Personally? Li Zicheng is strange, the dining hall you just went to, what else can you do in such a short time? It's steamed egg custard, and there's not enough time, right?

He took the porcelain bowl and looked inside, it was two milky white spheroids slightly larger than eggs, put them in front of his nose and sniffed, there was no smell, "Rong'er, what is this like?" ”

Mu Sirong smiled and said shyly: "Don't you know if you eat it?" ”

"Hmm, huh...... Rong'er, where is the bamboo chopstick? Li Zicheng looked left and right, but he couldn't start.

"If you want to die, the maid only cares about her mother's advice......" Speaking of this, she suddenly felt that something was wrong, and she hurriedly covered her mouth with her little hands, and her beautiful eyes were as big as copper bells!

Li Zicheng smiled secretly, he knew that it was your mother's handiwork, and he dared to lie to your husband and me? He opened his mouth, tilted the porcelain bowl, and an ellipsoid just rolled into his mouth, chewing a few bites, only to know that it was Niu Bao!

It turned out that my mother-in-law sympathized with my hard work last night......

Li Zicheng ate another Niu Bao, smashed his mouth and said: "Well, it tastes good, it turns out that Rong'er still has such a craft, after returning to Lanzhou, you can taste it more." ”

Mu Sirong knew that Li Zicheng saw through it, so she glanced at Li Zicheng and didn't speak, but grabbed the empty bowl, twisted her body, and went to her mother's side.

Mu's mother saw that her daughter came back with an empty bowl so soon, she was overjoyed, handed over the work in her hand to the cook, and pulled Mu Sirong to a no-man's corner, "Rong'er, didn't the governor say that the taste is not good?" Actually, this ...... Although it is extremely supplemental, it is bland and tasteless, and my mother is worried that most of the governors will not eat it! ”

"Most of the governors ate it, and they praised the good taste!" Mu Sirong glanced at her mother, "The Metropolitan Governor already knows that this is not what his daughter did......"

"What does it matter to know? How can you not see the dragon and phoenix among the people of the metropolitan governor? Mu Mu smiled lightly, looked at Mu Sirong with some kindness, and said, "Everything my mother has done, isn't it for your good?" ”

"Mother......

"Rong'er is obedient," Mu Mu said: "The governor of the capital is busy with official business, and he will not stay in Xining for too long, taking advantage of these few days, he must be pregnant, and when he returns to Lanzhou, there will be much less chance!" ”

Li Zicheng had breakfast in Mu Mansion, so he took his own soldiers, drove the carriage, and said goodbye to Mu Qingshan, Mu Qingshan knew that Li Zicheng was for official business, and he did not force him to stay, but just told Li Zicheng to come to Mu Mansion to sleep at night, Mu Mansion has a lot of slaves and maids, and it must be better than the soldiers in the barracks.

Out of the Mu Mansion, Li Zicheng told He Xiaomi that there were 80,000 taels of silver hidden in the carriage, and asked him to carry two small flags of soldiers to drive the carriage to Huaxia Bank to exchange the same amount of banknotes, in case the amount of banknotes is not enough, they must make up the amount with IOUs, and the banknotes and IOUs will be sent to the provincial government immediately.

He Xiaomifang only knew, no wonder the Metropolitan Governor didn't let others get close to the carriage, so it was!

Li Zicheng went directly to the provincial government, Qinghai Governor Zhu Zhihong, and Xining Governor Chen Dahu were already waiting outside the main gate, and when they saw Li Zicheng, they hurriedly bowed to the ground, "Governor!" ”

"Get up, don't be polite," Li Zicheng turned over and dismounted, handed the reins to the soldiers behind him, "Let's go, let's go into the house and talk again!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" Zhu Zhihong was in front, and seeing that there were not many people, he introduced Li Zicheng into the study of the back office.

This was originally the place where Li Zicheng worked, he was familiar with it, stepped into the study, and faced a heat wave, it turned out that the study had already lit four charcoal braziers, which was much higher than the temperature outside.

