At the end of November, after a series of measures, Liu Yan began to move on the right track in front of the Qianqian Household Office in Xiahe Village.

All the seven general soldiers and horses have been renamed the new army, and they are now intensively recruiting soldiers and conducting strict drills, and the Firearms Supervision Office and the Armor Supervision Office are also constantly transporting troops and equipment to various places according to the lists drawn up by the various general departments.

Dai Jingbin and Bai Hu Tian Huixu are very hard-working, Dai Jingbin in order to implement a series of measures such as Liu Yan's reclamation of wasteland, almost all of them are busy in the military camps, Liu Yan rarely sees Dai Jingbin in the city of Qianhu.

And Tian Huixu is the same, almost all of them inspect hundreds of households, coordinating the matters of the general exercises.

During this period, Liu Yan made a special trip back to Wangjiazhuang, accompanied by Chen Xun, the management officer, to inspect the construction of the two bases of Wangjiazhuang and Dapanbao, and saw that everything was going smoothly, Liu Yan was relieved.

When Liu Yan returned to the city of Qianqian in Xiahe Village, Song Gongming of the hundred households came over and specially compiled the money and grain needed by all parties into a book and submitted it to Liu Yan for instructions.

"So much?"

Liu Yan looked at the document in his hand, including Tuntian, expanding the army, settling the new population, building the Wangjiazhuang military base, Dapanbao industrial base, preparing to hand over money and grain, and increasing the income of officials, before the New Year, Liu Yan will pay 48,313 taels of silver and 59,118 deniers of grain for it!

Liu Yan frowned slightly and said, "With the current inventory, can it be supported?" ”

Song Gongming said: "Your Excellency, rest assured, Yue Baihu of Wangjiazhuang has handed over all the money and grain, and the money and grain in stock can be fully supported. Moreover, there is a monthly entry on the side of Dapanbao, although the imperial court has many arrears of military salaries and food, but it will also allocate some of it. Between this entry and exit, there is still a slight surplus in the money and grain of our thousands of households, but the number of stocks will drop greatly. ”

"That's good."

What Liu Yan is most worried about now is that the stall is spreading, but the capital chain is suddenly broken, and something big will happen.

"After the New Year, the salt drying field, wine factory, and soap workshop over there in Dapanbao will be expanded, and the wood factory and quilt factory will also be built.

Song Gongming said with a smile: "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will take care of themselves." ”

Two days later, after Liu Yan stabilized the affairs of the Qianqian Household Office in Xiahe Village, he saw that it was about to come to the end of the year, so he took a few heavy gifts and prepared to go to Lingshanwei for a walk, and then he had to go to the Jimo camp station.

Liu Yan was promoted to the former Qianhu Defensive Officer of Xiahezhai and promoted to the Qianhu Official, and this first year of the New Year must be to visit a group of officials, which is also the unspoken rule of Daming officialdom at this time~ rule.

Soon, Liu Yan accompanied Xu Ming of a hundred households, as well as the general soldiers of the cavalry of a banner, all of whom were clearly armored, and each person's armor was also covered with a bright red cloak made of thick cotton, which could isolate the wind and cold.

Liu Yan went out of the city of thousands of households surrounded by everyone, and galloped all the way towards the Lingshan Acropolis, and when he arrived at the Lingshan Acropolis, the ethics officer Hu Zongming and the commander Wang Weizhen met Liu Yan in the integrity mansion, and Jia Hongyu of the hundred households also rushed to meet him when he heard the news, and Liu Yan naturally prepared a gift for him.

"Haha, Liu Qianhu made a lot of movement in Xiahe Village, not only Lingshanwei, but even Lord Futai has heard of it, and he has a very high evaluation of Liu Qianhu!"

After reading the gift list handed over by Liu Yan, Hu Zongming immediately smiled, and praised Liu Yan for a while.

Wang Weizhen also got his share of the gift list, and looked at Liu Yan with a smile at this time, his old subordinate is really powerful, not only making himself a lot of money, but now with the help of Liu Yan's military exploits, he is among the Lingshan Acropolis, to be honest, he is still quite grateful to Liu Yan in his heart.

"Hehe, Lord Ethics has a lot of praise on weekdays, and he is very sure of Liu Qianhu's ability, and he told me yesterday that if there is any fat shortage in the future, I will definitely promote you well."

