Li Zicheng had already stepped on the war horse at this time, and was about to return to Zhenhai Fort, when Liang Wencheng saw through the emotional organ, and he didn't feel in a hurry, and he came to the front of him, "My lord, ......"

Liang Wencheng forced his eyes to look at Li Zicheng, and seeing that he did not evade him at all, Liang Jiufang nodded, "If you can get the war horses of the Mongols, you can be regarded as a man, go ahead, remember that you still owe Wei Li fifty horses." ”

"Thank you, sir!" Li Zicheng jumped off the horse and turned over to give Liang Wencheng a big salute.

"Get up!" Liang Wencheng frowned, "This matter can not be repeated, sooner or later, Grandpa Wu will know......"

"That's what the adults advise!" Li Zicheng stepped on the war horse, "it was really forced by the soldiers' salaries and pensions......

"You are now a celebrity of Gonggong Wu, and that's the case," Liang Wencheng sighed: "Xining Wei is poor, although there are many soldiers, but there is no salary for the war. ”

"Lord Liang......"

"Li Baihu, go," Liang Wencheng wanted to return to the city, but turned back and added: "Later, I will go to Zhenhai Fort to inspect the military situation." ”

"My subordinates are waiting for you at any time!" When Liang Wencheng went far away, Li Zicheng still didn't move, listening to his tone, he shouldn't have made a complaint to Duke Wu, and the next time he came to Zhenhai Fort to inspect, it would be a big deal to give him a share of the silver, but in case...... In case he just stabilized himself temporarily......

"My lord, my subordinates are guilty of capital crimes!" The soldier who had just pretended to be a Mongol came over and knelt down in front of Li Zicheng's horse, his butt pouting higher than his head.

Li Zicheng glanced at him, "Get up, it's nothing for you, it's human nature to speak your mother tongue in a hurry, I can only say that Lord Liang is shrewd enough, besides, this kind of thing will have to be worn sooner or later." ”

When the soldier saw that Li Zicheng excused himself, he blamed himself more and more, lying on the ground and refusing to get up, and kept knocking on the ground with his head, "It's all the fault of his subordinates, ask the lord to punish his subordinates!" ”

"Sooner or later, I'll come back!" Li Zicheng said, picked up the horsewhip, whipped it on the horse's buttocks, and walked westward.

Back at Zhenhai Fort, Li Zicheng gathered the 4,250 taels of silver obtained from the sale of war horses, plus the 1,000 taels of silver allocated by Weili.

This is the most silver he has seen in his life, these silver are exchanged for everyone's lives, which can be counted as common property, or it can be said that it is his Li Zicheng's private property, according to the habits of the Ming Dynasty, these soldiers can actually be counted as his private soldiers.

How to deal with this batch of silver, he has not thought about it for the time being, these silver is not military salary, it must not be distributed to soldiers, centralized use, in order to play a greater effect, maybe in the future Weili arrears military salary, these silver can be taken out to deal with a few months.

Li Zicheng sealed the more than 5,000 taels of silver in the official office, temporarily kept by Li Guo, and arranged for soldiers to guard it day and night.

After settling the silver two, he had no intention of meeting Liang Wencheng for the time being, but took two soldiers with small flags, brought dry food, and went to the ruins of the Triangle City.

The Triangle City is located east of the West Sea, close to the northeast corner, completely guarding the road south along the Huangshui from the east of the West Sea, and once the ancient city is restored here, the vast grasslands east and south of the West Sea will be controlled by the Ming army.

But this ancient city of the Han Dynasty, now has been completely deserted, the remaining walls on all sides, but three or five feet high, and incomplete, fortunately the wall base is made of stone, after thousands of years of wind and rain erosion, it is still stable, Li Zicheng pushed hard, the wall base does not move at all, and then look at the thickness, at least more than one zhang, but all the buildings in the city, there is no trace of it, either destroyed in the war, or destroyed in the years.

Li Zicheng looked at this ancient city, pondered for a long time, it is easy to destroy a city, to rebuild a city, it will require a lot of goods and manpower, he only has more than a hundred soldiers now, even if all of them are used to build the city, when will it be?

If it is repaired on the original foundation, it will save a lot of manpower and property, but these stones are about to be weathered for more than a thousand years, I am afraid that they have long been overwhelmed, this is the forefront of the confrontation with the Mongols, if there is no strong city to rely on, how can the soldiers resist the Mongols' iron cavalry?

If these stones are pushed to start over, or simply rebuild a military city or military fort, it will cost manpower and silver taels, and Li Zicheng can't afford it, so Xining Wei gave 1,000 taels, and even the start-up funds are not enough.

After pondering for a while, Li Zicheng had a plan, in order to save costs and speed up the construction of the city, temporarily rely on the original site to repair, and in the future, with silver and manpower, build another layer of stone walls from the outside, and the triangle city at that time will inevitably become a strong city.

He walked around the city wall, and found that the location of the ancient city was really good, the triangle city was surrounded by mountains and rivers, the south was the Sun Moon Mountain, the west was separated by the Ganzi River was the West Sea, the north was the grassland of the Pingchuan River, and the east was the main road, once the main road was cut off, the Mongols could no longer go south.

Although the Triangle City was not a stand-alone city, and the Mongols could cross the Triangle City and go directly south, the soldiers in the Triangle car would completely cut off their return route once they went out.

Li Zicheng found that there were no herdsmen nearby, and when the Mongols went south, the herdsmen either moved south with the Ming army or were poisoned by the Mongols.

