Restarting life in Siheyuan

Zhu Xuefeng was shocked. Why was this old man still using the same trick? It was a different era now. If he continued to use the same trick of selecting concubines, the autonomous region would have no way to control it. Looking at Song Yan and Li Xiaojun who were trying to hold back their laughter, his face felt hot.

"Don't worry, I know what to do."

The Yang clan leader certainly knew that this prince already had several confidantes, and had brought them to the autonomous region for a tour. Most people might not know this, but it was impossible for him not to know this.

"Your Highness, I have an unwelcome request. Please..."

The unwilling Yang clan leader looked at Zhu Xuefeng again, and then at Song Yan, Li Xiaojun, Liang Yan, Senior Brother Bai, Yang Maosheng and others. Zhu Xuefeng had no choice but to let everyone leave first. He stayed alone with the Yang clan leader for a long time before coming out in a trance and left with everyone without saying a word.

"Senior brother, what did Patriarch Yang say to you that made you become like this." Yan Zi looked at her senior brother strangely. It was the first time she saw her senior brother looking so weird.

"Nothing, let's go to the refinery first as planned."

Facing Yan Zi's questioning, Zhu Xuefeng remained silent. There was nothing he could say about this matter. It turned out that the powerful person he had scolded several times was actually himself. The one who caused this incident was Yang Lei and her sister, who were from the Yang family.

He was too foolish. The surnames of the Yang sisters were right in front of him, but he didn't think of this possibility. It was all because of the title of princess that he didn't think about it at all. He always thought it was from other small countries, but forgot that in the heart of the Yang clan leader, he was a genuine "prince".

No one knew what Patriarch Yang said to Zhu Xuefeng, but Patriarch Yang's words seemed to remind several people.

"Chief, I think the suggestion the old patriarch just made makes a lot of sense."

Zhu Xuefeng was stunned, but Song Yan was still trying to help him.

"Tell me about it."

"The old patriarch suggested the Jian Kingdom, I think it is necessary."

Zhu Xuefeng was very troubled. He had never considered the affairs of Jian country. He was a Huaguo person, and this consciousness was deeply rooted in his mind. He had never considered changing his nationality. If this was Jian country, what kind of person would he be?

"What's the reason?"

"We have a legitimate reason to do so. We are now an autonomous region, but when we trade with the outside world, we are often not recognized. They all think we are just a region under the Southern Military Government."

"As long as we can trade normally, don't worry about the name."

Zhu Xuefeng rejected Song Yan's proposal without even looking back, but he felt that the people around him seemed a little discouraged, except for Yan Zi and Senior Brother Bai who still looked indifferent. It seemed that several people had the same idea.

"Is this what you all mean?"

Looking at the people around him, except Yan Zi and Senior Brother Bai, who did not express their opinions, the others all nodded. Zhu Xuefeng understood that as a force has come this far, everyone has some desires. This should be the "following the dragon" plot rooted in the bones of the Chinese. As the leader of this force, it seems that he should also consider the development of these people. Zhu Xuefeng felt a little confused.

"Let me think about it again."

As soon as the words came out, it was obvious that everyone showed expressions of relief on their faces.

The group continued to move forward, Yan Zi followed quietly and whispered, "Brother, you should actually agree."

"Oh, you think so too?" Zhu Xuefeng was a little dazed. Yan Zi didn't seem to have this intention just now.

"I mean, I have three sisters-in-law now. It would be inappropriate to put it somewhere else, not even in Hong Kong. Didn't you say that Hong Kong would definitely return in the future? What would you do with your sisters-in-law then? Who would you be willing to divorce?"

Zhu Xuefeng was speechless for a while, and then he smiled bitterly, "You have too many things on your mind. Let's talk about it later. Let's go to the refinery first."

The group inspected the oil refinery located on the seashore, which is not far from the shipyard, only a dozen kilometers away from the port that has been preliminarily completed, and only a few kilometers away from the railway station that is under emergency construction. It has a unique location and will soon be a place with extremely convenient transportation.

All the equipment of the refinery has been installed. The experts from Mobil and Sea Coachman have left after completing the commissioning. Now, experts and technicians from the Ministry of Petrochemical Industry of China are cooperating throughout the process to assist the autonomous region in mastering the use of these equipment.

"Your Highness, the experts from the Ministry of Chemical Industry said that the imitation should be completed next year. Starting from the year after next, we will be able to continuously supply us with new equipment, which should be able to meet the needs of our refinery expansion."

