After lunch, Tang Tong and Yan Tong came to the main hall, and after sitting down, Tang Tong asked casually; "Yan Yan, how many people are so few?".

Yan didn't dare to hide anything, and replied truthfully, "Among the five outer city gates, the Xiding Gate was originally five hundred less than the inner and outer city gates. Just because the traffic in Xidingmen is inconvenient and the flow of people is small, so there is no need for so many people.".

Tang Tong didn't make a sound, Yan Yan continued, "The city gate leads the yamen to eat the empty sound of each city gate is 200 people, and the Xiding Gate needs 250 people, and you can only eat the empty sound of 132 people, my lord.", to Tang Tong, the person who led the troops, he could only tell the truth.

Tang Tong's reason is roughly understood, only the details are not very clear, and he was silent for a while and finally spoke, "How long has Yan Yanshi been in this position?".

Yan Yishi didn't know the purpose of Tang Tong's question, so he could only tell the truth; "I've been with three city gate captains, just because I'm a martial artist, no one above me has been promoted.".

Tang Tong looked at his helpless expression, knowing that he could stay in the capital all the time, there were still some doorways, but he didn't have a lot of origin, so he changed the topic and asked, "I should have two relatives and soldiers!".

Yan was still immersed in sentimentality, and he didn't react for a moment, so he was stunned and hurriedly replied: "Yes! Do you choose it yourself, or do I arrange it?".

I saw Tang Tong shaking his hand, "I already have one by my side, and I'll pick the other one myself. That's right! I'm going to the soldiers' quarters by myself now, you go and do your business!," Yan seemed to have something to say after hearing this, and after hesitating, he chose to leave.

Tang Tong and He Wang came to the soldiers' dormitory, each room was a large bunk, eleven beds, and next to the door was a bed with a small flag. None of them were full, and the most inhabited were seven. Tang Tong came to a soldier's house, everyone was sleeping, only one soldier was tidying up his bedding, and he didn't get up when he saw Tang Tong coming.

"Why aren't you sleeping?".

The soldier looked at it and immediately reacted, stood up and replied respectfully: "My lord! I'm getting ready to go to the playground to practice.".

Tang Tong was very strange, this person was not ordinary, and couldn't help asking; "Are you like this every day?".

The soldier didn't shy away from it, "Almost! Sometimes I don't practice when I'm on duty!".

The sound of Tang Tong talking to this soldier woke up all the people who were sleeping. The little flag chief was about to get up, but was stopped by Tang Tong. I went to other rooms to check, and there were no people who were giggling and making trouble, and they were all decent. Knowing that a new city gate captain was coming, he didn't want to hit the muzzle of the gun. Then I went to the canteen, armory, and warehouse of the two thousand corps to visit, and had an in-depth understanding of the general situation of the operation of the entire Xidingmen Army, and then had a preliminary plan on how to manage these more than 1,000 people.

When Tang Tong returned to his office, Yan Tong had already brought the documents to the desk, and Tang Tong sat down to review them carefully. When I was in Xuanfu, I was already familiar with these things, mainly to see what important orders and arrangements there were for the city gate and yamen. Most of them are empty documents that are protracted in the official form, and Tang Tong only selects practical documents to read.

At this time, Yan Yanshi came in, "My lord! I'll take you to see your room.".

Tang Tong still has a little document to read, "Yan Yan, please wait a minute, I'll be fine right away!".

It didn't take long for Tang Tong to take He Wang and follow Yan to the back of the yamen, a small bungalow with three houses. The door opens in the middle, and when you enter it, you can see that there is a living room and dining room in the middle, and there are two bedrooms on both sides, which obviously smells of fat powder.

Yan Yanshi explained: "The previous captains of the city gate have raised concubines, and they don't dare to go home to get them, so they live here!".

Tang Tong has seen a lot of this kind of thing, and he doesn't care. Seeing that the bedding is all new, it should have just been packed, it turned out that Yan Yan hesitated because of this matter, Tang Tong said sharply: "No matter what happened before, since I started the barracks, no women are allowed to stay in the barracks, and some must be moved out within three days!", speaking very resolutely, this is an order.

Yan Yanshi hurriedly agreed: "Yes! I'll rush later!".

Tang Tong took a closer look at the left and right rooms, there was nothing wrong with it, it seemed that Yan Tong was still very good at speculating about his boss's intentions, this was probably the ability to stand on his feet.

Tang Tong turned his head and said to He Wang: "We'll live here tonight, don't live up to the kindness of Yan Tong's party, you will live in the right room!", He Wang followed Tang Tong for a long time and knew what to do next, "I'll go get some change of clothes and daily necessities later!".

Seeing that the two of them didn't speak again, Yan Yishi stepped forward to accompany the smiling face, "I and a few colleagues and I are picking up the wind for adults at night, I wonder if the adults are free?", his eyes were full of anticipation.

Tang Tong thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay!".

What should be done was done, what should be said was also said, Yan Yishi bowed and saluted, "Then the adult will clean up first, and I will call the adult when the time comes!", and went out after speaking. Tang Tong cleaned up his room casually, and then went to the yamen to read the documents.

