Chapter Fourteen: Eaglet Academy

  The next morning, Huā Jiè Lèi returned to her usual shrewd businesswoman self and after a round of negotiations with Liú Yún, they signed a production and sales agreement for the grape wine, reaching an agreement on production, sales and profit sharing. Afterwards, Huā Jiè Lèi left the ranch in a hurry.

  "Kor, have you really decided to help him?" Lelou asked disapprovingly from outside the carriage window about Hanae's cooperation with Liúyún.

  "Uncle, that person is not simple," Huajing said with a sigh, and again thought of that night on the ranch.

  "It's indeed different from what rumors say," Lelou shook his head, "but you think someone with such a notorious reputation can achieve much?"

  "You don't know, he saw through my 'Dream Luo Lan' plan. He even induced me to implement a similar plan." Huā Jiàng (Flower General) said with a bitter smile.

  As a business genius, she disliked the feeling of being seen through everything and having nowhere to hide.

  "Do you think the wine he provided can sell well?" Leluo asked again.

  "Uncle, I signed that agreement with him just for business. Maybe, I can still create a miracle."

  After finishing speaking, Hua Die's tears gazed far away at the pasture, as if she could still see the shadow of that white-clothed, long-haired young man.

  "As you wish." This was her reply to Liú Yún in the early morning.

  Actually, Huā Qiàn knew that apart from the business cooperation, Liú Yún's sentence "This is my first time asking someone for help in this world" was also a direct reason for the formation of this agreement.

  She could feel the deep loneliness in Liuxing's words, just like her own. This sense of shared suffering made it impossible for her to refuse any request he made.

  But in the short time she spent with Liuyun, he brought her unexpected surprises and shocks that she had never experienced before. She was used to being in control of everything, and even refused to stay a moment longer on the ranch, hastily leaving after signing the agreement.

  At the moment when he sent away Hua Xiang, a few strands of guilt suddenly surged in Liu Yun's heart towards this girl.

  For the development of his guard, he played a trick on Hua Qianyun. According to their agreement, Hua Qianyun was supposed to provide 100,000 gold coins for the initial production of grapes, but in reality, the initial production didn't need that much money, and most of it was used for the development of his guard.

  "I hope someday I can repay this kindness." Putting aside the thoughts in his mind, Liú Yún took Adams to the back of the ranch to see those grape seedlings.

  Behind the house was a large empty space, where the ranch workers had opened up a piece of land and planted some vegetables and fruit trees. Looking at those few sturdy grapevines and the small grape sprouts around them, Liu Yun's heart felt very joyful.

  "Uncle Adams, I think we can start now."

  In the following days, Liú Yún had Adams hire a group of workers to start cultivating the land behind the ranch, transporting fertile sandy soil from the nearby riverbank to begin building a vineyard.

  Xi Po then led the team members into Jade Dragon Mountain, with the task of digging up all visible grapevines.

  The shepherd's hands-on training of the ranch workers from old vines to graft and cultivate young seedlings.

  A few days later, as agreed, a member of the Huajianlei faction sent over 100,000 gold coins.

  After receiving this money, Liú Yún took out 10,000 gold coins and handed them over to Adams, who was fully responsible for the construction of the vineyard and wine production.

  In his past life, he liked to drink grape wine, so Yueli learned the art of home-brewing grape wine. For him, the wine she brewed was better than all the fine wines in the world; for her, being able to brew wine with her own hands for him to drink was also the greatest happiness. Liuyun was influenced by her and knew a lot about winemaking.

  He patiently explained the processes of selecting materials, cleaning, peeling, first fermentation, separating lees, second fermentation, filtering and clarifying, and storing to Adams, and also let him improve based on his years of winemaking experience. As for Adams, he was stunned by Liuyun's words, wondering how this useless young master had become a wine-making master.

  After making all the arrangements, Liú Yún led his men and a group of workers from Kǎi Dé Bǎo to start building a new courtyard on the edge of the pasture.

  After two months of construction, the newly built courtyard was completed. Everything in the courtyard was conceived by Yunyun according to the style of her previous life's military school.

  The gate is an arched structure made of bluestone, with a sign that reads "Eagle Academy" hanging above it. On either side of the gate are two sentry posts, each consisting of a small circular platform supported by four slender iron rods, which in turn support a roof that can provide shelter from the rain.

  Upon entering the door, on the right side is a large screen with a line of bold and powerful characters: "Warfare is a great matter for the state, it is the ground of death and life, the path of survival and destruction, it cannot be neglected."

  To the right of the entrance is the dining hall. In front, there is a flagpole, a long wooden pole standing on the platform. In front of the flagpole, there is an open playground, and on both sides of the playground are two rows of houses hidden in green trees, while at the end of the playground, there is a large high platform. At the end of the courtyard, there is an obstacle course on the left side and a magic training ground on the right side.

  Looking at the scene in front of her, Liuyun was very satisfied.

  In training twenty guards, he found many problems. Firstly, it was not regular, secondly, it was not systematic, and thirdly, it was not meticulous. The team members made obvious progress, but he felt that something was missing.

  "The army is a big melting pot, what's thrown in are scrap irons, but what comes out are all high-quality steels. How could I have forgotten this sentence?" As soon as Liu Yun thought of this point, he immediately decided to build a large melting pot.

  Walking into the academy, stroking the large characters on the screen, Liú Yún couldn't help but recall the unforgettable times he spent in military school.

  "They say military schools are the cradle of generals. Can this small academy nurture a few more stars?"

  Liuyun looks forward to it and hopes that everyone who walks out of here can see the shadow of those little rabbits from back then.

  "Xiao Yun, the school building is complete. Where are you planning to recruit new members from?" Lao Ka had been extremely busy these past few days as well. Under Liu Yun's strong request, he had no choice but to use magic to speed up the construction progress.

  "This issue, I had thought it through several months ago. I'm going to take in a batch of orphans, and they must all be the descendants of Imperial soldiers."

  The saying of a great man comes to mind: Education should start from an early age.

  In the following days, strictly following the military school of his previous life, Liú Yún began to formulate a series of rules and regulations and training plans. The "Academy Formation Ordinance", "Academy Discipline Ordinance", "Etiquette and Manners", "Academy Daily Life System", "Morning Exercise Training Plan" and "Physical Training Plan" were successively introduced.

  Lao Ka also went to Fengyu City according to Liuyun's request and ordered some daily necessities such as student desks, chairs, beds, quilts, training clothes, etc.

  The decision of the Stray Cloud Sect to choose a batch of homeless children as new disciples was strongly supported by everyone: "Apart from kids, only madmen can tolerate everything here."

  The guards became unfortunate guinea pigs, the first batch to move into the academy, and began a painful life under strict regulations.

  After Klia and Walker recovered from their injuries, they learned of Everson's decision and also chose to stay by Liu Yun's side without hesitation.