August of the fifteenth year of orthodoxy, Yushan Town.

After a month of all-out relief, Shandong Hao, led by Yushan Town, gathered a large amount of money and grain, properly resettled the victims of the disaster in Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou and other places, and repaired a large number of roads and facilities.

For this move of Yushan Town and Zhong Haoqiang, the local government was amazed and rewarded Zhong Haoqiang, especially for Yushan Town and Liu Juntao, all forces were highly praised.

At this time, Liu Juntao was also in a good mood, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce of Yushan Town began to resume business, as the victims began to participate in various repair projects with work relief, the expenses of Yushan Town began to decrease sharply, and the deposit of the Yushan ticket number also began to rise steadily, which brought a huge amount of money to Liu Juntao!

Moreover, after the baptism of this great flood, the wasteland in Yanzhou Prefecture, Qingzhou Prefecture, and Xuzhou Prefecture increased dramatically, and all prefectures and counties lacked population to cultivate.

Tang Yu was not to be left behind, and led the Ministry of Commerce to begin to "expand the territory", relying on the sufficient funds of the Yushan ticket number, he began to acquire real estate and open shops everywhere, and the scale of the past was restored in two months.

With the completion of the repair of roads in various places, the caravans of the Ministry of Commerce also embarked on the road again, and began to sell goods from north to south.

At this time, the points of Haoqiang in various places have begun to be announced, and Liu Juntao specially invited thirty-one first-class partners to Yushan Town, and re-gave everyone the shares of the Ministry of Commerce of Yushan Town, so that the rest of Haoqiang was red-eyed, and at the same time, he secretly regretted it.

However, what Liu Juntao is most concerned about is the progress of the Recruits Department and the Equipment Department of the Military Department.

Liu Juntao summoned Hu Dexing and Zhang Baigui to the Yushan Town Government Office for a meeting to inquire about the progress of the Recruit Division and the Equipment Department of the two men.

Zhang Baigui first said: "General, now that the road and ferry port from Xuzhou Mansion to Yanzhou Mansion in the north have been repaired, iron ore and coal from all over Xuzhou have already begun to flow north to Yanzhou Prefecture, and now the Yushan Military Bureau and Dongpingzhou Ordnance Institute have begun to resume production, but there is still a gap in output compared with before. ”

"How many soldiers are in the treasury of the Yushan Town War Bureau now?"

This is the data that Liu Juntao values the most!

Zhang Baigui said: "There are 17,800 arrows in the bird's gun, plus the rest of the armament, which is enough for each battalion to replenish its combat strength!" ”

"That's not enough!"

Liu Juntao said categorically: "In the next step, the battalions of the Yushan Town Guard, as well as the Yanzhou Mansion Barracks and the Qibing Barracks, will continue to expand, the treasury of the Yushan Town Military Bureau must continue to be replenished, and the output of the Military Bureaus in various places will also continue to increase!" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Baigui and Hu Dexing were taken aback, and they faintly felt that Liu Juntao was preparing for the next big battle again!

At this time, Liu Juntao asked Hu Dexing: "How is the recruitment of recruits in the Recruit Division progressing now?" ”

Hu Dexing said: "Now the Recruit Division has trained 2,000 recruits, and the second batch of 2,000 recruits is in the process of training, and it is estimated that the training will be completed next month." ”

Liu Juntao said in a deep voice: "A batch of 2,000 people is too little! Hu Sicheng, I suggest that a group of at least 3,000 people can do it, and if there are not enough instructors, veterans will be directly transferred from each battalion to fill the position! ”

Hu Dexing couldn't help but pause when he heard this, and asked, "General, is there any news, are we going to war again?" ”

Liu Juntao looked at Hu Dexing, then at Zhang Baigui, and said in a deep voice: "I'm just estimating, I think it won't take long for the imperial court to gather all kinds of armies to go north to King Qin!" ”

"What!"

Zhang Baigui and Hu Dexing were shocked when they heard this!

A few days later, the Ministry of War's reward for Liu Juntao finally came down, and the Jinan Government sent someone to send the documents of the Ministry of War to Yushan Town.

