At the beginning of December, the pouring of the cement avenue has been completed on the dozens of miles of official road between Zunyi Mansion and Tianwangli in Zunyi County, but between Loushanguan and Zunyi Mansion in the north, the pipeline has not yet been expanded, and the road construction team has turned to two roads, one from Yong'anli in the north to the west and towards Daxili, and the other road is from Zunyi County, along the southeast direction, to Tongpingli and Pingshuili.

These roads, the short is only ten miles, the longest is only twenty or thirty miles, but in ten months, the thirteen miles of Zunyi County, all through the cement avenue, in the territory of the Mandate of Heaven, the first to achieve the "Lili Tong"!

Only then did Li Zicheng transfer the road construction team to the north of Zunyi Mansion and began to build cement pipelines in the direction of Loushan Pass, while Huang Junhui, Su Dailiang, and Zhan Ligang, the prisoners of war who came to Huguang, continued to widen the official road from Loushan Pass to the north.

Li Zicheng took his own soldiers to inspect the small official roads along the thirteen "miles", and when he saw that the people had no heart to resist, he completely handed over the task of building and developing Zunyi County to Tian Yongmao, the county governor, and went to Renhuai County himself.

Renhuai County has ten "li" of land, in the entire Zunyi Prefecture, the population and cultivated land are second only to Zunyi Prefecture and Zunyi County, in addition to the direct jurisdiction of Zunyi Prefecture, Renhuai County will be the focus of Li Zicheng's next naturalization.

When Li Zicheng came to Renhuai County, Luo Wenyao, the county magistrate, was already carrying out the land distribution and population registration work in full swing with the assistance of Ma Xianglin, a staff general of the Eighth Battalion.

Although Renhuai County is close to Zunyi Mansion and Zunyi County, it is a long and narrow structure, and the county seat is located in the northwest of the whole county, on the east bank of the lower reaches of Chishui, which is already very close to the Yangtze River, and is too far away from Zunyi Prefecture, with a straight line distance of at least 250 miles.

I don't know if the Ming Dynasty set up Renhuai County at that time, whether it was because of the river.

But in such a lofty mountain range, such a county, in the case of inconvenient transportation, it is really difficult for Zunyi Mansion to manage it.

Li Zicheng thought about it and divided Renhuai County into two according to the terrain and drop-off, and the northern part of the original Renhuai County was renamed Chishui County because of its proximity to the rich area in the lower reaches of Chishui.

Subsequently, in the south of the original Renhuai County, the upper reaches of Chishui, Renhuai County was re-established, and the new Renhuai County happened to be on the extension line of Daxili in Zunyi County, less than 100 miles away from Daxili, and it was much more convenient to build cement avenues.

The original Renhuai County has ten "li" of land, which is also divided into two parts, the new Chishui County, there are Liuyuanba, Hexi, Chishui, Xiaoxi, Dingshan, Tucheng, Ruxi seven "li", the county is still Luo Wenyao; In the new Renhuai County, only Erlang, An Luo, and Li Bo were three "li", and Zhang Boyu was selected as the magistrate from among the people who failed in the last "imperial examination".

Within the two counties, there is still a lot of barren land, which would be good if it could be reclaimed as arable land, just enough to house Han prisoners of war.

Luo Wenyao and Zhang Boyu continued to work on population naturalization and land redistribution in the two counties, and Li Zicheng continued his great cause of road construction.

He found from the march map that continuing to move northwest from Renhuai County and crossing Chishui was the original Yongning Xuanfu Division, which is now called Yongning Mansion and has jurisdiction over Lianzhou County.

Renhuai, Lianzhou, and Yongning, if they can be connected into a line, and then connected with the official roads in the north, they can reach Luzhou along the Yangtze River.

Li Zicheng was surprised to find that if this official road was opened, plus the official road passing through Zunyi Mansion in the east, this vast area would soon become a Han land......

It just so happened that the Qin Zuoming Division of the Second Regiment of the Eighth Battalion had already taken the southern part of Luzhou and Yongning Mansion further south, and had also captured three or four thousand prisoners of war.

Sichuan has been obtained, the Mandate of Heaven Army is not short of food, and the prisoners of war do not need to be paid, they are the cheapest labor, and now is the best time to vigorously build roads and naturalize foreign races.

Li Zicheng was busy in Renhuai County, when he suddenly received a message from Kong Lanchuan, the prefect of Zunyi: The auxiliary soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven to transport ammunition escorted 500 Mongolian women to Zunyi Mansion along the way.

Kong Lanchuan didn't dare to make the decision, so he asked the governor what to do with these Mongolian women!

Li Zicheng then remembered that when he heard that the Tartars had broken the pass, he was indignant for a while, so he asked the tiger cavalry and the wolf cavalry to take out the anger of the Mongols, first jointly lay the back set, and then did not need to retreat, set up a city in the back set, temporarily settle down, and threaten the Tartars who broke the pass from afar.

He also knew that the tiger cavalry and the wolf cavalry were still far away from the Tartars, and they basically could not support the imperial court, at most it was just a gesture.

But the tiger cavalry and the wolf cavalry couldn't run so far in vain, so they let them take down the back trap, consume the strength of the Mongols little by little, and gradually cut off the important helpers of the Tartars.

According to the military discipline formulated by the Mandate of Heaven for the Tiger Cavalry and the Wolf Cavalry, all their gains must be handed over to the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion, but this time, Li Zicheng was indignant, no cattle, sheep, and war horses, as long as Mongolian women.

