Mei Zhihuan and Liu Jun agreed to send troops, and the servants came to report that Li Changgeng had arrived. The four ministers Li Changgeng was re-activated this time and served as the governor of Yunyang. After receiving the news, he came to Chenzhuang to see Mei Zhihuan. The two were relatives, fellow villagers and friends, and now they have become superiors and subordinates again.

"Jiye is here too." Li Changgeng was invited by the housekeeper and saw Liu Jun also here, he said with a smile.

"Liu Jun pays homage to the governor." Liu Jun salutes.

"I haven't taken office yet, let alone why should we be so polite? What are you talking about?"

"I have just agreed with Jiye to organize the Second Battalion of Zhengyou in Baosheng Fort and the Third Battalion of Jiutouzhao's War Assistance and Teaching as my fifth Battalion, and the day after tomorrow, I will send troops to Jingzhou and take a boat to ask Zhang Xianzhong for Zhang Xianzhong." Mei Zhihuan did not keep Li Changgeng and directly trayed the plan.

Li Changgeng looked at the two of them, and saw that they were not joking, so he pondered for a while, "I'm the one, I'll go with you."

"Okay." Mei Zhihuan responded with a smile, not saying much.

Liu Jun couldn't help but say, "We really don't inform Yang Gemen, will we completely keep him in the dark?"

"No need." Mei Zhihuan and Li Changgeng said together. Liu Jun was speechless and had to say, "The student took his leave and went back to make preparations for the enlistment."

"Well, remember to set off in two days. If you delay the date, don't blame me for not being disrespectful." Mei Zhihuan nodded to Liu Jun.

After leaving Shenzhuang, Liu Jun rode his horse back to Hutou Castle and immediately convened a third-level military officer at the battalion department to discuss the matter. At the meeting, Liu Jun announced the latest changes in the court, the exchange of the thieves and governors, and Mei Zhihuan's plan.

"The entire army immediately entered the first-level combat readiness state. All soldiers were carrying luggage and distributed ammunition and arrows. Each archer was given sixty arrows, each musketeer was given two hundred fixed-load paper ammunition, and the logistics battalion fryed all the rice, beans and coal into packaging bags to put them on the car."

After ordering, the entire Tigerhead Castle started to move. Fortunately, there was already a set-off equipment before, but now the final preparations for the expedition are in an orderly manner.

In order to boost morale, Liu Jun issued another opening silver to the expedition troops after issuing the order to set off. The opening silver was originally a misunderstanding of the imperial army. Therefore, the officers and soldiers usually owe heavy wages, and when there is a war, in order to make the soldiers work hard, they have to give them silver to the soldiers, which is called opening silver, and grain is also given once, which is called running grain.

There is no such practice in Tiger Head Fort. However, Liu Jun considers that most of the soldiers are new recruits, he is inevitably nervous about going on the first expedition, so he gives money to dance morale. Each soldier gives a point coupon of one or two silver coins equivalent to one or two silver coins.

After sending the money, the next day, the day before departure, Liu Jun brought the troops of the third battalion outside Macheng County and met with Mei Zhihuan's other two battalions in front of Baosheng Fort.

In addition to the five battalions, Li Changgeng also organized a battalion of troops, including hundreds of servants of the Li family, and more than a thousand masters recruited from the local area. Li Changgeng formed his own governor's battalion. In fact, he was the logistics civilian for Mei Zhihuan's two battalions.

Mei Zhihuan and Li Changgeng inspected the Sixth Battalion's troops that day, and then prepared a sumptuous expedition banquet for the Sixth Battalion's soldiers.

The expedition banquet was funded by Lu Jinxi, the magistrate of Macheng County, and the gentry, landlords and wealthy businessmen in Macheng. Each soldier who went on the expedition received two liters of wine and two kilograms of meat. It was very rich with wine and meat. He even sent hundreds of sheep and many chickens, ducks, fish and meat to serve.

In addition to wine and meat, they even invited a opera troupe to perform for the soldiers on the expedition, which was very lively.

On this lively day, Lu Weizhang also rushed over and brought Liu Jun several large carts of goods. When Liu Jun came over, he saw Lu Weizhang commanding his servants to keep carrying things down the car. When he looked carefully, he was all eating.

Big ham from Jinhua, smoked chicken from Wenzhou, yellow yam rice fruit from Jiangxi, dried beef outside the mouth, and even a whole truck of Qi Guangcakes.

Lu Weizhang introduced to Liu Jun, "This is a beef bladder, which contains twenty kilograms of jerky beef. Although this thing is inconspicuous, it contains a whole beef of cow. It is all specialties of Mongolians on the grassland. Slaughter a cow and then dried it. Then smash it with a hammer until the whole beef jerky shredded into the beef bladder. This thing is full. When you are marching outside, take a little out and cook it with water to control the fullness of the whole beef.

