After Liu Juntao purged the generals of Shanxi Province, he carried out a major purge of the garrisons in various parts of Shanxi, and disposed of all the middle and lower-level officers in the army and the veterans who were related to the Tatars.

At the same time, Liu Zi'an, the Minister of Intelligence, and Tang Yu, the Minister of Commerce, also joined forces, and under Liu Juntao's deployment, they conducted an inventory of merchants in various parts of Shanxi, and found more than 100 profiteers who secretly sold all kinds of materials to the Tatar Ministry.

Therefore, Liu Juntao immediately ordered the transfer of three million taels of silver from Shandong Town, so that Tang Yu could immediately launch an "economic war" to comprehensively transform the local merchants in Shanxi.

On the one hand, this move is to completely defeat those profiteers who are in captivity, and on the other hand, it is also to prepare to build an economic foundation in Shanxi, smash all the old business forms, and reintegrate them into a quasi-modern business model like Shandong Town.

With Liu Juntao issuing the order, a huge change began completely.

This change not only made the whole of Shanxi look at it, but even Emperor Tianshun heard about it.

Earlier, Liu Juntao killed 31 Shanxi generals at one time, and submitted all the evidence of these people to the imperial court, which shocked Emperor Tianshun.

Emperor Tianshun never expected that the soldiers and horses in Shanxi Province had decayed like this, and it was no wonder that the soldiers and horses in Shanxi could not resist the invasion of the Warat and Tatar departments.

From this, Emperor Tianshun also thought of the soldiers and horses in the rest of the nine sides, is it the same as Shanxi, there are many traitors who are captive?

Therefore, Emperor Tianshun mobilized the Fusi, the Ministry of War, the Criminal Department and other manpower of Jinyi Weibei Town, and carried out a thorough inventory of the towns on the nine sides, which lasted three months, and indeed found out more than 300 large and small captives.

Among these people, there were generals of the Ming army, merchants from all over the country, and gentry from all over the country, who not only sold all kinds of equipment and materials to the Tartars, but also revealed the situation of the Ming army and the intelligence of the Ming Dynasty to the Tartars, which made Emperor Tianshun angry.

In just ten days, under the strict order of Emperor Tianshun, all the more than 300 traitors were arrested and returned to Beijing.

Then, Emperor Tianshun's mood that had just calmed down was stirred again by the change set off by Liu Juntao.

"Liu Duxian used his own money to establish a ticket number in Datong, Taiyuan and other places, which is the same as the Yushan ticket number in Shandong, and now most of the businessmen in Shanxi are cooperating with this ticket number, which is very convenient."

"Moreover, Liu Duxian is still in Shanxi Province to prosper industry and commerce, using the ticket number to support Shanxi business Jia Xing industry, build workshops, which businessman if the silver is not enough, you can go to the ticket number to borrow, very cost-effective, now all parts of Shanxi are goods prosperous."

"Liu Duxian also purchased land and reclaimed wasteland in various parts of Shanxi, and recruited many displaced and poor people to cultivate, and most of the grain obtained was used as military rations, and part of it was used to fill the standing positions in various places."

At this time, it was already late November of the second year of Tianshun, and Emperor Tianshun listened to the internal officials reading the information sent by Jinyiwei, which was all about the situation in Shanxi Province at this time.

In this information, there are many things that have exceeded the scope of authority of the governor of Shanxi, and in the eyes of Emperor Tianshun, there are some taboos, but Emperor Tianshun also understands in his heart that Liu Juntao's actions are also to better rectify Shanxi's defense, after all, there is a shortage of money and food, and nothing can be done.

But if the imperial court does not react in the slightest, will Liu Juntao become more and more bold?

Emperor Tianshun's heart was also entangled.

So, Emperor Tianshun summoned Fan Lingyun, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, into the palace and ordered him to go to Datong Town to see the situation over there on the spot, so that he could be more down-to-earth.

Fan Lingyun took two of his subordinates out of Beijing in civilian clothes the next day, and hurried to Datong Town.

Fan Lingyun has been working as an errand in Nanjing Jinyiwei before, and the official road has not been smooth, so he has been messing around.

After Emperor Tianshun was reinstated, he knew that he was talented, so he promoted Fan Lingyun to the commander of Jinyiwei.

This time Fan Lingyun rushed to Shanxi, and Emperor Tianshun also mentioned it in person, Liu Juntao is a hero of the Ming Dynasty, and his strength is strong, and he has not overstepped it at all, so as long as Liu Juntao does not rub ~ too much, the court will also pinch his nose and admit it.

This time, Emperor Tianshun asked Fan Lingyun to come to Datong Town, Shanxi Province to explore the people's feelings, although it sounded a little ridiculous, Fan Lingyun was powerless to resist.

Fan Lingyun didn't want to resist, he had already heard about Liu Juntao's legendary experience and his great military exploits, so he had the intention to figure out why Liu Juntao could suddenly rise and single-handedly build a powerful army like Tiance Army.

As a person who has been up and down in Guanhai for more than ten years, Fan Lingyun didn't believe that he could achieve this career just by relying on a sharp bird. If Liu Juntao was really just a reckless man, it would never have been possible to achieve such an achievement in just a few years.

