"Isn't the Governor accepting thieves to settle in Lanzhou? In fact, the Xining area can also accept some population, and Gansu, which can also increase some population appropriately! ”

"Well, it's okay to take in some of the population, but not too much, otherwise you could fall into a food crisis!" Li Zicheng nodded, in this era when manpower is the primary productive force, the young and strong population is indeed important, farming, road construction, and conscription...... None of them can be separated from the youth, but it needs to be gradual, and the bearing capacity of the land must be considered, as well as the food reserves of the Mandate of Heaven Army.

"Does the Governor have any intention of expanding his land to the west?"

"The west is all mountainous, that is the habitat of nomads, just like beyond the border wall in the north, I have no interest in it for the time being, and I don't have the strength to expand......"

"The Governor's goal, or to the east?"

"If you expand to the east, you must conquer the whole of Shaanxi, and then use Tongguan and the Yellow River to confront the imperial court, but in Guyuan, Hong Chengchou has hundreds of thousands of troops," Li Zicheng chuckled and shook his head, in front of Guo Shijun, sometimes he really looked like a student, "The army of the imperial court may come from Beijing at any time, and I really don't have much confidence in dealing with the two armies!" ”

Guo Shijun said: "In this case, the Metropolitan Governor, it is better to temporarily stop the expedition, and then hold on to the passes everywhere, and at the same time, accumulate your own strength!" ”

"That's it!" Guo Shijun's analysis made Li Zicheng feel that it was indeed not appropriate to take risks for the time being, and the imperial court did not block the way of business, which was an opportunity to stabilize agriculture and develop commerce.

"So what are the subordinates going to do?"

Li Zicheng needs Guo Shijun in many places, and only Guo Shijun's vision and insight can do some things for him, such as education, industry, economics, and so on.

But Guo Shijun is only one person, and it is impossible to participate in all the work, just like he can't be separated, which one is the most important?

Li Zicheng thought for a moment, and finally said: "Shijun, I have sorted out a set of primary and secondary school textbooks, you take it back first, carefully consider it, if there is any content that needs to be added, let the textbooks be finalized as soon as possible, so that they can be printed!" ”

Although the new education is important, it is not the focus of the Heavenly Mandate Army at this stage, and the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Office does not have enough financial resources to implement compulsory education, but the students of the Xining Girls' School are about to graduate, and after they graduate, at least a primary school will be opened in Xining Province to continue the new education.

As long as education continues to be filed, and schools are to be built on a large scale in the future, there will be enough qualified personnel.

"The Governor is going to develop education on a large scale now?" Guo Shijun knew about Li Zicheng's school, and in addition to the girls' school, Xining also had a science and technology higher school.

"It's impossible to run a school on a large scale, and now it can only be regarded as a little spark!"

Guo Shijun in later generations was born as a teacher, and if he was allowed to engage in education, it would be the best choice, but he also knew the current financial situation of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and it was impossible to run a school on a large scale, so he nodded, "I'll take a look first, it's good to be able to enrich the teaching materials." ”

Sending Guo Shijun away, the restlessness in Li Zicheng's heart is gone, and the words with Guo Shijun made him remove a faint sense of loneliness in his heart.

Although He Xiaomi served tea on the side, and some things were said more vaguely, both sides understood what the other meant, and at this moment, Guo Shijun was no longer his teacher, but his confidant and his comrade.

It is enough for God to give a confidant to come into this world!

In the following days, while Li Zicheng was busy teaching, he took the time to summon the directors of the three factories of distilled spirits, glass, and perfumes, and told them that the factories should follow the road of standardization and could not always rely on the assistance of the army.

The remuneration of the technical personnel and workers in the factory must be paid in a timely manner, the accounts must be understood, the daily clearing and monthly settlement must be achieved, and the management must also be raised to a higher level, and the affairs must be done in accordance with the law, and the privileges of the military must not be used at will.

Although Li Zicheng needed silver and tried to maximize the profits of the factory, while developing industry, it was also necessary to benefit the people, who had spare money in their hands to have purchasing power, which in turn could promote the sales of local industrial products.

Although it is a long process, it must be taken step by step.

Li Zicheng decided to gradually cultivate commodity markets in Xining and Lanzhou to reduce his dependence on Jiangnan and Jingshi.

He even hoped that by unleashing the technology in his hands, the merchants of Xining would be allowed to participate in the development of industry, and that the merchants would have money in their hands, so that they could participate in the great plan of "rejuvenating the country through industry and commerce" and thus speed up the formation of the local market.

However, I still gave up after thinking about it, and it is true that the Mandate of Heaven Army wants to take the road of "rejuvenating the country through industry and commerce", but now in Xining and Longyou, the people are extremely poor, so they have initially solved the problem of food and clothing, and there is no spare money to buy goods in their hands, even if the merchants can produce a large number of goods, the market is still on the side of the imperial court, and the local people have limited benefits.

What can be done to accelerate the development of industry and commerce?

Li Zicheng thought of Deng Taizong in later generations, and his ability to develop the economy was none other than Deng Taizong!

Under the guidance of Deng Taizong's new policy, after just a few decades of development and accumulation, the central country of later generations has become one of the poorest countries to the ranks of moderately developed countries in one fell swoop.

