The Sun Moon Pass is the place where the Sun Mountain and the Moon Mountain are divided, it is a valley, although it is already winter, but the Sun Mountain and the Moon Mountain on both sides of the mountain pass, the grass is still lush and endless, no wonder it is the holy land that the nomads can't give up.

The pass is less than a hundred feet wide, and if a military fort were built between the two mountains to block the passage, such a castle would not need to be too large and would not require a large number of soldiers to keep the nomads out.

But Li Zicheng soon discovered that building a military fort at the mountain pass would not work at all.

The military fort can jam the mountain pass, but the hills on both sides are relatively flat grass, and there is not a single tree, let alone the soldiers, the war horses may come directly.

Originally, I wanted to find a water source nearby, but now I don't need it at all, it seems that the Sun Moon Pass can only be used as a pass for business travelers, and cannot become a military fortress, no wonder I haven't heard of a pass here.

Li Zicheng lost interest, so he didn't bother to travel to the mountains, and quickly rushed to Fuqiang Fort with his soldiers.

Facing Li Ji, who was out to greet him, Li Zicheng was not interested, but just told him that He Xiaomi was temporarily expanding his army in Zhenhai Fort, and he would soon be replenished with soldiers with two small flags.

When he returned to Xining, it was already early afternoon, and Li Zicheng asked his soldiers to give Liu Yunshui more than 20 war horses, and he came directly to the rear office to summon Feng Keng.

Feng Keng has been starved for three days since he offended Li Zicheng last time, and has been locked up in the back office since then.

I don't know what Li Zicheng said, anyway, when he left the room where Feng Keng was held, Feng Keng kowtowed, and Feng Keng was also released from prison.

Li Zicheng asked his soldiers to inform Liang Wencheng to come to the study, but he took the time to go home.

Song Yulian was cleaning the front room, and Chen Qiudie was bored, sitting on the wooden chair in a daze, seeing Li Zicheng suddenly go home, both of them were very surprised, Song Yulian's face was a little surprised, and then said with a smile: "The adult is back?" Chen Qiudie jumped up from the wooden chair, and the "adult ......" wanted to rush over, but after glancing at her mother, she just stood opposite Li Zicheng, as if someone had clicked the acupoint in the air.

First Song Yulian, Li Zicheng just patted her fragrant shoulder, but walked towards Chen Qiudie, picked up her little face, and kissed her forehead, she came to her senses, didn't look at her mother again, and fell into Li Zicheng's arms......

Li Zicheng kept warm for a while, then let go of Chen Qiudie, "Die'er, I still have official business, strive to end it early, and come back for dinner in the evening." ”

"Hmm!" Chen Qiudie muttered in a low voice, finally raised her head, and said reluctantly: "The maid and the mother are waiting for the adults at home!" ”

Song Yulian also had a kind smile on her face when she watched Chen Qiudie get into Li Zicheng's arms, but Li Zicheng was busy with official business, and she didn't dare to stop her, "That maid is waiting for the adults to come back at home!" ”

Li Zicheng touched each of the two of them on the face, and then left the house and went to the study of the Central Government.

Liang Wencheng had just arrived, He Xiaomi stayed in Zhenhai Fort, and Ren Erxi, the official of the small flag of the personal soldiers, was making tea, and when he saw Li Zicheng coming in, he wanted to pay homage, Li Zicheng grabbed him, "Lord Liang, these false gifts can be exempted!" ”

"Haha......" Liang Wencheng laughed and sat down opposite Li Zicheng, "Zicheng came back in a flash?" ”

"It didn't take long, no, I just came back, and I was going to summon Lord Liang," Li Zicheng also laughed, "How about it, Xining is quite calm during this time, right?" ”

"Xining is nothing, everything is in order." Liang Wencheng thought that Li Zicheng was going to investigate Xining's military affairs, so he briefly reported the training during this period, and saw that Li Zicheng seemed to be absent-minded, so he not only asked rhetorically: "What did you gain from going to Triangle City this time?" ”

"The Triangle City has been built once the city is completed, and if we want to talk about the harvest, we will get a military fort deep into the grassland," Li Zicheng paused, and said: "However, I went to the Triangle City this time, and what I saw along the way, I had another idea!" ”

"Please make it clear!"

Li Zicheng didn't answer but asked rhetorically: "Xining Wei has its own system, it has become a fact, Lord Liang thinks, what do we need most now?" ”

"Food," Liang Wencheng did not hesitate, "Without food, soldiers will not be able to survive, and without soldiers, there will be no brand-new Xiningwei." ”

"Lord Liang is right," Li Zicheng said in his heart, Mao Taizu has long said, "power comes out of the barrel of a gun", without soldiers, their own thousands of households are nothing, so, no matter how difficult it is, we must settle the lives of soldiers, "Lord Liang, for 'grain' and 'salary', I think food is more important, lack of silver, you can temporarily move it back, but lack of food, soldiers' belly will not agree!" ”

"Zicheng said that food should be put first," Liang Wencheng suddenly realized, "Does Zicheng have a way to make food?" ”

"The safest way is to produce food by yourself, and other channels cannot guarantee a stable supply," Li Zicheng said in a deep voice: "This is why I worked hard to set up Beichuan County, even if I killed the big toast Chen Youdao's family!" ”

Liang Wencheng already knows about Beichuan County, which is no longer news, "Could it be that the adults have found anything in Triangle City?" ”

