On February 21, 1859, after Lin Haijiang's fleet arrived in Haikou, an unexpected thing happened.

Lin Haijiang, who was a little confused about this, ordered the artillery formation not to carry out shelling for the time being, and the marines also postponed the landing.

In the bridge of the Zhenyuan ship, Zhang Xiatong saw Lin Haijiang wearing the uniform of the marshal of the Chinese Imperial Navy, and after being slightly stunned, Zhang Xiatong actually pulled down his face and said helplessly: "I have been waiting for Lord Lin for a long time, Lord Lin was ordered to transfer Nanyang, and the imperial court ordered my Qiongya to be assigned to Nanyang, and the humble post came to hand it over." ”

Lin Haijiang looked at Zhang Xiatong and smiled slightly: "General Zhang, you are also an understanding person, I think you will understand it when you see it today, since you have the heart, I don't want to increase the killing in vain." ”

Lin Haijiang raised the telescope and looked at the fortifications in Haikou, then looked at Zhang Xiatong, and said with a little surprise: "I really can't see it!" Mr. Zhang turned out to be prepared with both hands, the fort was built in a good way, and it was just outside the range of the old naval guns before me, just enough to block the landing marines, and the trinity of the batteries covered each other's crossfire, not bad! That's good! Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang? ”

Lin Haijiang looked at Zhang Xia meaningfully and said, "The way you looked on my ship last time should have been trying to paralyze me, right?" ”

Zhang Xiatong rubbed his hands and said: "There is really no way, Qiongya was originally under the control of Liangguang, but after the establishment of the Nanyang Naval Division, Qiongya was changed to the military control, and now it has returned to the Nanyang moderation, and it is also the responsibility of our warriors to protect the territory and the people for the official side, if the ability to resist is naturally good, but if you can't resist this, you can't fight to the death, I wait for Qiu Ba to be fearless, but there are still 260,000 people on this island, and the military disaster is fiercer than the tiger!" I had to think a little more. ”

Lin Haijiang nodded, it was beyond his expectation that the chubby Zhang Xiatong had so much scheming, he originally thought that Zhang Xiatong was a big straw bag, but now it seems that this grass bag is not simple, and the scale between advance and retreat is just right.

However, Zhang Xiatong was obviously reluctant to speak, and Zhang Xiatong, who was dressed in the official uniform of the Qing court, looked very maverick in the bridge of the Zhenyuan ship.

Soon, the combat detachment of the Marine Corps began to land on the beach in batches, Lin Haijiang stood on the bridge and looked at the oars and flat-bottomed boats going back and forth, and suddenly remembered that the torpedo boat he built in Mawei still lacked the core component of the internal combustion engine, and the development of science and technology can be said to be one ring after another, and if that link is missing, it will fall into a dead end or a standstill.

Just as Prussia has accumulated a lot of construction experience and design experience through the construction of the first seven ironclad ships, these experiences are very rare and valuable for a large shipyard, especially valuable is that Krupp created a 360 mm caliber low-pressure cannon, although it still has a strong experimental surname, the multi-layer duplex forged inner tube has reached the peak of metallurgical technology in this era.

Just like in history, although Prussia lagged behind Britain and France to complete the industrial revolution, but the unique fineness, rigor and pragmatism of the Germanic nation made Prussia's industry develop rapidly, but the biggest bottleneck of Prussia was his lack of corresponding funds and raw materials, Britain and France had a steady stream of plundering of overseas colonies to supply the locals, but Prussia did not, and the Franco-Prussian War was based on this, Prussia needed living space, he could only challenge France that was much stronger than him, and finally Prussia miraculously won the war.

Although this victory was full of bitterness and blood, it also planted the seeds of the First World War! But the current Prussia is no longer worried about development funds, because no matter what they develop and manufacture, Lin Haijiang in the Far East will pay for it, and the huge amount of money that Lin Haijiang plundered and sold opium eventually went into the pockets of the Prussians, and history has quietly derived unpredictable changes here.