Liu Yan hurriedly thanked him when he heard this.

Hu Zongming pointed at Wang Weizhen and said with a smile: "This old official of yours still knows how to promote his subordinates, and in front of me, he directly set a task for me, if I don't promote Liu Qianhu in the future, I can't say anything." ”

Everyone laughed, and Liu Yan naturally thanked them one by one.

Then Hu Zongming got down to business and asked, "Liu Qianhu, I heard that you have started to expand your army over there in Xiahe Village, and you are also building a lot of construction, what are you going to do?" ”

Liu Yan was slightly stunned, looked at Hu Zongming suspiciously, and secretly said that this ethical adult is taboo about his strength?

Seeing this, Wang Weizhen on the side explained: "Lord Ethics is worried that you will not be able to expand the army rashly, so I want to ask you about your difficulties. ”

Liu Yan smiled and clenched his fists and said, "Subordinate Lord Xie forgives me!" ”

Hu Zongming waved his hand and said: "Although Liu Qianhu is just a defensive officer, according to the Ming system, the soldiers and horses under your command are only more than 1,000 people, and now they are already supernumerated." However, since Liu Qianhu is in charge of the Qianhu in Xiahe Village, the soldiers and horses in Xiahe Village are the elite of my Lingshan Guard, and it is also beneficial for the official to train some soldiers and horses, and the official will naturally give full support. ”

Then, Hu Zongming changed his words and said: "However, the money and food needed for military training still need to be raised by Liu Qianhu himself, after all, life is not easy on Lingshanwei's side now." However, the iron materials and armaments needed for the expansion of the army can be supported by this officer. ”

After speaking, Hu Zongming motioned to Wang Weizhen, only to see Wang Weizhen take out a list and hand it to Liu Yan, which read: 3,200 catties of iron, 880 catties of coal, 300 catties of gunpowder, 1,900 catties of wood, 200 earth-shattering thunders, and 10 pairs of armor such as cotton armor and armor.

Liu Yan was overjoyed, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "Subordinate Lord Xie, please rest assured, your subordinates will definitely train the soldiers and horses of Xiahezhai neatly and drive them for your lord!" ”

"Good! Hehe. ”

Wang Weizhen said with a smile: "Today, Lord Ethics is happy, what else does Liu Qianhu have to ask, you can take this opportunity to talk about it, if you can do it, Lord Ethics will definitely support it." ”

Hu Zongming smiled and did not refute.

Liu Yan naturally would not let go of this opportunity, so he said: "There is still a lack of a lot of equipment in the subordinate army, so the subordinates are ready to build a batch by themselves. ”

Hu Zongming said with a smile: "I thought it was a big deal, isn't it just some craftsmen, today I will mobilize fifty households for you, anyway, there is no military equipment to build here in Lingshanwei, and most of the military equipment created by these craftsmen is unusable, Liu Qianhu must be carefully inspected after he goes back." ”

Liu Yan hugged his fists to receive the order, but he secretly said in his heart: "The craftsmen are all the same, the reason why the craftsmen don't contribute to Lingshanwei is that there is a problem with the system, and when I get to my Xiahe Village, the situation is different!" ”

On the same day, Liu Yan stayed in the Ethics Mansion, drank wine with Hu Zongming, Wang Weizhen, and Jia Hongyu, and set off from the Lingshan Acropolis the next day to the Jimo Camp station.

The Ming Dynasty's guard system in Shandong was originally a structure of 100 households-1,000 households-Acropolis-Shandong Metropolitan Division, but because the guards were all over the place, it was very inconvenient for the Shandong Metropolitan Division to command, so in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court set up camp on the coast of Shandong, as the intermediate military command organization of the Shandong Metropolitan Command Department and the Guard.

There are three battalions in Shandong: one is the Jimo battalion, the second is the Wendeng battalion, and the third is the Dengzhou battalion. The three battalions have jurisdiction over all 24 health stations in Shandong, namely the Moying camp has jurisdiction over four guards in Andongwei, Lingshanwei, Aoshanwei and Dasongwei, and six thousand households in Shijiu, Xiahe, Jiaozhou, Fushan, Xiongya and Haiyang.

