Connick thought of Lin Yuan's tricks on him and Antoine on the ship, this matter was kept secret by him, he was worried that he would be embarrassed if it was spread in front of everyone today, so he deliberately diverted the topic and said: "We are here to find Xu Linxiang today, the delivery date agreed in our contract has passed, and they have not delivered it yet."

Lin Yuan smiled: "So that's the case, so you're here to arrest people?" ”

Connick nodded and said: "Of course, according to the "Regulations for the Trial of the Establishment of the Pavilion in Shanghai Haijingbang" signed by our British government and your Qing government in 1868, all cases involving our subjects of the British Empire must be presided over by our consular officials, whether it is the plaintiff or the defendant, as long as one of us is a citizen of the British Empire, the case must be taken to the trial court set up by our British Empire. ”

"Now that Xu Linxiang has given me the bristles overdue, I want to sue him, so I am the plaintiff, and I am a citizen of the British Empire, so this case has to be interrogated by our court, by the way, your Qing government can send officials to visit the trial, Lord Lin, do you want to go?"

What Connick said is not false at all, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, due to the weakness of China, foreigners enjoyed extraterritoriality in China, as Connick said, as long as the lawsuit involves foreigners, it must be tried by foreigners.

Connick was very arrogant when he said these words, Lin Yuan smiled faintly and said, "Isn't it just that the expectation has not been delivered?" It's easy to do, don't you just want liquidated damages? Let's talk about the numbers. ”

Connick held out a finger and said, "A million pounds, not a single one." ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "That batch of bristles is only worth three thousand taels of silver in total, and you will ask for one million pounds as soon as you open your mouth now, isn't this a slander!" However, this matter is very strange, if it is to slander people, the amount of money cannot be too much, if it is too much, others can't give it, it is better not to slander it. ”

Lin Yuan thought about it: "Kang Nick must have thought so, when he was on the ship today, he heard me mention Xu Linxiang, so he concluded that Xu Linxiang had a relationship with me, so he thought about coming out to blackmail Xu Xianglin, Xu Xianglin can't take out so much money, he will definitely ask me for help, I will definitely not sit idly by, I will definitely help Xu Xianglin repay the money, so he will get the money back." ”

Lin Yuan guessed well, this is how Connick planned, he wanted to use this method to return the fees collected by Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan saw through Connick's trick, so he smiled: "The amount of liquidated damages is not how much you say, we must say things according to the contract, you take out the contract, we will calculate it." ”

Connick took out the contract unhurriedly, handed it to Lin Yuan, and said: "It is clearly written in black and white on it, if any party breaches the contract, it must compensate the other party for the losses caused by the breach. ”

Lin Yuan rummaged through the contract, and secretly screamed "not good" in his heart, it turned out that there was only this sentence on the contract about the punishment for breach of contract, and there was nothing else, this sentence was vague, and it did not explain how to define the losses caused to the other party, which left a very large room for operation for both parties, if the law enforcers could deal with it impartially, it would be nothing, but now the two sides have to go to the British court, and Xu Xianglin's lawsuit is lost. ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "Xu Xianglin will definitely not be able to hand over this money, I definitely can't sit idly by, but I definitely won't give money to this traitor, what can I do?" If I take advantage of the army and don't pay for it, I will have to think of a way to get the best of both worlds. ”

Lin Yuan pondered in his heart for a while, and came up with a brilliant idea, he walked up to Xu Xianglin's side and whispered to him, "Does your family have any money?" ”

Xu Xianglin said helplessly: "Old decay is a low-profit business, and it has been mixed with a coffin money for so many years." ”

Lin Yuan asked, "You give me a number." ”

Xu Xianglin replied: "In total, there are less than two hundred taels of silver. ”

Lin Yuan nodded and said in a low voice: "That's okay, that's enough, you can do whatever I ask you to do in a while, understand?" ”

Xu Xianglin was puzzled, so he had to nod his head in agreement, Lin Yuan turned around and said to Connick: "Okay, you're right, we'll go to the trial court now, and the official will go to the auditory court in accordance with the regulations." ”

The soldiers present were puzzled when they heard Lin Yuan's words, and Yu Ming said directly: "Lin Shuai, how can you let this traitor arrest our compatriots?" ”

Lin Yuan waved his hand lightly and said, "If it's okay, we'll go to the trial court." ”

Connick thought to himself: "No matter how tough you Lin Yuan is, you have to bend in front of the British." Connick said triumphantly, "Lord Lin, return the guns of our British Empire soldiers." ”

Lin Yuan's face suddenly turned pale, two cold lights shot out of his eyes, Connick only felt that the hairs on his body stood up, and he quickly turned his face away, not looking at Lin Yuan's eyes, and an ominous premonition appeared in his heart: his plan may not be so easy.

Lin Yuan said coldly: "I have issued a gun ban, it is strictly forbidden for anyone to come to the people with guns, you British people openly disobey, if this commander does not detain this batch of guns, where is the face?" ”

Kang Nick didn't dare to say more, everyone came to the trial hall together, the appearance here is very similar to the Yamen of the Qing Dynasty in China, Lin Yuan sat on the side of the guest seat after entering, someone brought a chair for Kang Nick, let Kang Nick sit down, and Xu Xianglin let him kneel on the ground.

The person who served as the chief judge was Asco, and Antoine had already greeted him, so the interrogation process was very smooth, and the final verdict was completely Xu Xianglin's fault, so Asco sentenced Xu Xianglin to pay Asco's liquidated damages, Xu Xianglin said: "This goods are only a few thousand taels of silver, how can you not use a million pounds of liquidated damages!" ”

Connick then stood up and said angrily: "Honorable Judge, I still said that the liquidated damages of one million are less, you see, if their goods do not arrive, the ship we hired will be hired in vain, and they need to compensate for the money, and we have also signed a huge contract with the brush factory, and there are liquidated damages to be compensated......

Asco then nodded in agreement, and pronounced the verdict on the spot, Xu Xianglin needs to pay liquidated damages of one million pounds!

Xu Xianglin thought to himself: "One million, where do I have so much money!" I have to rely on Lin Shuai to help! So he looked at Lin Yuan as if asking for help, who knew that Lu Dao Lin Yuan actually pretended not to see him, which made Xu Xianglin's heart bottomless, and he didn't know what medicine was sold in Lu Dao Lin Yuan's gourd.

Kang Nick saw Xu Xianglin's eyes looking at Lin Yuan for help, and he was extremely proud, he looked at Lin Yuan and thought, "You have to spit out all the money you took from us." He got cheap and behaved, and said to Lin Yuan: "Lord Lin, are you still satisfied with this verdict?" ”

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "Satisfied, of course I'm satisfied, if there is nothing to do, we will leave first." With that, Lin Yuan took Xu Xianglin out of the door.

When Xu Xianglin arrived outside, he begged Lin Yuan: "Lord Lin, you must save me." ”

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm all ready." ”