Lin Haijiang knew that Prussia was trying to study new alloy metals, but he couldn't help much in this regard, because the new alloy metals without exception were verified through countless failures to get the most perfect alloy ratio and cold rolling time, he is not a metallurgical expert, and he knows very little about the alloy ratio, because even in his time, the alloy ratio of special steel metals is still the core secret of the political axe of various countries no less than atomic weapons, even if he takes Baidu to cross, he is helpless now.

Baidu many of the information is provided by enthusiasts in order to earn points, even including its search engine entries, annotations are still the same, Lin Haijiang came to this era before he realized how seriously misled he was, Lin Haijiang found that he was actually powerless in many things, and now history has been fanned out of chaos under the butterfly effect, in addition to knowing some general trends of history, he is not better than the scientific research elites and inventors of this era, as the so-called art has a specialization.

However, Lin Haijiang is also very glad that he can realize this, the traverser omnipotence theory itself is a beautiful legend, the knowledge and concepts of the two eras are incompatible, and many theoretical things are difficult to become reality without a practical basis, just like you can't make a good rifle without a qualified high-carbon steel pipe.

Lin Haijiang is aware of his own shortcomings, and he is also aware of his advantages, that is, the advantages of concepts and concepts, in the nineteenth century, almost all scientific researchers and inventors in the world are working hard at home to engage in special inventions.

This has led to the great controversy among the holders of many theories, concepts, and inventions in later generations, because everyone is engaged in invention and creation in a closed environment, and there is a lack of effective and timely certification systems and departments, which also leads to an imbalance in the efficiency of research and development.

In this regard, Lin Haijiang gathered the same type of talents together, appointed the leader of the research team, and the team leader mastered the progress of the research and development direction, etc., for these guys with special surnames and special cases, Lin Haijiang can also be very troubled, but most people still reached a consensus under the temptation of R&D funds.

In the end, Lin Haijiang said that he would set up a huge amount of money to set up a fund composed of a number of scientists to provide funds and help in terms of research conditions for future generations of research scholars, and use its interest every year as a reward for outstanding talents and inventors in various fields throughout the year, which completely moved these guys who did not bend down for three buckets of rice.

So far, Lin Haijiang has also experienced a truth, stinky and hard is not the special surname of that country's research scholars, but the special surname of this whole group of people regardless of nationality, surname, and age.

Looking at the vast blue sea, Lin Haijiang really sighed, as a planner and leader, he is really tired, there are too many places that need him, for those captains who only have warships, cannons, and sailors in their hearts have no heart and no lungs for a happy life, Lin Haijiang is only jealousy, envy, and hatred!

According to the agreement reached between Lin Haijiang and Zhang Xiatong, those who were willing to be dismissed were paid severance pay, and those who were unwilling to be dismissed were incorporated into the Development and Construction Corps as construction troops.

Zhang Xiatong, who was originally going to return to his hometown in Shandong, also unexpectedly stayed, and was appointed by Lin Haijiang as the deputy commander of the first column of the Development and Construction Corps to cooperate with Hainan Executive Officer Hu Weimin in development and construction.

However, Lin Haijiang did not implement forced haircuts in Hainan, because Lin Haijiang did not want to cause too much panic and instability. Are there more Han people or more Manchu people killed? Lin Haijiang is unwilling to care too much about this.

The reason for this is very simple, there are no Manchurians on Hainan Island at all, Manchu people are generally assigned to Ningguta, only Han officials are mostly assigned to Qiongya, Lin Haijiang was surprised to find that there are actually no 5,500 people on the list after turning over the roster of the Qiongya Eight Banners Garrison?

Zhang Xiatong's explanation has been like this since the end of Qianlong, the Qiongya Eight Banners are all in the hands of the Ministry of War, for the Manchu Army's Ministry of War to be able to eat the full amount of the short, Lin Haijiang feels incredible, can only admire these Qing officials for their foresight, at least today they have one less inconsequential battle to recover Hainan, and the Qing Dynasty has lost thousands of smokers.

