Li Zicheng disbanded the coalition armies, Geng Dachang and Guo Futu returned to Heishui and Longshou respectively, the fifth and seventh battalions were infantry, the march speed was slow, and they rushed to Lanzhou first, Wang Junzhuo also returned to Wolf Mountain, and he himself was escorted by the cavalry of the second battalion and led his own soldiers south.

He took the sketch of the march of Helan Mansion, accompanied by the prefect Ren Tongzhou, the commander of the Tiger Cavalry Gao Yigong, and the leader of the Watabung tribe Zhao Erde, and surveyed the terrain along the way to find the location of the county.

North of Helan Mountain, he already had a general impression, and on the return trip, he mainly considered the south of Helan Mountain, and Zhao Erde had been a local nomad, so he acted as an accompanying guide.

The newly established Helan Mansion is located in the northwest of Bayinsbur Mountain, the main peak of Helan Mountain, which is basically the north-south central axis of Helan Mansion and the center of Bayinsbur grassland.

However, the name "Bayinsembur" is not a Chinese name at first glance, and now even the Watabu tribe living here has changed its Chinese nationality, do you still want to leave this kind of name?

Li Zicheng shook his head, and quickly denied that the Heavenly Mandate Army was a good opportunity to erase these histories.

He thought about it for a while, Helan Mountain is a neutral name, and it is a historical mountain, so there is no need to toss, but how many Han people are familiar with this Bayinsbur Mountain? It's better to change it!

Li Zicheng looked up at the majestic Bayinsembur, this season, the mountain is verdant, compared with the desert in the west, it looks very beautiful, if it is called Lanshan, it is also appropriate, but since it is the main peak of Helan Mountain, it should be called Heshan Mountain, and in the future, find out a "Lanshan" from the Helan Mountains, which together is Helan Mountain.

Correspondingly, the Bayinsbur grassland was renamed Heshan grassland.

However, when Li Zicheng saw the desert in the west, he immediately frowned, the desert not only wiped out the hope of the nomads, but also affected the Han people to develop this land in the future, unless there are minerals such as oil and steel under the desert, he saw the western edge of this desert in the west of Shengquan Mountain (Yabulai Mountain), it seems that this desert is basically sandwiched between Shengquan Mountain and Helan Mountain.

There is still some pasture grass on the edge of the desert, which should not be as barren as the Golden Desert, at least the nomads can still find some pasture.

Li Zicheng didn't know what this desert was called in the history of later generations, and only after asking Zhao Erde did he know that it is now called "Tengger Desert", I don't know if this name has been used in the history of later generations, but it is obviously not a Chinese name, and after thinking for a while, he renamed Tengger Desert as "Grand Desert".

He also wants to eradicate the desert, but unfortunately, he has more than enough heart but not enough strength, and the current Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion has neither money nor manpower, so he should not consider it before defeating the imperial court.

Ren Tongzhou wrote down the names of several places changed by Li Zicheng, and everyone continued to travel south.

Zhao Erde made meritorious contributions with the tiger cavalry and wolf cavalry this time, and he was bent on obedience, and took the initiative to change his Han name, and Li Zicheng rewarded him and asked him to choose a place to live near Helan Mansion to establish a county, and he served as the magistrate of this county.

Li Zicheng originally thought that the place chosen by Zhao Erde should be south of Helan Mansion, which is the main transportation route between Helan Mansion and Lanzhou Mansion, and it will be more convenient to develop in the future.

Maybe Zhao Erde had just entered the Han nationality and didn't know the role of the traffic, and his answer surprised Li Zicheng, "The governor of the capital let his subordinates choose, and his subordinates want to choose the southwest county of Helan Mansion." ”

"Southwest? Why? Li Zicheng smiled faintly: "Isn't the southwest deep into the desert?" Is there more grass there? ”

Zhao Erde bowed down and said, "Most of the governors don't know that in the southwest of Helan Mansion, there is a huge lake, which we call Moon Lake. ”

"Moon Lake?" Li Zicheng moved slightly, the name sounds poetic, in addition to the tense battle, needless to say enjoy the lake bath, if you can walk by the lake, it is a kind of enjoyment, he suppressed the impulse in his heart, and said lightly: "Is there fresh water in Moon Lake?" How far is it from here? ”

"Back to Dadudu, there is fresh water in Moon Lake, and the grass nearby is extremely vigorous," Zhao Erde said: "Actually, it's not far, it's about more than 100 miles away from Fucheng!" ”

More than 100 miles is not a small number, although they are all cavalry, but to walk more than 100 miles on the edge of the desert, I am afraid it will take a day, once back and forth, it is two days.

Li Zicheng was a little hesitant, and he didn't want to move forward, but Zhao Erde said: "Metropolitan Governor, this Moon Lake, the pasture chosen by his subordinates, is not in Moon Lake, it is still dozens of miles away from Moon Lake, but this Moon Lake is really a little strange, half of the lake is salt water, and it is generally fresh water!" ”

"Oh?" Li has been interested in lakes with half saltwater and freshwater since its establishment, and in his impression, it seems that there is only Lake Balkhash, but he didn't expect to see such a lake in this desert, such a half-brackish and half-light lake, the area will definitely not be small, "Go, Erde, lead the way in front." ”

The group hurried and rushed to the shore of Moon Lake just before sunset.

