Mu Sirong covered her mouth and smiled, she knew Li Zicheng's thoughts, in front of the women, but she didn't dare to speak, Gao Guiying caught a glimpse of it, and said lightly: "Zicheng has traveled such a long way, let's go home and rest!" ”

Li Zicheng said: "Yes, I'm already hungry, let's start eating first!" ”

Song Yulian agreed, took Xiaomei and Xiaolan to Zhangluo, Li Zicheng took the ladies and slowly went to the dining hall, he sat down on the main seat, pulled Gao Guiying and Namu Zhong to his side, and the rest of the ladies only found their own seats, and the position was not too strict, they all ate in a pot.

Li Zicheng took the opportunity of Song Yulian to serve the food, and gently stroked Namu Zhong's lower abdomen, "Na Mu Zhong, how many months have you been?" ”

Namu Zhong laughed after eating, lowered his head and whispered: "This was planted before the Metropolitan Governor left Lanzhou, how long has the Metropolitan Governor left Lanzhou, the child will be a few months......

Gao Guiying came over rarely, and said, "Zicheng, how about it, didn't let your women lose a single hair......

Li Zicheng was stunned for a moment, remembering what he said when he left Lanzhou last time, and said: "Well, it looks good, but whether there is less hair or not, you can only know after dinner......

All the women laughed, and Chen Qiudie saw that the eldest lady was no longer old-fashioned tonight, so she hurriedly said: "The metropolitan governor will count the maids first tonight, and see ......if the maid's hair is less."

The girls had to laugh again, but Chen Qiudie has always been straight and is not afraid of other people's jokes.

After dinner, Mu Sirong asked the nurse to bring the child over, "Governor, this is our child'......"

Li Zicheng wanted to take it, but Mu Sirong hurriedly said: "Governor, don't take over, otherwise you will cry again......"

Li Zicheng had to withdraw his hand and gently stroked the baby's face, which was a weak red, more tender than a hard-boiled egg, "Rong'er, these eyes, this nose, all like you......"

Mu Sirong smiled and glanced at Li Zicheng, "The child born by the servant is naturally like a servant, but unfortunately, it is a girl......

"What's wrong with the girl?" Li Zicheng leaned down, pecked lightly on the baby's forehead, and said, "As long as it's my child, I like it!" ”

The child was touched by Li Zicheng, woke up suddenly, closed his eyes and cried "wow......

"Nurse, hurry up and take it away," Mu Sirong was afraid that Li Zicheng would be annoyed, until she couldn't hear the baby's cry, Fang said: "Dadudu, it's been almost a month since the child was born, and there is still no name......

Why don't you just give your child a name? Li Zicheng thought about it for a while, according to the previous practice, there was a word "rain" among the girls, so he said: "Yuyao, Li Yuyao!" ”

"The servant thanked the Governor!" Mu Sirong was blessed, smiling like a flower, "Yao'er finally has a name......

The women surrounded Li Zicheng for a while, and they dispersed, Li Zicheng went home from Sichuan, this night, it must be the eldest lady as a companion, this is the law that thunder cannot move, unless the eldest lady is inconvenient.

The eldest lady has always been old-fashioned, even if she is as bold as Chen Qiudie, she does not dare to go to the eldest lady easily......

Gao Guiying saw Li Zicheng's thoughtful appearance, thinking that he was lost, so he lowered his head and said softly: "Zicheng, why don't you let someone come over and stay in the outer room at night......"

Li Zicheng was stunned for a moment, and said: "I'm thinking about Sichuan, okay, I'll hand it over to Wencheng tomorrow, I'm really tired, let's rest early!" ”

Gao Guiying saw that Li Zicheng had changed his temperament, and was secretly happy in his heart, so he said: "Zicheng has been tired all the way, so let Xiaomei and Xiaolan wait for the bubble bath, and their bodies will be refreshed......

"It's good! I happened to sweat all over my body......"

Li Zicheng came out of the bathroom and went to Gao Guiying's bedroom alone, after a long absence, the two of them had to go through the clouds and rain, Gao Guiying hugged Li Zicheng's waist tightly, and said: "Zicheng, I'm really afraid of ......."

"Afraid? Afraid of what? Li Zicheng stroked Gao Guiying's face, "With me by your side, what are you afraid of?" ”

"Self-contained, the strength of the Heavenly Mandate Army is getting bigger and bigger, and the territory is getting bigger and bigger," Gao Guiying whispered: "I always feel that sooner or later, the imperial court will make a move against the Heavenly Mandate Army......

"What about the imperial court?" Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Some time ago, didn't the imperial court dispatch a total of 100,000 troops from four routes? What is the result, it's not a ......"

"But......" Gao Guiying leaned on Li Zicheng's body completely, "the imperial court will still send 200,000 or 300,000 troops......"

"Gui Ying don't worry," Li Zicheng stroked her smooth skin, "The strength of the Heavenly Mandate Army is constantly increasing, we have not been afraid of the imperial court before, and now our strength is rising sharply, are we still afraid of the imperial court?" Gui Ying doesn't have to think about it, it's serious to live a good life! ”

Li Zicheng estimated that Gao Guiying was used to the life of a noble lady like this, but it was different from her life since childhood, and she was too superior, and she was especially afraid of losing her ...... one day

"Zicheng is right," Gao Guiying nodded secretly, "but in my heart, I am always not very steady!" ”

"Don't think about it too much," Li Zicheng said while stroking Gao Guiying's waist: "The imperial court is already in the west of the mountain, weakening day by day, but we are getting stronger and stronger, one thing is going to be the other, this world will be our ...... sooner or later"

Gao Guiying put her chin on Li Zicheng's chest, stared at his eyes, and said, "Zicheng, is there really such a day?" ”

"There will be, and, I don't think it will be ...... years."

