After Ye Zongliu and tens of thousands of bandits in Yanzhou Mansion and Qingzhou Mansion, the emptiness of defense in Shandong was suddenly exposed, which not only made Jinan Mansion lose face, but also made those feudal officials in Jinan Mansion realize that there must be a strong force of men and horses stationed in Shandong to feel at ease, otherwise if that bandit and giant robber come to such a big mess again, everyone will lose their heads!

After all, according to the report of Lei Bo, the commander of Ren Chengwei, the bandit riot of Ye Zongliu's department was led by the righteous Liu Juntao to pacify Yushan Town, which can be described as a high level of hard work, which shows that Liu Juntao has the strength to guard the place, at least he can guard Yanzhou Mansion.

This time, because the Jinan Mansion and the officials in various places protected their lives, they did not truthfully report the situation of the bandit riot in Ye Zongliu's department to the imperial court, but the military department said that "the chaos of the people is a disaster, and it will be peaceful in the next day", so Liu Juntao and the Yushan Town guards did not have any reward.

Not to mention that Liu Juntao and the Yushan Town Guards were full of dissatisfaction, even the officials in Jinan Mansion and various places were uneasy, worried that Liu Juntao would "make trouble in anger", at least they could not let Liu Juntao and the government be estranged.

So the bigwigs from all sides were ready to let Liu Juntao sit in the post of the general training officer of the Yanzhou Mansion, and were ready to use their official positions to stabilize the minds of Liu Juntao and the Yushan Town Guards.

The powerful and gentry from all over Yanzhou Mansion were originally staring at the position of the general manager of this militia group, after all, this was a great opportunity to expand the strength of the family.

But after Ye Zongliu's bandits made a big fuss, these heroes and gentry either suffered heavy losses and were unable to compete, or they were frightened by Liu Juntao's strong strength, and they all stopped fighting, and no longer "cared" about the post of general training of the militia group, after all, compared with their own lives, expanding their strength or something is a floating cloud.

As for the local governments, they all turned a blind eye to the strong combat power of the Yushan Town Guards and the firearms and iron horses they had, and no one said anything about it.

In the words of Lei Bo, the commander of the city guard: "Now Shandong is empty and thieves are everywhere, Liu Juntao is the leader of the righteous people, with him, Shandong will be as stable as Mount Tai!" As long as Liu Juntao and the Yushan Town Guards are on the side of the imperial court, as long as Liu Juntao has the people in mind, other things are trivial! If anyone grasps the bits and pieces, it is against the officialdom of the entire Shandong, and it is a long life! ”

Putting this matter aside for the time being, after Liu Juntao returned to Yushan Town, he received a letter sent by Yan Shenggong, which said: "According to the news, Ye Zongliu has led the remnants of the army south to Xuzhou, and I am afraid that he will have something to do with the Xu family, so I hope Juntao will be more careful!" ”

Subsequently, Liu Zi'an also sent news, confirming the news of Yan Shenggong: "Ye Zongliu led 14,000 troops south to Xuzhou, and it is estimated that he wants to be embarrassed with the Xu family!" ”

In this regard, Liu Juntao was also alert in his heart, if Ye Zongliu's strength was combined with the Xu family's equipment and soldiers, the two sides would set off an even more terrifying turmoil!

As soon as he thought of this, Liu Juntao had an urge to go south to Xuzhou immediately, but reason still calmed Liu Juntao.

Now Liu Juntao is just a cloth cloth, and it is already very eye-catching and taboo to have so many people under his command, if he leads the crowd to cross the border to kill Xuzhou, it will be a bit too much.

On the boundary of Yanzhou Mansion, Yan Shenggong and Commander Lei can still cover some, but if they lead the crowd out of the Shandong territory, there will be no protection at all!

As a result, Liu Juntao could only temporarily suppress the anger in his heart and ordered Liu Zi'an to pay close attention to the movements of the Xu family and Ye Zongliu.

August of the thirteenth year of orthodoxy, Yushan Town.

After more than a month of rectification, all units of the Yushan Town Guard have made up for the lost troops, and the bereavement pensions for the dead and wounded have also been put in place.

Tang Yu and Guo Yongzhong also seized the time to organize the manpower of the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Civil Affairs to restore their strength, and rebuilt the industries, shops, and tunzhuang destroyed by Ye Zongliu in Yanzhou Mansion and Qingzhou Mansion one by one, and began a comprehensive restoration.

Liu Juntao was also busy with Tang Yu and Guo Yongzhong, and he didn't have a good rest for more than ten days.

Guo Muying saw it in her eyes, and her heart was also distressed, so she took a few entourages out to purchase, wanting to make a table of good dishes for Liu Juntao to make up for it.

