"Governor Dadu," Shen Dao hurriedly put down the tea cup in his hand and said: "The subordinates are about to ask the Governor for instructions, the Song Ministry of Culture stationed in Xining has completed the reorganization, all the retired soldiers have been repatriated, reasonable arrangements have been made, and the lack of soldiers has also been replenished." ”

"Oh!" Li Zicheng nodded, the reorganization of the Song Ministry of Culture was an order given by him himself at that time, the original soldiers were mainly from Xiningwei, the quality of the soldiers was low, the age was on the older side, and there was a shortage of soldiers at that time, so they could only stay.

Now it's different, after several years of development, the current Mandate of Heaven Army, compared with that day, has long been reborn, all the soldiers are equipped with rifles, and some thousands of households are also equipped with mountain guns, howitzers, gunpowder packs, which are completely the equipment of firearms soldiers, although the soldiers still hang waist knives, and they are generally only used during drills.

New firearms require higher-quality soldiers.

With the expansion of the territory of the Mandate of Heaven Army, the base number of soldiers has expanded countless times, and the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven Army have a choice.

"Governor, do you want to reorganize next?" Shen Dao said tentatively, since Li Zicheng came to Xining, his actual income has not increased much, but his status has increased a thousand times, and the position of "military envoy" is almost under Li Zicheng in the Heavenly Mandate Army, so he cherishes his current position very much.

He can't estimate where the Heavenly Mandate Army will go, but with Li Zicheng and the Heavenly Mandate Army, which often wins battles, at least he doesn't have the same wretched spirit as before!

"Of course, it must be reorganized, and the seven thousand households must be reorganized," Li Zicheng pondered for a moment and said: "Zhou Binbu was transferred back to Xining from Kadang City and Triangle City, and began to reorganize, leaving a hundred households of soldiers in each of the two cities, in addition, Ganzhou and Lanzhou have no combat missions for the time being, and Qin Danian's department will be reorganized on the spot, and the original auxiliaries of the two departments will be converted into combat soldiers, and you will add an auxiliary army of 1,000 households to them, and the training time will be three months." ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" Shen Dao took out a notepad and recorded Li Zicheng's instructions.

Li Zicheng felt that he was a little arbitrary, Shen Dao, as a military envoy, was at most only the logistics commander of the Heavenly Mandate Governor's Mansion, but at such a moment, he must establish his own authority, and everything must be discussed collectively, which is not conducive to giving full play to the combat effectiveness of the Heavenly Mandate Army!

"Tell Zhou Bin that after the three-month reorganization, I want to see a 5,000th household with a completely different mental outlook!" Li Zicheng said in a deep voice: "Let Zhou Bin prepare, after the reorganization is over, the 5,000th household may have to go to Guguan and take over from Ma Youshui!" ”

The large-scale mobilization of the army may increase the consumption of food, but rapid mobilization is also one of the capabilities of the army, and if you stay in one place for a long time, if there is no war, the soldiers will be tired, and if you are appropriately transferred out of the defensive ground, you can maintain the combat effectiveness of the army.

"Yes, Metropolitan Governor, my subordinates remember!" Shen Dao drew in circles on the notepad again, he was really a good clerk!

Before leaving, Li Zicheng told Liang Wencheng that some of the graduates of Xining Science and Technology High School would be sent to the prefecture and county and the army to maximize their influence.

Military and government affairs were handed over to Shen Dao and Liang Wencheng, and what Li Zicheng thought in his heart was still silver, and without silver, it would be impossible to expand the army on a large scale.

Several factories in Xining are already running at full capacity, except for soap, they are all luxury goods, high prices, large profits, the problem is the market, Xining, Lanzhou local, it is difficult to find a market, must rely on the prosperous place of Daming.

The trade route to Jingshi in the north was basically cut off, but fortunately, Mu Qingshan and Jin Yixin had their own way - taking the Shu Road and going straight down the Yangtze River to the south of the Yangtze River, and there was not much backlog of products.

Jiangnan has been peaceful for a long time, and there are many wealthy businessmen, and even the recently produced wine has gradually opened up the market, and the income of the factory can only barely maintain the military salary.

If the silver is not enough, it will not be possible to expand the army on a large scale, and the imperial court will easily have tens of thousands of troops, and no matter how powerful the firearms of the Heavenly Mandate Army are, it cannot use thousands of people to destroy them.

Li Zicheng already has an idea in his heart, and this idea is becoming more and more urgent, if he occupies Sichuan, relocates various factories to Chengdu, and then goes down the east of the river in the future, won't he save thousands of miles of land routes?

Several northern provinces, until the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the thieves have not stopped, in the context of war, if you want to restore the trade route, it is more difficult than ascending to the sky, the imperial court, the army of thieves are there, no matter which side of the ally, can not cross the area of the battle, want silver, in addition to robbery, can only rely on the southern line of the golden waterway Yangtze River.

Li Zicheng also summoned Mao Ting and asked about the trade routes in the Western Regions, but Mao Ting's answer made him very disappointed, although the trade routes in the Western Regions were close, but the Yarkand Khanate itself was a small country close to the nomads, not only did it have little silver, but the price of goods could not go up, and it was impossible to earn back a lot of silver from Yarkand.

No wonder Da Ming ignored this trade route!

However, it is better than nothing, and in case there is a situation of unsalable on the eastern route, the commercial route on the western route can be used as a supplement.

