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Before dark, several more villagers were ordered to arrive. As soon as this news came out, the landlords and gentry in the townships and towns could not sit still, and if these bandits were allowed to invade eastern Hubei, then everyone would have to finish the game. Therefore, Mei Zhihuan gave an order, and all families rushed to gather their own strong servants and rushed to the north in groups.

There was a fire inside and outside the yamen of the Hutou Pass Inspection Division, and the people and horses set up camp one after another, so it was not lively.

Liu Jun had more than a dozen cauldrons set up in the open space outside the gate of the yamen, the roaring stove was burning, and the pot was full of large pieces of horse meat. They were all the dead horses and injured horses of the thieves on the battlefield before, and Liu Jun didn't waste them, they were all slaughtered and dismembered and brought back when he left.

There were no less than 1,000 villagers who gathered, and Mei Zhihuan discussed with a group of squires who led the team and Lu County Commander in the official hall. After dark, Zhao Cheng also arrived with a team of Ding Ze horses.

Zhao Cheng's yamen was not in Huangzhou Mansion, but in Qizhou, after he received the alarm, he couldn't sit still, and immediately flew over. Although he is the biggest official in the military aspect of the entire eastern Hubei region, he really wants to defend the eight counties and one state of Qihuang Prefecture, but he still has to rely on the gentry from all over the country, among which the gentry are all headed by Mei Zhihuan. With such a big incident, he could only put down his body and take the initiative to find Mei Zhihuan.

Zhao Cheng came in and had a few words with Mei Zhihuan, and then his eyes turned to Liu Jun, "Virtuous nephew, it's only been a few days since Qiting was parted, and he actually made a new contribution." ”

"Your Excellency praised it." Liu Jun said modestly.

Zhao Cheng sat down, his expression turned serious, "Mei Gong, is the fifth battalion on the left really ready to invade my Qi Huang?" ”

"It's very likely." Mei Zhihuan replied, and then introduced to Zhao Cheng some of the plans he and the others had just discussed. Zhao Cheng nodded while nodding, and fully supported Mei Zhihuan and others' plan to deploy troops to the border, strictly guard it, and resolutely prevent bandits from entering the country.

At this time, Lu Jinxi also dismissed him from the official position of Zhao Dagu, the former inspector of Hutou Pass, and specially appointed Liu Jun to report to him on the temporary post of inspector. Zhao Cheng did not object, and said, "Lu Zhixian's appointment and dismissal is very suitable, Liu Jiye and the nine-headed bird's ability is in everyone's eyes, and it is very suitable to have such an excellent young man and that excellent team guarding this important tiger head pass." ”

With this sentence of the soldier and the Taoist, Liu Jun's inspection position can be regarded as solid.

In the official hall of the inspection yamen in this mountain, presided over by Zhao Cheng, the soldier of the Dao, with the participation of important squires such as Mei Zhihuan and Lu Jinxi, an important military deployment meeting was held. Originally, Liu Jun did not participate in such military district combat meetings, which included one government, eight counties, and one prefecture.

But now he is the head of the tiger to inspect, and at the same time he is the host of this meeting place, and he has shown his might twice in a row, and he has won the appreciation of Bingbei Dao and Mei Gong, so he can be regarded as an upstart.

He also has a seat at the end of the official hall.

Although he is just a miscellaneous official, from the ninth grade, in fact, Liu Jun is still very happy. Inspection is an official position that many people disdain, and there is no prospect for promotion. But for those who have a good background, those who can be admitted to the Jinshi will naturally not look down on an inspection.

But for Liu Jun, who has no family background and is only an expanding martial arts student, he absolutely expects to be able to be this acting inspector now.

After doing this inspection, he changed from a civilian to an official, a step that countless people will not be able to cross in a lifetime. Now Liu Jun has successfully stepped over, from the ninth grade, the lowest grade, but no matter how low it is, it is not an official.

