Spoilers for The Red Mansion, Daiyu’s mentality is broken

Liu Xianglian's training for the escort army mostly followed the training procedures of the Red Flame Army.

Of course, he did not copy them all, but chose a method that was most suitable for guard training.

For example, the escort team did not copy the officer selection system of the Red Flame Army.

Because the military conditions of the two armies are not the same.

The Red Flame Army is the emperor's bodyguard, and they are born with glory.

The Guards are truly protecting their hometown.

Liu Xianglian did not need to inspire the guard's training enthusiasm.

Every member of the escort team was training hard, with such hard work that even Liu Xianglian was shocked when he saw it.

Therefore, Liu Xianglian has nothing to worry about in terms of military training.

On the contrary, a lot of effort has been spent on political education.

After all, the original intention of establishing the escort team was not simply to protect the safety of Haitian Island.

It was created by Jia Huan to make this army his own.

How to make these soldiers know about Jia Huan and be willing to fight for Jia Huan in the future is the difficult part.

But as early as when Liu Xianglian set out, Jia Huan taught him how to do this.

Next, when it comes to political education, Liu Xianglian's main focus is still on the education of defending his homeland.

Then while educating, he began to mention Jia Huan occasionally.

Jia Huan's deeds are already miraculous enough, so there is no need to brag about them.

And then, he continued to bring the topic to Jia Huan.

For example, Jia Yun, who wants to protect Haitian Island, is the Jia family.

Moreover, she had been taught by Jia Huan since she was a child. The reason why Jia Yun was able to do such a feat was all due to Jia Huan's teaching.

At this point, Jia Huan's image gradually became established.

And next, Xue Ding started to exert force.

Xue Ding first contacted the overseas chamber of commerce, purchased a batch of their guns, and first equipped the escort team.

Then purchased their production process.

And sure enough, as Jia Huan expected, lathes had already appeared in the West.

Most of their gun manufacturing and parts are done on lathes.

By this time the precision of their lathes was already considerable.

Xue Ding immediately contacted the Western Chamber of Commerce and purchased several of their most advanced and sophisticated lathes.

When the lathe was purchased, it greatly exceeded the Mohist disciples' expectations.

Only then did they realize that as Jia Huan predicted, it turns out that mechanical manufacturing can also be completed with precision lathes.

This also made them admire Jia Huan even more.

Next, they began to study the lathe they purchased.

Study the operating principle of the lathe, and at the same time begin to study how to further improve the precision of the lathe.

At the same time, they also began to study ammunition purchased from the West.

According to Jia Huan's prompts, their main research direction is how to improve the power of gunpowder.

At this time, Wang Gou'er, Grandma Liu's son-in-law, whom Jia Huan had previously recruited, came in handy.

Gou'er himself is an expert in explosives, and his father was killed because of developing explosives.

Since following Jia Huan, Gou'er has been developing gunpowder.

This time, Jia Huan also asked him to bring his family to Haitian Island.

After purchasing the ammunition from the Western Chamber of Commerce, Dog dismantled it and studied the gunpowder they used.

After some research, Gou'er discovered that the gunpowder used in the West was no more powerful than the gunpowder he had researched in recent years.

Since Gou'er came to Haitian Island, he was completely liberated and began to develop new types of gunpowder without any scruples.

A gunpowder bureau was also set up, and the person in charge was Wang Gouer.

This time, Wang Gouer followed the formula given by Jia Huan and added sugar to the gunpowder in a ratio of one to two.

So-called: mononitrate, disulfide, and charcoal, add sugar for six and a half years. It is also said: one nitrate, two sulfonates and three charcoal, add white sugar to Da Yiwan.

Adding black powder to white sugar can maximize the power of the explosive, more than doubling its original power.

After developing a new type of gunpowder, using the new gunpowder to make new ammunition can also make it have a longer range and be more powerful.

Next, scientific research and development on Haitian Island entered a period of rapid development.

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Before you know it, it’s another new year.

Jia Huan spent a calm Spring Festival in Ningguo Mansion.

The days passed day by day, and before I knew it, the Lantern Festival was over.

On this day, news came from Lin Ruhai that he had handed over the errand of patrolling the salt censor, helped the boat go north, and would arrive in Beijing today.

Jia Huan took Lin Daiyu and went straight to the port to pick up Lin Ruhai early in the morning.

The two sat in the four-wheeled carriage and waited quietly at the port.

Every time a ship was parked at the port, Lin Daiyu looked at it expectantly.

As a result, I was disappointed to find that it was not the boat Lin Ruhai was on.

