The harm of the desert, four hundred years later, there is no particularly effective way in the world, in this era, science and technology are even more backward, Li Zicheng is also helpless, so he has to mutter: "Desert? ”

"I heard from the herdsmen that it is called the Badain Jaran Desert," Wu Dawei said: "The entire Dragon Capital, the center and the northwest are deserts, and the subordinates can only open roads on the edge of the desert, in the northwest and northeast directions of the Dragon Capital City. He pushed the latest march map to Li Zicheng.

"Badain Jaran Desert?" Li Zicheng glanced at the approximate location of the desert, and muttered silently, another name with Mongolian characteristics, "What are the characteristics of this desert besides yellow sand?" ”

"This ...... The subordinates have never been in the desert, and I heard from the herdsmen that there are many sand mountains in the desert, similar to the Chinese character 'gold'...... Except that there is no pasture, the view is good......"

"This suggestion is good," Li Zicheng said with a faint smile: "From today onwards, this desert will be called the 'Golden Desert'!" ”

"The Golden Desert?" Wu Dawei didn't understand what Li Zicheng meant.

However, changing the name of the desert cannot stop the erosion of the wind and sand on the marginal areas, the key is to control the sand, which is a difficult thing for the relatively weak Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion!

The Jinzi Desert is close to the Great Gobi Desert in the north, and desertification of the land is the norm.

Li Zicheng thought of the tree planting, afforestation, and grass planting in later generations, so he said: "I heard that there are a large number of poplars in Heishui Mansion, can you get some seeds and saplings to come over and plant them on both sides of the road, since the road is along the direction of Longshou Mountain and Shengquan Mountain, there must be rivers up and down, as long as there is a little fresh water, Populus euphratica can survive!" ”

"Populus? Fresh water? Wu Dawei exclaimed, "My subordinates understand, the Heishui Mansion is located in Juyanhai, and there are poplars everywhere, and the subordinates will send people to transport some seeds and saplings, and with them, the subordinates don't have to worry about the wind and sand." ”

"Dawei beware, when taking poplar seedlings, you can't destroy the local poplar, otherwise, the wind and sand will erode Heishui Mansion." Li Zicheng frowned lightly, this is only theoretical, although it works, it requires a lot of manpower and material resources......

However, take your time, as long as there is the spirit of "Yugong moving mountains", sooner or later the dragon capital will appear in the avenue!

Wu Dawei was extremely excited, and said to the marching map that had already been unfolded: "The Metropolitan Governor, his subordinates have set up nine counties along the avenue in the Dragon Capital and Heishui Mansion, please give the Metropolitan Governor a name." ”

"Nine counties? Where are they? Li Zicheng was overjoyed, since the two prefectures have set up counties, not only can they divide the boundaries, but also limit the Mongols to a fixed land, settle down, and raise animals!

"Let's talk about the capital of Longcheng first," Wu Dawei set out from the capital of Long, stroked his finger to the southeast, and stopped at the foot of Longshou Mountain, "Dadu Governor, this place is close to Longshou Mountain, and the grass is extremely vigorous, so the subordinate has established a county here, and the county governor is the head of the original Gulu Daiqing Department, and now he uses the Chinese name 'Guo Futu', which is to take the surname of Lord Guo Shijun!" ”

"Guo Futu?" Li Zicheng said with a smile: "This name is interesting, since it was chosen by the head of the original Gulu Dai Qing Department, the location should be good, the county seat is at the foot of Longshou Mountain, so it will be called Longshou County!" ”

"Thank you for the name!" Wu Dawei said: "Longshou County has built a simple city wall...... Guo Futu is still a wolf cavalry thousand-household official ......"

"This Longshou County is officially erected...... Li Zicheng suddenly noticed that Wu Dawei's expression was different, so he stopped talking and stared at him.

"Metropolitan Governor ......" Wu Dawei really blushed and said, "Guo Futu has a daughter...... Call...... It's called Guo Lanpei......"

"Guo Lanpei?" Li Zicheng instantly understood, "Did Dawei marry this Guo Lanpei?" ”

"I haven't ...... yet" Wu Dawei lowered his head unconsciously, and whispered: "Subordinate...... Subordinate...... Guo Futu has this meaning...... The subordinates didn't dare to agree...... Subordinates ...... Today Ask the Metropolitan Governor ......" his voice became smaller and smaller, but his eyes peeked at Li Zicheng's face from time to time.

Li Zicheng completely understands that Wu Dawei must be in love with Guo Lanpei, Guo Futu pushes the boat down the river, but Wu Dawei doesn't know what he means, so he twists and pinchs!

laughed and said, "This is a good thing, Dawei is thirty, right?" It's understandable to marry your mother-in-law," after a pause, he said: "Guo Futu and Guo Lanpei have already entered the Han nationality, they are Han people, this big medium, the governor of Bendu should be decided!" ”

Li Zicheng is happy in his heart, naturalizing a nation, intermarriage is the best way, since it is a family, what other nationalities are divided? He is worried that there will be no Han people to intermarry!

Li Zicheng originally planned to transfer Wu Dawei to Helan Mountain as the prefect, although it was a demotion, but Wu Dawei was still young, as long as he made meritorious contributions to the Heavenly Mandate Army, he would not worry about no chance of promotion in the future.

However, with Guo Lanpei's fetters, Li Zicheng is not ready to move him for the time being, and finally has a pair of cross-ethnic marriages, and they are the leaders of both Han and Mongolia!

