The soldier couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and he said hesitantly, "What did you say?" ”

Lin Yuan looked arrogant and sneered: "You go and ask Deng Guandao, does he understand the navy?" ”

The soldier looked at Lin Yuan for a while, and said solemnly: "Wait a minute, go down and ask Deng Guandao." ”

The soldier asked Lin Yuan's name and surname and left, Lin Yuan vaguely felt that this soldier's speech and demeanor were unusual, and he was by no means an ordinary soldier, after a while, the soldier came out and smiled at Lin Yuan: "There are many rudeness in the next place, and I hope that the honorable guest Haihan, please go in with you, Deng Guanjiao is invited." ”

Lin Yuan turned back to look for Shen Wanqing, but there was no trace of her, so Lin Yuan followed the soldier into the courtyard alone.

I saw that the land in the yard was neatly shoveled and ditched, and it was obvious that the owner of the yard was using the land here to grow vegetables, and I don't know what vegetables were planted on the ridge, showing green seedlings, and there was a grape trellis in the corner of the yard.

The soldier pointed to Lin Yuan's door and said with a smile: "Honored guest, please take care of yourself, and retire first." ”

Lin Yuan pushed open the door, only to see a large table full of books, and a person sitting on the chair, it was Deng Shichang who gave him a closed door to eat that day, and a snow-white rice paper was hung on the wall next to him, which read: But the 10,000-character Pingrong policy was exchanged for the owner's tree planting book.

Lin Yuan saw that the books on the table were all dilapidated, obviously the owner of the book didn't know how many articles he had read, and when he looked closely, he found that these books were all about the navy.

Deng Shichang raised his head and said in surprise: "It's you?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "It's exactly below." ”

Deng Shichang sighed lightly and said: "For a while, Deng thought you were a national thief, so he ignored it, who would have thought that Deng was guilty of the Qing Dynasty today, and he was really no different from a national thief. ”

Deng Shichang immediately smiled and said, "Brother Lin, let's not talk about the navy today, and look at my clumsy work, it can be pleasing to Brother Lin's eyes." As he spoke, he took out a piece of rice paper from under the pile of books, and a sentence was written on it: "Laughing Cao Cao, Sun Quan, Liu Bei." exhausted the organs, in vain, only three points of heaven and earth. Thinking carefully, competing for the same, Liu Ling was drunk. ”

Lin Yuan saw that the words were full of the meaning of retreating to the mountains and forests, and couldn't help laughing: "Deng Guandao will never ask about the world from now on?" ”

Deng Shichang said with a smile: "It's no longer a pipe in the next place, but it's just a guilty body, and it's only a shallow learner, how dare you ask about state affairs?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "Don't lie to yourself anymore, if you really want to ignore the world, why do you still ask such questions to the people who came to visit, why do I ask you if you understand the navy, you agree to see me." ”

Deng Shichang said: "You say I don't understand the navy, but do you understand the navy?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "I don't dare to say that I understand the navy, but I have a question I want to ask Deng Guandao, I am in the Qing Dynasty, what is the use of wanting the navy?" ”

Deng Shichang said: "Since the Qing Dynasty set the Central Plains, it has lasted more than 200 years, and the four Yi guests have been served, but the English and France have twice invaded our borders, and the people who rely on them are just strong ships and artillery, and I built a navy in the Qing Dynasty, which is naturally to guard the territory, buy strong ships and buy cannons, just like the first emperor built the Great Wall. ”

Lin Yuan smiled slightly and said: "I have an opinion, the navy is not the Great Wall of my Qing Dynasty, but the sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of the Japanese and Europeans in the Qing Dynasty!" ”

Deng Shichang frowned and asked, "What kind of sword are you talking about?" ”

Lin Yuan's metaphor is often used by him in the 21st century, this sword of Damocles originated from a Greek legend, and later used as a metaphor for the danger that exists at any time, it is precisely because of Lin Yuan's idea that he is called China's "hawk" by many foreign media.

