Liu Yan entered the Baihu Official Hall surrounded by everyone, and before that, Liu Yan had already sent someone to send Wang Yunhe back to Wanfu Oil Mill.

At this time, Yue Ming was with him and said to Liu Yan: "Lord of the team, all the colleagues in Wangjiazhuang have set up a banquet in the hall to catch the wind and wash the dust for the adults, let's go over." ”

Liu Yan nodded and said, "It's okay!" ”

Wangjiazhuang has a military camp and a horse shop in the northwest, and at the moment Liu Yu, the chief flag officer, took the lead and arranged Liu Yan's 300 dun troops to rest in the barracks.

Liu Yan took Miao Shao, Xu Ming, and a team of dun troops, and entered the Baihu official hall surrounded by everyone.

As soon as you enter the gate, there is a wall inside, three feet wide, six feet high, two corners of the east and west, and there are cabinet doors.

Liu Yan remembered that this was newly purchased by Wang Weizhen at the end of last year, but he didn't expect that only this month later, it would become his residence, and this photo wall also won Liu Yan's heart.

The front and back houses of the 100 official halls are centered on the central axis of the gate, the lobby, the second hall and the third hall, and the other buildings basically maintain symmetry. It is divided into several sections, which are Liu Yu and other chief flag officials, as well as the officials of the officials' room.

The lobby is five rooms and seven frames, and the layout is quite martial style.

At this time, in the West Flower Hall next to the lobby, there were already several tables of banquets, with fish, meat and wine, and the lunch was sumptuous. It seems that in order to set up these tables of wine, everyone in Wangjiazhuang is going to bleed a lot today.

After Liu Yu arranged for Liu Yan to do his subordinates, he hurried to the banquet. At this time, he was fortunate to sit at a table with Liu Yan, he picked up his wine glass and said loudly: "The master of the management team came to serve in our Wangjiazhuang, this is the glory of our Wangjiazhuang, come, let us salute the master of the management team for a drink!" ”

Everyone responded violently, Liu Yan also drank a few banquets with Wang Weizhen and others here, and naturally he was very familiar with such a scene, only to see Liu Yan say: "This official has recently taken office, and he has a lot of confusion about the affairs of Wangjiazhuang, and he needs a lot of assistance from his colleagues to govern Wangjiazhuang well!" ”

After speaking, Liu Yan smiled and raised his glass, and everyone toasted the wine together. Next, all the officers in the banquet stepped forward to toast Liu Yan, even a few officials.

Liu Yan did not refuse, and the wine was dry, which surprised everyone, but they didn't expect Liu Yan to be so arrogant, and everyone didn't feel a little good impression of Liu Yan. People who drink boldly usually have a lot of energy, and it seems that everyone's life will be better in the future.

In fact, for Liu Yan to serve as the officer of Wangjiazhuang's management team, I am afraid that most people in the fort are not convinced. After all, Liu Yan's qualifications are too shallow and his official position is too low. Although Liu Yan had a meritorious role in suppressing bandits some time ago, it is still unconvincing that a newly promoted official of a hundred households has to serve as an official of Wangjiazhuang's management team.

Not to mention anything else, the senior flag officer in Wangjiazhuang is a lot of them, and any of these people can be promoted with an excuse, no one can take their turn, why is it his turn Liu Yan?

However, this Liu Yan can serve as the captain of Wangjiazhuang, at least it proves that the defensive officer Zhang attaches great importance to him, this background is very hard, and the strength of the soldiers and horses brought by Liu Yan today cannot be ignored, no matter how these soldiers Liu Yan trained, in this world, if there are soldiers, they have the right, and they can speak loudly, which is an indisputable fact.

Liu Yan's appointment is a fact and he has become their top boss. In the future, if I want to live a good life in Wangjiazhuang, of course, I have to make a good deal with this new boss. And in the future, whether some official positions in Wangjiazhuang will be readjusted, it will be arranged by Liu Yan at that time, at this time at the wine table, even if everyone is a little unconvinced, they will not stop complimenting Liu Yan.

