Surrounded by everyone, Liu Yan entered the Baihu Official Hall. 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: "Master, the colleagues in Wangjiazhuang have held a banquet in the hall to welcome you. Let's go over now."
Liu Yan nodded and said, "That's fine!"
Wangjiazhuang has military camps and horse shops in the northwest. At that time, the flag officer Liu Yu took the lead and arranged for Liu Yan's three hundred troops to rest in the military camp.
Liu Yan, with Miao Shao, Xu Ming, and a group of Dunjun troops, surrounded by everyone, entered the Baihu Official Hall.
As soon as you enter the gate, there is a screen wall inside, which is three feet and six feet wide and one foot and six feet high. There are also cupboard doors at the east and west corners.
Liu Yan remembered that this was newly added by Wang Wenzhen at the end of last year. Unexpectedly, just after this month, it became his residence. This screen wall also caught Liu Yan's heart.
The main entrance, lobby, second hall, and third hall are the central axis of the front and back houses of the hundreds of government offices, and other buildings basically maintain left-right symmetry. It is divided into several rooms, where Liu Yu and other general flag officers are located, as well as the office where the officials work.
The lobby has five rooms and seven shelves, and is decorated in a martial style.
At this time, several banquet tables were set up in the West Flower Hall next to the lobby. There were fish, meat and wine. The lunch was considered a sumptuous one. It seems that everyone in Wangjiazhuang will be bleeding heavily today in order to set up these tables for the wine reception.
After Liu Yu arranged for Liu Yan to work with his men, he hurried over to the banquet. At this time, he had the honor to sit at the same table as Liu Yan. He picked up the wine glass and said loudly: "The lord of the team has come to serve in our Wangjiazhuang. This is the honor of our Wangjiazhuang. Come on, let us drink a glass to the lord of the team!"
Everyone responded with a bang. Liu Yan had also had several banquets with Wang Wenzhen and others here. Naturally, he was very familiar with such scenes. Liu Yan said: "I have recently taken office. I am concerned about the affairs of Wangjiazhuang." There are many things unclear, and we need your colleagues to help us to manage Wangjiazhuang well together!"
After speaking, Liu Yan smiled and raised his glass, and everyone drank from the glass together. Next, all the officers in the banquet came forward to toast Liu Yan one after another, including several officials.
Liu Yan refused to refuse anyone who came, and drank until the glass was dry, which surprised everyone. They did not expect Liu Yan to be so heroic, and everyone unconsciously had a slight affection for Liu Yan. People who drink boldly usually have a good temper, and it seems that everyone will have an easier time in the future.
In fact, I am afraid that most people in the fort will not be convinced by Liu Yan's appointment as Wangjiazhuang's team leader. After all, Liu Yan's qualifications were too junior and his official position was too low. Although Liu Yan had made great achievements in suppressing bandits some time ago, the fact that a newly promoted Baihu official had to serve as the Wangjiazhuang team leader was still unconvincing.
Not to mention anything else, there are a lot of senior flag officers in Wangjiazhuang. Any one of these people can be promoted with any excuse. No one can get his turn. Why should it be his turn? Liu Yan?
However, the fact that Liu Yan can serve as the team leader of Wangjiazhuang at least proves that the defense officer Zhang values him. This backstage is very strong, and the strength of the soldiers and horses brought by Liu Yan today cannot be ignored. No matter how Liu Yan trains these soldiers Come out, in this world, if you have soldiers, you have power and you can speak loudly. This is an indisputable fact.
It was a fact that Liu Yan took office and became their immediate boss. If I want to live a good life in Wangjiazhuang from now on, I must of course please this new boss. And whether some official positions in Wangjiazhuang will be readjusted in the future will be arranged by Liu Yan. At the wine table, everyone was complimenting Liu Yan non-stop even if they were a little unconvinced.
