Chapter 80 Building the City

These newcomers and the onlookers are all illiterate rough people, in such a solemn occasion, Li Zicheng burst out foul language, but narrowed the distance between him and their hearts, especially women, they will definitely remember this sentence, and also remember Li Zicheng's good, if their beloved is not good to themselves in the future, they can use this sentence to scare them.

On the other hand, with these women blowing the wind on the pillow, Li Zicheng believes that the loyalty of these forty-eight soldiers will definitely rise in a straight line.

When the laughter of the audience gradually subsided, Li Zicheng continued: "Second, although the brothers train hard during the day, they can't be bad seeds at night, work hard, and give birth to the next generation of soldiers in Zhenhai Fort as soon as possible, otherwise, you don't plan to receive full food and salary in the future." ”

"Whew......"

Li Zicheng burst out foul language, and the soldiers became more emboldened, and all kinds of noise sounded through the training ground.

"Xiao Jin, work hard at night, today is an afternoon of rest."

"Ermao, can you do it? Just your skinny monkey body......"

"Which brother wants to help, but you have to say it earlier, Lao Tzu is a good person to the end, and ensure that your mother-in-law can hold the doll at the beginning of next year......"

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The women have long been ashamed and red-faced, eager to get into the belly of their beloved, but in their hearts, they are still grateful to the Qianhu Lord, they have been ruined by the Mongols, and they are gone, there are people in the family, and they don't want them anymore, but the Qianhu Lord can give them a beautiful wedding, and support them, if their lover dares to be disloyal to the Qianhu Lord in the future, he will not be able to spare him first, let him kneel on the floor, kneel on the horns......

The men are also excited, the teasing of their companions, that is human nature, no one can tell how much envy is contained in it, thousands of adults let them not spend a penny, they can get an aunt for nothing, they are all born in a bitter family, it would be good to marry an aunt, who cares about their past?

These women were chosen by the Mongols from hundreds of people, and they were not only young, but also handsome, and I am afraid that they would not have looked at them in normal times.

Quartermaster Sun Lin has prepared a temporary new house for forty-eight couples, that is, to vacate part of the original barracks, after tonight, these mothers-in-law and aunts will be sent home by their respective belovers, except for Liu Yunshui's subordinates, who are mainly from Ganzhou, the rest of the soldiers are local military households, and they have relatives at home and their own houses.

Six of Liu Yunshui's soldiers were successfully matched, but their homes were far away in Ganzhou, and the six women were concentrated in a corner of the barracks, which would be their temporary home until other houses were secured.

Li Zicheng gave the newcomers three days of vacation, and asked the soldiers to settle their mothers-in-law, or send them home, or place them in the barracks, after which all the soldiers had to return to the team.

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The soft breeze of the early morning gently soothed the grass that had rested all night, the sun had just completely broken free from the shackles of the horizon, and the ten thousand rays of light shone on the dewdrops, creating countless rainbows, and at the west gate of Fuqiang Fort, a large number of Ming troops appeared outside the fort.

After leaving Li Guo and Li Ji to guard Fuqiang Fort, Li Zicheng personally led Liu Yunshui, Zhou Bin, Xie Guangze, and Song Wen to the Triangle City.

As a pioneer this time, he first went to the perimeter of the triangle city to clear the remnants of the Mongolian herdsmen, and then guarded the west of the triangle city to ensure that the herdsmen built the triangle city safely.

Zhou Bin, Xie Guangze, and Song Wen were three hundred households, and they were slowly driving on the grassland with Li Zicheng carrying a large amount of grain and grass.

Just left Zhenhai Fort less than three miles, there was suddenly a group of herdsmen gathered in front of him, Li Zicheng didn't care, the sheep were eating some grass with dew, the shepherds had nothing to do, gathered together to chat and play their games, it was understandable, but he found that there was a woman in a water-red shirt in the crowd, and he couldn't help but wonder, "Who is this?" ”

The shepherds around Zhenhai Fort were accustomed to seeing Ming soldiers, and hundreds of soldiers passed by, and they were not surprised, they were still gathered together, as if there was no one around.

When he walked to the shepherd's side, Li Zicheng was surprised to find that these shepherds were drawing something with straw on the grass, including Sun Lin, the shepherd officer of the army, and the woman in the water-red shirt was Sun Lin's sister Sun Mengjie, who was writing Chinese characters on the ground with straw at this moment, because she was too focused, she didn't see Li Zicheng coming at all.

"Sun Lin, what are you doing?"

Sun Lin looked up and saw that it was Li Zicheng, so he hurriedly knelt down and saluted, "My lord, my subordinates...... Belong to the next eventuality, I hope that the adults will atone for their sins! ”

Li Zicheng waved his hand and motioned for Sun Lin to get up and speak, "Why are you so focused?" ”

"My lord, my sister heard about it...... I heard that my subordinates learned a few Chinese characters from adults, so I had to force my subordinates to teach him, because there was no pen and ink at home, so I had to use straw as a pen ......" Sun Lin also said that he leaked military secrets, and his face turned pale for a while, because the few Chinese characters taught by Li Zicheng were military supplies, all of which were grain, silver, weapons, and the like.

