Lin Haijiang explained everything he could think of to Lawrence, as for what he didn't expect, he couldn't help it, after all, he was also an ordinary person, even if he had a little more experience and experience in later generations, he couldn't guarantee that he could always grasp the opportunity.

You must know that in a few years, what he will have to fight against is not a local force, but a huge maritime empire that has completed the industrial revolution and is known as the Empire of Immortality, especially the ships, ammunition, spare parts, artillery, science and technology that he relies on must come from Western Europe.

This also determines that once he really angers the British Empire, or poses a certain degree of threat to the entire European colonial system, then he will inevitably become the target of public criticism and bear the wrath of the entire European colonial system.

Ashes? No place to die? Lin Haijiang smiled helplessly, he commanded Zhenyuan and Dingyuan, two armed merchant ships in the eyes of outsiders, who had already embarked on the way back to their hometowns, and handed over the old port to Lawrence, who did not possess the ** strong, to manage the development, now it is the best choice for Lin Haijiang, and it is also the only choice.

After a week of sailing, Guangzhou is already in front of you! For this city that Lin Haijiang is both familiar and unfamiliar, he seems to be full of emotion, but he can't speak when the words come to his lips?

As soon as Lin Haijiang's two Dutch-flagged ironclad ships appeared in the port of Guangzhou, they caused a stir, and a gunboat flying the British flag made a brief inquiry at the signal, and waved the D-shaped flag to signal the ships to keep their distance from the port, and raised the SR flag to salute the fleet commander.

Immediately, the four British ships anchored in the port of Guangzhou hoisted the full flags of the highest etiquette for the exchange of visits between the navy and the international fleets to welcome them.

As a naval officer, Lin Haijiang knew very well that there were strict regulations on the time and order in which the warships were hoisted with full flags. The timing of hoisting the full flag is generally to welcome the political axe, major festivals, to welcome the visit of foreign ships, before the visiting formation leaves the wharf, when it arrives at the port of the visited country and when it is berthed abroad, and so on.

Moreover, the full flag is hung between the two masts and crossbeams, and is connected to the bow and stern flagpoles respectively, and the national flag is hung on each of the two masts, and the naval flag is hung on the bow and tail flagpoles. Destroyers are fully flagged, generally No. 2 flags, about 67 signal flags of various types, and are not allowed to hoist battle flags used to indicate combat.

According to the actual length of the ship and the distance between the front and rear masts, the mast of the mast is connected to the bow and stern flagpole of the ship, and the national flag is hung on the top of the mast, and if it is a large brig, the two-way flag is hoisted.

Looking at the British ship slowly raising the full flag, Lin Haijiang suddenly sighed infinitely in his heart, although he stood tall in the armored bridge of the Zhenyuan, but he knew very well that the full flag of the British ship was not raised to him, but to the Dutch ironclad ship.

However, this is only for the exchange of visits at the port, and on the international waterways, according to international practice, the ships of the weaker side of the country's navy in terms of overall strength, tonnage, and formation usually have to give way to the stronger side.

Lin Haijiang took a deep breath and secretly swore that in his lifetime, he must let the ships of all countries in the world take the lead in hoisting the full flag and lowering the muzzle of the gun when they encounter the [***] ship.

As early as four days ago, Lin Haijiang sent a telegram informing his family that he was expected to arrive in Guangzhou on April 2, and in Lin Haijiang's memory, his father was a very strict old man, the patriarch of the Lin family, and the head of the first of the six rooms of the Lin family.

The so-called loving mother has many defeated children, strict fathers and filial sons, Lin Haijiang has received an orthodox and strict education since he was a child, although Lin Haijiang has been smart and clever since he was a child, but he never dared to cross the thunder pond half a step, and Lin's six rooms can also be said to be not fuel-efficient lamps.

For the sake of Lin's long-term foothold, Lin Haijiang's father, Lin Hanlin, did not let Lin Haijiang enter the official career in the end, but chose to let him go to England to learn naval knowledge and help the family maintain the largest income of shipping.

For this reason, Lin Hanlin has always felt that he owes his son Lin Haijiang, after all, everything is inferior, only reading is high, and the glory lintel is the ultimate yearning of every scholar, but for the overall interests of the family, in order for the first house to continue to grasp the lifeblood of the Lin family, Lin Haijiang can only be sacrificed.