Therefore, no matter what everyone was thinking in their hearts, at least on the surface, everyone looked friendly. The toasts came one after another. Even Miao Shao and Xu Ming, whom Liu Yan brought with him, were surrounded by several people from time to time. .
Miao Shao and Xu Ming were fine. They both had a good capacity for drinking and their wines were good, so Liu Yan didn't have to worry about them.
When the reception banquet was about to end, Yue Ming approached Liu Yan and asked in a low voice: "My lord, you have been working hard all the way. The subordinate has ordered people to clean up the backyard. However, the house is empty. Do you want to recruit some servants to serve?"
It turns out that when Wang Wenzhen was appointed as the team officer, he hired servants. However, after Wang Wenzhen went to the Qianhu Station in front of Xiahe Village, those servants were dispersed.
Liu Yan smiled and said, "Let Mr. Yue arrange this matter!"
Liu Yan understood the truth. He had just entered Wangjiazhuang and it was the time when everyone was trying to curry favor with him. At this time, he should give them more opportunities to prove himself.
Sure enough, Yue Ming was very happy. Even though he was still worried about his silent succession as team officer, when facing the reality, Yue Ming still said repeatedly: "Don't worry, sir, I will definitely take care of things. "
When the reception banquet was over, Yue Ming, Liu Yu and others were about to leave. Liu Yan had just arrived today. According to their ideas, they would have to rest for at least a few days before dealing with official duties. Unexpectedly, Liu Yan stopped Yue Ming and others. , said: "General Yue Qi, please discuss with Lingli Feng and bring me all the documents in Wangjiazhuang tonight."
In the few days after Wang Wenzhen was promoted, all affairs and documents in Wangjiazhuang were handled by Yue Ming. Hearing Liu Yan say this, Yue Ming couldn't help but be a little surprised. He glanced at Liu Yan a few times. Then he cupped his hands and said, "I understand. I will resign."
After the banquet, Liu Yan went to the backyard. As expected, there were many rooms in and out. Liu Yan asked Miao Shao and Xu Ming to choose a room each. The two of them happily chose a room each.
In the evening, Yue Ming came with files and documents. He cupped his hands to Liu Yan and said: "Sir, I have brought all kinds of files and documents from Wangjiazhuang. The Dingkou military households and warehouses inside and outside our Baihu Office Records of grain, grass, weapons, guns, etc. are all here.”
Liu Yan smiled and said: "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Yue, please have a seat!"
Liu Yan knew that Yue Ming was still very capable and familiar with the affairs of Wangjiazhuang, but his official luck was not good. Of course Liu Yan would use such a person.
After he asked Yue Ming to sit down, he read the booklet carefully.
According to the statistics in 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 with a population of more than 3,000, including more than 70 craftsmen households.
In terms of weapons, Wangjiazhuang's arsenal includes more than 170 bows, 6,390 arrows, 186 pieces of armor, 14 tiger clothes and tiger hats, broadswords, waist knives, and rattan shields. , carrying knives each with more than one hundred mouths.
In addition, there are thirty-two divine spears, fifteen divine mills, three bronze cannons, five sets of bronze and iron Franconian machines, two invincible hands, and two tiger-tail cannons. The reserve of lead is one hundred and eighty-seven kilograms and nine taels, the reserve of gunpowder is one hundred and twenty kilograms and seven taels, the reserve of wrought iron is one thousand six hundred and thirty kilograms, the pig iron is one thousand three hundred and fifty-seven kilograms, and the pig iron is four hundred and thirty-two kilograms. grain.
Liu Yan shook his head. Although Wangjiazhuang had a large population, the lack of supplies and weapons was beyond his expectation.
Looking at the situation of the cattle farming in various parts of Wangjiazhuang and the forts and fire roads under his subordinates, the situation is even worse. There are less than 100 cattle in Wangjiazhuang. Not counting Dapanbao, the entire Baihu Station has less than 7,000 acres of farmland, and the entire Baihu Station has less than 1,000 military households. Moreover, who knows whether these situations are statistics on paper or real situations?
