The next day, Han Yuyan sent someone to Chuxiu Palace, saying that Grandma Li from Henan had entered the palace. Grandma Li is Li Ruoxing's old mother, the old lady of Xi County, she came to the palace this time after receiving Han Yuyan's edict, and Han Yuyan specially invited her to live in the palace.

Gao Junshan rushed to the Qianqing Palace, and Grandma Li was laughing on the palace.

Grandma Li was about to bow down when she saw Gao Junshan, but Han Yuyan hurriedly stopped: "Auntie, you are exempt from etiquette!" ”

Gao Junshan also said: "That's right, that's right." The eldest mother is kind to our righteous army, and we will not forget the eldest mother. ”

Grandma Li said with a smile: "If you want to say kindness, our Li family has to thank the emperor and the queen!" That year, if you hadn't arrived in time, my granddaughter-in-law and great-grandson would not have survived today! ”

Gao Junshan asked, "How are their mother and son now?" ”

"Okay! I caught it all day long, and when I saw someone, I said that it was the emperor and the queen who saved their lives, and the emperor and the queen are today's living bodhisattvas! I said, granddaughter-in-law, it's not enough for you to just talk about it, you go to the capital to meet the emperor and the queen, what do you guess my granddaughter-in-law said? She said, not anyone who can see the emperor can see the emperor, the emperor is very busy! Look at her, look at her, I said she was just lazy, and she had to make a decree from the queen mother to come to see the emperor, where did you put my old face? Grandma Li gushed endlessly.

Gao Junshan said with a smile: "Your granddaughter-in-law is right, the people must be edicted to enter the palace, and they must be kind to the emperor before they can enter the palace." ”

"That's it." Han Yuyan took over the conversation, "So, only the eldest lady is qualified to enter the palace." ”

"Oh, it's not my granddaughter-in-law's fault?"

Gao Junshan said: "Your granddaughter-in-law did the right thing. The eldest mother is so blessed, the eldest great-grandson is eight or nine years old, right? ”

"What's eight or nine years old?" Grandma Li said unhappily, "I'm eleven years old!" ”

"Eleven years old?" Gao Junshan was a little puzzled.

Han Yuyan hurriedly explained: "The common people's families are counted according to their virtual years. ”

"Oh, yes, yes, eleven, eleven."

Han Yuyan quipped: "Auntie, the emperor's memory is not bright!" ”

Grandma Li said seriously: "Hey! The emperor has a lot of opportunities, how can he remember the affairs of the common people's families! ”

Everyone laughed. Gao Junshan thought to himself, your family is still a common person, your son; Li Ruoxing: That's an amazing character.

At this time, Sun Kewang came to report, and the people from the Admiralty came to ask for a meeting.

"Urgent?" Gao Junshan asked.

"They didn't say anything, they looked in a hurry."

"Let them wait in the Mandarin Palace."

"Yes!"

Gao Junshan said to Grandma Li again: "Auntie, this time I came, so I will stay longer." ”

Han Yuyan told Gao Junshan that she had made a decree to let Grandma Li live in the palace until the beginning of spring and then go back, and she wanted to invite Grandma Li to spend the New Year in the capital.

Because there was something important to do, Gao Junshan said goodbye to Grandma Li, left the Qianqing Palace, and went to the Huawen Palace.

The Admiralty reported that the "Wuchang No. 1" and "Wuchang No. 2" had been launched, and the sea trials were going smoothly, with a speed of 18 knots along the water and 15 knots against the water, and asked for instructions.

Gao Junshan was very satisfied with this speed, and the launch of "Wuchang No. 1" and "Wuchang No. 2" marked the arrival of the steam engine era.

He gave these two warships a special task, ordering Zhou Wenjiang to form the Weihai Fleet with "Wuchang No. 1" and "Wuchang No. 2" as the main ships, capture Qiongzhou, and carry out the island landing battle.

He will soon be able to obtain the seeds of rubber trees, which can only be grown on Hainan Island, so the strategic position of Qiongzhou is particularly important and must be occupied as soon as possible.

Gao Junshan stressed to the Admiralty the urgency of occupying the Qiongzhou capital, and ordered them to deal with this matter quickly, and use the firepower and speed of the "Wuchang No. 1" and "Wuchang No. 2" to carry out the landing operation on the island as soon as possible, and the sooner the better.

The Admiralty offered to transfer back to the 1st Marine Brigade, but Gao Junshan rejected their pleas, telling them that without the Marine Brigade, the Qiongzhou Mansion must also be taken.

Gao Junshan's rejection of the Admiralty's request was grounded, because the population density of Qiongzhou Prefecture was very small compared to that of the mainland, let alone any decent army, and the transfer of two "Wuchang" class warships was mainly to train them in their ability to land on the island to fight, as long as they could land on Hainan Island, they could occupy the whole island without blowing any effort.

After meeting the people from the Admiralty, Gao Junshan went to the Science and Technology Research Institute, the main members of the Science and Technology Research Institute are from Chongwen College, which is the scientific research and teaching base of Chongwen College, and the purpose of his visit is to teach them the planting technology of rubber trees.

Rubber trees are deciduous trees with milky sap. Straight roots, three compound leaves, leathery entire. The flowers are unisexual, monoecious, panicles. The fruit is capsule with oval seeds. flowers, the rest are male flowers. The capsule is large, spherical, and splits into three petals when ripe; The seeds are large. Rubber trees are native to the western region of the Marayae in the Brazilian Amazon basin and are mainly found in Brazil, followed by Peru.

Rubber trees prefer high temperatures, high humidity, quiet winds and fertile soil, and are not cold tolerant and should not be planted in low humidity places. It is suitable for the growth of deep, fertile and moist acidic sandy loam soils with good drainage. Shallow roots, the branches are fragile, the adaptability to the wind is poor, and the susceptibility to wind cold and reduce the amount of rubber produced.

The director of the Institute of Science and Technology was Zhang Tiaoding, and Gao Junshan ordered him to immediately dispatch five scientific and technological personnel to form a working group on Hainan Island, preparing to plant rubber trees there.

Gao Junshan stayed in the Science and Technology Research Institute for several days, and when he returned to the headquarters of the Western Expeditionary Army after he was busy with things, it was already the end of the month, and the deputy commander-in-chief Zhou Shichen saw Gao Junshan and reported to him the military intelligence of the Rakshasa Kingdom collected these days.

"Your Majesty, it's good for you to come back, these days, through various channels, we have collected some information about the Rakshasa Kingdom." Zhou Shichen reports.

"Tell me a little bit."

Zhou Shichen said: "The Rakshasa Kingdom learned a lesson in the war with Sweden, and they followed the example of Gustav II's Sweden and created ten new cavalry regiments of Reitel, which were mainly from free vagrants, low-ranking boyars, and other relatively poorer nobles. The monasteries and aristocratic families who were not required to serve were required to be responsible for providing Reitel cavalry, specifically one cavalry for every 100 acres of land, which was their traditional cavalry supply system, with each Reitel cavalry regiment having twelve companies of 176 men each. ”

Gao Junshan praised: "You know very specifically. ”

Zhou Shichen continued: "In addition to the Reitel cavalry regiment, they also have two dragoon regiments. The dragoon regiment also consisted of twelve companies per regiment, each with only one hundred and twenty men, and an artillery company with twelve guns per company, for a total of seventeen thousand men. ”

"All these troops are in Xinjiang?" Gao Junshan asked?

"Not really. In Xinjiang there were only two regiments. Zhou Shichen continued to explain, "A regiment of reitel cavalry, a regiment of dragoons. ”