In the middle of the night, Yang Lin lay alone in the bedroom, leaning on the bed.

The quiet night, the insects outside the house, and the faint candlelight make Yang Lin particularly like this kind of quietness that belongs to the night, his body and mind are in an ethereal state, and his brain is extremely calm, and he can read books and deal with some official documents calmly.

Throughout the crossing, whenever there is a big event or an important matter, Yang Lin must deal with it in the middle of the night, discuss with others, and formulate some strategies, which has become a habit and an instinct for him.

At this time, under the candlelight, Yang Lin held the fire report sent during the day in both hands, although his face was very calm, but his heart was frightened, unable to speak, he didn't expect the Pearl River fire to be so big and so serious, the river was full of charred hulls and corpses, and almost no crew members survived.

Moreover, these are still preliminary estimates, and the specific ones have not yet been verified and implemented, and the Governor's Office and the Governor's Yamen will soon organize troops, conduct statistics, and make a record.

At the same time, from this report, Yang Lin learned why the sailors recruited troops for several days in a row? Just because in the past few days, troops will be sent to the Pearl River to salvage corpses and some floating objects, and the manpower of the sailors is already insufficient, and now it is even more scarce. In this hot southern Guangzhou Prefecture, the corpses were easy to rot and stink, causing plague disasters, and the sailors had to send troops to salvage them......

Looking at it, Yang Lin's eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he fell asleep, and the candlelight was sufficient, echoing in the room and bedroom.

In the afternoon of the next day, when Yang Lin was playing with Zhao Min in the back of the Yaxing, he suddenly heard a noisy sound from the front yard, as well as chaotic footsteps and shouting.

"Hey, pay attention, don't knock these things, they're easy to break."

"You, move lightly, break one, and you can't afford to pay for your life~!"

"Be careful, carry them all to the backyard, and I'll go see if the chief is there, so pay attention."

A series of urging voices and warning words, without seeing the person, just listening to the voice, Yang Lin knew who it was, it was his master, Liu Boqi.

"Amin, let's go, let's go to the front yard and see, what's going on, so lively?" Yang Lin stopped moving, smiled on his face, and said to Zhao Min, who was having fun.

"Okay, big brother, I happen to be tired of playing."

Then, Yang Lin took Zhao Min's little hand, walked forward for a while, shuttled through the corridor of the corridor, and came to the front yard, only to see some people carefully carrying large and small boxes, their movements were careful and gentle, everyone's foreheads were already covered with sweat, not only because of the heat, but also because of nervousness.

As soon as he walked into the courtyard, Master Liu greeted him. With a flattering look on his face, he said with a smile: "My lord, this is some of the equipment that Westerners toss things about, but they are too delicate, and if you are not careful, they will be broken and not used." ”

"Oh~ You ask them to put down the box and open it to see what they are, so delicate, they can't be touched or touched." Yang Lin asked with great interest, but he was already guessing in his heart, and he was a little sure, thinking that it should be something.

"Okay, sir, I'll let them open it up for you to see."

"Listen, everyone, put the box down, the action must be light, put it slowly, if it is broken, be careful of your flesh and skin."

Hearing Master Liu's last words, Yang Lin couldn't help frowning, a trace of dislike flashed away, he didn't like others to talk like this, and he was about to fight at every turn, hurting people's flesh and skin, but he didn't have a seizure, just watched all this quietly, waiting for the box to open.

Soon, as the boxes slowly fell, they were gently opened one by one, and the contents were immediately exposed to the air and appeared in Yang Lin's field of vision.

In an instant, a trace of excitement crossed his heart, and Yang Lin's chest was full of eagerness, so he wanted to fiddle with these things immediately, do some experiments, and reminisce about his high school career, those days of experiments.

Yang Lin held back, restrained the impulse, did not go up immediately, still with a faint smile on his face, and looked at this scene leisurely, Master Liu's voice sounded, full of excitement.

"Master, these are the things used by skilled craftsmen in the West, look at this, what are they called cups and vessels for chemical experiments."

"This, this, what kind of alcohol is put in it, it will be burned at one point, and it is said to be used for heating, extracting some essence."

"This, sir, this thing is even more magical, as long as you chop some things and put them under the lenses, you can see the extremely tiny things on it through this small tube, and you can't see things with the naked eye."

The more Master Liu spoke, the more excited he became, as if he was talking about what he had contributed, and there was a sense of showmanship. In the eyes of others, these things are strange things. However, Yang Lin doesn't know how many times he has operated it, and the familiar one can't be more familiar.

Although Yang Lin's performance was very bland, Yang Xiao and Zhao Min were full of fun and novelty, and the two ran forward excitedly, touching this and playing with that. In such a situation, Master Liu did not stop it, but explained and introduced it to the two of them. Because these days, through the notification of the Yaxing official and his own observation, Master Liu learned that the two of them had a very close relationship with his young adult.

I don't know when, Master Liu has stopped speaking, his mouth is full of dry mouth, and he is honestly standing in front of Yang Lin, Yang Xiao and Zhao Min are still interested, tinkering with those instruments.

"Master Liu, why are there some cups and vessels in the box, why are there no books about them?"

"Lord Qiyu, there are too many things, I can't get them all for a while, so I will send relevant books and some operation manuals in the evening."

"Oh, I see."

"By the way, I heard you just say that the contents of this box are all used for experiments, so do you have any materials for experiments? Or, you can sue me that I can buy it there. ”

"Uh~ My lord, no, the materials used in those experiments are more troublesome, and you need to go to the place where foreigners live in Macao to get them, President Wu said, there will be it in a few days, and the follow-up to the Pearl River fire in the past few days is entangled in the body, and I can't pull away."

"Well, okay, I'll wait."

After some conversation, Master Liu asked all the boxes to be put in the warehouse and left. Looking at Master Liu in the distance, he couldn't help but think of the conversation just now, he was urging himself to submit the words of the merchants' losses.

For two days in a row, Master Liu sent a large number of books and some equipment, mostly in chemistry and biology, and there were many books to be covered, such as mechanics, mechanical principles, light, etc., all of which Yang Lin had always wanted to collect.

However, what Yang Lin wanted most was books on steam engines, as well as people who knew about steam engines, because in 1976 steam engines were not yet used on ships. If he Yang Lin can obtain talents in this area and apply the steam engine to the hull as a driving force, then his strength in Guangzhou Mansion will be doubled in the future, and he will be the hegemon of the sea, and some actions can be more secretive and faster.

On the second day, Master Liu sent the last batch of books, and Yang Lin called them to the study and discussed: "Master Liu, I already know about the losses of the merchants, and I have recorded it in the text, and it will be submitted to the Customs Department today, and there should be results in the next two days." ”

In an instant, the haze on Master Liu's face was swept away, replaced by excitement, excitement that could not be concealed, and he didn't know where to put his hands and how to talk to Yang Lin.

Looking at Master Liu's performance, Yang Lin can be sure that this Master Liu, who is loyal to him, must have received the benefits of the thirteen merchants in Guangzhou, otherwise he would not be so diligent in the past few days, busy in and out, every time he talked, he said good things for the merchants.

Yang Lin didn't resist in his heart, he understood very much, after all, guarding such a yamen with many oil and water thieves, there were a few people who could not resist being greedy. What's more, isn't it just for money to be an official here? Moreover, he Yang Lin also got benefits, and he also wanted to get the materials for experiments, so there was nothing to say.

After sending Master Liu away, Yang Lin went straight to the warehouse to see the books and equipment, and put them inside the followers and handed them over to Zhao Xiang and the others. (To be continued.) )