Six days later, Liu Juntao took care of the affairs at hand, and asked Bai Yuxing to bring a team of guards to prepare, preparing to go to Jinan Mansion to meet with the political envoy of Shandong and receive the advice of the general of Yanzhou Mansion.

Before the execution, Liu Juntao tirelessly instructed Guo Muying to think about her body and not to overwork, and carefully arranged six old mothers to take care of Guo Muying and her son Liu Guodong.

Guo Muying looked at Liu Juntao with an uneasy look, and said with a smile: "Husband, don't worry about business, I have so many people here to take care of me, and my father is also taking care of Yushan Town, it's okay!" ”

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "It's also me who is too much." In that case, then Madame should take good care of her body. ”

After speaking, Liu Juntao sat with Guo Muying for a while, and Bai Yuxing walked in from the courtyard, and Shi Li said, "I've seen the general, I've seen the lady!" General, brothers are ready to go! ”

"Good!"

Liu Juntao said: "Madam, I set off. ”

"Husband, have a good trip!"

On the same day, Liu Juntao and Bai Yuxing set out from Yushan Town with 50 guards, first rushed to Huakou Town for a little rectification, and then entered the boundary of Jinan Prefecture through Dong'e County and Pingyin County.

The first stop for everyone to enter Jinan Mansion was Changqing County.

After everyone entered the city, they went straight to the drunken fairy restaurant in the city, ready to stay in the store.

It didn't take long for everyone to come to the door of the drunken fairy restaurant, and the shopkeeper had already received an order from the Ministry of Commerce, and when he saw Liu Juntao coming to the store, he immediately ran over, and greeted Liu Juntao, Bai Yuxing and others very diligently.

"Find a few secluded seats, and serve good wine and food!"

Bai Yuxing instructed: "In addition, prepare a good guest room, plus five large guest rooms!" ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly nodded in agreement, and said, "Don't worry, the general, Minister Tang has already explained, and the little one must do his best to make the general and you eat and live well!" ”

"Good!"

After speaking, the shopkeeper led everyone to the side of the lobby on the first floor, Liu Juntao, Bai Yuxing and other fifty-two people sat at six tables, and after a while, the shopkeeper took four or five subordinates and brought a plate of wine and meat like flowing water.

Seeing this, Liu Juntao smiled and said, "Okay, everyone is hungry, let's eat!" ”

After finishing speaking, everyone poured wine and cloth dishes one after another, and staggered the dishes.

At this time, there were three men sitting at a table next to him, drinking and chatting.

The words of those three people suddenly attracted Liu Juntao's attention.

"I heard that Liu Juntao of Yushan Town, Yanzhou Prefecture, was appointed as a general by the imperial court!"

"Isn't it! This Liu Juntao is only in his twenties, and he already has tens of thousands of soldiers and countless wealth, what a god! ”

Another man sighed and said: "This time, I heard that Liu Juntao led his troops to break through millions of thieves and made great achievements, and the imperial court promoted Liu Juntao to a general!" A general in his twenties, in the more than 100 years since the founding of the country, there has never been such a young general, and the future is really immeasurable! ”

At this time, a man with two long beards said: "I just don't know if this Liu Juntao is a reckless martial artist, otherwise, our brothers can still go and defect." With the knowledge of the three of us, we will definitely be able to make great progress! ”

"What Brother Lan said is extremely true, and Brother Zhang and I think the same way. I'm just worried that Liu Juntao is just a reckless martial artist, and he doesn't know our brother's talent! ”

As the three of them were talking, Liu Juntao glanced at Bai Yuxing, Bai Yuxing understood, got up and walked over, and said with a smile: "The three of you are so interested!" In Xia Bai Yuxing, the current president of the Yanzhou Mansion Qi Barracks, I don't know the names of the three honorific surnames, can you be interested in eating some wine together? ”

The three of them couldn't help but be secretly taken aback when they heard this, looked at each other, and the man with two long beards clasped his fists and said: "In Xia Lan Siqi, these two are my sworn brothers, this is my second brother Zhang Yuqing, and this is my third brother Zhao Ling." I don't know what Bai Qian is talking about? ”

"Haha, it's my general who just heard the three of them talking and wants to get to know the three of them."

Lan Siqi, Zhang Yuqing, and Zhao Ling were even more startled when they heard this, and hurriedly looked in the direction indicated by Bai Yuxing, only to see a burly young man in his twenties looking over with a smile.

"Could it be that this is General Liu!"

Lan Siqi and the three of them were already sweating at this time, the three of them looked at each other, they all gritted their teeth, and secretly made up their minds, so they came to Liu Juntao's table with Bai Yuxing.

Liu Juntao smiled and motioned for the three of them to sit down and said; "Where are all three from? What are the skills? ”

Lan Siqi, Zhang Yuqing, and Zhao Ling saw that Liu Juntao was polite in his speech and demeanor, but his temperament was full of fierceness, he was by no means a reckless martial artist, nor was he a scholar who was powerless, and they were all secretly surprised in their hearts.