The area where the oil refinery is set up by the sea is not small, but this is not the entire refinery planned by Zhu Xuefeng. In the direction of the refinery facing the sea, there are some densely packed islands. This is the area Zhu Xuefeng left for the refinery to expand. After these small islands are transformed according to his plan, this area will reach more than 700 square kilometers, which is more than enough to build any large-scale refinery. This place belongs to the bay and the sea is calm.

"Old Yang, how is the performance of the current dredging ships?" This time I didn't have the opportunity to go to the Heili River to see the new dredging ships, so I could only learn about it from Old Yang.

"There are now four dredgers working in the Heili River in shifts. Their sand mining efficiency is three to four times that of the old dredgers. We expect that by next year, the Heili River from Myitkyina to Manderek will be fully dredged, and by then, the river will be accessible to large ships."

"Well, that's good. We'll try it out at the seaside when we get a chance." Zhu Xuefeng nodded slightly. This was one of the technical reserves for future sandblasting island construction. The first one was to experiment with the islands in front of the refinery. It would be less difficult to reclaim islands here, and it was within their own sphere of influence and would not be harassed.

"But Your Highness, we can only reach Manderle via the Heili River. If we want to go south and follow the river to the sea, it is beyond our sphere of influence."

Zhu Xuefeng looked at Yang Maosheng in surprise. It seemed that this man also agreed with Li Xiaojun's expansion ideas in his heart. It was really unexpected.

"There is a shipyard here too. Let's build two first. No one is asking you to bring the boats from the Heili River over here."

Zhu Xuefeng just said this lightly, but Yang Maosheng couldn't stand it and could only wipe the sweat off his face behind Zhu Xuefeng.

"Oh, right, I've told the tribe leader to help me find a few mountain eagles that can fly high and see far. If there's any news this month, please let the office in the capital tell me in time. If you find them too late, please help me keep them."

Yang Maosheng was confused by the inexplicable order. He did not dare to ask in detail. He just looked at Zhu Xuefeng's back in a daze. Zhu Xuefeng was standing on a small hill outside the refinery, with his hands behind his back, looking out to the sea. He seemed to be watching seabirds flying in the archipelago, but he was actually thinking about Dahui and Xiaohui. It would be great if these two meritorious dolphins could settle down here in the future. After visiting the arsenal and the hydropower station again, and staying at Liang Yan's training base for another day, Zhu Xuefeng left in a hurry.

I originally wanted to meet my eldest brother Li Zhenhua, but after thinking about it, I gave up. Li Zhenhua had been requested by the autonomous region for training two months ago. There were more than 500 people who came here together, and they are helping to train the team in Mandele and Jiesha.

On the flight to Beijing, Zhu Xuefeng closed his eyes and rested. With a more senior commander, he had to do something big next year, otherwise it would be unfair to his elder brother for his hard training.

Li Zhenhua was leading a team of several hundred people to train the autonomous region's armed forces in the Mandele and Jiesha areas. Since he received the order to come here to teach, he guessed that it was Lao Si who was causing trouble. Orders from superiors must be obeyed, and his entire battalion was temporarily expanded to 500 people, all of whom came to serve as instructors.

The armed forces of the autonomous region were also divided into two parts and received rotation training in a cycle of half a year.

"Old Eight, you are doing great now. You are in charge of several thousand troops. You are more powerful than me."

On the stands of the training ground, Li Zhenhua was standing with Zhou Laoba (Zhou Dayong). The ones being trained this time were mainly his team, which had nearly a hundred people who were Li Zhenhua's former subordinates or from brother units.

"Old commander, please don't laugh at me. I'm just forcing myself to do this. I've only led a dozen soldiers before, so I can't help it. You're here just in time to help us train. These soldiers have only joined the army in the past one or two years, so they have a short training period and no foundation. They are still very green."

"Young? I can't tell. I feel like they are all strong, agile, tenacious, and have a strong fighting spirit."

"Old leader, stop saying good things. I don't believe you don't see the shortcomings. These people have only been trained for a short time. Are their basic functions not good enough for you? You didn't treat us like this back then."

Li Zhenhua is extremely strict in military discipline, so the military quality of his team is quite strong.

"It can be seen that many people are not so good at tactical movements and skirmish coordination. It is true that they have not practiced enough and seem to be not very proficient."

"The old leader has a sharp eye and found the problem right away. This is a good opportunity. Don't be reluctant. Just train them hard like you trained us back then, haha."

Li Zhenhua was a little surprised. He knew it was wrong, but he didn't take the initiative to find an opportunity to change it? He was waiting for him to do it. This was not in line with Zhou Laoba's temper. He asked in confusion. "You said you have been a soldier for several years, and you have many veterans under you. How come you didn't even teach them the tactical norms and mutual cooperation? This is a bit embarrassing."