You must know that everywhere in the southern part of Shandong Dusi is densely populated. The population of military households under the jurisdiction of hundreds of households in each place is not the prescribed 110 households, and will more or less exceed a part. Here in Wangjiazhuang, the population is comparable to that of a village with a thousand households in northern Xinjiang.
But again, these are all data on paper. Only God knows what the actual situation is!
Liu Yan was just thinking. Yue Ming had been watching Liu Yan's expression. He had been in Wangjiazhuang for a long time, so he naturally knew the difficulties in the fort. He tried his best, but the situation in the fort was getting worse every day. I wonder if this legendary and newly appointed team leader 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: "General Banner Yue, please inform the Flag Officer Liu Yu and others to summon the officials in the fort tomorrow. I want to inspect all parts of Wangjiazhuang!"
Early the next morning, Liu Yan, accompanied by Yue Ming and others, inspected various places in Wangjiazhuang.
To the northwest of Wangjiazhuang are military camps and horse shops, to the southeast are granaries and fodder yards, and there is also a post office inside the south gate. Liu Yan has seen all these places. There are few people in the military camp, and most of the Dunjun soldiers don't know where they are going. Most of the horses in the horse shop are thin, the hay yard lacks hay and horse feed, and there are only a few veterans left in the post.
Moreover, neither the number of Dun troops nor the number of horses was consistent with the records in the archives. The officials following Liu Yan were frightened at this time, wondering how Liu Yan, the new superior officer, would go crazy.
Moreover, there were only a few hundred stones of grain and rice left in the Changping warehouse. How many days would this amount of grain and rice be enough to last?
Liu Yan walked from place to place, and all the problems in Wangjiazhuang were exposed in front of Liu Yan. Everyone in Wangjiazhuang accompanying them was uneasy. Only Liu Yan looked calm and didn't know what he was thinking.
Miao Shao and Xu Ming followed behind. They laughed while watching, and said loudly: "Tsk, tsk, this Wangjiazhuang is still a hundred households. It looks big, but it is full of crap. The inventory is not as good as ours." Where is the castle!"
The conversation between the two immediately attracted various looks from everyone, but no one dared to refute. After all, what Xu Ming and Miao Shao said were true.
Soon, Liu Yan and his party entered the craftsman's workshop again, and saw some craftsmen inside lazily making the weapons in their hands. It was completely incomparable with the lively scenes in the Firearms Supervision and Armor Supervision Department of Dapanbao. , and then look at the weapons and firearms they made, most of them are of subpar quality. They are also craftsmen from Wangjiazhuang. After they arrived at Dapanbao, their enthusiasm for work and the quality of their weapons can be said to be one in the sky and one on the ground.
Looking at the pale faces of the craftsmen, Liu Yan had no intention of punishing them. 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 Banner, we will summon the officers and soldiers in Wangjiazhuang tomorrow. I want to review the sergeants!"
As soon as these words came out, Yue Ming's expression was still normal, but there was some expression of gloating mixed with it.
However, the faces of Chief Flag Officer Liu Yu and Chief Flag Officer Sun Mingyuan next to them changed drastically. They never expected that Liu Yang would review the troops as soon as he arrived at Wangjiazhuang. What did this mean?
At this time, Liu Yu looked at Liu Yan in front of him with gloomy eyes. Sun Mingyuan next to him whispered: "What should I do? I'm afraid that the team leader will take action against us. He will definitely take the opportunity to find an excuse to get rid of us so that he can arrange that." Several general flag officers from Dapanbao."
The corner of Liu Yu's mouth cracked and he whispered: "If he wants to see it, let's show it to him. This Wangjiazhuang is a place for hundreds of households after all. Although we are not team officers here, we are still local snakes who want to find excuses to punish us." , it’s not that easy!”