Therefore, no matter what everyone thinks in their hearts, at least on the surface, everyone looks affectionate, and this toasting tide is wave after wave, even Miao Shao and Xu Ming brought by Liu Yan are also surrounded by a few people toasting from time to time.

Miao Shao and Xu Ming are okay, both of them have a good amount of wine, and the wine is also good, so naturally Liu Yan doesn't have to worry about it.

At the end of the reception banquet, Yue Ming approached Liu Yan and asked in a low voice: "My lord has worked hard all the way, and the officials in the backyard have already ordered people to clean it up, but this mansion is empty, do you want to recruit a few servants to serve?"

It turned out that when Wang Weizhen was the officer in charge of the team, he recruited servants, but after Wang Weizhen went to Xiahezhai to take up his post in Qianqianhu, those servants were dispersed.

Liu Yan smiled and said, "This matter will be arranged by Mr. Yue!" ”

Liu Yan understands a truth, he has just entered Wangjiazhuang, and it is when everyone is trying their best to slap himself up, and he should give them more opportunities to prove himself at this time.

Sure enough, Yue Ming was very happy, even if he was still worried about his silent succession as the team officer, but when facing the reality, Yue Ming still said in a loud voice: "Don't worry, my lord, the next official will definitely handle things well." ”

When the reception banquet was over, Yue Ming, Liu Yu and others were about to leave, Liu Yan came today, according to their ideas, at least a few days off before dealing with official business, but Liu Yan stopped Yue Ming and others, and said: "Yue Zongqi, you and Feng Lingyi have a discussion, and tonight bring me the various books in Wangjiazhuang." ”

In the few days after Wang Weizhen's promotion, all kinds of documents in Wangjiazhuang were handled by Yue Ming, at this time, hearing Liu Yan say this, Yue Ming couldn't help but be a little surprised, he glanced at Liu Yan a few times, and then he arched his hand and said: "Xia Guan understands." The lower official retired. ”

After the banquet, Liu Yan came to the backyard, and sure enough, there were several in and out, there were many rooms, and Liu Yan asked Miao Shao and Xu Ming to choose a set of rooms each. The two of them each picked a room with a smile on their faces.

In the evening, Yue Ming came with the dossier, and he bowed his hand to Liu Yan and said: "My lord, the lower official has already brought all kinds of dossiers and documents from Wangjiazhuang, and the records of Dingkou military households, warehouses, grain and grass, ordnance and guns inside and outside this hundred households are all here. ”

Liu Yan smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Yue, please take a seat!" ”

Liu Yan knew that Yue Ming was still very capable, and he was also very familiar with the affairs of Wangjiazhuang, but his official luck was not good. Such a person, of course, Liu Yan has to use it.

After he asked Yue Ming to sit down, he looked at the book carefully.

According to the statistics of these files, there were 223 officers and soldiers and 135 horses and mules in Wangjiazhuang. There are more than 650 military households in the fort, and more than 3,000 mouths, including more than 70 artisan households.

In terms of weapons, Wangjiazhuang's arsenal has more than 170 pairs of bows, 6,390 arrows, 186 pairs of armor, 14 tiger clothes and hats, and more than 100 large knives, waist knives, rattan cards, and back knives.

In addition, there are 32 spears, 15 mills, three copper cannons, five pairs of copper and iron Franc machines, two invincible opponents, and two tiger tail cannons. 187 catties and 9 taels of lead, 120 catties and 7 taels of gunpowder, 1,630 catties of wrought iron, 1,357 catties of pig iron, and 432 grains of pig iron.

Liu Yan shook his head, although the population of Wangjiazhuang is not small, but the lack of materials and weapons greatly surprised him.

Looking at the situation of the cattle in Wangjiazhuang and the subordinate forts and fire road piers, it is even worse. There are less than 100 cattle in Wangjiazhuang, not counting Dapanbao, the entire 100 households have less than 7,000 acres of land, and the entire 100 households have less than 1,000 military households. And, who knows if these are statistics on paper, or if they are real?