Wu Dawei stayed for a moment, suddenly left his seat, and prostrated in front of Li Zicheng, "My subordinates, thank you to the Metropolitan Governor!" ”

"Don't be polite, get up quickly," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Continue what you said just now, in addition to this Longshou County, what other counties?" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" After Wu Dawei got up, although he sat down, he didn't dare to sit down, "In the northwest direction, my subordinates set up two counties along the way between Longshou Mountain and the desert, and then go forward, it will be Heihe!" ”

"So, in the northwest direction, the Dragon Capital and the Black Water Mansion have already met?" Li Zicheng looked at the marching map, Wu Dawei not only marked the path, but also marked two black dots next to the path, which were obviously the two counties he said.

"Yes, Grand Governor, in this direction, the Dragon Capital and the Black Water Mansion have been docked!"

The location of these two counties is located between Longshou Mountain and Heli Mountain, so they can't all be called Heli County, right? Besides, there are several more counties!

Li Zicheng pondered for a while, and suddenly had an idea, so he said: "This one close to the capital of the dragon is called Huaidu County, and the one far away from the capital of the dragon is called Pengju County." "Looking for allusions, "Lisao" and "Book of Songs" are good.

Wu Dawei didn't know what Huaidu and Peng Ju meant, since the governor of the capital said, he took up the pen and marked it on the march map, "The governor of the capital, in the northeast, also has several counties under his subordinates." ”

His finger pointed to the northeast direction of the Dragon Capital, and Li Zicheng saw that three black dots were marked along an approximately smooth straight line, so he said: "The eastern foot of Shengquan Mountain is called Shengquan County, and the first two are called Yuchi County and Yunwei County respectively." ”

Wu Dawei marked the county on the map again, and said: "...... in Heishui Mansion"

Li Zicheng stretched out his hand to stop and said, "The matter of Heishui Mansion, I will talk about it later, where is this dragon capital, where is the northern boundary?" Why is there still a large area of land in the north, but there is no county? ”

"This ......" Wu Dawei fixed his mind and said: "Dadudu, my subordinates follow the road to the northeast, and have not yet reached the northernmost boundary...... The land is even more desert, and there are hardly even herders who go to ...... Crossing the Altai Mountains next door and further north, there is a large area of Gobi, if the food and water are not sufficient, even the cavalry will not be able to pass......"

Another Mongolian name, Li Zicheng frowned, thought for a moment, and said: "From today on, it will be called the Gobi Mountain, it doesn't matter if the land is deserted, even if there is no human population, it must be encircled in the Dragon Capital, and in the future, when the conditions are met, the road can be built, and the Heishui Mansion can be connected from the north!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke," Wu Dawei said, "I heard that there are still some small pastures near the northern edge of the Jinzi Desert......"

"That's it," Li Zicheng's face softened slightly, and said: "You can't just listen to the herdsmen, you have to send your own people, and if necessary, you have to go to investigate in person!" ”

"Yes, Grand Governor, my subordinates understand!" Wu Dawei secretly wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Li Zicheng pretended not to know and said, "Okay, now let's talk about Heishui Mansion!" ”

"Yes, Dadu Governor," Wu Dawei slowly regained his vitality and pointed to the map with his hand, "Dadu Duke, the Heihe River is divided into two rivers from here, East and West, and the Heishui Mansion is on the east bank of the East River. ”

Li Zicheng nodded and found the location of Heishui Mansion City.

"Dadu Governor, his subordinates have set up a county on the west bank of the West River, that is, this location, about eighty miles away from Heishui Mansion," Wu Dawei said of the county, forgetting the tension just now, "Going down the East River, about forty miles, close to Dongju Yanhai, it is also a county, and there is also a county in the place where the east and west rivers are divided." ”

Li Zichengqi said: "Judging from the map, the West Ju Yanhai is obviously much larger than the East Ju Yanhai, why is there no county near the West Ju Yanhai?" ”

"Back to Dadu, the east is in the Yanhai Sea, which is fresh water, not only for livestock, but also for people to drink, but in the West Juyanhai, it is salt water, which can be used for watering pastures, but not for people and animals."

"I see!" Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said in his heart: The name Juyanhai, in the minds of future generations, is full of poetry and picturesqueness, and it is not Mongolian, so it is okay not to change it, "The county near Yanhai in the east is called Juyan County, and the county on the west river is called ...... Jizhan County, where the two rivers meet, the clear water is like agar pulp, so it is called Qiongshui County! ”

Wu Dawei marked the name of the county on the map again, and Fang pointed to the desert east of Heishui with his hand, and said: "The poplar forest mentioned by the Metropolitan Governor is mostly in this area, and his subordinates will transport the saplings to the Dragon Capital as soon as possible and choose a place to plant them!" ”

"Well," Li Zicheng nodded, his gaze kept falling on the map, "Dawei, you see, this Juyan County and Yunwei County in the capital of Longshou are not too far apart, as long as there is a road, they will definitely be connected, and the two prefectures of Longshou and Heishui will form a relatively closed ring structure." ”

"The Governor is right," Wu Dawei said, "and his subordinates will connect this area by road as soon as possible." ”

"Dawei doesn't need to worry, the land outside the fortress is sparsely populated, and it has just been naturalized, so don't be too anxious," Li Zicheng personally poured a cup of hot tea for Wu Dawei, and said leisurely: "Dawei, if there is anything difficult, just say it, as long as there is a trace of conditions, the governor of Pontus will try his best to assist you!" ”

Wu Dawei first shook his head, thought for a moment, and said carefully: "The governor of the capital, in the land outside the Saiwai, there are very few Han people, and the candidates for the magistrates of various places are overwhelmed...... Can the Metropolitan Governor send some Han Chinese to his subordinates......"