Seeing that it was still early, Li Zicheng asked the soldiers to disperse, expand the search area, and carefully inspect the surrounding terrain.

It stands to reason that this is a military city of the Han Dynasty and should have been tested, but more than a thousand years have passed, and there may be some changes in the nearby terrain, mountains, and water sources, and if this is a dead land, then all the energy will be in vain.

That night, Li Zicheng set up camp in the city, preparing to take a detailed and comprehensive look at the surrounding terrain tomorrow, draw a topographic map, Wang Anping had already sent a message, there were no Mongol tribes within fifty miles nearby, Li Zicheng was not worried about safety, as long as he scattered the rangers, the detectives were far away.

After eating dry food and drinking some water, the sky was already safe and dark, Li Zicheng came out of the big tent, found a rock in the east of the city and sat down, Ma Youshui and He Xiaomi's tail followed behind, the two vigilantly guarded on the left and right sides, although they couldn't see the surrounding situation clearly, they lay on the ground from time to time, and put their ears close to the ground to listen for the information of whether there were cavalry passing in the distance.

Li Zicheng put his left foot on a raised rock, his elbow supported on his knee, and his left hand supported his chin.

Beyond these two steps, there is no shadow in the dark night, and the brain's attention is more focused and the mind is more open.

To repair the ancient city of the triangle, a thousand taels of silver, it is a drop in the bucket, Wu Shaoling is obviously perfunctory, this eunuch, these days of killing stupidity, who would have thought of recovering the lost land? But these people have human and financial resources in their hands!

It was only 1,000 taels of silver, that is, the soldiers and herdsmen who built the city did not need to be paid, and they did not even have enough money for food.

Li Zicheng's mind flashed with inspiration, can soldiers and herdsmen not be paid? Soldiers can, they already receive a military salary, for them, building a city, it is easier than fighting for their lives on the battlefield, besides, soldiers take obedience as their duty, let them build cities, can they still disobey the order?

But the herdsmen are different, Xiningwei is the same as other military towns in the Ming Dynasty, the people are military households, once Weili needs, must recruit soldiers, but Xiningwei's military households, because they want to raise horses for the imperial court, unless Xining is attacked on a large scale, otherwise raising horses is the first priority, forcibly pulled to build a city, even Weili does not agree.

How can we make herders unpaid?

Li Zicheng thought about it, if you want the herdsmen to give up their remuneration, they must be given enough benefits, what do the herdsmen need? What can you give? Except for silver, there are only ......

The purpose of restoring the ancient city of the triangle is not only to recover the lost land, but also to regain the pastures along the coast of the West Sea.

Li Zicheng thought of the real estate of later generations, what is sold is the expected benefit, the so-called off-plan housing, is to sell the unfinished property in advance, and use the buyer's funds to build the house, which greatly reduces the cost of building a house.

What if the herders are reluctant to participate in the construction of the city? After all, the ranch is expected to make profits, and it cannot be realized for the time being, so Li Zicheng has to look for answers from the real estate industry.

Buy up or not buy down, Han people have a very heavy herd mentality.

Every time the house price rises extremely, it is not because of the rigid demand for housing, but artificially promoted, the developer joins hands to cover the house, causing the buyer to panic, and then release the rumor, the house is about to rise, so there is a wave of house purchases, the more it rises, the stronger the buyer's desire, and even some tail houses are selling well.

Li Zicheng sneered in his heart, although he was extremely reluctant to fool the people, but for the sake of Triangle City, he only used it once, besides, his plan is still a little different from that of a real estate developer, at least all promises must be fulfilled.

After a brief explanation of his thoughts, Li Zicheng was already confident.

In addition to the army's own need for the Jinyintan pasture, the remaining pasture is divided into two hundred, or three hundred, and those who participate in the construction of the city for two months will receive a piece of such pasture permanently, and those who participate in the construction of the city for three months will receive a piece of land in the city in addition to obtaining a piece of such pasture, and will be allowed to build three houses for their own use, and the ten people who have been building the city for the longest time will be assigned to the location of the street frontage, and they can open shops and engage in business in the future.

Due to the design of the quota limit, Li Zicheng believes that as long as the propaganda is strengthened, so that the herdsmen can believe that they can get the expected benefits, as long as someone takes the lead, the nearby herdsmen must join one after another, and it doesn't matter if they don't take the lead, they can disguise the soldiers as herdsmen as herdsmen and try to cause panic among the herdsmen, of course, the specific quota is not necessarily 200 or 300 people, it needs to be determined according to the size of the ranch and the number of people needed to build the city.

Empty gloves white wolf, Li Zicheng thought about it, and laughed unconsciously, He Xiaomi was startled, "Adult......"

Ma Youshui looked at the sky, saw that the moon had broken through the clouds, and knew that the time was not shallow, "My lord, the night is deep, beware of the night dew hurting your body." ”

"Go back, you can get a good night's sleep tonight." Li Zicheng patted his ass and slowly returned to the big tent.

This sleep was sound, and when the sun was already a rod high, Li Zicheng was woken up by He Xiaomi's hurried voice, "My lord, it's not good, Fuqiang Fort has been breached!" ”

"Fort Fuqiang?" Li Zicheng opened his eyes suddenly, turned over and grabbed He Xiaomi's collar, "What did you say?" Who breached Fort Fuqiang? ”

"It's a Mongolian," He Mi cried with a sad face, and his heart was not broken by me, what is the use of adults grabbing my collar? "Grandpa Wu and Lord Zhao urgently recruit adults to go to Xining to discuss matters!"