Li Zicheng sat down on the main seat with a big grin, and then motioned for Zhu Zhihong and Chen Dahu to sit down.

Zhu Zhihong sat down opposite Li Zicheng's side, and when the guards served tea, they drove him out, and at this time, the study outside had been controlled by Li Zicheng's own soldiers, which was exactly the same as when Li Zicheng was in Xining.

Li Zicheng took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Zhihong, I came all the way from Lanzhou to see the situation in Qinghai Province, if there is anything particularly important, let's talk about it verbally first!" ”

Zhu Zhihong arched his hand and said, "Back to the Metropolitan Governor, Qinghai Province's tax last year was ......."

Li Zicheng waved his hand and said, "I have already seen these data in the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion, so I don't need to report it again, just tell me what outstanding things have been in Qinghai Province in the past year, and what are the obvious deficiencies that need to be corrected in this year's work." ”

Zhu Zhihong was stunned for a moment, the wording he thought of last night was not used now, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "The four prefectures of Qinghai, the situation is different, Xining and Sanchuan have completed the sinicization work, and the land distribution has already been completed, and the people are not only all registered as Han nationals, but also accept the identity of the Han people from the heart, and pay taxes according to the law, which is considered to be the peace of the country and the people!" ”

Li Zicheng nodded, Xining is the original base of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and all work has been carried out first, and this achievement is also expected, as long as it is not a tyrannical expropriation of the people, the situation should be stable.

"But there are many differences between these two prefectures," Zhu said: "Xining Mansion City is concentrated in the province's rich businessmen, industry and commerce are relatively developed, and industrial and commercial taxes account for ninety percent of the whole body; And Sanchuan Mansion is a newly established city, the people are just food and clothing, but the commercial tax can't go up! ”

Li Zicheng's heart moved, Xining's position in the entire Qinghai Province is too important, and in terms of commercial taxes, Qinghai Province is too dependent on Xining Province.

Although the current Xining Mansion has not yet stepped into the threshold of industrial and commercial society, if it is allowed to develop, it will infinitely widen the imbalance in various places.

Haibei Mansion and Hainan Mansion are not to mention, Sanchuan Mansion, like Xining Mansion, has completed sinicization and must be really developed.

Li Zicheng thought for a moment, and had no choice but to let the factories under his control go to Sanchuan Mansion to expand investment in the future, or find some new technologies and build factories in Sanchuan Mansion.

There is also a possibility, with administrative means, the Sanchuan Mansion will be established as a commodity exchange place between Xining and Lanzhou, however, this kind of thing that violates the laws of the market, sooner or later will be eliminated by the market, in the history of later generations, Xining, Lanzhou are names, but Sanchuan Mansion is unheard.

Perhaps there is something wrong with the positioning of Sanchuan Prefecture, and it may be better to let Sanchuan Prefecture base itself on agriculture to develop agriculture or agricultural product processing......

For such a thing, you can't make a hasty decision for a while, so let's discuss it slowly after returning to Lanzhou, "What about Haibei Mansion and Hainan Mansion, what about the situation?" ”

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, Haibei Mansion was established earlier, and the matter of sinicization was also half a step earlier, but there are some things under his subordinates that are difficult to self-determine, and I hope that the Metropolitan Governor will guide him," Zhu Zhihong saw Li Zicheng nodding, and said: "Haibei and Hainan Prefecture are located, and the Tibetans and Mongolians are located in the west, and it has always been difficult to stabilize, and this was originally a pastoral area, whether it can be opened up for farming, the subordinates really don't know, some have been reclaimed, and the actual effect is not yet certain......"

Before the formal establishment of the Chinese Empire, Li Zicheng did not plan to take the initiative to engage in large-scale battles with the Tibetans, and maintaining the status quo was the best way.

The terrain of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is complex and condescending, and the Tang Dynasty has failed to defeat the Tibetans with the strength of the country, and it is impossible to conquer the Tibetans with a corner of the force.

