As the summer sun shone down on the earth, reflecting the dazzling white light of the tall buildings of Aaron's white stone, the cicadas migrating from the forest made their first clear calls, and soon they resounded from the east to the west, from the north to the south, and finally throughout the city.

The best way for the citizens of Aaron City to beat the heat is to close all doors and windows, and use strips of cloth to plug every crevice that might throw heat in. Shut out the sun-drenched scenery and the heat, then sleep soundly in the dark interior on a summer afternoon full of cicadas, and then move out of the bench in the evening to cool off with the breeze blowing from the seaside.

At that time, the trees all over the city were green, and the white-walled city of Aaron was about to welcome the first new navy she had bred. The navy was no longer a rabble, and their captains were more cultured than ever, able to discern in the worst of weather, knew how to distill seawater into fresh water, and knew how to maintain morale through fair discipline rather than violence; Their sailors were carefully selected lads of good water nature, who had no drunkenness, gambling, or promiscuity, who knew how to steer a new sailing ship, and who could swim far enough to seek rescue when thrown into the sea with their hands tied; Their warship was the most amazing all-sail warship on the entire continent, with its graceful hull cocked at both ends, and its bow was decorated with angels holding a fog lamp to guide the way.

It has been more than half a month since I took over this batch of ships. Arcadio still doesn't have a thorough understanding of the full range of the boat's capabilities. After discovering the captain's doubts, the boatswain comforted him appropriately: "Sir, in the past, all captains were slowly promoted from non-commissioned officers, and I have never heard of the example of serving as a captain from the beginning. But when I was in training, the trainer told us that what we had to do was to keep our ship running without a captain. This is a batch of new and good ships, and it may be like this, so the people in the military department dare to let someone who has never brought a ship at all be the captain. Sir, I'm not doubting your abilities, I just don't think you need to be too nerve-wracking on this. We're here to help! ”

Cesar had checked with Arcadio beforehand about the ship's armament: a captain, a first mate, a military judge, three heraldsmen, a boatswain, a quartermaster, a doctor, two blacksmiths and carpenters, twelve sailors of the first class, and twenty-seven sailors of the second class. Fifty-two people in total.

Cesar found that the figure was higher than what Principal Kim had told them. Later, he learned that these subordinates came from a variety of backgrounds, some from the former navy, and some were commissioned by the army. Of course, the officers of the Viruga faction will not let the Admiralty be dominant, and they have actively inserted their own people into the new army. This caused his father and Cesar to be completely confused at first, as he found that the boatswain had a good relationship with the military doctor, but hated the military judge and the herald, and the sailors often disagreed with each other over the distribution of fresh water and food. There are often scenes of confrontation between sailors on board.

Of course, that's for later.

It wasn't until half a month after arriving on the ship that both my father and Cesar remembered the official appointment that day.

On that day, Principal Kim summoned a military band from the Admiralty and ran to the docks to see off the new captains, just a formality, so that the government commissioners could see the results of the Navy's training.

On this day, everyone seemed extremely happy, they knew that they could usually be lazy and lazy and not work hard, but today they have to use good steel on the blade: there are leaders present, and if they are favored by others, they will be on the rise.

Kim changed into a naval officer's uniform and looked handsome, waving his hand from a small podium for the band to start playing.

After a jumble of music, Kim cleared his throat and began a lengthy speech. The students had become accustomed to Kim's way of speaking, and people didn't pay much attention to what he said. People just waited for Kim to suddenly raise his voice when he was excited, and then stopped suddenly, and people applauded vigorously as a way to express their appreciation and admiration for Kim's speech.

After Kim's speech, the government commissioner came to the stage to continue his speech, and he made a few failed jokes, but failed to stir up the atmosphere, only Kim seemed to understand the true meaning of the joke, and laughed haha, leaning back and laughing. So a large group of teachers and assistants from the Naval Academy suddenly understood the humor of the commissioner, and they all laughed. The commissioner saved face and continued to tell a few inexplicable fables, but no one understood, and this time Kim didn't know how to save the day. The commissioner decided to accept it as soon as he saw it, so he hastily thanked the gentlemen who had worked hard for the renewal of the navy, and then stepped down in disgrace.

After that, a group of people went up like a marquee, and they thanked the state for its good policy, saying that this was the main reason why the navy could become an army so quickly.

By the end, Kim, having noticed that the audience had shown obvious impatience, announced that the most exciting moment was to come. Kim brought a form and told everyone to stand up, and then said in a calm tone: "We are gathered here today to witness the replenishment of our freshest blood to our ranks, these people come from all over the country, the best young people, who have shown excellent qualities and learning talents in the past six months of training. We are confident that our best lads will sail far away! The Ministry of the Interior has registered the ships, and now I invite the captains to come to the stage to accept the captain's sword. ”

"The Iron Nail. Captain, Gore", the crowd began to applaud, and a chubby boy ran up with a sneer, gave Kim a hug, then took his saber and stood aside.

"White Wing. Captain, Rowan"

"Hyacinth. Captain, Justinian"

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People smiled and applauded these high-spirited people.

Suddenly, one noticed that a serious-looking Principal Kim was stuck, and he frowned and looked carefully at a document in his hand, as if he didn't recognize the words on it. He turned and beckoned to a head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the two men pointed and poked at the document from the stage. Kim seemed a little excited, as if he had been kept in the dark, and the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs had an innocent expression, and he spread his hands on it, explaining something to Kim.

Among the staff of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there was a young clerk with dark eyes, apparently who had not slept well the night before, and he stared at Kim in a cold sweat.

