"Your Excellency...... Subordinate...... Thanks a lot...... My lord! Zhou Bin hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him, he was almost incoherent, he was able to stand out from the seven hundred households and be promoted to a thousand households, not only for his military exploits, but also for Li Zicheng's trust in him, from this moment on, he knew that he had become a cronie in the minds of the thousands of households.

"Zhou Congqianhu is injured, so there is no need to be polite," Li Zicheng helped Zhou Bin up, "Promotion is not only an honor, but also a responsibility, I hope Zhou Congqianhu can make persistent efforts and make new contributions to Xining!" ”

"Your subordinates will remember your teachings!"

Zhou Bin completed a sublimation of his life in Liu Yunshui's envious gaze, and from this moment on, he has truly entered the military core of the new Xiningwei, which is not only a position, but also an identity.

Two days later, more than 300 infantry from the 100th household arrived in the triangle city, and all the materials in the vehicle were moved into the triangle city, and the vacated oxen, horses, and mule carts were just enough to carry the soldiers of the 500th household back to Xining to recuperate.

Since Liu Yunshui's subordinates had trained more than 100 gunners, but their accuracy and tactics were not yet fully mature, and they still needed to return to Xining for training, they escorted the soldiers of the 500th household back to Xining with the convoy.

Li Zicheng took his own soldiers and hurried back to Xining on horseback.

Liu Yunshui and Zhou Bin both came to see Li Zicheng off.

Li Zicheng stepped on horseback and glanced back at the Triangle City, originally his goals at this stage were placed on the various guard posts in the Hexi Corridor, once the Triangle City could not be defended, it could be given up for the time being, and after the war on the Eastern Front subsided in the future, he would take care of the affairs of the Triangle City, no matter how fierce the Mongols were, the city wall could not be moved, and it would be fought back when the time came.

However, at the cost of more than 80 deaths, the 500th household insisted on defending the Triangle City, which made him realize that this would be a military city with a glorious battle history, and the number and combat effectiveness of the Mongol cavalry were no more than that, and the Triangle City could be defended, so as to protect the Jinyintan pasture on the coast of the West Sea, and graze a large number of horses, cattle and sheep for the army.

"Yunshui, the Triangle City will be handed over to you, everything must have a degree, don't be greedy and venture into the grassland too much, your cavalry is too small, and it is also very precious."

"The subordinates understand, rest assured, the subordinates will focus on the triangle city, otherwise they will not be able to withstand the bloody battle of the five hundredth households."

Li Zicheng nodded and said, "In addition, after the training of these hundred soldiers is mature, I will let them return to the team in time, and you will also arrange for the next batch of soldiers to go to Xining for training." ”

"Some of the subordinates are subject to the laws of the adults." Liu Yunshui arched his hands and whispered.

Li Zicheng turned to Zhou Bin, "Zhou Bin, I'm waiting in Xining to celebrate the 500th household." ”

"Thank you, my lord," Zhou Bin also bowed and said with a smile: "The subordinates will rush to Xining as soon as possible, and the subordinates are still waiting for the adults to recruit troops for their subordinates!" ”

"Haha......"

"Haha......"

In a series of laughter, Li Zicheng pulled the reins of the horse, turned the horse's head, and took his own soldiers, beat the horse like flying, and headed towards Xining.

Back in Xining, Li Zicheng caught up with a series of happy events. He didn't have time to go home and immediately took care of these pleasant official duties.

The craftsman workshop has used hundreds of catties of pig iron brought back by Mu Qingshan to create eighteen Xining rifles, and is now rushing to make bullets.

In two or three days, when the 100 gunners of the 100 households of the 1st Cavalry return to Xining, the number of rifles used for training will reach 29, which will greatly increase the speed of training, and the number of rifles will increase, and tactical training can be carried out.

Xining rifles are single-shot rifles, after shooting bullets, need to reload bullets, if it is on the battlefield, there will be a gap period, in order to make up for this gap period, to achieve the effect of uninterrupted shooting, soldiers need to be divided into three teams in the front, middle and back in turn, this shooting method is called "three-stage type".

Li Zicheng used this method to see the battles between early European armies in later films.

The original eleven Xining rifles were experimental and should be recast, but Li Zicheng wanted to see the shooting limit of this rifle, especially how many bullets could be fired, the barrel and wrench would be damaged and deformed, affecting the shooting effect, so there was no return to the furnace for the time being.

The second happy event was that Ren Erxi came back, and brought back a cart of seeds, which was 200 catties.

Li Zicheng summoned Ren Erxi in the small hall of the back office, he first took out a "lump of soil" from the cloth bag, sure enough, it was a sweet potato, although the dark red skin was a little damaged, fortunately it was not serious, it should still sprout, and then all the largest cloth bags were overturned out, all sweet potatoes and potatoes, and he was overjoyed, "Erxi, you have worked hard!" ”

"If you don't make a mistake, your subordinates will be relieved!" Ren Erxi mentioned the heart in his throat, and finally returned to his chest, he took out a smallest cloth bag, "My lord, according to the local people, this is corn, I don't know if it's the ...... that adults said."

Li Zicheng untied the bag, reached out and grabbed a handful of seeds, spread them out on the palm of his hand, yes, it was it, the yellow corn kernels! He was about to hug Ren Erxi and have a "two-person turn", but he couldn't help it after thinking about it.