Until noon, a gorgeous ship was moored at the port. Surrounded by a group of people, Lin Ruhai slowly walked down.

Seeing Lin Ruhai, Lin Daiyu couldn't help but burst into tears. She hurriedly got out of the four-wheeled carriage and hurriedly greeted him.

"Baby, meet daddy!"

Jia Huan also walked beside Lin Daiyu and saluted, "I've met my uncle."

Lin Ruhai supported her and said, "Yu'er, you don't need to be polite. We haven't seen each other for several years, but you have grown so big."

"Now I look more and more like your mother. In the past few years, my father has been away from you and neglected to discipline me. I really feel sorry for you."

Beside him, Jia Huan stood up speechlessly, thinking to himself: When he saw his daughter, he forgot about his son-in-law.

And me? Why don't you tell me not to be polite?

Lin Daiyu said with tears: "It is the daughter who is not blessed and cannot fulfill her filial piety in front of her father. Now that my father has come to the capital, my daughter will be able to fulfill her filial piety by his father's side in the future."

Jia Huan couldn't help but said: "Uncle, this is not the place to talk. Why don't we leave here first and talk later."

Lin Ruhai nodded and said, "That's fine."

Jia Huan and Lin Ruhai got into a carriage. In the car, Jia Huan couldn't help but said: "Uncle, I have bought a five-story house near the Imperial College, and it is under the name of Sister Lin."

"My uncle will work in the Imperial College in the future, so he can settle down here. Now, should my uncle go to the new house for a short rest first, or should he go to Rongguo Mansion first? Or to my Ningguo Mansion?"

Lin Ruhai said: "Let's go to Rongguo Mansion to meet the old lady first. By the way, how much money did you spend on buying that house? I'll give you the money."

Jia Huan couldn't help but said: "Uncle, this is my little filial piety, how can I use you to give me money?"

Lin Ruhai said calmly: "No, I have money of my own, and I don't need your money."

Hearing Lin Ruhai's words, Jia Huan couldn't help but be speechless.

However, Jia Huan could probably guess that this was Lin Ruhai's arrogance as a prospective father-in-law.

At the same time, Lin Ruhai is indeed not short of money.

After all, in The Book of Red Mansions, after Lin Ruhai died, Jia Lian went to Suzhou and helped manage Lin Ruhai's wealth in Suzhou, and received two to three million taels of silver.

If Lin Ruhai handled it by himself, it would only be more. He really didn't lack this little money.

Therefore, Jia Huan did not give in too much.

He couldn't help but said, "Uncle, we spent a total of 270,000 taels of silver." Lin Ruhai nodded, took out a stack of banknotes from his sleeve, counted out 280,000 taels of silver and handed it to Jia Huan.

"This is two hundred and eighty thousand taels of silver. The remaining ten thousand taels are for your hard work."

Jia Huan reluctantly took the banknote and said, "I dare not refuse it because it was given by my elders. Since it was given to me by my uncle, I will accept it shamelessly."

Next, the two chatted for a few words.

Not long after, the carriage came to a stop in front of the Rongguo Mansion.

The Rongguo Mansion had already received news of Lin Ruhai's arrival.

After Lin Ruhai arrived, Jia Zheng had already brought the children of the Jia family to welcome him out.

After Lin Ruhai and everyone in the Jia family met, Jia Zheng led the group straight to Rongqing Hall.

Not long after, they entered the Rongqing Hall.

Seeing Jia Mu, Lin Ruhai hurriedly knelt down on the ground, saluted Jia Mu and said, "My son-in-law pays homage to my mother-in-law, and I wish you all blessings and good fortune."

Jia Mu stood up tremblingly, walked to Lin Ruhai in a few steps, and helped Lin Ruhai up herself.

Jia's mother couldn't help but said with tears: "This is a farewell, and we haven't seen each other for nearly twenty years."

"When we said goodbye in the past, you were really in your prime, but now that we see you again, you are already very old."

"When I return to the capital this time, I can rest in peace and recuperate. I'll ask Zheng'er to clean up a yard for you, and you can live there in peace and recuperate."

Lin Ruhai couldn't help but said: "Mother-in-law, my son-in-law has asked Brother Huan to buy a house near the Imperial College. Now it has been packed up and you can move in at any time."

"I live over there, not far from here. I can come over to visit my mother-in-law when I have time."

After hearing that Lin Ruhai had bought a house, Jia Mu had no choice but to give up.

At that time, Jia's mother stayed for dinner, Jia Huan also stayed with her, and Lin Daiyu naturally stayed too.