Although in the process of developing the economy, it will also bring about problems such as corruption and degeneration, but those are all derivatives of economic development to a certain stage, and it is almost inevitable.

There are indeed many people who criticize Deng Taizong, but ask yourself, from public servants to wealthy businessmen, from actors to caps, from teachers to ordinary people, from scalpels to steering wheels, who wants to go back to the past?

To be honest, we can compare ourselves horizontally with developed countries, and we must also compare ourselves and the past vertically.

There is no discrimination without comparison, there is no wrong New Deal, only incomplete reform!

Li Zicheng has been exploring Deng Taizong's way, in addition to the right policy, the state to provide a strong guarantee, but also need two external conditions: one is sufficient foreign investment, the other is a relatively mature external market.

With the money from external investment, set up enterprises in the country, the goods produced are mainly used for export, although the domestic workers can only earn the profit difference of Weibo, but over time, the accumulation of small amounts, but in a few decades, the central country has become the world's largest industrial country, won the reputation of "the world's factory", and the country and individuals have embarked on the road to prosperity.

On the territory of the Mandate of Heaven Army, Li Zicheng has the ambition of rejuvenating the country through industry and commerce, and can control the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion, there is no problem with internal support, the key is two external conditions: capital and market!

In the future that can be seen, the market still needs to rely on the Ming Dynasty, but it cannot give up the ancient Western Regions, and one more business route will have one more opportunity, and it can also speed up some speed.

The problem of funding is basically a dead knot, and the hematopoietic function of the Mandate of Heaven Army itself is far from sufficient.

Although Li Zicheng had several factories, the profits from these factories were used to pay military salaries and silver rewards to the soldiers, and they were already stretched thin, and it was difficult to expand reproduction at all.

The external investment is even more zero, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty will not come to the border, not to mention the inconvenient transportation, who is willing to put their silver in the thief-ridden Hexi?

What to do?

Li Zicheng thought about all the possibilities in this life and the next life, but there was still no result, even if European maritime merchants came to the East, they would never fancy a corner of Xining and Lanzhou.

If you want money, you have to get it yourself.

It seems that in this era, the most lucrative industry is overseas trade, but it is a pity that the territory of the Mandate of Heaven is completely inland, in the southeast, northwest and northwest, there is no direct waterway to the ocean, and if you want to get close to the sea, there are at least thousands of miles away.

Li Zicheng suddenly remembered the word "borrowing chickens to lay eggs", isn't the Yangtze River leading directly to the sea? The territory of the Mandate of Heaven is not along the Yangtze River, but Sichuan is a province that crosses the river!

Bashu must have been a target for his conquest, but it came early and late.

If you can occupy Sichuan Province, you can go east along the Yangtze River waterway and enter the sea, but unfortunately, such an idea may not work!

Along the east of the river, along the way are the ports of the Ming Dynasty, in case the imperial court is angry with the Mandate of Heaven army, set up a checkpoint on the Yangtze River, will the merchants of Xining not be empty of people and money?

However, occupying the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, there will always be some side to the sea, which is better than being trapped like now!

Li Zicheng had already had the idea of going south to Bashu, but that was only a long-term goal, and he did not formulate a detailed plan, such as today's territory of the army, which is stable everywhere, and it is time to move the idea of Sichuan.

He closed his eyes and thought hard, the earliest recorded march into Sichuan in history was Daqin, which seemed to take Hanzhong first, and then used Hanzhong as a springboard to infiltrate Xichuan step by step.

After the Han Dynasty, Gaozu started from Chengdu, Sichuan, and then counterattacked the Guanzhong Plain.

The Three Kingdoms is the era of the most use of force, Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei every time they attack Wei, they are from Hanzhong, and Deng Ai and Zhong Hui attack Shu, and they also take the road of Hanzhong, it seems that Hanzhong is an important springboard to enter Sichuan.

The road to Shu is difficult, and those who are familiar with the Three Kingdoms know that the "poetic immortals" of the Tang Dynasty are even more difficult to interpret with writing that "the road to Shu is difficult to go to the sky"!

Regardless of whether or not to cut down Shu and when to cut down Shu, Shu Dao must be clarified, it is best to have a clear march map, this task can only be handed over to Wu Ermao's Shadowless Gate.

Li Zicheng thought for a moment, but decided to cut down Shu, at least to occupy the northern gate of Shu - Hanzhong.

As for who to use to cut down Shu, the first thing he thought of was Song Wen, the battle of Kadang City, Song Wen's loyalty can be shown by the sun and the moon, but Song Wen suffered more than half of the casualties in the battle of Kadang City, although the soldiers were replenished, but they still need a long rest.

After the battle of life and death in Kadang City, although the soldiers were reorganized, the framework set up by the veterans was still there, and the combat effectiveness was bound to be strong.

The 3,000th household of Qin Danian is still used to destroy Shu, Qin Danian has been stationed in Ganzhou for a long time, and has not participated in a vicious battle, and the soldiers of the department lack real tests.

The strong armies of the Ming court are all in the north, which are used to deal with the nomadic tribes in the north, the relatively closed terrain of Chengdu, there are not many wars, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers will not be strong, just let Qin Danian's department train and train soldiers!

Qin Danian's department is also training, and it will take some time.