After the house slaves finished eating, they rested for a while, and when they saw that the sky had darkened, Li Zheng called Zhang Shan to his side and gave some instructions.

Most of the house slaves are unclothed, and seeing that the temperature is getting lower and lower, it is absolutely impossible to continue like this. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare clothes for them for the winter.

Secondly, there are enough manpower now, but the tools and some daily necessities needed to build the grassland are not enough, and they must be bought again.

Moreover, whether it is driven by Li Zheng's ambition or in order to adapt to the current environment, the grassland itself must have armed forces. But now Li Zheng has nothing but a sword at his waist. How does this protect the pasture? Buy this too!

If a restricted-level item like a weapon is in the Central Plains, it will definitely not be easy to buy it in large quantities. But in Liangzhou, it's not very difficult. So Li Zheng didn't want to trouble Fu Shi in this matter.

The money involved in these three things is not a small amount, and they all need trustworthy people to preside over the operation, for Li Zheng, the most trustworthy thing now is probably only Zhang Shan.

"Clothes have to be picked up to keep out the cold, of course, if it's too expensive, you can't do it, you can do it. As for the tools, it is not too much to buy another thirty or fifty sets of all kinds, and more salt is also to be bought. Weapons" Li Zheng said, groaned for a while, and said: "Just buy a batch of iron gun heads, the gun shaft can be made of local materials, and the wooden pole will be used first." Besides, it would be nice to get a batch of crossbows."

After listening to this, Zhang Shan was puzzled: "It's easy to have clothes, tools, salt and iron spearheads, but my lord, I'm afraid the bow and crossbow won't work." The imperial court forbade the flow of such weapons into the people, and although the situation in Liangzhou was different from that in the Central Plains, it was probably impossible to buy bows and crossbows in large quantities among the people. ”

Li Zheng bowed slightly: "Just do your best." If it doesn't work to buy it directly, see if you can get some bow makers - if you can't buy it, we'll make it ourselves! ”

Zhang Shan nodded in agreement.

"The foundation is just starting out, there are a lot of troubles, and I will be tired of you in the near future. As for the money needed, someone will send it tomorrow. ”

"The lord is serious, and his subordinates will not let the lord down."

After explaining everything that should be explained, Li Zheng waved his hand to Zhang Shan, shouted, led the team, pulled up the grain and grass, and took advantage of the cover of the night to go directly to the pasture

Early the next morning, when the soldiers sent by the Fu family to escort the grain and grass returned, Li Zheng sent Zhao Wu to personally send gold cakes to Zhang Shan, and he took over Zhao Wu's work and arranged the specific matters of grassland construction.

More than 370 people were brought back last night, plus the 30 people sent by the Fu family, a total of slightly more than 400 people. Among them, the one hundred and fifty Hu people were divided into fifty by Li Zheng, and after these fifty people were full of food and drink, they were divided into five groups, and the team leader was assigned according to the recommendation of the majority, and they were sent around as eyes and ears to monitor the movements within a radius of ten miles.

Fifty people who were most familiar with the area were selected from all the people, and the captain was also assigned to them to go to the grassland to find wild animals and make records.

The remaining 300 or so people, except for the elderly, frail women, and children, who could not work hard, the remaining 250 people were divided into four groups according to their needs.

One group was responsible for mining the rock at the foot of a hill not far away, one group was responsible for transporting the quarried rock to the pasture, one group was responsible for building stables and shelters, and the last group was led by Li Zheng himself to build buildings related to the system.

In the nearly 50 units that could not work, not only the children, but the elderly and infirm women were responsible for the food and drink of the entire pasture.

After the arrangement was made, Li Zheng gave an order, and the entire grassland became a labor site, and everyone was in full swing to do what they had to do.

Because it takes a certain amount of time to cut down rocks, except for the first group, the other three groups are all led by Li Zheng to cut down trees in the forest.

According to Li Zheng's requirements, to build a house, the demand for rock is not small, but wood is also indispensable.

The day passed quickly. At the end of the day, although it was only preliminary work, the results were not small. A lot of stone and timber have been harvested, and from the next day, the construction of the entire grassland will be regularized.

Over the next few days, a steady stream of grain was transported to the pasture during the night, where it was safely placed in the first granary.

All kinds of necessities purchased by Zhang Shan from Lingzhou are also completely in place.

The house slaves all wore thick new clothes, and the sallowness on their faces was also significantly reduced, and a hint of ruddy appeared.

Smile and start to bloom. Hope, is budding.

After more than ten days, under hysterical labor, rows of neat stone-walled and wood-roofed houses rose from the ground along the foot of the hill, and the first was successfully built. Although it still looks simple, from this day on, everyone no longer has to sleep in the open, and they are assigned to sturdy, dry, clean, and simple houses.

