Li Zicheng didn't wait for Fu Zonglong in Xing'an, but waited for the news that Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Ru rebelled again, and couldn't help but sigh: After such a long time of preparation, I'm afraid it will be in vain again!

Xiong Wencan played a game of cat and mouse with Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai in Huguang, and he would not have the spare strength to conquer the Heavenly Mandate Army in Sichuan for a while, and he immediately gave an order to Zhou Kun of the Naval Army, ordering him to lift the alert, and instructed Song Wen to be on guard on the front line of Hanshui and not to let the Liukou enter Sichuan, which affected the development plan of the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion.

Later, he gave Qin Danian in Jingyuan County and Ma Youshui in Guguan an order to lower the level of vigilance, and at the same time accept a large number of displaced people into Sichuan, at least 10,000 people, the more the merrier!

Li Zicheng left Hanzhong, with the fifth battalion Li Jibu who was preparing for war in the rear, and immediately rushed to Chengdu, since there was no large-scale war, he wanted to step up the development of Panzhihua iron mine, and by the way, the entire southern Sichuan was sinicized.

Guo Shijun heard Li Zicheng's plan and felt that it was too crazy, "Dadu Governor, the current Sichuan, although there is a slight surplus of grain, but to Sinicize on a large scale in southern and western Sichuan, the time is obviously not very ripe......

Li Zicheng shook his head, "Shijun should know that without a large amount of pig iron, the Heavenly Mandate Army will not be able to expand its army on a large scale, since there are rifles, the Heavenly Mandate Army has relied heavily on firearms, it's not that the Heavenly Mandate Army can't fight hand-to-hand, but I can't accept it, and fight a war of attrition with the imperial court!" ”

Guo Shijun knew that Li Zicheng's mind was Han Chinese, and it was always his own people who were lost in the war of attrition, but the current Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion, Qinghai and Gansu Provinces, in addition to coarse grain, could also feed the local garrisons and officials, although there was a surplus of grain in Sichuan, I am afraid it would be difficult to support large-scale sinicization and road construction.

"Grand Governor, this is a huge consumption, can the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion afford it? If it's just for pig iron, it's better to take part of the land in Huguang......"

Once Li Zicheng is convinced, how can he give up easily? "Shijun, this is an opportunity, miss this opportunity, once the Heavenly Mandate Army crusades eastward, it will be difficult to stop in the future, and the fierce battle between the Heavenly Mandate Army and the Ming Army will be an endless situation......"

Guo Shijun knew that he couldn't convince Li Zicheng, so he took a step back, "How long does it take for the Metropolitan Governor to open up the road from Chengdu to Panzhihua?" ”

"One year!" Along the way, Li Zicheng had already calculated almost.

"A year?" Guo Shijun's head shook like a rattle, "Dadu Governor, his subordinates have already paid special attention to the Sichuan Xingdu Division, from Chengdu to Panzhihua on the bank of the Jinsha River, at least 1,300 miles, and many of them are blocked by mountains and rivers......"

"It's only a hundred miles a month," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "It depends on whether you can transport money and grain!" ”

Guo Shijun knew that Li Zicheng was eyeing the silver in the Shu Palace, so he smiled bitterly: "Governor, even if there is enough money and food, how can there be a lot of labor?" ”

"Thirty thousand," Li Zicheng stretched out three fingers, "Thirty thousand young and strong, Shijun said, is the labor force enough?" ”

"Thirty thousand? How did the Metropolitan Governor come from 30,000 young people? Guo Shijun was stunned for a moment and said, "Even if all the prisoners of war in the vicinity are gathered, there will be no more than 10,000 at most, and they have been serving for half a year." ”

"In addition to 10,000 prisoners of war and 20,000 troops, I also summoned 10,000 displaced people from Shaanxi, at least 3,000 young and strong, and then recruited 3,000 strong men from the local people, a total of no less than 35,000, of which 5,000 were specially used to transport grain," Li Zicheng said: "As long as there is silver, what if the prisoners of war have their term of service?" Even the people of the land, I do not believe, and they will not be blushing when they see the money......

