April of the thirteenth year of Orthodoxy.

After Liu Juntao hurriedly returned to Yushan Town, because of the double guarantee of Lei Bo, the commander of the city guard, and Kong Yanjin, the Yansheng Gong, the position of the head of the Yanzhou Mansion People's League was guaranteed, and his heart was completely down-to-earth.

As a result, Liu Juntao began to prepare for the expansion of Yushan Town, and was ready to take advantage of the great opportunity of serving as the general manager of the militia to make the affairs of Yushan Town go to a higher level.

Liu Juntao sorted out the affairs of Yushan Town, and the first thing that came to mind was the Ministry of Commerce, which was the cornucopia of Yushan Town, and the source of funds for the Military Department, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Exploration, so Liu Juntao first thought of the Ministry of Commerce.

So, Liu Juntao immediately found Tang Yu, and even if he asked him to raise 200,000 taels of silver and enough manpower, he began to expand and build shops throughout Shandong, and at the same time, the caravans under the Ministry of Commerce should open up as many new trade routes as possible.

"All the prefectures and counties in Shandong must have the stores of our Ministry of Commerce, and the tentacles of the Ministry of Commerce should reach out to every corner of Shandong and sell the goods of our Yushan Town to the prefectures and counties of Shandong! At the same time, the Ministry of Commerce should also use the caravan as a means and the trade route as the foundation, vigorously expand to the surrounding provinces, and vigorously prepare to build shops in the state capitals and counties of the surrounding provinces! ”

Tang Yu listened to Liu Juntao's words without saying a word, lowered his head to record Liu Juntao's request, and after a while, there was a dense layer of sweat on his forehead.

Liu Juntao did not pause, and continued to say loudly: "These things must be implemented as soon as possible, this is not only the Ministry of Commerce's own business, but also related to the development of the Investigation Department, and related to the source of our Yushan Town!" In the future, the Investigation Department will vigorously develop the intelligence business based on the industry of the Ministry of Commerce! ”

"Exploratory Department?"

Tang Yu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, as if he realized something.

Liu Juntao nodded and said, "That's right!" In the future, as long as there are shops and businesses in the Ministry of Commerce, there will be people from the Investigation Department, and they will be able to detect the news! In this way, the sources of information in our Yushan Town will be very broad and very fast! ”

Tang Yu suddenly understood when he heard this, and said, "Mr. Lian's idea is so good, why didn't I think of it in advance!" ”

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "It's not too late to understand now!" ”

After the arrangement, Tang Yu hurriedly went to prepare, and at the same time, he also called Liu Zi'an together, and the two were ready to discuss the cooperation between the two departments to see how to achieve smooth cooperation between the two departments.

Then, Liu Juntao thought about it for a while, and asked Guo Muying to find his father Guo Yongzhong.

After Guo Yongzhong came over, Guo Muying accompanied him to talk for a while, and then went to prepare the meal.

And Liu Juntao briefly talked about the experience of going to Confucius Mansion in Qufu County, and then said: "Taishan, we must seize the great opportunity in front of us to have a big expansion!" Among them, the Ministry of Civil Affairs must be ready to be in the capital counties of Shandong! ”

"How is this good? Is it possible to do it in the state capitals and counties of Tuntian? ”

Guo Yongzhong was obviously very worried, and continued: "Now the private land in the prefectures and counties basically has its own ownership, and the wasteland in various places is basically gone. Besides, now that all parts of the country have been in peace for a long time, where will the Ministry of Civil Affairs go to raise enough people to farm the land? ”

After listening to this, Liu Juntao obviously had already thought about this issue, so he said with a smile: "Each place has its own land, so let's buy it for money, and there is still the cost and effort to reclaim the land!" Not having enough manpower is not a problem, now there are many hidden households in various places, as long as the people work hard to recruit, they will definitely be able to recruit manpower! The silver that Mount Tai needs can be asked for directly from Tang Yu! ”

Guo Yongzhong also nodded when he heard this, knowing that what Liu Juntao said was very pragmatic.

Although at this time, the Ming Dynasty strictly forbade private land transactions to prevent the occurrence of land annexation, but the private farmland trading has become a common practice, and the common people are already poor. In this way, ordinary people have no other way but to sell their land!

Therefore, although the local government knows that the trend of private land buying and selling is prevalent, they are powerless to prohibit it, so they can only turn a blind eye.

Those peasant households who lost their land could only choose to leave their hometowns, and finally attached themselves to the doors of those wealthy families, becoming tenants and slaves of large families.

Even many peasant households did not even have the opportunity to become slaves of large families, so they could only move their families to poor mountains and rivers, mingling in the mountains and forests, and living in poverty.

Therefore, Guo Yongzhong thought about it carefully and felt that Liu Juntao's idea was still sure to be realized, but it just needed a lot of effort from the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

So, Guo Yongzhong discussed the relevant details with Liu Juntao again, and then went to prepare.