So there's a female student here? Li Zicheng couldn't help but look at Sun Mengjie a few more times, but she stood up at the moment, with her head slightly lowered with her hands behind her back, because of the bowing body, the corset was towering, and the B cup was exaggerated into a D cup.

Li Zicheng saw her last time at Sun's house, and she dared to teach her father a lesson like a little adult, she should be more precocious, more mature than Sun Lin, but when she saw herself today, she didn't dare to say a word, so she teased her: "Jie'er, how many Chinese characters have you learned?" ”

Sun Mengjie didn't expect Lord Qianhu to talk to him in public, and he didn't expect him to call his milk name, but his face became even redder, so delicate that he could drip water, and the red continued to descend along his face, and even his neck was crimson...... Folk Girl ...... The folk girl has only learned less than twenty ......"

"Twenty is already very good," Li Zicheng laughed, "It's a pity that Xining doesn't have a good teacher, otherwise, it is likely to produce a female champion!" ”

"The adults are making fun of the people's daughters......" Sun Mengjie's courage seemed to be a little bigger, and she raised her head slightly and smiled shyly.

"Your brother doesn't recognize a few Chinese characters," Li Zicheng said, "If you have time, you might as well come to me to learn." ”

"Really?" Sun Mengjie's big eyes suddenly stared straight at the handsome face opposite, "Is the adult really willing to teach the people's daughter?" ”

"What's not to be afraid of?" Li Zicheng smiled, I really want to be a literate woman, and open a school in Xining in the future, I don't expect the students to be able to raise people to become scholars, at least they can also recognize their own names, and they can keep an account or something, not like the current quartermaster Sun Lin, but also teach him a few Chinese characters related to military quartermasters, "However, I am busy with the affairs of Triangle City now, and when I will return to Zhenhai Fort, I will teach you again." ”

"My lord, the folk girl should keep it in mind!"

"Okay, I'm leaving, when will I go back to Zhenhai Fort, and let your brother inform you again!" Li Zicheng stepped on the war horse and went west.

The restoration of the triangle city has long been spread among the herdsmen, plus with the documents of Weili, Li Zicheng from the nearby herdsmen to transfer more than 4,000 young men and craftsmen, this is the Wei Li sent to him to the conscription, not only do not have to pay remuneration, even the rations are provided by themselves.

More than 300 soldiers from Zhou Bin, Xie Guangze, and Song Wenbu were not only guards, but also participated in the construction of the Triangle City, and the training of troops came to an end for the time being.

Now the soldiers involved in the shepherding, up to more than 40 people, is really a bit of a waste, the cattle and sheep of Zhenhai Fort, all rushed to the Jinyintan pasture, basically free-range, during the day when the cattle and sheep graze, the sheep soldiers cut some grass to dry, prepare the cattle and sheep for the winter, and at night the cattle and sheep find a place to sleep, and do not need to be supervised.

Li Zicheng selected 20 people from more than 40 shepherds, appointed a person named Zhou Kun as the chief flag officer, and set up a fishing team, Zhou Kun was the captain of the fishing team, bought fishing nets and fishing gear from the herdsmen, and cut down trees to build simple fishing boats, and went to the West Sea to fish.

The nearby herdsmen originally had some fishing skills in the West Sea, but after the Mongols came, the herdsmen were forced to retreat eastward and gradually move away from the West Sea.

Zhou Kun and these people are relatively lazy, and they can't adapt to the boring life of training and fighting, but these people have a good brain, are quite clever, and adapt to the rather free profession of fishing, and they quickly learn basic techniques from herdsmen, and can catch a large number of fresh fish every day.

These fresh fish were first supplied to the herdsmen and soldiers who built the city, to improve their food, and sometimes when there were more fish, they would also send some to Zhenhai Fort and Fuqiang Fort.

In the vast West Sea, there are countless fish, Zhou Kun and they only need to catch one or two hours a day, which is enough to make a day's fresh fish soup, Li Zicheng originally hoped to dry some salted fish, but now the weather is too hot, there are too many flies and moths, and it must wait until the autumn is cool.

The herdsmen and soldiers who built the city can drink fresh fish soup every day, and they can also eat fish and meat, plus Liu Yunshui can occasionally get some cattle and sheep from the Mongols, the quality of food is much better than that of home, and the motivation is also great, but in ten days, when entering July, the five-foot city wall at the bottom of the triangle city has been successfully repaired.

Li Zicheng is ready to increase the height of the city wall to two zhang, at least one zhang when the first step is completed, and gradually increase the height and thickness of the city wall in the future, but the next five feet, the difficulty is much greater, not only air operations, but also all new city walls, unlike the bottom layer, there is a certain foundation.

By 20 July, the herdsmen's unpaid forced labor was basically over, and only a small number of herdsmen needed to participate in the next month's unpaid forced labor, but the one-zhang high city wall was only finished in the north, seven or eight feet high in the east, and the five feet in the west and south.