It is well known that the training ship is conventionally not appointed as a captain, as a new first mate, Edward. Ai Wen is the first commander of the battleship, 'Acting Captain', in addition to admiring Lin Haijiang, at the same time, it is also to win over the so-called power of his own people, especially on a battleship called a floating land, it is even more important, Edward. Evan also knows that his way of power and humanity will start here.

For Lin Haijiang, this is a starting point! A fresh start!

And in Edward. In Aiwen's opinion, what could be simpler and more practical than to win over a rare first corporal of foreign nationality? Edward. What Lord Avan needs is fame! An opportunity to stand out in front of Her Majesty the Empress.

Obviously, he needed Lin Haijiang's help to build his prestige at the grassroots level, and as a gentleman and commander, he didn't need to do everything himself, so he believed that Lin Haijiang also needed his generous help.

Edward. How did Ai Wen know that Lin Haijiang, the first corporal, not only did not have many friends, but also had a bunch of enemies.

Edward. Ai Wen felt that today was his luck, and before that, he was still thinking about how to recruit the first corporal, but the other party sent him to the door by himself? And all this seems to have been done in a wordless, a very tacit cooperation, the two sides only completed the exchange with their eyes, which is also the beginning of Edward. Evan is convinced that he has found a smart man!

Edward. After Evan left, looking at the surging blue waves, the chirping of seagulls fascinated Lin Haijiang for a while. Ai Wen is a starting point, and undoubtedly, it is also a new challenge for Lin Haijiang.

In the evening, Lin Haijiang went alone to a bar not far from the pier, which was full of cheap ales and penny girls, and Lin Haijiang threw a few pennies and sent away a girl who tried to pester him.

In the dim light, he noticed the face of the girl, maybe more than ten years ago this woman was also a great beauty, but the excessive opium and surname life accelerated the aging of the woman.

When the celebrities are gone, they can only move from Epden to Lante, until they find customers in the docks, and these old and yellow women are tirelessly asking everyone if they want to her?

Some people even show their shriveled rooms and thighs in order to attract potential customers, while their chicken heads smoke in the alley not far away and watch their every move, and some unmotivated girls will be beaten, but everyone is used to it here.

Lin Haijiang's military uniform made him look very out of place, except for the eyeless girl at the beginning, only the bartender came over timidly, although he was a foreigner, but Lin Haijiang's naval uniform and the rank of corporal on his sleeve made these people living at the bottom have to put away their arrogance, they can laugh and tease anyone, but the British Royal Navy non-commissioned officers who are studying at the Dartmouth Naval School are not the objects they can laugh at.

And the Helif six-son fast gun on that little guy's waist is not a vegetarian guy!

As the boss of this street, Deaf Jack has already instructed six or seven people to watch this little guy who has gone to the wrong place, and if he is robbed or killed in his own territory, then his good life will be over.

Lin Haijiang's purpose for coming here can be said to be very simple, he needs to know the specific price of the hired labor, because if he cooperates with Edward. Aven carries out the replacement of the armament and artillery of the Phoenix, so he has to make sure that every penny is spent on the blade, and the reason why a warship is called a warship is that it is used differently, because of a bad quality oak plank? Lin Haijiang doesn't want to!

However, after turning around, Lin Haijiang found that almost all people were deeply wary of themselves, and suddenly realized that it was his military uniform that caused the trouble, and Lin Haijiang also realized that those Chinese hired workers were absolutely reluctant to have a drink after work, because it was not the Xi surname of Chinese who were good at hardship and hard work!

After taking a sip of the bitter ale, Lin Haijiang put down a dozen pence and chose to leave.

When he left, the bar resumed its previous hustle and bustle, and the smiles on everyone's faces resurfaced, and a drunkard eagerly ran to Lin Haijiang's remaining wine and took a drink.

Early the next morning, as soon as Lin Haijiang arrived at the school, he was found by Robert in the school office. Evan smiled and nodded, obviously Edward. Aiwen's arrival surprised Lin Haijiang?

Robert looked at Lin Haijiang with an almost confused gaze and said, "In the past few days, the Admiralty Engineering Bureau has to replace some problematic guns for the Phoenix, and Major Edward hopes that you can cooperate with his work." ”

Robert bit the word 'work' very hard, and then looked meaningfully at Lin Haijiang waiting for his reply, and Lin Haijiang looked at Edward with an expectant look on his face. Evan, courteous to Robert and Edward. Evan saluted and said, "This is my honor, sir." ”

"So be it! I hope to see Corporal Lin on the docks after afternoon tea, and I take my leave, thank you, Mr. Robert, and my corporal adjutant! "Edward. Aven's etiquette was almost impeccable.

The cumbersome etiquette made Lin Haijiang a little broken, but he knew very well that the British people in this era were living in the cumbersome rules they had set themselves, and it would be difficult to move an inch without these things that you would be in the upper class of the British world, and Lin Haijiang knew that he had to endure everything that was full of hypocrisy and hypocrisy for his own ideals.

et al. Edward. After Evan left, Robert coughed, looked at Lin Haijiang and smiled slightly with embarrassment: "Dear Lin, I have to say, Edward. Lord Evan is a lazy bone, he spends too much time socializing and riding, and although it is not polite to talk about people behind his back, but as the first mate of the Phoenix, and the training ship is about to sail away, he has entrusted you with the task of installing the new artillery? He also directly appointed you as his corporal aide-de-camp, which is very irresponsible. ”

Robert paused, shook his head helplessly, and said, "If his ambition can be proportional to his actual actions, I believe he will become the future commander of the Imperial fleet, right?" My dear Lin? ”

Lin Haijiang also reciprocated Robert with a smile, and Robert's words were indeed sharp enough. Ewen was reduced to a 'big bamboo basket' for fetching water.

Lin Haijiang said with a smile: "I think the respected Edward. Mr. Evan is a little better than the 'Big Bamboo Basket', he can be considered a big vase! ”

Robert frowned and said, "I can't see the difference between the two!" ”

Lin Haijiang smiled slightly: "The difference between the two is that the 'big bamboo basket' can't hold water, while the big vase can hold water!" ”

"Is this the philosophy of the old East?" Robert was a little shocked, although Lin Haijiang did well in his studies, he rarely expressed his opinions in front of him, and he had always regarded these as a kind of oriental implication.

Lin Haijiang shook his head and responded: "It's a Britannic practical concept!" ”

Immediately, Lin Haijiang stood up and saluted Robert and said, "Dear Mr. Robert, between Edward. Mr. Aven's order, I hope that with your permission, I would like to go to the docks immediately, believing that a lot of work awaits me. ”

Robert nodded with a serious expression, looking at the back of Lin Haijiang's departure, Robert was full of emotion in his heart, could this be the other side of Oriental intelligence? Although he had never been to that mysterious and ancient country, he did not believe that the descendants of the people who could invent gunpowder and compasses would be like the ignorant yellow monkeys in some people's mouths.

Maybe they're a sleeping male lion, and teasing a sleeping lion doesn't seem like a good idea, but what can you do about it? The glorious times when a few hundred people could conquer a country and a few warships could knock on the door of other people's countries had already made the British lose themselves, maybe the glory has not yet reached its peak, but the interior of the empire has begun to corrupt, and if the glory really reaches its peak, then the fall is not far away.

As a bystander, he could only watch the so-called "unsinkable" giant ship of Great Britain slowly sinking? It's a pity that many people don't see this situation, maybe they are too far from the bottom, the luxurious life has rotted their bones, and social interaction has become their only thing, Robert closed his eyes in pain.

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