Li Zicheng inspected for a while, and when he saw that it was getting late, he went to the barracks with Li Ji, and Liu Yunshui went to direct the soldiers to set up tents near the barracks.

There were so many cavalry suddenly in the city, which had already alarmed the soldiers stationed there, who had completed today's drill and had already collected the drill, and when they saw so many visitors, they all turned their heads over to see if there were any acquaintances of their own.

Li Ji glared at the soldiers, frightened the soldiers away, and said softly: "My lord, it is not yet time to eat, do you want to go to the barracks under your subordinates to sit down?" ”

Li Zicheng nodded, entered the barracks, and sat down in the main seat, "Li Baihu, the spirit of the brothers is not bad, how are the training on weekdays?" ”

"Lord Hui, the brothers were born bitterly, as long as the food and salary are sufficient, they will have the strength to train, and their subordinates have nowhere to go in the city, and they are supervised tightly every day, so they naturally dare not slack off, but they are ......"

"Just what?" Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said: "Li Baihu, don't swallow and spit it out, just say what you have to say, the fourth hundredth household is stationed in the triangle city, guarding the western frontier of Xining, the brothers are far away from their hometowns, and they live a hard life on weekdays. ”

Li Ji was encouraged, Fang cleared his throat, and said, "My lord, the brothers are far away from home, and there are no complaints, but this fruit building ...... The brothers are in Triangle City, and they have no chance to make a contribution, and they only have a guaranteed monthly pass every month, and the brothers are really a little greedy......"

Li Zicheng calculated that there were three hundred soldiers stationed in the Triangle City, more than 300 people, and on a monthly basis, a total of more than 300 guaranteed monthly tickets were issued every month, on average, only ten per day, and in the fruit building in the Triangle City, there were ten Salar women, which was a bit of a waste.

According to the use of one guaranteed monthly pass per soldier per month, a maximum of five women is enough, and the more women, the more food will be consumed.

But the triangle city is deep in the hinterland of the grassland, and the soldiers are almost drawn as a prison, except for the rangers who spy on information, the soldiers hardly go out of the city on weekdays.

Li Zicheng naturally understood what Li Ji meant, he thought about it for a while, but still denied it, a guaranteed monthly ticket every month, this is the practice of the Xining army, almost equivalent to military discipline, once this convention is broken, what will other armies do in the future? They can also find enough reasons, especially the Zhou Bin Department stationed in Kadang City, because of the inconvenience of grain transportation, the fruit building has not yet been built.

More importantly, since it has become a convention, it cannot be easily broken and stabilized like military discipline, although it is difficult for this convention to form a military discipline on paper.

As the de facto supreme leader of the Xining Army, he must abide by military discipline even more.

But is there a workaround?

Li Zicheng thought for a while and asked, "Li Baihu, there don't seem to be many people around Triangle City, why?" ”

"Because there is not enough arable land, the people still rely on grazing, and each household needs a lot of pasture to support their families."

"The triangle city is located on the banks of the Ganzi River, and there is no shortage of water sources, and since there is already arable land, it should be able to be developed into arable land, and in terms of water use, arable land does not consume more fresh water than pastures."

"However, this needs to be developed by the people," Zhou Bin shook his head and sighed: "But the Triangle City is not a prefecture and county, and there are no civilian officials, and the people lack guidance." ”

Li Zicheng's heart moved, why not do this, kill three birds with one stone?

He made a preliminary calculation that in order to feed the 300 soldiers in the Triangle City, he needed 1,200 to 1,500 stone of grain every year, and according to the standard of 15 taxes and 1 stone, he needed 12,000 to 15,000 mu of land based on the yield of 1 stone and a half per mu, and only 4,500 strong men were needed to cultivate these land.

There is no shortage of strong men near Triangle City, but I don't know if there will be so much arable land.

Li Zicheng said: "Around the triangle city, can 10,000 acres of cultivated land be developed? ”

"This ...... The subordinates really don't know," Zhou Bin only focused on the military, especially the Mongol tribes, and did not pay special attention to cultivated land, "However, if it can expand to farther places, such as the Hargai River valley, and near the gold and silver beach, it may be able to reach this number." ”

Li Zicheng calculated that if a few towns could be developed to the periphery of the county, even in mountainous areas, some potatoes and sweet potatoes could be planted, and perhaps a sufficient amount of cultivated land could really be developed.

If the large-scale development can be successful, the garrison of the triangle city will be able to achieve self-sufficiency in food, which will not only save Xining with food, but also save a lot of trouble in transportation.

As for the magistrate of Triangle City, he happened to have a ready-made figure in his hands.

"Zhou Baihu, if the soldiers go to develop cultivated land every other day, how much arable land can be developed in a month?"

"The subordinates have not counted it, but looking at the speed of the people in the vicinity to develop cultivated land, each soldier should be able to develop ten acres in half a month, and near the Triangle City, although it is not familiar land, it is all pasture, and it is not too difficult to develop," Zhou Bin didn't know why Li Zicheng raised this question, "......What do adults mean?"

"Didn't you ask for a guaranteed monthly pass for your brothers? One per month, this is the rule of the Xining Army, and I can't make an exception, but I can give my brothers the opportunity to make meritorious contributions," Li Zicheng smiled faintly and continued: "Let the brothers develop cultivated land, I count it as their military merit." ”

"Adult ......"

