Liu Yunshui really returned with the smell of blood.

When they went north this time, they first encountered two small villages of the Hui people, and Tanaka tried to persuade them to no avail, and even threatened the cavalry behind them, but the Hui people refused to give in, and even sharpened their swords, in a vain attempt to protect their manor by force.

Liu Yunshui was furious, and slaughtered all the two villages in turn, whether they were young and strong, or old and weak, women and children, all of them had their heads cut off, pickled with lime, and hung on horseback.

Then the cavalry re-entered other villages, the natives first surrendered, Liu Yunshui obeyed Li Zicheng's instructions and the military discipline of the Xining army, but the autumn did not commit any crimes, but a few Hui people in the village, refused to change to God, Liu Yunshui was too lazy to be verbose, in order to kill chickens and monkeys, but also these Hui people were wiped out.

The natives, who were already timid, were even more trembling, and they no longer dared to have different hearts, and everything was arranged by Tanaka.

In this large area, there is no complete Han village, they are usually scattered in the villages of different races, the arrival of the Xining cavalry, the happiest is them, one by one eager to beat gongs and drums to welcome the cavalry into the village, the "imperial court" has not forgotten their descendants of the soldiers!

With the help of the Han Chinese, the speed of the cavalry patrol was greatly accelerated.

In a few days, the cavalry patrolled all the way to the east bank of the Yong'an River, and all the villages were destroyed, and all the people who were destroyed were the Hui people, because they refused to give up the cult of terror and swore to follow Allah to the death.

Tanaka was also embarrassed, he tried his best to finally save a few Hui villages, and the old friends were not all separated by yin and yang.

In order to prevent the order of the villages from falling into chaos, especially to retaliate against the local Han Chinese, Liu Yunshui left three hundred cavalry this time to continue to patrol, and began to re-register the population, and implemented a policy of joint sitting on the people.

Those who are naturalized as Han nationality will be included in the jurisdiction of Haomen County, and from then on, they will bid farewell to the heavy taxes of the past and be protected by the Xining Army; If it is against the yin and yang and secretly undermines the stability of Haomen County, "if one person commits a crime, the whole family will sit together, and if the whole family commits a crime, one village will sit together", but those who take the initiative to report can be exempted from responsibility.

With Liu Yunshui's methods, if the Xining Army is held accountable, there is only one way, he is a soldier, and there is only killing in his eyes!

This Liu Yunshui is quite coarse and fine, he just made a little adjustment, and he actually did things so vividly! Li Zicheng sighed in his heart, but this is okay, Haomen County has been initially established.

However, in order to consolidate the results, it is imperative to deploy the auxiliary troops of the 500th household, and it is impossible for the cavalry to be stationed here for a long time, but the auxiliary troops are all building Kadang City, and it is impossible to divide the troops for a while.

The key is still Kadang City!

Without the protection of the city walls, the soldiers in the city, as well as the people who may be in the future, have no sense of security, and Melligan suffered heavy losses this time, and it is likely that he will not go south again for a short time, but it is also possible that he will concentrate more cavalry and come to Kadang City to take revenge.

However, Wang Anping has already passed the book that the Zhuang Ding who migrated from Longyou will soon arrive in Kadang City, Li Zicheng immediately decided to divide 1,000 Zhuang Ding to develop copper mines, and the rest of the Zhuang Ding who are ready to move to Haomen County will build the city first until the city wall is completed.

The cavalry of the hundredth household remained in Haomen County for the time being, divided into several groups, registered all the people of all the villages, established a preliminary military authority, and then merged several larger villages into small towns to facilitate centralized management.

On April 11, the Zhuang Ding who set out from Longyou finally arrived in Kadang City and began to participate in the construction of the city, Zhou Bin replaced 200 auxiliary soldiers and stationed them in Haomen County, and Li Zicheng returned to Kadang City.

At this time, the city wall on the southeast side of the city is already more than one person high, about six or seven feet high, and the city wall on the north side of the mountain has not started at all, but with the addition of more than a thousand strong men, the speed of construction will be accelerated, no accident, half a month can be completed, as for the city to build barracks, houses, etc., can only rely on the soldiers themselves.

Li Zicheng went to the Hongshiya Copper Mine in the northeast corner, and the Xining Army Vakadang Mountain was caused by this copper mine.

A large area at the top of the red stone cliff, the trees are almost cut down, and the strong men use the felled trees to build temporary wooden houses, where there is little rain, as long as they can shelter from the wind and dew.

The wooden house is extremely simple, with four thick tree trunks, standing at four corners, fixed with beams, between each trunk, supplemented by several miscellaneous trees, and the roof is supported by branches in an inverted "V" shape, which has been covered with thatch, but the straw mats that are windproof on all sides have not yet been prepared.

