Li Zicheng was grateful to Tian Fen for bringing him inspiration, pecked on her red lips, and then got up to leave the back office.

On the one hand, he instructed his soldiers to go to the bazaar to buy mercury, and by the way, he went to Mao Ting's trading house to buy two glass mirrors, which would be used as a comparison in the future.

The principle of glass mirror is very simple, but the current world does not know, that is, mercury is plated on the surface of the glass to achieve the effect of shading.

Mercury was found everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, and it was also sold in the market, and the key was glass, which was a rarity in this era.

Li Zicheng has built a glass factory in Hushan, and the raw materials are ready.

He designed two sizes of mirrors, one square, 20 centimeters long and 15 centimeters wide; One is round and only ten centimeters in diameter.

The mirror surface is not large, so it is easy to transport, and in the future, it can make full use of broken glass.

Li Zicheng had just had breakfast here, and He Xiaomi hurried over, "Metropolitan Governor, Lord Liang and Lord Shen are here!" ”

"Oh, let them wait in the study first, and I'll be there later!"

After He Xiaomi left, Li Zicheng felt that the glass mirror still had some deficiencies, but he couldn't think of it for a while, and after pondering for a while, he thought: The mercury on the back of the glass mirror must be shielded, so as not to slowly volatilize the mercury and emit toxic vapor.

In this era, there was no glue, so wood could only be used, and when the size of the glass mirror was fixed, the craftsmen were allowed to make the frame.

Glass mirror, like glass, takes the high-end route, earns high profits, and the appearance should also be properly considered, which is both applicable and beautiful.

When Li Zicheng came to the study, Liang Wencheng and Shen Dao almost drank tea.

"The Grand Duke!" The two of them bowed to the ground.

"Get up, no need to be polite!" Li Zicheng gave up his seat and sat in the main seat by himself.

"Zicheng, I'll report first!" Liang Wencheng arched his hand.

"Okay, you come first, money and food are the foundation of the Heavenly Mandate Army!"

"We have explored the land of Gansu, Xining and Longyou, the growth of winter wheat is gratifying, no accident, and it is a bumper harvest situation, the grain of the Mandate of Heaven Army, not only self-sufficient, but also a slight surplus," Liang Wencheng said a series of data, and finally emphasized: "'America's three rural' is playing an important role, potatoes have been harvested, and now it has been determined to be a bumper yield, corn, sweet potatoes have been planted in a large area in Xining and Gansu, as a food supplement, there will be a lot of surplus!" ”

"Surplus?" Li Zicheng not only thought of expanding the army, but also hoped to accept more people.

The land of Longyou is all territorial, but because of banditry and soldiers, there are barren places in many places, if the population cannot be replenished in time, the cultivated land will gradually be degraded, and the difficulty of recultivation will increase in the future.

Second, as the population of Longyou increases, more soldiers will be provided, and more grain will be produced and paid.

Moreover, the turmoil in Shaanxi is mainly due to the fact that the people have no food to eat, and if some Shaanxi victims are accepted, the number of victims can be reduced and the power of the thieves can be weakened.

Li Zicheng didn't want to help Hong Chengchou put down the rebellion, but in his mind, all Han people were the people of China, and all the land was the land of China, so he naturally didn't want his land to be too turbulent.

It can not only increase the strength of the Heavenly Mandate Army, but also alleviate the disaster situation in Shaanxi, why not?

In Li Zicheng's mind, Lanzhou is not only the current capital of Longyou Province, but also the future capital of Gansu Province, and naturally wants to develop into a central city, but the current Lanzhou Prefecture, including the prefectures and counties under its jurisdiction, has a population of less than 200,000, and the capital city and its vicinity are less than 80,000 people, which can only be regarded as a first-class government.

The population must be increased!

In this era, population is still the most important productive force, the more people will develop, the more arable land will be developed, the more social wealth will be accumulated, and the development of commerce can be promoted.

Thinking of this, Li Zicheng recorded a few words on paper: Let the horses in Guguan have water, recruit a group of people from the thieves in Shaanxi, and drag the family with the best people, and will concentrate on Lanzhou.

In addition, the cement of Malushan will be relocated to the foot of Gaolan Mountain in Lanzhou, near Malushan, and the cement road will not be built for the time being.

Originally, in order to avoid suspicion, the glass factory was located in Hutou Mountain, at this time Longyou has stabilized, and will also be moved to Gaolan Mountain in Lanzhou, as for the production of glass mirror factory, directly placed in the city, the main sales market of these products, are Jingshi and Jiangnan, and the distance between Lanzhou will be closer.

"Self-contained, the food problem is now solved, but the silver ...... To be honest, the current commercial tax revenue, plus the silver obtained from the glass factory, the perfume factory, and the distillery factory, is not much surplus as a military salary and an official's salary, and if it is to be used for development, it will be overstretched......"

The most headache for Li Zicheng is the silver, the territory of the Mandate of Heaven Army, no silver mines have been found, and the business is underdeveloped, the silver must rely on foreign imports, but if the silver from other places is imported into the territory of the Mandate of Heaven, there must be products that can be used, otherwise who will send the silver for nothing?

Although Li Zicheng took control of Xining and Longyou, he earned a lot of silver from Jingshi and Jiangnan, but it was still far from the needs of actual circulation, and the people had the habit of saving, once they collected silver, they often stayed at home, not in the market, resulting in a greater shortage of silver.

