Li Zicheng also prepared to design a special military flag, although it is not needed now, but once it parted ways with the imperial court, in order to distinguish it from the imperial army, it was the time for the military flag to be activated. However, there will be many things in between, such as flags, slogans, etc., and there are still many problems, which cannot be resolved for the time being, so let's put them aside for the time being.

Another thing that worries him is the craftsman's workshop, which is not only too small in scale, too few in number, too old in houses, but also has no unified planning, and basically no clear division of labor and responsibilities.

The development direction of the craftsman's workshop will be a specialized production plant for weapons, a real research and development unit, which needs to be separated from the production plant to save the time and energy of the research and development personnel, as for the close relationship between the two, it can be used as a neighbor, or even placed within a wall, but the producer and the research and development must be independent, so as not to involve unnecessary energy.

Of course, this is just a long-term plan, and the current Li Zicheng does not have enough financial resources, and if there is not enough financial resources and strong control as a guarantee, everything is empty talk.

The current craftsman workshop, in addition to assisting in the manufacture of luxury goods such as glass and helping the Xining army to earn silver, is mainly focused on the manufacture of Xining rifles, which is Li Zicheng's top priority, if there are enough rifles, he can at least integrate the entire Greater Xining area and change the dilemma of the "land of four wars" in the Xining area.

To change the dilemma of the Xining area, the Hexi Corridor across the watershed from Xining is a hurdle that cannot be bypassed, and he once again thought of this narrow corridor that once haunted the Han people.

The key issue is that he has not made a decision, whether to gradually advance from south to north, or go straight to Ganzhou and solve the problem once and for all.

The biggest advantage of gradual advancement is that they can be broken individually, and timely and fully absorb the supplies of each guard, increase the size of Xining, and narrow the gap with the imperial court, and the problem is that this will continue for a long time, in case the imperial court finds out the clues, and Xining does not take all the guards in the Hexi Corridor, it will fall into a two-front battle, plus the Mongolian remnants in the northwest, such a threat Li Zicheng will definitely not be able to afford.

Directly taking Ganzhou, making full use of Ganzhou's central and leading position, and forcing the rest of the guards to land, it can be done once and for all, solve the troubles in the northeast, and put the main forces in the south, even if it is confronted by the imperial court, the pressure will be reduced.

However, there are also two problems in this way, one is the problem of strength, with the current number and strength of the Xining army, can it be attacked and occupied in Ganzhou and the nearby guards will not have time to rescue, Ganzhou is the seat of the Shaanxi Xingdu Division, and it has the establishment of five guards, no matter how many soldiers there are now, it will always be stronger than the rest of the guards, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is probably not comparable to other guards, can the Xining army swallow it in one bite?

Another problem is the road problem, Xining and Ganzhou, separated by Liangzhou Wei, Yongchang Wei, and Shandan Wei, it is absolutely impossible to surprise Ganzhou from the land of these guards.

The northwest direction of Xiningwei is directly bordered by Ganzhou, according to the Qin Danian who was once stationed here, there is a passage called "Da Dou Tu Gu", which can go directly to Ganzhou, but unfortunately this piece of land, only nominally belongs to Xiningwei, in fact, it has long been occupied by the Mongol Mai Ligan, his power has continued to the middle reaches of the Datong River, in order to protect the newly established Beichuan County, Li Zicheng will be the 300th Qin Danian Department stationed here.

It is impossible to expect Mai Li to borrow the road, the last time Bayar attacked the triangle city, half of the cavalry came from the Mai Li cadres, and the two sides have already fought and suffered casualties, if the Xining army attacks Ganzhou, it would be good if he could not fall into the well, and there is no need to think about borrowing the road.

If you want to attack Ganzhou from Dadou Tugu, you must first wipe out the Maili cadres, even if the Xining army has this ability, such a big move will inevitably arouse the idea of neighboring Ganzhou, and it will be impossible to surprise attack Ganzhou again.

In addition to the military strength of the other side, there is also a question of national feelings, at least when it comes to stimulating the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, there will be differences.

Psychologically speaking, "we must first settle the inside after the outside world" is somewhat unbearable, at least there is a suspicion of betraying the country, but to be specific, if we cannot integrate the inside, we cannot concentrate our forces to deal with the outside, and the forces of external invasion and deterrence are usually very strong, and we must concentrate the strength of the entire nation-state.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty did not die in the Manchu Dynasty, at least not directly in the Manchu Dynasty, but in the Dashun regime of Li Zicheng.

If it weren't for the Dashun and Daxi regimes, as well as the many Shaanxi thieves who consumed the grain, army, and strong men of the Ming Dynasty, and made the five northern provinces near the Beijing Division into a miasma, whether the Ming Dynasty could hold the Shanhaiguan Pass and the Great Wall Pass in the Datong area, it was really uncertain, if the Ming Dynasty could hold on for decades, whether there would be a reversal between the Ming and Qing dynasties in the end, no one could say.

Li Ning, the prince of gymnastics, said well, anything is possible.