What's more, in a county, the patrol is also called a spicy official, and is accused of being very majestic, which is much stronger than a bitter official like Yicheng and a sour official like Jiaocheng.

When he became an inspector, he had the qualifications to be promoted.

What's more, he also has a real territory, has his own yamen, in a county of Macheng, he can be regarded as a small feudal official, at least, his Hutou Pass patrol not only guards Hutou Pass, but also includes the entire Taiping Township, and even the post station of Taipingyi is directly under his jurisdiction.

All this is earned by himself, but it is also related to the current situation. If it weren't for the large number of bandits who committed the border, he would not have this opportunity to replace Zhao Xunjian. In addition, it is mainly because of Qiting He's excellent performance in fighting the bandits this time, and with the support of Mei Zhihuan and the Li family, it is natural for him to sit in this position.

Of course, the captain of the nine-headed bird was Li Chunjiang, but Li Chunjiang was a Xie Yuan, and he was about to take the Jinshi exam, so it was impossible for him to serve as such a patrol officer.

The meeting in the evening was discussed for a long time, Zhao Cheng and Mei Zhihuan were the main two people, and formulated a detailed defense deployment in the Qihuang area. This is an operational deployment involving one government, eight counties, and one prefecture, and he can't manage so much under a small inspection in Macheng County.

After the meeting, Zhao Cheng and Mei Zhihuan called Liu Jun over together and ate at one table. During this period, Zhao Cheng also asked some Liu Jun's plans, and Liu Jun only said that the soldiers would block it, and the water would flood. However, he also made a request to Zhao Cheng.

"Although Zhao Dagu was derelict in his duties this time, I can see that he is still a good person, although he was ambushed and besieged by ten times the thieves, he did not surrender, and insisted on resisting to the end, I want to ask Zhao Bingxian to give him a chance."

"What are your plans?" Zhao Cheng asked. He didn't care about the future of a small inspection, but since it was proposed by Liu Jun, he didn't mind giving Zhao Dagu a chance.

"I want Zhao Dagu to go to the Taiping Station, and his archers will also let him bring it over, and add some more. Taipingyi is responsible for the communication of the post station, which is very important and cannot be lost, Zhao Dagu is still very capable. Let him go to the Taiping Post to be a post man, on the one hand, he can keep the Taiping Post running, and on the other hand, he can also train some post guards, and he can also be used as an assistance and support force for Hutou Pass at a critical time. ”

Although Taipingyi is only a post station, it is also very important, and the post transmission system of the Ming Dynasty is divided into three types: post station, delivery station, and express delivery shop. The post station is divided into three kinds of horse post, water post and water horse post, which are distributed in various transportation hubs or thoroughfares, and are specially used to pick up and drop off envoys and report military information.

The delivery station was set up on land and water wharves and transportation arteries in various places, and was in charge of the transportation of military materials and tribute.

Express shops are available in every county, and they are in charge of the delivery of official documents.

The setting is very clear, the post station is generally sixty or seventy miles, and it is responsible for receiving officials and reporting military information. Post stations are generally larger, with rooms for officials to stay and stay, and are also responsible for the food and catering of officials, and there are also a lot of stagecoaches, which are specially used to transmit military information.

A delivery station is the equivalent of a courier that specializes in the delivery of goods.

The express shop is a shop for ten miles, generally without a horse, specially used to deliver various official documents, shop soldiers to send pieces on foot, each shop up and down to deliver and transmit, each responsible for ten miles.

There are three post stations in Macheng, Zhongguan Station, Taiping Station and a Tingchuan Station.

Taipingyi is in Taiping Township, but also on the road between Huangzhou Mansion and Guangzhou, Henan.

There is one postman, one official, thirty-two postmen, and six pavilion men. Each express shop has one shop chief and five soldiers. There were also dozens of people at the delivery station.

