At the end of the banquet, the officers and subordinate staff retreated one by one, and Zhang Yue returned to the back house of the Shuai's mansion, which was originally Gao's daily office temporary residence, and there was another mansion in the city, but now it has also been seized and confiscated, and it can be given to Li Chuyun in a few days.

Cheng Yachan didn't bring it over, the whole back house seemed empty, only the two old servants were still there, and the soldiers on duty lived in the front garden, but they were noisy, and they were probably gambling. They had nothing to do to play a little game, Zhang Yue could still tolerate it, went to the bathroom to bathe and change clothes, took the candlestick back to the study, and took out Han Rongniang's letter and read it.

The letter was not long, it was about business, she wanted to go through the business route to Shuofang by herself, and hoped that Zhang Yue would help. Of course, this thing will not work, if he goes through Shuofang to Lingzhou to set up a stronghold, then what will happen to him.

Moreover, Shuofang not only has salt and war horse hides, but also Qingtangqiang in Hexi occasionally goes to Lingzhou to do business, such an important place, let her Shuzhong businessmen intervene, and I don't know what will happen.

Zhang Yue wrote a reply and politely rejected her request, stating that her trade route in Guanbei could only reach Yanzhou, and in the end, of course, she continued to carry forward his manly mouth.

The next day, Zhang Yue accompanied Bian Ji and Han Fu to Jincheng County, handled the goods clearly, and sent the two caravans back. Then he stayed in Jincheng County for two days to appease the county officials, which cost money to seal his mouth, lest anyone really have the courage to make up for it.

Then he dismantled the camp in Jincheng County, picked up Cheng Yachan and Qiu Xiang by the way, and led the soldiers back to Yanzhou. There was nothing big in the following days, except for asking about the affairs of the state government every day, that is, riding out of the city on horseback to see his precious apple saplings and cotton, but unfortunately the camellia saplings were not found, but it was not bad to have these two things.

Apple saplings and cotton have been transplanted to the wetlands on the banks of the Luoshui River outside the city, and of course another plot has been opened and seeds have been sown. It is said that the temperature in the north is low, and the season is late, which is fine, but it will take at least two years for apples to form orchards, and cotton can be available in autumn.

This time, I brought back a bag of preserved apples, which were almost eaten by Cheng Yachan and Qiu Xiang, Zhang Yue had to take away the remaining half of the bag, ready to take the time to try it, to see if it could make fruit wine, without milk, there was no need to think about the nutrition express.

These things can be done by finding two knowledgeable old farmers to take care of them, and now there are three or four months of military food in the warehouse, and there will be shipments in the future, Zhang Yue is rich and rich, and decided to rectify the Yanzhou soldiers.

Yanzhou is a central state, and the state is a Shangxian county, and there are many young and strong, so it is really easy to recruit soldiers. Zhang Yue first issued a public notice to the county, recruiting three commanders, all of whom were young and strong men, and cut the original five commanders and Zhang Kuangtu's two commanders again, and merged them with the newly recruited two commanders, and they were still five commanders, but the quality of the soldiers was very different. It's just that this incident made Zhang Kuangtu so angry, the old guy was angry and sick, and he no longer refused to come to the Shuai's Mansion to see things, but Zhang Yue was happy to see it.

In the end, there was still one commander left to hand over the recruits to Li Chuyun, with Liu Xinghuai, the former governor of Yanzhou's former Marshal's Mansion, as the deputy envoy, and arranged as seven commanders. The original seven commanders were Chen Yingtai's sailors, currently in Yuezhou, and Yang Shouzhen led a commander of the Yuezhou soldiers.

In this way, the one, two, three, and six that were brought, plus the four and five commanders who stayed in Tokyo, the new seven commanders, and after Ming Jinrong returned, he expanded the eight commands, and the strength of the forbidden army in the headquarters was 4,000 people, of course, the Yanzhou soldiers could not be counted, and it would not be cheaper for others to be recalled to Tokyo one day, but they also had to try their best to retrain.

On this day, Zhang Yue was training Yanzhou recruits in the military camp, and suddenly received a courier from the Jincheng County commissioner, saying that Zong Jingcheng and Ming Jinrong led the soldiers of Sandu to arrive and stayed in the county office temporarily.

At noon the next day, Zhang Yue received someone in the west of the city, but saw that Zong Jingcheng had brought his second brother Zhang Cheng with him. This kid was actually dressed in a military uniform, riding a war horse, carrying a bow and a knife, Zhang Yue couldn't help laughing and said: "Good boy! It's long overdue, it's not a bad thing to read more books and see the world! ”

"I wanted to come, but my father wouldn't let me! He also asked me to be a butcher with him, and when I came, I heard that he ran back to his hometown in Hebei! Zhang Cheng said honestly.