In the Jimo battalion, there was a general commander, who was appointed as the commander of the guard, and was the commander of the Jimo battalion, and the commander was in charge of the general camp affairs with the commander and the commander. In this way, in the eastern part of the Shandong Peninsula in the early Ming Dynasty, a military system of battalions, guards, and defenses against Japanese pirates was set up and perfected.

However, by now, the command system of the Jimo battalion has undergone great changes, and the post of general is no longer there, and it has been replaced by a staff general to lead the whole battalion, and several guerrilla generals to jointly manage the military. This is also the product of the integration of the guard system and the battalion system in the late Ming Dynasty.

The Jimo camp moved to the north of Jimo City ten miles in the eighth year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, and there was no city in the camp at first. In the ninth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Wenbo, the general manager, was responsible for building the brick and stone structure of Jimo Camp City. The circumference of the camp city is four miles, there are three city gates, the city wall, the city pool is solid and complete, "look at it majestically, stand like a stone wall", "there is a city and a pool, than the county".

There are 1,200 elite infantry cavalry stationed in the city of Jimo Camp as a mobile military force to support the coastal guards. But now, the Jimo camp has moved from the location of ten miles north of Jimo City to Jiaozhou, which is fifteen miles southwest of Jiaozhou City. Therefore, now the people call Jimo Yingcheng Jiaozhou Yingcheng.

Liu Yan and others rode horses to the west gate of Jimo camp city, Jimo camp city set up three gates, the south gate is called "Zhenhai", there is a tall semicircular door hole, and the city tower is set up Tianqi temple and bell tower. The west gate is said to be "Ying'en", the city tower is dedicated to Houji, and the east gate is said to be "Chaoyang".

"My lord, let's go into the city."

Liu Yan nodded, and everyone rode into the city, and they were soon attracted by the street scene of Jimo Camp City.

There are military facilities such as generals' offices, barracks, military stables, and warehouses in the city. There are also seventy-two temples built in the city and around the city, there are Jade Emperor Temple, Sanguan Temple, Guanyin Hall, Horse God Temple, Lao Ye Temple, Zhenwu Temple, Fire God Temple, City God Temple, Niangniang Temple, Guangtang Temple, Land Temple, Seven Star Temple, Guandi Temple, Yaowang Temple and so on, among which Guangtang Temple is said to commemorate the Tang Dynasty general Xie Yingdong. In addition, there are four ancient wells in the city, and there is a moat around the city.

Liu Yan and his group walked on the street, there were not many vendors along the way, but there were many temples, Xu Ming and a group of soldiers were amazed, they had never seen such a complete temple.

Liu Yan didn't have the heart to watch the scenery, urged everyone to speed up, and soon came to Li Jiwen's guerrilla general's mansion.

This time, Liu Yan mainly came to meet Li Jiwen, and Lingshanwei was mainly assigned to the guerrilla general Li Jiwen, so Li Jiwen was Liu Yan's superior. As for the rest of the generals of the Jimo battalion, Liu Yan didn't have the heart to see them, and there was no need to visit them one by one. m.

"Haha, good you Liu Yan, it's really a dragon entering the sea, it's extraordinary!"

Liu Yan took Xu Ming into the guerrilla general's mansion, and Li Jiwen laughed and summoned the two into the main hall to watch tea.

At this time, Li Jiwen took the gift list handed over by Liu Yan, and then pointed to Liu Yan and said: "I heard that you have done a lot of work in front of Xiahe Village, well, it's very good, you are a person who does great things!" ”

Liu Yan said with a smile: "The adults have praised it, and the subordinates are just doing their duty." ”

"It's already good to do your duty, look at it today, how many people are willing to do their duty?"

After Li Jiwen sighed, he exchanged a few words with Liu Yan, and at the same time encouraged Liu Yan to work hard in front of Xiahe Village, and to assist Hu Zongming, the integrity officer of Lingshan Guard.

Liu Yan naturally respectfully received the order.

Then Liu Yan reported to Li Jiwen about some of his government affairs in the Qianqian Household Office in Xiahe Village, Li Jiwen was very satisfied, and immediately said happily: "It is really not easy for you to do this." I want to reward you with something, and I think it's too cheesy for a young hero like Liu Qianhu to reward gold and silver, and I really don't know what to do for a while. ”

Liu Yan also smiled and said, "Then you might as well reward your subordinates with some equipment and craftsmen." ”

Some people died, but not completely......