"Mongolian woman?" Kong Lanchuan was stunned and said, "Isn't the Metropolitan Governor preparing to reward them to the prisoners of war who poured the road?" ”

"It's to reward them," Li Zicheng said, "However, we have to wait until the prisoners of war have completed their service, which is still early, so do you keep letting these Mongolian women eat and drink in the house for nothing?" They have to do something for the Mandate of Heaven......"

"Ah......" Kong Lanchuan knew that Li Zicheng had always been keen on inheriting God, so he smiled and said: "Dadu, they are now imprisoned in the mansion, it is indeed a waste of food, it is better to let them serve God as soon as possible......

This is indeed a method, these Mongolian women worship God, and if they marry in the future, it will also promote their men to be more devout to God, but Li Zicheng feels that it will not work at all, "Master Kong, these Mongolian women should not know Chinese, right?" How will the doctrine be taught to them? ”

"This ...... The subordinates didn't expect it," Kong Lanchuan smiled wryly, was silent for a moment, and said: "Dadu Governor, there are a lot of open spaces in the city, why don't you let them learn to grow vegetables and exchange the vegetables they grow for food......

"That's a good idea," Li Zicheng was overjoyed, and said, "I also want to teach them to breed chickens, geese, ducks, and fat pigs!" ”

Kong Lanchuan was puzzled, "Metropolitan Governor, why is this?" ”

To make a fortune, of course! Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said: "This is mostly mountainous, the people live a difficult life, in the same land, the output of chickens, geese, ducks and pigs is much higher than that of cattle and sheep......

I see! Kong Lanchuan was shocked, it is said that the Metropolitan Governor has always cared for the people, and it is indeed worthy of his name, these Mongolian women have not yet married, and they can't even speak Chinese, so the Metropolitan Governor wants them to learn the skills of the Han people and help their masters run the family......

Why didn't the imperial court have such officials?

Kong Lanchuan seemed to understand why the imperial court was declining, losing more and more land, and the situation was getting worse and worse......

He felt more and more that he was really a lucky choice to follow the Metropolitan Governor!

Li Zicheng saw that Kong Lanchuan was silent, thinking that he was not easy to settle, so he said: "Master Kong, is there any difficulty here?" ”

"Ah...... No, no," Kong Lanchuan came to his senses and said busily: "The subordinates prepare food, and then board these Mongolian women in the people's homes, and let them learn these techniques from the people......"

If you go deep into the people's homes, you can learn the relevant techniques in the shortest time, but Li Zicheng still has a worry, "Master Kong, I have already rewarded them to the prisoners of war, and I must ensure their safety." ”

"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will explain to the local lieutenant and the head of the first place, if anyone beats them, not only will they be imprisoned, but all the cultivated land will be confiscated......"

Li Zicheng nodded, for the people, the most important thing is land, as long as there is enough land, there will be a steady stream of food production, to ensure that the whole family will not starve, Kong Lanchuan took the land to threaten them, it was really a hit of seven inches.

The only thing that is a pity is that these Mongolian women do not know Chinese, otherwise they could have taken the opportunity to proclaim God......

Thinking of this, Li Zicheng's heart suddenly moved, the prisoners of war who expanded the official road in Qijiang County were more than 3,000 households, and the Mongolian women brought back by the tiger cavalry and the wolf cavalry were only more than 1,000 people, and there was a gap of about 2,000, didn't there be many refugees in Shaanxi? Just give them a bite to eat...... They are all Han Chinese, and even if the dialects are different, there should be no barriers to using Chinese to communicate......

Kong Lanchuan got up to leave, walked to the door, suddenly stopped, turned around and said, "Governor, there is something unknown ...... subordinates."

Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said, "If Master Kong has anything to say, just say it!" ”

"My subordinates have thanked the Grand Governor!" Kong Lanchuan first bowed and saluted, and said: "The Governor of the Great Metropolitan has poured a wide and flat avenue along the 'Sichuan-Guizhou Ancient Road', and his subordinates know that it is to facilitate the timely allocation of the army, but he spent a lot of money to extend the avenue to each 'li', and I don't know why it ......."

"Naturally, it is convenient for the passage of the common people and the passing merchants," Li Zicheng said, including the timely deployment of troops, "With the wide avenue, the people in the deep mountains can transport the grain they produce, the medicinal herbs they collect, and the animal skins they store to the market in time to sell." ”

Kong Lanchuan said: "Does the governor mean to increase the income of the people? ”

"The surplus grain, herbs, etc. in the hands of the people can be exchanged for silver money, and then they can buy necessary daily necessities from the market, such as salt, cloth, etc.," Li Zicheng nodded, and said: "Once the people get the benefits from the exchange, who will have time to make trouble in the future?" ”

"Ah......" Kong Lanchuan thought for a while, and suddenly took a deep breath, "The wisdom of the Grand Governor, his subordinates admire ......"

Kong Lanchuan said goodbye and left, Li Zicheng also left the barracks, he wanted to walk around the city, but unfortunately, the entire Zunyi Mansion City was still bleak, and there was no sign of excitement before the arrival of Xinyuan.

The time for Zunyi to establish the government is too short, and the goods are scarce, and it is rare to see even a few shops......

Take your time, as long as the people gradually get richer, the merchants will come in sooner or later, thus accelerating the localization of the locality!

After breakfast the next day, Li Zicheng left Zunyi Mansion with his soldiers and went to Zunyi County in the south.