Being criticized by the old leader, Zhou Laoba felt a little embarrassed, "You really don't understand. It's okay that these people have poor foundations. Some of them also have language barriers, so the training effect is naturally worse."

The two men lit up cigarettes and watched the soldiers crawling and fighting on the grass.

"The general level of education here is very low. It takes a long time for people to understand what you are asking for. You don't know that it took us almost a month just to distinguish the front, the back, the left, and the right. It really worried me to death at that time."

"Yes, it's very difficult for soldiers to improve their combat effectiveness if they don't have cultural knowledge. Didn't you take cultural courses?"

"How could we not catch them? You don't know that the training content and items were set by our leader Zhu himself. We must meet the standards, and the difficulty is not low. At that time, in order to meet the standards, many soldiers spontaneously practiced more. You know what, some of the things are quite useful. Once we went to the battlefield, it was obvious that the individual capabilities of the soldiers were stronger than those of the opponents."

"Evening school is also a daily activity. If it weren't for the cultural classes at night, these people wouldn't be able to reach the current level."

Li Zhenhua understood that the autonomous region had its own military training program. These hard indicators must be completed first before some tactical subjects can be arranged according to time. This seemed inappropriate. He had to find a chance to remind Lao Si that as a soldier, tactical training must not be neglected.

"I've taken a look at your training program. It's quite interesting. Many of the requirements are stricter than ours. There are also some requirements that I've never heard of. Are you saying that your leader did all this by himself?"

"Our Commander Song said that it was all the leader's fault. He and Deputy Commander Li were just executing the orders."

"Plus, the training time is really short, and it's hard to have such concentrated training time as now. I've been running around a lot in the past two years, and I've fought a lot in the war. Naturally, these subjects are a lot worse. Usually, everyone doesn't pay much attention to them. Most of the combat here is in the jungle, so some things can't be used for the time being."

"Then why are the main training subjects the same as before this time?" Li Zhenhua was also confused. Since the fourth brother's training plan worked well in this jungle, why did he inexplicably let him lead people to train according to the old project?
"In the second half of last year, the leader issued an order that the entire army must complete all training programs according to the old unit's training programs before the first half of next year, including street fighting and beach landings. You led the team here as soon as the order was issued."

Li Zhenhua was a little confused. He seemed to understand something, but also seemed to understand nothing. He knew the training subjects of street fighting and beach landing, and there was a part of the navy coming to help them with training. Did they want to flatten the south in one go?

There is indeed a long and narrow coastline on the south side of the sea, so it seems possible. But why do they have to practice street fighting? It doesn’t make sense. It seems that Lao Si has big plans. Li Zhenhua suddenly became interested. It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t know now. He must find a chance to have a good chat with Lao Si.

The fourth one in his mind had quietly returned to the compound and was discussing with Lin Na and Xia Yuhong.

According to the latest news, in order to cope with the serious shortage of foreign language cadres, the country will take emergency measures and plans to send 1964 international students in the three years from 1966 to 1750, including 1550 college students and 200 trainees. The so-called trainees are mainly high school students.

It is said that policies may be introduced in the second half of the year to train senior foreign language teachers and translators in more than 10 languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, and Arabic.

"How did you know? You got the news before the policy was released?"

"This is not a secret. Colleges and universities have discussed it several times under the organization of the Ministry of Education. This is a preliminary plan. There may be some changes in the details, but it should not change in general." Lin Na seemed to have got the news from Professor Lin's friends. When she heard that Zhu Xuefeng was back, she hurried to report the information.

"What do you two think? Do you want to study abroad too? Come back to be a teacher or translator? Or is it more convenient for us to meet since we are both abroad?"

"You are so beautiful. Sister Na and I are living well without you. Don't be so conceited. We don't want to see you." Xia Yuhong's eyes moved, but she said something that was obviously insincere. It was obvious that she said one thing and meant another.

"No wonder it took you so long to write me a letter. I write to you once a month. Sigh."

Zhu Xuefeng sighed, Xia Yuhong couldn't help laughing, and Lin Na patted the man's hand to stop the flirting between them.

"Xiao Hong and I don't have that intention. We'll just stick to the original plan. But aren't you worried about Xiao Mei's studies? This seems like an opportunity."

"Yes." Zhu Xuefeng slapped his thigh and stood up. That's right, my little sister is in the second year of high school this year, and next year will be 1965, and she will have to take the college entrance examination. (End of this chapter)