"Father-in-law, in fact, there is food in the army and dry food."

Lu Weizhang smiled, "Actually, I know that it's not that girl. When I heard that you were going to go to war, I was very worried. I immediately searched the shop at home, and all those who could be used as dry food were searched. Alas, I know I can't control the matter of sending war. No matter how much I care about, I only have Xue Qi, I have to take good care of myself and never show off."

He nagged for a while, but it was not over yet. Lu Xueqi in the carriage next to him finally couldn't stand it anymore. She pushed open the carriage door and jumped down, and pulled Liu Jun into the carriage.

"You are now a general of the court. If you want to lead troops to fight, I can't control you." Lu Xueqi held Liu Jun's hand and said, "I went to the temple to ask for a peace talisman, you can wear it on your body."

"Don't worry, I'm just going to suppress a few bandits." Liu Jun said relaxedly.

"I'll wait for you to come back and marry me."

The wedding date was approaching, but now he is going to go to war. Liu Jun feels a little guilty about her.

"I will marry you when I return to triumph."

"Then you have to win a triumphant early." Lu Xueqi took Liu Jun's hand and placed it on her lower abdomen.

Liu Jun was surprised, "It really happened"

Lu Xueqi said she was convinced, but it was too early to find out anything.

"Well, I have invited the best doctor in the city to see you, so you have to marry me triumphantly earlier, otherwise my stomach will get bigger by then."

Liu Jun lowered his head and kissed her in the face, "That's great, I'm going to be a father."

"No more waiting, we will get married soon, and I will marry you today."

Lu Xueqi is already pregnant, and Liu Jun doesn't know when he will come back this time. If he gets a three or five months and half a year out, the wedding will be delayed. By then, Lu Xueqi's belly will become bigger and will not be good for her reputation.

"But this is too hasty."

"I just want to give you a name earlier and let you become my wife earlier. Would you marry me tomorrow?" Liu Jun asked, holding Lu Xueqi.

"I do, I do." Lu Xueqi also knew that Liu Jun wanted to get married early for her.

"I'm going to discuss the wedding with my father-in-law now, and we'll get married today."

"Yeah." Lu Xueqi nodded happily. Liu Jun kissed her on the face again, then turned around and got out of the car to prepare for the wedding. In just one day, it was a very difficult task to prepare for a wedding.

"Jun Lang."

Lu Xueqi suddenly called out to Liu Jun, "You can invite Miss Chen San and Miss Yuanyuan to attend the wedding at that time."

Liu Jun didn't expect Lu Xueqi to suddenly mention the two of them. He stood there awkwardly, with a somewhat clumsy explanation, "Actually, I am just ordinary friends with them."

"Jun Lang, it's okay. I'm not the kind of jealous woman who can't tolerate it. It's normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines. I just hope that if Jun Lang has a woman outside in the future, I can tell me."

Liu Jun felt a little embarrassed, and he was always a little guilty when he was caught.

After saying goodbye to Lu Xueqi, Liu Jun directly asked Lu Weizhang to hold the wedding today. Lu Weizhang was a little hesitant. He knew that his daughter was pregnant. In fact, he wanted to let the two get married early so that the pregnancy before marriage could be covered up. But he didn't want to hold the wedding in advance suddenly, which was easy to be suspected. But now that Liu Jun is about to go to war, he doesn't know when he will come back when he sends troops. If it takes too long, his daughter's belly will not be hidden.

"Can you be a few days later?"

"I will have to go to war tomorrow." Liu Jun said helplessly.

"This makes Xue Qi feel a little wronged. After all, getting married is a top priority for a woman's life. It's a pity to be in a hurry."

Liu Jun said, "I will treat Xueqi well and will try my best to make up for it in the future."

"I believe you, otherwise I wouldn't agree to your affairs at the beginning. Okay, let's do it today. I'll send someone to prepare immediately and notify relatives and friends to prepare the banquet."

Liu Jun went to see Mei Zhihuan and Li Changgeng and raised the matter of getting married before going to war. Of course, the reason was not that Lu Xueqi had a child, but that the wedding was held in advance to make her feel at ease, etc.

Mei Zhihuan did not investigate the reason, but was also very happy about it.

Although the wedding was a bit rushed, the army and various families worked together to help, and the progress went smoothly. The Lu family sent a carriage to the relatives and friends' houses to pick up people, and invited the back kitchen teams of several restaurants. In addition to the help of many soldiers, the temporary decision to advance the wedding was very lively.