This time, Liu Juntao led the army south to fight an army of nearly one million thieves, and made great achievements, and the military department promoted Liu Juntao to the general of Yanzhou Mansion, and the generals at all levels who went out with the army were promoted to one level!

The news swept through the entire territory of Yanzhou Prefecture like a hurricane, and quickly spread to the surrounding state capitals.

For a while, all forces sent people to Yushan Town to congratulate Liu Juntao, and Liu Juntao was also very busy in the process of ushering in the send-off.

This time, Kong Yanjin, the Holy Duke of Yansheng, sent Mr. Shan to congratulate, and Lei Bo, the commander of the city guard, rushed to Yushan Town with Li Qianhu in person.

Liu Juntao was promoted to a general, and on the boundary of Yanzhou Mansion, he was no longer a subordinate of Lei Bo, who was the commander of the city guard, and since then the two have been completely divided into two systems, Lei Bo is still the highest general of the guard army, and Liu Juntao is a battalion general!

It is precisely because of this that Lei Bo, the commander of Ren Chengwei, will take the initiative to congratulate Liu Juntao on his promotion, hoping to continue to maintain a good relationship with Liu Juntao, after all, the army under Liu Juntao's command is strong, even if it has nothing to do with Lei Bo in the future, it will be a big help!

According to the documents of the Ministry of War, Liu Juntao needed to go to Jinan Mansion to collect his official uniform and take note of himself within a month after handling his own affairs, so Liu Juntao dealt with the congratulations of all forces on the one hand, and on the other hand, he seized the time to deal with the affairs at hand.

In this way, Liu Juntao was so busy that he stayed in the government office for four days in a row, and he had no time to go home to rest.

But at this time, Guo Muying sent the maid from the family to the government office and asked Liu Juntao to go home quickly.

Liu Juntao knew that Guo Muying had always been knowledgeable, and if something big didn't happen at home, he would never send someone to call him back, and Liu Juntao was also anxious when he saw this.

So, Liu Juntao told Tang Yu, Hu Dexing, Liu Zian and others to continue to handle official business, and he hurried home.

As soon as he arrived home, Liu Juntao went straight to the back hall, and suddenly saw Cen Entropy, the chief physician of the medical care hall, and two of his doctors prescribing prescriptions, while Guo Muying was lying on the bed and looking at himself with a smile, and his son Liu Guodong was being taken care of by two maids on the side.

"Ma'am, what's wrong?"

Seeing this, Liu Juntao thought that Guo Muying was sick, so he hurriedly asked.

And Guo Muying said with a smile: "Husband, let's take a look at the recipe first!" ”

Liu Juntao hurriedly looked at the great physician Cen Entropy, only to see Cen Entropy smiling and handing over a prescription.

Although Liu Juntao does not know medical skills, he still knows some common important roles and medicinal effects.

At this time, Liu Juntao took a closer look and found that the Chinese medicine on this prescription was full of medicines to protect the fetus and calm the nerves, and he was immediately overjoyed and exclaimed; "Ma'am, when did this happen? That's great! ”

Cen Entropy next to him sued him when he saw this, and went out with two of his subordinates, and the two maids also took Liu Guodong out to play, leaving only Liu Juntao and Guo Muying in the house.

At this time, Guo Muying said: "Husband, Doctor Cen said that it has only been about a month, and it is still early. However, in the future, Guodong will have to ask a good gentleman to teach, and the husband is also a general, is he also a concubine? ”

Liu Juntao understood in his heart that Guo Muying was telling him what was going on, after all, under the medical conditions of the Ming Dynasty at this time, every time a woman gave birth to a child, she would turn around the ghost gate, and if she was not good, she would not be able to come back!

Liu Juntao pretended to be relaxed and said: "Madame should raise the baby with peace of mind, and when the time comes, Mrs. Guodong's husband will be selected by Madame." As for the matter of taking concubines, don't mention it again in the future! ”

Guo Muying was very happy when she heard this, so she said intimate words to Liu Juntao.

That night, Liu Juntao specially invited Guo Yongzhong home, and the family had a reunion dinner.

Early the next morning, Liu Juntao returned to the government office and worked hard.