Zhou Bintian grimaced his face and said, "Governor Dadu, this time the Heavenly Mandate Army goes south to Sichuan, and the imperial court will definitely be shaken...... Unlike Liukou, the Heavenly Mandate Army occupies a place and will never leave, so his subordinates think that as long as the time is ripe, the imperial court will definitely use troops against Sichuan and Longyou......"

"Ao, General Zhou can see the general trend of the world clearly, why can't he control his impetuous heart?" Li Zicheng glared at Zhou Bin and said, "Since you know that the war will break out sooner or later, is it still unstable in the rear?" Do you think I came to Xining this time to enjoy the mountains and rivers? ”

"Subordinate...... Subordinate......"

"Okay," looking at Zhou Bin's deflated appearance, Li Zicheng was amused in his heart, and he couldn't hit his desire to fight too much, "General Zhou estimates, when will the imperial court enter the army?" ”

"This ...... The subordinates really can't estimate ......" Zhou Bin said in his heart, if I can estimate when the imperial court will enter the army, wouldn't I be the Grand Governor of the Mandate of Heaven?"

"Therefore, we must be prepared at any time," Li Zicheng's gaze drifted through the barracks to the distant market, "General Zhou, in addition to stepping up the training of new soldiers, we must also train an auxiliary army in the city, the number of people is not too much, three or five thousand households are enough, in case the fifth battalion leaves Xining, there will be no vacuum in the city, at least it must remain stable." ”

"Subordinates obey!" Zhou Bin was secretly happy, it turned out that the governor of the capital did not let him go to war, but only asked him to abide by the military order and not be in a hurry......

"Let's go, go to the training ground and have a look," Li Zicheng took the lead and said as he walked: "There are still more than 300 rifles in the Xining Firearms Bureau, and they were originally going to move to Lanzhou along with the Firearms Bureau. ”

Li Zicheng originally wanted to install these rifles in Li Jibu, who was stationed in Lanzhou, but considering that the Firearms Bureau had been relocated to Lanzhou, they could be produced locally.

Zhou Binbu also needs rifles, and if these rifles are shipped to Lanzhou, after a few months, the firearms bureau in Lanzhou will produce enough rifles and have to ship them back to Xining.

If the recruits added by Li Ji's department do not have rifle training, they can borrow the rifles of veterans and wait until the firearms bureau in Lanzhou produces rifles, and then they will be loaded in ranks.

"Thank you to the subordinates," Zhou Bin hurriedly said: "The Metropolitan Governor can personally inspect it, if the subordinates have half a lie, let the Metropolitan Governor punish him!" ”

"That's nature, since I've come to Xining, I have to watch with my own eyes!" Li Zicheng had already left the barracks and turned to the right, but only a few dozen steps was the training ground of the fifth battalion.

On the training ground, thousands of soldiers shouted loudly, and no soldiers noticed the change in the barracks.

Li Zicheng stopped, put up his eyelids and watched from afar, the soldiers of the soldiers in the city were practicing group confrontation, the soldiers basically took the small flag as a unit, taking turns attacking and defending, although the small flag officer did not participate in the confrontation, but was cheering for his subordinates on the side.

Although it is a real battle, the blades in the hands of the soldiers are all wooden, specially used for drilling, and the damage will not be too great, minor injuries are inevitable, and serious injuries will not be too many, let alone fatal.

Li Zicheng nodded and said, "General Zhou, these are all recruits who have just entered the barracks, don't they need to queue up for training?" ”

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, they have basically been trained in the queue," Zhou Bin bowed and said: "So the subordinates did not focus on the queue, and the beginning and end of the daily drill will be carried out for a period of time!" ”

"Oh?" Li Zicheng said: "Although the platoon drill training cannot directly improve the combat capability of soldiers, it is the basis of drill training, and if the foundation is not good......

Zhou Bin looked up and looked west, seeing that the sun was still early, he hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Governor, if you don't have subordinates to ask them to stop, temporarily change to queue drill ......"

"Forget it, today is not a military parade," Li Zicheng was relieved to see that the spirit and vigor of the soldiers were there, and besides, he also needed the soldiers to speed up the training, so he said: "To let the soldiers complete the training as soon as possible, we must increase the intensity and work hard for these soldiers......

"It's not hard, it's not hard," Zhou Bin stood upright, saluted, and said, "Don't worry, the Governor of the Metropolitan can rest assured, his subordinates guarantee that there will be no soldiers of the fifth battalion!" ”

Li Zicheng nodded at him, turned around and said, "Xiaomi, tell the people from the Firearms Bureau to let them leave all the rifles, in addition, twenty mountain cannons and some gunpowder packs!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" He Xiaomi hurriedly asked the two pro-soldiers to pass the order.

Zhou Bin was overjoyed, and saluted Li Zicheng again and again, "Thank you to the subordinates for the ...... of the capital"

Li Zicheng frowned and said, "General Zhou, on this training ground, there are only new recruits, what about the veterans of the fifth battalion?" ”

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, they have all gone to the outside of the city for training," Zhou Bin said: "The range of the rifle is too large, and the training ground in the city is far from meeting the requirements, so the subordinates have the courage to let the soldiers camp directly outside the city, and only these recruits will be stationed in the military camp in the city." ”

This is indeed a problem, the current Mandate of Heaven Army is mainly based on rifles and artillery, and the firing range has been greatly increased, and the training ground in the city is all left behind, and the space is so large......