Li Zicheng once wanted to open a bank and issue paper money, but he did not have enough silver reserves, and paper money was easy to depreciate, it seemed that in the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion, there was also a commercial envoy to manage the silver money of the Mandate of Heaven Army, he thought of a ready-made figure, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously showed a smile, "Wen Cheng don't worry, when he was in Longyou, he once got 100,000 taels of silver, and there will be no shortage of silver for the time being." ”

"Then I'm relieved!" Liang Wencheng also knew about the silver, but without Li Zicheng's permission, he didn't dare to use it at will.

"What about Shen Dao, there is no problem with the thousands of households deployed in various places, right? Also, how many reserve soldiers in Gansu and Xining have prepared? "Li Zicheng is directly in charge of the seven thousand households of the Heavenly Mandate Army, as well as Wang Anping's rangers, but their food and salary are now under the jurisdiction of the military envoys, and Shen Dao's responsibilities are equivalent to Li Zicheng's staff officers, not the Minister of Defense in the real sense.

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, everything is normal in the major thousands of households," Shen Dao's work is also conscientious, in the military of the Mandate of Heaven, he is already above 10,000 people under one person, compared to the original Xiningwei experience, it is no longer the same, "As for the reserve soldiers, there are nearly 10,000 in Gansu alone, they were originally military households, and it is normal for them to participate in drills and training on weekdays, I don't know how much the Metropolitan Governor will expand the army this time?" ”

Li Zicheng smiled and said, "So much? With so many strong men participating in the drill training, will it affect normal farming? ”

Shen Dao arched his hands, straightened his body, and said, "Don't worry, the Metropolitan Governor will only train when they are slack, and it will definitely not affect farming!" ”

"That's good," Li Zicheng thought for a moment and said, "Let's get two soldiers from a thousand households first!" "He wants to expand Zhou Bin's thousand households and add a thousand households of soldiers, in addition, the Song Ministry of Culture is stationed in Triangle City and Kadang City, and there is only one thousand households of soldiers, which is really a little small, and this time the army will also be expanded by one thousand households.

"Yes, Metropolitan Governor, my subordinates will go tomorrow!"

"Well," Li Zicheng nodded, and said, "How is the Firearms Bureau?" How many rifles were produced? ”

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, there are already five hundred households in the Qin Danian Department that have been issued rifles, and in addition, there are still one and a half hundred rifles left in the craftsman's workshop, and the Metropolitan Governor has not said it explicitly, and his subordinates dare not make a decision."

"Let the craftsman workshop step up the production of rifles, Zhou Bin is about to return to Xining, and add five hundred rifles to him," Li Zicheng pondered, and said: "The next step to produce the rifles, add five hundred households to the Song Wen Department, Triangle City and Kadang City, the task of garrisoning is still very heavy, tell Song Wen, let him train the rifles for the soldiers of the five hundred households, and when the new rifles arrive, all the auxiliaries of these five hundred households will be turned into soldiers, and I will give him another auxiliary soldier of a thousand households!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" Shen Dao bowed down and answered, and then asked, "Grand Duke, is there going to be a war in the area of Triangle City and Kadang City?" ”

"Not yet," Li Zicheng shook his head, he had always been worried about the Mongols outside the two cities, "but we must take precautions, last time the Maili cadres suffered a big loss in Kadang City, who knows when the Mongols will recover?" When the time comes, I'm afraid I'll think about the big grass beach in the southeast again! ”

The two of them reported that they were about to invite Li Zicheng to the banquet, but they didn't expect Li Zicheng to say: "Wencheng, Shen Dao, you tell me, Prince Su is in our hands, how to deal with it?" ”

"Lord Su?" Shen Dao said in a low voice: "Just in case, it's better to get a hundred......"

Li Zicheng also thought about it, when he broke through Lanzhou that day, if any soldier killed Su Wangye, not only was he not at fault, but he might also have merit, but since he captured this Su Wangye, if he wants to kill him now, who will dare to join the Heavenly Mandate Army in the future?

Su Wang Zhu Zhihong is indeed a burden now, but if this card is used well, it is very likely to be used as a signboard to attract talents in the future.

Even Prince Su can accommodate it, who else can't accept it?

The key is how to place Su Wang Zhu Zhihong.

Li Zicheng glanced at Liang Wencheng and said, "What does Wencheng think?" Is it also ......?"

Liang Wencheng's mind was originally to kill, with a prince of the imperial court by his side, not only would he not produce food, but also consume valuable food wealth, and he would also send troops to protect it, in case he escaped, he would reveal the information of the Heavenly Mandate Army to the imperial court, however, Li Zicheng meant this, obviously he didn't want to kill, pondered for a moment, and said busily: "Metropolitan Governor, can you let Prince Su support himself and make some contributions to our Heavenly Mandate Army......

Li Zicheng's eyes lit up, Liang Wencheng turned into a civilian official, in charge of the money and food of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and his horizons were also broadened? Then he smiled and said: "Wen Cheng talk about it, how to make Prince Su work for the Heavenly Mandate Army?" ”

"Metropolitan Governor, let Prince Su go to the county to serve......"

"Aren't all prefectures and counties now having chief officials? Do you want to let Prince Su serve as an auxiliary officer? ”

"The subordinates have an idea," Liang Wencheng finally clarified his thoughts this time, "The governor of Dadu, the two counties of Haomen and Ganzi are too far away from Xining, it is better to set up a government at the junction of the two counties to govern the two counties, and this new prefect will be served by Prince Su!" ”