Chapter 24: The Breath of Danger
Jenny. William quietly watched this one-man show performed by Lin Haijiang, there were indeed more than a dozen people in this group of people who were arranged by her, and two of the people who had just been killed. William believed that even those who were alive would have little to do.
These people were Jenny in the first place. William bought it temporarily, but Lin Haijiang's thunderous methods and generous shots greatly surprised her.
Just because he came here and didn't even see Lawrence can show that Lin Haijiang may be wary of himself, maybe he is too nervous and nervous? Jenny. William could only comfort himself helplessly.
Jenny even regretted it a little, because she also brought Lin Haijiang three hundred black slaves with simple sailing training, and she couldn't help but start to worry secretly when she saw the appearance of those black slaves under Lin Haijiang's command.
It was already evening after the Taishan and Huashan, as well as the Zhenyuan and Dingyuan ships, filled all the supplies and goods, and Jenny realized that she hadn't done her business yet, so she looked at the thoughtful Lin Haijiang and said, "Follow me into the cabin!" ”
As soon as Jenny's words came out, almost all the eyes of almost everyone turned to the two of them, if a woman said to a man on the ship to come into the cabin with me, the meaning is equivalent to a woman saying to a man Let's open a room!
Jenny's face suddenly turned red, and she also realized that she had made a mistake, but when she thought about it, this kind of thing could not be explained, it would only get darker and darker, and she would give up.
The captain's quarters of the Zhenyuan were no more than a quarter of the captain's bedroom of the Taishan, a single bed, a small table, cabinets and drawers on several bulkheads, and nothing could fit the rest.
It was only in the small space that Jenny realized how bad the situation was, and in her memory, Lin Haijiang's skin was still fair? At that time, the clothes were also neat and tidy, but now the bronzed complexion and the seemingly uninhibited expression on the body and the smell of masculinity on the body!
All this makes Jenny Jenny. William lost himself a little! For her, who has been in social places all year round, Lin Haijiang at this time is tantamount to an absolutely alternative attraction.
Jenny felt her heart beating faster, as if her proud language ability was also hindered, and after a few inner struggles, the first thing Jenny said to Lin Haijiang in the captain's room of the Zhenyuan was: Please don't misunderstand what I mean!
Lin Haijiang was amused, and he was completely sure that this eldest lady would definitely not cheapen herself, otherwise she would not have done her best to fulfill her previous requirements.
Jenny calmed down and said cautiously: "Before the main ships of the Mediterranean Fleet have returned from the mainland, I want you to lead your fleet to attack Alexandria and sink the armed fleet belonging to Duke Maclain anchored there!" And then my father, James. When the fleet under the command of Admiral William arrives, he will give you a passage sign to return to the East with your ship unimpeded! My father claimed to have wiped out the pirates who attacked Alexandria, killing two birds with one stone. ”
Lin Haijiang smiled slightly: "You and your father are so generous, I am very satisfied with your arrangement, but I hope you can keep your promise." ”
Jenny nodded solemnly and said, "It's not much good for us to lose faith in you!" ”
Lin Haijiang told Jenny that his ship needed to cooperate with the training and that the attack would be launched in about 40 days, and repeatedly demanded that Jenny be assured that she would not be betrayed and betrayed.
In addition, Lin Haijiang gave Jenny a list of supplies after 40 days, and very tactfully asked Jenny to hope that he could get James. General Wilhelm's help was given a chance to be honored.
Jenny, who was full of promises, led her transport ship to leave in the early morning, and Lin Haijiang, who was standing on the deck, looked at Lawrence with a serious expression beside him.
Lin Haijiang had already told Lawrence everything about the interview with Jenny, and at this moment, Lawrence's face seemed to have a layer of frost, and even the golden light from the rising sun seemed to be unable to melt.