Li Zicheng interrupted Li Ji's words and continued: "Starting tomorrow, each soldier will be trained for one day, and the cultivated land will be developed for one day, and in one month, ten acres of cultivated land will be developed, and I will issue them a guaranteed monthly ticket, and if they can develop fifteen acres, they will be issued two more tickets, and the cultivated cattle of Jinyintan Ranch will be used by you." ”

"My lord, is this true?" Zhou Bin almost couldn't believe it, when he originally asked the question, he didn't expect any results, but he didn't expect Li Zicheng to agree so quickly.

For soldiers, weekdays are all drills, there is no time to rest at all, and now the development of cultivated land just squeezes out the time for drills, and you can also get a guaranteed monthly pass!

"Of course it's true, how could I deceive my brothers?" Li Zicheng's face turned pale, and he said: "The brothers are all soldiers, when developing cultivated land, you have to have a look, you can't plough shallowly, just care about the quantity, I will be in the triangle city and county, and the people of the government will check it before I can make a number." ”

Li Ji's face was happy, "Naturally, the subordinates will strictly require the brothers, whether it is ploughing land or training, they are all soldiers, and there must be no sloppiness!" ”

"Well, the matter of training can't be delayed," Li Zicheng nodded slightly, and said: "This activity, for three months, will be tried to see the effect first, and then see if it needs to be continued." ”

"My subordinates understand," Li Ji arched his hand and asked, "Your Excellency is saying that Triangle City is going to be established as a county?" ”

"As long as there is arable land and people, of course you must establish a county," Li Zicheng gently played with the tea cup in his hand, thought for a moment, and said: "This place is located in the Ganzi River, so it is called Ganzi County, the county is in the army, and you can meet at dinner." ”

"That subordinate has to communicate with the magistrate, originally the subordinate was going to pick up the wind for the adult at night, and it seems that he is going to pick up the wind for the newly appointed magistrate, haha......"

"Hahaha, Li Baihu will really save!"

Li Ji suddenly thought of a question, "My lord, ...... cultivated land developed here?"

"These cultivated land will be handed over to the people free of charge, and whoever the original grassland belongs to, the cultivated land will be handed over, but the people must hand over the rest of the cultivated land and grassland so that it can be developed by other people, and the new county will also register the population in time, and classify the people of Ganzi County separately as cultivators and herdsmen!"

"My lord, my subordinates understand!"

At dinner that day, Li Zicheng asked Tian Tianhao and Li Ji of Xinzhi County to meet, but Tian Tianhao, Xinzhi County, is now alone, and Li Zicheng promised that he would select some wounded soldiers with intact legs and feet from among the wounded soldiers, and form a fast hunting team as soon as possible, so that the county government could operate as soon as possible.

As for the county government in the Triangle City, it needs Li Ji's help.

Li Ji was a little wrong with Tian Tianhao's identity and appearance at first, but Li Zicheng's appointment, he could not change it, and when he heard that Tian Tianhao had been naturalized as a Han and changed to serve God, the thorn in his heart was removed.

In order to show his welcome to Tian Tianhao, Li Ji immediately expressed his attitude and asked all the soldiers to gather and spend half a day to build a simple official office for Tian Tianhao.

There is no wine in the triangle city, it is said to be a wind, in fact, the dishes are more abundant than usual, there are four or five large plates of mutton and haggis alone, and there are also three or four plates of various vegetables grown by the women in the fruit building.

The dinner without wine is destined to not drag on too long, but in the time of a pillar of incense, the dinner is over, and Li Zicheng was just about to get up and leave, when he suddenly remembered that he had not seen the sailors of the West Sea.

He chose to return from the Triangle City this time, not only to open up a route and strengthen the communication between the Triangle City and Kadang City, but also to see the West Sea Army and Cao Jian, who was building ships for the West Sea Army.

"Li Baihu, how is the water army? Do you keep in touch often? ”

"Back to my lord, the West Sea Army is now based on Longju Island for sea drills, but they often have small boats to contact us, knowing that adults are coming to Triangle City, Zhou Zongqi left three transport ships on the dock, if you want to see the training of the navy, you can take a boat to Longju Island tomorrow."

"Ryukoma Island?" Li Zicheng thought for a moment, and there was no information about Longju Island in his mind, "What Longju Island, is there a real island in the West Sea?" ”

"My lord, in the middle of the West Sea, there is an island, more than two miles in length, it is said that the island can produce a kind of good horse, called the dragon horse, so the name Dragon Ju Island, in the past, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty passed by the West Sea, and selected a good horse, and the dragon horse on the island matched......"

Li Zicheng remembered, such a big island, should be the Haixin Mountain in the future, I don't know if there is a direct relationship with the bird island in the primary school textbook, the island can produce good horses, it is estimated that the water source contains some special trace elements.

Since there are pastures and fresh water on the island, there should be no problem as a naval base, and with Longju Island as the backing, it will be more convenient for the naval army to contact the soldiers of the 400th household on both sides of the West Sea.

Tomorrow, I will definitely go to the island to see what the mystery of this legendary dragon foal is found.