At the beginning of April of the twelfth year of orthodoxy, Yushan Town.

The 5,000 recruits in the camp of the Yushan Town Guard have completed their training, and they are on standby outside Yushan Town on this day, waiting for the final reorganization.

Liu Juntao took Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, Chen Ziping, Gao Ran, Zhou Zongsheng, and Hu Dexing to the city, and looked at the 5,000 troops outside in strict formation, all of whom were arrogant.

Liu Juntao secretly said in his heart: "Now that the economic foundation of Yushan Town has been built, it is time to start upgrading the superstructure, starting with the expansion of this escort team!" ”

So, Liu Juntao looked at Bai Yuxing, the general manager next to him, and nodded, and Bai Yuxing stepped forward and said loudly: "The chief officers of each department will start to lead the troops and reorganize them according to the roster!" ”

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, Chen Ziping, Gao Ran, Zhou Zongsheng, and Hu Dexing each led a team of young men under their command to walk down the city wall, and began to count the number of recruits according to the roster in the 5,000 recruits, and led the recruits assigned to their own units to the side.

In this way, the expansion of the various departments continued for a whole day, and did not end until the evening of that day.

After that, Liu Juntao announced in public the expansion of the personnel of each department:

The establishment of each department below the general department remains unchanged, and in the establishment of the ministry level, it has been expanded from three general departments to four general divisions; At the same time, each thousand commanders directly govern a long swordsman, a sentry horse team, and a team of guards.

At the same time, the horse team led by Zhou Zongsheng will also be expanded from 1,000 to 1,500 people.

In this way, the strength of the Yushan Town Escort Team will reach more than 12,000 people, ranking first in the entire Shandong!

At the same time, according to Liu Juntao's reorganization plan, because a large number of war horses were captured during the extermination of the Kong family, a horse team was added to each department to increase the combat strength of each department.

And the addition of a total long knife hand in each department is also a decision made by Liu Juntao after careful consideration, and the long knives equipped by everyone are also made of stainless steel in accordance with the shape of Miao ~ knife!

Liu Juntao believes that in today's Ming environment, although the orthodox nine-year-old bird gun has been equipped with bayonets, once the escort team is young and strong and the enemy falls into a melee, the bayonet does not have much advantage in the face of spears and broadswords!

After all, the enemies that the Yushan Town Guards need to face at this time also include powerful enemies such as Warat and Tatar, these enemies are battle-hardened soldiers, and bayonets cannot be bargained for on the battlefield, so they can only rely on long swordsmen to make up for the shortcomings.

This is not because the lethality of the bayonet is insufficient, but the bayonet is also used as a supplementary weapon when the firepower of the firearm is insufficient, and the real combat effect is not superior to the long knife.

Of course, Liu Juntao is also confident that in the future, he will develop firearms with more powerful firepower, completely suppress all enemies, and completely retire cold weapons such as bayonets and long knives from active service.

Looking at the thousands of people standing in the sunset, Liu Juntao stood on the city wall and said loudly: "Starting today, the Yushan Town Guards will start a month-long run-in drill, and the Yushan Military Bureau will replenish the armor and orthodox nine-year-style bird guns for each department, and the thousand generals of each department will complete the integration of the guards within the specified time!" ”

Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, Chen Ziping, Gao Ran, Zhou Zongsheng, and Hu Dexing all saluted with their fists and said loudly: "Get the order!" ”

Two days later, after Liu Juntao finished handling the affairs of the Yushan Town Guards, he began to deal with the affairs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Ministry of Exploration.

According to Liu Juntao's plan, all shops in the Ministry of Commerce implement a four-level system of apprentices, associates, shopkeepers, and stewards.

At this time, Tang Yu was solely responsible for completing it in a month.

At the same time, Liu Juntao also ordered Tang Yu to save 200,000 taels of silver every month as a special expenses for emergencies.

Tang Yu asked suspiciously: "Mr. Lian, this month is 200,000 taels, and that year is 2.4 million taels, how to use such a huge amount of money?" ”

"Don't leak it!"

Liu Juntao smiled and said, "I have to use this silver, you must keep it for me!" ”

After that, Liu Juntao, under the leadership of Guo Yongzhong, inspected various farms, and saw a vibrant scenery everywhere, and his heart was also a lot more steady.

Most of the cattle and farm tools that were originally lacking in various places have also been filled, and the rest will be fully equipped one after another. The construction of hydraulic facilities in various farms is also in full swing, and the Ministry of Commerce has abundant funds, so the money is allocated in a timely manner, and the construction progress in various places is also very fast.

In the end, Liu Juntao and Liu Zi'an began to plan the affairs of the Investigation Department.

Now that the competent manpower of the Investigation Department has been gathered, after Liu Zi'an has finished preparations, he will start to go south to Xuzhou and make every effort to explore the reality of the Xu family.

Liu Juntao said: "The Xu family is not as good as the Chen family and the Kong family, but the Xu family is a real dragon!" It can be said that the Xu family wants silver and silver, and it is estimated that the head of the Xu family can raise his arms and shout, and he can pull up a large army, so we must be cautious! ”

Liu Zi'an nodded and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Lian, before our Yushan Town and the Xu family are in the same situation, my investigation department will never intensify the contradictions, and the first task is to find out the news!" ”

"That's good!"

On the same day, Liu Zi'an left Yushan Town and went south to Xuzhou.

Yushan Soldiers' Bureau.

Yan Hu came to the gate with the assigned recruits, and watched the recruits enter the military battle bureau one by one, and his heart was also very good, after all, he now commanded nearly two thousand soldiers and horses, which can be described as infinite!

At this time, Yan Hu saw that there was a tall and burly young man in the recruit team, with a long knife at his waist and a shield in his right hand, obviously a long knife hand, so he became interested and called him over.

"The villain Fan Jing has seen Mr. Qian!"

This Fan Jing has a very loud voice, and he is tall, nearly two heads taller than Yan Hu, according to the algorithm of later generations, it is about one meter!

"Fan Jing! Good man! ”

Yan Hu said: "Have you practiced knife techniques? ”

"The villain was originally a hunter in Nanzhili, but because his family suffered a disaster, he came to our Yushan Town with the tide of victims and learned some knife skills."

"Are there any positions now?"

"The villain was elected by the brothers to be the captain!"

Yan Hu nodded and said, "Okay! Now work hard in the position of Wu Chang, as long as you have the ability, you will definitely be able to make a difference in the future! ”

Yan Hu encouraged Fan Jing again and let him go back.

At this time, Yan Hu looked at the expansion area of the Military War Bureau that was being built, and said secretly in his heart: "My Yushan Town is like the sun, and my eldest brother is really the noble person of my life!" ”

In the following month, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Investigation Department of Yushan Town all took action one after another, and all departments of the Military Department also seized the time to practice, and the entire Yushan Town was full of people's hearts, and under the catalysis of a large amount of silver, it began to expand rapidly.

At the same time, with the vigorous development of Yushan Town, it has inevitably attracted the attention of the Xu family in Xuzhou!