Of course, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others are not separatist forces in essence.

It is a group of disaster victims, and the original purpose of their army is just to be able to eat enough and survive in troubled times, which is the minimum living requirement of the people.

The rise of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, coupled with the fact that it was in the Xiaoice period at that time, the temperature in the north was low, the precipitation was low, and there was a large-scale famine in Shaanxi, so it is said that Daming died in natural disasters **, of course, this ** also includes the short-sightedness and selfishness of the Shidai class.

If Daming can hold out for several more decades, when the Xiaoice River period is over and the five northern provinces resume smooth wind and rain, I am afraid only God knows whether the Manchu Qing can gain a foothold in Guannai.

Li Zicheng decided not to make a decision for the time being, and left it to the soldiers after three months of training, and then make a decision.

Li Zicheng's energy, in addition to the Xining Girls' School, is a craftsman's workshop, maybe the Xining rifle can change the balance of strength of all parties, although he is not a "weapon-only" person, but when the infantry faces the nomadic cavalry, that kind of helplessness and despair, which part of the crossing is there, and the best way to deal with the nomadic cavalry is firearms.

Relying on the power of science and technology is the best way to kill the cavalry, in later generations, with the emergence of various firearms, the cavalry gradually withdrew from the battlefield, even the once invincible "Cossack cavalry", but also in front of the cannon tank, can only look at the ocean sigh, kill the horses and return to the farm to leave the battlefield they rely on for survival.

The current firearms are far from reaching the power of later generations, but in the battle of the triangle city, Li Zicheng saw for the first time the overwhelming advantage of the "Xining rifle" over the Mongolian cavalry, if the opponent is the Ming infantry with worse mobility, Li Zicheng believes that the power of the rifle will be further increased, only unexpected, nothing can not be done.

However, the second pig iron that Mu Qingshan bought in the Qin Wangfu in Xi'an last time did not arrive in Xining for a long time, and in a hurry, he sent soldiers to inspect and greet him on the road along the path that Mu Qingshan said.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Li Zicheng gave the students of the girls' school a half-day vacation, speaking of which, the Xining Girls' School has been teaching for five or six months, except for Xinyuan, the students can only nest in that small courtyard, and it is difficult to even breathe fresh air.

If calculated according to the season, it should be regarded as a summer outing, and it is already early summer in time.

Thinking of the group of warblers and Yanyan going out for an outing, Sun Mengjie was naturally clamoring to go, her reasons were very good, as the class leader, she had the responsibility to take care of every student in the class.

Li Zicheng looked at Sun Mengjie's bulging lower abdomen, and said softly: "Jie'er, your body is inconvenient, today's outing requires a lot of physical strength, you ...... You don't have to go! ”

"No," Sun Mengjie flatly refused, "I'm a student, since the students all go on outings, I naturally can't be an exception." ”

"Jie'er is obedient," Li Zicheng gently stroked Sun Mengjie's lower abdomen, "If Jie'er is forced to go out, in case it affects the fetal gas and hurts the child......"

"This ......" child is really Sun Mengjie's weakness, hearing this, he suddenly didn't dare to shout, the two mercury eyeballs turned left and right a few times, more and more tide, more and more prosperous, seeing that there was water to snatch out, Li Zicheng hurried to: "Jie'er don't feel sorry, when she gives birth to a child, there will be such an opportunity - in case there is no such opportunity, Mr. will take time to accompany Jie'er to play!" ”

"Really? Will the sir accompany me? Sun Mengjie burst into tears and laughed, but there were still two tears that unconsciously broke out of her eyes, she gently wiped them away with her white and tender arms, raised her little face, and said, "Mr. won't lie to students, right?" ”

"Look at what you said," Li Zicheng held her little face and gently licked away the tears with his tongue, "Jie'er, when did Mr. lie to you - the microscope matter, don't worry, it will happen soon." ”

Sun Mengjie couldn't care about the microscope at this time, she broke free from Li Zicheng's embrace, but she entered the inner room, whispered to Chen Qiudie, and then sent everyone out of the official office with a smile.

In addition to Sun Mengjie's brothers and sisters, there are still eleven students in the girls' school, including Chen Qiudie and Mu Sirong, two supernumerary students.

Li Zicheng has long heard of the "Eight Views of Xining", except for the "Shixia Breeze", the rest have not been seen, however, he has recently felt a little tired, too lazy to go out, students outing, he can just "steal half a day of leisure".

As soon as the students left the official office, He Xiaomi came to report: "My lord, Lord Liang has gone to the study to see him!" ”

Li Zicheng shook his head and smiled bitterly, it seems that his dream of resting for a morning is probably going to be disappointed again, Liang Wencheng suddenly came to the official office, I am afraid it is related to food or silver, is there any unexpected expenditure?

Since Liang Wencheng came, he couldn't help but see it, so he said: "Serve tea to Lord Liang first, and I'll be there later!" ”

"Yes, sir!" He Xiaomi turned around and went to the study.