Lawrence didn't even look back, "I already smell danger, my captain, it seems that we are more than lucky this time!" Because in James. In the eyes of General William, only the dead can keep secrets! ”
Lin Haijiang smiled slightly: "In our China, there is an old saying that if nothing is done, it is not annihilated or robbed, Miss Jenny only took the balance of the two warships this time, and the cost of replenishment after forty days was not even mentioned?" This doesn't seem to match her surname! ”
Lawrence and Lin Haijiang stood in front of the chart, Lawrence pointed at Tunisia with his hand and said, "If my judgment is correct, James. Admiral William's fleet may well have arrived, they are making final arrangements, and we are still their victims! Anyone with a bit of a brain knows that it is best to keep the crew of the sunken Phoenix in silence. ”
Lawrence looked at Lin Haijiang and said meaningfully: "I don't have a choice, and you are different, at least you have a lot of opportunities to choose at the beginning of the Skull incident, but you chose a road with the greatest risk and almost a dead end!" ”
Lawrence paused slightly and continued, "Can you tell me why?" ”
Lin Haijiang hesitated for a while, he knew that he had to give Lawrence a reasonable and convincing reason, because he would need Lawrence's help for a long time in the future, so he said slowly: "For my own selfish goal!" Overthrow a decaying dynasty and let my nation stand again in the East of the world! ”
This time Lawrence was dumbfounded, and after a while he stammered: "You want to overthrow a dynasty?" By what? Your four wrecked boats? And these rabble? ”
After pacing back and forth in the armored conning tower of the bridge for a few laps, Lawrence looked at Lin Haijiang seriously and said solemnly: "I don't care about your purpose, help me find my daughter, send her to my side, and let her live a human life!" ”
Lin Haijiang was also slightly stunned when he heard this, Lawrence's condition seemed to be simple and abnormal? But it doesn't seem to be easy to think about?
Lin Haijiang hesitated for a moment and asked curiously: "Lawrence, I'm curious who sent you to prison?" You're a very qualified naval officer in terms of your performance, huh? ”
Lawrence frowned slightly, and Lin Haijiang immediately added: "If you are not willing to answer, I will not ask again in the future!" ”
Lawrence helplessly glanced at Lin Haijiang, whose face was full of curiosity, and said after a while: "It's James. William! ”
Yes! Lin Haijiang was slightly stunned!
In fact, Lin Haijiang made up his mind from the beginning, as long as the ship arrived and immediately packed up his things and evacuated people, the so-called forty days were used to paralyze Jenny, his life was his own, and only in his own hands was the most assured.
Lin Haijiang left a letter to Miller, asking him to get out of Miss Jenny's sight for a while, to secretly search for Lawrence's daughter, and to try his best to collect and win over the people on the list according to the list he left, and not hesitate to spend a lot of money and research conditions, and even use all special means to get them to the East.
Then go to a Dutch or Portuguese shipyard to customize a larger-tonnage, high-speed, vertical steam engine, and the latest artillery, rifles, and ammunition.
For this reason, Lin Haijiang will pay Miller 30,000 pounds a year, and in order to solve the fundamental trouble of buying an ironclad ship, Lin Haijiang asked Miller to engrave a jade seal, engraved with the seven characters of 'Chinese Imperial Admiralty', as the so-called seal of the Chinese Imperial Navy!
Lin Haijiang is very satisfied with his spoof, he is already good if he is not engraved with the order of Heaven and Yongchang!
Through the last purchase of ships, Lin Haijiang has realized that what mercenary Europeans need is a certificate that they can shirk their responsibilities, not to inquire about the location of a small country in the Far East that may not even know the name of the place, but only 10,000 people, or a country that does not exist at all, and the purpose of the warships they buy.
Lin Haijiang uses a huge sum of 30,000 pounds a year as the so-called 'subsidy', and uses a luxurious life to firmly tie Miller to him, so that Miller, who has been accustomed to a luxurious life, can not do without himself.
Miller is not the spokesperson and purchaser of Lin Haijiang's ideals, and the spokesperson of Lin Haijiang's ideals is Jenny. People like William, Lin Haijiang now hoarded at least 1.6 million pounds worth of gold coins and jewels, which was not a small amount for Europe in this era.
Money hoarding is just a pile of metal or mold, this truth Lin Haijiang knows very well, he also wants to invest or use the money, very helpless is that the European economy in this era is completely in the hands of the royal family, the big nobles and the businessmen related to them.
To put it simply, it is the atmosphere of an aristocratic club, they control all the metallurgy, manufacturing, shipbuilding industry, and even the farms that meet the people's livelihood have a monopoly, they approve military bills in large sums of money, and then the money is taken to the manufacturing plants or shipyards they own to produce weapons and ships, and these ships and weapons are invested in the colonial war to absorb profits, and then invested in the manufacture of more ships and weapons.
In this way, it has become a closed economic cycle model, not that outsiders in this circle have no way to interfere at all, only the family that has become a nobleman and has been recognized by the upper class, after you have held a certain position, you may be involved.
Even so, the new nobles still have to be suppressed by the absolute superiority of the old nobles, and it is impossible for Lin Haijiang to make any money in this environment! The economy itself is a very strong but extremely strange thing, if the economy is adding political influence or interference!
The complexity of surnames is simply unimaginable! It is difficult to make a lot of money by relying only on normal business models, and only by combining business and politics, that is, the so-called government and business, can make money.
For Lin Haijiang, if there is no spokesperson with a matching identity to help him invest, then he is destined to not earn any copper plates in Europe.
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