The next day, Lei Bo, the commander of the city guard, sent someone to find Liu Juntao to the government office, and the two chatted and drank tea in the side hall, talking about some topics of the current situation.

After a while, Lei Bo asked with a smile: "Jun Tao, do you have a case about how these two battalions of soldiers and horses are stationed?" Let's talk about it. ”

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "My lord, this barracks is naturally stationed in Yanzhou Prefecture, and I am going to deploy the Qi Barracks in Dongping Prefecture, and set up the guerrilla general's office in Dongping Prefecture. I don't know what adults think? ”

Lei Bo pondered for a moment and said, "Naturally, there is no problem with the Qi Barracks being stationed in Dongping Prefecture, but it seems that there is something wrong with the Zheng Barracks being stationed in Yanzhou City. ”

"Oh?"

Liu Juntao asked, "What's wrong?" Can you be more specific? ”

"Jun Tao, this Yanzhou capital city is a fairy land, the prefect yamen in the city, the command envoy yamen, etc., there are many civil and military officials from all sides, and any party may have some resistance to the main barracks stationed in the city. After all, this barracks is only in my temporary custody, and in the eyes of those civilian officials, it is not justified, and I am afraid of right and wrong in the future. ”

Liu Juntao also understands that Lei Bo's worries are actually not unreasonable, the brains of civil officials in the Ming Dynasty are famous, the more upright people are, the more they are as strong as a cow, as long as it is something they have identified, no matter how they persuade it, there is no way to turn around, even if the emperor comes!

To be honest, Liu Juntao still has some admiration for this kind of dedication, after all, only people with a firm heart will do so. However, if these civil officials had a dispute with Yushan Town, Liu Juntao would not be so leisurely in his heart.

So, Liu Juntao asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"I looked for an acropolis outside the city of Yanzhou, six miles west of the city of Yanzhou, and there was a small river passing through the city, which was very convenient. This city was originally a beacon fort under the jurisdiction of the left guard of the city guard, but now it has been abandoned, I sent someone to renovate and expand it immediately, and it will be used as a place for the garrison of the barracks, how about it? ”

Liu Juntao thought about it carefully, so he was at ease, and he didn't want the people in the main barracks to get too close to him, so as not to cause a misunderstanding between himself and Yushan Town, so he directly agreed.

"Haha!"

Lei Bo said: "In this way, I will arrange manpower, and the money and food for the renovation and expansion of the Beacon Fort will be sent out by the commander. It's just that before the completion of the project, the brothers in the main barracks have to be camped outside the city for a period of time. ”

Speaking of this, Lei Bo was worried that Liu Juntao would be unhappy, so he hurriedly said: "But Juntao can rest assured, all the money, food, and military salaries of the brothers in the barracks will not be reduced under my command to the yamen, and they will be transported every ten days!" The money, food, and military salaries on the side of the odd barracks will also be allocated on time. ”

"Jun Tao has thanked you here!"

After talking about the stationing of the main barracks and the strange barracks, Liu Juntao said along the way: "My lord, there is a matter that I don't know whether to ask or not. ”

"Ask!"

Lei Bo said with a smile: "Jun Tao doesn't need to be so polite, just ask if you have anything to say." ”

"My lord, now that the Zheng Barracks and the Qi Barracks have been reorganized, how will the salaries and equipment be allocated?"

Although Lei Bo said just now that there would be no shortage of money, food, and salaries for the regular barracks and the odd barracks, he did not explain how to allocate them, whether they were allocated according to the standards of the Daming battalion soldiers or the standards of the guards.

Moreover, regarding the equipment of the regular barracks and the odd barracks, Rapoo has always kept silent!

Now that the imperial court has reorganized 10,000 horses in Yushan Town, it will definitely allocate 10,000 horses for military salaries and equipment, even if there will be some deductions, but it will not be as blatant as in the late Ming Dynasty, and most of the military salaries and equipment will be allocated as scheduled.

Liu Juntao understood Lei Bo's intentions, and the reason why he couldn't say it clearly was nothing more than that he wanted to keep some of it for his own use, and when the main barracks were officially under Liu Juntao's command, he could still save a sum of money, food and equipment, which would be used on the soldiers and horses of the Yanzhou Mansion Guard in the future.