At the beginning, the two prefectures of Haibei and Hainan were established, not to fancy this land, nor to pay taxes, but to protect Xining, so the main force of the wolf cavalry was stationed in the two prefectures of Haibei and Hainan, in order to use the nomadic cavalry to deter the Tibetans in the west.

Only when you have completely free up your hands can you fight the idea of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and I don't know what day it will take......

Such words, naturally, can't tell others, treat the wolf cavalry as a pawn that can be given up at any time, once Wang Junzhuo reverses, shouldn't he lose a large number of excellent cavalry?

Li Zicheng pondered for a moment and said: "Zhihong, the two prefectures of Haibei and Hainan are still mainly sinicized, the means should not be too strong, and the main temptation is to lure, in addition, the taxes paid by these two prefectures, the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion does not want a penny, and all stay in the provincial government!" ”

"Stay in the provincial government?" Zhu Zhihong was puzzled, "Isn't it just to pay taxes if the governor wants to naturalize the alien race?" If 'everyone is equal before taxes', why should they be exempted from taxes? ”

"Tax-free?" Li Zicheng said with a smile: "This is" taken from the people, used for the people ', the taxes paid by these two governments are not refunded to the people, but used to build roads, as long as the roads are smooth, not only the people travel conveniently, businessmen will follow up, accelerate the local sinicization!" ”

"The subordinates understand," Zhu Zhihong said: "It's just that the taxes of these two governments are too small, and if you want to build roads, I'm afraid the funds will not be enough......"

At this moment, He Xiaomi poked out half of his head from outside the door, and when he saw the governor nodding his head, he flashed in and handed over a thing to Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng took a look, put it on the square table in front of him, nodded, and did not speak.

He Xiaomi refilled the tea for the three of them, and then pushed the door open and went out, standing outside the door, ready to be summoned by the Metropolitan Governor at any time.

"It's not a matter of building roads, take your time," Li Zicheng said: "The current cement avenue only reaches Xining, and it has to be extended to the west, at least to Huangyuan County, how much silver is needed, and it will be taken by the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion!" ”

"Ah......h

Li Zicheng looked at Zhu Zhihong's surprised look, handed over the banknotes, and said with a smile: "I once promised Wang Junzhuo of the wolf cavalry that if there is a stable monopoly market in Shaliucheng, I will build a cement avenue in the city for him, and this matter will be handed over to you, if you have time, go to the city to see it in person, of course, these banknotes also include the money from Xining Mansion to build roads to various counties. ”

Shaliucheng is almost the westernmost part of Haibei Mansion, Li Zicheng placed the wolf cavalry in Shaliucheng, on the one hand, to let the wolf cavalry guard the land of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and on the other hand, Shaliucheng is very close to Datong Mountain, so you can graze.

"Yes, Metropolitan Governor, my subordinates know!" Zhu Shihong took the banknote and looked at it, and was taken aback, together with the arrears of Huaxia Bank, a total of 80,000 taels......

In addition to grain, the taxes paid by the entire Qinghai Province last year were only more than 20,000 taels of silver, and most of them were ...... Doesn't the Metropolitan Governor look down on Qinghai Province's taxes? It's not like it, on the territory of the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion, there are only two provinces of Qinghai and Gansu, if the taxes in Qinghai Province are not needed, how can the silver money be used to distribute food and wages?

The Mandate of Heaven army recently went south to Sichuan, and heard that the wealth of the Shu Wangfu was the most powerful in the world...... Legend has it that the Shu King's Mansion was copied, and the Shu King's family committed suicide by throwing themselves into the well, is it true?

Zhu Zhihong can't distinguish the real from the fake, he has already made a decision!

He suddenly left his seat and knelt in front of Li Zicheng, "Dadu Governor, my subordinates have something to ask for, I hope that Dadu Governor will be gracious!" ”

Li Zicheng didn't know what was going on, so he didn't dare to agree easily, so he said lightly: "What's the matter, get up and talk first!" ”

After Zhu Zhihong got up, he didn't sit down, he stood in front of Li Zicheng, "Governor, my subordinates want to change their surnames!" ”