For the landing troops, Lin Haijiang asked Zhang Zheng to order strict restraints, and the original activities of repairing bridges and roads, repairing roads, and digging wells for the convenience of the people were also suspended and cancelled, because Hainan is an area inhabited by the Li nationality, and most of the generals under Lin Haijiang are still not very clear about the customs and habits of the ethnic minorities here.

Hu Weimin himself has some opinions on Lin Haijiang's move to change the name of Qiongya to Hainan, and he thinks that Lin Haijiang has some bad taste, and strongly recommends that Lin Haijiang not visit famous mountains and rivers and historical places of interest, otherwise he is worried that Lin Haijiang will also change those historical places to a foolish extent.

However, Hu Weimin's biggest opinion is that he can now be said to be shouldering two ends, the development and immigration of Indonesia has entered a critical moment, and the arrangement of the local indigenous people to join the development and construction corps has also reached the implementation stage, but most of the local indigenous people in Indonesia are quite uncooperative, so Hu Weimin transferred the remaining mountain infantry brigade from Fujian to Indonesia through Lin Haijiang, like hunting rabbits. Arresting thousands of Indonesian natives who were unwilling to contribute to the development and construction of the Chinese Empire.

Now that he has to shoulder the heavy task of developing Hainan, Hu Weimin can be said to be complaining incessantly, but all measures and work have been arranged in an orderly manner, and Zhang Zheng and Wang Faren under Lin Haijiang have been directed, not to mention the battalion-level officers below.

However, Lin Haijiang can feel that although Hu Weimin is full of complaints, he is still very happy in his heart, Hu Weimin is different from Zhang Yunji, Zhang Yunji is for interests, to put it bluntly, for the sake of being more forward, because Lin Haijiang has a lot of money, and he is not stingy, this is what Zhang Yunji really values, and Hu Weimin hopes to get a kind of recognition, a strong sense of need for recognition made him take the boat of Lin Haijiang.

Hu Weimin's psychology is actually very simple, don't you need me in the Qing Dynasty? I want you to see Lao Tzu's true ability, let you regret dying, Hu Weimin, who is alone, is not worried that there are no nine clans to kill, if the court is willing to behead the uncle's family who swallowed up his family wealth and drove him out, he also wants to thank the court for finally doing a right thing.

In contrast, Lin Haijiang took all Zhang Yunji's family members to the old port and gave this guy a hint, he believed that Zhang Yunji was a smart person, and smart people would not do stupid things, but there were many examples of being smart and being mistaken by cleverness, so for Zhang Yunji, Lin Haijiang has always been using and observing and paying attention.

The troops had just stabilized the situation in Hainan when Lin Haijiang received a telegram and a secret letter encapsulated in a wax barrel? The content of the telegram made Lin Haijiang like a monk confused? Finally, I opened the superstition and realized that this was a word-to-word password?

Regarding the progress of the Manchu court, Lin Haijiang could only smile helplessly, and when the telegram came out, Lin Haijiang's brows also wrinkled, and then ordered the adjutant to invite Hu Weimin and Zhang Yunji to come over and accompany him to fish in the afternoon.

Regarding Lin Haijiang's invitation, Hu Weimin and Zhang Yunji also seemed to have fallen into the clouds and fog? Now there are so many tricky things in Hainan, the allocation of materials, the development and construction of the Corps' early troops, the food and drink of tens of thousands of marines, and the contact with the local Li leaders, etc., are still clueless, but they know that Lin Haijiang will definitely not just ask the two of them to go fishing, because Lin Haijiang's surname determines that he can only be a fisherman, not a fisherman.

On the back deck of the moored Zhenyuan ship, Lin Haijiang beckoned Hu Weimin and Zhang Yunji with a fishing rod, and smiled and asked them to wait to eat the fish they caught.