When dinner is served, men and women sit at separate tables.

Jia Baoyu suddenly saw Lin Daiyu at a glance, and couldn't help but look sad.

Lin Daiyu was originally the true love of his heart, but now Lin Daiyu has been given a marriage to Jia Huan, and he has also married a wife, and he and Lin Daiyu are increasingly missed.

Jia Huan had been staring at Jia Baoyu for a long time. Seeing such a look on his face, he couldn't help but look at him sharply.

Jia Baoyu suddenly felt that the air seemed to be cold, and when he raised his head, he met Jia Huan's eyes, and he shuddered immediately.

In an instant, all the longing, unwillingness, hope and other emotions in my heart were all thrown away.

At this time, he was married and no longer a child, so naturally he would no longer express his dissatisfaction by throwing jade.

He didn't even try to complain to Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang.

I have to say that Jia Baoyu has matured a lot since getting married.

Women are indeed the best catalyst for boys' growth, whether it is positive or negative.

When Jia Huan saw that Jia Baoyu suddenly became more honest, he gave up.

Then Jia Huan exchanged glances with Lin Daiyu again, and Lin Daiyu nodded slightly at him.

The next moment, Jia Huan found that Xia Jingui smiled shyly at him.

A sentence suddenly appeared in Jia Huan's mind: Which smile is the most charming.

Jia Huan couldn't help but shudder, shook his head, and quickly threw this idea away.

He is not a married woman, and Xia Jingui is not the one he likes.

After eating, Lin Ruhai stayed to chat for a while, then stood up to leave.

Jia Huan sent Lin Ruhai and Lin Daiyu to their new house.

After entering the house, Lin Ruhai walked around and liked the bamboo poles. She was quite satisfied with the new house.

After going to the living room to have a cup of tea, Lin Ruhai couldn't help but said: "Brother Huan, I just came back today. It's been a long journey, so it's not a waste to keep you!"

Hearing this, Jia Huan's face turned dark.

What a bad old man!

I had just sent him back, sat down and drank a cup of tea before starting to chase him away.

Isn't this just demolishing the bridge in the river and killing the donkey by removing the mill?

Pooh! Pooh! Who is the donkey?

Jia Huan looked at Lin Daiyu again and asked, "Sister Lin, shall I take you back to the Grand View Garden?"

Lin Ruhai rolled her eyes at him and said, "Yu'er, stay here for a few days and then go back."

Lin Daiyu said apologetically to Jia Huan: "Brother Huan, please go back first. I will visit you in a few days."

Jia Huan nodded and had no choice but to return to Ningguo Mansion.

After returning to Ningguo Mansion, I found Jia Lan and Qin Jingqing coming to visit.

It turns out that after the two of them won the exam, they were planning to participate in this year's examination to test their skills.

Of course, because the time is still short, they are not sure of winning.

It’s a way to feel the atmosphere of the trial in advance.

It's now February, and the date for this year's exam is getting closer day by day.

These two people came here to ask Jia Huan for advice.

Jia Huan called the two of them into the study and began to teach them patiently.

Of course, teaching them writing skills now will have little effect.

It's of little use to sharpen your spear in the face of battle.

What Jia Huan taught them were mainly some rules for the test.

There are also ideas and techniques that need to be used when solving problems.

After seeing the two of them off, Jia Huan did not leave the study.

He then began to think about Haitian Island’s next development plan.

Haitian Island will be his retreat and a secret base.

Haitian Island also needs more energy from him to develop it to its best.

Haitian Island is in an excellent location. If Haitian Island is to be developed rapidly, Jia Huan simply has too many methods to learn from.

But for now, the biggest problem facing Haitian Island is safety.

Before you have enough defensive power, grasping a large amount of wealth is like a child holding gold to get through the bustling city, which is the way to death.

Therefore, the first issue is to develop military power first.

Only after the absolute safety of Haitian Island can be ensured can we vigorously develop the economy.

At present, Haitian Island's defense strength is far from enough.

Even if the current 6,000-strong escort team completes training, it is far from enough.

Haitian Island is an island after all.

If there are not a few frigates, they will have to hide and protect themselves and be beaten passively.

And there is no initiative at all.

Therefore, if you want Haitian Island to have absolute autonomy, you must have a fleet.

And this goal may not be achieved within three to five years.

Of course, it does not mean that Haitian Island will completely stop progressing and stop developing in the past three to five years.

Jia Huan is looking for a development method that can match the growth curve of Haitian Island's strength.

Next, Jia Huan began to draw, step by step, formulating the next development direction of Haitian Island. (End of chapter)