Then, Liu Juntao called Hu Dexing again and said, "Brother Hu, you immediately select a hundred elite young men from among your men and horses to serve as the camp instructors of the escort team. Three days later, you led your men and began to recruit a new batch of young and strong convoys, numbering 5,000! After the recruitment is completed, these 5,000 recruits will be stationed in the escort camp for training! ”

Hu Dexing was taken aback when he heard this, and said with some hesitation: "Jun Tao, now that we have more than 12,000 people in each department of the Yushan Town Guard, is it necessary to continue to expand the number of people?" Beware of the big wind! ”

"Of course it is necessary!"

Liu Juntao said categorically: "This time, after I became the general manager of the Yanzhou Mansion People's League, some of the people of our Yushan Town Guard Team will also be transferred to various places, and the people and horses here in Yushan Town are destined to be relatively empty." You must know that Yushan Town is the foundation of our life, and it must be heavily garrisoned, so the strength of the escort team will continue to increase! ”

"Moreover, although the current strength of the escort force is more than 12,000 people, it seems that the strength of the force is strong, but once it is dispersed to various places, it will be reduced to zero, and the strength of the force will be overwhelmed, so it is imperative to expand the strength of the escort force!"

Hu Dexing heard this and said: "I understand! Don't worry, I'll do it! I'll take charge of the training of recruits myself! ”

After Hu Dexing left, Liu Juntao sent people to the Yushan Military Bureau to send a letter to Zhang Baigui, ordering Zhang Baigui to immediately transport 5,000 pairs of military equipment to Yushan Town within a time limit of 10 days.

According to the regulations of Yushan Town, a pair of armaments includes: an orthodox nine-year-style bird's gun, 50 rounds of paper-shell ammunition, a bayonet, an orthodox twelve-year-style earth-shaking thunder, and two pairs of armor (a pair of two-grade armor and a pair of cotton armor).

At the same time, Liu Juntao also asked Guo Muying to rush to the quilt factory to prepare 5,000 sets of mandarin duck battle jackets as soon as possible.

Guo Muying said with a smile: "You, this is going to be ready to do a big job, and I don't know how to keep a low profile, beware of those people with ulterior motives stabbing in the back." ”

"Low-key?"

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "Now that our Yushan Town is in full swing, is it necessary to keep a low profile?" Even if there are some small ones, what can I do! ”

A few days later, after Liu Zi'an and Tang Yu discussed the cooperation, they found Liu Juntao and said: "Mr. Lian, I always feel that something is wrong with the big expansion of our Yushan Town this time!" ”

"Oh?"

Liu Juntao smiled and asked, "What's wrong?" Let's talk about it carefully. ”

"It's too fast!"

Liu Zi'an said with some concern: "Mr. Lian, the expansion of our Yushan Town this time is too fast, and the scope of expansion is too wide, and it is inevitable that there will be no conflicts with the powerful and gentry in various places in the process." For example, the Ministry of Commerce preparing to build shops and the Ministry of Civil Affairs to acquire land will affect the interests of the gentry and powerful people in various places, which will inevitably cause many disputes! ”

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "Now that the strength of our Yushan Town is here, will there be anyone who doesn't have long eyes and dares to get along with us?" ”

"I definitely don't dare to do it clearly, but I can't keep it ruthless in secret!"

Liu Zi'an said worriedly: "I'm just worried that those heroes and gentry who have formed a hatred with us because of this matter will secretly attack, and it will be our brothers in Yushan Town who will suffer at that time!" ”

"So what do you think should be done?"

"Slowly!"

Liu Zi'an said: "The expansion of our Yushan Town is inevitable, but we can't be in a hurry, we need to deal with the affairs of all parties first, and then consider the expansion." ”

After listening to this, Liu Juntao shook his head and said nonchalantly: "Slowly? How long will it take! One year, five years, or ten years? ”

Liu Zi'an wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Liu Juntao with a wave of his hand, and said: "I know your worries, so that the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Civil Affairs will try not to conflict with various places when they are expanding, and they will cooperate together on issues that do not involve principles." ”

Liu Zi'an immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said: "In this way, a lot of conflicts can be eliminated!" ”

"But! I'm from Yushan Town: Don't cause trouble, but I'm not afraid of it! ”

Liu Juntao continued: "If the people of our Yushan Town encounter Haoqiang who is unreasonable, or wants to infringe on the interests of Yushan Town, or the gentry and Haoqiang who refuse to cooperate, tell the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Civil Affairs not to back down, and call me directly!" I'll take care of it! ”

Liu Zi'an was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly dissuaded: "It's absolutely impossible to practice!" Although our Yushan Town is strong, it can't compete with the heroes and gentry of the entire Shandong, which will cause public anger! ”

"Oh? Anger of the public? Do those powerful and gentry have the courage to do this? Will they be able to unite against our Yushan Town? I can't see it! ”

Liu Juntao continued: "In my opinion, this time our Yushan Town is expanding, and the gentry and heroes who may fight against us can only be a small part, and they can't set off any strong winds and waves!" What we really need to be vigilant about is Ye Lao in Qingzhou Mansion and the Xu family in Xuzhou! ”