Sure enough, as Li Zicheng expected, the lake was far larger than he imagined, the distance from east to west was at least four or five miles, and the preliminary estimate of the area of the lake was at least four square kilometers.

The water of the lake is clear, it looks like it does not contain any impurities, and the green of the shore is reflected in the water, which is really blue sea and blue sky......

Li Zicheng walked along the shore, more and more relaxed, he wanted to see the whole picture of the Moon Lake, so he avoided the trees, looked into the distance, and suddenly was shocked in his heart, he couldn't believe his eyes, rubbed it with both hands, and looked at it, it was still that result!

Kindness?

Could it be that everything has its own certainty?

The goal that I have been pursuing all these years is in vain?

He stared at each other, tried to calm the excitement in his heart, and said lightly: "Erde, have you seen the whole picture of Moon Lake?" ”

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, my subordinates used to have nothing to do, and they used to walk along the lake."

Li Zicheng's heart tightened, and a chill arose, "Can you draw the whole picture of Moon Lake?" Just a rough shape! ”

"It should be possible, my subordinates will try it!" Zhao Er jumped off his horse, picked up a dead branch, and drew it on the sand, and in a few moments a sketch of the Moon Lake appeared on the sand.

Yes, that's what it looks like, I was not mistaken!

The Moon Lake depicted on the sand is simply the "rooster picture" of the central country in the later generations, except for the two "Taiwan" and "Hainan" that hang overseas alone, and even the proportions are about the same to the naked eye.

The rooster's head, facing due north, tail facing south, belly to the east, and back to the west, is simply God, drawing the Central Kingdom in the desert with a huge pen!

Is this a coincidence, or is God hinting at something to himself?

Li Zicheng was originally an "atheist", but after crossing the Dao Ming Dynasty, he believed that there was an invisible force in the underworld that dominated everything in the human race, so every time he fought, he tried to kill the opponent's soldiers as little as possible, so as not to violate the peace of heaven, unless necessary, or the enemy soldiers were seriously injured.

This time outside the battle, did you inadvertently peek into the sky? Is the future map of China really like the "rooster" of the central country? ”

Li Zicheng was a little unwilling, and finally had the opportunity to cross, is everything still like this, he will work hard to destroy the Ming Dynasty in the future, or will he make a wedding dress for the Manchu Dynasty?

Impossible, absolutely impossible, I have already seen Dorgon's cavalry, and in front of the Xining rifle, isn't it still beaten to the ground?

How will such a cavalry compete with the Mandate of Heaven Army in the future?

He suddenly thought that there were no two islands on this rooster-like lake, Taiwan and Hainan, could they also be abandoned?

No, absolutely not!

Thinking about it this way, Li Zicheng's heart is more comfortable, perhaps it is the process of forming the desert, due to groundwater, wind and sand, etc., that has created the appearance of today's Moon Lake.

"Elder is there a lake like this in the desert?"

"Grand Duke, there should be many such lakes in the desert, but the area is smaller," Zhao Er said, "Subordinate...... Actually, there may be bigger lakes, it's just that no one can cross the desert, so ......"

Li Zicheng nodded, his mind has changed, since there are a large number of lakes in the desert, the groundwater should be abundant, if a large number of poplars are planted, it can block the wind and sand, once the sand dunes are fixed, and there is enough groundwater, after a long time, more oases will appear......

Perhaps this troublesome desert can be greened in your own hands, in this era, although the technology is not as good as that of later generations, but it is more convenient to concentrate manpower and money than later generations.

He had already imprinted in his mind the great desert that had just been named "Gran Desert", and perhaps it was God's will for him to manage the desert.

"Erde, what is the reason for the formation of the Glan Desert, apart from the lack of fresh water?"

"Gale," said Zhao Erde, "I heard the old people say that the wind blows the fine sand over, and this is the ...... of the desert."

Gale? Li Zicheng was stunned, it seems that there are still many deserts formed, all related to strong winds, when listening to the weather forecast in later generations, every winter, you will hear "there is a cold air from Siberia......

It seems that the culprit is the cold wind from the north, which from Siberia to the south, there are not enough mountains to block the cold wind......

I can't stop the cold wind from Siberia, but I can fix the sand grains, at least I can't let the desert expand in all directions......

For the first time, Li Zicheng felt that the original mountain range not only hinders traffic, but also blocks the invasion of wind and sand!

Since the desert will be eradicated in the future, and it will be protected today, then Zhao Erde is going to establish a county for grazing in the area of Moon Lake, which is to continue to destroy the vegetation of the desert, "Erde is going to establish a county here?" ”

"No, my subordinates are just accompanying the Metropolitan Governor to see Moon Lake," Zhao Er De bowed and said, "The place where my subordinates are preparing to establish a county is fifty or sixty miles away from here, about halfway between Helan Mansion and Moon Lake!" ”

I see! Then there's nothing wrong with that.

Li Zicheng camped at Moon Lake that night, couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, and was still thinking about Moon Lake.