At the end of October of the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, Yushan Town.

On this day, Liu Juntao was at home with Guo Muying with his son Liu Guodong, and the three of them were happy at home, Liu Juntao had not been so idle for a long time.

Now, the responsibilities of all departments in Yushan Town have been refined, and they are gradually on the right track, and the burden on Liu Juntao has been reduced a lot in an instant, so that he has time to accompany Guo Muying's mother and son.

At this time, Liu Juntao's son Liu Guodong was seven months old, and he was born with a tiger head and a tiger brain, which was very cute.

Liu Juntao was originally alone, but now that he has a wife and son, a feeling of blood connection fills his heart, which makes Liu Juntao feel the happiness he has not seen for a long time.

Guo Muying sat on a rattan chair, watching Liu Juntao holding his son and laughing endlessly, and her face was also filled with a thick smile.

At this time, the maid said outside the door: "Mr. Lian, madam, Liu Zi'an, the head of the Investigation Department, asks to see you outside the door." ”

Liu Juntao glanced at Guo Muying apologetically, handed his son over, and said, "It seems that I can't eat at home today." ”

Guo Muying smiled and said, "Go ahead, business is important." ”

Liu Juntao teased his son again, and then went straight to the living room, and after a while, Liu Zian hurriedly walked in.

"Mr. Lian! What a good thing! ”

Liu Juntao smiled and asked, "What is the good thing that makes you so happy?" ”

Liu Zi'an sat down and said: "Mr. Lian, the commander of the city guard sent someone to send a letter, because our Yushan Town guard team has made meritorious contributions to the Xu family and Ye Zongliu, and Ren Chengwei and Qingzhou Mansion have already reported to the military department to ask for merit for the general practice." ”

"Well, I know that."

"However, Ren Chengwei and Qingzhou Mansion also handed over an excerpt at the same time as they reported the merit!"

Liu Juntao couldn't help but be stunned and said; "What does the excerpt say?"

"Mr. Lian, this time Ye Zongliu made trouble in Qingzhou Mansion again, Ren Chengwei and Qingzhou Mansion both realized that Shandong was short of troops and defense, and Commander Lei and those big masters of Qingzhou Mansion were worried about their black gauze hats, afraid that other thieves would see that the imperial court was empty and take the opportunity to make trouble, so they wanted to play the imperial court and combine the Yanzhou Mansion militia and our Yushan Town Guards into one to form the Yanzhou Mansion Battalion!"

"The battalion soldiers of Yanzhou Mansion!"

Hearing this, Liu Juntao's heart suddenly burst into joy, and he suddenly stood up and walked around the room.

Reorganizing the Yushan Town Guard into a real Ming Army is Liu Juntao's greatest wish!

As long as the Yushan Town Guards become the Ming Army, then Liu Juntao can put many taboo things on the table to do, such as casting artillery!

Forming his own artillery unit, but it is a dream of Liu Juntao, the three artillery pieces and twelve gunners in Qingzhou Mansion are still nourishing the recruits in Yushan Town, and they are recruiting apprentices to train new gunners.

But once the Yushan Town Guards become an official army, then Liu Juntao will immediately be able to pull out these gunners and expand the artillery battalion in a big way!

"How sure are you of this?"

Liu Zi'an said: "I have a great grasp! Ren Chengwei and the excerpts in the Qingzhou Mansion are indeed something, and after Ye Zongliu made such a fuss, the military department should also know the emptiness of Shandong's defense, and understand that if you want to strengthen Shandong's defense in a short period of time, the best way is to reorganize us into battalions! ”

Liu Juntao nodded and said in a deep voice: "I hope those bigwigs in the Ministry of War really know this!" ”

Within a few days, Liu Juntao received an urgent order from Ren Chengwei, asking Liu Juntao to rush to Yanzhou Mansion immediately to meet the commander.

Liu Juntao realized that there might be news about the reorganization of the Yushan Town Guards into battalion soldiers.

So, Liu Juntao hurriedly arranged the affairs of Yushan Town and rushed to Dongpingzhou.

At this time, the militia battalion led by Sun Xu was stationed in Dongping Prefecture, and the Yanzhou Prefecture People's League Office set up by Liu Juntao in Dongping Prefecture was also temporarily controlled by Sun Xu.

The reason why Liu Juntao rushed here before rushing to Yanzhou Capital City was to make Sun Xu ready for reorganization.

Because Liu Juntao understands that there are now more than 30,000 people on the books of the Yushan Town Guard, and it is impossible to reorganize all of them into battalions, so they can only be reorganized into a part of the troops first, and the remaining troops will be slowly reorganized.

Sun Xu's battalion is the strength of the Yanzhou Mansion militia on the surface, and this battalion must be reorganized first.