Li Zicheng told Mao Ting that the business road could not be cut off, as long as he did not lose money, at least he could ensure the sales volume, and at least he could exchange the scarce goods of the Heavenly Mandate Army.

Li Zicheng has been away from home for too long, and this time when he comes back, he wants to compensate his family as much as possible, accompany his wife at night, and frolic with his children during the day, only occasionally taking time out to go shopping in the city.

Training grounds, firearms bureaus, schools, etc., he has to go to see all kinds of institutions, Xining has not been at war for a long time, this large rear of the Mandate of Heaven Army, not only restored its vitality, but also better than before, driven by a few factories, Xining's streets initially showed a rare prosperity.

In time, Xining's population will increase and the income of the people will increase, and perhaps a border city with extremely prosperous commerce will appear in this land forgotten by the imperial court.

However, Li Zicheng is leaving Xining for the time being.

At the beginning of August, the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion rebuilt by King Su's Mansion was completed, and Li Zicheng, Liang Wencheng, and Shen Dao all rushed to Lanzhou.

When he arrived in Lanzhou, Gansu Provincial Governor Mei Zhihuan, Gansu General Yang Zhaoji, and Xining Governor Tang Ruowang forcibly jointly held a reception banquet for Li Zicheng, and Liang Wencheng and Shen Dao were also brought in to accompany him.

Besides, he has not seen each other for such a long time, and he also has to have a good talk with Mei Zhihuan and Tang Ruowang, especially Mei Zhihuan, who is trying out the election system in Gansu Province to accumulate experience for future governance, and I don't know how it is going.

Li Zicheng went to the governor's palace first, and he wanted to see his new home.

The Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion is located in the northwest corner of Lanzhou Mansion, facing Ximen Street, extending to the north, almost to the north city wall.

The original plaque of "Su Wangfu" has been replaced with five big characters of "Mandate of Heaven's Governor's Mansion", passing by from Ximen Street, you can see these shining characters from a distance, and today's Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion has been more than one grade higher than Xining's.

Entering the gate, facing a wide avenue, but more than ten steps, is a twelve-room blue brick house, the avenue passes through the middle of the tile house, the six rooms on the left only have beams and columns, there is no wall in the room, obviously it is the reception hall, it can also be used as the meeting room of the Mandate of Heaven's Governor's Mansion, the top is inlaid with a large piece of glass in the front, middle and back, and the whole conference room is spacious and bright.

The six blue brick rooms on the right are divided into three rooms, each with square tables and chairs, which should be small conference rooms.

On the east and west sides of the conference room, near the courtyard wall, there are three blue brick houses, which are original, I don't know what to do, Li Zicheng did not go over to check.

Through the middle of the corridor wall, the garden and pond behind are basically intact, or the original appearance, but it is close to late autumn, the lotus has long been gone, even the lotus leaves are mostly withered, withered yellow and yellow, if it is not an unnamed fish, from time to time there are one or two waves on the water surface, but it looks very bleak.

Behind the garden, there is another row of blue brick and blue tile houses, which is the same length as the row of houses just now, and it should be twelve, Li Zicheng pointed to the three-story circular attic in the middle, and said: "Millet, this row of houses, you clean it, it will be used as your barracks, this small attic, just as a lookout post, you can always see the movement on all sides!" ”

"Yes, Metropolitan Governor, my subordinates will send people to clean up!" He Xiaomi immediately sent two soldiers with small flags and asked them to clean the house, and from tonight onwards, this will be their barracks.

There are two rows of identical blue brick and blue tile houses in the back, and there is a large open space at the back, which was originally the vegetable garden of Suwangfu, but now it is deserted.

Li Zicheng asked for two rooms in the third row of houses, as a study and a reference room, and the entire fourth row was occupied by Gao Guiying.

The one on the right hand in the middle is Li Zicheng's bedroom, and the right side is also a bedroom, where Namu Zhong, Sun Mengjie, Chen Qiudie, and Mu Sirong live in turn, and there is still the most easternmost one, which is temporarily used as a warehouse.

The left side of Li Zicheng's bedroom, which is basically the middle, is the dining room for the whole family, the kitchen is behind it, and there is a large square table in front of it, which is the dining room.

On the left side of the dining room, there are Gao Guiying, Tian Fen, and Song Yulian's bedrooms, and there are two rooms left, leaving them for the nurse to take the child, as for Xiaomei Xiaolan, they were originally bought to serve Sun Mengjie, basically Sun Mengjie's maidservant, and they were set up outside Sun Mengjie's bedroom.

Sun Mengjie, Chen Qiudie, and Mu Sirong did not come to Lanzhou with Li Zicheng because they were teachers of Xining Primary School, and the bedroom was reserved for them first, and they originally wanted to come to Lanzhou, but Xining Primary School has enrolled the second batch of students, with a total of eight classes in the first and second grades, and the teaching task has doubled compared with the original.

Besides, they are the wives of the Grand Governor, and if they don't set an example, how can they reassure others? Chen Qiudie and Mu Sirong were originally supernumerary students of Xining Girls' School, but Sun Mengjie signed a contract.

Gao Guiying and Song Yulian teamed up to tidy up Li Zicheng's bedroom first, and then went to clean up their respective bedrooms.

Li Zicheng leaned forward, leaned on the soft quilt, and said to himself: "Lanzhou, I'm finally here!" From now on, you will be the central city of the Mandate Army! ”