"Where's the grain?"

"The army accounts for the majority, no matter where they are, they all need food, and they are stationed in the capital for a long time, even if it is labor, it can accelerate the local Sinicization ......"

Guo Shijun looked at Li Zicheng steadily, knowing that he couldn't change his mind, so he sighed and said, "Dadu Governor, 10,000 prisoners of war are left to me, and I will build the section from Chengdu to Jiadingzhou, and Dadu Governor is only responsible for the most difficult Xingdu section......"

"Shijun is still in charge of money, grain and civil affairs, and road repairs, I am responsible for both the affairs and the implementation of the sections at the same time," Li Zicheng said: "In addition, reserve some officials and relevant officials as soon as possible, and the Xingdu Division will establish a mansion in Jianchang, as for Panzhihua, once the steel is smelted, I am afraid that it will have to be an independent mansion!" ”

Guo Shijun nodded, knowing that the task on his shoulders was not light, and he no longer insisted, "Metropolitan Governor, the avenue between Chengdu and Wudu County, Longnan Prefecture, has been completed, Mr. Tang has gone back to Lanzhou, and now the road construction team is building Chengdu-Chongqing Avenue, or else, transfer the road construction team over, and Chengdu-Chongqing Avenue will be slowed down first?" ”

"No," Li Zicheng flatly refused, "Chengdu-Chongqing Avenue is very important for the development of Sichuan, and work cannot be stopped, as long as some technicians are sent over!" ”

Guo Shijun nodded, discussed with Li Zicheng for most of the night, and finally finalized the main matter.

In the southwest of Chengdu, all the prisoners of war were gathered and turned to expand the official road from Chengdu to Jiadingzhou, and this section of the official road has been expanded by nearly 30%.

At the same time, road construction and cement professionals began to concentrate on the Sichuan Xingdu Division, and Guo Shijun also sent exploration craftsmen to be ready to go to the vicinity of Panzhihua to find iron ore at any time.

Sichuan Xingdu Division was officially renamed Jianchang Mansion, north of Fucheng, along the official road, has set up two counties of Ganluo and Xide, south of Fucheng, in the east and west of the official road, set up two counties of Dechang and Huili.

The 20,000 troops are divided into three battalions, the two regiments of the fourth battalion Li Jibu are responsible for the two counties of Ganluo and Xide in the north, the second regiment of the eighth battalion is responsible for Dechang County, and the second regiment of the seventh battalion is responsible for Huili County in the south.

The four regiments were stationed in important places, not only widening the official road, but also ensuring the steady progress of the local sinicization work.

As early as February, Li Zicheng found "Panzhihua", so Guo Shijun gave priority to the sinicization of Sichuan Xingdu Division, although Guo Shijun could not take large-scale measures, but along the official road of one government and four counties, has already sent the chief officer, and far away from the official road of the preset county, the Yi people are too powerful, if there is a lack of military protection, the safety of the chief officer is difficult to guarantee, so the chief officer is not sent in place.

Guo Shijun couldn't take care of the remote areas at that time, so he first sinicized the traffic along the line, and then extended it to both sides.

Li Zicheng is now making a big move, and the entire land of Shaanxi Xingdu Division has suddenly turned the world upside down, along the first line of the official road, the whole has become a construction site, even if it is far away from the official road, in front of more than 20,000 troops, the Yi people are also uneasy, and they don't know when the army will go to them for bad luck.

The Yi people were conquered by the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, although under the instigation of the leaders, there were also small-scale rebellions, but after each rebellion, they had to face ruthless killings, and the rebellious heart was weakened.

After the arrival of the Mandate of Heaven Army, except for the suppression of the malicious Tusi, they did not kill the people, but the Yi people did not know about the Mandate of Heaven Army, and most of them were suspicious.