"Fuqiang Fort," Li Zicheng quickly spread out the marching map and asked Liang Wencheng to lean over, "Fuqiang Fort is the source of Nanchuan, and there is a lot of flat land around it, in addition to the Nanchuan River, there are at least two small rivers running through it, and it can definitely be developed into cultivated land - in fact, before it was turned into pasture, this was originally cultivated land. ”

"Fort Fuqiang?" Liang Wencheng frowned, "That's a military fort, it's the southern front of confrontation with the Mongols, once it is opened up as arable land, how can it stop the Mongols from advancing eastward?" ”

Li Zicheng pointed to the map, "The Sun Moon Pass is the dividing line between farming and nomadism, we have no reason to stay in the General Fort in Fuqiang, at least we must advance to the Sun Moon Pass, if we advance to the west, we can lay a wedge in the nomadic area like the Triangle City, and in the event of a war, we are also on the offensive strategically." ”

"But...... Do we have the strength to move Fort General west? Liang Wencheng hesitated, war is not as simple as imagined on the map.

"Not for the time being, but as long as the 100 households are integrated, when Liu Yunshui and Li Guobu complete the expansion of the army, if possible, they will put the two cavalry 100 households on the western front, each guarding the north and south lines, and gradually and completely accommodating the West Sea by the way, of course, this is a later story."

Liang Wencheng nodded slightly, but he wanted to know what to do at the moment, "Zicheng said that he has decided to retire from grazing and farming in Fuqiang Fort?" ”

"Well, I have already decided on the name, since it is on the north bank of Nanchuan, it is called 'Nanchuan County', and the 'Beichuan County' along the coast of Beichuan happens to be a pair of brother counties," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Not only the name of the county, but even the county I have chosen, Feng Keng, is the calm who does not know the current affairs." ”

"Feng Keng?" Liang Wencheng couldn't believe it, "Although Feng Keng is a little pedantic, he is still loyal and upright, and his ability is not too strong, but he will not miss a big thing, I don't know if he is willing?" ”

"He doesn't have a choice," Li Zicheng sipped his tea gently, "He can die and die for the country and seek the name of loyalty, but at the same time, he will be infamous on his back, his children and grandchildren will be killed, and his daughters will flow into the fruit building, and his daughters will not say anything, but his descendants will be killed, and his children and grandchildren will be cut off, how can he be worthy of his ancestors?" ”

"Hahaha......" Liang Wencheng almost laughed, "In retrospect, this Feng Keng is indeed a filial son, how can Zicheng see through his weaknesses at a glance?" ”

"Filial piety is originally a virtue, but once it is excessive, virtue will become a fetter," Li Zicheng diverted the topic, "In addition to Beichuan and Nanchuan counties, I am also preparing to set up Huangyuan County at the junction of Huangshui and Yaoshui River, and change Weiyuan Fort on the east bank of Shatang River to Weiyuan County!" ”

"Four counties?" Liang Wencheng said: "Self-contained, in this way, most of the grassland in Xiningwei will be removed!" ”

"Lord Liang is a Han Chinese, don't you know that on the same land, the output of farming is a hundred times and a thousand times that of nomadism?"

"Knowing is knowing, but ......" Liang Wencheng hesitated for a while and finally said, "In case the imperial court wants military horses, how will we deal with ourselves?" ”

"Prevarication," Li Zicheng had already prepared, "When I really can't prevaricate, I will have to break with the imperial court, in fact, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for this moment, so I will step up the production of food in Xiningwei." ”

"Self-contained, since we have made preparations, then simply turn Xining into a county seat, and the surrounding people will return to farming, and the arable land here is the richest."

"Wencheng said it well," Li Zicheng clasped his hands into fists, saluted Liang Wencheng, and said with a smile: "I've been waiting for your words for a long time!" ”

"Self-contained?" Liang Wencheng hurriedly returned the salute and said, "It turns out that Cheng Cheng has a plan for a long time? ”

"The plan is the plan, it will only be effective if Wen Cheng says it," Li Zicheng laughed, "Wen Cheng also said that Xining has the most arable land and can accommodate more people, so it can't be called Xining County, you look at the four counties just now, are they all guarding Xining?" ”

"Gongwei Xining?" Liang Wencheng glanced at the marching map, and sure enough, Beichuan County and Weiyuan County were about 80 miles northwest and northeast of Xining, Huangyuan County was about 100 miles west of Xining, and Nanchuan County was 5......0 miles southwest of Xining

"Wen Cheng thinks well, Xining Mansion," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "This prefect of Xining is none other than Wen Cheng!" ”

"Zicheng," Liang Wencheng shook his head slightly, "Du Youheng was originally the commander of Xining Wei, and his position was above me, but now he is the commander ......of Beichuan County, I'm afraid he won't be convinced."

"Wencheng, Xining Mansion will oversee the grain and taxes of the entire Xining Wei and hand them over to others, I don't worry," Li Zicheng said: "The original position is no longer useful, if he doesn't want to be the county commander, he can also learn from Li Ertiao, Wencheng rest assured, he is more satisfied with the Beichuan county order, after all, he is a civil official." ”

"Zicheng ......" Liang Wencheng was about to launch it, Li Zicheng interrupted him, "Wencheng, if you are the prefect, I don't have to worry about food, but I really have a lot of things to worry about, silver, weapons, army expansion, and even the development direction of Xiningwei, etc., although you are the prefect, you usually have to pay attention to all aspects of information." ”