"Oh? What do you say? Lin Yizhe raised his eyebrows, looked at Lu Wenjing and asked. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Adults who have studied both China and the West, and are familiar with Western legends and allusions, can you know the origin of the name of this ship?" Lu Wenjing said with a smile.

"The name of this ship seems to be a sea fairy in ancient Greek mythology." Lin Yizhe thought about it and said.

Thetis was the goddess of the sea in ancient Greek mythology, the wife of Peleus, and the mother of Achilles, the first warrior of Greece. Thetis is a goddess and has an immortal body, but her son Achilles was born to a mortal and is of demigod blood, so it is inevitable that he will die, but Thetis wants his son to be as immortal as her, so he tries to place the child in the River Styx to wash in order to be invulnerable. Just as she was holding the child's ankle and placing him in the water of the River Styx, her husband suddenly discovered it, so he hurriedly lifted the child out of the water, and Achilles was really invulnerable, except for the ankle, where Thetis held it, and his ankle was also becoming his Achilles' heel. As a result, he was killed by an arrow in the Battle of Troy. Lu Wenjing said, "The sailors of England and Hong Kong all thought that Gettis's desperate pursuit of the law could not save his son's life, and this ship was named after the mother of Achilles, which had a hidden inauspicious meaning. ”

Lu Wenjing grew up in a poor family and made a living selling fried dough sticks at the dock. An Englishwoman noticed the poor Chinese child by accident and adopted him as an adopted son, Le Buah. Lu Wenjing, who had a foreign name, was extremely fortunate to be taken to England to study with the woman's own son, and was given the opportunity to receive a Western scientific education. After becoming an adult, Lu Wenjing returned to his motherland, and was a rare person in Chinese society at that time who knew English, and was soon selected by his hometown of Fujian Shipmaster to become an officer of the Shipmaster's Naval Master. Lu Wenjing's overseas study career made his English skills quite useful in Fujian Shipbuilding. And it is his experience of studying abroad that makes him know a lot about ancient Greek mythology and allusions, so that he can explain in detail the origin of the name of the warship of which he served as acting captain.

Lü Wenjing can be said to be unknown in history, but Lin Yizhe, who is familiar with modern Chinese history, knows that Lü Wenjing's adoptive mother's family background is very unusual. The British woman's husband, George Tradseent Lay, was a missionary to China, enthusiastic about Chinese culture, and became a well-known China expert, the first British consul in Guangzhou, and later successively served as consul in Fuzhou and Xiamen. The English woman herself is called Mary? Nelson, is the famous Horatio? Nelson's own niece. Li Taiguo and Mary? Nelson had a biological son, the "imperialist" Li Tai in later textbooks, whose English name was Horatio? Nelson? Horatio Nelson Lay. Perhaps influenced by his father or his younger Chinese brother, Li Tai was able to speak authentic Chinese at a very young age, and later entered the British diplomatic service in China with ease, and in 1861 he became a major figure in China's modern history as the General Department of Customs and Excise (similar to the modern General Administration of Customs). Subsequently, however, in his attempt to establish a navy for China, Li Taitai took power without authorization and used Chinese money to create a Sino-British joint fleet that was not controlled by China, that is, the "Aspen-Li Tai" fleet, which caused the Qing government to be angry, so that the fleet was disbanded and Li Taitai was dismissed. Li Taiguo's biological son made a mess when he first got involved in naval affairs, but his adopted son Lu Wenjing really became a naval captain. It is precisely because he values Lu Wenjing's talent that this time he received the new cruiser presented by the British, and Lin Yizhe specially chose Lu Wenjing to serve as the pipe belt.

"I can't imagine that British sailors are so superstitious." Lin Yizhe listened to Lu Wenjing's words, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

"My lord is right, there are many superstitious sayings of British sailors, and they are no different from our sailors." Lu Wenjing said with a smile, "Even if you are the elite of the British sailors, you are not exempt from vulgarity. His subordinates have been in England for many years, and they once heard that one of his ships was caught in a storm when they went to sea, and the old sailor on the ship said that he was sent by heaven, and that the ship would be plagued by disasters when he was on duty. This is where you can see this. ”

"I know what this guy thinks." When Lin Yizhe heard this, he faintly understood.

As a time-traveler from later generations, Lin Yizhe, who has watched "Battle of the Angry Sea" more than once, certainly remembers similar scenes in the movie.

"Oh? What do you think is his purpose in choosing this ship for me? Lu Wenjing asked curiously.