Lin Yuan immediately explained the meaning of the word to him, and when he saw Deng Shichang nodding his head to show understanding, he said again: "Our navy should not be born for defense, but for attack, the best defense is to attack, when we destroy the enemy at his starting point, we will naturally have no threat." ”

Deng Shichang laughed like a young man who was ignorant of the world but talked about it rhetorically, and he said: "How easy is this to do, it is not easy for our warships to protect the territory, how can we cross the ocean and attack the enemy?" ”

Lin Yuan showed a hint of a smile and said, "Deng Guandao, I can give you a warship like this." ”

Deng Shichang's smile froze suddenly, and he asked in confusion, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "I can't hide it, I came this time to ask you to go to me, continue to lead the fleet, fight small Japan, and fight foreign devils!" ”

Deng Shichang's face showed a hint of vigilance, and he said, "Where do you want me to go?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "Our base is in the Ryukyus. ”

Deng Shichang asked, "Who are you?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "I'm Chinese. ”

Deng Shichang said with a smile: "Although Deng is a criminal minister of the Qing Dynasty, he also understands the truth that loyal ministers do not matter to the two masters, please come back." ”

Lin Yuan said: "Have you ever read Mencius? Lin Yuan asked knowingly, "Mencius" is one of the four books, how can Deng Shichang not read it.

Deng Shichang didn't know why he suddenly asked this, hesitated for a moment, nodded, Lin Yuan let out an "oh", and immediately asked: "Then are you wrong to say that the words in "Mencius"?" ”

Deng Shichang was stunned for a moment and said, "The words of the sage, there should be no mistake." ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Then you must have heard the saying 'the people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light'." ”

Deng Shichang didn't understand what Lin Yuan was talking about, Lin Yuan continued: "You hide here and don't ask about the world, it is a loss for the people, but also a loss for the country. ”

Deng Shichang was silent, he understood what Lin Yuan meant, but leaving the Qing Dynasty was something he couldn't think of, so he had to say: "The ancients are right, the grace of a drop of water should be reciprocated by a spring." I, Deng Shichang, have eaten half of my life in the Qing Dynasty, how can I leave the Qing Dynasty? Needless to say, please come back. ”

Lin Yuan said again: "Don't you remember how the British killed our compatriots fifty years ago? Don't you remember how the British and French broke into Beijing and burned down the Old Summer Palace thirty years ago? These are too far away, well, just a few months ago, in Toshima, in Chenghuan, how were our soldiers killed by the Japanese? Don't you want to avenge them! You are hiding here, how can you avenge them, the Qing court will not use you again! ”

Deng Shichang frowned, yelled, and said, "Don't say it again!" As a soldier, he has not forgotten these shames for a moment, whether it is to send love to the countryside or to indulge in poetry, it is just his self-deception, and being said by Lin Yuan today just stabbed him in the sore spot.

Deng Shichang yelled: "Send off!" The soldier came in, pointed unceremoniously to the door, and said, "Please!" Lin Yuan had no choice but to come out, and as soon as he went out, he saw Shen Wanqing waiting at the door with a smile, Lin Yuan stepped forward and asked, "Where did you just go?" ”

Shen Wanqing said: "Of course I went to arrange the kidnapping of Deng Guandao." ”

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "What is kidnapping, you are talking nonsense." ”

Shen Wanqing said with a smile: "I've reconnoitred everything, Deng Shichang is under house arrest here, only a dozen soldiers are guarded, those soldiers are very weak in combat, and the people of Taiwan are very sympathetic to his suffering, I have arranged the ship, if you discuss it with him, we can take Deng Shichang away tonight." ”

Lin Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "Deng Guandao is unwilling to go with us. ”

Shen Wanqing smiled: "Then don't we still want to kidnap him?" ”

At this moment, the soldier came out of the door, handed a letter to Lin Yuan, and said, "Venerable guest, this is what Deng Guan asked me to hand over to you." With that, he turned around and went back.

Lin Yuan opened the envelope and looked at it, he couldn't help but be surprised, frowned and said, "What is written here!" ”