At the moment, Li Zicheng let the soldiers camp at the mouth of the Yaoshui River, but he took the small flag officer Ren Erxi along the riverbank, running upstream on horseback, the terrain along the way is relatively flat, and the drop on the river bank is not large.

On the way back to the camp, he even thought about setting up a village and a county at the mouth of the Yaoshui River, as for the name, because it is the source of the farming area and close to Huangshui, it is called "Huangyuan County".

After crossing the Yaoshui River, because there was no more suitable area for farming, Li Zicheng sped up his speed and did not stop any longer, and arrived at Triangle City in the evening.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the blue-gray city wall was draped in a faint glow, like a see-through outfit, which made Li Zicheng think about it.

Back to reality, the circumference of the triangle city is only ten miles, the city walls are too low, and there are no buildings in the city.

Zhou Bin had already received the message, and personally greeted him out of the city, kneeling down in front of Li Zicheng's horse: "My subordinates knock to see my lord!" ”

"Get up!" Li Zicheng turned over and jumped off the horse, his eyes were still on the city wall, when he left, the east and south of the city wall were only seven or eight feet high, and now they were level with the other two parties, it seemed that Zhou Bin had been worried a lot during this time.

He counted on his fingers, from the beginning of the restoration of the Triangle City, it has only been three months now, and the preliminary completion of the Triangle City has been completed without using much silver, which is simply a miracle.

"Let's go and see the city!"

"Yes, sir."

The city is almost empty, but in the northwest corner under the nose, there are some military tents, next to which are several firefighters who are busy killing fish, two pikefish with more than 20 catties of flowers, have been disemboweled, and their bodies are still trembling, obviously relatively fresh, on a desk next to them, two firefighters are kneading white noodles.

Seeing Li Zicheng, the firefighters knelt down together, "Knock to see your lord!" ”

Li Zicheng hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop, "No need to be polite, you are busy with you," but walked towards the fireman who killed the fish, "How about it, is the fish soup enough to drink?" ”

The firefighter said cautiously: "My lord, now that it is winter, the fishing team has been open to fishing, and we have fish soup and fish meat almost every day, and the brothers are no longer as gluttonous as before!" ”

"That's good, let the brothers eat well, it's your credit, without your contribution, how can the brothers train when they're hungry?" Li Zicheng patted him on the back and motioned for him to continue to be busy killing fish.

The firefighter didn't expect that Lord Qianhu was so approachable, he looked down on the fireman, and affirmed his work, so he couldn't help but be flattered by his surprise, and bowed down and replied: "My subordinates must do their best to make delicious meals for the brothers!" ”

Li Zicheng nodded, but he swept his gaze into the distance, less than a mile away from the tent, there was a large flat field, and the soldiers were training assassination, making all kinds of shouts and killings.

He walked over and stepped on it a few times, and found that the soil was quite solid, "Zhou Baihu, do soldiers go out to exercise normally every day?" ”

"Back to my lord, the soldiers go out for at least four hours a day!"

"Well, the training time is quite sufficient, pay attention to gradually increasing the training intensity, in addition, let the brothers eat as much as possible, and they will have strength during training!"

"Yes, sir!"

"How effective was the training during this time?" Li Zicheng looked at the soldiers who were training, and found that their coordination training was very good, and when attacking, the spear and the short knife were very skillfully coordinated, and he was also happy in his heart.

"Lord Hui, the brothers will prohibit it, and they will not procrastinate," Zhou Bin bowed his head and said: "Especially that collaborative training, which is very effective in improving the combat effectiveness and discipline of soldiers!" ”

"Yes, it's better than I imagined, it seems that during this time, Zhou Baihu has put a lot of thought into it," Li Zicheng smiled faintly, "However, this is not enough, if you want to raise the combat effectiveness of the soldiers to a higher level, you must be able to go to the sword mountain and the sea of fire, and do not frown, only then can you be a strong army." ”

Zhou Bin was stunned, and when he saw Li Zicheng looking at him, he came to his senses, "My subordinates understand, my subordinates must train according to the requirements of adults!" But in his heart, he said: Do you really want such a soldier? I don't know if the Qi family army could do it back then.

