All night, the Phoenix was in a tight and loose battle readiness, the sailors with rifles in their hands below the deck almost slept with their clothes together, and Lin Haijiang was also drinking bitter coffee cup after cup to refresh himself.

Before dawn, the cruiser moored at the dock departed along with two ships outside the harbor, and the sailor who had quietly followed him the previous night reported that he had offered a reward of a hundred pounds at the bar for all that was to be said about the Skull.

After hearing this news, Lin Haijiang breathed a sigh of relief slightly, it seems that the destruction of the Skull will not be noticed in a short period of time, but once Jenny. Miss William returns to London, and the news of the sinking of the Phoenix training ship by pirates spreads, and she is truly in danger.

Jenny. William's return to London safely speaks for itself, for even an idiot would associate it with the fact that the Phoenix had been plundered by pirates and then besieged.

If Jenny. William's plan was successful, and he only needed to stick to it for ten months. William has already sent Steward Zhao and them back to China, and the strength of the two ironclad ships plus the Phoenix is enough to run rampant in the entire Southeast Asian seas.

At that time, his big business was on the right track, and a steady stream of income came through Jenny. Miss William turns into an ironclad ship and all kinds of spare parts and equipment, defeats the Far East Fleet of the British Empire, and maybe has a chance to tease the princess of the royal family! Hahaha!

It can be said that Lin Haijiang did have a white dream, and it was still under the fierce sun, until his face was sunburned.

Lin Haijiang, who was sunburned and had a dry mouth, inspected the maintenance of the Phoenix after drinking a large glass of water, and then settled the maintenance payment, and the Phoenix immediately set sail, Lin Haijiang knew very well that even if he painted the hull and mainsail with Victoria, but as a third-class battleship, the Phoenix still has very obvious hull characteristics.

After all, no merchant ship has ever used a three-masted mainsail and a three-tier gun deck, and although the Phoenix has been modified to retain only a two-tier gun deck, the Phoenix still has a three-tier gun deck in terms of external form.

The time of drifting on the sea is very difficult after all, but Lin Haijiang and his party have a good time, from the first robbery that they are unfamiliar with to almost the pleasure of robbing, but most of the robberies of Lin Haijiang and his party are not any property, but fresh water and various supplies.

More often than not, they were more like the corvettes of the Royal Navy of the British Empire, checking the ships for contraband, and for those ships carrying opium and transporting slaves, Lin Haijiang did not hesitate to confiscate all of them, but the atmosphere and atmosphere of the whole robbery were very harmonious.

Even for Jenny. The cargo ship that Miss William previously specified the name of the ship is also more than a cargo.

For such a group of pirates who do not kill and have little public indignation, naturally not many people pay attention, but pirates with such large ships still attract the attention of some people, such as Colonel Birmingham of the "Mediterranean Fleet" in the Egyptian colony of the British Empire.

However, Birmingham's so-called suspicions and clean-up proposals were not heeded by the Egyptian colonial authorities, and in the opinion of the Governor of Cambenin, if the pirates could have a third-class battleship, then they would only grab some fresh water and supplies? What is a pirate called a pirate if he doesn't kill people and plunder? Are they pastors?

Since there is such a huge ship? They should have a reason to kill all the looters, all this seems very unreasonable, if only for the sake of a few individual slave traders, send a fleet to wipe out the people and money, then in the end the loss is only their own purse, and the behavior of these pirates is more like training?

Without the support of the Governor of Cambenin, the Colonel Birmingham naturally could not paddle a sampan in search of the legendary ship, so the matter had to be put on hold for the time being.

On December 25, 1852, on the evening of Christmas Eve, Lin Haijiang finally received Jenny. Miss William's letter, delivered by a middle-aged man with a full beard named Lawrence! Originally serving in the Royal Navy, he was sentenced to death for injuring someone in an argument with Earl Allen.

Lin Haijiang wondered that the British earl seemed to be flooded? The bearded man in front of him casually hit one? It's just that the consequences are more serious.

Jenny. In Miss William's letter, she introduced Lawrence to Lin Haijiang as a very good first mate, which is undoubtedly good news for Lin Haijiang, who has been at a loss due to the lack of officers at the moment.

More important is Jenny. Miss William revealed in her heart that the two ironclad ships that Lin Haijiang needed had already started work at the Ponodoka shipyard, and the latest guns needed had also been ordered, but the problem was that the semi-enclosed turret and armored conning tower driven by the rotation mechanism were built a little slower than expected, and the elevators, telescopes, and arc gauges that Lin Haijiang needed had already arrived.

