Li Xin rescued more than 300 Mongolian women, much more than Li Xiangyang's population, and his original idea was to set up a fruit building in Beiling City to encourage soldiers to stay in Beiling City.

But thinking that the southeast of Northridge City was already a barren place, he changed his mind, he wanted to let these Mongolian women give full play to their value.

Li Xin withdrew most of the army to Yixian and Guangning, leaving only one regiment of soldiers in Beiling City, and at the same time informed Liu Zhiyuan, Linghe Zhixian, Zu Zerun, Shi Tingzhu, and Ling Mingzhi, Montenegro Zhixian, and widely publicized in the local area: Among the local people, if those who have not started a family and start a business, if they voluntarily move to Beiling, the government will give each person a young woman, as well as ten sheep and two cows, which is already enough arable land and pasture!

He believed that with such favorable conditions, the local widowers would definitely rush to it, and anyway, the third battalion was not lost, and the land, women, cattle and sheep were originally Mongol......

Li Xin once heard the emperor say that if you want to naturalize an alien race, the fastest speed is marriage!

After more than 300 Han Zhuang men came to Beiling Town, although they married Mongolian women, their families had been slaughtered, and it was meaningless to just naturalize them, the key was the Mongols around Beiling Town.

Although these Mongols were forced to naturalize as Han Chinese, they were somewhat unwilling in their hearts, and when the soldiers of the third battalion were stationed in Beiling, they naturally did not dare to make any changes, and once the situation changed, no one dared to hand over their backs to them......

Li Xin suddenly came up with a very special idea.

Use these Mongolian women to marry the Mongols around you!

In fact, it is an exchange, these more than 300 Mongolian women, do not marry the Han people, let them marry the surrounding adult Mongolian strong men, regardless of age, to marry these women, and there is no need for a dowry, the only condition is that the family must offer a woman, let the woman who is about to move to marry the Han strong men.

In this way, the Han people who are about to move into Beiling have in-laws in the local area.

Li Xin's purpose is not only to give the Han people who have moved in to have a sense of belonging, but also to let the Mongols have a sense of belonging, and in the interaction with the Han people, they can learn the Chinese language as soon as possible and truly become Han people.

Perhaps the local Mongolian people were unwilling to marry the Han people in the way of "exchanging relatives", Li Xin prepared two methods: first, semi-forced, all eligible families, under the escort of soldiers, went to do work, and those who were stubborn were expelled or arrested on the grounds of "refusing naturalization"; Families who are willing or even take the initiative to "change relatives" will receive seeds from Huaxia and have someone to teach them planting techniques.

Li Xin delayed in Beizhen for half a month, and only then did he raise troops to return to Guangning until all the Han people who moved in settled in the local area.

Along the way, he surveyed the terrain and finally found a suitable piece of land between the Siritara and Imathu rivers.

With abundant water sources and relatively flat land, perhaps like Yixian across the wall, crops can be grown, and even if crops cannot be planted, a city can be established here to meet the lonely Beiling City.

There is another reason why Li Xin takes a fancy to this land, it is only fifty miles northwest of the border wall, and after the confluence of the Xiri Tara River and the Imatu River, it is called the Fine River, which flows through Yixian County and then joins the Daling River......

Where there is a river, there must be a road......

Li Xin galloped on horseback, surveyed the surrounding terrain, and then asked the soldiers to draw sketches of the marching army.

After entering the border wall, Li Xin set up his tent, and the first thing he did was to give the emperor a copy of the marching sketch and send it to Beijing.

Li Zicheng received Li Xin's letter again and immediately summoned Premier Liang Wencheng.

Liang Wencheng gave Li Zicheng a big gift and said with a smile: "Looking at the emperor's face, it should be another great victory somewhere, right?" Let the minister guess, last time it was the third battalion of Liaodong, this time it should be the southwest, right? How is it, where did Zhang Xianzhong go? ”

Li Zicheng shook his head, "Wen Cheng guessed wrong this time, there is no message from the southwest!"

"Is it still Liaodong?" Liang Wencheng was taken aback, "It can't be Li Xin's risky advancement, right?" ”

"Li Xin is indeed advancing, but it's not a risk," Li Zicheng pushed Li Xin's upper sparse over, "See for yourself!"

Liang Wencheng took over the fold with some unease, he was very apprehensive in his heart, and he had a premonition that it was very likely to be another military victory.

All he feared was victory.

Each military victory spurred the emperor's ambitions, which could then be fought on a larger scale or pacified the recovered lands......

In the previous Ming era, in the battle of Liaodong, even if it was just a small victory, it would be written about, and in Huaxia, the court seemed to have been numb to the victory, no, the emperor was not early, and there was almost no court in Huaxia.

If there is another victory, what further actions will the emperor take?

Liang Wencheng's only concern is that the economic expenditure is too large, which will drag down the newly established China.

In the last battle in the Sunit Department, the Tiger Cavalry, the Wolf Cavalry, and the First Battalion worked together to almost wipe out the rest of Hauge, but the emperor has been unwilling to withdraw his troops, and he knows that the emperor must have the next step......

He carefully opened the message, glanced at ten lines, and scanned it, but fortunately there was no message of great victory!

In this recital from Liaodong, Li Xin barely talks about war, but hopes to take control of the city of Beiling, which has been occupied.

Liang Wencheng checked the draft of the march, looked at it carefully, and not only frowned, "Your Majesty, Beiling is almost the northern foot of Yanshan, more than two hundred miles deep into the Mongolian tribes, there are not many people here, even if the people move in, it is difficult to deal with the Manchu cavalry...... Holding on to the lonely city of Beiling is not of great military significance, the number of soldiers is small, it is difficult to deal with the Manchu cavalry, and if there are more people, the supply consumption will be very large!"

