Orthodox twelfth year, mid-August, Yushan Town.

After Li Qianhu escorted 500,000 taels of silver to Yushan Town with hundreds of sergeants, he signed a contract with Tang Yu, the representative of the commander Lei Bo, and Tang Yu, the representative of Yushan Town.

After that, Li Qianhu did not rush to lead the team back to Ren Chengwei, but stayed in Yushan Town for a few days.

During this time, under the leadership of Liu Juntao and Tang Yu, Li Qianhu went to Yushan Workshop, Huakou Town, Zhang Qiu Town and other places to look around, and fully understood the true strength of Yushan Town.

Li Qianhu was shocked when he saw the neat houses and streets in the new city of Yushan Town, the tall and sturdy houses built of cement, and the wealth and happiness of the people in Yushan Town.

And when Li Qianhu saw the Yushan Workshop, seeing that Liu's Erguotou, Yushan Liuli, and Huangming brand cement have huge production and broad sales, they are quite optimistic about the prospects of cooperation between the two sides, and secretly said in their hearts: "Yushan Town is full of thriving scenes, seeing that the workshop is so busy, the two thousand taels of silver I voted for the commander will definitely have a large return!" When I go back this time, I must praise Yushan Town in front of the commander! ”

As soon as he thought of this, Li Qianhu's heart was hot, and at the same time, he was secretly amazed by the vision of the commander Lei Bo!

Subsequently, Liu Juntao and Tang Yu took Li Qianhu to see the workshops of the Ministry of Commerce, and then took Li Qianhu to the camp of the escort team, accompanied Li Qianhu to watch the drills of more than 1,300 young men and women in Hu Dexing's department, and finally organized a "military parade" for Li Qianhu!

This time, Li Qianhu was completely shocked, Rao is Li Qianhu is used to seeing the soldiers and horses of the guard, and he has also seen such a fierce man and horse!

Looking at the strict and murderous escort phalanx, looking at the orthodox nine-year-old bird guns with black and shiny poles and bayonets, and looking at the more than 1,300 young and strong guards wearing armor, Li Qianhu's face was very bad, constantly changing clouds and sunshines, and his heart was even more like a stormy wave, and he was as uncomfortable as sitting on a chair!

After a while, Li Qianhu couldn't help but say, "Mr. Liu Lian, what do these firearms and armor on the young men of the escort team mean?" ”

But as soon as he finished speaking, Li Qianhu was full of regret, isn't such a thing obvious, how can he ask it face to face?

At this moment, Li Qianhu couldn't wait to slap his big mouth, and looked at Liu Juntao beside him worriedly, for fear that he would have an accident in Yushan Town, which would make Liu Juntao turn his face on the spot!

But to Li Qianhu's surprise, Liu Juntao just smiled very indifferently and said: "Lord Qianhu doesn't know, the reason why my Yushan Town can have today is thanks to the young and strong guards who sacrificed their lives and forgot to die, and repelled a lot of gangsters, which is why Yushan Town has today's wealth!" Now, Yan Sheng Gong and the commander make the adults look down on it, and all their net worth are invested in, I must be optimistic about the business of Yushan Town, and I can also make more money for the commander and the Yan Sheng Gong, this escort is the guarantee of doing a good business! ”

Li Qianhu naturally knew that this was just Liu Juntao's justification, but if he was just protecting his business, how could he need more than 10,000 horses, how could he need firearms and armor?

However, Li Qianhu naturally has no heart to pay attention to these ~ forbidden things, after all, the silver spent in vain is the most important, as long as Liu Juntao does not pull the flag and rebel, then it has nothing to do with him!

After watching the shocking escort drill, Li Qianhu was ready to say goodbye to Liu Juntao, and before leaving, Liu Juntao specially set up a banquet to see off Li Qianhu and the hundreds of sergeants accompanying him.

At the banquet, in the face of the diligent persuasion of Liu Juntao and others, Li Qianhu was drunk and said to Liu Juntao: "Liu Lian is always at ease!" After I go back this time, I will definitely speak well for President Liu Lian in front of the commander, and I will definitely let the commander and President Liu Lian work with one heart and one mind! ”

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "Very good! Then there are thousands of households! ”

The next day, Li Qianhu left Yushan Town with hundreds of soldiers, and before leaving, Liu Juntao also gave fifty taels of silver as Li Qianhu's "hardship fee".