Li Zicheng suddenly felt that if he wanted to accelerate the demise of the Ming Dynasty, he had to constantly weaken the power and territory of the Ming Dynasty......

If the matter of naturalization of alien races is not a threat to the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion, it is best to wait until after the establishment of the Great Unification Dynasty......

But now in Sichuan, most of the naturalization work has been completed, and it is best to do it in one go, and then liberate the army as soon as possible.

The imperial court is now fighting against the Tartars, once the Tartars retreat, the imperial court will definitely focus on the Liukou, and the current Mandate of Heaven army may be more eye-catching than Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai!

Li Zicheng patted Gao Guiying and said, "Sleep, leave the military and political affairs to me, you just need to be fat and fat!" ”

"Hmm......" Gao Guiying muttered, as if she had fallen asleep.

The next morning, Li Zicheng first wrote a handwritten letter to Guo Shijun, asking him to end the war in Sichuan as soon as possible, even if he reached some compromise with Tusi, he should withdraw the army as soon as possible, and if the naturalization matter was not completely successful, there would still be a chance in the future.

Then he went to the study of the central government of the Dadu Governor's Mansion, summoned Liang Wencheng and Shen Dao, the two finished saluting, Liang Wencheng said: "Zicheng, last year in Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, the grain was a small harvest, in addition to the grain allocated to the battalions, now Xining is stored 100,000 stones, Lanzhou is stored 180,000 stones, and Sichuan, it is stored 500,000 stones...... And that's not even counting the large quantities of coarse grains......"

"To be able to feed our own people and army, we have reached the lowest goal," although Li Zicheng saw what Liang Wencheng meant, he did not plan to expand the army for the time being, the Mandate of Heaven army was equipped with firearms, and the consumption was very large, and it was not just a matter of food, "What Wencheng meant, is it to carry out a new round of army expansion?" ”

"This ......" Liang Wencheng arched his hand and said: "Zicheng should ask the military envoy, his subordinates don't care about the expansion of the army!" ”

Shen Dao took over the topic, "Is the Metropolitan Governor going to expand the army?" ”

"Don't expand the army for the time being," Li Zicheng shook his head, "Now that there are more than 10,000 soldiers in each battalion, and they have to be equipped with rifles, the pace of army expansion is too fast, and there will be difficulties in ammunition supply, so it is better to ensure the combat effectiveness of the existing soldiers first!" ”

"The Metropolitan Governor is right," Shen Daoyi arched his hand, Ao: "The Metropolitan Governor, the Firearms Bureau has developed two naval cannons, which have been tested on the Yellow River by boat, and they can be fired from the ship......"

"Since it can be used, then immediately send someone to transport Sichuan and hand it over to the navy," Li Zicheng was overjoyed, once the naval guns were installed on the ships of the navy, at least in the Yangtze River, there would be no opponents from now on, and the imperial court would go up the river to invade Sichuan, it would be impossible, thinking of this, he said: "Have you seen the naval guns?" ”

"I've already let Mr. Tang see it," Shen Dao nodded, and said, "Mr. Tang didn't propose an improvement method for the time being, but just said that he would put it on the ship and try it first......

"Okay, transport it to Sichuan as soon as possible, and let the navy try it!" Li Zicheng narrowed his eyes, and his heart was already looking forward to the naval ...... of the giant ship's cannon

However, such an era is still a long time ago, and the naval army of the Heavenly Mandate Army is now only operating in the great river, and it is still 108,000 miles away from the real sea!

Shen Dao saw that the Metropolitan Governor looked intoxicated, and he was also happy in his heart, at least the naval artillery was successfully tested under his supervision, and the Metropolitan Governor valued the naval artillery so much, and he was indispensable, "The Metropolitan Governor, is the naval artillery really so powerful?" ”

"On the vast sea, it is difficult for battleships to meet each other, and naval guns are their only weapons," Li Zicheng realized that he had said too far, and the ships were still in the Yangtze River, so he said: "At least in the great river, these naval guns are invincible......

Liang Wencheng said suddenly: "Then wouldn't we be able to go down the river and take Nanjing directly in ......the future?"

"Be cautious, be cautious, it's still early," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "I don't know if these two naval guns are compatible ......."

"Governor, there is one more thing," Shen Dao pondered for a moment, and said, "The tiger cavalry and the wolf cavalry have been stationed in the back ......."

"Oh?" Li Zicheng then remembered that he was preparing to let the tiger cavalry and wolf cavalry enter Ningxia from the back to disperse Hong Chengchou's troops.

Although it is still far from Datong and Jingshi, it is impossible to hurt a single hair of the Tartars, and at most it will weaken the strength of the Mongols......

"The Grand Governor, the Tiger Cavalry and the Wolf Cavalry follow the military orders of the Grand Governor and set up a city south of Wolf Mountain......

"Licheng?" Li Zicheng's heart moved, he took down the back set at the beginning, it was completely to vent his anger, if the tiger cavalry and the wolf cavalry set up a city in Wolf Mountain, the situation would be completely different.