Hickson had already left Lin Yuan with the impression that it was not easy to get along with, so Lin Yuan couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw him take the initiative to reach out his hand, so he hesitated, Hickson saw his hesitation, stretched out his hand and patted his left cheek, and said: "In 1864, in the port of Charleston, USA, I was the chief gunnery of the Southern Army's ironclad ship 'Tennessee', and the shrapnel of the Northern Army injured my head, and since then, my left cheek has not been able to move, so my smile has become like this." ”

Lin Yuan looked at Hickson in front of him and thought to himself in surprise: "He even participated in the Civil War!" In 1864, the Northern Army in the American Civil War attacked the Port of Charleston and defeated the Confederate fleet here, but Hickson was British, how did he get to the United States? ”

Lin Yuan thought about it, and then realized that Hickson's hand was still in mid-air, so he stretched out his hand, shook it gently, and asked, "Why did you go to participate in the Civil War?" ”

Hickson spread his hands and smiled: "For faith!" There are people in the world who are born to be ruled by others, they are born slaves, so I fight for my faith! ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "It seems that this Hickson is still a supporter of slavery, but this has nothing to do with me, there are so many people here, how can he just talk to me?" So Lin Yuan asked, "Why are you only shaking hands with me?" ”

Hickson smiled: "I can see that among these people, you are the one who really understands the navy, and I hope we can make a friend." ”

Lin Yuan hurriedly said: "Great, that's really unbelievable, can I go to your warship and have a look?" ”

Hickson shook his head and smiled, "No! ”

Lin Yuan wanted to take this opportunity to investigate the internal situation of the warship, so he asked, "Isn't it okay to have you by your side?" ”

Hickson still shook his head, and Lin Yuan asked jokingly, "But aren't we friends?" ”

Hickson said, "Yes, we are friends, and if you have time, when you come ashore in a moment, I can take you to the Naval Officers' Club, where the most beautiful dancers are well acquainted with me......

Hearing this, Lin Yuan silently looked back at Shen Wanqing, who was listening to their conversation with her ears pricked up, and happened to meet Lin Yuan's eyes, she smiled charmingly at Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan hurriedly said to Hickson: "Thank you for your kindness, but don't need it." ”

Hickson looked at Shen Wanqing and said with a smile: "It's very good to be accompanied by a beautiful woman, no wonder you just spoke for her." ”

After Hickson finished speaking, he turned around and walked to the command position and said, "Return!" ”

When Lin Yuan heard that he was going to return home, he hurriedly asked, "Aren't we going to try something else today?" For example, torpedoes......"

Hickson's words were still as succinct and powerful: "No! ”

The dreadnought slowly turned around in the water and began to move towards the dock where it came, and on the way, Shen Wanqing asked Lin Yuan, "You haven't told me why you want me to ask that question?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "That's because I want to see a very important performance of the warship - the rotation performance, but it has been walking in a straight line when it is sailing, and I can't see it if I want to, so I let you say, I hope to make him turn, but if he turns slowly, it will have no effect, so let him turn as soon as possible, only when he turns as soon as possible, can you see what the minimum turning radius of the warship is." ”

As the two men spoke, the warship soon anchored at the dock where it had departed, and when everyone had disembarked, the British diplomat announced: "This is the end of our visit, you are free here today, and tomorrow we will return to London." ”

Lin Yuan couldn't help but feel a pang of regret in his heart, and thought: "I was expecting to be able to watch more content, but I didn't expect to watch such a little thing and it would be over, it's really a pity." ”

Shen Wanqing thought for a while and said, "Actually, we can secretly go to reconnoitre!" They will definitely put a lot of technical information in the shipyard, and with our ability, it shouldn't be a problem to steal them out. ”

Lin Yuan frowned, and said solemnly: "No, absolutely not, that is too dangerous, we are now the target of the great powers, if we are caught by someone when stealing information, it will be troublesome." ”

Shen Wanqing nodded and said, "Okay, we'll talk about this later." ”

Lin Yuan thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Although we can't steal information, we can do some other things, for example, we can go around the naval base to have a look, maybe we can get some information." ”

Shen Wanqing said suspiciously: "Just take a turn?" What kind of information can you get? ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Laymen can't get information, but insiders are different, many things insiders can deduce a lot of useful information from it as long as they listen to a sentence and a half, for example, don't I know the rate of fire of their artillery from 'half a minute preparation' today, we can go to the bars and restaurants outside the military port, and we can collect a lot of useful information there." ”

Shen Wanqing said: "Okay, let's go." ”

Lin Yuan said: "It's better for us to dress up as Europeans, so that it won't attract attention." ”

Shen Wanqing said helplessly: "No, I left all the things in disguise in London, and now we can't change them." ”

Lin Yuan said: "Then we won't disguise ourselves, let's go like this, anyway, our identity is diplomats, and they can't do anything to us." ”

Shen Wanqing nodded, took out a small square piece the size of a fingernail, and said, "This is a miniature bugging device, when we get to a bar or restaurant, we will install this thing next to the person who wants to eavesdrop, and then we can get a lot of information." ”

The two of them came out of the hotel and came to the street, and after a few steps, Shen Wanqing suddenly stopped, squatted down, untied the shoelaces, and tied them again, Lin Yuan squatted down, and asked her with a smile: "Why do you want to untie the shoelaces and tie them again?" ”

Shen Wanqing whispered: "Someone is following us......" Lin Yuan instinctively looked back when he heard this, Shen Wanqing pulled him and said, "Don't look back!" It was the man in the gray and black suit in the back who had been following us since we came out of the hotel. ”

Lin Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Who could have sent this person?" ”

Shen Wanqing didn't think about it and said directly: "Do you still need to say it?" It's definitely Russian, Gilles. ”

Lin Yuan asked, "Then what is he doing with me, is he trying to assassinate me?" At this time, Lin Yuan didn't know what to do, the Russians' target was actually Shen Wanqing instead of him, and what the Russians didn't know was that in terms of individual combat ability, Shen Wanqing was actually stronger than Lin Yuan.

Shen Wanqing said: "We really can't rule out this possibility, with Gilles's means, it is not impossible to assassinate you, so we can't be unguarded, let's go back today." ”

Lin Yuan said: "When we came out of the hotel, it did create an opportunity for the Russians to make a move, so it's better to go back." ”

The two of them then walked to the hotel, the person who was following him saw it, and hid to the side, and when he walked into the hotel gate, Lin Yuan suddenly said: "I have thought of a good way!" ”