"This ship is our country's first cruiser clipper, the rise of our navy, when starting from this ship, he gave me this ship, the meaning of the name of Thetis ship, that is, our navy division with this ship as the mother, although it can develop and grow, but it is still inevitable like Achilles' heel, defeated in a small place." Lin Yizhe sneered, "This Lieutenant Colonel Coles is really painstaking!" ”

"This person looked at Wen Xuan, and he didn't think it was a wilted guy." Lu Wenjing thought of Coles's intentions, and couldn't help but be angry and funny, "The so-called harm to others will end up harming oneself, this person's heart is not right, and I am afraid that it will be the same result as his unlucky designer uncle in the future." ”

Lin Yizhe understood what Lu Wenjing was referring to, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

He was all too familiar with the tragedy caused by the famous "Coles Turret".

Colonel Coles, who belonged to the same family as the Coles in front of him, was a British Royal Navy designer, and the "Coles turret" he designed was also a world-famous invention at that time. The main feature of this type of turret is: there are bearings for rolling friction. The gun carriage is mounted on a slope, and when the retractable gun retreats to its apex due to recoil, it slides down the slope back to its original position. It was more advanced than the "Erikson turret" (later known as "Ericsson") with sliding friction, but the disadvantage was that the weight was too large, which caused the warship to have too low freeboard, and as a result, he himself sank in a storm with his design of the ironclad ship "Captain", which became a famous tragedy in the history of the world's navies.

"He may also hope that we will sink like that relative of his family, but we will not let him do so." Lin Yizhe said and gave Lu Wenjing the order to set sail.

Lu Wenjing responded, turned back to the flying bridge, and gave the order loudly, and the Chinese sailors who had been prepared immediately began to operate skillfully. After a short time, the whistle of the "Thetis" sounded, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, it slowly sailed away from the dock.

Seeing the Chinese sailors maneuvering this brand-new cruiser without the slightest hint of stagnation, the British naval officers who stood on the shore and watched were surprised and applauded the cruiser with the dragon flag.

"You look like you're going to lose, Coles." A British officer clapped his hands and tilted his head slightly, whispering to Coles.

Before the Chinese sailors took over the "Thetis", Coles secretly threatened that the Chinese sailors could not control the "Thetis", and he also made bets with many colleagues in the Admiralty. But now the performance of the Chinese sailors has disappointed Coles.

Coles clapped softly with everyone, his eyes fixed on the Thetis. At this time, he listened to his colleague's words and replied expressionlessly: "It's still early!" Wait and see! ”

Hearing Coles's words implicitly hoping for the accident of the "Thetis", several British naval officers showed disgust on their faces.

At this time, Coles's eyes saw Lin Yizhe and Lu Yingyan dancing opposite each other, and his heart was full of jealousy.

"Oh God! Take away these abominable Chinese heretics! Let them never come back! Coles shouted silently in his heart.

And just as the cruiser Thetis sailed out of the harbor and gradually disappeared into the sea antenna, the sea breeze suddenly became a little colder, and the wind became stronger.

Coles and the British officers looked up at the sky, only to see a large white cloud drifting in the distance, which soon blocked out the sunlight and made the sky a little gray.

Seeing that the sky had really changed, Coles thought that God had really heard his prayer and responded to it, and his eyes couldn't help but show joy.

At about the same time, Lu Yingyan, who was sitting on the balcony, also noticed the change in the sky.

Today, although she is at home and does not go out, she has uncharacteristically changed out of the Western skirt she usually wears, and put on a set of Qing clothes made of white brocade, and her hairstyle has also been changed to the traditional style of Chinese women.

The reason why this is so is because one day Lin Yizhe told her that she would be more beautiful if she wore a clean dress and let go of her long hair.

Dressing up like this today was done with the help of my mother. Because she used to always dress herself in Western attire, the few maids who waited for her didn't know how to do Chinese hairstyles.

A cool breeze blew, and the newspaper on the table was blown to the ground, and Lu Yingyan got up to pick up the scattered newspaper, and what caught her eye was a large photo of a British cruiser.

The dragon ornament on the cruiser's bow caught her eye, and she quickly found her lover's name in the caption below.

He didn't lie to her, today is the day he went to sea for sea trials on this cruiser gifted by Britain to China.

The sky became dark unconsciously, and the wind gradually became stronger, and through her clothes, she felt a chill.

She looked up and saw a large black cloud rolling in, obscuring the sun overhead. It soon darkened, signaling an impending storm.

She has lived in London for many years, and she is very familiar with such a changing sky, but this time, she looked at the black clouds in the sky, and her heart suddenly became extremely anxious.