At this moment, a cold wind happened to strike, Li Zicheng felt a trace of coolness, and was stunned for a moment, "Li Baihu, now that the rain and snow season is about to begin, the soldiers live in camp tents, how to keep warm?" ”

"Your Excellen......cy," Zhou Bin hesitated for a while, "The main thing is to raise a brazier in the camp tent, and his subordinates also want to build a military camp, but there is a shortage of manpower, besides, this snowy day is coming in a blink of an eye, and it is impossible to build a military camp before the snowy day comes." ”

"That can't let the brothers get frozen, the camp tent is too thin, and the insulation effect is unsatisfactory," Li Zicheng thought for a while and said, "Let's think of a way to see if we can build some simple military camps, so that the brothers can survive the winter." ”

Why don't you want to be around the "adult ......"? He himself lives in a meager tent! However, he wanted to break his head, and he didn't think of a good way to build a house quickly.

Li Zicheng glanced at the city wall, since the city wall of the Triangle City can be built in three months, it is not difficult to build a military camp.

The key is the earthen wall, under normal circumstances, the earthen wall needs to be raised layer by layer, and the bottom is dry and solid in order to go to the next level, according to this method, the time is obviously not enough.

What to do? What to do?

How can we build a barracks before winter comes? Even if it's the simplest, as long as the soldiers can shelter from the cold.

The soldiers must not be allowed to spend the winter in thin tents!

Li Zicheng's gaze rested on the city wall again, and Xinzhong throbbed for a while, but he had not yet found a clear plan, and only the word "stone" flashed in his mind.

What if you use a stone wall?

When building the city wall, in order to stabilize, it is necessary to make the joints between the stones, which delays a lot of time, and the building of a house is not such a high requirement, the bottom floor is made of large stones, the upper floor is used for small stones, and the house is only used for night rest, and it does not need to be too high, three or four feet is enough, and the house is more warm when it is low.

Strictly speaking, this idea is not to build a house, but a yard house, the stone wall may not be reliable, it doesn't matter, use a wooden stake, a thick wooden stake at each of the four corners, on both sides of the stone wall, every other distance with an exception to a wooden stake, the upper pile mouth is tightened with a thick cable, and the stone wall is basically stable.

If the fit between the stones is not enough, there will inevitably be some gaps, which can be sealed with loess inside and out, the loess is sticky, which can not only block the cold wind, but also strengthen and make the stones bond together.

The loess on the outside of the stone wall may be eroded by wind, rain and snow, and Li Zicheng plans to add a layer of thatched curtain on the outside, which can not only shelter from the wind and rain, protect the loess, but also keep warm.

This kind of house may not look beautiful, but in terms of warmth, it must be much better than the camp tent, the camp tent of the Ming army is basically a double-layer cloth tent, not as thick as the camp tent of the Mongols, and the Mongols have always lived in high latitudes, and their adaptability to the cold is far stronger than that of the Han people.

There are only more than 100 soldiers, in order to save time and materials, this kind of temporary house does not need to be built too much, according to the general layout of ten soldiers in each house, but more than ten rooms.

When Li Zicheng told Zhou Bin his thoughts, he was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth, like a hippopotamus foraging for food, and after a long time, he asked weakly: "My lord, let the soldiers do it themselves and build temporary barracks, right?" ”

"The soldiers need to practice, so let's recruit some young men from the nearby herdsmen, and I will pay them silver, and the remuneration will be settled on a daily basis, twenty wen a day."

This kind of remuneration has exceeded the soldier's salary, fortunately, the time will not be too much, Li Zicheng estimates, the forage for building a house can be moved from the nearby mountains, and the simple remuneration is not more than 100,000 taels of silver at most, he originally had more than 60,000 taels of silver, when he went to Beichuan, he copied the Datusi Mansion, plus the five hundred taels of gold of Chen Qiudie's dowry, which is equivalent to more than 80,000 taels of silver now, plus the imperial court still has a salary, and it is not like before to live with his fingers.

Li Zicheng originally planned to let Zhou Bin expand the army nearby, but there was no barracks, so I was afraid that it would not work for a while, so I could only wait until after the beginning of spring.

Zhou Bin said that he would do it, and immediately asked his soldiers to find the nearby herdsmen, and contacted more than 200 young people that night.

Early the next morning, these young men began to ambush the mountains to cut down trees, carry stones, harvest thatch, etc., Li Zicheng after the herdsmen erected four standing trees, left the silver taels, and left the triangle city.