On that day, Li Chunjiang, Liu Yunsheng, Chen Zhenhui and others acted as Liu Jun's best man. Liu Jun brought thousands of people from the Nine-Headed Bird to the Lu family to welcome the bride. The scene was very spectacular and attracted countless people to watch. Everyone was amazed by this unique wedding scene.

Chen Man and Chen Yuanyuan were both surprised after receiving the wedding invitation sent by Lu Xueqi. They both felt that this was a hostile threat from the eldest woman, and the invitation was a letter of war.

Liu Jun could only explain to them with a smile that he was busy with military affairs during this period and was a little cold to Chen Man and Chen Yuanyuan. Chen Man and Chen Yuanyuan had already known each other about each other's existence. It is said that Chen Man had also found Chen Yuanyuan several times. After Chen Yuanyuan was provoked, he actually fought back. In short, these two women had the joy of fighting back and forth during this period.

However, the two of them had no intention of quitting, but they couldn't help but feel a little resentful towards Liu Jun.

"Sister, let's not fight around, we're just a little bit." Chen Man took the invitation sent by Lu Xueqi for a long time and decided to go to the banquet. Not only that, she also took the initiative to find Chen Yuanyuan and proposed to reconcile the two.

"In the future, the Lu family's backyard will be decided by the Lu family. She will be the big one. No matter how much we fight, it will be a small one. Since that's the case, why don't we get along well? If the Lu family wants to choose ours in the future, we will also have a mutual dependence."

"What my sister is saying." Chen Yuanyuan remembered the days she was at the Gong family. The eldest wife could not tolerate others and lived a difficult life. Chen Man also had a life similar to Chen Yuanyuan's concubines. Now she feels a bit like the same disease and sympathy.

The two women who were previously hostile to each other immediately formed an alliance and planned to rely on each other in the future to fight against the Liu family's wife.

One night before the war, Liu Jun officially married Lu Xueqi, welcomed him, got married, got married, and bridal chamber. He drank wine together. He tied his hair together and became a couple.

That night, Liu Jun did not stay in the bridal chamber forever. He was already an old husband and wife, and he was not too excited. However, there were both superiors, colleagues and subordinates outside, and many gentry members, and Liu Jun had to take care of them.

Fortunately, although there were many guests, Liu Jun had many best men. With them helping to stop the wine, Liu Jun didn't drink much. By midnight, the banquet almost dispersed, and Liu Jun called Zhang Shan to talk to Zhu Yuancheng and other left-behind brothers.

"You two of your garrison and regiment training camps have also been recruited, so the next step is to practice. In addition to training troops, you must firmly defend the Tiger Head Fort. Tiger Head Fort is not only our base, but also our musket workshop and artillery workshop. These two workshops are now the lifeblood of our nine pairs of birds. We are not as good as the border army, we don't have that many soldiers and cannot get enough salary, nor are we as good as the guards, and we have our own military farms to cultivate."

"We relied on various methods to raise funds in the early stage, but the number of troops gradually increased, and the old methods could not maintain the expenses. In the future, we would like to rely on this firearm shop to produce firearms for sale to raise soldiers. Therefore, no matter what, we must protect the Tiger Head Fort and protect our firearms, so that we cannot lose money."

Zhang Shan nodded seriously and replied, "Brother, don't worry, I'm in the fort, and the fort is in the firearm."

"Well, there is no need to be careless. I usually send more nights and don't take the warning outside. I will leave the protection of the firearm shop to you. I will leave Zhao Shun to take charge of the production. Now we still have a lot of orders and sufficient materials. You can just produce as planned."

"There is one more thing." Liu Jun said again, "We had cooperated with King Andong to help him arrest private salt merchants. We have to continue doing this. We have almost figured out the list of private salt merchants in various counties of Qihuang before, and I have asked them to tell them to withdraw from Qihuang. As long as they are willing to withdraw, we can leave the blame. But if they ignore what we warn, then we will be polite first and then soldiers."

"Your garrison camps and regiment training camps, and in addition to training and guarding the fort, have also arranged to take turns to attack. Those private salt vendors who dare to regard us will all take them down. This is also a test for you, but it is both a test and an opportunity. I hope you can grow up quickly by clearing out private salt vendors and training in actual combat."

"If you encounter any unstoppable troubles, you can contact the Liu family, Mei family, and Li family, and they will help you."

Zhang Shan and Zhu Yuancheng nodded and said yes.

"I'll hand over all my family to you."

Before dawn, Liu Jun said goodbye to Lu Xueqi and rode his horse back to the temporary camp of Baosheng Fort in Shenzhuang. After dawn, he will embark on a new journey. To be continued.
Chapter completed!