Li Zicheng and his soldiers did not participate in the construction of the road, and after the construction along the official road was fully started, Li Zicheng came to Jianchang Mansion to prepare to assist the prefect Tang Yuan to naturalize the surrounding people.

Jianchang Fucheng is on the east bank of the Ningyuan River, close to the official road, due south is the lush Lushan Mountain, in the southeast direction, relying on Lushan is an extremely vast snail-shaped freshwater lake - Qiongchi, the head of the "snail" is facing the Fucheng, the distance is only ten miles.

The Qiongchi pond is clear and transparent, touch it with your hands, it is not icy or cold, you can see it far away, the lake surface flips from time to time, and the unknown fish are playing happily.

Li Zicheng walked around Lushan and Qiongchi, and suddenly felt that he had entered a paradise, if it were not for the iron ore of Panzhihua, such an elegant tourist resort, in the absence of unified planning, should never be developed.

But for the sake of iron ore and the development of the Mandate of Heaven, he really can't care about it.

Back in the city, Li Zicheng divided the ten hundred households into four, and will cooperate with the officials in the palace to go to various places to naturalize the people, Li Zicheng took He Xiaomi and three hundred households, and the prefect Tang Yuan was in a group.

After resting in the city for a night, early the next morning, Tang Yuan took the translator Mi Lanting and more than a dozen auxiliary soldiers, and Li Zicheng took his own soldiers and went out of the south gate together.

Tang Yuan came to Jianchang Mansion as early as the beginning of the year to take office, as soon as he arrived, under the escort of the sergeant, he publicized the law of the Mandate of Heaven to the people, and now east of the Ningyuan River, close to the Fucheng, the people have basically "joined the Han nationality and served God", and today they are going to Daqing Village south of Qiongchi.

Daqing Village is at least 30 miles away from Fucheng, and a group of people went south along the west bank of Qiongchi and through the trail between Qiongchi and Lushan. Because of the long distance, along the way, Tang Yuan introduced the situation of the people to Li Zicheng, as well as the sinicization situation near Fucheng.

Tang Yuan is in his early thirties, his stature is not high, but his eyes are full of wisdom, he is not talkative, but he can grasp the core of the problem, and after more than ten miles, Li Zicheng has already understood the current situation around Fucheng.

The Ming Dynasty has been operating in Jianchang Mansion for a long time, the villages near the Fucheng are mostly Han and Yi mixed houses, the Yi people not only learned the Chinese language, but they are not disgusted with the Han people, although the Yi people have their own language, but there is no writing, because of the need for records, people with a little bit of identity, will have some Chinese dialect, and even write Chinese characters, the accompanying translator Mi Lanting, was originally a Yi person, after sinicization, even the name was taken by Tang Yuan.

But the whole Jianchang Mansion, the west is the Yak Mountain, the east is the Luoji Mountain, only between the two mountains by the Ningyuan River alluvial out of a large plain area, the east and west of the plain, the mountain is quite complicated, in the mountains, the Yi people have always been disobedient to education.

The village they are going to today is the junction of the plains and the deep mountains, where there are very few Han soldiers, and although the Yi people in the village know the outside world, they have always had little contact with the Han people.

Tang Yuan was not sure about the attitude of the Yi people towards the Han people, so when he traveled, he would bring the auxiliary soldiers of the guard, plus more than 300 personal guards of Li Zicheng, and the number of soldiers guarding alone this time reached 350.

Li Zicheng was riding a horse, but Tang Yuan was walking, the two chatted while walking, and when they arrived at Daqing Village, it was already noon, Tang Yuan was ready to rest at the entrance of the village for a while, first used dry food and water, and then entered the village.

Just after taking a break from teaching at the entrance of the village, Li Zicheng had not yet dismounted when he heard a dog barking, followed by a chaotic noise, mixed with faint footsteps.

Tang Yuan listened attentively, and his face changed color unconsciously.