When Li Qianhu left, Guo Yongzhong, Hu Dexing, Tang Yu, and Liu Zian returned home with Liu Juntao.

Liu Juntao was in a good mood at this time, so he said to everyone: "Now that the commander of the city guard and we are tied together, this is great news!" ”

Everyone was a little puzzled.

Guo Yongzhong asked: "Jun Tao, although we have Ren Chengwei as the commander of the backstage, there is no need to be so excited, right?" Why do I think that when Yan Shenggong and we were friends, you were not so happy? ”

"That's nature!"

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "I have been thinking about how to convert our Yushan Town Escort Team into an official army, but I have always been suffering from no way!" But today is different, we have the relationship of being the commander of the city guard, and turning the escort team into an official army, which is very promising! ”

Hu Dexing frowned and said, "Jun Tao, will this Cheng Wei commander help us with this?" I don't think it's easy to do! ”

"If I'm not wrong, this will work out!"

"Why?"

Everyone asked.

Liu Juntao said: "Now the imperial court has appointed Lei Commander to take charge of the city guards, which is to rebuild the soldiers and horses of the city guards, and in the future, they will either continue to guard the Yanzhou Mansion, or mobilize the north again to resist the Wara army." But now, what soldiers does the commander have? No! ”

The more Liu Juntao spoke, the more excited he became, and continued: "Now the military households in the entire Yanzhou Mansion are seriously fleeing, and the remaining military households that have not fled are also orphans, widows, old, weak, sick and disabled! Let me ask, in such a situation, where is Commander Lei going to reorganize the army? ”

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, and Hu Dexing laughed and said, "In this way, our Yushan Town Escort Team is the best choice!" ”

Liu Zi'an also said with a smile: "Our Yushan Town and the commander have business dealings, and the two sides are already close, this time Mr. Lian took that Li Qianhu to watch the strength of the escort team, and the commander will definitely think of recruiting our Yushan Town escort team!" ”

Everyone was also very excited when they heard this, if the Yushan Town Guards turned into officers and soldiers, not only could they cover up the existence of the Yushan Military Bureau, but also legalize the orthodox nine-year-old bird guns and armor equipped by the Guards, and the Xu family would no longer dare to be enemies with Yushan Town!

And when Li Qianhu returned to Yanzhou City, he didn't have time to rest, so he went straight to the Yamen of Renchengwei.

After seeing the commander Lei Bo, Li Qianhu told everything he had seen and heard in Yushan Town, and finally said: "My lord, this Yushan Town is no longer as simple as an ordinary hero, now the troops in Shandong are empty, as long as Liu Juntao is willing, the Yushan Town Escort can sweep the entire Shandong, and no one can stop it!" ”

Commander Lei Bo couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said, "Unexpectedly, this Liu Juntao's strength has far surpassed my appearance!" ”

At this time, Li Qianhu said on the side: "My lord, haven't you been worrying about having nowhere to find a source of troops to rebuild the guards and horses of Rencheng?" This Yushan Town Escort is the best source of soldiers! ”

Hearing this, the commander Lei Bo suddenly came to his senses and asked, "Do you know what Liu Juntao means?" ”

Li Qianhu said in a low voice: "I see that Liu Juntao has no disagreement with the imperial court, let's recruit him, which can be regarded as giving him a proper identity, and it is a great favor to him Liu Juntao." Xia Guan thought, then Liu Juntao should not refuse! ”

At this point, the conductor sent Rapoo into deep thought.

After a long time, the commander Lei Bo said: "Find a time to make an appointment with Liu Juntao, I want to meet him." ”

Ten days later, Liu Juntao came to the Confucian Mansion in Qufu County at the invitation of the commander Lei Bo, and the two sides drank and chatted together with Kong Yanjin, the prince of Yansheng, and they got together for three days before they dispersed.

On the way back to Yushan Town, Liu Juntao was in a good mood, and said to Bai Yuxing and Tao Jixin, who were accompanying him: "From today on, my Yushan Town has two strong reinforcements, and with this alliance, my Yushan Town will be invincible!" ”