When it was approaching dusk, Yan Yanshi came in and called Tang Tong, walked less than half a mile to the left out of the barracks gate, and came to a small shop, the plaque read: Huangxiang Hotel. Up to the private room on the second floor, Qian Zong Ling Zhi and Qian Zong Yang Jianzhong, as well as Zhen Fu Wei Peng, experienced in Shao Qing, Governor Qiao Honglu, Cang Ambassador Qiu Ji, and Cheng Gate Lieutenant Yamen sent Zhen Fu Zhai Xi and the official Li Shao, saying that there was something to do. Although there is a shortage of soldiers, there are not many officers. These are people with backgrounds who will offend the people behind them if they are not careful.

Seeing Tang Tong coming, everyone immediately got up and saluted, "I've seen Lord Tang!".

Tang Tong immediately stretched out his hand, "Everyone sit!", just nodding, but none of them sat down first.

Seeing that everyone was still standing, I had to sit down first, and the six of them sat down. It's eight people, but there are nine seats, and there is an empty one on my right. At this time, the dishes came up one after another, and a woman's voice sounded: "This is the new city gate captain Tang!".

Yan Yan hurriedly introduced, "This is the hotel owner Qu Zhaofeng!".

Tang Tong looks at the woman in her thirties, with a seven-point appearance, and at first glance she is a delicate person. Smiled and nodded, "As soon as I entered the store, I was thinking, the boss is a woman, and sure enough!".

Qu Zhaofeng smiled in surprise: "How did Lord Tang see it?".

Tang Tong smiled calmly, "Isn't Huangxiang's phoenix a female?"

Qu Zhaofeng raised the big female finger of his right hand and praised: "Lord Tang is a good writer, you can know this!".

Zhai Xi flattered on the side, "Lord Tang is a man of civil and military affairs, and of course his literary talent is not weak!", and several others also praised him again and again.

Yan Yan hurriedly shouted: "Boss Qu sit!", Qu Zhaofeng didn't dare to make a mistake, and dragged Yan Fengchun to sit down first, and then he sat down cautiously without making a sound.

Everyone didn't squeak first, Yan Yanshi looked at Tang Tong, bowed down and raised his glass, "Today is the joy of Lord Tang, the captain of the city gate, let's wish Lord Tang a prosperous official fortune!", after speaking, everyone stood up and said together: "I wish Lord Tang a prosperous official fortune!", they all picked up their wine glasses and looked at Tang Tong.

Tang Tong then stood up, holding his wine glass, "Thank you, especially Yan Yanshi!", he raised his head and drank the wine in the cup, and when he saw that everyone had drunk, he pressed his left hand, "Everyone sit!".

Everyone sat down and ate a few bites of food, and Yan Yanshi stood up again and raised his glass, "My lord!" I salute you! I hope you will take care of me in the future!", and after speaking, he drank dry, followed by the other six, and politely said some flattering words.

After Tang Tong had just finished eating a bite of food, Qu Zhaofeng stood up and said in a loud voice: "Lord Tang! The husband of the little woman's deceased is also a military attaché, I envy the iron-blooded man the most in my life, Lord Tang is a well-known man at a glance, come to exchange for a big cup!", the shopkeeper replaced two large cups, Qu Zhaofeng poured a full wine, handed Tang Tong a wine glass first, picked up another glass and said, "Lord Tang!" The little woman wishes the adults a bright future!", after speaking, she did it, holding an empty cup and looking at it.

Tang Tong had no choice but to stand up and slowly finish the wine. The people present clapped their hands, Qu Zhaofeng immediately filled the two empty glasses, Tang Tong immediately picked up the wine glass, "Boss Qu, I salute you a glass in return!", said and slowly finished the wine. Qu Zhaofeng's original intention was to toast Tang Tong with another glass, but he didn't expect Tang Tong to toast first, so he blocked the way for himself to toast again, and he had to drink this glass of wine dry.

After waiting for a while, Tang Tong raised his glass and stood up, "I thank everyone for their hospitality, Ming people don't say dark words, I want political achievements, I hope the brothers will cooperate more, as long as they don't violate the law and can open their eyes, Tang will not be embarrassed for the brothers!" I'll drink two cups, brothers feel free!", after drinking one cup, Qu Zhaofeng immediately poured it for Tang Tong and drank another glass.

Qu Zhaofeng has seen a lot of people, Tang Tong is a person who wants to run for the future, and he knows that everyone sitting here is not easy to mess with, he salutes first and then soldiers, and he has more admiration in his heart. Because the one sitting there had not yet spoken, he had to keep silent.

The seven of them immediately finished their cups. Yan Yishi stood up, "Lord Tang is not a thing in the pool, what has been said is so, we will try our best to cooperate!", everyone also echoed.

Qu Zhaofeng raised his cup, "Then I'll give another cup to Lord Tang!"

Tang Tong picked up the cup and said, "Boss Qu has a good amount of wine!", clinking glasses with her and drinking dry.

Then Qu Zhaofeng toasted seven people with a glass each, and seven people returned a cup, this time Qu Zhaofeng became the protagonist, these are all powerful people in the Xiding military camp, the captain of the city gate can be changed, few of them can be promoted, most of them will stay, they must stutter, this banquet must be Qu Zhaofeng's treat, will not let them break the bank.