"Wen Cheng means to give up Northridge City?"

"The minister didn't dare to ......"

Li Zicheng laughed, "Wencheng, what does 'don't dare' mean?" Is it that you oppose it in your heart, but you dare not disobey my heart, so you dare not oppose it? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty......"

"The speaker is not guilty!" Li Zicheng waved his hand and said, "Is this how the Manchu Qing Dynasty has encroached on Liaodong step by step in the course of several decades?" Is it wrong for Li Xin to go the opposite way and advance north step by step? In time, won't the entire Liaodong be recovered in the end? ”

"The emperor and General Li, there is no mistake in strategy, but ......"

"Wen Cheng is reluctant to pay for silver, right?" Li Zicheng pointed at Liang Wencheng's nose and said with a smile: "Li Xin naturalized thousands of Mongolians, and migrated more than 300 Han Zhuang men to settle down in Beiling, and he didn't spend a penny, I don't know how Wencheng feels?" ”

"This ...... The minister really admires General Li!"

"It's not enough to just admire," Li Zicheng said: "He asked the imperial court for some seeds to try to cultivate locally, this is a matter of thousands of generations, once successful, Beiling will become a place for farming, and the land of Huaxia in Beiling will not be occupied by nomadic tribes again like the Han and Tang dynasties!"

"Just these seeds, the minister will definitely do it, and he will give as many ministers as he wants," Liang Wencheng was a little weak-hearted, and whispered: "However, Li Xin wants to build a city on the Xiri Tara River outside the border wall...... That's a lot of money......"

"You also said that the lonely city of Beiling is difficult to defend," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "I have checked, the lower reaches of the Xiri Tara River is the fine river that flows through Yixian, which used to be the territory of the Tang Dynasty and was named Yingzhou. ”

"The Emperor's Meaning ......"

"The city wall must be erected," Li Zicheng said: "I have an idea, since the terrain is available here, not only to build a city, but also to carry out trade, trade with the Mongols, so that the Mongols will completely fall to China, Austria, since it is a trade city, there will be taxes and ......."

Liang Wencheng said in his heart, how much tax can be paid on trade with the Mongols? The emperor still wants to naturalize the Mongols, right? "Your Majesty, even if the Mongols Naiman Banner and Ao Han Banner participate in trade, if you want to naturalize them, I'm afraid it will not be easy to ......"

"As long as the Naiman Banner and the Ao Han Banner participate in trade, they will not only not destroy Yingzhou, but also protect Yingzhou, if the Manchu Qing send cavalry to make trouble, even if they are afraid of the strength of the Manchu Qing and dare not openly confront the Manchus, at least they will not make trouble from the rear, right? Huaxia has at least one less enemy, and as for naturalization, it is not impossible to ......"

"The Emperor's ......"

"Wen Cheng should have thought that Hauge's cavalry has been disabled, why didn't I withdraw to the first battalion, and why did the tiger cavalry and wolf cavalry still stay in the Sunit department?"

"Is there a military operation?" Liang Wencheng thought about it carefully, and his face suddenly changed, "The emperor wants to use troops on a large scale against the Mongolian ministries?" ”

"It won't be a large-scale use of troops," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "I summoned you this time, but I didn't summon Niu Jinxing at the same time, doesn't Wen Cheng still understand?" ”

"The emperor wants to establish a city in Sunit?" Liang Wencheng almost couldn't believe it, "The Sunit Department is deep in the steppe, and the east and west are Mongols, even if the Sunit Department is willing to be naturalized as Han Chinese, does the emperor want the Tiger Cavalry, the Wolf Cavalry, and the First Battalion to be stationed here for a long time?" ”

"I'm worried about the silver again!" Li Zicheng glared at Liang Wencheng, but took out a map from the drawer, unfolded it in front of Liang Wencheng, pointed with his hand, and said: "Due north of Beijing, here, is the Shangdu of Mengyuan, and then due north, is Shanggu County of the Han Dynasty......"

Liang Wencheng was shocked, "The emperor wants to build a city here?" Does the emperor know how far this place is from the city of Beijing? ”

"I've checked it, 1,700 li," Li Zicheng said: "However, Shengjing, the capital of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, is 1,800 li away from Beijing, so don't Shengjing want it?" Guangzhou is four or five thousand miles away from Beijing, do you still need Guangzhou? ”

"Your Majesty," Liang Wencheng said hurriedly, "between Beijing and Guangzhou, there are cultivated land and roads along the way, but Shanggu County is deep into the grassland, and everywhere is the cavalry of nomadic tribes......"

"Don't worry, Wen Cheng, I will solve the problems you mentioned one by one," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "First of all, I will build a cement road from Beijing to Shanggu...... Wencheng, you don't have to be so painful, it's still early to build roads, I know that there is no silver now, and I won't build roads for the time being, and when the treasury is full, ......"

“……”

"Also, the question of the nomadic cavalry, Shanggu County, no, it should be called Shanggu Fu, will extend to the desert in the north, there are no roads in the desert, there should be no enemy in the north; Not to mention the south, which is the land of China; There are only a few Mongol tribes left to the west, and it would be nice if they could protect themselves......"

Liang Wencheng thought for a moment and decided to let the emperor say all the thoughts in his heart, "Your Majesty, what about the East?" ”

"The east is exactly what I want to say," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Wen Cheng can see clearly, near Shanggu Mansion, Abaga will move into the vicinity of Shanggu Mansion, and only the banners of Bahrain, Weng Niute, Alukorqin, and Karaqin are left in the east, as well as the Naiman Banner and Ao Han Banner further east, and the Mongolian tribes have already been scattered and fighting for themselves, if I send out cavalry and sweep these tribes away, I will join forces with the third battalion, and the Manchu Qing will completely lose the support of Monan Mongolia!"