The crowd sitting below began to whisper, guessing what was going on. People speculated that the name of the ship might have been too shocking, or that there was something wrong with the documents.

Eventually, Kim sent the House of Interior away, as if he was extremely repressive of his unhappiness. He glanced at the papers, then cast his eyes to the crowd and looked at someone, and so on several times.

Kim took a breath.

"White Dove Valley. Uh... Captain, Huo. Uh... Suddenly. Arcadio II".

The people applauded, only to find a young man who was not wearing the captain's uniform walking up: he was wearing only the civilian clothes worn by the reserve captain, plus an open-chested and wide-sleeved shirt with a tightened waist. His casual attire looked out of place in a rigid navy uniform. Cesar took the lead in applauding, and the unsure crowd thought that this might be the crux of the matter: Kim didn't like his students being too casual, and it seemed that the new captain should pay attention to his dress in the future.

Soon, fifteen captains stood in a row, and my father stood third from the left, shaking hands with his new colleagues to his left and right, and waving his command knife at the crowd below.

One of the young men in the Ministry of Internal Affairs breathed a sigh of relief, feeling hope refill his body. On the other side, two rather well-dressed young men in the candidate seat were dumbfounded. They knew something strange was going on, "What about the Lopida?" What about our Lopida? ”

Naturally, they looked at Arcadio in a shirt, "What the hell is this Swadia kid doing?!" ”

Kim has something on his mind and doesn't want to dwell on it anymore, and he's going to deal with it well. After a few brief remarks, Kim adjourned the meeting. The crowd began to disperse in a chaotic manner.

Taylor and Cauchy rushed to Kim, who put his arms around the crying Cauchy and comforted them to follow. The group walked up to Arcadio and Cesar, who were fiddling with their command knives, "You two, come here." ”

A few hours later, a roar came from the office of the principal of Aaron's naval school.

"Don't say you don't know anything!" Kim paced back and forth at his desk. In front of him were two little bastards with serious expressions and standing in a standard military posture.

"Impossible! Why is this happening to you? Some time ago, an idiot monk came and said that the 'little brutes Kim and Enor' cheated on the exam, and you dare to say that you didn't do it?! Kim slammed his fist on the table.

"It's probably Taylor and Cauchy," Cesar reminded in a whisper.

"! All of their exams are my papers! How did you steal the beams and change the columns? Go ahead! Don't say you don't know anything! ”

"Captain", my father weakly signaled to him to have something to say.

"Say!"

"We really don't know anything"

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When night fell, Kim still had no intention of giving up, when the messenger sent by Kim to report to Enor returned, Kim asked the two men to think carefully about whether they knew what was going on, "When do you know when you will go!" ”。

Kim straightened his cuffs and walked out. The messenger from outside immediately greeted him.

"What did the general say?"

"The general asked me to tell you that this matter is very strange. He himself will personally inquire into this matter, and for now it can only remain as it is, now that the award has ended, if the order is withdrawn, then the reputation of the army will be damaged. The general asks you to think about who the big guy behind these two people is, and he says you should be able to know who is doing it. When the messenger had finished speaking, he bowed and went out.

As Kim thought about it, he naturally thought of some of the garrison commanders in Viruga. Yes, doing things so beautifully and leakingly, the hidden strength behind this is really daunting. Kim blamed himself a little, this happened so strangely, it was obviously not something that one or two young students could do, it seemed that Garcia had made up his mind to send those two boys on the boat. Now that General Enor has spoken, Kim doesn't plan to do this.

He returned to his office and found the two little bastards still standing upright.

"Listen, boy. If I still have any scruples as your headmaster, then from now on, I am officially your boss, and you had better bring me a good boat, otherwise, be careful of a hole in the bottom of your boat, and you will feed the fish when you go to sleep! ”

Cesar and my father were overjoyed when they heard that this was a free ride, and ran over to hug Kim, who was disgusted and tried to get away, but was still hugged and kissed twice, which made Kim laugh and cry.

It wasn't until much later, when his father had returned to Swadia, that he didn't know why Kim had suddenly changed his mind.

In the second week after my father boarded the ship, two lonely men were here on the edge of the dock preparing to leave the port.

"Taylor, let's go, this world is too dark", one person sighed gloomily.

"Yes, Cauchy. He wouldn't even give us a good reason. It was said that we failed math and were disqualified. We're the best at math," the other responded.

"Taylor, forget it, I've seen it. This may be a joke God has played on us. I remember a saying that a hunter dies at the mouth of a beast, and a sailor dies at the mouth of a furious sea. We think we're good at math, so maybe that's the case, so we'll underestimate our enemies. You know, when Principal Kim told me that we were eliminated because we failed math, I had a sense of redemption, and all the sins of this world, as if I had begun to wash away", Cauchy looked into the distance, like a lonely poet.

"Cauchy, your realm is higher than mine," Taylor sighed.

"Taylor, let's go! Get out of this sad place. I have a dream, I dream that one day, the world will not be swayed by unseen forces; I have a dream that the descendants of the Swadias can sit with the descendants of the Rhodoks and discuss mathematical problems together; I have a dream, I dream that one day, our dream of mathematics can blossom and the whole world can shine under the light of mathematics", Cauchy grabbed Taylor's hand, "Come on! Let's take our dreams as horses! For our math dreams! We are going to a foreign country to create our own era! ”

Taylor was excited, "Yes, one day, I'm going to name my math research results after me!" ”

"Taylor!"

"Cauchy!"

The bright red sunset made an extremely magnificent background, the ocean was twilight, the two people looked at each other deeply, and all the words no longer needed to be said.

"Let's work together!"