When the four craftsmen saw Li Zicheng, they hurriedly came over and bowed: "The grass people have seen adults!" ”

"No need to be polite, get up!" Li Zicheng felt a little familiar, but he couldn't name them, "When will the copper mine start?" ”

The craftsmen first got up, and the leader said: "Go back to your lordship, let them build the wooden house first, and in a day or two, they can officially excavate the ore!" ”

Li Zicheng nodded, this speed is still good, looked at the nearby mountain, and said casually: "How about the ore?" How to refine? ”

The craftsman at the head bowed down and said: "Lord Hui, the grass people have already collected the ore, and the preliminary judgment is calamine, just wait for the smelting furnace in Xining to arrive, and you can use coke to smelt brass!" ”

"Brass?" Li Zicheng frowned, he had never heard of gold and copper, how could there be any brass? Is it a different title?

The craftsman obviously noticed the change on Li Zicheng's face, and looked a little helpless, "My lord, brass is miscellaneous, it is indeed inferior to red copper, but it can be used normally, if there is pig iron, or lead, the grass people can smelt red copper!" ”

Pig iron is a thing that is in short supply in Xining, Li Zicheng is asking Mu Qingshan and Jin Yixin to buy it everywhere, how can there be pig iron to smelt copper? As for the lead, he didn't know what it was, and these terms were very different from those of later generations, and only the craftsmen themselves would understand, so he said: "If you use brass, can you make bullets for rifles?" ”

"Back to my lord, when the grass people were in the craftsman's workshop, they came into contact with rifle bullets, and brass is suitable, but I am afraid that it is not possible to use brass to make copper coins."

That's enough, Li Zicheng put his mind at ease, it's really not good, if there is a surplus of pig iron in the future, and then replace the red copper with pig iron, he excavates copper ore, mainly for rifle bullets, with enough red copper, in order to make a large number of bullets, soldiers can have the opportunity to improve their marksmanship, and in the future on the battlefield, Xining rifles can play the greatest effect.

He smiled slightly and said, "You have worked hard, and when the brass is refined, I will give you credit!" ”

"Thank you, sir!" The craftsman arched his hand to Li Zicheng, and said hesitantly: "My lord, now that we are excavating ore, we will need more manpower, and once we enter the stable smelting stage, we don't need many miners!" ”

Li Zicheng was originally worried about the lack of manpower, but he didn't expect that there were too many craftsmen, it didn't matter, he was placed in Haomen County, "How many people are needed at that time?" ”

"Lord Hui, this is just a small copper mine, and the grass people estimate that four hundred people are enough, maybe only three hundred!"

Li Zicheng's heart moved, he was worried about how to feed these strong men, these miners recruited from the homeless people, for the time being, do not have to pay silver, they are considered the cheapest labor, but they have to be fed, as well as their dependents.

For the Xining army, this is a rather huge number, the soldiers' food has just been solved, and with so many mouths added at once, Xining's food will definitely be tight.

These days, Li Zicheng has been thinking about this matter in his mind, but there is no clear answer, he even thinks that a certain amount of land can be carved out in the mountains to plant "three farmers in the Americas", as long as the land is leveled, even women and children can also participate in planting, with these coarse grains to feed the miners and their dependents, and when necessary, transport a small amount of refined grains.

The craftsman's words gave him a new way of thinking.

This time, there are a total of 2,000 strong people from Longyou, and if the Hongshiya Copper Mine only needs 400 people, it will be similar to the nomadic people's drawing, "five dings draw one", and let these homeless people help feed these miners.

There is no need to develop cultivated land in the valley for the time being, anyway, there is a large amount of cultivated land in Haomen Town, and the two thousand are placed in one place, and Baiding is a village, divided into ten villages, and merged into one town, and the strong men take turns to work in the mines, and their land is cultivated by the people of the same village, which is regarded as forced labor.

This policy may not last long, but at this time, it can solve the food problem of the miners, increase the population of Haomen County, and bring Haomen County into the normal management track.

The new Haomen County, sandwiched between Lenglongling in the north and Dabanshan in the south, would be nice if there was enough arable land nearby, and the new homes of the Zhuangding would be placed nearby, preferably on the south bank of the Datong River, so that it would be easier for them to return home.

However, after Li Zicheng spread out the marching map, he found that this was a hilly land, not suitable for large-scale development of cultivated land, so he could only look beyond the Datong River, between the Datong River and the Baishui River, there was a flat land, and the water source was sufficient.

Here in the north garden of Daban Pass, if there is a Han village, it can just guard the passage from Xining to Ganzhou, and it can be counted in one fell swoop.

That's it, Li Zicheng decided that no matter who the original residents of this place were, in this population reshuffle of Haomen County, they must move to another place and give up this piece of familiar land.

Judging from the map, this place is called Qingshizui, the confluence of the Datong River and the Baishui River, and the traffic artery of Dabanshan Pass, which is very likely to become a transit place for merchants and ordinary people in the future, and Li Zicheng decided to set up the town on the traffic artery.

But his plan requires the 500 households left behind in Kadang City, as well as the support of Haomen County, and the displaced people are the newly moved population and need to be protected by the army.

When Li Zicheng left the Red Stone Cliff and immediately sent someone to inform Tanaka, he returned to Kadang City, no matter how urgent the matter of building the city was, all the auxiliary troops must be thrown out and stationed in Qingshi Town, so as to stabilize the order of the entire Haomen County and appease the people of all ethnic groups in Haomen County.