The two data reported by Liang Wencheng can be regarded as happy events for Xiningwei and Li Zicheng.

The new 50,000 mu of cultivated land will require at least 3,000 strong men, and some cultivated land will be added at the end of the year, so that the amount of cultivated land may reach 60,000 or 70,000 mu, and the number of people who will return to farming will increase by 10,000 people.

As for the commercial tax of 8,000 taels, Li Zicheng does not value the silver itself, but the implementation of the "Law of Industry and Commerce", it doesn't matter how much silver there is, even if there is no silver, the current Xining army, relying on distilled spirits, glass, and perfume, can barely maintain the soldiers' salaries.

Moreover, in this Northern Expedition to Ganzhou, although most of the Weisuo Fort Post took the initiative to surrender, and there were few cases of raiding homes, they also got no less than 20,000 silver, which relieved the pressure on the Xining army in terms of silver to a certain extent.

If the "Law of Industry and Commerce" can be promoted in the Xining area, not only will it bring a steady stream of money to the Xining army, but more importantly, the different policies implemented by the Xining area and the Ming court have basically been accepted by the merchants, and even psychologically accepted the Xining army, not the Ming court, whether they are active or passive, the results are similar.

"Wencheng has worked hard, let's go back to the city and talk about it in detail!"

Li Zicheng was about to get on the horse, but found that Liang Wencheng and the others had no war horse at all, so they could only hand over the reins of the horse to their own soldiers and walk with the welcoming team.

You could not be greeted by others, but you left them all aside, and rode back to the city alone. On this ten-mile road, Li Zicheng did not waste time, but chatted with Liang Wencheng all the way about farmland and industrial and commercial taxes.

Liang Wencheng wanted to set up a celebration banquet for Li Zicheng, but he did not force Li Zicheng to stay, but asked him to go to the prefect's yamen at night, and accompanied him by the heads of those civil and military officials who went out of the city to greet him, plus Jin Yixin and Mu Qingshan, the two representatives of Xining's business community.

He Xiaomi saw that Li Zicheng got on the war horse, thinking that he was going back to Houya, the Northern Expedition had been more than a month, Li Zicheng had returned to Xining City, and he had to go home to see the wives and concubines, as well as his first child Li Feng.

But Li Zicheng turned the horse's head and said, "Let's go, go to the craftsman's workshop and have a look!" ”

For the first time, the Xining rifle really appeared on the battlefield, not only defeating the Ganzhou army, but also conquering the Ganzhou governor Mei Zhihuan, and the more than 180 taels of steel carts brought back by Li Zicheng from Ganzhou naturally had to be used on the blade.

With the bulky characteristics of large cars, they are not suitable for the terrain of Xining at all, and they are not as fast and convenient as wooden frame cars.

Steel should be used where it is needed most.

Coming to the craftsman's workshop, Fang Zhi was casting a gun, there were scattered parts on the ground, the craftsmen were polishing, casting iron, and wiping the castings, all of them were so busy that they didn't even have time to look up, and when they heard the footsteps, Liu Fang raised his head and saw that it was Li Zicheng, and he was busy bowing to the ground, "My lord!" ”

"No need to be polite," Li Zicheng motioned for him to get up, "Fang Zhi, what are you busy with?" Cast guns? Where does pig iron come from? ”

"Lord Hui, Jin Dongzhu and Mu Dongzhu have purchased a small amount of pig iron, and after refining it, the grass people have already cast eight rifles!"

"Fang Zhi, you don't need to cast a gun," Li Zicheng saw Fang Zhi's ignorant look, and Fang said: "Cast another set of molds!" ”

"Huh?" Fang Zhi suddenly rolled his eyes, adults have always been very concerned about the matter of rifles, but today it is...... He suddenly understood that the adults must have obtained pig iron, and the amount would not be small, "Yes, my lord! ”

"You think right, there is a large amount of pig iron," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Fang Zhi, this year, I'm afraid you won't be able to rest." ”

"It's good to have pig iron, and the grass people want to have a job every day!"

Fang Zhi was poor before, for him, whether to rest or not is not a problem, the key is silver, if the craftsman's workshop has enough pig iron, there is no need to close the business at the end of the year.

Only by working can you get more silver.

"It's good that you can think like this," Li Zicheng laughed and patted Fang Zhi's shoulder, "Hurry up and cast the mold, Xining will usher in a large amount of pig iron soon!" ”

"Yes, my lord," Fang Zhi was overjoyed, and kowtowed to Li Zicheng again, before he got up and said, "Then the grass people hurry up and cast the mold!" ”

Li Zicheng returned to the back office, it was almost Shen Shi, just turned the corner of the middle office, and felt that something was shaking in front of him, and after a closer look, a butterfly in colorful clothes was looking around, who was it not Chen Qiudie?

"Butterfly!"

"Your Excellency is finally back!" The butterfly suddenly fluttered its slender wings, and regardless of whether Li Zicheng still had personal soldiers by his side, it crashed into Li Zicheng's arms and hung his body directly on Li Zicheng's neck.

"Butterfly, tap!" Li Zicheng hurriedly bent down, not daring to let her arms bear the weight, while holding her lower abdomen with both hands, "Look at your current condition......

Chen Qiudie then remembered that she had been pregnant for several months, and if she was at home, her mother would be verbose again, her face was red, but her mouth was unforgiving: "I know that adults love our children......" Although I couldn't bear it, the two little hands slowly retracted.

Li Zicheng saw the opportunity, grabbed her little hand with one hand, and forcibly penetrated her armpit with the other, almost erecting her entire body, and the two hugged each other and returned to Houya's home.

Gao Guiying, Sun Mengjie, and Sun Yulian were all sitting in the hall, even Mu Sirong was there, and when they heard the chaotic footsteps, they all stuck their heads out, and saw Li Zicheng pushing Chen Qiudie to walk like a kidnapper, and they didn't care about mockery, and knelt on the ground together.