There are hundreds of people in this post system under Liu Jun's jurisdiction. All of them are young and strong, those post guards often ride horses to report military information, and their equestrian skills are very good, and the soldiers of the express delivery shop are even more on foot every day to deliver official documents, all of which are scuds.

With a little training, these people can make good fighters. Now that Liu Jun is in charge of Taiping Township, of course he hopes that this place will be strong and not robbed by bandits.

Zhao Dagu is indeed a capable person, if an ordinary official is ambushed and besieged by ten times as many thieves, then twenty or so people would have collapsed long ago, and they would either surrender or be killed. But they can persist and fight to the death, this is their ability. Now it is proposed to let Zhao Dagu go to the post station to be a post officer, which is not only a compensation for Zhao Dagu, but also hopes to use Zhao Dagu's ability to do a good job in the post pass, and also to train these post soldiers to be the same as the archers he brought before, and at a critical time, they can become a reserve force for him.

Yi Cheng is just an official who does not enter the stream, worse than the inspection, the inspection is also called a spicy official by the people, Yi Cheng is a real bitter official, ushered in, and is an errand to serve people.

But no matter how you say it, you're still an official, even if you don't get into the stream, at least it's an errand.

Zhao Cheng should come down and send someone to call Zhao Dagu.

"Inspector Liu just recommended you to the old man to be a Taiping Yicheng, are you willing?"

Zhao Dagu was very surprised, but he still nodded and agreed, being a bitter official is better than being a flat-headed commoner.

"Thank you, Lord Bingxian, and thank you Liu." Zhao Dagu said gratefully, especially when he looked at Liu Jun, he was full of gratitude.

Liu Jun said, "You don't have to thank me, I will hand over the Yiyi and Bapu in Taiping Township to you now." My requirements are very clear, not only do you have to do a good job of the original task of this post one to pass eight shops, but you also have to integrate and train your subordinate post soldiers, I hope that at a critical time, you can call it to come, come to be able to fight, and become a reserve combat force in my Hutou Pass, can you do it? ”

Zhao Dagu didn't expect this young new inspector to have such a far-reaching idea, hesitated, and told the truth, "The post shop is seriously in arrears of money and food, and the post soldiers can't support their families, so it's hard to be at ease." If Lord Liu can help settle some arrears, I will definitely live up to my expectations. ”

Liu Jun turned his gaze to Zhao Cheng, who smiled, "You see what use I am." ”

Liu Jun said with a smile, "Lord Bingxian is a soldier, and he is in charge of food and salary, you can't ask the horses to run again, and don't let the horses eat grass, right?" ”

"In this way, I will allocate a sum of money to you to help you settle half of the arrears, and the remaining half, you can find Mei Gong and Lu Zhixian, and how about your local government to raise and solve it yourself?" Zhao Cheng said.

Lu Zhixian had to nod, "It must be." ”

After eating a meal, Liu Jun took down the post pass of Taiping Township and solved the original arrears of money and grain. At the same time, the thieves who were killed this time will also receive a silver reward. Zhao Cheng gave three hundred taels, the county took out two hundred taels, and Mei Zhihuan, on behalf of the township group, pulled out five hundred taels.

A whole thousand taels of silver, of course, this is also a special case, if someone else kills dozens of bandits, they can't get so much money at all. However, Liu Jun is now being appreciated by all the adults, and he has been newly transferred to Hutou Pass, and he is also counting on this Nine-headed Bird Township Regiment with particularly outstanding combat power to firmly guard the dangerous pass of Hutou Pass, so this time he pulled out so much silver so happily.

"Jiye, Hutou Pass is extremely important, it's not an exaggeration to call it a pass, it's the north gate of Macheng, this time I transferred your nine-headed team over, but the expectations are extremely high." The 16 inspection divisions of Qihuang are all located in the border passes and mountain passes, and the deployment of this operation and defense is also based on these 16 gates.

The sixteen inspection divisions are also the sixteen pass passages, and if you want to keep the bandits out, you must first guard this line.