Under the military, there must be mysteries in civil affairs, so there must be a reason for Liu Juntao to prosper industry and commerce and build a strong army, so Fan Lingyun came here to find this answer.

Fan Lingyun was not a headless fly, and went straight into Datong Town to run around, but through the relationship between all parties in Jinyiwei, he found out the whereabouts of Chen Gulong, who was formerly the Fusi Qianhu of Beizhen.

Chen Gulong was originally Fan Lingyun's division commander in Jinyiwei, and he had a deep relationship with him, and at this time Chen Gulong was already at home and was living in seclusion in Datong Town.

Fan Lingyun's plan is very simple, find Chen Gulong and find out the details of Liu Juntao's rise from him.

Within a few days, Fan Lingyun and his two subordinates came to a small town more than ten miles east of Datong Town, which was already within the jurisdiction of Datong Town.

When he arrived in this town, Fan Lingyun made the first discovery, there were a lot of patrols here, and they were all neatly dressed. Although these people only hung sticks and carried rattan signs, it also showed that the town was very rich.

The next realization is that it's a mess here.

The patrol officers in the town all watched the flow of people with vigilant eyes, and only glanced at Fan Lingyun and the two servants, and had no interest in scrutinizing them, they should have seen the bright colors of the three people who were covered up as merchants.

The patrol focused more on the poor in tattered clothes, and from time to time caught petty thieves from the crowd.

There are still more than ten miles away from Datong Town, and there are countless donkey carts and rickshaws gathered outside the town, and the donkey carts are similar to the kind of ~ carriages that Fan Lingyun has seen, but the kind of people and carts have not been seen before, just two big wheels, a pergola, can carry two people.

Seeing this, Fan Lingyun was a little interested, so he stepped forward to ask, and was immediately taken aback: "Fifty Wen!?" Are you robbing money!? ”

As long as you sit on three or five miles, it will cost fifty yuan, which is the daily expense of ordinary people!

"Our donkey cart only costs eighty wen, and one cart pulls down three people, and two more people and carts can sit down." The driver of the donkey cart came to rob the business, and suddenly quarreled with the driver of the cart, and seemed to turn out the old grudges, and the two sides started to move their hands after arguing, and in a moment the whistle sounded, and the patrol came.

"Let's take a walk, it's a mess here."

Leading the horse and walking all the way, Fan Lingyun had a new feeling.

Although the people in the area of this town are muddy, the local officials seem to be doing real things. Let's just say that this road is four or five zhang wide, and it is straight from the town to the direction of Datong Town.

Moreover, the road surface is also divided into six roads, three lanes from left to right, one in the middle is a fast horse and a carriage, the middle road is a donkey cart or a human cart, and the side is a person walking.

Looking at the road surface, it should be the use of Huangming brand cement from Shandong, which has been hard-surfaced, and the car is very gentle.

If you want to get to the other side of the road, you can't just cross it, and you can get to a place with a dense white line, and you can only pass by stopping the passing cars and horses by the patrolman. There is even a place where a valley road has been dug under the avenue.

Originally, he came to investigate the actual situation in Shanxi, and Fan Lingyun went all the way and also inquired about prices all the way.

However, as Fan Lingyun touched the more the situation, the more shocked he felt in his heart.

Food prices are what Fan Lingyun is most concerned about, and the results are also what surprised Fan Lingyun the most.

In this small town alone, the most expensive rice is only six yuan per stone, which is four or five yuan lower than that of Beizhili, and the average brown rice is only five yuan silver.

And melons and fruits, even in the middle of this town on the road leading to Datong Town, there are also people everywhere to set up stalls to sell, persimmons, peaches, snow pears and other northern products, but more than ten pounds, although it is more expensive than grain, but it is far cheaper than Beizhili.

The avenue turned a corner somewhere, and there were layers of houses in front of it, and the other side of the avenue was like a big bazaar, with people coming and going, shouting and shouting, Fan Lingyun's master and servant were dazzled, and their ears were buzzing, and they felt that there were no less than 10,000 people inside.

"Look at ......"

The necks of the two servants had been doubled, even if Fan Lingyun was from the capital and was used to seeing the prosperity, he couldn't resist the temptation at this time, and beckoned the servants into the market.

This time they entered, and the three of them suddenly fell into a vast giant city of everything.

Although the grain, fruits and vegetables are dazzling, Fan Lingyun and his servants are full of agitation, and what they see in front of them almost subverts their understanding of "market" and "price".

In this big bazaar, eating, dressing and playing, exquisite and rare, make people dizzy. Locally produced, foreign-owned, Shaanxi, Beizhili, and even Jiangnan goods, there is everything.

More is just one thing, and the other is cheap.

Cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, chickens and other things are not too obvious, but cotton and linen silk fabrics, but only half the price in the capital, the best Xuzhou cotton cloth, is also cheaper than the local Nanzhili, which is rare.

The three of them were immersed in this sea of all things, and it took a long time to wake up to the fact that this is just a town, if it is in Datong Town, what will it be like?

Then Fan Lingyun and the three of them saw something even more shocking, salt! The white flowers and shiny salt were stacked and sold openly, Fan Lingyun asked anxiously, how much is a catty? Although he is not good at local political affairs, the price of salt and grain is a direct reflection of the people's feelings in a place, and he is naturally very sensitive.