A gust of sea breeze with a fishy smell blew, Lin Hanlin shook the hem of his robe and coat, looked at the merchants who were rocking the boat to send the fishing girl and dried fruits to the British [***] ship, sighed helplessly, and looked like he wanted to say something and stopped.

At this time, a middle-aged man standing beside Lin Hanlin with a yellow complexion and a thin figure who looked very weak pulled Lin Hanlin's sleeve, Lin Hanlin turned his head and saw that it was his second brother Lin Hanguo, so he snorted unhappily: "What's the matter?" ”

Lin Hanguo completely ignored the displeasure of his eldest brother, looked at the British ship that slowly raised the sail flag, and said curiously: "Big brother, why are the English people suddenly full of all kinds of small flags?" What are they going to do? ”

Lin Hanlin helplessly glanced at this second brother who only knew how to eat, drink, gamble, and gamble all day long, and remembered the trust of his sister-in-law and several of his concubines, so he said: "That is the ship that Yingyi is welcoming visitors from other countries, and it is the highest etiquette at sea. ”

Lin Hanguo was immediately surprised: "What a big ship! Can you even swallow clouds and spit fog? Evil spirits! ”

Lin Hanlin glared at the second brother and said, "Don't do amazing gaffes!" Although this ship is large, it is no different from the small steamer of the English. ”

Lin Hanlin was also trying his best to suppress the surprise in his heart, this kind of ironclad ship he had heard of in a casual conversation with Jim, the associate of Chase & Co., said to be rare even in England.

The cannons on the foredeck of the ship that looked like turtle shells and the several cannons on both sides seemed very lonely?

"Isn't it a battleship? But merchant ships? As a senior maritime merchant, Lin Hanlin saw at a glance the advantages of the Zhenyuan and Dingyuan ships, that is, they can still maintain high-speed navigation when the wind or current is against the current, and there are large cross masts in the bow and stern, so that the steam engine and sail power complement each other.

As the Zhenyuan slowly docked, the sailors on the ship quickly lowered the berth bridge, Lin Haijiang sorted out his uniform, took a deep breath, originally in Indonesia, overseas Chinese prepared a fake braid for him, but Lin Haijiang hated this thing in his heart, so he simply asked for his surname and left the ship with his military hat.

With the appearance of a group of armed sailors, the atmosphere on the wharf suddenly became tense, and several messengers on the wharf wearing bamboo basket hats and tax collector's horns were desperately whipping the crowd of onlookers.

But when it came to Lin Hanlin and the others, a small official led by him said a thousand times: "Lord Lin, you are in a hurry today!" Master Feng from the shipping department will be here soon, and I'll go and pass you a word first! ”

Lin Hanlin smiled slightly and raised his hand, and the housekeeper on the side handed over a letter of ten taels of ingots, such a discerning villain is the person Lin Hanlin is the most unwilling to offend.

The top of the Qing Dynasty is becoming more and more worthless, especially some martial arts are really lacking, and if the top of the four grades on his body is released before the bandits make trouble, at least 50,000 Taizhou Tongjian snowflakes and silver will be obtained.

According to the Qing Dynasty official level "nine grades and eighteen levels", it is really not low, but the Daotai that is not really lacking at the moment is still called down, and the poor officials in Guangzhou City are really not as good as dogs, and they are all masters who have worked hard to catch a hand!

At present, the bandits are very strong, and the group of people who used to run for officials in the Yamen of the Political Secretary are now crowded at the wharf of the port to drink a cup of hard pole tea, listen to gossip and songs, and see the excitement! Because everyone in front of us knows very well that now the official is not to seek wealth, but to give his life, compared with losing his head, what is there to be poorer? Do we still have a full stomach for it!

Lin Hanlin fiercely despised the group of guys standing on the second floor of Wangtao Tower, who were full of sour words and filthy words!

"Father!" Lin Haijiang stood in front of Lin Hanlin and bowed deeply!

Lin Hanlin, who was already distracted, didn't even react, a little shock, a little surprise, and a little distraction were mixed together, Lin Hanlin could hardly recognize the bronzed young man in front of him like a sailor who had worked hard at sea for many years?

Is this still his gentle, innocent, and intelligent son?

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