You must know that all the places in the southern part of Shandong are densely populated, and the population of military households under the jurisdiction of 100 households in various places is not the prescribed 110 households, and more or less will exceed some of them. Like Wangjiazhuang, it is comparable to the population of a thousand households in northern Xinjiang.

But again, these are data on paper, and only God knows what the actual situation is!

Liu Yan was just groaning, Yue Ming had been watching Liu Yan's expression, he had been in Wangjiazhuang for a long time, he naturally knew the difficulties in this fort, and he could be regarded as doing his best, but the situation in this fort was getting worse every day, I don't know if this very legendary, the latest manager of the team can change this situation? Yue Ming was looking forward to it.

After a long time, Liu Yan raised his head and said to Yue Ming: "Chief Banner Yue, you inform the Chief Banner Officer Liu Yu and others, recruit the officials in the fort tomorrow, and I will inspect all parts of Wangjiazhuang!" ”

Early the next morning, Liu Yan, accompanied by Yue Ming and others, inspected various places in Wangjiazhuang.

The northwest of Wangjiazhuang is the military camp and horse shop, and the southeast is the granary and forage field, and there is also a post post in the south gate. Liu Yan has seen all these places, there are few people in the barracks, and most of the soldiers of the Dun Army don't know where to go. Most of the horses in the stalls were thin, the hay yard lacked hay and horse fodder, and there were a few veterans left in the post post.

Moreover, whether it is the number of dun troops or the number of horses, they are not consistent with the records in the dossier, and the officials who followed Liu Yan are all frightened at this time, and they don't know how Liu Yan, the new official, will be mad.

Moreover, there are only hundreds of stones of grain and rice left in the regular closing warehouse, how many days is this grain and rice enough to eat?

Liu Yan walked one place after another, and all the problems in Wangjiazhuang were exposed in front of Liu Yan. Everyone in Wangjiazhuang who accompanied them was nervous, only Liu Yan looked calm, not knowing what he was thinking.

Miao Shao and Xu Ming followed behind, the two of them laughed while watching, and said loudly again and again: "Tsk, this Wangjiazhuang is still a hundred households, it looks big, but it is a failure, this inventory is not as good as our Dapanbao!" ”

The conversation between the two immediately attracted everyone's attention, but no one dared to refute it, after all, what Xu Ming and Miao Shao said was the truth.

Soon, Liu Yan and his entourage entered the craftsman's workshop again, and saw that some craftsmen inside were lazily making the weapons in their hands, which was completely incomparable with the hot scene in the Dapanbao Firearms Supervision Office and the Armor Supervision Office. It is also a craftsman from Wangjiazhuang, after they arrived at Dapanbao, this enthusiasm for work, the quality of this weapon, it can be said that one is in the sky and the other is on the ground.

Looking at the pale faces of those craftsmen, Liu Yan didn't have the heart to punish them, and finally Liu Yan came to the wall of Wangjiazhuang Fort and looked at the martial arts hall in the south of the city. He said in a deep voice: "General Yue, tomorrow I will recruit the officers and soldiers in Wangjiazhuang, and I will review the sergeants!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Yue Ming's face was quite normal, but there were some gloating expressions mixed in.

But the chief flag officer Liu Yu and the chief flag officer Sun Mingyuan next to him changed their faces greatly, and the two never imagined that Liu Yan was going to review the soldiers and horses as soon as he arrived in Wangjiazhuang, what does this mean?

At this time, Liu Yu looked at Liu Yan in front of him with gloomy eyes, and Sun Mingyuan next to him said in a low voice: "What should I do, I'm afraid that the master of the team will do something to us, and he must take the opportunity to find an excuse to take us down, so as to arrange for the chief flag officers from those Dapan Forts." ”

The corners of Liu Yu's mouth cracked, and he said in a low voice: "If he wants to see it, let's show him, this Wangjiazhuang is a hundred households after all, although we are not team officials here, but we are also local snakes, and it is not so easy to find an excuse to rectify us!" ”