Although Zunyi County is a small county, it is the first county on the territory of the Mandate of Heaven to realize "Lilitong", and it will surely be recorded in the history of the Mandate of Heaven!

The cement avenue extends in all directions from the "Sichuan-Guizhou Ancient Road", connecting each "li" with the county seat......

However, Zunyi County is surrounded by mountains, the terrain is too complicated, only the avenue of "Sichuan-Guizhou Ancient Road" is relatively wide, and the secondary avenue that extends from the avenue is only one zhang and five wide, and in order to avoid the high mountains, most of them are tortuous and difficult, far from being comparable with the official road.

The secondary avenue is radial, with Zunyi County as the center, basically reaching the end of each "li", only the road leading to Daxili continues to extend forward, connecting Renhuai County, and extending to Maotai Village on the east bank of Chishui.

Although it is the edge of Da Lou Mountain, it is a flat river valley washed out by Chishui, and a cement bridge will be built on Chishui in the future, which can be connected with Lianzhou and Yongning in the northwest, and then lead to Luzhou in the north.

If these roads can be realized, it will be on the south bank of the Yangtze River, a cement avenue similar to "U" shape, Zunyi Mansion, Yongning Mansion, Luzhou encircled, supplemented by low-grade roads in the future, it is very likely to realize the overall sinicization of the entire region.

Once this goal is achieved, it will not only provide a model for the sinicization of southern Sichuan and western Sichuan, but also initially separate the nearby Guizhou Tusi, and weaken and disintegrate the strength of the surrounding Tusi step by step.

To build a mesh cement avenue, there is still a long way to go, after the initial sinicization, according to the situation of taxation, gradually take the existing official road as the center, and then push around. Now the most urgent thing is not to develop the local economy, but to achieve sinicization.

As far as the road reaches, it can objectively promote economic development, but it is mainly for the rapid mobilization of the army, as well as the transportation of military materials, to provide military support for sinicization.

Li Zicheng took his own soldiers, rode a high-headed horse, and showed off his might in the thirteen "miles" of Zunyi County.

He has never been a high-profile person, this time he is unusually in Zunyi County, just to deter the local people, the Mandate of Heaven Army may come from the official road at any time, and if someone has a different heart, he has to think about it.

For the various stockades near the official road, Li Zicheng also wanted to deal with them appropriately, either let the Heavenly Mandate Army garrison, or directly dismantle them.

However, he did not do it, and the naturalization of the people into Han Chinese was a long-term work, and the means were too drastic, and it was likely to provoke desperate resistance from the people.

This time, the Mandate of Heaven Army in southern Sichuan、Western Sichuan,Use military means as the forerunner,Carry out large-scale sinicization work,In fact, the main thing to deal with is the local Tusi,Fight the Tusi,Divide the land,Ordinary people actually still follow the income,At least they got more land,The taxes are lighter than before。

Li Zicheng wandered around for two days, and walked all the "li" before returning to Zunyi Mansion.

Now that the New Year is approaching, all parts of Sichuan are stable, and newly conquered lands like Zunyi are gradually on the right track, and there are various units of the Heavenly Mandate Army stationed, which are basically in a stable state, and he does not need to work hard for the time being.

Li Zicheng decided to go back to Lanzhou for the time being, maybe not in time for Chinese New Year's Eve, but it has been almost half a year since he left Lanzhou, and he should have gone back to see it a long time ago.

He bid farewell to the prefect Kong Lanchuan and went north along the Sichuan-Guizhou Ancient Road.

Cement avenue, has been poured to Loushan Pass, now more than 3,000 prisoners of war, is Loushan Pass to Tongzi County area to do the final decisive battle, if the temperature is not too low, maybe before the new yuan, can be completely won this section.

After Tongzi County, the official road has been expanded, tamped, just waiting for the pouring of cement avenue, but the speed of widening the pipeline, obviously slower than pouring, Li Zicheng passed the Tongzi Station, less than twenty miles, then met Huang Junhui's road construction team, from the front of the Songkan Station, about twenty miles, without the assistance of the rest of the prisoners of war, it is difficult to complete before the new yuan.

Songkan Post Station is about forty miles away from Tongzi Post Station in the south, even if you walk, it is very easy in one day, and the post station will definitely not be restored, as long as the prisoners of war from Huguang are placed in these two original post stations, it will form a new "li", which is equivalent to the town of later generations.

There will naturally be taverns, inns, etc. in the town for passers-by to eat, live and recreation, and the government does not need to invest separately to set up government-run post stations.

From Songkan Post Station to the north, soon is the boundary of Qijiang County, Chongqing Prefecture, although there are still a lot of remnants of Lou Mountain, but the terrain tends to be flat, basically along the official road in the direction of Qijiang River, much wider than the south, some places even exceed the pouring standard of cement avenue, the widening is greatly reduced, basically as long as the foundation is tamped.

When crossing the river from Ba County, Li Zicheng stared at the vast river and thought in his heart, although the Yangtze River is wide, it is the upper reach, and the river is not as wide as the downstream, which is dozens of miles wide.

If a Yangtze River bridge can be built here, it will not only allow Chongqing to quickly radiate to the south of the Yangtze River, but also the Sichuan section of the Sichuan-Guizhou Ancient Road, which will become a fast channel.

Li Zicheng has no preparation to go south to Guizhou for the time being, but Guizhou will be taken sooner or later, to borrow a sentence from Emperor Maozi: Although the land of China is vast, not an inch is superfluous!