"Hahaha......" When Zong Jingcheng and Ming Jinrong heard this, they both burst out laughing, and the soldiers also laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" Zhang Yue's eyes widened, and the officers had no choice but to hold back.

"Get off the horse and come here! Don't mess with them in the future, stay at home and study hard, and let my sister-in-law teach you to read! Zhang Yue said with a straight face.

"Hmm......" Zhang Cheng responded, and suddenly found that his brother had changed, and he was a little unaccustomed to it, so he had to turn over and step off the horse, and walked over honestly.

Walking all the way into the city, Zhang Zhixing led Ming Jinrong to the barracks first, and someone was responsible for everything, but Zhang Yue had nothing to do, and planned to send the second brother back to the back house of the Shuai Mansion first. At this time, Zong Jingcheng caught up a few steps forward and said with a smile: "There is a will in the court, you don't want to see it!" ”

"Nonsense! Am I afraid you won't take it out? "This Zhang Yue had already guessed, but he didn't ask, and Bi Yi was to receive the order, unless the environment was special, it was usually read out in the official office.

"Hey, hey! And we came all the way, there was a prisoner Li Qiong demoted to Ningzhou Assassin History, Taichang Temple Cheng Zhai moved from Enqian to Qingzhou Assassin History, on the way I heard them say, your will is the right to know the affairs of Yanzhou Military State, just temporarily, and there will be a marshal to take office in the future. ”

"Not bad! Since there is this opportunity, then grasp the military and political affairs and lay the foundation, otherwise you will climb too fast, and when you occupy a high position in the future, you will know this drawback. "Feng Qian's thick words are not shocking, but fortunately, there are no outsiders on the side.

After receiving the order on the same day, Zhang Yue acted confidently, issued an official document to recruit troops again, and expanded the Yanzhou army to two more commands, with a full quota of 3,500 soldiers. At the same time, the weapons and equipment were replaced once, and the treasury of the Shuaifu was suddenly emptied, but this was a bit of an army.

Of course, the training was all together, and Zhang Yue easily combined the original war horses in Yanzhou, plus more than 200 horses captured in the hands of the previous Zhang caravan, with his original cavalry, transferred to the eighth command, and formed the first fully formed cavalry battalion, with Ming Jinrong as the main and Shi Chenghong as the deputy commander.

The extra war horses were transferred to the personal soldiers, and they were expanded into three capitals, one cavalry scout, one archbow infantry, and one ordinary infantry. With Chen Jia as the commander and the detainees, Yiqian as the deputy envoy, and Zhang Zhixing, the former head of the army, was transferred to the second commander Xue Wenqian as the deputy envoy.

Xuan Chongwen concurrently served as a push officer, and after he returned, he was transferred to the third commander, and Han Zhongming, who was temporarily stationed in Boycott County, was the deputy, and he would soon be transferred north to Boyjiao County, responsible for inspecting the border; Zong Jingcheng is the deputy envoy of the inspection, and he still has a commander, mainly responsible for training; Li Chuyun led the seven commanders, assisted Zong Jingcheng in training the troops, and was also in charge of military logistics, which was actually the ministry of Du Yuhou.

The affairs of the army were handed over to Zong Jingcheng and Li Chuyun, and Zhang Yue only grasped the general affairs in the future, and began to free his hands to inquire about the administrative affairs of the state. First of all, it is necessary to understand the functions of the state bureaucracy, as well as the resume of the roster of incumbent bureaucrats. I don't have to go through this year, so I can only ask and understand by myself, so I have to gather all the officials and formally ask about the matter.

Zhongzhou does not set up other drivers and Sima, only one person who participates in the military and is on the eighth grade; There is one person in the record, and there is no shortage of personnel from the nine products. The second is the eight divisions of the Gong, the warehouse, the household, the field, the soldier, the law, and the soldier, all of which are under the eight grades. three people participated in the military, and they were under the ninth grade; One doctor of medicine, from the ninth grade.

Because Yanzhou is also the residence of the marshal, and there are a large number of petty officials in the marshal's mansion, such as the secretary, the pusher, the inspector, the yatui, the army, the important register, the marching officer, etc., there are too many idle meals, and Zhang Yue is not easy to dismiss for the time being, but he also let them be suspended and go home, and they will come back when the marshal takes office. With the state government as a set of functional officials, they can manage state affairs well.