At the moment of being assigned a house, many people burst into tears.

This is their new home!

When building the house, Li Zheng also referred to some impressions in his memory, gave advice, and uniformly did a good job of drainage facilities and convenient toilets, and cleaned and sanitized from the beginning.

At the same time as the housing construction is successful, a system carrier building is also taking shape.

Although the foundation of the building has only just been laid, its scale can already be roughly foreseen. In terms of area, the building occupies more than half an acre, the foundation is one foot deep into the ground, and all the floors are completely paved with stone slabs. Next, it's time to build the wall.

Time is like flowing water, and this time is another month, and it seems that it is the middle of October. The temperature is getting colder and colder, and every morning when I wake up, there are frost marks on the ground. The dry grass on the ground was stiff and stiff by the frost, and it clicked when stepped on.

From the beginning to the present, the results of more than a month have been enormous.

The dwellings were built early, and the rows of sturdy stables were all completed. The main thing is that the first system carrier building was also built on this day.

In addition, in seven relatively private and very open mountain cols, guard towers have been quietly built.

So far, only the rest of the system carriers remain, and the fences needed in the more open areas around the grassland have not been built.

These have been planned in detail, except for the system carrier, which needs to be built in strict accordance with the drawings given by the system, the others do not need to be personally supervised by Li Zheng, just have Zhao Wu.

And now, Li Zheng is already thinking about a more long-term plan.

Not surprisingly, the infrastructure of the pasture will be fully completed by the beginning of spring next year. So at most early next year, the power in Li Zheng's hands will begin to swell.

But before that, the demographic problem must be addressed.

Population is the greatest resource, and the more the better. Although there have been many displaced people in these years, Li Zheng's family background cannot support more people.

Not to mention continuing to recruit displaced people, Li Zheng can't afford to raise these people in the grassland for too long.

So it has to be open source!

The land around the area outside the woods to the south of the pasture is basically unowned. If it is to open up the wasteland, there is no resistance. And now is the time to plant winter wheat.

The construction of pastures can be gradual, and it is not necessary for so many people to work at the same time at a time. Therefore, Li Zheng is considering allocating some manpower to clear the wasteland and prepare to plant crops, preferably to be self-sufficient next year.

In addition to the main grains, vegetables and fruits are also necessary.

After thinking about these things clearly, Li Zheng turned his mind to the system again.

Now the first carrier required for the function of the system has been built, and the function of the fusion cultivation of the war horse can be attached to the carrier. After this is done, you can start the fusion and cultivation of the warhorse.

At least two suitable animals are needed for the fusion cultivation of war horses, and at this stage, horses are absolutely indispensable. And now there are only two horses in the pasture, Zhang Shan's one can still see the past, and the other one is an inferior horse gifted by the Fu family, the quantity is pitiful, and the quality does not meet Li Zheng's requirements at all.

You know, the fusion of the warhorses is random. God knows how many fusions it will take to get a satisfying warhorse! Two horses? What's the use?

And the more potential and stronger the animal used for fusion, the better the warhorse will get. Inferior horses simply don't meet the requirements.

Therefore, at the beginning of the construction of the grassland, Li Zheng sent a team of people to explore the surrounding wildlife communities. So far, there have been quite a few results.

The environment of this era is so good that it is not an exaggeration to say that it is full of wild things.

Fifty miles around the pasture alone, two herds of wild horses were found! Both wild horse herds are located north of the pasture, but their habitat is in the two valleys of this Helan Mountain branch.

In addition to wild horses, which are more common communities in the grassland, a small group of green animals was also found! It was a bonus!

Qingzi is an animal that has actually been famous for a long time. At the beginning, Lao Jun Li Erxi came out of the letter valley, and when he sat down, he was a young man. Some people may think that this thing is a mythical creature, but the green child is actually similar to the rhinoceros.

People often put rhinoceros and rhinoceros together and call them rhinoceros.

The young man has a huge physique, covered in iron-green skin, and has a horn that is born on the nose, and the tip of the horn is obliquely facing forward, which is very lethal. It is a powerful creature with few natural predators.

But for Li Zheng, Qingji is an excellent choice for fusing war horses.

In addition to the surprise of the green birds, there are also wild species such as bison, wild goats, wild deer, wild boars and other wild species active in this area.

There are even tigers, leopards and bears spotted in the mountains!

For most people, these beasts are terrifying. But for Li Zheng, it is a rare resource.

He was already thinking about how to capture these guys alive.

After settling down in the pasture, Li Zheng got up every morning and always went to the top of the hill. Maybe it's to watch the sunrise, or maybe it's to feel the cold from above. At this time, his subordinates would not come to disturb him.

Exhaled a breath of white air, looking at the rising red sun in the east, Li Zheng moved his hands and feet, loosened his muscles and bones, and then walked down the hill.