At this time, Lei Bo's face changed slightly, in fact, the military salary allocated by the imperial court was completely paid according to the standard of the Ming battalion: two or four yuan per month for the infantry, three stone rations; The cavalry and artillery were paid three taels or six cents a month, and four stone rations.

Of course, this is only an approximate average, and the salaries of battalions in various parts of the Ming Dynasty will fluctuate, but they are probably the same.

The military salaries of the guards in various parts of the Ming Dynasty are a little inadequate, and even the guards in most places do not have any military salaries at all, but only pay the military salaries with the grain collected in the guards.

Lei Bo originally wanted to refer to the standard of the guards and rise slightly, and Liu Juntao was embarrassed to say anything if he was so rich; As for the equipment, Rapoo didn't even think about handing it over to the regular barracks and the odd barracks.

But at this time, when Liu Juntao asked this, Lei Bo couldn't pretend to be confused anymore, and said: "Juntao, didn't I say, I will never be less of this military salary, and I will send as much as the court sends me, I will send it to my brothers, Juntao can rest assured." It's just this equipment, hehe, can Juntao give up some of it? ”

Liu Juntao smiled faintly and said: "My lord, I think it's still like this: I only need seventy percent of the military salaries of the main barracks and the odd barracks, and the remaining thirty percent of the adults can use them for their own use, and these seventy percent can be paid in full and on time." ”

"Good! Since Jun Tao is so righteous, then I won't say anything, the salaries of the brothers in the Zheng Barracks and the Qi Barracks will definitely not be less, if anyone dares to make up their minds on this, I will pick his skin! ”

Although Lei Bo only received thirty percent of the military salary, the number of 10,000 troops was there, and the accumulated money was also a lot of money, which was enough to satisfy Lei Bo's appetite.

"Jun Tao, the equipment ......"

Liu Juntao pondered for a moment and said, "My lord, the armor issued by the imperial court belongs to me, and the remaining blades, vehicles, and horses belong to you, how about it?" ”

For Liu Juntao, cold weapons are useless, and the cold weapons equipped by his men and horses are only long knives, plus some spears used to resist the enemy cavalry, and the Yushan Military Bureau, Dongpingzhou Ordnance Bureau, and Xuzhou Military Bureau can fully supply them.

The same is true for the vehicles needed by the army, and the vehicle factory established in Yushan Town not only produces new horse-drawn carriages and sells them in various places, but also can build vehicles such as Wuhan Iron and Steel Chariots used by the army, which can be used by the people and horses of Yushan Town.

For blades and vehicles, Liu Juntao doesn't need to compete with Lei Bo anymore, it is better to do personal favors directly.

And the horses issued by the imperial court are mostly horses, inferior horses, Liu Juntao can already buy some war horses through the Ministry of Commerce at this time, although the number is not much, but the victory is stable, these horses, inferior horses Liu Juntao also looked down on, simply sent directly to Lei Bo.

And the armor is what Liu Juntao wants, although the Yushan Military Bureau and the Xuzhou Military Bureau can also build a large number of armor, but it is laborious and time-consuming, since the imperial court has issued a large number of armor, Liu Juntao naturally accepts it all, even if most of it will be cotton armor, it is also a treasure.

Listening to Liu Juntao's words, Lei Bo suddenly smiled, took Liu Juntao's hand and couldn't stop saying words of thanks, without any arrogance.

For Rapo, those blades, vehicles, and horses are all treasures, and the few guards under his command on weekdays are like beggars, and if they are equipped with these equipment, their combat power will increase dramatically.

Although there is no armor, Lei Bo didn't take it to heart, after all, he didn't plan to lead the army to the expedition or anything, as long as he could defend the place, the matter of the expedition would be handed over to Liu Juntao.

"Jun Tao, you are so generous, let me say something. From now on, as long as Juntao has something, I will definitely do my best to help! ”

"Haha, my lord's words are serious!"

The next day, Liu Juntao bid farewell to Lei Bo, the commander of the city guard, and led nearly 5,000 men and horses from the Qi Battalion to Dongpingzhou.

Before leaving, Liu Juntao called Sun Xu to his side and gave him some advice, and Sun Xu also led the army to the side of the Fengsui Fort that was about to start, and set up camp for a while.

Within two days, Lei Bo also kept his promise, handed over the armor and money, food and military salaries allocated by the imperial court, and sent people to recruit a large number of craftsmen to start repairing the beacon fort day and night.