Teaching and Research

To test Veronica's learning ability, Victor gave her the completed Basic Education 3.0 textbook for Veronica -study. This textbook has a large proportion of natural sciences and basically covers important basic sciences such as mathematics, physics, and chemistry before the middle school stage.

To everyone's surprise, Veronica learned extremely quickly. Using this basic textbook, she connected the knowledge she had previously acquired, including natural history, mathematics, and astronomy.

In just ten days, she had basically mastered all the knowledge points in the textbook. Victor and Number One were both very shocked by Veronica's performance.

Moreover, Veronica can easily combine this knowledge with practical work, and even use it directly to explain many phenomena.

"You mean you want to use geometry to calculate the trajectory of an arrow, but for some reason there's always an error?"

Victor picked up the calculation results Veronica had shown him and glanced at them briefly.

"Number One, this isn't optical geometry, is it?!"

"Yes, Victor, this not only uses geometry to establish a coordinate system model, but also includes parametric equations and analytic geometry concepts. You can see the derivation concepts here, even the rudiments of derivatives are involved."

"Veronica, you're a genius!"

Victor now realized the extent of Veronica's genius. Her talent was on par with that of Descartes, Newton, and Leibniz from his previous textbooks. She was the kind of person who could summarize classical theories and create more advanced mathematical tools based on natural laws and a certain mathematical foundation.

For a period of time afterward, Victor took Veronica with him every day. While working together, he also used his spare time to teach Veronica knowledge along with Number One.

Victor no longer wants to let Veronica go home. Veronica's learning and creative abilities are exactly what Victor lacks. Victor has always wanted to use the knowledge he and Number One possess to promote the development of the territory.

However, Victor was all alone, and Number One could only exist in his consciousness and could not act independently. The technological advancement of many industries and agriculture in his territory could only be promoted by the craftsmen and old farmers in factories and plantations using experience and exhaustive experimentation.

While Victor can provide data and technology to solve problems during bottleneck periods, this approach does not benefit the development of technical talent in the territory.

But Veronica's presence can solve this problem. She can participate in the territory's scientific and technological work, directly lead the various teams, have enough time to explain and guide them, and even provide further instruction to outstanding students in the territory's schools.

At first, after Victor discovered Veronica's genius, he did have some utilitarian thoughts, but these gradually disappeared. He grew to like the girl more and more. Veronica loved learning and was willing to help Victor. This sincere affection easily reached Victor's heart.

Victor also cherished Veronica. He realized that Veronica's help to him was not only in gaining more resources by joining the ranks of the Northern Frontier nobles through social connections, but also in Veronica talent, which greatly contributed to his ideals. After all, he understood all too well that science and technology were the primary productive forces.

September Number 1 arrived. After more than a month, Victor's teaching of Veronica had come to an end. Veronica had basically mastered the knowledge of applied sciences such as mathematics, physics, and chemistry from around the 19th century. Victor hadn't taught too much theoretical science. Now, Veronica could basically be considered the top scientific talent in the territory.

After obtaining Veronica's consent, Victor simply appointed her as the territory's scientific advisor, opened all the territory's factories and technical departments to her, allowed her to use a special fund of 5,000 gold coins per year, and allowed all craftsmen and technical experts to be freely drawn into her team.

The first task Victor gave Veronica was about the design and manufacture of Internal Combustion Engine. The Otto cycle four-stroke engine technology route that they had previously wanted to achieve in one step had been abandoned. Victor and Number One judged that the Two Rivers Territory was indeed not capable of manufacturing this machine at present, and it could only be temporarily shelved as a technical solution.

Taking a practical approach, Victor decided to first design an Internal Combustion Engine that could power ships and railways. This time, he chose a low-speed diesel engine. Victor handed over a large amount of technical data to Veronica and transferred a group of craftsmen and technicians from the Steelworks, Machine Factory, and Arms Factory to establish a research laboratory in Wood Fort Town.

The research lab was proposed by Veronica, who felt that the project involved many factories, but if it was directly assigned to each factory, there would definitely be problems with integration during the process. It would be better to concentrate the technical resources from the beginning, classify different tasks by category, and then assign them to each factory after the requirements were determined. This would greatly improve efficiency.

However, the most crucial point is that Veronica doesn't want to be too far from Victor. If the research lab is set up in Wood Fort Town, she can see Victor every day. Victor naturally fully supports this, and he is also reluctant to let Veronica leave his side and stay in Riverside Village.

During this time, Viscount Benjamin sent several letters urging Veronica to return home, but Veronica refused to return each time.

A recent letter was sent directly to Victor, in which Viscount Benjamin angrily demanded that Victor immediately send Veronica home, or he would annul the engagement.

After Victor showed the letter to Veronica was even planning to write back to Viscount Benjamin to tell him that she was pregnant and would be staying in the Two Rivers Territory.

Fortunately, Victor stopped the letter in time. He could imagine how furious Viscount Benjamin would be after seeing the letter, and might even lead his troops to attack Two Rivers Territory.

Although Victor couldn't resist having intimate contact with Veronica while they were together day and night, thankfully he was very careful about protection in this regard, and he didn't want Veronica to be pregnant when they got married.

Victor then wrote a heartfelt letter to Viscount Benjamin, saying that he and Veronica were very much in love and neither wanted to be apart, and that they hoped to hold their wedding early next year.

He also sent a letter to his father Wembley, informing his family of the upcoming wedding.

Along with the letter was a fleet carrying a large amount of supplies, including 100 tons of steel, 500 tons of flour, 500 sets of chainmail, 1,000 sets of half-body armor, and a large quantity of weapons.

After all, having taken away someone's precious daughter, one should show the proper attitude. Veronica was quite happy about this, and Victor enjoyed several days of blissful life, even losing two pounds.