Chapter 11: Bullies
Captain's Command Room.
Qin Zhiyuan and Henry stood opposite each other.
"I'm confused, Qin, why are you from the East?" Henry didn't have the telescope, nor did he take a pipe, but brought a cup of tea, which was specially brewed to entertain Qin Zhiyuan.
"I'm confused, Henry, why can't I be an Oriental?" Qin Zhiyuan also held a teacup in his hand, and through the smoky water vapor, he could see the tea leaves floating in the boiling water, just like life, just like the world, there was a lot of mysterious taste in it.
"You are different from other Orientals, they are cowardly, humble, have no self-confidence, have no faith, and they don't even dare to stand up in front of me." Henry glanced at Qin Zhiyuan and observed Qin Zhiyuan's reaction.
Qin Zhiyuan's expression did not change at all, not even his eyes showed a trace of fluctuation, he only looked at the teacup in his hand with attention, as if the water vapor in the teacup could really transform into a dragon.
If he goes to play tarot cards, he must be a master! Henry gave up understanding Qin Zhiyuan by observing his facial expressions, and at the same time, Henry confirmed that Qin Zhiyuan must be a person with a firm mind.
"Forgive me for saying that about your people, I think you understand why." Henry apologized for the temptation before proceeding: "You are more confident and aggressive than them, and I can see that you have a sense of superiority, even in front of us Westerners. It's weird, I've never seen anyone like you before. ”
Long-distance travel is indeed lonely, even if it is the captain, it is rare to find an interesting person, Henry is very willing to chat with Qin Zhiyuan.
"There are many virtues in the Chinese, many of which you Westerners do not have, although your national strength is now stronger than ours. If you look at the same thing from different angles, you will come to different conclusions. For example, when you say cowardice, in my opinion, it is called prudence. For example, when you talk about humility, it seems to me that it is called humility. Even without self-confidence, without faith, these are not true. We have self-confidence, because we have a history of 5,000 years of civilization, our ancestors have been brilliant, and our ancestors have been enslaved, but our ancestors know how to move forward in adversity, know how to wait for opportunities through forbearance, this is the precious wealth that our ancestors left us. As for faith, we believe in Taoism. Do you know Taoism? ”
After receiving Henry's affirmation, Qin Zhiyuan continued: "Taoism is a native sect in China, he does not force people to abandon their relatives, does not advocate the eradication of dissidents, will not make you kowtow to him five times a day, and will not set fire to infidels. ”
"Oh, do you know the Crusaders?" Henry attaches great importance to religious beliefs, or rather, Westerners attach great importance to faith, so Henry was very interested in this topic, and even rudely interrupted Qin Zhiyuan's words.
"I know a little bit about it, but I don't quite understand it, this is the difference between our Eastern and Western cultures, we never force others to give up their beliefs and believe in ours instead, our Taoism does not advocate this." Qin Zhiyuan tried to dig a pit for Henry.
"Yes, we don't advocate for that either." When it came to faith, Henry was a little anxious.
"Really? Like you just said about the Crusaders? Qin Zhiyuan smiled, everything was under control.
"Oh...... It's frustrating. Henry gave up arguing, there was really nothing to argue about the Crusades.
"You see, we have faith, we have self-confidence, not what you say. Even if my people dare not stand up in front of you, it is not because they are afraid of you, or because they lack self-confidence as you say. That's because my people are afraid that because of their disrespect for you, you will be angry with our country, after all, we can't beat you now. Our cowardice is for the sake of being strong in the future, and we bend over in order to stand up straighter in the future. ”
This is not a concept of stealing, without the support of a strong country, the people really can't stand up to the waist. In the past 40 years, Qin Zhiyuan has experienced more than half of the back, and there may be various deficiencies in the country after the reform, but it is undeniable that the Chinese people are indeed able to straighten their waists in front of foreigners.
"What about you? You're so aggressive now, aren't you afraid that we'll be angry with your country? "Henry is a white man, who has been running at sea all the year round, and his face is a little red, so he can't tell if he is blushing just now.
"Maybe afraid, maybe not afraid, you have to get to the bottom of the facts, Henry. We went to France to help you, we didn't go to beg, we didn't go to cause trouble for you, we went to help you fight the Germans. Only when this is clearly understood, will we have an equal dialogue, or in other words, you will look at the relationship between us with an equal mentality. "See, this is the standard concept of stealing.
"Of course, we welcome your arrival." Henry knew exactly what Europe had become.
It can be said that Europe is like a drunk drunk who comes home at night and goes crazy and then burns down the wealth he has accumulated over the past hundred years.
Qin Zhiyuan was about to continue, when someone at the door reported: "Mr. Captain, it's time for a shift change." ”
"Okay, I got it." Henry frowned and wiped his face bitterly, and then sighed helplessly: "Qin, do you know, your behavior has caused me a lot of trouble. ”
"Really? Then I'm so sorry. This is really insincere, even Qin Zhiyuan himself doesn't believe it.
"Just now you killed a person with your own hands, and two were seriously injured, and among the three people you put back, one of them was broken by you with two ribs, and the other two people vomited blood, and it is estimated that there are very serious internal injuries." Henry counted them one by one, then spread his hands out and made a God-bless gesture.
There are many people in the labor team who practice martial arts all year round, and their various yin damage moves to beat people are difficult to prevent. For example, the two who vomited blood, if Chen Kangjian did not hide the facts, then a month later, the two sailors would have died.
"Let's put it this way, I'm short on manpower right now, and if no one makes up for it in time, the Victory News won't be able to move forward at full power, which means that our landing time will be delayed." Henry told the truth, this was his true intention to find Qin Zhiyuan.
"I see, you mean, let me find a few people to come out and take the place of those sailors." This is not difficult, there are many laborers, and there are many people with big shoulders and round waists, although they can't do technical work, it is still possible to add coal to clean the lower deck or something.
"That's the best, I'm waiting for your good news." Henry poured out the tea leaves in the cup and made himself a cup of coffee, which he still prefers to tea: "Don't worry, I will pay my salary and will not let your companion do it in vain." ”
"Okay, as you wish." Qin Zhiyuan thanked him again, and then politely left.
Back to cabin 106, there was no need to go out, as soon as Qin Zhiyuan finished talking about the important people on the ship, Chen Kangjian and Ge Lifu took the initiative to ask for help. Anyway, Henry pays the wages, and he doesn't earn it for nothing.
It's just that what Qin Zhiyuan didn't expect was that when the two of them came back the next day, one of them was carrying a pocket watch.
Qin Zhiyuan has a headache, he has a bad premonition, the image of Chinese in Europe in the future is probably not modest, nor gentle, but a group of bullies.
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