Lan Siqi clenched his fists and said, "General Qiyu, the three of my brothers are all from Jinan Mansion. Since the three of my brothers were familiar with all kinds of practical learning, rather than the Four Books and Five Classics, they were unable to follow the path of the imperial examination, so they made a living by teaching. I heard that the generals are eclectic, but in terms of ability, I wanted to go to Yushan Town to defect, but I didn't expect to meet the general here! ”

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "Practical learning is good! If there is no such practical learning, how can I be thriving? I just don't know what the three of them mean by practical learning? ”

"The strategy of succession, the study of resourcefulness!"

"The strategy of longitudinalism and the study of resourcefulness?"

Liu Juntao muttered and repeated, secretly happy in his heart, this kind of knowledge is really practical learning!

Especially for today's Yushan Town, such talents are exactly what Liu Juntao needs, and the Zanhua Department that Liu Juntao has been preparing to build is lacking such talents!

It's just that Liu Juntao can't entrust the three of them with important responsibilities just based on Lan Siqi's words, so he said: "If the three of them really have real talents, then I will definitely use the three of them." It's just that the three of them still need to pass my assessment. ”

"How will the general be assessed?"

Zhao Ling asked a little impatiently.

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "This time, I passed through Changqing County, and I was going to Jinan Fucheng to receive the farewell, and the time was urgent, so I didn't have time to assess the three." If it's convenient for the three of you, you might as well go to Yushan Town to wait for me first, and by the way, take a look at the customs of my Yushan Town, okay? ”

Lan Siqi, Zhang Yuqing, and Zhao Ling looked at each other, their eyes were full of joy, and they nodded in agreement.

Then, Liu Juntao wrote a warrant for the three of them, so that the good students in Yushan Town could take care of Lan Siqi, Zhang Yuqing, and Zhao Ling.

After eating, Lan Siqi, Zhang Yuqing, and Zhao Ling couldn't wait to say goodbye to Liu Juntao and hurriedly returned home to pack their luggage.

Early the next morning, Liu Juntao and Bai Yuxing left Changqing County to continue their journey, all the way to Jinan Fucheng in the northeast.

Two days later, everyone rushed to the city of Jinan.

In the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Hongwu readjusted the administrative divisions of the country according to the importance of various places, and the most important change in Shandong was to upgrade Qizhou Jinan to Jinan Mansion, and at the same time downgraded the original Qingzhou Mansion to the jurisdiction of Jinan Prefecture.

After that, the city of Jinan built a high city wall, and after the efforts of several political envoys of Shandong, the city defense of the city of Jinan was continuously improved, and finally the scale and grandeur of the city of Jinan were finally achieved.

At the same time, with the rise and prosperity of Jinan, Zhu Jianyan, the king of Dezhou, who was sealed in Dezhou, was disgusted with the barrenness of Dezhou, so he wrote to the emperor to change the city of Jinan.

The descendants of the Dewang family moved to Jinan and built the Dewang Mansion on the site of the former residence of Zhang Rong, the Duke of Jinan.

The Dewang Mansion in Jinan Mansion is large in scale and luxurious in architecture, and it is the largest mansion in Jinan Mansion City.

In addition, as King De's family moved to the city of Jinan, the kings of all large and small counties in Shandong also continued to play the imperial court and moved to the city of Jinan, resulting in the royal palaces in the city of Jinan scattered among them.

According to the feudal system of the Ming Dynasty, except for the prince as the prince who stayed in Beijing and assisted the king, all the princes were divided into princes and called pro-domains.

The eldest son of the prince was crowned the prince, the hereditary prince, and the sons were named the prince of the county, and the county palace was established in the place where the prince was located. The prince of the county should also be hereditary by his sons-in-law, and the sons should be the generals of the town. Under the general of Zhenguo, the sons were awarded the title of auxiliary general, general of Fengguo, lieutenant of Zhenguo, lieutenant of auxiliary country, until they were all lieutenants of Fengguo.

At this time, the city of Jinan Mansion was full of county palaces:

There are Tai'an Palace, Linqu Palace, in the west gate; There are Ninghai Palace, Ningyang Palace, Ningyang Palace, Ninghai Palace, Ninghai Palace, Yinjia Lane has Linqing Palace; There is Jicheng Wangfu in the west of the county; There are also Jiaxiang Palaces and Qingping Palaces located in Fuguan Street.

It is precisely because of this that there is a proverb in the city of Jinan Mansion and the palace of Banbi County.

After Liu Juntao and Bai Yuxing entered the city, they wandered along the street, after all, Jinan Mansion is different from the prefectures and counties in Yanzhou Prefecture, which is the most prosperous place in the whole Shandong.