Lin Yun came outside the courtyard gate and saw a wooden cart parked at the door. In front of the cart, in addition to the two brothers Ding Yuannan and Ding Yuanxi, there was also an old man wearing a coarse cotton robe. Judging from the respectful attitude of the two brothers towards the old man, Lin Yun

I guess this is probably their father.

After meeting and chatting, Ding Yuannan introduced the identity of the old man to Lin Yun. As expected, this was their father, Ding Shoucheng.

Ding Shoucheng smiled at Lin Yun and said: "I saw the sketch of a gun drawn by the young master last night, and I couldn't sleep a wink all night. As soon as it gets light today, I will ask Nan'er to accompany me to visit, hoping not to disturb the young master.

rest."

"Uncle, please don't do this. Brother Yuannan and I have the same interests. His father is my elder. From now on, uncle will just give you orders. My nephew will not refuse."

After Lin Yun finished speaking, he extended his hand to invite the three of them to come in and rest.

Ding Yuanxi ran to the wooden cart and came back with two hens. He smiled at Lin Yun and said, "Brother Lin, this is your first visit and you don't have much to give. These are the chickens raised by my sister-in-law. Please accept them."

Down."

"Thank you very much! My aunt has just recovered from a serious illness and needs supplements to recuperate her. You are here to help her at a critical time."

After Lin Yun finished speaking, he ordered the servants to collect the chicken and send it to the kitchen to cook for Jia Min.

…

Inviting the father and son to sit down at his residence, Lin Yun first asked Xiao Mo to bring tea and snacks to entertain the guests, and then asked Yingge to go to the back house to see if Jia Min was up, and prepared to take Ding Yuannan to the back house to meet the elders of the family.

Ding Yuannan was very moved when he heard this. He had already asked Qin Xiaoting to find out clearly that Lin Yun's uncle Lin Ruhai was the emperor's personal envoy to the Huaihe River Salt Patrol, and his aunt was the direct daughter of Mrs. Rongguo of the Jia family in the capital.

Now Lin Yun is taking him to the inner house to meet his elders. This is a courtesy that Qin Xiaoting has not been able to enjoy. This shows that Lin Yun really wants to make him a good friend.

Ding Shoucheng was a firearms fan, and he was completely unaware of what Lin Yun was doing. After taking a few sips of tea, he couldn't wait to take out the sketch and ask Lin Yun about some difficulties in making the flint gun.

Lin Yun didn't know much about this. He could only tell the other party that the key point of gunpowder launch is that the better the sealing, the greater the power.

At the same time, he also told the old man that in order to speed up the filling of the gunpowder, he could use fixed-loading gunpowder, which means to pre-determine the quantity of gunpowder and wrap it in a carton. It can be used safely and boldly during wartime without worrying about excessive charging and causing gunpowder damage.

Danger of explosion.

After hearing this, the old man praised him repeatedly and asked Lin Yun to get a pen and paper to write down all the key points he said.

The father and son came and left in a hurry. After Lin Yun led Ding Yuannan to see Jia Min, the three father and son of the Ding family took the initiative to leave.

Before leaving, Lin Yun handed Ding Shoucheng three hundred taels of silver notes as funds for making fire guns.

The old man was not polite and accepted it directly. Lin Yun was very suspicious. He came here so early. He probably came not to discuss technical issues with him, but to ask for money.

…

After breakfast, Lin Yungang was about to go out when he saw the servant coming to report again, saying that someone from Rongguo Mansion had sent a New Year gift.

He hurried out to greet him. As soon as he walked out of the yard, he saw Qian Cong walking towards him with Li Wan. Next to Li Wan, there was also a boy wearing a red cloak who looked to be about six or seven years old.

Lin Yun hurried forward to greet Li Wan, saluted Li Wan and said, "Lin Yun wishes my sister-in-law well."

Li Wan returned the gift, then smiled and said: "Brother Yun, I was assigned by the old lady to bring you some New Year gifts."

Lin Yun smiled and said: "The old lady still feels sorry for my aunt."

Li Wan: "Isn't that right? Ever since I got married, I have never seen anyone more attractive to the old lady than my aunt."

"Sister-in-law, have you forgotten that there is a precious brother in the house?"

Li Wan smiled slightly, neither denying nor agreeing. Instead, he said to the little boy beside him: "Lan'er, give your greetings to Uncle Yun."

The little boy took a step forward, bowed to Lin Yun, and said, "Lan'er, please say hello to Uncle Yun."

Lin Yun nodded and asked with a smile: "Sister-in-law, has Brother Lang ever been enlightened?"

Li Wan: "I didn't go out to study either. I only taught him a few words at home. I brought him here today just to ask Brother Yun to give him some advice."

Lin Yun asked Jia Lan what books he had read, and the little guy said respectfully: "I just finished studying Zeng Guangxian's Wen, and now I'm studying in Qionglin, a kindergarten school."

Li Wan: "Lan'er has a lot of things he doesn't understand in his studies. I know that my knowledge is limited, so I ask Brother Yun to give him more guidance in the future."

Lin Yun: "I am also a dabbler. If my sister-in-law is not afraid that I will teach Lang Geer a bad lesson, then I will shamelessly give him some advice."

Li Wan said happily: "Thank you so much, Brother Yun."

Lin Yun: "I will send my sister-in-law to see her aunt first, and then I will talk to Langeer alone."

Li Wan hurriedly said: "I have a rich butler to accompany me to see my aunt. You can talk about it and you can go."

Lin Yun thought: "This sister-in-law is really impatient and won't waste any time."

…

After sending Li Wan away, Lin Yun led little Jia Lan to his study.

When his mother was not around, little Jialan immediately became active. He looked around, looked around, and then said to Lin Yun: "Uncle Yun, I heard from my mother that you won the scholarship. Isn't it difficult to pass the exam?"

Lin Yun nodded and said: "It is indeed difficult. Generally speaking, based on the admission rate of academic examinations in various places, it would be good if ten out of a hundred scholars can pass."

Jia Lan: "Uncle Yun, you have been selected as a scholar at such a young age. You must be very good at studying, right?"

Lin Yun said with a smile: "There are many people who are more interested in studying than me. The main reason why I was able to pass the exam is that apart from being lucky, I also put more effort into studying."

Jia Lan asked doubtfully: "But I don't think there are many books in your study?"

"Reading is not the more books the better, but reading useful books. It is best to read the reading notes left by successful people, so as to broaden your horizons. And the most important thing is to write articles frequently.

, Youdao means that a good memory is not as good as a bad writing. Reading more and writing more is the key to success."

After Lin Yun finished speaking, he stood up, found a mahogany box, and opened it in front of Jia Lan.

When Jia Lan saw it, he was immediately shocked. He saw that the box was filled with reading notes.

Lin Yun found a reading note from it, handed it to Jia Lan and said, "This is a review I wrote when I was studying in Qionglin, a kindergarten. You can take it back and look through it. It may be of some use."

Jia Lan hurriedly took it and said, "Thank you, Uncle Yun."

Lin Yun added: "When I come back from my next vacation, I will bring the reading notes you wrote and give them to me to look at."

Jia Lan immediately said with a grimace: "I'm afraid I won't be able to write it."

Lin Yun smiled and said: "Everything is difficult at the beginning. If you write more, it will become easier and easier in the future."

"Oh well."
Chapter completed!