But it didn't take long for an entourage to run back in a hurry, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he shouted: "Mr. Lian! Something happened to Madame! ”

Liu Juntao, Tang Yu, and Guo Yongzhong were all taken aback when they heard this, and Liu Juntao even picked it up and asked loudly: "What's wrong!" ”

"Madame suddenly vomited and became weak on the street, and now she has been sent to the infirmary! Mr. Lian, hurry up! ”

When Liu Juntao heard this, he didn't care about others, so he rushed out directly, led the horses outside the door and galloped out.

Guo Yongzhong was also anxious, and accompanied by Tang Yu, he also rushed towards the medical care hall.

When Liu Juntao rushed to the medical hall on horseback, Guo Muying was lying on the bed resting, and when she saw Liu Juntao coming in a hurry, she suddenly laughed.

Liu Juntao saw that Guo Muying's face was a little pale, and couldn't help complaining: "Do you still have the heart to laugh?" What the hell is going on! ”

Guo Muying didn't speak, but just looked at Liu Juntao with affection.

Instead, a doctor next to him said, "Mr. Lian is overjoyed!" Madame, this is pregnant, we have a successor in Yushan Town! ”

The surrounding nurses and medical craftsmen stepped forward to congratulate him when he heard this, Liu Juntao suddenly had a sour nose when he heard this, and he was so excited that he almost cried, and hurriedly hugged his fists to return the salute, and then stood beside Guo Muying and smiled stupidly, unable to say a word.

After a while, it wasn't until Guo Yongzhong and Tang Yu hurriedly came that Liu Juntao came back to his senses and reported the good news to Guo Yongzhong. ”。

At this time, Liu Juntao remembered and asked, "Doctor, how many months has my wife been in body?" ”

"It's only been two months, and now is the time to go, so you must pay attention to rest and don't work hard."

Liu Juntao nodded again and again and said, "Definitely!" Certain! ”

Then, Liu Juntao said to Guo Muying righteously: "Madam, from today on, you must rest at home, and the matter over there will be handed over to Tang Yu for the time being, and I will find a few old mothers to accompany you and wait for you, do you hear?" ”

Guo Muying nodded happily and agreed, and her heart was also very happy.

In the evening, Liu Juntao and Guo Yongzhong took Guo Muying back home, and found three old mothers to take care of Guo Muying's daily life that night, and Liu Juntao also instructed Tang Yu and others not to come to the house for official business in Yushan Town in the future, and all of them went to the office that had already been built, but had not been activated.

Tang Yu also smiled and said, "Okay! It seems that it will not be possible to come to eat in the name of business in the future. ”

Everyone laughed when they heard this.

Early the next morning, the news of Guo Muying's happiness quickly spread throughout Yushan Town, and it didn't take long for Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, Chen Ziping, Gao Ran, who were stationed elsewhere, and Liu Zi'an, who was outside to investigate the news of the Xu family, all learned the news and sent congratulations one after another, and Liu Juntao also returned the gift one by one.

In this way, Liu Juntao was in a happy mood for a few days, and suddenly received a message from Liu Zi'an, learning that Ye Zongliu had successfully formed an alliance with the Xu family, and was now leading 14,000 men and horses to be stationed in the Xiapi area of Xuzhou, and received help from the Xu family.

After hearing the news, Liu Juntao was furious in his heart, so he gave Liu Zi'an an an order, ordering the Investigation Department to fully monitor the bandits of the Xu family and Ye Zongliu's department, and at the same time report the news to Ren Chengwei.

It didn't take long for Ren Chengwei to send back the news, which disappointed Liu Juntao.

Originally, Liu Juntao also expected Ren Chengwei to unite with Nanzhili and Xuzhou Mansion to suppress Ye Zongliu's bandits, but Ren Chengwei told Liu Juntao not to provoke Ye Zongliu again, but to concentrate on doing business.

Guo Yongzhong, who came to visit Guo Muying, saw this reply letter and couldn't help but say indignantly: "What does Ren Chengwei mean by this? Ye Zongliu's crime is extremely evil, why don't you care! ”

Liu Juntao naturally understands the meaning: Now that Ye Zongliu has escaped from the Shandong boundary, even if he gathers a crowd to make trouble again, it will be a mess for Nanzhili and Xuzhou Mansion.

The matter of suppressing bandits has always been a matter of more right and wrong, not to mention that Ye Zongliu is still under the jurisdiction of others, why should Ren Chengwei bother with it? It's better to drag Liu Juntao to earn more silver!

After listening to Liu Juntao's explanation, Guo Yongzhong was very annoyed and said: "If even the government only sweeps the snow in front of the door, then what good life will the people in the world have!" ”

Liu Juntao also sighed heavily and said: "We are only citizens now, not officials, let alone soldiers, and we can't manage so much, we can only ensure that our villagers in Yushan Town live a good life, that's all!" ”