The original purpose was to prepare for the opening of the fruit building.

Now in the garrison of Sichuan, the second battalion Li Guobu, the fourth battalion Li Jibu, the seventh battalion Song Wenbu, the soldiers' hometowns are all Xining, Gansu, Longyou area, long away from home, and there is no holiday to visit relatives, in order to comfort the army's heart, they plan to open a fruit building in Sichuan!

After receiving the information that the Mongolian woman was escorted to Zunyi, Li Zicheng changed his mind, and the garrison of the Mandate of Heaven in Sichuan is now fighting and has no fixed stationing location.

On the contrary, the 3,000 prisoners of war brought from Huguang were the women who needed them the most, and they needed to complete a one-year period of hard labor, and even if the period expired, they might not be able to go back, let alone know whether the mother-in-law at home had remarried.

If these Mongol women were given to the prisoners of war, perhaps they would be able to stay, settle down in the local area, and increase the number of Han Chinese.

Li Zicheng handed over the road construction to He Xiaomi, and he returned to Zunyi in a hurry with Ren Erxi and a hundred personal soldiers.

When Kong Lanchuan saw Li Zicheng, his heart was settled, "The Metropolitan Governor is finally back!" ”

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Lanchuan, how many Mongolian women are escorted by the auxiliary soldiers?" ”

"Back to the Grand Governor, the auxiliaries escorted five hundred young Mongolian women," Kong Lanchuan said: "According to them, this is the first batch, and the second batch is about five hundred people!" ”

"So much?" Li Zicheng was overjoyed, with these 1,000 Mongol women, 1,000 strong men could be placed, and Zunyi Mansion would increase more than 1,000 Han households, they were authentic Han people, at least more reliable than those Han people who had just been naturalized.

However, compared with the number of prisoners of war, the Mongol women were still a little smaller, and the number of Huguang prisoners of war who built the road from Ba County to Loushanguan exceeded 3,000.

How is it distributed?

Li Zicheng thought about it for a while, but he was still ready to use the method of incentive, only those who serve seriously and work actively are eligible to enjoy Mongolian women!

After discussing with Kong Lanchuan for a while, Li Zicheng preliminarily worked out several methods for rewarding, in addition to the above conditions, it is also necessary to sincerely obey the Mandate of Heaven Army and serve God in faith.

Li Zicheng went north from Zunyi Mansion, along the way, there were prisoners of war who built roads everywhere, and the local 3,000 Han prisoners of war in Zunyi were mainly responsible for pouring cement avenues.

The 3,000 prisoners of war from Huguang were responsible for widening the official road in front, tamping the roadbed, and providing all the convenience for pouring the cement avenue.

Li Zicheng measured the distance from the marching map, and even without considering the small official roads poured in various "li" of Zunyi County, this official road from Ba County on the south bank of the Yangtze River to Tianwangli in Zunyi County had been widened by more than half.

It's only been three months...... There are so many people, and there is a lot of power!

Tongzi Post Station is located on the east side of the official road, which was originally an official post set up by the imperial court, but in the second year of Chongzhen (1629 AD), Zhu Youzhen listened to the advice of Liu Mao in the criminal department in order to save silver, and abolished the post station on a large scale in the country, and Tongzi Post Station was also among the reductions.

When Li Zicheng arrived at Tongzi Station, the prisoners of war were having lunch, and Huang Junhui, the 1,000th household official, saw the cavalry and hurriedly greeted him. ”

The prisoners of war who were eating also dropped their bowls and chopsticks, and knelt down on the mountain road, calling the Metropolitan Governor in their mouths.

"No need to be polite, get up and eat quickly!" Li Zicheng saw that their white rice was steaming, and there was still a trace of meat foam in the vegetable bowl, so he smiled and said, "Huang Qianhu, yes, you can still eat meat......

Huang Junhui has been, seeing Li Zicheng's face smiling, his heart is slightly settled, "Dadudu, brothers will pray every day before dinner, thank God......" He suddenly paused, no, it seems that the white flour rice and shredded meat were given by Dadudu, and Dadu should be thanked......

"Knowing that daily prayer and thanking God is good," Li Zicheng nodded, and continued to smile on his face: "What Pontus said will definitely be fulfilled!" ”

"That is, the brothers can eat well, and they are all grateful to the Metropolitan Governor in their hearts!" Huang Junhui lowered his eyebrows and bowed his head, and a faint cloud of sadness suddenly appeared on his face, "When we were fighting that day, it was difficult for us to eat enough, let alone shredded meat, but now we have become prisoners of war, but we are ......."

"Haha," Li Zicheng laughed, patted Huang Junhui's shoulder, and said, "You are far away from Huguang, are you homesick?" What are the plans for the expiration of the one-year service period? ”

"The villain is sometimes homesick," Huang Junhui shook his head slightly, the gloom on his face became worse and worse, "However, if the villain is defeated and captured, the court will definitely hold his family responsible...... The villain's mother-in-law, I'm afraid ......"

"Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, will the imperial court hold their families responsible?" Li Zicheng's face was also colorful, "Even if you are held responsible, you should also be held accountable for being an official, didn't Xiong Wencan run back?" ”

"The Metropolitan Governor ......" Huang Junhui hesitated for a moment, and said: "The officials will always only pass the buck, and the responsibility is borne by us people......

Li Zicheng's heart moved, he looked away, looked around, and found that although the Tongzi Post Station was deserted, the geographical location was good, with the official road at its back, and the river in front of him.