If you want to expand, it is better to rebuild directly, the economy is almost the same, and the relocation of the military camp to the outside of the city will at least have less impact on the lives of the people.

Li Zicheng left the barracks, and saw that the red sun had just turned west, and now it was too early to go to Mufu for dinner, so he took several soldiers around the street.

Although the street is neat and clean, there are too few pedestrians, not to mention that it is not as good as the temple fairs and gatherings of later generations, and even ordinary small and medium-sized cities are not comparable.

The population of Xining has almost reached 100,000, and the market is still so sluggish, in the final analysis, the people are still poor!

The new population is basically displaced people from Shaanxi, who have almost nothing but clothes, and their only goal is to have a full stomach, and no matter how many goods there are in the market, they will not arouse their desire to buy.

The best targets are the original inhabitants of the city, but they are no better than the homeless, and they can't count on a small number of rich merchants for all their goods, right?

Li Zicheng shook his head, there is still a long way to go to develop the local market first, but fortunately, the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion now has a Sichuan, and locally produced goods can be sold to Sichuan, and the dependence on the Jiangnan market has been slightly reduced......

As soon as he walked to the corner of the street, a personal soldier ran over from the front and raised the things in his hand, "Dadu Governor, Jin Dongzhu asks to see, this is Jin Dongzhu's post to Dadu Governor!" ”

"The Golden Proprietor?" Li Zicheng took the post and opened it to see that Jin Yixin not only asked to see, but also faintly inquired about the business of Sichuan.

A businessman's sense of smell is sensitive!

Jin Yixin wants to go south, which is not a bad thing in itself, Sichuan is so big, Shunfeng Commercial Bank and Muslim Commercial Bank cannot form a monopoly, a number of powerful friends can help open up the market, these luxury goods produced in Xining are novelties, and it will take a certain amount of time for the people to identify with them.

The more goods are sold, the more profitable the factories in Xining become, and the commercial tax will increase......

However, he was not going to summon him for the time being, and he agreed to Mu Qingshan's matter, so he couldn't go back, right?

"I can only give you three days, and it's up to you how far you can go!" Li Zicheng muttered silently in his heart, and then sent his own soldiers to tell Jin Yixin: I will only be free in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow!

Back at Mufu, the sun was still hanging on the mountain, and when the house saw it, he hurriedly kowtowed.

Entering the middle hall, Mu Qingshan was not at home, Mu Sirong heard the movement and hurriedly came out of the boudoir, "The Metropolitan Governor came back early today, in Lanzhou, it is not ...... when it gets dark."

Li Zicheng smiled, this is your home, but not mine, I said that when I came back for dinner, I couldn't let the whole Mu Mansion wait!

Besides, there is really nothing to do today, and what you want to do can't be done today, can it be that in one day, Xining will be able to prosper and recruit training will be over?

He smiled at Mu Sirong, "Rong'er stays alone at home, is it boring?" Do I want to go shopping with you tomorrow? ”

"It's not boring!" Mu Sirong pursed her lips and smiled, suddenly felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "The Metropolitan Governor said, do you want to take your maid shopping?" It's true? What time? ”

"I was worried that you would be bored in the house, and I wanted to take time to take you to the streets," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Since you are not bored, then forget it, I am a little busy these days!" ”

"Who says it's not boring? Not for you? Mu Sirong turned her face faster than turning a book, glanced at Li Zicheng, and said, "The Metropolitan Governor deceives people......"

Li Zicheng laughed, looking at the hall, I don't know where there are servants in the house, so he took Mu Sirong's hand, "Let's go, let's go inside and talk!" ”

Mu Sirong realized that this was a hall, and someone might enter and leave at any time, so she blushed and led Li Zicheng to the direction of the boudoir.

Li Zicheng walked while looking at the structures of various Langfangs, and said lightly: "Rong'er, what did you say just now, what did it do for me?" ”

"I won't tell you!" Mu Sirong hesitated for a moment, then suddenly turned her head and said, "Don't ask, you will know when the time comes, it's not a bad thing......

"That's a good thing," Li Zicheng wanted to guess this dumb riddle, so he said: "There are four joys in life, 'a long drought meets nectar, and a foreign country meets old acquaintances.'" The cave room spends candle night, when the gold list is inscribed! But I don't know which one, let me guess what kind of good thing Rong'er gave me......"

"Don't guess!" Mu Sirong hurriedly covered Li Zicheng's mouth with her small hand, pulled Li Zicheng with the other hand, and hurriedly walked towards the boudoir, "Governor, let's go inside and talk." ”

Entering the boudoir, the picturesque are all there, and they are busy bowing and saluting, "The maid knocks to see the governor, knocks to see the young lady!" ”

"From now on, we will be a family, we will meet every day, no need to be polite!" Li Zicheng waved his hand and asked them to go out first, what should they be busy with.

Li Zicheng and Mu Sirong chatted for a while, it was already dark, Mu Qingshan had not returned home, so someone came to ask, Mu Sirong also felt that it was difficult to do, "Governor, my father and brothers are not at home......"

"Rong'er is at home, won't you have it?" Li Zicheng estimated that Mu Qingshan and his son were rushing to transport goods to Sichuan, so he smiled and said: "Send our food into the small hall, no, just send it here, no need to prepare wine!" ”