For Jenny. Although the Bonodoka shipyard is not a large shipyard in Europe, it can build ironclad ships of 2900 to 4800 tons with its strength, but the manufacturing cycle of ironclad ships is one or two months slower than that of most large British shipyards.

Finally Jenny. Miss William mentioned the way to pay the final payment, in order to reduce unnecessary attention, the two ironclad ships need to pick up the goods separately, and the total cost includes the materials purchased and the professionals recruited, etc., Lin Haijiang easily saw Jenny who seemed amiable with a smile on her face. Miss William hacked herself at least 200,000 pounds, and this was still in Jenny. Miss William is outside the premise of normal profits.

Although Lin Haijiang gritted his teeth with hatred, he couldn't wait to strip Jenny naked and hang it on the mast, and check the structure of this vampire carefully, but fortunately, the boat was ordered, as long as he had a ship, it was equivalent to everything, and the 200,000 pounds should be the reward for the other party's door-to-door delivery!

After all, his two little maids and the housekeeper and others were all sent back to China by others!

What Lin Haijiang didn't know was that the story of the Phoenix sinking in a bloody battle with a large number of pirates had made him a hero of the Dartmouth Naval School, and the students who did not participate in this sea training were extremely happy.

Although the lower house of parliament issued a resolution to punish pirates severely, for Egypt, which was far away from the empress, the tornado in London had become only a single leaf when it arrived in Egypt.

The Governor of Cambenin is still keen to search for the Skeleton, which has been turned into a submarine, but the news from London has made the Governor of Cambenin very angry, apparently someone leaked the news in advance, otherwise the Hope will not be besieged by pirates, and the training ship of the Dartmouth Naval School on home soil is likely to be captured by pirates, perhaps those pirates have secret connections with some people in London?

Otherwise, Jenny. How was William able to return to London? Perhaps the rumored sunken training ship was a helper sent by the other side, and the sinking was nothing more than a smoke, and the situation seems to be becoming clearer when you think of a group of pirates with a battleship who recently appeared in the Mediterranean.

And the siege meant that there were many pirates involved, such a large amount of money, and for a few months, Cambenin really admired these tight-lipped pirates, and a large-scale conquest of pirates had been put on the governor's table.

For Lin Haijiang, who is extremely lacking in intelligence, the Egyptian colonial authorities are brewing a storm of suppression, Lin Haijiang can be said to finally breathe a long sigh of relief now, since it is Christmas Eve, it is naturally very peaceful, there is no women's sailing life, drinking and singing has naturally become the only pleasure on the ship.

Wine is undoubtedly the medium of communication, and after thirty years, whether it is yellow skin, white skin, or black skin, everyone shakes their bodies and hugs each other.

At this time, there is no so-called distinction between high and low, there is just a group of empty and lonely men who have been adrift at sea for months.

Run off at the mouth! Everyone is singing the songs of their hometown in their native language to express their homesickness, but these songs are almost the sound of ghosts crying wolves, although today is not a festival of Chinese, but everyone is still infected by this atmosphere.

Due to the long-term drift at sea, the fresh water that people drink is still a problem, and washing hair is even more of a luxury, and Chinese people who have always regarded braids as a second life have to hold back tears.

However, Lin Haijiang privately promised that in the future, they would be allowed to become foreigners, and after returning to China, they would all be foreigners who would not be able to control the county lord, and they would not have to pay the many miscellaneous taxes in the Qing Dynasty!

It's a pity that Lin Haijiang's promise was not recognized, and almost none of the Chinese sailors wanted to be included in the ghost book! Lin Haijiang was also a little depressed, and he also couldn't figure out why so many so-called elites in later generations wanted to emigrate with their heads sharpened?

This even includes his ex-girlfriend, who would rather have a 55-year-old beauty than a young and handsome 'moneyless lieutenant'! However, this young and handsome promising eight words were added by Lin Haijiang himself.

Fresh tuna slices, beef stewed potatoes, all kinds of greens, fruits, guarding the mouth of the Mediterranean, wine from all over the world makes it almost impossible to find the north, even so, Lin Haijiang still divided part of the ship's personnel to serve as a guard, as a soldier, he knows very well that battles often happen at the most unexpected moments.

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