According to Ren Erxi, he got these seeds in Zhangzhou, Fujian, and the local people mainly used these to feed pigs, although there were also people who used them as food, but there were very few people who ate them, so the price was very cheap, he bought more than 1,000 catties at that time, and did not spend a few taels of silver, mainly because of the inconvenience of transportation.

When crossing the Shu Road, because he was worried about the thieves in Shaanxi, he did not go directly to Weishui from the upper reaches of the Jialing River, but crossed a large number of sheep farm trails and canyons from the source of the Bailong River, a tributary of the Jialing River, and then crossed the Yellow River along the east bank of the Yellow River and from the Heerga Ferry.

Three or four months, although it is a bit long, but Xining and Zhangzhou, Fujian Province are separated by thousands of miles, and there are a large number of mountain trails, which completely need to be walked, and it would be good to come back safely. ”

"Yes, my subordinates first went to Chengdu, then took a boat east, abandoned the boat from Yanziji in Nanjing, and landed all the way south, and finally found these seeds in Zhangzhou, Fujian...... My lord, when I went down the river to the east, I went down the river in a few days, but when I returned, it was against the water, not only did the river boat go slowly, but the price was much more expensive," Speaking of this, he took out some broken silver from his pocket and offered it with both hands, "My lord, this is the remaining coil!" ”

Li Zicheng glanced at it, there were more than ten taels, but he didn't take it, "Erxi, you and your brothers have worked hard in the past few months, these silvers should be regarded as a reward for you, you know, taking a boat from the river is actually very dangerous!" ”

"My lord......" Ren Erxi was about to say something, but when he thought that the adult had already spoken, he bit his lip and hurriedly kowtowed to thank him: "Thank you, my subordinates, ...... my lord."

After sending Ren Erxi away, Li Zicheng thought of a problem, that is, transportation, the current Xining, is completely the border of the Ming Dynasty, located on the west bank of the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and Shaanxi across the Yellow River.

Militarily speaking, with the natural danger of the Yellow River, as long as a limited number of major crossings are guarded, it is difficult for the imperial court to enter Xining no matter how many troops there are, but for normal commercial exchanges, traffic is a great obstacle, especially the connection with the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, which is blocked by a large number of mountains and rivers, and the passage is extremely inconvenient.

The difficulty of the Shu Road, since Li Bai, everyone in the world knows, but the connection between Xining and Jiangnan has to rely on the Shu Road, unless you dare to dare to pass through the heavily armed place near the Beijing Division.

Without convenient transportation, even if Xining can produce goods with high monopoly profits in the future, the vast majority of profits will be consumed on the road.

Between Xining and Jiangnan, what are the passages, or in other words, once the Yellow River is crossed, the east goes out of Longyou, and between Longyou and Jiangnan, whether there is a wide avenue, Li Zicheng does not know at all.

Ay! Li Zicheng sighed softly, although the territory of the Ming Dynasty is huge, there are many mountains, and the traffic is seriously restricted, especially in the west and south, there are not a few people who are so difficult to pass like Shu Road, it seems that we have to pay attention to the traffic situation nearby in the future.

He scanned the messages from all over the world that had piled up in the study before leaving the study, and when he got home, it was almost Shen Shi.

Gao Guiying led the women like stars with the moon, welcoming Li Zicheng into the main hall, that is, the courtyard where Song Yulian and Chen Qiudie have been living.

As soon as Li Zicheng sat down, Chen Qiudie rushed to make tea, and Song Yulian shrank behind Gao Guiying, bowed her head slightly, and said in a low voice: "My lord has been tired all the way, and the maid will go to cook, it will be fine in a while!" Without waiting for Li Zicheng to reply, he left the hall, leaving time for Guo Guiying and other wives and concubines, she, a person with no name, still did her maid's job.

"Haha!" Li Zicheng smiled and asked all the women to sit down, his eyes scanned it, Chen Qiudie's couldn't see the change, and Sun Mengjie's body was already in shape, although he was wearing a wide burqa, but the bulging abdomen was still very obvious, and the whole face was filled with a maternal aura, shallow, gentle, even smiling was afraid of startling the fetus in the womb, which was in stark contrast to Chen Qiudie's frivolity.

However, Gao Guiying's body is more eye-catching, she has been designated by Li Zicheng as his wife, and between her words and deeds, she is unconsciously cultivating a kind of dignity that belongs to the unique wife of the wife, plus she knows some stick skills, and has been on the battlefield, and in the dignified, there is a sassy atmosphere.

"Gui Ying, these days, how are you at home?"

"The sisters are all good!" Gao Guiying nodded slightly, but her eyes did not leave Li Zicheng's face for a moment, it seemed that Li Zicheng's face had a magnetism that could not be avoided.

"My lord, tell us about the battlefield, how many Mongols did you kill this time?" Chen Qiudie propped her arms on the square table, supported her chin with her small hands, and her eyes were fixed on Li Zicheng's face.

"Battlefield? What is there to talk about on the battlefield? As soon as our cavalry arrived, the Mongols obediently stopped the siege, turned around and ran......"

"That's it?" Where is Gao Guiying willing to believe that in her mind, the Mongolian cavalry comes and goes like the wind, and their combat effectiveness is extremely strong, and they will never admit defeat so easily.

"It's not over," Li Zicheng smiled, his face was very relaxed, "We sent cavalry to chase twenty miles, and then the Mongols were finished—eighty percent dead." ”