Shinji Iwamoto was stunned when he heard Lin Yuan's method, and he asked blankly, "Do you really have this ability?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "Of course, look at this barnacle, its scientific name is ......" Lin Yuan frowned when he said this, and said: "There is no corresponding Chinese name, so I will give you the Latin name." After speaking, Lin Yuan popped out a Latin word from his mouth, and then continued: "The sea area where this barnacle grows should be near Changshan Island, I believe that this is where you came from." ”

Shinji Iwamoto was stunned when he heard Lin Yuan's words, he couldn't believe that Lin Yuan had deduced the place they came from just by relying on the creatures attached to the boat, but he didn't want to admit that Lin Yuan had guessed correctly, so he turned his head and said disdainfully: "Nonsense! We didn't come from that place. ”

Lin Yuan looked at the stunned Shinoji Iwamoto and sneered: "Believe it or not, anyway, we will soon send troops to the island to destroy your opium dens, and then see if my guess is right!" Lin Yuan came out of the house, and the soldier asked Lin Yuan in surprise: "Lin Shuai, is what you said true?" What else would you have 'Latin'! ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "I only know fur, but I happen to know this kind of barnacle, you take me to the place where other captains are held, I want to ask about the situation on the island in detail." Soon Lin Yuan found a room, and then asked the soldiers to find a captain, who bowed politely to Lin Yuan as soon as he entered the door, and then said: "Contemptible Fujita Gang, it's an honor to meet you, please give me a lot of advice." ”

Lin Yuan's heart moved, and he thought: "Such a talent is not easy to deal with!" He gestured to the seat in front of him and said, "Please be seated." ”

As soon as Fujita said "Xie Lu Xie" and sat down in the chair, Lin Yuan asked straight to the point, "Where did your fleet come from?" ”

Fujita replied cheerfully: "We are from Changshan Island, where there is a large opium processing base, and we are responsible for transporting the opium from there to China. Lin Yuan thought to himself: "I didn't expect this person to be quite happy." Then he asked, "What are you doing there?" ”

Fujita Tsuyoshi smiled: "You may not know much about opium, opium comes from a flower called opium poppy, this flower after the fruit of the flower, there will be white juice flowing out, after drying these juices into raw opium, but at this time opium smells of urine, no one likes it." ”

"Our factory will refine raw opium into mature opium, and will add a lot of spices to it, so that the opium will be fun to smoke, and everyone will like it. It's up to us to spices, but which spices are they, this is a trade secret, and I don't have anything to say! ”

Lin Yuan felt funny when he heard his words, who is rare about your opium craft! Lin Yuan asked, "Then where did your raw opium come from?" Fujita replied: "It was brought from North Korea, and the Korean occupation forces forced local farmers to grow opium. ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "It seems that the matter of liberating the Korean people must be hurried!" Lin Yuan asked, "Then why do you say that you are an American fleet?" What is the relationship between the British in the port and you? Why are the British here to help you? ”

Fujita Tsuyoshi said with a smile: "That's a lot, 51% of the shares of this fleet belong to an American company, as for what company it is, I won't say anything about it, as for the British, although they have fought with the Americans, it is quite unpleasant, after all, the Americans are the British species, and the father and son have no overnight feud, and they will definitely help each other at this time." ”

Lin Yuan heard this Fujita Gang say humorously, and finally couldn't help laughing, Fujita Gang said again: "Isn't there an old saying in Chinese that a brother settles accounts?" In fact, there is also an interest between the British and the Americans, and the American shareholders will give a sum of money to the British, and the British will provide them with protection in the port. ”

Fujita continued: "So, the British must have wanted to help the Americans, and you can see how complicated the relationship is. Fujita just said this, stopped talking, and said: "I see that you personally interrogated me, your position under Lin Yuan's subordinates must not be low, I kindly advise you, it is better to let us go as soon as possible." ”

Lin Yuan asked, "What do you mean by that?" ”

Tsuyoshi Fujita said: "There are so many interests involved in our fleet, and you have detained our fleet, can the United States and Britain agree?" Don't talk about you, even if Lin Yuan is here, he has to bow his head and give in, and then the Qing court will definitely hold him responsible, he has no choice but to find someone below to carry it, you say, this person who is carrying it, who are you? ”

Fujita Gang changed to a serious tone, as if Lin Yuan was his ignorant three-year-old child, and said: "The officials of the Qing court are all such virtues, when they see things, they will hide, and when they see benefits, you will cause a lot of trouble tonight, you should let me go quickly, I may be able to help you say good things." ”

When Lin Yuan heard his words, he couldn't help laughing out loud and said, "How do you know that Lin Yuan is afraid of the British and the Americans? ”

Fujita Tsuyoshi smiled: "Lin Yuan can not be afraid of the British and the Americans, but the Germans should always be afraid, right?" ”

Lin Yuan asked curiously, "Why are you afraid of the Germans alone?" ”

Fujita Gang smiled and said: "Think about it, who sold the two best ironclad ships of the Beiyang Fleet back then, the Dingyuan Ship and the Zhenyuan Ship, to the Qing Court?" It's not the Germans yet, and now the Beiyang Fleet has been completely wiped out, so the Qing court must rebuild the navy, and with the ability of the Qing court, building warships and building a navy by itself is simply a fool's dream, so it can only sell warships from Germany. ”

Lin Yuan asked, "How can you be sure that the Qing court will not buy it from the British?" ”

Fujita Tsuyoshi said with a smile: "Now the shipyards of the British are all working hard to develop new weapons, and there is no spare energy to sell weapons to other countries. The Ryukyus did another fleet display, in which a lot of new weapons were displayed, so the British, who felt that they were lagging behind, went crazy and generally began to build new warships, and soon the results would be produced. ”

Lin Yuan thought for a while and said, "That's not right! Opium is only related to Britain and the United States, what does it have to do with the Germans? ”

Fujita Tsuyoshi smiled: "I just forgot to say, our ships are all purchased from Germany, and they are equipped with a new engine used by the German Otto company, the original engine burns coal, and the current engine burns oil, which is much easier to use than the original, but when we bought the ship, we didn't trust the new engine, so the contract was written like this, and the Japanese side only paid half of the original amount, and then paid the balance after the new engine was used for one year without failure." ”

"But now that you have detained the ship, the ship is no longer in use, and the contract clearly stipulates this situation: if there is an irresistible third party intervention, so that the Japanese side cannot exercise the right to use the ship, it will be deemed that it is impossible to determine whether there is a major design failure of the new engine, and the Japanese side will not pay the original amount."

"In this way, the Germans will also intervene, you see, under the interference of Britain, Germany, the United States, Lin Yuan dares not to compromise?"