Liu Juntao talked about the formation of the battalion, and then said to Sun Xu: "Prepare for the reorganization as soon as possible, wait for my order, and be ready to transfer at any time!" ”

Sun Xu was also excited, and said, "Get the order!" ”

Then, Sun Xu said with a smile: "Mr. Lian, we are finally going to be officers!" ”

Liu Juntao also said with a smile: "Of course! And not the guards, but the battalions! ”

Liu Juntao didn't stay in Dongpingzhou for long, and immediately set off after arranging Sun Xu's subordinates, heading straight to the capital of Yanzhou.

Two days later, Liu Juntao rushed to the Yamen of the commander of the city guard.

After seeing Commander Lei, Liu Juntao didn't make a detour, and asked directly: "My lord, I was recruited this time, but for the purpose of forming a battalion?" ”

"Haha!"

Lei Bo laughed out loud and said, "Jun Tao, you are really well-informed! That's right, that's exactly what happened. ”

"So, it's done?"

Rapoo nodded and said, "It's done!" ”

It turned out that after the joint excerpt of Lei Bo and the prefect of Qingzhou Prefecture sent to the Ministry of War, it was quickly approved.

After all, it is a clear fact that Shandong's troops are empty, and after such a fuss by the thieves of Ye Zongliu's department, Shandong is like a rag full of holes, and there is no defense ability.

At this time, it is necessary to reorganize the garrison in Shandong as soon as possible, otherwise if something happens again, not only the civil and military officials in various parts of Shandong will not be able to serve as officers, but the military department will also be reprimanded by Jinshang.

Under this premise, the matter of reorganizing the Yushan Town Guards and the Yanzhou Mansion People's Regiment into the Yanzhou Mansion Battalion was passed at a very fast speed.

Lei Bo briefly explained the background of this matter, and then said: "In this matter, the Qingzhou Mansion has always advocated that the Yushan Town Guards and the Yanzhou Mansion Militia should all be reorganized into the Guards, and at the same time, the troops should be divided into two and deployed in Qingzhou Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion at the same time. ”

Hearing this, Liu Juntao was shocked into a cold sweat, if this matter is really done, then his efforts in the past few years will come to naught, and all the horses in Yushan Town will be divided between Qingzhou Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion, and his best fate is to hang an idle job and be a rich man!

Looking at Liu Juntao, whose face changed slightly, Lei Bo said with a smile: "Of course I won't agree to this move of Qingzhou Mansion, Yushan Town is the hero of my Yanzhou Mansion, and as the commander of the city guard, how can I let Qingzhou Mansion take advantage of it for nothing, and make the hero of Yanzhou Mansion cold?" Therefore, under my strong opposition, the proposal of adaptation became the reorganization of the battalion! ”

Liu Juntao knew in his heart that this was Lei Bo asking for credit from himself!

So, Liu Juntao clenched his fists and said, "Thank you, sir!" Jun Tao remembers! ”

Rapoo smiled and waved his hand, then said, "Okay! Let's get down to business. Jun Tao, tell me the truth, how many people are there in Yushan Town now? I also have a good idea to fight for you at the time of adaptation. ”

Liu Juntao pondered for a moment and said, "My lord, at present, there are more than 30,000 people in my Yushan Town Escort Team plus the Yanzhou Mansion Militia Group. ”

"Thirty thousand!"

Hearing this number, Lei Bo couldn't help but be moved, the strength of Yushan Town had far exceeded his expectations, originally Lei Bo just thought that there were more than 10,000 people in Yushan Town had reached the limit, but he didn't expect that there were more than 30,000 horses!

Lei Bo couldn't help frowning and groaning, and Liu Juntao didn't speak, just quietly waiting for the following.

After a while, Lei Bo said, "Jun Tao, you really impress me! ”

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "My lord, please ask the adults to take care of this establishment on your behalf, Juntao must remember the help of the adults!" ”

"Haha, that's easy to say."

Lei Bo naturally knew that Liu Juntao was generous, and he always doubled the rewards for those who helped him.

So, Lei Bo said with a smile: "In this way, I will find a way to get rid of this matter, contact friends in the military department, and try to get some establishment for Juntao." ”

"Thank you, sir!"

On the same day, Liu Juntao hurried back, and after rushing to Yushan Town, Liu Juntao began to mobilize the military headquarters and the battalions of the Yushan Town Guard, ordering to speed up the replenishment of troops and drills, and lay the foundation for the reorganization into battalion soldiers.

Liu Juntao also asked Tang Yu to prepare a big gift, a full 50,000 taels of silver, and sent someone to send it to the outer mansion of Lei Bo, the commander of the city guard, which made Lei Bai very happy.

At the same time, Liu Juntao also thought of Yan Shenggong's side, and asked Liu Zi'an to personally go to Qufu County, and asked Yan Shenggong to help maneuver around, and try his best to fight for the establishment of Yushan Town.

Of course, on the side of Yan Shenggong, Liu Juntao also gave a big gift, which was also 50,000 taels of silver.

Half a month later, Liu Juntao received a message from Lei Bo, the commander of the city guard, that the Yushan Town Guard had reorganized the formation of the battalion, and the military department had approved it.

After Liu Juntao heard the news, he immediately led people to Yanzhou Prefecture.