldiers!

In view of this, Liu Juntao was also thinking hard, at this time, hearing Tang Yu and Guo Yongzhong discussing the exchange of sorghum for wine, he suddenly remembered that the Liu's second pot head produced in his workshop was not a good choice for anti-inflammatory and sterilization!

So, Liu Juntao said to Tang Yu: "Tang Yu! From this month on, the liquor workshop will send two pots to the escort team every month, not asking for much good drink, as long as the wine is strong! Each escort team must be equipped with fifty jars of liquor! ”

Tang Yu and the others were very puzzled, and Liu Juntao talked about Cen Entropy's discussion with himself about caring for the wounds of the wounded before, and then continued: "I never thought that the second pot head we produced was the best medicine for removing pus!" Therefore, when the escort team goes out in the future, the accompanying medical hall must carry enough two-pot heads, so that they can treat the wounds of the wounded at any time, which can save people's lives! ”

Tang Yu and others were amazed when they heard this, and they admired Liu Juntao's erudition and wide memory.

After talking about the main matters of the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Zhang Baigui said: "Jun Tao, now the War Bureau has stored 3,400 orthodox nine-year-old bird guns, together with the matching bayonets. Moreover, the War Bureau also produced a total of 220,000 rounds of paper-shell fixed-loading ammunition. The military headquarters in the escort team has been redressed, and now it is possible to redress three more people! ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, Chen Ziping, and Gao Ran all had their eyes shining, looking at Liu Juntao with a look of eagerness, and they all thought that their subordinates could change their clothes as soon as possible.

After all, it is not a way to practice with wooden bird guns and wooden bayonets all the time, in Liu Juntao's words: only by firing and knocking out piles of fixed paper shell bullets can a bird gun become a real elite bird gunner! Otherwise, even if you are equipped with a well-equipped bird, you can only use it as a burning stick in the hands of recruits!

And Zhou Zongsheng next to him could only look at everyone with envious eyes, because according to Liu Juntao's arrangement, the horse team is still only equipped with long knives, hand shields, and spears, and will not be equipped with firearms in the short term.

Liu Juntao looked at everyone's eager gaze and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, I think like this: Zhang Xiao's military department is stationed in Anshan Town, Yan Hu's department is stationed in Yushan Military Bureau, and Chen Ziping's department is stationed in Huakou Town, these three places are all important places, so let's let these three departments change their clothes first." ”

Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, and Chen Ziping immediately happily hugged their fists to receive their lives when they heard this, but Gao Ran was a little disappointed.

Liu Juntao deliberately said to Chen Ziping: "The 100 households in Huakou Town have not been revoked yet, although it has been decided that your department will change its clothes, but it will be implemented after the adults of 100 households in Huakou Town leave with their troops!" ”

Chen Ziping immediately nodded in response.

After that, Liu Juntao said to Gao Ran with a smile: "Don't be discouraged Gao Ran, now the output of the War Bureau is very high, and it won't take more than two months to change the clothes of your brothers." ”

Gao Ran said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm fine." ”

"That's good!"

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "Now there are no our men and horses stationed in Zhang Qiu Town, I want to wait until your brothers have finished changing their clothes, and you can take your men and horses to Zhang Qiu Town to station." Chang Hongdao has been taking good care of him in the Yushan Workshop, and he has to promote him well when he arrives at Zhang Qiuzhen. After that, the Yushan Workshop asked the Chinese army to bring the chief Tao Jixin to guard it. ”

Gao Ran was also very excited when he heard that he would be able to defend one side soon, and a thick smile appeared on his face.

After that, Liu Zi'an talked about the movements of the Kong family in Ningyang County.

What is very strange is that Kong Sancai, the head of the Kong family, seems to be dormant recently, and there has been no movement, only the housekeeper of the Kong family has been running to Dong'e County every once in a while.

Liu Juntao frowned and asked, "I haven't found out yet, what is the housekeeper of the Kong family doing?" ”

Liu Zi'an shook his head and said; "The housekeeper is very secretive, he only goes in and out of the wine shop and the green building on weekdays, and the followers I sent can't find anything. When night came, the butler went into the inn and never came out. ”

"Then keep staring, after a long time, the thief will eventually show his feet!"

I Liu Zian also agrees very much.

In the next few days, the atmosphere of the New Year became stronger and stronger, and under the intentional or unintentional mediation of Guo Yongzhong and others, Liu Juntao also found an opportunity to move to Huakou Town with Guo Muying to buy New Year's goods a few times, and the relationship between the two began to heat up rapidly, and Liu Juntao's heart was also full of happiness.

However, just a few days later, Liu Juntao received news from Hu Dexing and learned that the hundred households in Huakou Town were ready to go north from Yanzhou Mansion with the team.

So, Liu Juntao took 21 personal guards to Huakou Town to meet Hu Dexing, Sun Xu and Meng Fanchen, and the group hurried to Dong'e County, the place where the officers and soldiers of the brigade must pass through the north, and prepared to see off the hundred households.