Lin Haijiang saw that the two were affectionate and eccentric, so he said with a little show-off: "Speaking of fishing, it originated from the production activities of the ancient ancestors, and with the stability of the living environment and the improvement of living standards, it was gradually separated from life activities, and became a kind of fun, wisdom, vitality, elegant style, and good for the body and mind. ”

Lin Haijiang waved his hand and continued: "Think about walking to the river and lakeside, enjoying the lively wild life, enjoying the pleasing lake and mountains, the breeze of the deep valley blows away the hustle and bustle of the world, life is more important than enjoyment!" ”

Zhang Yunji took a pair of fishing rods and fiddled with them and said: "Throughout the ages, people have regarded fishing as an elegant play that is beneficial to the physical and mental will, and many celebrities, scholars, and music in the past dynasties love fishing, although their fishing goals are different, but the cultivation of elegant tastes is completely the same, for example, the first famous angler is not the well-known Jiang Taigong, but the ancient emperor Shun." ”

Hu Weimin smiled slightly and said, "You still talk to the head of state about Jiang Taigong!" He caught it today, but you and me! ”

After a burst of laughter, Lin Haijiang glared at Hu Weimin and said, "This is a genuine fish hook for me, and there are shrimp bait, which is much more generous than the boring Jiang Ziya." ”

After Lin Haijiang threw the pole, his voice turned serious and said: "Yixin called, the Empress Dowager Cixi of the West wants to inspect my Nanyang Naval Division, and wants us to send a ship to Tianjin to meet you, what do you think of this matter?" ”

After Zhang Yunji and Hu Weimin looked at each other, both of them were silently sorting out their fishing rods, obviously taking the opportunity to think, Lin Haijiang was not in a hurry, he waited patiently on the side, and after a while, Zhang Yunji said: "It's also a good thing and a bad thing!" ”

Zhang Yunji knew very well that Lin Haijiang didn't like others to talk to him in circles, so he immediately added: "The Qing court just wants to talk about our details, and second, they want to delay our progress, but according to the layout of the Führer, surround the coast with islands, and fortify everywhere, in fact, it means that there is no defense everywhere, everywhere is not guarded, there are ambushes everywhere, and troops can be marched everywhere, we have already made a few moves ahead of them, so we might as well see what they plan to do first?" In case in order to appease us, we will naturally make up for the benefits, so the note on the establishment of the Chinese Empire can be sent later! We are now in the upper hand, suitable for static braking! Winning the opportunity to develop quickly and digest is the main thing. ”

Hu Weimin nodded on the side and said: "What the Qing court lacks now is time, and during this time, the bandits are having a lot of fun in the puppet capital, otherwise it is entirely possible for them to concentrate the main force to fight Zhili, if they can infiltrate their influence into Zhili and Shaanxi and Gansu, then we will have more time to build and digest Hainan and Taiwan to be occupied in the next step, since the Qing court lacks time to build their Beiyang, we might as well deal with them." ”

Hu Weimin and Zhang Yunji's thoughts are roughly the same as Lin Haijiang's own, but Lin Haijiang thinks more, that is, this Western Empress Dowager Cixi, the plain and elegant Lan'er who stood next to Xianfeng before? If there were no Cixi, would history have changed dramatically? Also, who gave Cixi so much courage? You want to patrol your own Nanyang sailors?

For Zeng Guofan's Beiyang Naval Division, Lin Haijiang arranged for Wang Faren to launch the Sharp Blade Project early after receiving the news, and more than 60 students who had been trained by the special intelligence and detective team and had a clean net worth were included in the list of candidates for Zeng Guofan's Beiyang selection of students to study naval technology in Britain through various connections.

More than 1,000 non-commissioned officers of the Old Port Naval Academy have also entered the scope of Beiyang recruitment, and it can be said that this is Lin Haijiang's precautionary measures, since he has regarded Beiyang as his imaginary enemy, then he should give absolute attention and respect to this potential opponent.

In terms of the layout at the strategic level, Lin Haijiang easily seized the opportunity with the help of the reverse thinking of later generations and the unique open strategic thinking, but in the implementation link, he could only do his best to obey the destiny of heaven, just like fishing, Hu Weimin and Zhang Yunji, who seemed to be absent-minded, still had a harvest, and they vowed to invite people to eat fish.

Fishing is an activity that cultivates and hones people's will and surname, Lin Haijiang is obviously not very adaptable, if he fishes for the sake of eating fish, now Lin Haijiang's surname has been used up.

"Go get me a box of grenades!"

(To be continued)